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*VP In My Administration Will Play Major Role In Governance, Not Be Ceremonial Job, Obi Says The 2027 battle for the nation's number one seat is shaping up robustly as different political parties elect their flagbearers for the position. Yesterday, opposition Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) endorsed the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as its presidential flagbearer for the 2027 general election. The endorsement was ratified at a special national convention in Abuja following a motion moved by Senator Victor Umeh and seconded by former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, who is running for a Senate seat for…

By Rosemary Ameh, Sokoto Milk of human kindness flowed from Sokoto State Governor Ahmed Aliyu as he donated 1,000 Saudi Riyals (about N450,000) each to the 2,410 pilgrims from the State currently performing the 2026 Hajj in Saudi Arabia. This was disclosed by the State Amirul Hajj (leader of pilgrimage delegation), Alhaji Muhammad Mai Gari Dingyadi, in a statement signed by Abubakar Bawa, Director General, Media and Publicity, Government House, Sokoto. Dingyadi said the gesture was to support the pilgrims financially as they prepare for their journey back to Nigeria after completing the Hajj rites. The Amirul Hajj praised the…

The Tanimu Turaki faction of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today outmanoeuvred the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, who moved to block them from holding a ceremony to give ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the party's certificate of return for the 2027 presidential election at a designated hotel in Abuja. The faction did so by successfully going ahead with the event at its Garki office, also in Abuja. Though Jonathan was absent and the certificate received on his behalf by a member of the House of Representatives from Bayelsa State, Hon. Fred Egbedi, he was duly named PDP presidential candidate…