Tag: presidential bid
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Former French PM Édouard Philippe confirms 2027 presidential bid
Former French prime minister Édouard Philippe, considered one of the country’s most popular politicians, has announced that he plans to run in the 2027 presidential elections. Philippe, who served as current President Emmanuel Macron’s first prime minister from 2017
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AfDB President, Adesina, pulls out of 2023 presidential race
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), says he will not run for the post of president in the 2023 general elections. Adesina, who said this in a statement on Tuesday, said he was focused on the mission of supporting the accelerated development and economic integration of Africa.
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BREAKING: Minister of State for Petroleum, Sylva withdraws presidential bid
Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum, has withdrawn from the presidential race in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and has returned to work. Reports emerging at the ministry in Abuja on Monday revealed that Sylva withdrew having considered the enormous work at hand at the ministry.
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2023: Fashola shuts down rumours of Tinubu’s presidential bid, tells Nigerians to wait till January 2022
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has asked Nigerians to wait till January 2022 for the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, to declare whether he will be running for president in 2023 or not.
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[Video] Group launches Osinbajo’s 2023 presidential bid
The Osinbajo Grassroots Organisation, OGO, has declared that the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, is the future of Nigeria. The group in a video released and obtained by TheNewsGuru.com, TNG highlighted the characteristics of the Vice President saying he deserves to take over from his boss, President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. OGO’s National Convener, Foluso Ojo…
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2019: APC governor denies financing, supporting Atiku’s presidential bid
Governor Muhammadu Bindow of Adamawa State has denied reports making the rounds that he supported and donated N70 million to the political rally held in the state on Saturday by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to formally declare his presidential bid under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Recall that Atiku is from Adawama State and…
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2019: Former Jigawa Gov. Lamido announces presidential bid
Former governor of Jigawa state Sule Lamido has declared his intention to run for the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2019. Lamido, made his intention known in a letter to all members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) across the country, thereby becoming the first politician from the North to…