Party leaders presenting PDP flag to Funke Akindele as the running mate to its 2023 governorship candidate, Dr Olajide Adediran on Tuesday at Ikorodu, Lagos By Adeyemi Adeleye Lagos, July 12, 2022 Funke Akindele, popular Nollywood actress and 2023 running mate to Lagos Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate, Dr …
Read More »Tinubu VP choice: Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo, resigns membership of APC
Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo, has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) following the choice of Kashim Shettima as the running mate of the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Okonkwo, who is also a Barrister at Law, announced this in a letter shared on his Instagram page …
Read More »2023: PDP, APC chieftains scramble to move to Labour Party in Ebonyi
Some Chieftains of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) who lost out in the 2022 party primaries in Ebonyi State are said to be making moves to join the Labour Party (LP), a new political movement that has Mr. Peter Obi as the presidential candidate, with …
Read More »Why I picked Shettima as running mate- Tinubu
By Emmanuel Mogbede Abuja, July10, 2022 Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate for 2023 poll, says he decided to pick Sen. Kashim Shettima as his running mate, because he possessed one of the best credentials for the election. Tinubu announced Shettima as his running mate in …
Read More »Lawan, Akpabio: INEC insists on reports of A-Ibom, Yobe primaries; Counsels aggrieved to go to court
By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, July 9, 2022 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it stands by the reports received from its state offices in relation to the party primaries for the Akwa Ibom North West and Yobe North Senatorial Districts. The commission stated this in a statement issued …
Read More »‘Defection of PDP supporters to APC, proof of Omo-Agege’s attractive style of politics’
The Delta All Progressives Congress (APC) Gubernatorial Campaign Organisation has described the recent defection of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders to the APC as a testament to Senator Ovie Omo-Agege’s attractive style of politics. This is even as the campaign organisation congratulated the Deputy Senate President and Delta APC Governorship …
Read More »2023: Coalition, LP to deploy 15 agents to each polling unit – Utomi
By Adeyemi Adeleye Lagos, July 9, 2022 Prof. Pat Utomi, the Convener, The Big Tent of the Third Force, says the coalition and the Labour Party (LP) plan to deploy at least 15 agents each to polling booths in the country to help safeguard votes in the 2023 general elections. …
Read More »Catholic Bishop says: Get your PVCs, be obedient; Declares RightChoice Electronics open, counsels youths
By Ijendu Iheaka The Catholic Bishop of Aba Diocese, Abia, Bishop Augustine Echema has called on every resident of the Aba to get their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) in readiness for the 2023 general elections and be obedient, noting that obedience is the first law in heaven. Bishop Echema made the call at the opening …
Read More »Defection: APC loses former Governorship aspirant, Bishop Sam Akpan, others to PDP in Akwa Ibom
Former Governorship aspirant and founder of the defunct AKPF, Archbishop Sam Akpan, has defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with hundreds of his supporters. A core grassroots politician, Archbishop Sam Akpan is returning to the PDP where he once served as State Deputy …
Read More »2023: Obi/Baba-Ahmed candidacy paradigm shift in nation’s politics – Abia LP Chairman
By Leonard Okachie Umuahia, July 8, 2022 The Abia Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr. Ceekay Igara, says the combination of Mr. Peter Obi and Sen. Datti Baba-Ahmed as the party’s Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates is enjoying universal acceptance. Igara made the remark in an interview with the News …
Read More »Kwankwanso misrepresents, disrespects the North – Arewa Youths
The Arewa Youths Progressive Alliance has dissociated itself from a statement widely credited to the NNPP Presidential candidate, where he claimed that Northern voters will only vote for Northern presidential candidates. According to the spokesman of the popular and highly influential Arewa group, Alhaji Sambo Galadima: “The North is neither …
Read More »Assassination attempt on Rivers APC guber running mate: MOSOP appalled, calls for thorough investigation
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has condemned the assassination attempt on Dr. Innocent Barikor, the running mate of the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rives State. In a statement by Fegalo Nsuke, its President, MOSOP condoled with the family of the Police officer attached …
Read More »Dealing with the running mate matter By Professor Okechukwu Edward Okeke
Its potential as a threat to national unity became manifest in early 2000, when Senator Arthur Nzeribe moved a motion in the Senate for the impeachment of President Olusegun Obasanjo. There was uproar in Yorubaland, with Governor Tinubu declaring the then Imo West Senator a persona non grata in Lagos …
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Osun citizens will determine their next governor – INEC Chairman
By Dorcas Elusogbon Ile-Ife (Osun), July 5, 2022 The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has said that Osun citizens would determine their governor in the next gubernatorial elections that comes up on July 16, 2022. Yakubu stated this during his team’s visit to seek Royal Fathers’ …
Read More »Mass defection looms in Akwa Ibom PDP
Frontline Governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Senator Bassey Albert will defect to Young People’s Party (YPP) if the judgement on the suit filed by Rt Hon. Friday Iwok and 30 others challenging the Ad-hoc delegates election of the PDP in …
Read More »U.S. Independence Day: Amb. Leonard highlights similarities between Nigeria, U.S.
By Busayo Onijala Lagos, July 4, 2022 U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Mary Beth Leonard on Monday highlighted the similarities between Nigeria and her country as it marked its 246th Independence Day celebration. She stated the similarities in her message on the country’s Independence Day. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) …
Read More »2023: Group drums support for Obi, urges people to get PVC
By Oboh Linus Karu (Nasarawa State), July 3, 2022 A Political support group, under the aegis of Obi Campaign Mobilisation Team, on Sunday drummed support for Peter Obi, Labour Party’s Presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 general elections. The group also called on eligible voters to take advantage of the …
Read More »INEC monitors security situation ahead Osun guber poll – Yakubu; Says Ekiti guber polls vote buyers for prosecution
From left: Chairman, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu; in a handshake with representatives and members of the ICCES during the committee special meeting in Abuja on Saturday By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, June 2, 2022 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday said it was closely monitoring the security situation …
Read More »Defend electoral officers, HEDA charges Buhari; Blasts APC Youth, tells them to stop harassing Akwa Ibom REC, Igini
The Human & Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) Resource Centre has cautioned the Youth wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State, to desist from harassing and embarrassing the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the State, Mr. Mike Igini. HEDA’s Chairman, Mr. Olarenwaju Suraju, in a statement this weekend issued …
Read More »Chijioke Edeoga emerges new governorship candidate of Labour Party in Enugu
By Benson Ezugwu Enugu, July 2, 2022 Mr. Chijioke Edeoga on Saturday emerged the new gubernatorial candidate of Labour Party (LP) replacing the earlier candidate, Mr. Casmir Agbo. The State Chairman of the party, Agbo, who was the former candidate, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) …
Read More »Nwafor-led Imo APC begins fresh membership registration; His claim, moves are ‘dead on arrival’ – Ebere EXCO
By Peter Okolie Owerri, June 30, 2022 Factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo, Mr. Daniel Nwafor, has commenced fresh membership registration in the state. Addressing members of his executive (EXCO) in Owerri on Thursday, he said that the National Working Committee of APC had recognized him …
Read More »2023: Delta APC hails Osanebi’s emergence as Omo-Agege’s running mate
The Delta All Progressives Congress (APC) Gubernatorial Campaign Organisation has hailed the emergence of the immediate past Deputy Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Friday Ossai Osanebi as running mate to Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, the Delta APC governorship candidate in next year’s election. Osanebi, who was …
Read More »Osun 2022: Gov. Oyetola knows fate July 14 as Court delivers judgment in suit seeking his disqualification
By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, June 29, 2022 A Federal High Court, Abuja, is to deliver judgment on July 14 in a suit seeking the disqualification of Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, in the July 16 governorship election holding in Osun state. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed …
Read More »Kano APC Senator, Shekarau, defects to NNPP
Senator representing Kano Central Senatorial District, Ibrahim Shekarau, has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and joined the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). The lawmaker in a defection letter read during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, informed the chamber that his decision to quit the …
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