In 2020, during the “EndSARS” protests, at the urging of my first daughter, I wrote the article titled “EndSARS: The Next Step”: https://saharareporters.com/2020/10/20/endsars-next-step-leonard-karshima-shilgba At that time, I expressed some reservations about the endurance of the youths, who drove the protests, and was dubious of the intellectual richness and clarity...
2023 general elections
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Ahead of the 2023 general elections, FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has been nominated to head the All Progressives Congress (APC) North Central Youth Campaign Organization. At the inauguration ceremony held in Abuja, the minister specifically charged the group to positively...
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) said on Monday that efforts were in top gear to unite the country through a national summit, ahead of the 2023 General Elections. Malam Mukhtar Sirajo, President of NIPR, said the event is tagged “Citizens Summit for National Integration, Peace and Security’....
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has advised Nigerians to be circumspect in exercising their voting rights in 2023 general elections. Jonathan gave the advice while delivering a keynote address at the one year memorial summit in honour of late Captain Idahosa Okunbo, in Abuja on Saturday. He said that 2023...
The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party will meet on Wednesday as parts of attempts to appease Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike ahead of the 2023 general elections. Mr Wike, who held a meeting with some PDP Governors on Sunday, has expressed dissatisfaction with how the party...
Mrs Beatrice Itubo, Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Rivers, has called on Nigerians to vote for their conscience in the 2023 general elections. Itubo made the call during the launch of ObiStructure organised by the Peter Obi Volunteer Network in Port Harcourt on Sunday. She further urged...
Sen. Eyinnaya Abaribe (APGA-Abia) has called on the electorate to be wary of fake promises and elect credible leaders in the 2023 general elections. He made the call on Friday, at the investiture of Rotarian Max Amuchie, the 6th President of the Rotary Club of Abuja (Central Business District)...
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, said on Wednesday that the recent total National Grid Collapse is too much for the Nigerian people to bear. Atiku while stressing that the grid collapse on Wednesday is the 6th time it has...
The Prelate of Methodist Church of Nigeria, His Eminence, Dr Samuel Kanu-Uche has urged Nigerians not to vote any candidate that shares money for 2023 general elections. The Prelate made the call on Friday in Enugu at the Graduation Ceremony of 160 members of the Church drawn from the...
Following the confirmation of Nollywood actress Funke Akindele as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) deputy governorship candidate in Lagos State for the 2023 general elections, some Nigerian celebrities have congratulated and wished her well. Akindele in a video on her Instagram page on Tuesday, announced that she is the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate for the 2023 General Elections, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has officially announced former Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno as his running mate. Tinubu made the announcement on Sunday while briefing journalists after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at Daura, Katsina State,...
Senator Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North) has charged politicians to play politics without bitterness as the 2023 general elections approach. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by his Special Assistant on New Media, Malam Bashar Abubakar. “In the build-up to the forthcoming general polls, we...
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, says Nigerians will determine who becomes their leaders in the 2023 general elections. Yakubu stated this while receiving a team of Special Representatives of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, led by the Head of the UN Office in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians to disregard reports in some section of the media, purporting that it had dismissed the reported emergence of Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers as its Vice-Presidential Candidate for the 2023 general elections. The party in a statement by its National Publicity...
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party for the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, on Monday stated that the unemployment of 100 million Nigerians was responsible for the widespread poverty in the country. Mr. Obi spoke at a one-day international colloquium in Port Harcourt organised by Christ Church...
Retired Maj. Hamza Al Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, has clinched the Action Alliance (AA) presidential ticket for the 2023 general elections. Al Mustapha scored 506 votes to beat his only opponent, Chief Samson Odupitan, who polled 216 votes at...
Traders are making brisk business at Eagle Square, Abuja, venue of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Special National Convention to elect the party’s presidential flag bearer for the 2023 general elections. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent covering the exercise reports that the traders deal in various wares...
Abuja is agog as no fewer than 2,322 delegates from 36 states and the FCT have converged on the city to elect a flag bearer for the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the 2023 general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the party’s special national convention...
A doctored delegates list may be used for the election of the Presidential Flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress for 2023 General Elections on Tuesday. This move is expected to generate furore at the APC Convention on Tuesday. Some members of the NWC of the party have accused the...
Nigerian singer, Bankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W, has expressed his gratitude for the success to contest a seat in the House of Representatives during the 2023 general elections. Bank W will be contesting the legislative seat for the Eti-Osa Federal Constituency in Lagos State, on the platform...