The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has lambasted the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) over its position on Bola Tinubu’s choice of vice-presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections.The Islamic human rights organization accused the Christian body of heating up the polity with its comments on Tinubu’s choice of former Borno State Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima, as running mate.MURIC’s response was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday, signed by...

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has thrown out a suit brought before it by the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, seeking the disqualification of Vice President Kashim Shettima.The party had argued that Tinubu was improperly sponsored by the All Progressives Congress, APC, for nominating Kashim Shettima as his vice-presidential candidate for the election.The opposition party had claimed that Shettima was still the APC candidate for Borno Central Senatorial Di...

Deji Adeyanju, a political activist, hinted on Monday that the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal may not invalidate the nomination of Labour Party (LP, Presidential candidate Peter Obi.This was because, as Adeyanju said, the tribunal might not do the same with Vice President Kashim Shettima for double nomination.Tweeting, he said the tribunal could invalidate President Bola Tinubu’s candidacy for double nomination.According to Adeyanju, “I will be extremely su...