POLITICS

A political group in Ekiti led by Mr Ayo Omotoso inaugurated campaign coordinators on Thursday in Ado-Ekti in support of the ambition of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to become president in 2023. Tinubu is the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the 2023 general elections. Omotoso said AOM was inaugurated to build a […]

Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees Chairman, Walid Jibrin, has resigned,  He also confirmed his resignation to a Nigerian television station. Former President of the Senate of Nigeria, Adolphus Wabara (from Abia State), has since been appointed as the new BoT chairman. Jibrin’s resignation occurred amid agitation by the southern caucus of the PDP for the […]

The National Executive Council of the Peoples Democratic Party has passed a vote-of-confidence in Senator Iyorchia Ayu, suggesting that the party chairman will not be stepping down any time soon. A motion for the vote of confidence in the PDP’s National Working Committee (NWC) was moved by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, […]

A legal practitioner, Mr Joe Abaagu, has cautioned youths in the country against electoral violence, saying anyone caught will go to jail for two years without option of fine. Abaagu who is the Acting Chairman, Justice, Development and Peace Commission of the Catholic Archdiocese, gave the advice in an interview with the Newsmen on Wednesday […]

A renowned musician and actor, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa popularly known as Charly Boy, has said he will organise the biggest rally ever for the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Charly Boy declared this on his verified Twitter handle on Thursday adding that he has publicly endorsed Obi for the 2023 presidential election. The […]

LABOUR Party, LP, Presidential candidate and former Anambra State governor, Mr. Peter Obi, has vowed to increase electricity generation in Nigeria, or quit as president after his first term. Obi made the vow, while addressing a packed audience at the prestigious Beverly Hilton Los Angeles flag-off of his US speaking tour. Obi, who flew in from […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has disclosed that the final list of candidates for Presidential, Senate, House of Representatives, and Governorship candidates alongside State Houses of Assembly will be published on September 20th and October 4th respectively ahead of the 2023 poll. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the” […]

A federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital has adjourned the ongoing case of alleged certificate forgery preferred against the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, Pastor Umo Eno, till August 31, 2022 for hearing. The adjournment followed a motion on notice  for amendment of claims filed by the Plaintiff, […]

Political economist Kingsley Moghalu has recommended that the Federal Government should take over the funding of political parties across the country. According to the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, government funding of political parties will mitigate corruption within the electoral system. Speaking on a television show on Friday, Professor Moghalu criticised […]

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, says he does not care if Nigeria’s next president, vice-president, and speaker of the House of Representatives are all from the same village and religion. Soyinka spoke on a tv state interview  aired on Monday. The 88-year-old playwright, however, noted that the same faith ticket won’t be a problem in […]