Ahead of the 2023 general elections, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has charged Nigerians not to make the mistake of voting those he described as killers into elective positions. He gave the charge on Sunday in Uyo during a special interdenominational service to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the creation of...
2023 Election
The Spokesperson for the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, has given reasons for the exclusion of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, from the 422-man list of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council. According to him, their absence was...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released a 422-member Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) ahead of the commencement of the party’s 2023 presidential campaign to be headed by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the list of members of the council released in Abuja on Saturday, Sen. Bola Tinubu, the party’s...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, dismissed the suit filed by Udom Ekpoudom challenging the APC’s failure to summit his name to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the party’s candidate for the Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District for the 2023 general elections. Delivering judgment, Justice Donatus...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council says with the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the latest bid by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to become Nigeria’s president in 2023 has hit the rocks. Mr Bayo Onanuga Director, Media and Publicity of the council said this in...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A group under the auspices of Women in Politics has called for more women participation and visibility in all elective and appointment positions as the 2023 general elections draws closer. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that Women in politics is part of the Electoral Integrity and...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike says contrary to some expectations, he and his loyalists in Rivers State will not leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but remain to continue the fight for internal democracy. Governor Wike stated this during a meeting with stakeholders of the party across the 319...
President Buhari Sir, remember that you promised Nigerians free and fair election in 2023, but with the look of things today, Nigerians are no longer sure that the election will be free and fair. The reason is the weighty allegation by the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) that...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has directed all police personnel in the country to be neutral in all processes for the 2023 general elections. IGP Baba gave the directive on Thursday in Abuja at the opening of a conference for Strategic Police Managers, consisting of officers...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Igbo leaders from the 19 Northern states in Nigeria will storm Katsina State to endorse the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda ahead of the 2023 general election. The group, under the auspices of Ndigbo Leaders in All...
Rep. Toby Okechukwu (PDP-Enugu), has faulted his inclusion on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) list for 2023 poll, as the candidate of Labour Party’s (LP) for Aninri/Awgu/Oji River. Okechukwu, also the Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja....
A group, Ogoni Sim Vanguard (OSV), has canvassed support for Siminalayi Fubara, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 gubernatorial candidate in Rivers. The Chairman of the group’s Board of Trustee, Mr Marvin Yobana, said in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, that it adopted Fubara after consulting widely with leaders, youths...
Mr Isaac Kekemeke, National Vice-Chairman (South-West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the party’s Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, never betrayed the Yoruba race, but fought for justice, fairness, progress and development. Kekemeke made the clarification, while briefing newsmen on Wednesday shortly after the party’s zonal meeting at the...
The Supreme Court has stood down the judgment on the dispute over who is the lawful governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi for the 2023 election for 3pm today. A five-member panel, headed by Justice Amina Augie, announced on Wednesday that the judgment would be...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has delisted 1.1 million fresh registrants ahead of the 2023 general elections. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said this in a statement on Tuesday. “As Nigerians are aware, the cleaning up of the register of voters...
Mr Ralph Nwosu, African Democratic Congress (ADC) National Chairman says those trying to destroy the party through blackmail will not succeed because it is built by God. He said this on Monday in Abuja while presenting certificates of return to the party’s Senatorial, House of Representatives and State Houses...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, rebuked his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, on Monday, when he described the former Minister of Transportation as a “total failure” who no longer has access to Aso Villa in Abuja. “This should be the last time that you (Amaechi) will talk about this state because...
Mr. Adzegeh. You look too serious in the picture. Smile, it is well. Whilst it’s true that in your scenario the North comes out with the short end of the stick, the reality is that separation, unless agreed, will be violent. Once separation is achieved, then there will be...
PRESS STATEMENT On July 18, 2022, two days after a governorship election was conducted in Osun State, the APC candidate and Governor Adegboyega Oyetola reportedly applied for the Certified True Copies (CTC) of the BVAS Report for the election. The world had commended the conduct of the election on...
Mr Ladipo Johnson, spokesperson of the Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso Presidential Campaign organisation, has dispelled speculations that the candidate is considering backing other candidates. Johnson was reacting to speculations on social media that the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) presidential candidate, Kwankwaso, was considering stepping down for either the PDP...