By Uchenna Eletuo Lagos, Jan. 25, 2023 Traders at the two major markets at the sprawling Lagos International Trade Fair Complex, Balogun and Article markets shut their shops on Wednesday to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). The measure was a decision by the managements of both markets to give …
Read More »2023: Peter Obi is frontrunner; Atiku, Tinubu should step down for him – Valentine Ozigbo; Debunks fake news
Valentine Ozigbo, the Special Adviser to Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi on Technology and Strategic Alliances and a 2021 Anambra Governorship Candidate has categorically debunked fake news that key officials of the LP’s Presidential Campaign Council met on Monday at a top hotel in Abuja …
Read More »Anini, Prince of Thieves By Lasisi Olagunju
Monday, 23 January, 2023 General Ibrahim Babangida’s Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC) had just finished its weekly meeting. What ministers do with the present occupant of Aso Rock, Abuja –praise and worship – was the lot of IBB then at the Dodan Barracks, Lagos. Toady appointees in abject servitude fawned …
Read More »Political earthquake hits Delta, as PDP’s premier group, DUG, declares for APC
** It’s the tsunami I promised, Omo-Agege tells Deltans A political earthquake has hit Delta State as the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, mainstream wing, Delta Unity Group, DUG, Sunday declared for the All Progressives Congress, APC, with a commitment to vote all candidates of the party in the 2023 general …
Read More »2023: My Govt will prioritise youths, women – Peter Obi
By Amen Gajira Kafanchan (Kaduna) Jan.21, 2023 Mr. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) says his government will give adequate recognition to the youths and women if elected in February. Obi made the assertion on Saturday during a town hall meeting with religious leaders in Kafanchan. According …
Read More »Peter Obi meets with traditional rulers of Southern Kaduna, promises to stamp out corruption
By Amen Gajira Kafanchan (Kaduna) Jan. 21, 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, on Saturday in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, promised to stamp out corruption if elected as president. Obi made the pledge at a meeting with traditional rulers in Kagoro, Kaura Local Government Area in …
Read More »Ayade lacks capacity to deliver good governance – PDP
Ehigimetor Igbaugba Calabar, Jan. 21, 3023 Sen. Sandy Onor, Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that APC’s administration failed because it lacked the capacity to deliver good governance to the people of Cross River. Onor said this on Saturday in Calabar while reacting to the campaign …
Read More »Wike approves use of stadium for Atiku’s campaign
*Warns Rivers PDP PCC Director General, Dr. Abiye Sekibo *Why Tonye Cole must refund Rivers’ $50M Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said approval has been given to Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to use the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium for campaign of the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the State. The …
Read More »Peter Obi, Datti Baba-Ahmed visit Emir of Minna, Alhaji Bahago
Cross River: APC candidates, products of a poisoned Chalice – PDP Governorship candidate
By Sixtus Uket (Calabar) The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship candidate in Cross River State, Senator Sandy Onor, has described the candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the February and March 2023 general elections in the country as “products of a poisoned chalice commissioned to ruin the …
Read More »Election: Akobundu unveils 5-point manifesto for Abia Central
By Leonard Okachie Umuahia, Jan. 17, 2023 The PDP candidate for Abia Central Senatorial District, Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd.), has unveiled his five-point manifesto, entitled “People-first agenda.” Akobundu performed the unveiling before newsmen and a large crowd of party chieftains and supporters in Umuahia on Tuesday. He said that the …
Read More »PDP is fired, united in reclaiming C/River — Guber candidate
Ehigimetor Igbaugba Ogoja (Cross River), Jan. 17, 2023 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Cross River, Sen. Sandy Onor, has said that the party is “fired and united“ with the sole purpose of reclaiming the state from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Onor stated this on Monday …
Read More »2023 election in Rivers will be ‘fight to finish’ – Wike
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says the 2023 general election in the State will be a crucial moment that the electorate will use to decide against those who hate the State. The governor said therefore, that the election will be a fight to finish and the Peoples Democratic Party …
Read More »2023: Don’t vote for tribe, vote for character – Obi
By Muftau Ogunyemi Akure, Jan. 15, 2023 Mr. Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the February election, has called on the electorate not to vote for tribe but look out for character. Obi said this on Saturday in Akure at the town hall meeting to seek the …
Read More »Group unveils book to fund Obi presidential campaign
By Emmanuel Afonne Abuja, Jan. 9, 2023 A group of publishers in the ObiDatti campaign team has published a book as part of the funding tools for Mr Peter Obi Presidency. Leader of the group and Publisher of DaSoul Media Ltd., Mr Joe Bankole, said on Monday in Abuja at …
Read More »Peter Obi’s presidency will redefine governance in Nigeria – LP chieftain says in Gombe
By Peter Uwumarogie Gombe, Jan. 13, 2023 Election of Mr. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) will re-define governance in Nigeria, Mrs. Dudu Manuga, the party’s National Women Leader said in Gombe on Friday. Manuga told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Obi remained the most …
Read More »INEC extends timeframe for collection of PVCs
Following outcry over the slow pace of collection permanent voters’ cards (PVCs) nationwide occasioned in part by the disposition of some staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which has seen registered voters queuing endlessly in some centers for their cards, as well as by the penchant of some …
Read More »Labour Party blames INEC for slow distribution of PVCs
By Alex Enebeli Enugu, Jan. 12, 2023 Ahead of the Feb. 25 presidential election, the Labour Party (LP) has raised alarm over the slow distribution of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The party is insisting that the electoral body must immediately and speedily …
Read More »Obi Presidential Campaign train storms Enugu today
The Coal City of Enugu, the capital of old Eastern Region, is charged awaiting the arrival of the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, whose campaign hits town today, Thursday, January 12, 2023. Obi whose campaign team was overwhelmed with crowds of enthusiastic Anambrarians who stormed the …
Read More »UN working with Nigerian presidential candidates to promote peaceful elections, says official
By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Jan. 11, 2023 The United Nations Office for the West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) is collaborating with presidential candidates and other stakeholders in Nigeria to ensure peaceful elections in the country. Ms. Giovanie Biha, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Officer-in-Charge of UNOWAS …
Read More »Abia guber: I’m running to fight enemies of Abia, says Otti
By Leonard Okachie Uturu (Abia), Jan. 10, 2023 The Labour Party (LP) Governorship Candidate in Abia, Dr Alex Otti, has said that he is in the race to fight the political class that has allegedly stifled the development of the state. Otti said this on Tuesday at Uturu, Isuikwuato Local …
Read More »Akwa Ibom PDP guber candidate asks court to vacate arrest warrant
– Claims he only heard of the case on social media In another twist to the already intriguing conviction and warrant of arrest notice to Pst. Umo Eno, 2023 Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom state, the embattled Governorship aspirant has in a motion on …
Read More »2023: INEC disowns purported final list of candidates
By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, Jan. 9, 2022 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distanced itself from a purported final list of candidates for the 2023 general elections, purportedly released on Sunday. The commission in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Festus …
Read More »‘Curious travail of INEC Chairman, CBN Governor’ By MARTINS OLOJA
As in ‘Alice in Wonderland’, it is getting ‘curiouser and curiouser’ that a few weeks to a critical general election, the Chairman of the Independent National Election (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu appears to be in the eye of some storm. He is being distracted and can be removed from office …
Read More »Gov. Emmanuel is funding PDP campaigns with state funds, Akwa Ibom YPP alleges
The Young Progressives Party (YPP), in Akwa Ibom State has accused Governor Udom Emmanuel of arbitrary use of state funds to sponsor Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaigns in the state. This was part of issues addressed by the party in a Press Conference on Saturday January 7, 2023, in Uyo, …
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