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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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