The New Nigeria Peoples Party has said, on Saturday, that discussions with Peter Obi and the Labour Party on a possible merger are still ongoing. The NNPP made this known in a tweet posted to its Twitter page, @OfficialNNPPng, on Saturday. It hinted that a special committee had been set up for the talks. The … [Read more…]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested persons suspected to be engaged in vote-buying in the ongoing Ekiti State governorship poll. Channels TV reports that some of the suspects were paraded at the Oke Ori Omi Area the Division of the Nigeria Police Force. The suspects were reported to have been caught with monies … [Read more…]
Ekiti gov election: APC, PDP, SDP, others do battle, INEC begins e-transmission of results …Commission says new method’ll complement manual process The ruling All Progressives Congress, Peoples Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party and 13 other political parties are jostling to produce the next governor of Ekiti State in today’s election. The exercise is scheduled to … [Read more…]
2023: Tinubu meets Uzodimma, other APC leaders from Southeast The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 General Elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was today received by Gov Hope Uzodimma at the Governor’s residence in Abuja together with other top Imo APC Leaders. Asiwaju who emerged victoriously from the just concluded … [Read more…]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu has named Kabiru Masari as his running mate for the 2023 elections. A chieftain of the party Kabiru Faskari said this during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday. He explained that picking Kabiru, who hails from Katsina State, does not violate the country’s … [Read more…]
Ekiti 2022: LP Disclaims Collapsing Structure with APC The Labour Party (LP) yesterday denied the report that it had collapsed its structure with the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Ekiti State. The position of the LP, was expressed in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Comrade … [Read more…]
The Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr Doyin okupe has said that he is the vice presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP. Okupe while fielding questions from Seun, a presenter with The Channels Televison, on Politics Today, said that his name has been submitted to the Independent National Electoral … [Read more…]
The Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria, Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka, on Friday tendered a public apology to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi and his supporters over his utterances against his person. The Catholic Diocese of Enugu State had, shortly after his comment on Wednesday during his midweek activities where … [Read more…]
The apex Igbo Socio-cultural, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has congratulated the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, on his emergence as the vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, describing him as a “detribalised patriot, purveyor of morals and a poster personality”. While expressing optimism that his candidacy will add enormous electoral value to the PDP, Ohanaeze noted … [Read more…]
Catholic Church condemns Mbaka’s ‘stingy’ comment on Peter Obi The Catholic Diocese of Enugu has disassociated itself from the scathing remarks against Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, by its outspoken priest, Ejike Mbaka. Mr Mbaka, during his weekly ministration service on Wednesday, said Mr Obi will not be president of Nigeria in 2023 … [Read more…]
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has emerged as the running mate to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. Mr. Okowa’s nomination was announced and confirmed by Atiku himself on Thursday at an unveiling event of his running mate held in Abuja. Atiku while speaking on his choice said his Vice … [Read more…]
