POLITICS

Peter Obi Accuses Opposition of Spreading Fake News

The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Thursday, raised the alarm that opposition political parties have adopted a “negative strategy” ahead of the 2023 election campaign. He alleged that the opposition has been spreading misinformation on both traditional and social media platforms…

18/08/2022

2023: E-Transmission Of Election Results Has Come To Stay – INEC

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday promised that the results of the 2023 general elections would be transmitted electronically. There have been calls by stakeholders that the deployment of technology in the country’s electoral processes…

18/08/2022

Buhari Wasn’t Prepared For Governance – Hakeem Baba-Ahmed

The spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, says President Muhammadu Buhari was elected into government unprepared. Baba-Ahmed stated this during an interview on Trust Tv’s Daily Politics on Tuesday. He said, “I think the problem was that nobody really understood that…

17/08/2022

Osun LG Elections to Hold October 15

The Chairman Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) Otunba Segun Oladitan yesterday confirmed that the local government elections in the state would be conducted on the 15th day of October, 2022. Speaking at a press conference the chairman recalled that when the commission conducted…

16/08/2022

PDP crisis: I’ve no plans to resign, Ayu declares

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Iyiochia Ayu has stated he has no plans to resign. He said he will not resign now or in the foreseeable future having been given a four-year mandate to lead the opposition party. There has…

16/08/2022

Shun ‘Bread and Butter’ Politicians – Jonathan

Efforts of past leaders, especially those of the First Republic to unite Nigeria failed because they were regional but not nationalistic in their programmes and policies, former President Goodluck Jonathan lamented on Saturday. Jonathan however explained that the leaders did their best to…

14/08/2022

Miyetti Allah Rejects Obi, Says Ex-Gov Represents Biafra

The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, also known as Miyetti Allah, has said it has instructed every Fulani in the country not to vote for the presidential standard bearer of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi. According to the group, Obi is a ‘tribal…

14/08/2022

2023: Obi, Tinubu, Atiku, Others To Pay N10m Each For Campaign Posters

Anambra State government has banned the use of campaign posters on bridges, roundabouts, and others in the state. The state government also stated that for any presidential candidate to paste a campaign poster in the state they must pay N10 million while senatorial…

14/08/2022

NGF Tackles Malami Over $418m Paris Club Refund

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says consultants involved in the controversial $418 million Paris Club refund are using Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), to hustle the states’ funds. On Thursday, Malami said that the NGF has no basis to reject the proposed deduction of $418 million…

13/08/2022

Buhari’s Performance Has Dimmed Tinubu’s Chances – Dino

Spokesperson of the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, Dino Melaye, has said the poor performance of the President, Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has ruined the chances of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, of becoming the…

13/08/2022