2023 Elections
The distribution of sensitive election materials to 20 Local Governments by the Independent National Electoral Commission has commenced in Lagos state. It will be recalled that the Presidential and National Assembly elections have been fixed by the electoral umpire to be Saturday, February 25, 2023. Confirming the commencement of the distribution of the materials, […]
Chichi Ojei, presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM), says there’s a plot by the party to align with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the elections. In a statement issued on Thursday night, Ojei said the scheme is being orchestrated by the national executive committee (NEC) of the party. Ojei said as […]
The house of representatives has asked the National Universities Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NABTE), National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), and the ministry of education to direct all tertiary institutions to suspend academic activities ahead of the elections. The lower legislative chamber said this will enable students to travel to […]
The federal government has ruled out the possibility of the forthcoming elections being cancelled or postponed due to insecurity. Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, spoke on the matter on Tuesday at the 17th edition of the ‘President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) Administration Scorecard Series (2015-2023)’ in Abuja. He was reacting to reports that […]
Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s Vice-President had on Tuesday labelled the vice-presidential candidate of the APC, Kashim Shettima, as the chairman of the “Osinbajo ice cream company”. Osinbajo said so at the book launching titled ‘Deputizing and Governance in Nigeria, written by the governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje. The vice-president, who was also a […]
Retired Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), says the All Progressives Congress (APC) is the party to beat in the 2023 general election, as it has all its takes to win. Buratai said this at the Progressives Young Leaders Summit of the APC in Abuja on Monday. He advised […]
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, has mocked a plan by supporters of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), to hold a “two-million-man march” for him in the state. Supporters of Obi across the country have been holding these marches to show their solidarity with him. There was a march for the LP […]
There are indications that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, may unveil his running mate on Wednesday. Sources say Tinubu would conclude consultations with the party’s stakeholders, including governors on Tuesday and would announce his running mate on Wednesday. It was also learnt that the APC governors and other stakeholders […]
Seven Presidential aspirants under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have dismissed the names of five presidential aspirants purportedly to President Muhammadu Buhari to select a consensus candidate, stressing that they were not consulted before the Governors arrived at the decision. The aggrieved aspirants in a terse statement issued in the early […]
Former governor of Lagos state and presidential aspirant of the party, Bola Tinubu, has declared that he is sound, hale and hearty for the presidential job in 2023. The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress stated this on Thursday addressing the delegates of the party in Ondo State at the governor’s office, […]
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