Category: Politics

Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Rivers, Katsina top 31 other states Registered voters in Nigeria have risen from 84 million to 96.2 million, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The latest voter statistics released by the commission states that 12.2 million voters registered in the Continuous voter registration that ended on Sunday. It said that […]

[File photo]  PDP’s problem not as bad as APC’s Muslim-Muslim issue – Jibrin Wike’s camp rules out defection, vows to remain in party The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) will tomorrow meet to mediate in the lingering post-convention crisis, setting the stage for a face-to-face parley between two warring gladiators – Nyesom […]

Following the crisis rocking the party as a result of emergence of Delta Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa as its vice presidential candidate, Chairman Board of Trustees, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Walid Jibrin has said the party is set to meet with Governor Nyesom Wike, aggrieved party members as well as all the presidential aspirants for […]

Photo/facebook/GovernorNyesomEzenwoWikeCON We’re united, developments will unfold, says Jerry Gana Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, met with some of his political allies, including four serving Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors, in Abuja, yesterday. The meeting was attended by some key party leaders and governors who served as campaign coordinators for Wike and promoted his presidential aspiration […]

APC and PDP presidential candidates, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar Fault APC’s same faith ticket The National Christian Elders Forum, NCEF, has condemned the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for fielding Muslim presidential candidates, 13 years into an insurgency in the country. The group also faulted the current debate on […]

The Peter Obi Support Network has described as “defeatist” the antics of operatives of opposition presidential campaign organisations and their political parties for always “outrightly distorting and mischievously misquoting the speeches” of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The group said the move was a futile bid to discredit Obi and drag him to […]

Nigerians would not use the political party as a deciding factor in the choice of a candidate to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, the Christian Association of Nigeria said on Sunday. According to the organisation, Nigerians have gone beyond voting based on the political party presenting candidates. The President of CAN, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, […]

Opposition against the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress deepened on Friday as popular Christian members of the party vowed to mobilise voters against it in 2023. The aggrieved Christian members said the decision of the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to pick a fellow Muslim from the northern part of the […]

Nwajiuba faults APC, PDP primaries over statutory delegates, vote buying Says former Lagos governor, ex-VP bribed delegates with dollars The immediate past Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, and a group, Incorporated Trustees of Rights for All International, have filed an originating summons before a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order declaring […]

A former Minister of Transportation and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Rotimi Amaechi, came under fire on Monday over his allegation that delegates who voted at the APC primary were bribed to influence the outcome of the convention. Amaechi had further claimed that many of those who were induced with money have since […]