POLITICS

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, says that no Nigerian should be undecided about the candidates to vote for in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Kukah made this assertion while speaking in an interview on a Television program today,Wednesday. According to Kukah, Nigerians should not be undecided considering the abundance of problems facing […]

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu is being widely criticised by the majority of Nigerians from the South East region over his statement that they will languish in longer marginalisation unless they vote massively for him to become the president. Tinubu said this in Enugu, on Wednesday, while he was […]

The candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2022 Osun State Governorship Election, Lasun Yusuf, has joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State announced Lasun’s defection on Wednesday at the party’s presidential campaign rally in Osogbo, the state capital. Lasun was a former deputy Speaker of the House of […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State presided over by Justice Turaki Mohammed has dismissed a suit brought against the All Progressives Congress (APC) by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In its suit, the PDP had prayed the court to nullify the candidacy of all the legislative candidates running on the platform […]

The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, has lost his bid for a re-election, as the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, affirmed Bashir Machina as the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2023 Yobe North Senatorial District election. The appellate court, in a judgement that was delivered by a three-man […]

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, is holding a meeting with the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). At the meeting, Liang is appealing for peaceful elections as she vowed that the British Government will sanction any individual or group who incites electoral violence. The Peace Committee at the accord […]

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately resume Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) until 90 days before the 2023 general elections. Delivering Judgement, Justice Ekwo also directed INEC to ensure that eligible Nigerians are not deprived the opportunity to have the voters’ cards for […]

The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has announced that it has received 26.5 million pounds from the United Kingdom, an amount which was left over of the money used to pay British colonial officers who worked in Nigeria. The Executive Secretary of PTAD, Dr Chioma Ejikeme, disclosed this today during the 58th Ministerial briefing at […]

The Catholic Church has tasked the Federal Government to provide enabling environment for citizens to exercise their franchise in 2023, devoid of violence, intimidation, vote buying and vote selling. This is contained in a communique issued at the end of the church’s 3rd National Pastoral Congress held in Benin. The communique was made available to […]

FORMER Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, disclosed that a draft amendment bill for the restructuring of Nigeria was ready and would be introduced to lawmakers on the first day of sitting of the 10th Assembly, next year, as an Executive Bill. Alhaji Abubakar also said […]