The Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP), yesterday, suspended its presidential campaign even as anxiety continued to mount over the face-off between Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, and his supporters and the party leadership. According to reports the presidential campaign slated for Kebbi State, yesterday, was put off, while the Zamfara State campaign, scheduled to hold … [Read more…]
Governors who are members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 poll, Bola Ahmed Tinubu are currently meeting at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja. The top echelon of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council are part of the meeting. Sources told our correspondent that the issue composition … [Read more…]
The opposition Labour Party (LP) has unveiled a 1,234-member campaign council ahead of the 2023 presidential election. A former member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and ex-aide to Olusegun Obasanjo, Doyin Okupe, is the Director General of the campaign. Others are Oseloka Obaze, the Deputy Director General and General Manager of the campaign; Alhaji … [Read more…]
THE International Monetary Fund, IMF, has projected that Nigeria’s economic growth will slow to 3.0 per cent in 2023 while the inflation rate drops to 17 per cent. Making these projections in the IMF October World Economic Outlook, WEO, released on the sidelines of the ongoing IMF/World Bank annual meetings, in Washington DC, the Fund … [Read more…]
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi and his running mate, Dr Yusuf Datti Ahmed, will kick-off their campaigns on October 18 in Lafia, Nasarawa State. According to the schedule of the rallies released by the party, the campaigns will be taken to each of the six geo-political zones beginning with … [Read more…]
The Labour Party (LP) is set to unveil its presidential campaign Council list for the 2023 general election today. This was made known in a press invite issued by the Director General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe. The LP’s campaign council list is coming some weeks after party campaigns officially commenced … [Read more…]
The Host Organizing Committee of the Frontier Discourse Annual Public Lecture Series and Awards has announced the former president of the Nigerian senate and former APC presidential aspirant, His Excellency, Sen. Dr. Ken Nnamani, GCON, as the Chief Guest of Honor. The announcement was contained in a statement by the Chairman of the committee, Chijioke … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said new Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) would be made available by November. At a National Endowment for Democracy event in Washington DC in the United States, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, said 2.7 million double registrations were weeded out of the last Continuous Voters Registration exercise conducted by … [Read more…]
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) have said there is likelihood of more states experiencing floods in the coming days, especially in the North Central, South East and South Western States. Director-General, NiMet, Prof. Mansur Bako Matazu, and Director-General, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), Mr Clement Nze, gave the … [Read more…]
Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu As the ban on campaign activities for governorship elections is set to be lifted, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Frank Nweke Jr, has announced the unveiling of his campaign manifesto. In a statement sent to our Enugu correspondent by his campaign organization, the unveiling will hold on … [Read more…]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered Nigeria’s economic growth projection for 2022 from 3.4 percent to 3.2 percent. The downgrade is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 3.4 percent projected in its July 2022 report. The Washington-based institution disclosed this on Tuesday in its World Economic Outlook (WEO) for October 2022 titled, “Countering the … [Read more…]
Branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will commence traditional voting today (Tuesday)and tomorrow (Wednesday) over the ongoing strike by the union, The reporter gathered. The decision of the various branches will be transmitted to the National Executive Council for final decision. A highly-placed source within the NEC disclosed this in a chat with … [Read more…]