The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has announced former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, as member with “immediate effect”. The Director-General of the party’s PCC, Aminu Tambuwal, in a statement on Sunday, said Dogara’s appointment “is part of our continuous effect in joining...
2023 Election
Governor Nyesom Wike has told other parties to avoid campaigning in Rivers State, maintaining that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would sweep the oil-rich state in next year’s elections. He spoke during the State Honours and Awards held at the Banquet Hall, Government House in Port Harcourt on Saturday....
The Labour Party (LP) gubernatorial candidate in Kaduna, Mr. Jonathan Asake, says he will use technology to fight insecurity in the state if elected in the 2023 general elections. Asake disclosed this on Friday at a media parley organised by the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Kaduna. He...
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) presidential candidate, Kola Abiola has said if elected in the 2023 polls, he will reduce the country’s unemployment rate by half. The latest figures by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) put Nigeria’s unemployment rate at 33.3 percent as of the fourth quarter of...
A group of mainly All Progressives Congress (APC) members of northern extraction led by the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mister Yakubu Dogara, has adopted the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for the 2023 general election. The group named Northern Leaders’...
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has described as a “travesty of justice”, the judgment of an Abuja High Court that nullified the outcome of its governorship primary election in Abia. The National Chairman of the party, Chief Ike Oye, made the remark in Umuahia on Friday, when he...
The All Progressive Congress (APC), has accused Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of marginalising the people of Agbor Kingdom in Ika South Local Government of Delta. The National Publicity Secretary of APC, Dr Felix Morka said this on Friday in Agbor during the party’s ward to ward campaign in Ika South...
Nigerian singer/songwriter, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has called on the youths across the country to protect their votes at their polling units during the 2023 general elections. Oputa made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of...
A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia, Chief Daniel Eke, says he will challenge the Appeal Court judgment that validated the candidacy of Chief Ikechi Emenike. Eke made the disclosure in a reaction to Wednesday’s judgment by the Court of Appeal, Owerri Division, presided over...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule, has said that the opposition has nothing tangible to offer the state, but are merely seeking power to squander the savings made by his administration. Governor Sule stated this on Thursday in Kokona and Akwanga Local Government Areas, while...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Nasarawa State Chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has vowed it will deliver the state to Atiku Abubakar, Presidential candidate of the party. Leaders of the party in the state stated this on Thursday at Awe Local Government Area (LGA), during the continuation...
The APC Governorship Campaign Group in Lagos State on Wednesday, officially flagged off the re-election campaign of the incumbent governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Speaking at a media briefing to herald the flag -off at Ikeja, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso said the theme of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National President of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), ,Chris Isiguzo, has urged media practitioners to observe their professional code of ethics in the discharge of their social responsibility during the 2023 general elections. He also called on the media owners in Nigeria to...
The Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide has said that its support for the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, was based on its desire for equity, justice and fairplay in the country. The President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Amb. George Obiozor, said this in Umuahia...
The Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the attacks on its offices in some parts of the country won’t deter it from holding the 2023 general elections. Yakubu said this on Tuesday in Abeokuta during an assessment tour of its office recently attacked...
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will run an all-inclusive and non-discriminatory government if elected in 2023. The declaration was made in Jos on Monday by Chief Ayuba Gufwan, Director Mobilisation, Directorate of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) of the APC’s Presidential Campaign Council...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it would not allow collection of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) by proxy. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kebbi State, Alhaji Ahmad Bello-Mahmud, made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Birnin Kebbi...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has inaugurated the state’s Campaign Council for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 general elections. During the inauguration held at the multipurpose hall of the Government House in Maiduguri on Sunday, Zulum reminded the campaign council...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed Bashir Sheriff Machina as the authentic All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District. The court upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State which held that the President of the senate Ahmad Lawan,...
The North West Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has urged Northern elders to shun divisive comments as the country heads to general elections in 2023. The call is contained in a statement signed by Muhammad Molash, the council’s zonal spokesperson, which was made available to...