APC can’t rule beyond 2023 – Makinde

Arapaja vows to deliver S’West states to PDP ‘Fayose absent at exco inauguration’ Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has debunked a statement by the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, that the ruling party will be in power beyond 2023. The governor, who spoke at the inauguration of the executives of […]

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Arapaja promises rebirth as Southwest PDP rallies for 2023

Arapaja (left) Makinde and others at the congress The recently concluded congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Southwest has presented another opportunity for its leadership to get to the drawing board and work out new ways of managing some challenges confronting it. The elections to the regional positions may have come and gone, with […]

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Southwest PDP chieftains strategise for party’s national convention

To Southwest stakeholders of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), it is a waiting game. They are taking their time to see how the newly elected National Vice Chairman, Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja, would pilot the affairs of the zone preparatory to PDP’s forthcoming national convention, as well as the 2023 general elections. It would be recalled that […]

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Akeredolu defeats Jegede at Ondo election tribunal

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, APC state chairman, Ade Adetimehin, deputy governor Lucky Ayedatiwa and the Chief of Staff, Chief Olugbenga Ale addressing newsmen after the tribunal judgment in Akure. Petition struck out for want of Jurisdiction and lack of merit —– Akeredolu, deputy duly sponsored by a political party Verdict reflects the law, peoples wish, no […]

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Akeredolu, Jegede know fate today as Ondo election tribunal set to deliver judgment

By Banji Ayoola The three man-panel of the Ondo State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Akure, will today Tuesday April 20 deliver judgement in the petition filed by candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede, against the victory of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, in last year’s governorship election. Notice for the shift in date […]

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INEC to expand polling units

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promised to make polling units accessible to the electorate to remove voter apathy during elections. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kwara, Malam Garba Attahiru-Madami, made this known on Monday in Ilorin while declaring open a two-day training on “Implementation of expansion […]

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2023: Emmanuel, Achudume canvass for credible politicians

Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State and Apostle Lawrence Achudume have called on Nigerians to embrace only credible candidates to break from the rut of poor governance and insecurity. They made the call at the annual convention of Victory Life Bible Church (VLBC) held at the Victory City, […]

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Aggrieved APC candidates blast Amaechi over boycott of Rivers council polls

Aggrieved members of All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to Magnus Abe have lambasted the Minister of Transportation and leader of the party in Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, for writing to the State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), that the APC will not participate in today’s election. The Abe faction had conducted primaries for the Local Councils elections and the chairmanship and […]

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APC: We’ve not zoned Presidency to the south

says Buhari, governors, stakeholders to decide Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has not decided to zone the presidency to the southern part of the country. It said that issues relating to zoning of the exalted seat of president of the country and key elective positions of […]

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Saraki’s presidential campaign posters flood Abuja

Posters of the immediate past Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, were sighted in conspicuous areas of Abuja on Tuesday, fueling speculations that he might soon declare his intention to contest the 2023 presidential election. Our correspondent sighted some of the posters at the Wuse area of the nation’s capital and at the national secretariat of […]

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