By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, has disclosed that plans are underway to recruit another 1000 teachers in order to meet demands for teachers, as well as create employment opportunities for youths in the state Governor Sule, disclosed this in Loko, in Nasarawa local...
2023 Elections
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Against the backdrop of alleged plans to rig the forthcoming election in Cross River State, the Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has demanded to inspect and to take full record of the IMEI number of the 3,281 BVAS machines which is in INEC custody...
The primary purpose of government is the welfare and safety of the citizenry through provision of security, policies and programmes that would enhance their well being, and address their challenges in various ways. This is trite, not in this clime, it beggars repeating. At this time in Nigeria, one...
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has called on people of the state not to allow the struggle for southern presidency to fail. Akeredolu said that since the North had produced the president for eight years, it was the turn of the South to occupy the presidency. He added...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says warehoused Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) can no longer be used during elections as every voter must be authenticated with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). The Director-General of The Electoral Institute (TEI), Dr Sa’ad Idris, stated this at the political parties’ polling...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A group known as The Sokoto Network for Good Governance has passed vote of confidence on all candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 general elections. Addressing a world press conference on Sunday in Sokoto, the convener general, Comrade Faruk...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As political parties intensify efforts to woo the electorate in the forthcoming general elections, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has described the APC presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the vanguard of women empowerment above other candidates. The minister spoke...
As the organized fanfare of the campaigns wind down, something more potent is about to take its place. The drama and travelling circus of the campaigns will shortly be followed by the ritual of democratic observance. In a little over two weeks, people will queue up to cast their...
Prof. Ayobami Salami, the Ekiti State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) has said that the commission won’t disappoint Nigerians in the 2023 general election. Salami stated this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday shortly after monitoring the...
The protest on scarcity of fuel and new naira notes rocking some parts of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Saturday stalled the appearance of Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate at a forum. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obi was billed to attend a presidential...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will be the next President of Nigeria. President Buhari, made the declaration in Lafia, capital of Nasarawa State, on Saturday at the APC Presidential Campaign rally that had...
Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi has asked Nigerians to hold him accountable if a new Nigeria fails to emerge with him as president. Mr. Obi threw the challenge in Abakaliki on Friday at his campaign rally. He pledged to reform Nigeria back from consumption to...
The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem on Friday said the court has so far received 600 pre election matters from its 20 Divisions. Dongbam-Mensem made this known when Amb. Samuela Isopi, Ambassador, EU Delegation paid her a visit in her office. “The court received over...
The apex socio-cultural organization in Kogi East Senatorial District, Uk’Omu Igala Organization, has set up a 13-man committee made up of eminent Igala and Bassa sons and daughters, to interact with candidates from the zone in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The committee, chaired by a former Minister of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reassured of safety for members of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) during the 2023 General Election. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC Chairman, said this when he received the Director -General, the NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed on a courtesy visit to his office...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari is in total support of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in the forthcoming 2023 election. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the 22nd edition of the President Mohammadu...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – As the February general elections draw closer, over 365 Independent Campaign Council (ICC) support groups in Nasarawa State, have commenced door to door campaigns for Tinubu/Shettima. The state Coordinator for Tinubu/Shettima Grassroot Independent Campaign Council, Hon Yusuf Omaki, disclosed this at the launch of...
Sen. Teslim Folarin, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate in Oyo State, has predicted the emergence of Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate, as the winner of Feb. 25 election. Folarin, while featuring on the maiden Guest Forum of Oyo State Correspondents’ Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has expressed optimism that the 2023 general elections would be the best ever in Nigeria. Lawan expressed the optimism on Tuesday in Abuja when he received a delegation of the European Union election observers and former Kenyan Prime Minister, Raila Odinga who paid separate courtesy...
The Federal High Court Abuja on Tuesday struck out a suit seeking to compel INEC to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards or Voter Identification Number at the 2023 general elections. The Incorporated Trustees of the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law had dragged INEC...