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MEMBER of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State are currently in a state of confusion over who to vote for in the 2023 presidential election. The development is owing to a clash of interest among the party leaders in the State. The confusion is coming at a time …

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged electorate to elect candidates capable of unifying Nigerians, particularly in the area of multi-cultural heritage and language, as the 2023 elections approach. Sanwo-Olu gave the advice on Wednesday during the 35th Edition of the National Festival of Arts and Culture tagged, ‘Eko …

TRADERS in Anambra State have threatened showdown with the Department of State Services and the state government over the arrest of two market chairmen in the state. The group said the two men were arrested by the personnel of the DSS during a meeting with all market chairmen in the …

The Borno State Police Command has debunked the news making the rounds on an attack on the convoy of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. This was coming after a PDP chieftain, Dino Melaye, reportedly said Atiku’s convoy was attacked when the former Vice President was …

THE National Population Commission ( NPC) , Wednesday told the Senate that it was proposing to spend a total sum of  N532.7billion to conduct national census in April 2023. Speaking in Abuja when he appeared before the Senator Sahabi Ya’u, APC Zamfara North led Senate Committee on National Population and …

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Wednesday, disclosed that approximately 2,782,302 registered voters are expected to participate in the 2023 general elections in the 23 Local Government Areas of Benue state. The new Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, for the State, Prof. Samuel Egwu who made the disclosure in Makurdi however …

Several calls have been made by different people for the resignation of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq. Sadiya Farouq had last week said that Bayelsa State was not among 10 worst hit states affected by flood disaster. She noted that Jigawa State, was …

Former chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Ifeanyi Ararume, has slammed a N100 billion suit on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) at a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged unlawful removal of his name as a non-Executive Chairman of the newly Incorporated Nigeria National Petroleum …

Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior, has written to the Nigerian Governors Forum to request a meeting in order to decongest jails around the country. This was made known to our correspondent by the Minister’s Media Adviser, Sola Fasure, on Tuesday. In exactly one month, Aregbesola stated he would meet with …

A report of inadequate funding for the Peoples Democratic Party Campaign Council may be true if the words of a member of the party’s National Executive Committee are anything to go by.   The South-West PDP chieftain who spoke with The PUNCH anonymously said he’s not surprised that funding has …