Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has endorsed the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Chief Francis Nwifuru as his successor. The endorsement was contained in a statement signed by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Francis Nwaze and made available to newsmen on Saturday....
2023 Election
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday announced that it would hold its 96th National Executive Committee (NEC) on Wednesday, May 4. National Secretary of PDP, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, who announced this in a statement issued to newsmen in Abuja, said the meeting would...
A total of 150 social clubs, associations and professional bodies in Borno are combining to pay the N50 million needed to buy nomination forms for Gov. Babagana Zulum. The clubs and associations are seeking Gov. Zulum’s re-election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The coalition made...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the All Progressives Congress (APC) high cost for nomination and expression of interest forms for elective positions for 2023 has disenfranchised many Nigerians. The PDP National Chairman, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu stated this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja The APC has pegged...
The Independent National Electoral Commission will spend not less than N239.2bn on procuring voting materials and vehicles that will be used in the 2023 general election. This is according to the 2023 General Election Project Plan that was launched by INEC in Abuja on Thursday. The commission stated that...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday maintained that the 2023 general election will hold despite the security challenges in the country. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, stated this in Abuja at a public presentation of the 2022-2026 strategic plan and the 2023 election project plan. Prof Yakubu...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar A frontline governorship aspirant in Cross River State, Imah Nsa Adegoke of the People’s Democratic party (PDP) has said that her mission in politics is to shift the cycle of injustice and inequality in governance in Cross River State. “If the proper parameters of Justice, equity...
President Muhammadu Buhari has again cautioned leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at both national and state levels against imposing unpopular candidates as the 2023 general election approaches. The president gave the warning at the 11th meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress...
Bode George, chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the party will be “roundly defeated” in the 2023 presidential election if zoning is jettisoned. The PDP is yet to make a decision on which region of the country will produce the party’s 2023 presidential candidate. The development has...
The Electoral Hub, an advocacy group, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) anti-graft and financial institutions to monitor the 2023 campaign spendings. Ms Princess Hamman-Obels, Director of IRIAD, Electoral Hub in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja said that the call was to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says the presidential pardon for persons prosecuted on corruption charges by the federal government only suggests that there is no need to have anti-corruption agencies in the country. Governor Wike wondered how to explain the embarrassment that the...
Mr Valentine Ozigbo, Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate who lost the Nov. 6, 2021 governorship election in Anambra, has declared his intention to contest in the Anambra South Senatorial District election in 2023. Ozigbo’s intention was made known in Awka on Sunday by Mrs Aziza Uko, Director of Media...
An Ilorin-based legal practitioner, Mr Kayode Olorunleke, has advised Nigerian youths to get their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) ready for the 2023 general elections and stop lamenting over national challenges on social media. Olorunleke, who gave the advice in Ilorin on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency...
A former Military Governor Kaduna state, Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar(rtd) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to suspend its plan to conduct a National census April 2023. Colonel Umar (rtd) who is the Chairman, Movement for Unity and Progress,(MUP) described report on the planned census as shocking He...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Deputy Governor of Sokoto State, Manir Dan’Iya, has formally joined the 2023 governorship race to succeed his boss, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. Hon. Manir, whose declaration of interest is considered long over due by pundits, is said to be the fourth candidate that...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – One of the governorship aspirants of the All Progressive Congress ( APC), in Cross River State, Senator John Enoh has promised to run an open, transparent, inclusive and accountable administration if given the party’s governorship ticket and elected. Senator Owan also pledged to encourage existing...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A frontline governorship aspirant under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River State, Senator John Owan Enoh has appealed to the state working committee of the party to consider everyone aspiring to the office of position of the governor in 2023....
By MARK JANG, Jos – The State Executive Committee (SEC) of the Plateau chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has zoned the governorship seat to the central senatorial district of the state. A communiqué signed by PDP State Publicity Secretary, Mr John Akans, said that the decision was...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has urged Nigerians that in the 2023 polls they should vote only for political leaders who will guarantee the completion of ongoing projects in the country. Fashola gave the advice on Thursday in Abuja when a delegation of the Trade...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ahead of the 2023 general election in Cross River State, over 41 support groups have called on the former lawmaker representing Southern Senatorial District, Senator Bassey Otu to contest for governorship ticket of the All Progressive Congress (APC). The leader of the support groups, Boniface...