A former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) official, Prof. Emeka Ezeonu, has declared that the 2023 elections cannot be rigged. The one-time Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo spoke on Wednesday at a Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) event in Awka, Anambra. Ezeonu urged Nigerians to get their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) and perform their…
Vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo paid a visit to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu at his Abuja residence on Wednesday, December 21. The APC vice presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, was present during the meeting. Osinbajo’s media aide, Laolu Akande, disclosed this while tweeting some still pictures captured…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned that anyone buying Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) ahead of the 2023 general elections is wasting his or her time, energy and resources. INEC National Commissioner in charge of Voter Education and Publicity, Festus Okoye said this at a training for journalists organized by the Nigeria Union of…
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture has accused opposition political parties of ganging up against President Buhari and saying that his administration did nothing for Nigerians. The minister said this while speaking at the 14th edition of the PMB scorecard series in Abuja, on Tuesday, December 20. He said the government is…
Prof. Joseph Albasu Kunini has resigned from his position as the the speaker of Taraba state House of Assembly. His resignation notice was contained in a letter transmitted to the lawmakers on Wednesday and was read by the Deputy Speaker, Hammanadama Ibn-Abdullahi who stood as Speaker pro-tempo during the sitting. The Chief Whip of the…
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate has stated that his counterparts in other political parties have no track record and integrity. Tinubu disclosed this on Tuesday in Calabar, Cross River State, during a town hall meeting with stakeholders of the APC. He said he was confident…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has reacted to the conviction of Doyin Okupe, the Director-General of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council for acting in breach of the money laundering Act. A Federal High Court in Abuja, in a judgment delivered by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, found Okupe guilty on counts 34 to…
Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress has been told to apologize to Nigerians for deceiving them in 2015 and 2019. The Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign made the call as it dismissed the attempt by the TInubu/Shettima Campaign to compare what it observed as the prosperous years of the PDP to “the famished…
Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected as the President of South Africa under the African National Congress. This was reported by AriseTV on Monday. Ramaphosa won his re-election bid with 2,476 votes to defeat his rival, a former health minister, Zweli Mkhize. His re-election comes after his opponents asked him to step down over a scandal…
The leader of Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Chief Ayo Adebanjo has opened up on why he decided to join forces with former President Olusegun Obasanjo to endorse the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, to win the 2023 presidential election. In an interview with Punch, Adebanjo said their support for Obi…