The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says about 21, 352 of 34,242 newly printed Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for new registrants are still uncollected in Lagos State, four months after release. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos State, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, disclosed this at the State Level CSO...
2023 general election
Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, Presidential candidate, New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), on Wednesday called for unity of purpose among Nigerians as supporters welcomed him in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kwankwaso made the call in Lokoja, while commissioning his campaign office and the party’s Secretariat in...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has committed to strengthening the existing partnership with NYSC to ensure free, fair and credible 2023 general elections. EFCC Secretary, Mr George Ekpungu, gave the assurance on Monday in Abuja during a courtesy call on the Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC),...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) says it attention has been drawn to a misunderstanding arising from a recent short interview granted to a national newspaper on the procedure for result management during elections. In a statement by the National Commissioner and Chairman Information...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa -. The councilor representing Karshi ward one in Karu LGA of Nasarawa State, Hon. Phillip Ibrahim has vowed to ensure that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will win all elective positions in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Hon. Ibrahim stated this today when he...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Cross River State governorship candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Sandy Onor, has called on the youths to come up with revolutionary ideas to change the cause of things in the state. Senator Onor made the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has appointed Sen. Dino Melaye and Dr Daniel Bwala as his spokespersons for 2023 presidential campaign. Abubakar in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Paul Ibe in Abuja on Thursday, said that...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has expressed optimism that right-thinking Nigerians will vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general election. Fashola said this when he appeared on Channels TV today. Responding to a question on the possibility of the ruling party winning...
Rep. Rimamnde Shawulu (NNPP-Taraba) says the 2023 general elections is about self preservation for the people of Taraba. Shawulu made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Shawulu, who represents Takum/ Donga/ Ussa/Yangtu Federal Constituency in the green chambers, said...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday pledged to deliver best ever general elections in Nigeria in 2023. Its chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the assurance when he received delegations of the International Republican Institute (IRI) and that of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Abuja. He said...
Dr Salihu Lukman, All Progressives Congress (APC) National Vice-Chairman, North-West, says the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) is not a threat to APC in 2023 general election. Lukman, also the immediate past Director-General of Progressives Governors Forum (PFG) said this when he spoke with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and member of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Sterling Committee in Taraba State, Hon. Babangida Nguroje has been named as the new National Coordinator of the All Progressives Congress Forum of EX-Legislators in Nigeria. The forum consists...
As the nation Nigeria braces up for the 2023 general election in the country, many personalities, mostly of the old order, with a sprinkle of very distinguished and development focused personalities, have indicated interest to contest for the nation’s number one position- the Presidency. However, as this angling rages,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday listed the conditions for political parties to substitute candidates whose names have been forwarded to the commission. For the electoral umpire, the law does not give any political party the right to replace a validly nominated candidate as it is the...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – A governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general elections for Nasarawa State, Dr. David Ombugadu has pledged to run an inclusive government if elected as governor of the state come 2023. Dr. Ombugadu disclosed this yesterday while answering questions...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The National Publicity Secretary, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Dr Emmah Isong has warned electorates in the country not to allow monetary inducement determine their choice of candidate for the 2023 general elections Dr. Isong gave the warning while filing questions from journalists...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the emergence of Sen. Bola Tinubu as the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate is a win for Nigerians. Sanwo-Olu said this on Saturday at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, when he returned from Abuja after the APC Congress....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has launched the regulations and guidelines for the conduct of general elections in the country. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced this on Friday during a meet of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) at the...
The Movement for the Election of Nigeria President of Igbo Extraction has urged South-East residents to collect their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) lying fallow in INEC’s state and local government offices. The National Convener of the group, Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, made the appeal in Enugu on Thursday while speaking...
BY RICHARD ABU, Abuja – The Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Wali Jibrin has expressed happiness over the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the flag bearer of the party in the forthcoming 2023 general election. Senator Jibrin in his congratulatory...