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The Obi-Datti movement, the campaign group for Labour Party presidential ticket Peter Obi has dismissed claims that the candidate violated the Electoral Act on account of raising funds from Nigerians in the diaspora for the campaigns. The Obi-Datti Media Office was reacting to an allegation by a support group of …

Kogi State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that over 500 supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have defected to its fold within the last one week. The over 500 defectors are mostly from the Koton Karfe South East ward, where over 1,000 PDP members earlier defected …

Members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, on Sunday, rejected any form of campaign fund from the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. DAILY POST reports that this formed part of the resolutions reached during a stakeholders’ meeting at the South-East Secretariat of the party. …

The national president of Ijaw Media Monitoring Group (IMMG), Elder Asu Beks, has raised the alarm that the people of the Niger Delta region will not allow the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to campaign in the region when the 2023 election campaigns kick off on September 28, if a …

The forthcoming general election in Nigeria formed the centre stage at yesterday’s bilateral meeting in Washington D.C between the United States and Nigeria with the US pledging its support towards ensuring that Nigeria holds a free and fair poll in February 2023. At the meeting between the US Vice President, …

A group of former militant leaders under the aegis of the Movement for Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta (MSDND) yesterday asked President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno to extend the tenure of the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Dixon …

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has refuted reports of attending a Labour Party, LP, presidential rally in Ibadan, the State capital. Makinde described the report as false and misleading. Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa, Makinde said he was not in the State when the event happened. …

The battle for the 2023 presidential election seems to have shifted to Kano State at the moment. DAILY POST reports that there is an ongoing tussle among the leading presidential candidates to inherit the millions of votes in Kano State, as President Muhammadu Buhari will not be on the ballot. …

Pending a dramatic change of events, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has moved on with preparations for the 2023 election after failing to reach a truce with the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike-led camp. This is coming on the heels of reports that the …

A renewed commitment by both Nigeria and the United States to work together on many global issues, especially on climate change and the global energy transition towards net-zero emissions emerged yesterday at the White House after a meeting between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and his United States counterpart, Vice President …