A socio-cultural group, Iko Udama, has called on Nigerians to pick up their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) from designated centres as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Chairman of Iko Udama, Mr Amodu Achema, said this at the end of the group’s Annual General Meeting in...
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Meta, the parent company for WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram, on Wednesday announced its plans to combat misinformation and hate speech ahead of 2023 general elections. Adaora Ikenze, Meta’s Head of Public Policy for Anglophone West Africa, made this known during a media roundtable event in Lagos organised to share...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has described as false and malicious, a video circulating on various social media platforms, showing some INEC staff at FESTAC Town, Amuwo Odofin LGA Office, Lagos extracting Voter Identification Numbers (VINs) from Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) and entering...
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated that the 2023 general elections would be free, fair and credible, as manipulations would not be allowed in any form. The President’s media aide, Malam Garba Shehu in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the president gave the assurance while hosting West African...
The Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has advised Benue people to vote for credible candidates during the 2023 general elections. Obi gave the advice while addressing his supporters on Friday in Gboko Local Government Area, Benue. He further reiterated that they should vote for only...
The Lagos PDP Deputy Governorship Candidate, Ms Funke Akindele on Wednesday appealed to the electorate in the state to protect their votes at the 2023 general elections. Akindele, a Nollywood star, made this charge while inaugurating a borehole donated to residents of Abule Oja community in Yaba area of...
Gov Muhammadu Badaru of Jigawa and Senator Grace Bent have pledged to deliver about 20 million votes during 2023 General Elections to the APC Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima. They made the commitment during the inauguration of Stakeholders Special Duties Directorate of the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Sokoto State on Sunday received more defectors ahead of the 2023 General Elections in the state. The latest defection was another set of scores of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members from Dundaye, Gumburawa and Gidan Bubu districts in Wamakko Local Government Area of...
Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, one of the prominent elders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto state, Alhaji Sahabi Bojo-Bodinga, had defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bojo-Bodinga, a PDP stalwart from Sokoto South Senatorial District was received by the APC leader in the state,...
The Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Mr Joseph Ari, says citizens should leverage the Bimodal Voters’ Accreditation System (BVAS) to vote credible leaders in the 2023 general elections. This was made known on Friday in Jos in a statement signed by the fund’s Director of Public Affairs...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it will continue to partner with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to curb vote buying, especially during the 2023 general elections. The Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa said this in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Thursday,...
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked the party’s National Chairman, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu to assure members that he would resign his position after the 2023 general elections. The BoT acting Chairman, Sen. Adophus Wabara, disclosed this in a communiqué after the board’s...
A political group, 40Million Ballots Movement on Monday unveiled ‘Fund40MB Donation Campaign’, to support the Labour Party (LP) presidential hopeful and his running mate. The campaign is a donor fundraising for the LP Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, and his running mate, Sen. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, ahead of the...
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen has called on women to vote for female candidates in the forthcoming 2023 general elections to enhance women participation in politics. Tallen made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York on the Sidelines...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Yiaga Africa says it has partnered UKAid to train no fewer than 40 young women in Lagos State as agents of change in their respective communities. The Director of Programme, Yiaga Africa, Ms Cynthia Mbamalu, made this known during the 2022 Community Organising...
The PDP Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday said he was marvelled by the level of mobilisation of party members in Lagos State ahead of the 2023 general elections. Abubakar, who arrived the state early in the day to attend series of activities, spoke at a stakeholders’ meeting...
The Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Electoral Matters, Sen. Olalekan Mustapha, has assured Nigerians that the conduct of 2023 general elections would be guided by Electoral Act, 2022. Mustapha (APC-Ogun East) gave the assurance on Wednesday when he led other members of the committee on a courtesy visit to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In a bid to ensure that no eligible Nigerian is left out of the electoral process on account of displacement, disability or other circumstances that may limit citizens’ participation in the electoral process, the Independent National Electoral Commission has presented for validation a revised...
The race for the 2023 presidency is looking more like a tripartite sprint among unequal parties. In that race, the advantage of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should ordinarily have been defined by two factors: age and a minus sign. It is the oldest of the three...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has received Kassim Shetima, running mate to Bola Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of the APC, in the 2023 general elections as both discussed strategies for APC’s victory in the forth-coming elections. Meeting behind closed doors on Monday, their discussion centered on various plans and...