The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will convene a meeting with leaders of political parties next week over the spate of violence heralding campaigns for the 2023 general elections. The INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, raised the alarm on Tuesday in Abuja at the training of master trainers on election technology for … [Read more…]
Osita Chidoka – Atiku’s aide describes Wike’s action as morally inappropriate…. The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday, shunned the governorship ambition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Lagos State, Olajide Adediran, known as Jandor, by endorsing the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for a second … [Read more…]
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party’s (LP), Mr. Peter Obi , is in mourning following the death of one of the party’s Zonal Chairmen in Kaduna State, Mallam Lawal Garba. Garba lost his life in a fatal road car crash along the Kaduna-Zaria road on his way back home from the party’s engagement with … [Read more…]
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has expressed mixed feelings over comments credited to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, that what the North needs in 2023 is a northerner, not an Ibo or a Yoruba person as the next president of Nigeria. Atiku had during the Arewa town hall … [Read more…]
Atiku appeals to Buhari to caution parties Following attacks on his supporters in Zamfara and Kaduna states, which led to the death of one, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Monday appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to call all political parties, to caution their supporters as 2023 campaigns intensify. … [Read more…]
Ahead of the 2023 general elections in the country, the Enugu State governorship flagbearer of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Barr. Peter Mbah has given further insight into his administration’s intention to transform the state through innovation and private-sector driven investments, stressing that such unprecedented plans are real and attainable. Mbah, during his unscheduled … [Read more…]
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that if he and four other governors in his camp leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), it would lose the 2023 election. The governor said this on Friday during a live media chat at the state government house in Port Harcourt. He said that without the participation of … [Read more…]
All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) yesterday dismissed insinuations that the health status of the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was responsible for the continued delay in the commencement of its campaign. APC presidential campaign has been shrouded in all manners of controversies, including the rumour that Asiwaju’s fragile health has been … [Read more…]
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyorchia Ayu, has admitted collecting N100 million from a governor. Governor Nyesom Wike had accused the party national chairman of corruption, saying aside the N100 million taken from the governor, Ayu also collected N1 billion from a Presidential aspirant in Lagos. Answering questions from journalists … [Read more…]
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has endorsed the candidacy of Atiku Abubakar and Ifeanyi Okowa of the Peoples Democratic Party for the positions of President and Vice President respectively in the coming 2023 elections. Jonathan revealed this when a PDP delegation led by Okowa as well as Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State visited him in … [Read more…]
A member of the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, Tolu Bankole, on Wednesday said it would take someone with grits and strong will like the Presidential Candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu, to revive the power sector and ensure Nigerians enjoy steady electricity. Bankole made the bold claim in a statement issued … [Read more…]
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…]