NIGERIA 2023

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday, screened all the 17 presidential aspirants gunning for its ticket. At end of the exercise, two of them were, however, disqualified from the race. The nine-member screening committee led by former Senate President, David Mark, met with…

CHAIRMAN of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Adamu has justified the party’s N100 million presidential nomination forms, saying aspirants that could not mobilise their supporters to raise the amount cannot be considered as a serious contenders. Adamu said while featuring on…

Barring any last minute change, the top echelon of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will disqualify the minister of labour and employment, Senator Chris Ngige; minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and the minister of state for education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, from contesting…

Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, Wednesday in Abuja, became the first of many aspirants to obtain copies of the Nomination and Expression of Interest forms to vie for the Presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress. According to details of the…

The vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, took his nationwide consultation tour, in promotion of his presidential ambition, to his home state of Ogun, with a declaration that he swore the oath of allegiance only to Nigeria, and not to any single…

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu; his predecessor, Prof. Attahiru Jega, and the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) yesterday insisted on the establishment of a national electoral offences commission to tackle impunity in the nation’s electoral process. They said…

Senator Rochas Okorochas has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is unpredictable, saying he may surprise everybody as regards his choice of presidential candidate under the All Progressives Congress. Rochas Okorocha, who was a two-time governor of Imo State, was commenting on the battle…

Cross River Governor Ben Ayade has joined the list of presidential aspirants on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ayade disclosed his decision to State House Correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in his office at the Presidential Villa,…

Ahead of the presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the opposition party has empaneled a nine-member screening committee headed by a former senate president, Dr. David Mark, while the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, is to head…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday, said it would be injustice if he did not contest the 2023 election with his vast experience in the last seven years in office. Osinbajo said this when he visited Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu Ondo State in his…