All Progressives Congress (APC) Deputy Chairman (South) Emma Eneukwu said the ruling party will be fielding credible candidates at the 2023 general polls. In his Independence Day message, Eneukwu assured that the APC remained committed to entrenching the dividends of democracy and making things better for citizens. “I solicit for more support for our party and its candidates ahead of the 2023 elections because APC has candidates with proven integrity and competence to deliver”, he noted. The chieftain advised Nigerians to be united peacefully during and after the electioneering season. The politician also cautioned against violence, hate speech, and campaigns…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
On September 28, 2022, all the registered political parties and their candidates commenced presidential and National Assembly campaigns across the thirty-six States of the Nigeria federation. This is in line with the time table released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), ahead of the general elections in 2023. Recall that the INEC had stated that campaign for presidential and National Assembly elections will commence on September 28, 2022, while that of governorship and State Houses of Assembly will commence on October 12, 2022. Already, the INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Thursday, promised to monitor political parties’ campaigns and…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has reacted to Saturday’s rallies organised by his supporters, known as the Obidients, across the nation. The Obidients, in commemoration of the nation’s Independence Day celebration held peaceful rallies in Lagos, Bauchi, Edo and others, including London. Reacting in a statement on Sunday morning, Obi said October 1, 2022, would go down in history “as a day Nigerians spoke with one united voice.” Obi maintained that the message was clear and simple – “a new nigeria is possible!” He said, “From Lagos, Bauchi, Benin City, Warri, Osogbo, Kaduna, Uyo, Aba, London,…
A magistrate of Islamabad’s Margalla police station has issued an arrest warrant against PTI chief Imran Khan, media reports said on Saturday. The area magistrate issued the arrest warrant in the case registered on August 20 against Khan for his remarks on Additional District and Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry, Geo News reported. The FIR includes four sections of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), including 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 189 (threat of injury to public servant), and 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant). The former Prime…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun has lambasted the state governor, Adegboyega Oyetola for blaming PDP for his legal disqualification. In a statement signed by Adekunle Akindele, the Osun PDP caretaker chairman and obtained by the media on Saturday in Osogbo, the party urged the defeated governor to face the nullification of his nomination due to violation of the constitution. InfoStride News had reported that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja presided by Justice Emeka Nwite had nullified the nomination of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and his running mate, Benedict Alabi by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC will no longer use card readers in the coming 2023 general elections. INEC Resident Commissioner in Jigawa State, Mahmud Isa, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the 2023 election campaign guidelines in his office. He said the commission would use the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), which is more effective than the card readers, to ensure free, fair, and credible elections. According to him,” the BVAS technology will make the election credible more than what was recorded in the past using card readers. “By adopting this new technology, all the lapses encountered in the…
The Bauchi supporters of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have declared that they are not only present on social media but are also real and physically ready for the 2023 general election. The supporters, popularly known as ‘Obedients’, were chanting this in Bauchi on Saturday during their one-million-man march for Peter Obi and his deputy, Yusuf Ahmed. The supporters, who trekked 10 kilometers from the popular Wunti market to Rafin Zurfi, a community in the Bauchi metropolis, were seen with placards with different inscriptions supporting their candidates. Speaking to newsmen after the march, Mr. Benjamin Edeh, Head…
Chairman of the Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Basil Ejidike, has said that Igbos have benefited immensely from the party’s leadership of the nation. Ejidike, who briefed journalists at the state party secretariat in Awka, said the party deserves support from the Igbo people to reciprocate their support. He also said the party in Anambra has restrategized on ensuring maximum victory for the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and that part of it was the recent reconciliation among party leaders. He said: “Let me start by congratulating our party’s flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,…
The leadership of the Labour Party in Cross River State has called on all councillorship and local government chairmanship aspirants to come and collect all the monies paid for nomination forms. This follows Tuesday’s cancellation of the local government council election which was billed to hold next year. Chairman of Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC), Dr Mike Ushie, had, announced that due to paucity of funds, the election has been postponed to May 2023. Speaking in Calabar Friday, the Chairman of the Labour Party, Ambassador Ogar Osim said there was no need for the party to tie down…
The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is wasting its time in the state, saying that it is not recognized in the political setup. Speaking with the media in a telephone conversation, the state APC Publicity Secretary, Mallam Yusuf Idris Gusau, said that the party is focusing on the PDP because it is the only notable opposition in the state. “Despite that, the party can only bark but cannot bite because it does not have grassroots supporters in the state,” Gusau said. “I challenge you to trace the Zamfara…
Akwa Ibom State Governor and Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Elections Campaign Council, Mr. Udom Emmanuel has said the party has put all in place to ensure it gets it right in the 2023 elections. The Governor stated this while fielding questions from Government House Correspondents at the Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo, upon arrival from Abuja where he attended the inauguration of the committee. He said the PDP is strategizing and would correct the errors made in 2015, adding that the promptness of the party to set up its campaign structure is an indication of its readiness to…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has debunked bribery allegations against the National Working Committee (NWC) members. At least six of 19 members of the NWC have returned funds paid into their accounts after alleged approval by the national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. The amounts range from N28.8million to N36million, depending on the recipient’s position. Letters of the refund are in the public domain. Those who have refunded include Taofeek Arapaja, Deputy National Chairman South; Stella Effah-Attoe, National Woman Leader; Dan Orbih, National Vice Chairman, South-South. Others are Alli Odefa, National Vice Chairman, South-East, Olasoji Adagunobi-Oluwatukesi, National Vice Chairman, South-West; Setonji Koshoedo,…
The Labour Convention of Indian Organisations (LCIO) is aiming to close the gap between British Indians and the Labour Party by boosting the Indian diaspora connection. The party announced that it will bridge the gap between the Labour Party and British Indians and India by fostering inclusive sustainable growth for both countries through a trade agreement; deepening cultural and educational ties between Britain and India; and engaging with India as a “partner and critical friend” on issues of concern for British Indians. The LCIO announced its relaunch on Independence Day last month to celebrate the 75th anniversary of India’s independence.…
Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan on Friday appeared before a sessions court here to personally apologise to Additional Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry, the female judge he had allegedly threatened at a public rally. During a rally in Islamabad on August 20, Khan had threatened to file cases against top police officials, election commission and political opponents over the treatment meted out to his aide Shahbaz Gill, who was arrested on charges of sedition. He had also taken exception to Judge Chaudhry, who had approved Gill’s two-day physical remand at the request of the Capital Territory Police, and said she…
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has hit out at his counterparts who have visited former military heads of state and ex-presidents ahead of the 2023 elections. According to him, the former leaders have no political value. Sowore stated this while speaking in a chat with Arise TV on Thursday. On Sunday, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, and his running mate, Yusuf Baba-Ahmed, paid a courtesy visit to Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar, former heads of state, in Minna, Niger State. Last month, the presidential candidate of the All…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) said Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman, never wrote a warning letter to presidential candidate Bola Tinubu. Adamu, a former Nasarawa governor, reportedly complained about the composition of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). A statement on Friday by National Publicity Secretary Felix Morka noted that the memo “did not emanate from the party.” The spokesman said an unsigned letter “that marks itself as a ‘DRAFT’ cannot and should not be attributed to its purported author.” Mark said Adamu and Tinubu maintain cordial and effective communication channels and enjoy full liberty of open conversations on party matters.…
A media consultant for the Atiku/Okowa presidential campaign council, Don Pedro Obaseki, has spoken on the claim that his principal would step down for an Igbo presidency after just one term in office. The leader of the technical committee for Atiku Abubakar’s presidential campaign, Raymond Dokpesi, had said that if elected, Atiku would do a single four-year term and pave the way for the southeast, an Igbo-dominated region, to produce the president in 2027. But appearing on Arise Television’s The Morning Show on Thursday, Obaseki, a former governorship aspirant in Edo State, said Atiku should be allowed to win the…
The last may not have been heard about the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), after the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdulahi Adamu, wrote the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, demanding immediate withdrawal of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) list. The decision was taken after a-five hour meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) on Wednesday in Abuja. A draft of the letter titled, “Release of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council List,” regretted that the list was released without recourse to the party’s national leadership. The NWC warned Tinubu to restrain the PCC…
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, affirmed Senator Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the Governor-elect of Osun State. Adeleke was declared the winner of the gubernatorial election that was held in the State on July 16. The apex court, in a unanimous judgement by a five-man panel of justices, dismissed an appeal that was lodged against Adeleke by Prince Dotun Babayemi who laid claim to the governorship ticket of the PDP. Babayemi emerged from a parallel primary election that was held by a faction of the party in the State. Counsel to the Appellant, Mr.…
The Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) in Adamawa State, Christopher Nicholas, has dismissed a vote of no confidence passed on him by some of his executives. He said during a press briefing at the state secretariat of the party in Yola on Thursday that those who passed the vote of no confidence on him earlier, on Wednesday, were fictitious and had no true grounds to move against him. Some among his executives had signed a petition on Wednesday, alleging anti-party activities and ‘incitement of religious discrimination against him, pronounced a no-confidence vote on him. The 26 petitioners, passed off…