All Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) needed for the 2023 general elections would be ready before December. The assurance was given in Abuja on Thursday by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Voter Education and Information Committee, Mr Festus Okoye. He gave the assurance while speaking as a panellist at...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State says PDP’s dream of winning the state in 2023 general elections remains `a mere daydream’ which is unrealistic. APC’s Publicity Secretary, Mr Seye Oladejo, made this remark in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Oladejo was reacting to a report credited...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Tiv Area Traditional Council has urged politicians to desist from insulting opponents during campaigns, to avoid breach of peace. The council said politicians should rather focus on issue-based campaigns in national interest This is contained in a statement jointly signed by Secretary of the...
Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has expressed confidence that the party will win Lagos and other 25 states in 2023 general election. Ayu stated this on Wednesday in Abuja, when he received the second stanza of the report of the PDP Special Reconciliation...
Gov.Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Wednesday said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) G-5 governors will only be disposed to reconciliation based on equity, fairness and justice. Wike said this at the inauguration of the Rumuepirikom Flyover bridge inaugurated by Adams Oshiomhole, a former Governor of Edo, in Port...
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will on Thursday meet with private sector drivers in Imo, ahead of his forth coming campaign in the state. Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo made the disclosure while addressing newsmen on Wednesday, at the Sam Mbakwe Int’l Cargo...
A Fulani socio-cultural group, known as Fulbe North East group, has endorsed the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for the 2023 general elections. Musa Ardo, the spokesperson of the group, who made the declaration in Yola on Wednesday, said their decision was due...
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu met with the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. The meeting is the second leg of the CAN presidential interaction session. The APC candidate was accompanied by his wife, Oluremi; the Speaker...
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhajj Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday reiterated his commitment to restructuring, to facilitate national unity and development. Abubakar, who appeared at the Editors Forum, an initiative of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), in Lagos, said that before setting out for...
No fewer than 1,000 members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos Mainland Local Government Area (LGA) on Tuesday defected to the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The defectors cited the lack of internal democracy in the ruling party as part of the reasons for their...
By EFFIONG BASSEY, Uyo – The former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator odswill Akpabio, has said he would approach the Supreme Court to seek redress over Appeal Court judgement nullifying his election as All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Akwa Ibom North West in 2023 election. Senator Akpabio,...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Jigawa State Governor, Muhammed Badaru has inaugurated the Stakeholders (Special Duties) Directorate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council on Monday in Abuja. Governor Badaru in his remarks at the event, charged members to hit the ground running in actualising their mandate of...
“Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat” Soludo is at it again. He has said that Peter Obi is not having the chance to win the 2023 Presidential election Soludo, we all know, is obsessed with attention-seeking and saying fictitious things from time to time. Once he feels he has...
A former President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, says disagreement between the PDP Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Gov Nyesom Wike of Rivers/ the G-5 governors will soon be resolved. Saraki stated this in llorin on Monday while speaking with newsmen at the 10th remembrance prayer for his...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo on Monday tackled the presidential candidate of the Labour party, Peter Obi, in a lengthy opinion piece. The former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor said Obi knows he cannot win the 2023 presidential elections and is only playing a game. “Let’s be clear: Peter...
Gimbiya Khadijat Sa’idu, Kebbi Chairperson of Standup For Women Society, says Nigerians should elect leaders based on performance, not the money they will share to voters. Sa’idu said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Birnin Kebbi that money politics was responsible for...
The Enugu State Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Mr Casmir Agbo, has said the chapter is waiting for directives from the party’s Headquarter to conduct fresh gubernatorial primary. He said this on Monday in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu in reaction to...
The Peoples Democratic Party Coalition for Professional Groups and Peaceful Co-existence (PDPCUP) has expressed confidence that Dr Iyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman of the PDP would lead the party to victory in 2023. The National Coordinator, Alhaji Muhammad Dan’auta, made this known during the pressure group’s meeting in Kaduna...
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has expressed an openness to restructuring, including the enactment of state police across the federation, as long as it is in accordance with the constitutional provisions. “If you check our blueprint, you will find that we’re...
Mr Ifedayo Adedipe, Ondo Central Senatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has admonished the national chairman of the party, Iorchia Ayu, to relinquish his position in the interest of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers and four other...