Category: Politics

Advises ex-Lagos governor to address allegations, stop diversionary tactics The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation apologised to Nigerians and the international community for what it described as “the shame and embarrassing” outing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, recently, at Chatham House, London. The Atiku/Okowa campaign berated the Tinubu/Shettima […]

Senator Ademola Adeleke with Alhaji Atiku Abubakar during campaign; Source: Web The leadership of the Presidential Campaign Organisation of the Peoples Democratic Party has approved the appointment the Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, as a member of the campaign council. Adeleke was appointed as the Chairman of the South-West Coordinating Committee of the campaign […]

Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission has lamented the poor understanding of the Electoral Act by key political actors and stakeholders in the country. The Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Festus Okoye, stated this at the weekend during a media/civil society organisations’ parley with INEC on identifying and mitigating flashpoints […]

INEC Chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Katsina State has cautioned politicians and political parties to avoid using provocative and abusive words during campaigns in the state. Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim-Umar, the Head of the Commission’s Election and Party Monitoring (EPM), gave the caution at a stakeholders forum on Friday in […]

National Working Committee of Labour Party on Friday terminated the appointment of its acting National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, and dissolved the Ogun chapter of the party over the role they played in the alleged expulsion of the Director General of Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe. Also the NWC passed a vote of confidence […]

Chief spokesperson of Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council, Yunusa Tanko, has indicated that the speech by All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on grabbing political power could serve as a recipe for violence in next year’s general elections. Tinubu spoke of power grabbing in a London restaurant, while addressing his supporters […]

A former presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Nwachukwu Anakwenze has commended the party for the success recorded so far in its presidential campaign nationwide. In a statement by the Director General of the Anakwenze Campaign Organisation, Comrade Eric Oluwole, Anakwenze urged the party’s Presidential Candidate and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku […]

The European Union, EU has decried the rising level of electoral offences in Nigeria saying a democratic government built on a shaky foundation due to the incredibility of the electoral process will make the people lack confidence in the government The team leader of the EU Support for Democratic Governance in Nigeria, SDGN Rudolf Elbling […]

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Tuesday said that Academic Staff Union of Universities won’t go on strike if he becomes the next president of the country. Obi speaking at a state rally in Owerri, Imo State, said that his administration would dialogue with ASUU leadership to ensure that universities won’t […]