Former presidential spokesperson Dr Doyin Okupe on Friday said he is ‘standing in’ as vice presidential candidate of the Labour party. Dr. Okupe made the announcement on Channels Television’s Politics Today. If his candidacy holds, he will run alongside Peter Obi in the 2023 presidential elections. However, Dr Okupe...
2023 Election
The electioneering season in Nigeria is never in short supply of intrigues and drama. Events leading to the announcement of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s running mate were no exception. The anxiety was palpable as many Nigerians waited in bated breath to know who his choice as PDP vice-presidential candidate will...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Benue Sate has withdrawn two of it staff in Oju Local Government Area from field and issued them query for demanding payment from registrants. The Benue State Administrative Secretary of INEC, Shehu Abdulwahab, revealed this in a...
A civil society group, Double Diamond Platform Global (DDPG) on Thursday urged Nigerians not to be lured into voting persons with questionable characters into office at the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The group said the call became expedient because of the near state of despair Nigerians had been subjected...
The clock is ticking loudly and counting down towards a new dawn for Nigeria as we head into the 2023 General election. As political drama continues to unfold ahead of the election, some concerned Nigerians are focusing on Nigerian voters for a purposeful use of the power of the...
INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kwara, Malam Garba Attahiru-Madami, says the Commission has nothing to do with primary elections of political parties. Attahiru-Madami made this known on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin. He said that contrary to the opinion of...
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, briefing newsmen in Abuja on 16/6/2022 The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, has warned politicians and their supporters who are planning to cause trouble during the 2023 general elections to desist. Irabor gave the warning while addressing newsmen...
Enugu Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has been lambasted on social media after he lashed out at the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi. Mbaka said Obi can never be Nigeria’s President. He made the comment at his Adoration Ministry in Enugu State. According to him, unless God ceases to...
A group, Think Tinubu Movement, says the 2023 presidential cap fits Sen. Bola Tinubu. Its National Coordinator, Chief Sesan Afolorunikan, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos, congratulating Tinubu on his emergence as the APC presidential flag bearer for the 2023 general elections. According to Afolorunikan, Tinubu’s...
The House of Representatives has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to extend the voter registration by 60 days. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise is scheduled to end on June 30. This followed the adoption of a motion by...
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna – As the build-up to the 2023 general elections gathers momentum, some clergymen have appealed to members of their congregation without Permanent Voter Cards (PVC), to as matter of urgency get registered before the extended closing date of June 30, 2022, as failure to do...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A group of North-East Concerned Citizens, has described a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Barrister Yakubu Dogara as the best running mate to be picked by Bola Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Chairman of the group, Muhammad...
The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has boasted that no political party can wrestle power from the ruling APC. He said APC has brought so much development to the country that it will be difficult for any other political party to defeat it...
The Presidency on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari did not suffer any form of constraints in arriving at decisions leading to the smooth conduct of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) party’s primary. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu emerged winner of the party’s...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A group of youths under the auspices of the APC Youth Progressive Forum, has called on the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to pick a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara as his running mate in the 2023 election. Speaking at...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMGANI, Bauchi – The National Vice President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Prophet Isa El-Buba, has said that it will be exercise in futility for any political party to present a Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket to Nigerians in the 2023 general election. He said the move is...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Stakeholders have called on the party’s leadership to narrow the search for its 2023 Vice Presidential candidate to a northern Christian. Malam Aliyu Audu, National Coordinator of the group, made the call at a news conference on Monday in Abuja. He added that...
When Lord Aton, the British historian, stated that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely he had some leaders like Governor Dave Umahi in mind. The governor of Ebonyi State reminds one a lot about the Lord of the Manor, the English lord who enjoyed manorial rights (the rights...
The former Secretary General of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Mr Anthony Sani, has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to run a Muslim-Muslim ticket in the 2023 presidential race. Sani give the advice while interacting with some newsmen on Monday in Jos, adding that a Muslim-Muslim ticket would...
In recent times, the quest for all eligible Nigerian citizens to obtain their Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) ahead of the 2023 general elections is fast becoming a nationwide project. With INEC set to close their portal for Continuous Voter’s Registration (CVR) by the end of this month, numerous political,...