The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says preparations for the 2023 general election are largely being concluded as preliminary deployments are already underway. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this in Chatham House, London, on Tuesday while addressing the world on preparations for the 2023 general election. Yakubu, in...
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The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Kola Abiola, has said that he would deal decisively with secessionists if elected Nigerian president. Abiola stated this at a presidential parley, organised by the South-West Development Stakeholders Forum (SWDSF) on Tuesday in Ibadan. According to him, the actions of...
Kwara residents on Tuesday abandoned their businesses to welcome the APC presidential candidates, Sen. Bola Tinubu and Alhaji Kashim Shetima at the llorin international Airport. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that thousands of residents of Kwara were happy and deliberately abandoned their businesses to assemble at the...
Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says the quality of political conversations among gladiators will determine the outcome of the Feb. 25, general election. Gbajabiamila said this at the resumption of the House seating for the 2023 legislative session in Abuja on Tuesday. He said as the country...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship candidate in Zamfara, Dr. Dauda Lawal-Dare, has said he would revive the state’s industrial and agricultural sectors to create employment for the youth and women if elected in the state. Lawal-Dare stated this at the inauguration of his campaign in Kaura Namoda, headquarters...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Cross River, Sen. Sandy Onor, has said that the party is “fired and united“ with the sole purpose of reclaiming the state from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Onor stated this on Monday at a media briefing to kick-start the...
Mr Jibrin Tatabe has expressed delight over his reinstatement as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Borno Central Senatorial District by the Federal High Court sitting in Maiduguri. This is contained in a statement made available by Mr Aminu Yakudima, his Personal Assistant in Abuja on Monday. The...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, on Monday, alluded to the presence of a small group of nepotistic politicians holding Nigeria captive for their interests. Obi made this comment during his opening address at Chatham House in London, saying the event was an opportunity to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Seyi Tinubu, son of the All Progressives Congress, APC Presidential Candidate for the general election slated in February this year at the weekend paid a visit to Maiduguri, the Borno state capital where he joined the leadership of Youth Mandate Group (YMG) in distributing...
The Lagos State Deputy Governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Funke Akindele says the party will make Ikorodu area attractive to local and foreign investors, if elected in the forthcoming election. She stated this during a Thanksgiving Service organised to appreciate God for putting her on the...
“Look for 3 things in a person – intelligence, energy and integrity. If they don’t have the last one, don’t bother with the first two”. The above quotation comes from Warren Edward Buffet, an American business magnet, investor, speaker and philanthropist who is reputed to be the fourth richest...
Dr Nkem Okeke, immediate past Deputy Governor of Anambra, has called on the political class to caution their faithful to play issues-based politics that will afford the electorate enough knowledge to vote rightly in the 2023 general elections. He made the call in a telephone interview with the News...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Alhaji Rabi’u Kwankwaso, says both the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have failed Nigerians for the past 24 years of ruling the country. Alhaji Kwankwaso, who said the...
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has expressed gratitude to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for selecting him as the party’s Vice-Presidential candidate. Okowa stated this while addressing PDP supporters during the party’s campaign on Friday, in Ika South and...
Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BOT) member in Ebonyi, Mr Felix Mgbada, Member, has said there are no arrangement or written documents made to authenticate any zoning arrangement for governorship position in the state. Mgbada disclosed this in a press conference held on Friday in Umuoghara, Ezza...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja on Friday, upheld the nomination of Shehu Umar as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Bauchi South Senatorial District in the Feb. 25 election. A three-member panel of judges, in two separate judgments, set aside the Nov. 21, 2022 judgment by...
The Lagos PDP Gubernatorial Candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor) on Friday, said he remained committed to faithfully deploying state resources to ease burdens and hardship of residents and end their worries. Adediran in company of party leaders made the pledge when his campaign train landed in Somolu Local Government...
The United Nigeria Movement (UNM), a political organisation, has expressed confidence in the ability of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar to transform Nigeria, if elected in the forthcoming presidential election. The National Chairman of the movement, Alhaji Abubakar El-Nafaty, made the statement at a news briefing...
The Leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has visited and consulted the home of the late Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, foremost Igbo leader and the Ezeigbo Gburugburu of Igbo land. The delegation, led by Chief Emma Eneukwu, Deputy National Chairman of APC (South), came to Ojukwu’s home...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu, has revealed why Nigerians should try something different and vote for him in the February 25 election. Mr. Kachikwu said his more popular opponents, Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party...