Politics

Barely three weeks to the general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC said it’s in Idemili South Local Government Area Anambra state was on Tuesday morning attacked and set ablaze by unknown gunmen. Among the items lost to the inferno are 729 ballot boxes, 243 voting cubicles, 256 election …

The Peoples Democratic Party Campaign Council in Rivers State has taken a swipe at the state governor, Nyesom Wike, over the cancellation of the approval granted for the party’s presidential campaign in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The spokesman for the PDP PCC in the state, Dr Leloonu Nwibubasa, who stated this …

There was jubilation in Nsukka, Igbo-Eze North and Udenu local government areas of Enugu State on Wednesday as Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Enugu North Senatorial District stormed Ogige Market, Nsukka, Eke Ozzi Market, Ogrute, and Obollo Afor Market in the three councils …

Barely six weeks to the governorship election in Nigeria, Akwa Ibom State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is yet to inaugurate its governorship campaign council, no thanks to the protracted crisis rocking the party. The other major parties in the State, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the Young …

The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has said he can’t step down for his counterpart from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar. Obi made the remark while denying holding talks with Atiku in a bid to form an alliance and step down ahead of the 2023 election. …

The chairperson of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rufa’i Alkali, has called on the standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to shelve his presidential bid for their candidate Rabiu Kwankwaso. Alkali stated this during a media conference in Abuja on Wednesday. He said the claim …

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has cautioned Nigerians against voting for candidates playing the ethnic card. Kwankwaso said Nigerians should not vote along ethnic or religious lines. He urged Nigerians to vote for candidates with the capacity and not candidates playing ethnic card. …

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, APC-PCC, has criticized the misrepresentation of the comments by its candidate, Bola Tinubu regarding dollar rate. The campaign accused some media houses of twisting the former Lagos governor’s remarks at the party’s campaign rally on Tuesday in Calabar, capital of Cross River. APC-PCC …

Barely few weeks to the 2023 elections, Governor Nyesom Wike has said the G-5 governors are fighting guerilla warfare. Wike made the remark while stressing that he never told the public how he would announce his preferred presidential candidate. The governor had a fallout with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, …

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has expressed optimism about winning the South East in the forthcoming presidential election. The party’s national Vice Chairman, South East, Dr Ijeomah Arodiogbu stated this in a press conference on Wednesday in Awka, saying that the attendance at Tuesday’s rally of the party in Anambra …