The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State on Sunday, urged political parties to engage credible and trained party agents, assuring that votes would count in the 2023 general elections. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lagos state, Mr Olusegun Agbaje told the News Agency of Nigeria...
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A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Emmanuel Ogidi, has said the party is focused on rescuing Nigeria from its security and economic challenges. Ogidi, a former National Vice Chairman of the PDP, South-South, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the presidential candidate of the NNPP, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso and flagbearer of Labour Party, Peter Obi to declare their assets publicly. SERAP made the call in a series of messages via its Twitter handle. It...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Saturday said he would soon “speak out” on recent happenings in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the country. Wike disclosed this in a statement by Mr Kelvin Ebiri, his Special Assistant on Media in Port Harcourt. Wike said it had become pertinent...
The recent blame game between the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a new twist with the latest jab coming from the former vice president’s camp. In a statement on Saturday, Atiku’s media adviser,...
The Tinubu Campaign Organisation (TCO) has said that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 presidential candidate is not prepared for the job. Mr Bayo Onanuga, TCO Director, Media and Communications, said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja while reacting to comments made by Atiku in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu, has said all Nigerians should feel great pity and sadness for the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Tinubu noted that in his desperate attempt to win the 2023 election by stoking religious...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A federal lawmaker representing Calabar Municipality/Odukpani in the House of Representatives, Hon Eta Mbora, has called on The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) members to do away with bickerings arising from party primaries and form a united front ahead of 2023. Hon. Mbora stated unequivocally...
By RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – A senatorial hopeful of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Barrister Labaran Shuaibu Magaji, says he remain a committed member of the ruling party despite dragging it to court over alleged electoral fraud . Barrister Magaji stated this on Friday shortly after the hearing of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Senator Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to withdraw from the 2023 presidential election. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, stated this at a press conference on Friday in Abuja. Mr. Ologunagba said the party believed that the APC presidential...
A Federal High Court in Abakaliki on Friday, dismissed suit filed by Gov Dave Umahi seeking the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept him as the Ebonyi South Senatorial candidate for 2023 polls. The court also recognized Mrs Ann Agom-Eze, who came second in the May 28 primary...
Sen. Eyinnaya Abaribe (APGA-Abia) has called on the electorate to be wary of fake promises and elect credible leaders in the 2023 general elections. He made the call on Friday, at the investiture of Rotarian Max Amuchie, the 6th President of the Rotary Club of Abuja (Central Business District)...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday told stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the unity, security and prosperity of the country will matter most to him beyond his days in office as President. The president, who made his feelings known at a meeting with the stakeholders in Abuja,...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Guma Local Government Area of Benue are captured in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration. Justice Ekwo made the advice after Mrs Patricia...
Sen. Uba Sani, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kaduna State governorship candidate, says the state will deliver maximum votes to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election. Sani, also the Senator representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, said this at the inauguration of Sen. Kashim Shettima, the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Ahead of the 2023 presidential elections, The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has mobilized thousands of women across the 36 states of the federation and FCT to support the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinibu. Speaking at...
The Federal High Court Abuja on Friday issued a seven-day ultimatum to a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Rotimi Jacobs, to show cause why he should not be disqualified from further prosecuting former Abia governor, Orji Uzor Kalu. Kalu, who is serving as a senator, is standing trial...
Elections In Osun, Ekiti and Anambra, proof of my irreversible commitment to credible polls – Buhari
Elections In Osun, Ekiti and Anambra, proof of my irreversible commitment to credible polls – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja declared that the off-season elections in Anambra, Ekiti and Osun States have confirmed his Administration’s irreversible commitment to credible and violence-free polls in the country. Receiving a delegation from Nasarawa State, the President urged the electorate to vote the All Progressives Congress (APC)...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Justice Ahmad Mahmud of the Federal High Court siting in Sokoto has sentenced and convicted two car dealers, Aminu Sahabi to five years imprisonment and Nasiru Mohammed with an option of fine. The duo were dragged before Justice Ahmad by the Economic and Financial...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), North West, has expressed worry over the large number of unclaimed Permanent Voters Card (PVCs), at the office of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Mr Abdulhamid Mohammed, the Zonal Youth Leader of APC, who stated this on Friday, in an interview with the News...