Mr Yohanna Margif, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party(LP) in Plateau, has dismissed claims that he had withdrawn from the race. Margif affirmed his candidature in a letter by his counsel, Munir Abdullahi, addressed to the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The letter made available to the...
2023 Election
Senator Dino Melaye has slammed Festus Keyamo over his comment that Atiku Abubakar is no match for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu. Keyamo, the Labour and Employment minister and spokesperson of the Tinubu campaign organisation had recently claimed Atiku does not have the experience to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A member of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prof. Jerry Gana, has said Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers is not challenging the outcome of the party’s presidential primary. Professor Jerry Gana disclosed this in a statement he issued...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has decried that the current political conversation centred around division and derision by the youths. Gbajabiamila said this at a Youth and Social Development summit, organised by the Gbaja Professional Volunteers Network (GPVN) to...
Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, said on Thursday in Abuja that the party would transform Nigeria’s economy from that of consumption to production. Obi made the declaration at the Labour Party and the Coalition for Peter Obi Leadership Summit. The summit had “Youths, Governance and a New...
Nigerians have been urged to make the right choice in 2023 election as the wrong choice will consume the whole nation. Former President Olusegun Obasanjomade the call when he spoke at the Wilson Badejo Foundation’s 15th annual lecture with the theme, ‘Overcoming the twin challenge of poverty and insecurity...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again denied recognizing the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan representing Yobe North and Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom North West as Senatorial candidates for 2023 general election. INEC also denied doctoring and backdating documents to accommodate the nominations...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar- The Cross River State governorship candidate of The All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bassey Otu has pledged to build on the legacies of Governor Ben Ayade if elected as governor come 2023. Senator Otu disclosed this during a courtesy visit to various stakeholders in Obanliku...
A group, Yoruba Muslim Youths Organisation (YMYO) has urged the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to allow Nigerians to make their choice in 2023, without persecution. This is contained in a statement by Coordinator, YMYO, Alhaji Muritala Abdulsalam in Ibadan on Tuesday. Abdulsalam was reacting to attacks by CAN...
A lawsuit seeking the disqualification of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), from contesting the 2023 elections for allegedly presenting the forged certificate will be heard by a Federal High Court in Abuja on September 7. The Plaintiffs, who are four chieftains of the...
YIAGA Africa, a civil society organisation and a popular comedian, Chucks D General, said they would jointly mobilise 60 per cent of Nigerian youths to vote in the 2023 general elections. Mr Michael Agada, Senior Research Officer, Yiaga Africa, disclosed this at a show staged by Chucks D General...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike says his government has received an intelligence report that politicians in the state have allegedly started recruiting cultists and ex-convicts to be used as political thugs before and during next year’s general elections. Governor Wike in a state broadcast said the reports also indicated...
Sixty-nine candidates of the PDP in Lagos State vying for various electives positions in the 2023 general elections on Sunday evening, held a closed -door meeting at the Sheraton Hotels in Ikeja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting, which started at about 8.00p.m. had in...
An obituary is for the dead, not for the living. So, no matter how one looks at Sam Omatseye’s ‘Obi-tuary’ on Peter Obi and the movement Obi’s entry into the 2023 presidential race has become, it is all about a death wish. It rhymes with nothing else. Yes, death...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Senator Haliru Dauda Jika has emerged as the Bauchi State Governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). Senator Jika, who represents Bauchi Central Senatorial District and the Chairman, Senate Committee on Police Affairs, emerged unopposed following the voluntary withdrawal of Yusuf Ibrahim,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday projected a voter population of about 95 million for the 2023 General Election in the country. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at an election security management training in Abuja by the Nigeria Police Force for the police and other...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja A legal practitioner and consultant, Prof. Yemi Akinseye-George, SAN, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a successful conduct of party primaries towards 2023 general elections. Professor Akinseye, who was a guest lecturer at the 4th Abubakar Momoh memorial on “Electoral Act 2022:...
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has again assured Nigerians and the global community that the 2023 general elections will be free and fair. Mohammed gave the assurance while briefing newsmen at the end of the virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by President...
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set up a committee to reconcile its Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers. Former lawmaker and member of the board, Sen. Abdul Ningi disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the end of the...
A United States based real estate entrepreneur, Mr John Juruobi, has appealed to traditional rulers in Abia North to adopt the Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu as the consensus senatorial candidate of the zone and return him unopposed. According to a statement issued on Tuesday by Orji Kalu media...