PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The newly elected chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Ambassador Ogar Osim has pledged that his executive will work towards ensuring that the 2023 general elections is freed of violence and bloodshed. Ambassador Osim made the pledged at the end of his election at INEC...
2023 Election
It was Orji Uzor Kalu, former Governor of Abia state and presently, Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, that at a time stated thus; a good businessman sees where others don’t see. What I see, you may not see. You cannot see because that is the secret of the...
A coalition of political groups, The Progressive Project (TPP), has vowed to mobilise all necessary support for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to emerge as the 2023 presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Head of TPP’s Situation Room, Mr Jeffry Omoh, stated this at the group first interactive...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Ebonyi Chapter has said that Gov. Dave Umahi would bring massive infrastructural development and economic prosperity to Nigeria if given the opportunity to lead the country. Chief Stanley Okoro-Emegha, APC Caretaker Committee stated this on Wednesday in Abakaliki while briefing newsmen on the declaration...
Ahead of preparation for the 2023 general elections, Gov Nyesom Wike of Rivers Stare, on Tuesday, visited his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde, on the need for the governors under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to be more united. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a member of the 8th Senate from Kaduna Central, Senator Shehu Sani, has backed a rotational presidency for equity and balance. He stated this on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Political Paradigm amid debate over who would succeed President Muhammadu Buhari...
President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The meeting took place today at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting, which agenda could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report, is believed to...
Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has reiterated his commitment to ensuring that power return to the Southern Senatorial District of the state come 2023. Governor Ayade, while addressing some stakeholders of the All Progressive Congress (APC) at the Governor’s Lodge on Sunday in Calabar, said his decision to...
Khalifa Muhammad Sanusi ll, the President General Jam’iyyatu Ansariddeen (Attijaniyya), Nigeria, has advised eligible voters in Nigeria to register, get their voters’ card (PVC) and vote the best and competent candidates in all positions in subsequent elections. Sanusi made the call on Saturday in Lokoja, at the last day...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has clarified that it has not zoned its Presidential ticket for 2023 general elections to any part of the country. The National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba made the clarification in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday. Mr....
In the build up to the 2023 general elections, a group, Voters Awareness Initiative (VAI) has called for active participation of Nigerians in the electoral processes. The President of VAI, Mr Wale Ogunade, who made the call in a statement on Friday in Lagos, said Nigerians cannot continue to...
President Muhammadu Buhari says he does not care about his successor in 2023, saying he has no favourite in the forthcoming general elections. The president stated this in an interview he granted to Channels television which was televised on Wednesday evening. According to him, “I am not interested in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission’s plan to transmit election results electronically in 2023 is currently doubtful as the Federal Government has revealed that only 473 out of 774 local government areas in the country have Internet access. By implication, 301 local government areas have no Internet access, thus transmitting...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Over one hundred and eighty-eight support groups from the three Senatorial District of Cross River State has drummed support for Senator Gershom Bassey’s ambition to take over from Governor Ben Ayade in 2023. Speaking at the State Secretariat of the PDP in Calabar, where he...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Voice Worldwide on Wednesday said its mission is to make the party return to power in the 2023 general elections. The group said this at its end-of-the-year party in Abuja. The Global Leader, PDP Voice Worldwide, Victor Lamai, said that it was time for...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the N305 billion required to conduct the 2023 elections would be used majorly to meet the commission’s technological needs to better serve the country. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, INEC’s National Commission, Festus Okoye, disclosed that part...
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu says the commission will require N305 billion to conduct the 2023 general elections. He disclosed this during a meeting with the Senate Committee on Appropriation at the National Assembly on Monday. The INEC boss also noted that the...
….Ortom backs him, says imposition undemocratic By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi- National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu says the party under his leadership will not give room for imposition of candidates. Senator Ayu spoke just as the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom aligned with the...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Ahead of the 2023 general election, Cross River State’s youths have endorsed Senator Gershom Bassey as the next governor of the state. They also resolved that 2023 is the turn of Cross River South Senatorial District to produce the next governor of the state...