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…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
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…
As campaigns to usher in a new political dispensation for 2023 begin, President Muhammadu Buhari has said he welcomes the initiative undertaken by the National Peace Committee to commit all political actors to issue-based campaigns devoid of incitement, personal insults and attacks. He spoke in a video message at the signing of the 2023 election Peace Accord by the presidential candidates, organised by the National Peace Committee, on Thursday in Abuja. Buhari warned that the rise of fake news and misinformation has continued to pose a significant threat to democracy in Nigeria. He said fake news and misinformation have shifted…
A media consultant for the Atiku, Okowa presidential campaign council, Don Pedro Obaseki, has revealed his principal’s model for restructuring if elected president of the country comes 2023. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday reiterated his promise to restructure Nigeria and devolve power for the benefit of federating units. “There is over-concentration in the Federal Government with multiple duplications of agencies leading to the creation of parallel bureaucracies,” Atiku said in a broadcast late Wednesday. “The federating units shall benefit from the devolution of powers to increase their productive capacity for synergy and…
Sri Lankan lawmakers will debate next week on the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution aimed at empowering Parliament over the executive president. Party leaders agreed to take up the debate on the 22nd Amendment in Parliament on October 6 and 7, Communications Department of Parliament said on Thursday. The decision was taken at the Business Committee meeting held at Parliament Complex on Thursday morning chaired by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena. If enacted, the amendment would come to be known as the 21st Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka which was first adopted in 1978. Earlier this month, the Supreme…
Russian President Vladimir Putin will on Friday begin formally annexing 15% of Ukrainian territory, presiding at a ceremony in the Kremlin to declare four Ukrainian regions part of Russia. Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the ceremony would take place at 3 p.m. (1200 GMT) on Friday in the St George’s (Georgievsky) Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace to sign “agreements on the accession of new territories into the Russian Federation”. Agreements will be signed “with all four territories that held referendums and made corresponding requests to the Russian side”, Peskov said. Ukraine and the West have rejected the hastily…
Former Vice President, Namadi Sambo has restated his support for the presidential ambition of his predecessor, Atiku Abubakar. Sambo said the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is the most prepared presidential candidate. The former VP spoke on Wednesday in Abuja at the inauguration of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). Sambo noted that Atiku has the capacity to address Nigeria’s challenges and was ready to discuss them with stakeholders. “Atiku Abubakar is a political driver who not only has the experience to drive a car, but also knows the rules on how to rescue Nigeria. “Cooperate fully with…