Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) donated N40 million to flood victims in Edo on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the floods displaced about 32,893 persons in Etsako Central, Etsako East and Esan Southeast Local Government Areas of Edo....
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A chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Alhaji Ahmed Tijjani, has expressed optimism that the 2023 general election will be free, fair and credible. Tijjani, also the NNPP Kaduna Central Senate Candidate for 2023, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
The All Progressives Congress (APC),Presidential Council for Canada, has urged Nigerians to keep themselves abreast of political undercurrents and vote wisely come February 2023 for the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The Media Director, APC, Presidential Council for Canada, Dr Abiola Oshodi, said this in a statement on...
The Senate, has called on Nigerians to vote for only candidates that have clear agenda to liberate the local government system in the 2023 general election. Sen. Olalekan Mustapha, the Chairman, Senate Committee on States and Local Government Administration, said this at the second edition of the Local Government...
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara on Saturday said the state would deliver overwhelming votes for Bola Ahmed Tinubu to become the next President in Nigeria in 2023. AbdulRasaq said this on Saturday while unveiling the Independent Presidential Campaign office of the state chapter for North Central Agenda for Asiwaju...
One inked fingernail and old burn scars: the story of Kenya’s past election traumas and current hopes is written on the skin of Philip Wangoi’s hands. At 16, he was badly burned in a church set aflame during the post-election violence that rocked Kenya after the disputed 2007 elections....
YIAGA Africa, a civil society organisation and a popular comedian, Chucks D General, said they would jointly mobilise 60 per cent of Nigerian youths to vote in the 2023 general elections. Mr Michael Agada, Senior Research Officer, Yiaga Africa, disclosed this at a show staged by Chucks D General...
Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu, says Nigerians in the diaspora will soon be able to vote from their countries of residence. Kalu spoke on Thursday night in Maryland when he met Nigerians living in the United States of America. According to a statement issued by Orji Kalu Media Group,...
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has cast his vote along with his wife in the Osun State governorship election. The couple voted on Saturday at about 11:04 am at polling unit 2 Ward 1, Local Authority Primary School in Boripe Local Government Area of the...
Dr Mutiu Agboke, the immediate past Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Oyo State, has assured Nigerians that the 2023 general election would hold and votes will count. He gave the assurance while delivering a keynote address at the 15th anniversary of Splash 105.5 FM and 83rd birthday of the...
Minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola has asked Nigerians to vote based on track record in the 2023 general election. Fashola said this at the sixth edition of the annual ‘BRF GABFEST’ which was held in Lagos and had the theme ‘What Am I Voting For?’. The Minister who reacted to someone...
A civil society group, Double Diamond Platform Global (DDPG) on Thursday urged Nigerians not to be lured into voting persons with questionable characters into office at the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The group said the call became expedient because of the near state of despair Nigerians had been subjected...
First, let me congratulate all Nigerians on this Democracy Day. We must also congratulate ourselves that Nigeria has endured uninterrupted representative democracy since 1999. I have used the word “endure” deliberately, because much more has happened in the last 23 years that could have forced undemocratic interventions in the...
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has underscored the need for people especially Christians to rise and vote during elections and not only to pray. Pastor Timothy Olaniya, Deputy Rector, Redeemed College of Technology, Redemption Camp, made the call on Sunday during a seminar organised by the Directorate...