NIGERIA 2023

Barely three days to the submission of completed forms, the leaders of the 28 groups that raised funds and secured expression of interest and nomination forms for the President, Africa Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, are yet to get his approval.…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released nine guidelines for the conduct of presidential, governorship and parliamentary aspirants ahead of primaries. The contenders have been barred from going to court without first exhausting avenues for redress and ventilation of grievances. The aspirants are…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed as preposterous insinuations that its chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, will join the 2023 presidential race. The Commission insisted that Yakubu remains an umpire, who is committed to free and fair election and will not stray…

The 97-year-old Alhaji Tanko Yakasai is an elder statesman and Second Republic politician. The nonagenarian, who was then President Shehu Shagari’s Political Adviser, has urged the PDP to zone its presidential ticket to the South for the sake of stability and justice.…

Barring any last-minute change of schedules, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will on Wednesday meet to decide on the report of its 37-man committee headed by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State. The committee had recommended…

THE Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has said he will take a decision on the presidential election in the next few days. The CBN governor spoke about 24 hours after a group purchased the All Progressives Congress (APC)…

Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has asked Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele to disengage, having joined the presidential race. He said in a statement personally signed by him that his entry into the contest will distract him, warning that it is dangerous for the…

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the south-west have cautioned presidential hopefuls from the region against name-calling, saying all aspirants have a right to contest. The APC leaders spoke on Friday at meeting involving presidential hopefuls. The meeting was part of…

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has picked the All Progressives Congress N100m presidential nomination and expression of interest form. He reportedly picked up the form on Friday in the Federal Capital Territory. When contacted on Friday for a reaction,…

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has denied betraying Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying presidency is not anyone’s inheritance. Fayemi said this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Wednesday. The Ekiti State…