By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to presidential candidates ahead of the February 2023 presidential election, urging them to demonstrate leadership by directing their “campaign councils and political parties to regularly and widely publish the sources of their campaign...
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The FAME Foundation has called on Peter Obi, the Labour Party Presidential candidate, and other presidential candidates, contesting in the 2023 election, to address the challenges of climate change in their manifestoes. Its Executive Director, Mrs Aderonke Ogunleye-Bello, made the call on Saturday at the “Green Ball Walk for...
Mr Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the 2023 election said in Lafia on Saturday that he would tackle unemployment and insecurity if voted into power. Obi made at the flag-off of his presidential campaign. He said he would tackle insecurity to pave way for...
Dr Patrick Dakum, Labour Party (LP)’s governorship candidate for Plateau State has promised to leverage agriculture, tourism and mining to improve the state’s economy if elected in 2023 Dakum, who spoke to newsmen on the sidelines of the party’s presidential campaign flag off on Saturday in Lafia, said that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – It was another moment of relief for flood victims as the Women Wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 Presidential Campaign Team visited the affected population in Damaturu, Yobe state and made a cash donation of N20 million to the victims. The women...
Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi on Saturday kick-starts a nationwide campaign ahead of the February 2023 poll with a rally in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital in the North-Central geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The Director General of Obi’s campaign council, Doyin Okupe said the campaign train of the...
Mr Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says the party will build an egalitarian, free and prosperous Nigeria if elected in 2023. Obi made the promise on Friday in Abakaliki, while speaking at an event organised in his honour by the Ebonyi chapter of the Civil...
A Chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Kenneth Okonkwo is of the opinion that his party’s presidential flagbearer, Mr Peter Obi, has already won the 2023 presidency race. While appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today, the actor turned politician said the election is between Mr...
PDP Governorship Candidate in Lagos, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor) has assured non-indigenes in the state of adequate protection of their business interests, if elected into office in 2023. Adediran gave the assurance on Thursday when his campaign team met with non-Yoruba-speaking residents in Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of the...
The Administrative Secretary of INEC in Anambra, Mr Jude Okwuonu, has reassured Nigerians that results of the 2023 General Elections will be transmitted electronically to the commission’s web server. Okwuonu made the remark at a one-day Voter Education and Sensitisation Workshop for Media Personnel held on Thursday at the...
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said that his government would retool Nigeria’s disaster awareness apparatus if given the opportunity. Atiku, according to his verified social media account (Twitter), said this when he visited Yenagoa, the Bayelsa Capital, to have a personal experience...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the number of registered voters in Nigeria, has risen from 84,004,084 to 93,522,272, following the addition of 9,518,188 newly registered voters. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman, INEC Chairman, said this at third quarterly meeting with political parties for 2022 on Wednesday in...
The Nigeria Catholic Diocesan Priests’ Association (NCDPA) has said that it will mobilise effectively the church’s faithful that are of voting age for the 2023 general elections. The President of the Calabar Archdiocesan chapter of the association, Rev. Emmenuel Duke, said this at its 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM)...
The Nigerian Army has restated commitment to collaborate with the police and other security agencies to ensure peaceful conduct of the 2023 general elections. The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Waidi Shuaib stated this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Commissioner of Police...
Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom, has urged Nigerians to make credible choices in the 2023 general elections in the interest of good governance. Emmanuel made the call at the opening of a one-day conference of the Forum of Former Deputy Governors of Nigeria in Uyo on Tuesday. He...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto state said it had gained another set of defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 General Elections. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen by Bashar Abubakar, the Special Adviser to Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North),...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A member of Borno State House of Assembly, representing Nganzai constituency, Hon. Mohammed Ali Gajiram has distanced himself from a purported and re-edited video portraying him to have threatened members of his constituency to cast their votes to candidates of All Progressives Congress (APC)...
Mr Peter Mbah, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Enugu State will replicate Pinnacle oil successes in the state when elected governor in 2023, his support group said on Monday. Mr Emeka Ogbu-Nwobodo, Director-General, Peter Mbah Support Group (PMSG) said this on Monday in a message to...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has invited interested international organisations across the world to come and observe Nigeria 2023 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made the call when he received the delegation of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Pre-Election Fact Finding Mission to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation says huge crowds that received its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in Edo and Niger were signs of victory at the 2023 general elections. Spokesman of the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, made the...