As the search for running mate to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, enters a critical stage, governors and leaders of the party from the North West have kicked against the possible exclusion of the region. This is despite the fact that the region occupies the number one position and … [Read more…]
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday, issued July 15 deadline final warning to political parties to upload the lists and personal particulars of their nominated candidates. It also urged the political parties to scrutinise the list and personal particulars of the candidates they propose to sponsor at the election to avoid any mix-up and duplication … [Read more…]
Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Abubakar Atiku has expressed confidence that the party will remain indivisible and focused on set goals. This is coming on the heels of the outcry that greeted Atiku’s choice of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate in the 2023 presidential election at expense of Rivers State … [Read more…]
Apparently rattled by the growing influence of Nigerian youths, particularly on social media, declaring support for Mr. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), the rulling All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted a special national taskforce to mobilise youths to counter the popularity and ensure victory for the party’s candidiate, Bola Tinubu, in the … [Read more…]
The last has not been heard about the internal wrangling within the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. If comments and actions of leading figures in the party are anything to go by, the crisis of confidence over the outcome of the party’s presidential primary and the selection of the party’s running mate has not abated. Governor … [Read more…]
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) member, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Tuesday stressed the need for the Labour Party to form an alliance with his party ahead of the 2023 general elections. Jibrin, who featured in a Channels Television’s programme, Political Paradigm, said the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s alignment with his NNPP’s counterpart, Rabiu Kwankwanso, … [Read more…]
President Muhammadu Buhari has pleaded with aggrieved lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Senate to ensure the party’s majority control is not threatened. He spoke when he received some aggrieved Senators in Abuja, yesterday. The 22 senators were reported to have concluded plans to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour … [Read more…]
THE Organized labour, Tuesday said it would work for the Presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi in the 2023 elections. The two labour centers, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), declared their support to campaign and do everything within their power to ensure that the … [Read more…]
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has reacted to the certificates saga of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, saying if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) record keeping is efficient and its server functional, it should be a non-ssue. He stated this after a thank you visit to President Muhammadu … [Read more…]
Tinubu, yesterday, said he was still searching for a running mate. The former Lagos State governor, who spoke at the public presentation of the book: “Mr Speaker” in honour of Femi Gbajabiamila, on the occasion of his 60th birthday, however, did not say to what extent he had gone in the search. Director of Media … [Read more…]
The Borno Chairman of New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Mohammed Mustafa, said the party had registered over two million members and supporters in the state. Mr Mustafa said in Maiduguri on Sunday that the party was very popular in Borno and now set to shock other political parties in all categories of 2023 general elections … [Read more…]
Weeks after Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Lagos State governor emerged as presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), intrigues and infightings within the party has stalled efforts to select his substantive running mate. Tinubu had chosen a placeholder, Kabiru Masari, in order to beat the deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). … [Read more…]