INEC on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the road transportation and marine workers’ unions to facilitate efficient and successful logistics delivery for 2023 general elections. The unions include the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) and the...
2023 Elections
Mrs Uju Ken-Ohanenye, Vice-Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) says Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will ensure a sense of belonging for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) if elected as president in 2023. She gave the assurance when she spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba says the police has devised strategies to arrest and prosecute politicians moving on election days with tonnes of cash for vote buying. Baba stated this on Monday in Abuja at a one-day Stakeholders Summit on Addressing the Influence of Money on the...
Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that the country’s electoral processes were strengthened. He made the call while speaking with newsmen in Abuja, on Monday. The governor said that as the 2023 general elections were fast approaching, the electoral umpire...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abiola Oshodi, says the 2023 presidential election would be beyond ethnic affiliation. Oshodi added that the election would be determined by all Nigerians through their votes and support. Oshodi is the Vice Chairman of the APC in Canada,. In a...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed worries that if attacks on its facilities persist into January 2023, it could affect the conduct of the general elections. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, Mr Festus Okoye, said this at a workshop on Political Violence...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it won’t relent in its determination to prevent vote-buying in 2023 general election. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at a day stakeholders’ summit on addressing the influence of money in the 2023 general election on Monday in Abuja. Yakubu...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has tasked Nigerians to reject possible inducements by money bags trying to buy their votes in 2023 general election. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at a day stakeholders’ summit on addressing the influence of money in 2023 general election on...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, about 25 female governorship candidates contesting on the platform of various political parties in the states, on Monday, unveiled their agenda for the poll. They spoke at a media engagement organised by the Women Radio 91.7FM in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria...
Chief Ademola Ojo, Deputy Chief of Staff to Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, says he left the crisis-ridden All Progressives Congress (APC) about four months ago to support the developmental programme of the state government. Ojo made the clarification in a statement he personally signed on Monday in...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Kashim Shettima will on Tuesday visit Cross River State for a town hall meeting with the party’s stakeholders. The APC Deputy Director Presidential Campaign Council South South and Chairman of...
The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to monitor its staff frustrating the smooth collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in parts of the South-East. The Chairman of CLO in Anambra, Comrade Vincent Ezekwueme, made the call while speaking to the News Agency...
A federal lawmaker representing Bauchi North Senatorial District, Adamu Bulkachuwa says the cash withdrawal limits by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has serious implications on the 2023 general elections. He said the apex bank’s policy is political though the CBN has said it no political target. “It looks...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has warned corps members willing to participate in the 2023 general elections to be neutral and apolitical. Mrs Christy Uba, the Acting Director General of NYSC, said this while addressing corps members at the Mbaukwu/Umuawulu Permanent Orientation camp, Awka South Local Government Area...
The general atmosphere of violence and anarchy threatening to overwhelm the South East portends ill for our national security. A spate of senseless killings, random arson and general insecurity has since become a veritable signature of the region in recent years. The trend has recently intensified. The subsisting regional...
A Civil Society Organisation, Yiaga Africa, has said that the high rate of insecurity and executive impunity, especially by state governors, may impact on the conduct and outcome of the 2023 general elections. Yiaga, in its pre-election observation report, signed by its Executive Secretary, Sam Itodo, and made available...
Sen. Sandy Onor, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate in Cross River, said that the poor performance of the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration in the state had made the campaign easier for his party. Onor, who currently represents Cross River Central in the Senate, stated this on Saturday...
SBM Intelligence, a research firm that analyses West African geopolitical and economic situation, has released its projection of the forthcoming 2023 presidential election in Nigeria. The firm predicts the states that will be won by the top three candidates in the election, namely: 2023 presidential election set to be the tightest,...
Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa on Friday urged electorate to vote for All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2023 general elections for the crude oil deposit in the state to be explored. Badaru, while addressing party supporters during the APC governorship rally in Malammadori Local Government Area (LGA), said...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, on Friday sought the nod of the House of Representatives to classify its facilities as high security facilities across Nigeria. Yakubu made the appeal in Abuja during the investigation hearing of the the ad-hoc Committee Investigating the...