By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ahead of the 2023 general election and the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign flag off in Ogoja LGA of Cross River State, the opposition political parties have continued to witness unprecedented gale of defection. The latest is the defection of Elder Jacob Nkpeh Odey...
2023 Election
Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta, says he will put in place an all-inclusive government, if elected in 2023. Omo-Agege made the plea on Sunday at a Town Hall interactive meeting with the leadership of ECWA Christian block in Warri. The...
Mr Femi Adesina, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, said the president would continue with the mandates of serving Nigeria and implementing policies for the betterment of the nation until May 29, 2023. Adesina stated this at the sideline of the 2022 Campus Journalism Awards...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised people who have registered for their permanent voter cards (PVCs) to collect them, saying, “no PVC, no vote.” INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Katsina State, Prof. Ibrahim Yahaya-Makarfi, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has urged the Church in Nigeria to be vigilant and not allow itself to be used by desperate politicians who desire power at all cost in the 2023 general elections. The governor stated this on Sunday at the St. Paul’s Cathedral, Diobu-Port Harcourt...
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Dame Pauline Tallen, has reiterated the ministry’s resolve to support and promote programmes that will uplift Nigerian women. Tallen said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) shortly after an “Awareness Walk” in Abuja. The event was...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged members of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) to unite and cooperate with one another as a prerequisite for victory in the coming general elections. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman said he made the call when he received Dr Dikko Radda, the governorship candidate...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The wife of the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Mrs Olaremi Tinubu has flagged off the Northeast women APC presidential campaign rally in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Fagging off campaign rally which was held at the Elkanemi Sport Centre, Maiduguri, on Saturday,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Katsina State has cautioned politicians and political parties to avoid using provocative and abusive words during campaigns in the state. Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim-Umar, the Head of the Commission’s Election and Party Monitoring (EPM), gave the caution at a stakeholders forum on Friday...
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has commended President Muhammadu Buhari on the implementation of “radical” electoral reforms by his administration. Dogara, who spoke at the 12th convocation of Achievers University in Ondo State on Saturday, singled out the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) which...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters has said the military and other security agencies are not under pressure from desperate politicians to compromise the 2023 general elections. The Director of Defence Information, Major General Jimmy Akpor, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday, also debunked...
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), on Friday, unveiled an Election “War Room” for tackling disinformation, misinformation and the activities of bad actors ahead of the 2023 general elections. CDD Director, Idayat Hassan, stated this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja. Hassan said that Africa’s...
The Supreme Court on Thursday in Abuja declared Mr Ikenga Ugochinyere as the candidate of the PDP for Ideato North and South Constituency of Imo in the House of Representatives. The Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered by a panel of five justices and read by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun...
Chief Frank Nweke Jr, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Enugu, promised to deal decisively with all forms of insecurity in the state, if elected. ENweke made the promise on Wednesday, when his Okeifufe Campaign train berthed in the Igbo-Etiti council area for their...
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has urged the people of Osun to vote en masse for his party to win the 2023 presidential elections, as they did during the July 16 Osun Governorship election. Abubakar made the plea on Wednesday during his...
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State presided over by Justice Turaki Mohammed has dismissed a suit brought against the All Progressives Congress (APC) by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In its suit, the PDP had prayed the court to nullify the candidacy of all the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), would be a pivotal legacy his administration will bequeath to the next administration in 2023. Speaking Tuesday in Abuja during the commissioning of the President Muhammadu Buhari Technology and...
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Monday implored residents of Lagos State to take their destiny in their own hands by voting the party in the 2023 general elections. Abubakar, who made this remark at the flag off of the PDP Presidential Rally...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Governor Samuel Ortom has assured the people of Benue South senatorial district that the continuity of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration in the state will further work for the improved conditions of the state. The Governor spoke Monday, at the flag-off of the...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi says the vast number of unemployed youths in the North-East region is the biggest contributing factor to insecurity in the region, as thousands of youths wake up every morning without food or shelter. Obi stated this on Monday when...