2023: Professionals drum support for Obi-Datti ticket

Court Adjourns Suit Seeking To Stop Lagos Rally Professional under the aegis of Professionals for Obi-Datti Presidency (PODP) have thrown their weights behind the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, noting that they would offer stellar services to Nigerians if they win the 2023 […]

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Nigeria’s 2020 protesters look to the ballot box

Protesters gather with placards in their hand, during a protest to commemorate one year anniversary of EndSars, a protest movement against police brutality at the Unity Fountain in Abuja, on October 20, 2021. – Hundreds of youth match to commemorate one year anniversary of Endars protest that rocked the major cities across the country on […]

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FG, Atiku trade words over originality of economic blueprint

Blueprint an attempt to copy current govt’s efforts – Mohammed Mohammed lied against truth, must apologise to Nigerians, says Atiku Wike: I will expose characters in PDP disguising as national leaders today We will resolve our differences soon, Tambuwal, Wabara assure Nigerians The Federal Government has described the economic blueprint unveiled last week by the […]

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Ayu must go: PDP South West Forum backs Wike, Makinde, others

A group, South-West Forum of PDP Stakeholders for Justice, on Wednesday, reiterated its support for Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and others sympathetic to his cause, that the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu should resign In a statement by the party’s former Publicity Secretaries in Ondo and Lagos […]

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Nigerians may shock political class, parties in 2023, Obaseki warns

Obaseki; Photo/facebook/godwinobasekiofficial INEC’s list recognises Orbih’s faction against governor Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has called on political leaders across the country to step up and mitigate the pains of Nigerians caused by poor governance and inefficiency or expect a surprise from the electorate in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Obaseki, while speaking to journalists […]

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Lawan loses out as Akpabio, Umahi make INEC’s final list

Tinubu retains Shettima as running mate despite outcry Kachikwu makes list amid alleged expulsion from the party 4,223 candidates contesting for 469 legislative positions We must have Nigeria before a president, says Jonathan The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has no candidate for Yobe North senatorial district, placing a lid on Senate President, Ahmad Lawan’s […]

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Atiku to Wike, others: Ayu won’t resign

Former Vice President and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has declared that the PDP National Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu won’t resign as being demanded by the Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike and other PDP Governors in his camp. His reaction came shortly after Wike’s team reportedly withdrew from the PDP […]

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PDP’s crisis deepens as Wike’s group pulls out of Atiku’s campaign council

Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, sank into a deeper crisis on Wednesday as Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike’s team reportedly pulled out of the campaign council of the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The group, which has been relentlessly calling on the party’s national chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, to resign for […]

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Full List of 2023 Presidential, Vice Presidential, National Assembly candidates

INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, published the final list of candidates validly nominated by political parties for the 2023 national elections, namely presidential, senatorial and federal constituencies. This is in compliance with Section 32(1) of the Electoral Act (2022). Containing only the names, party, age, gender, academic […]

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