Category: Politics

By Banji Ayoola The South West Zonal Coordinator of the Asiwaju Tinubu/Shettima Coalition for Good Governance (ATSCGG.), Ambassador Sola Iji, on Thursday inaugurated the Ogun State chapter of the coalition. He performed the exercise at the State Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abeokuta, the state’s capital, during his maiden meeting with about […]

Ebonyi State Police Command on Saturday insisted that the Police acted within the confines of the rules of engagement, in order to maintain law and order in the State. The Police were reported to have shot tear gas indiscriminately at peaceful residents who came out en mass to participate in a rally, in support of […]

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South West have dissociated themselves from calls for the resignation of Dr Iyorchia Ayu as the party’s National Chairman. Also, they pledged their “unwavering support and unalloyed commitment” to the former Vice President who is also the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his […]

By Emmanuel Aziken It was understandable that the Tinubu Campaign Organisation was outraged over the outcome of the ANAP NOI polls that put Peter Obi as the leading candidate for the 2023 presidential election. The study puts Obi as the choice of 21% of Nigerians with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar coming a joint […]

Labour Party has declared that it would leverage on the widespread support from Nigerians to win the 2023 general election. The declaration was contained in communiqué released by the leadership of the party after a two-day national leadership retreat in Abuja titled ‘Nigeria at a Crossroads: Labour Party as the Only Credible Option for National […]

Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Chairman of Inter Party Advisory Committee (IPAC), Yabagi Sani, an engineer, has enjoined the electorate not to cast their votes on the basis of the primordial sentiments of religion and ethnicity. Speaking at a conference organised by the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) in collaboration with Alliance […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it is making preparations for around 95 million voters in next years’ general elections, but warns that the increasing level of insecurity in some parts of the country poses a threat to the polls. The Chairman, INEC, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, said this in Lagos on Friday at a […]

State chapters insist Oyo governor, others on their own in push to remove national chairman Atiku denies trip to Europe is about medicals Weeks to the commencement of campaign activities by candidates and their political parties ahead of the 2023 general elections, the crisis rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have taken a […]

The presidential flag bearer of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has been accused of trying to induce Nigerians with foodstuffs and other items in order to vote him in as president in the coming elections. This was as foodstuffs bearing his name, that of his vice-presidential candidate, Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, and the logo of […]

The Middle Belt Forum has said the presidential standard bearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress may find it difficult to convince Nigerians to vote for him in the forthcoming general election due to the poor performance of President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari had said during his recent visit to Imo State that his administration had […]