Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, yesterday approved the request of the state chapter of Labour Party to use the Pa Ngele Oruta Township Stadium in Abakaliki for it’s rally slated to hold on 11 January,2022. Presidential candidate of the Labour party, Mr. Peter Obi, and his team are expected in Ebonyi for his presidential rally … [Read more…]
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has disclosed his biggest joy is that his preferred successor, Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, who is the governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will perform better than him in office if elected. He said the recent actualisation of his administration’s struggle for Enugu State to join the league of states enjoying oil … [Read more…]
The Presidential Campaign Council of the Labour Party has welcomed the decision of foremost Ijaw leader and Nigerian statesman Chief Edwin Clark. Chief Spokesman for the LP PCC, Dr. Yunusa Tanko said this in a telephone interview with Vanguard in Abuja, on Tuesday. He said the LP campaign was delighted that statesmen were speaking up … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disassociated itself from a fake website/blog advertising recruitment of ad hoc staff for next month’s general election. INEC further warned that the genuine portal used to advertise the recruitment of ad hoc staff was shot down on December 14, 2022, emphasising that it is no longer recruiting such … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has vowed to apprehend underage voters and their parents if they attempt to vote during the 2023 elections. Its National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, stated this, yesterday, during an interview on a live television programme monitored in Lagos. He decried the issue of underage voters … [Read more…]
A former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 general elections, Chief Charles Udeogaranya has called on the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubarkar and the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to abandon their presidential campaigns with immediate effect, as their chances of winning … [Read more…]
Leader of Pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, says Nigeria will be in trouble if any candidate other than the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, is elected President. Adebanjo also hailed Obi’s endorsement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. He however said he was not surprised by Obasanjo’s action, saying the … [Read more…]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, endorsed Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP),as his preferred candidate for the 2023 poll. This came on the day the LP candidate expressed confidence that with the support of Nigerians, he will win next year’s election. Obasanjo, in an open letter addressed to Nigerians, particularly the youths, … [Read more…]
The Jasawa Community Development Association (JCDA), yesterday, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to bring the Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) to polling units, saying that would enable eligible Nigerians to easily collect them. The group made the plea through its president, Shehu Ibrahim Masallah, at the general congress of the association held in … [Read more…]
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has challenged those threatening to expel him from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to go ahead and try it if they can. Governor Wike gave the challenge at the Eneka Road Roundabout, venue of the flag-off ceremony for the construction of Eneka-Igbo Etche Road dualisation project on Friday. Governor Wike, … [Read more…]
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu apparently holds the aces in the deal being worked out with the Governor Nyesom Wike-led G-5 Peoples Democratic Party Governors ahead of the 2023 general elections. However, opinion remains divided over whether or not a concrete agreement has been reached. Indication emerged on Thursday … [Read more…]
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said he was not perturbed by plots of five aggrieved governors of the party, popularly known as G-5, to endorse presidential candidates of other political parties. He said power comes from God and he was confident that no man could arrogate to himself … [Read more…]