The Lagos State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), says its yearly Inter-denominational Divine Service (IDDS), billed to take place on Saturday, at the LAWNA Headquarters, Ketu, Lagos, would focus on prayer for a successful forthcoming general elections. The state CAN Chairman, Rev. Stephen Adegbite, in an...
2023 Election
The Enugu State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council has described allegation of forgery of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate against its governorship candidate, Dr Peter Mbah as false. The party said the allegation was the conjecture of an indolent opposition and the last kick of a...
Alhaji Abubakar Kwaire, a Special Adviser to Gov. Aminu Tambuwal has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 general elections in the state. Kwaire, according to a statement by Bashar Abubakar, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Sen....
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has assured Nigerians that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for use in the 2023 general elections would work effectively. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ekiti State, Prof. Ayobami Salami, gave the assurance while monitoring mock accreditation of voters in some selected polling...
Dr Adeniran Tella, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Oyo State, says the success of Saturday mock accreditation in the state, is an affirmation that BVAS has come to stay. Tella made the assertions while monitoring the conduct of the exercise in 12 polling units across the three senatorial...
The Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines have never failed and will not fail Nigerians at the 2023 general elections. The declaration was made in Abuja on Saturday by INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, while assessing activities at polling units in the FCT where mock accreditation of voters were...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Nigerian youths have been charged to elect only politicians who will help them, actualize their dreams and develop potentials. They are also warned to shun those who use them as thugs and discard them after election, “for politics is all about human,and infrastructural development...
Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau) said that the people of Plateau would vote the candidates of the party at all levels in the forthcoming general elections. Gagdi, representing Pankshi/Kanke/Kanam, stated this at the campaign flag-off for his re-election bid on Friday in Pankshin. The lawmaker maintained that the party had...
The Lagos State PDP Deputy Governorship Candidate, Ms Funke Akindele says residents will experience visible turnaround in 100 days of the party’s Governorship Candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), if elected. Akindele gave this assurance while meeting with the PDP’s Market Coordinators across the 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs). She...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Media and civil society stakeholders have announced the launch of the Alliance for Deepening Democracy (A4DD), a coalition of organizations from various sectors working collaboratively to engage critical aspects, stages and actors in the 2023 general elections in order to ensure that its outcome...
Traders in Nsukka have assured Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Enugu North Senatorial District of 100 per cent votes during National Assembly election. The traders gave the assurance when Gov. Ugwuanyi and his campaign team stormed Ogige Market,...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it will sanction any of its personnel who violates its Standard Operational Practice (SOP) during the 2023 General Elections. The NSCDC Commandant in Oyo state, Mr Michael Adaralewa, stated this on Thursday during a training organised by the command for...
A spokesperson for the Tinubu-Shettima Campaign Council, Femi Fani-Kayode has said some members of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) may be working for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. The former minister made this known on Channels Television’s special election programme, The...
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on Wednesday unveiled Hajiya Hadiza Mohammed as its Vice-Presidential Candidate for the Feb. 25 general election. Edozie Njoku, National Chairman, APGA, unveiled Mohammed at a ceremony on Wednesday in Abuja, naming Jonathan Elendu as Director-General, of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). Njoku...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC)says the party’s leadership and President Muhammadu Buhari are strongly united behind Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, toward a victory in 2023 general election. Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Director, Media and Publicity APC PCC said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja....
Emeritus Prof. Shuaib Oba, Kwara’s New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) governorship candidate, says politics should not be seen as a dirty game left to politicians alone if Nigeria is to be fully developed. Oba, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, urged Nigerians, especially the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ebonyi chapter, has inaugurated its Elders Council ahead of the party’s local government rallies for 2023 general polls. Inaugurating the council on Tuesday in Abakaliki, Dr IfeanyiChukwuma Odii, PDP Governorship candidate in the state, said the party is ready for victory. Odii, represented by...
The New Nigeria Political Party (NNPP) Candidate for Kano North Senatorial District, Sen. Abdullahi Baffa, says the party’s Presidential Candidate, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, is better prepared to win the 2023 presidential election. Baffa in an open letter to kwankwasiyya members and NNPP supporters, made available to newsmen in Abuja,...
Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku has urged the Independent National Electoral Commision (INEC) to insist on the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to save the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Nigerians from election riggers. Ishaku stated this on Tuesday while speaking at the inauguration of the...
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Sunday began the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential/National and State Assembly campaign in Anyingba, Kogi East amidst tumultuous crowd and assurance of victory. The governor, who said the APC was a strong united family in Kogi, assured of an outstanding outing at the February and March...