The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has assured of adequate fuel supply for successful conduct of the 2023 general election. Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPC Limited, said this when he received management team of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) led by its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu...
2023 Elections
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) for the deployment of over 100,000 vehicles to transport electoral materials and personnel in the 2023 general election. Chief Technical Adviser, CTA,...
A Federal High Court, Abuja will on Feb. 15 deliver judgment in a suit filed by Nigerians of voting age living in the diaspora to enforce their fundamental rights to vote in the 2023 general elections. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date on Tuesday after counsel for the parties...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Navy has called on the general public to jettison in totality a viral video showing Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) THUNDER in distress and described it as “unpatriotic, clueless and unprofessional.’’ The video in circulation showed an unidentified crew of Motor Vessel (MV)...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Senator Sandy Onor, the People’s Democratic (Party) PDP governorship candidate in Cross River State has advised the state government to shelf its planned of selling government properties “We have spoken many times against moves by the governor to embark on last minute programmes and...
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a suit filed by a group seeking the disqualification of Sen. Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), from the 2023 general elections. Justice Binta Nyako, in a judgment, held that the plaintiff, the Incorporated Trustees...
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has restated his commitment to devolution of power and restructuring of Nigerian federalism if elected the next president of Nigeria. Abubakar, former Vice President of the country, made the promise on Thursday in Abakaliki during a presidential...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, has embarked on an aggressive ward to ward campaigns in the ten electoral wards in the area. The party said the ward to ward campaign was part of its strategies...
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lauded Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa, his running mate, for taking the lead in restructuring without waiting for the Federal Government. Abubakar gave the commendation while inaugurating the Koka Flyover and Interchange on Wednesday in Asaba, a project constructed...
As the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is making finishing touches to the conduct of general elections, the commission says all ad hoc staff will be taken through the nitty gritty of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and all the electioneering processes. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
Imo State Government has declared Thursday and Friday as public holidays to enable workers to collect their Permanent Voter Cards at ward levels before the expiration of the deadline on Jan. 29. Owners of uncollected cards will thereafter go to INEC offices at local government secretariats to collect same....
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The United States Government has threatened to impose visa restrictions on individuals found in acting of undermining the Nigerian 2023 general elections U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken made the announcement in a statement released by the U.S Mission in Abuja on Wednesday. Blinken...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it will soon release a revised standard operational guideline on election duties and other salient election security rules for its personnel. Dr Ahmed Audi, NSCDC Commandant General (CG), made this known at the opening of a two-day strategic management retreat...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Thousands of the Supporters of the Senator representing Borno South at the National Assembly,, Senator Mohammed Ndume have stormed Shani and Azare LGAs to welcome, Governor Babagana Zulum to the areas, as the campaign train of the All Progressive Congress (APC) moved to Southern...
About 1.5 million polling agents have been nominated across the country by the 18 registered political parties for the 2023 general election, an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said. The official who spoke on an anonymous condition told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
Plato made one eternal statement long ago – ‘The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men’. But the Nigerian experience is curiously different. Here, the so-called good men install evil men in power who they know are up to no...
Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, Wife of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Sen. Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has said that her husband will give special consideration for youths, women and persons with disabilities. Tinubu stated this on Sunday in Jos at a town-hall meeting, organized by the APC Presidential Campaign...
Chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River, Mr Alphonsus Eba, has said that the governorship candidate of the party, Sen. Bassey Otu, was far above other candidates because of his track records. Eba said this on Saturday at the flag off of the APC state campaign in...
Gombe gubernatorial candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Khamisu Mailantarki, has offered to pay for external examinations of students of the State if elected. Mailantarki, a former Member of House of Representatives from Gombe State, stated this during the inauguration of the NNPP Gubernatorial Campaign Council, on Saturday...
Rise Networks, a Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Company, on Friday in Abuja, launched the “Run-Am” mobile app to verify fake news and combat the spread of misinformation during the electioneering period. Mrs Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji, Founder, Rise Networks, said the platform, which can be accessed on Google Play Store,...