By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has charged Nigerians to rise above parochial considerations and work together for the progress of the country. Governor Ortom gave the charge on Saturday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State shortly after he received the highest honours in the state,...
2023 Elections
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Hoodlums on Sunday have set The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office ablaze in Imo State. The latest attack is coming barely 72 hours after hoodlums attacked it’s office on Thursday, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye...
Gov. Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has debunked the rumour making the rounds that he intends to sack some workers if elected into office for a second term. Gov. AbdulRasaq debunked the rumor at an interactive session with civil servants in the state as part of activities to mark the...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, says Nigerians should ensure they vote in committed leaders that will take the country to the next level. Sanwo-Olu gave the advice at a special prayer session toward a hitch-free 2023 General Elections for Lagos state and Nigeria at the Lagos Central Mosque,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says timely arrest and prosecution of perpetrators of attacks on its facilities and assets nationwide would end the trend. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at the opening of a two-day Induction Retreat for the commission’s Residents Electoral Commissioners in Lagos...
The National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the recent attacks on its facilities won’t stop the conduct of 2023 general election. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said this when he received a delegation from Africa Union Special Pre- Electoral Political Mission led by Phumzile Mlambo- Ngcuka on Monday in...
Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, Director-General of Atiku Abubakar-Ifeanyi Okowa Presidential Campaign Management Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra says the party will win majority votes in the state. “We are targeting not less than one million voters who will troop out en-masse on the day of election;...
Amid permutations ahead of the 2023 general elections, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu is banking on his alliance with some outgoing northern governors to get votes in the region. At the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos State on Saturday during a rally, Tinubu...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) says its presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has practical solutions to challenges confronting Nigeria. Mr Solomon Dalung,Director-General of SDP Presidential Campaign Council, said this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. Dalung, a former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, urged Nigerians not...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it would be constitutionally and legally impossible to resume voter registration before the 2023 elections. INEC had ended the registration exercise in July but civil society groups have kicked, arguing that the move would disenfranchise millions of Nigerians. On Tuesday,...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, invalidated the primary election that produced Rep Sani Galadima as the PDP candidate for the 2023 Kaura Namoda/Birnin Magaji Federal Constituency of Zamfara election. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgement, ordered the conduct of a fresh election within 14 days of the...
The immediate past Secretary to the State Government (SSG) in Katsina State, Dr Mustapha Inuwa, has been appointed as Director-General of Atiku/Lado Presidential and Governorship Campaign Council. The PDP gubernatorial candidate in state, Sen. Yakubu Lado-Danmarke, stated this at the inauguration of the party’s presidential/gubernatorial campaign council on Saturday...
The Rivers State All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Governorship Candidate, Prince Ugo Beke on Sunday said that the principle of Federal Character had not helped Nigeria to get to the dream of its founding fathers. Beke, a merchant banker and financial consultant, who spoke to newsmen in Lagos, was...
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, says his government will further re-activate the multi-billion dollars Gas Revolution Industrial Park Project. Tinubu gave the assurance on Saturday at the APC rally held at the Warri Township Stadium, Delta. Addressing the mammoth crowd, Tinubu said: “Our...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Former Minister of Transport and one of the candidates that recently contested gubernatorial primaries of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Yusuf Suleiman has affirmed that Sokoto is hundred percent behind the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) It would be recalled that Suleiman, defected from the...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba has blamed the increasing incidences of political violence in the country on some state governors. Baba said this during a meeting with leadership of political parties and other stakeholders on Thursday in Abuja. He said the meeting was called to engage...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Network of Civil Society Organizations (NECSOB), Borno State Chapter has called on all critical stakeholders to desist from acts that could jeopardize the credibility of the forth coming 2023 elections The Executive Director NECSOB, Comrade Bulama Aviso made the call on Wednesday in...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – As the campaigns and build-up to the 2023 general elections thicken, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has said that the media holds the ace in making a difference in promoting credible elections in Nigeria. Danbatta...
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) donated N40 million to flood victims in Edo on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the floods displaced about 32,893 persons in Etsako Central, Etsako East and Esan Southeast Local Government Areas of Edo....