The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said that this year’s general elections face serious threat of cancellation unless the security situation is improved. As scheduled, the presidential and National Assembly elections are 47 days away, while the governorship and state assembly polls hold a fortnight afterwards. At the validation of election security training resources held in Abuja on Monday, INEC …

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi said on Monday that if anybody should claim it is his turn to rule the country, that person should be him. He however said that Nigerians should not take his ambition to mean that that he supports tribalism, cautioning the voters not to consider tribe or religion in their choice …

The president candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi has described the petrol subsidy regime in Nigeria as “organised crime”. Nigeria spent N6.210 trillion on petrol subsidy, otherwise known as “under-recovery shortfall”, between 2013 to 2021. The Federal Government announced late last year that it will stop spending on subsidy from June 2023. At a townhall meeting on …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign committee in Osun State on Sunday alleged that thugs loyal to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) attacked its office in Ilesa with the intent to kill. Spokesperson of the APC PCC, Remi Omowaye, who briefed newsmen in Ilesa after the attack, said that the attack was perpetrated after former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola’s visit …

Spokesmen of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Monday dismissed claims that their principal was sick and had been flown abroad for medical treatment. The former Vice President’s media adviser, Mr Paul Ibe, was the first to comment. He said that Atiku went on vacation, saying that his principal is hale and hearty. …

The Labour Party (LP) campaign council has said that the party is well prepared for the conduct of the general elections, which commence in five weeks. According to the chief spokesperson of the campaign council, LP has agents in all the polling units across the country. In a statement on Sunday, Dr Yunusa Tanko urged Nigerians to disregard false information …

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pledged to honour all his campaign promises to Nigerians. At an endorsement rally at Mobolaji Johnson Stadium, Onikan, Lagos on Sunday, organised by the Arewa Community ahead of next month’s presidential poll, supporters across the Northern states offer their support to Tinubu, who they described as …

A gale of defections has hit Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign train reached critical strongholds of the ruling party in the state. During the week, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s former Commissioner for Urban Renewal, Dr Karo Ilolo, and two-time chairman of Ethiope East Local Government Area (LGA), Chief (Mrs) Faith Majemite, dumped …

The Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan has cautioned politicians against any attempt to rig the forthcoming general elections. “With the current yearnings of the people for a better country, the election will no longer be business as usual”, Onaiyekan said on Saturday during the celebration of his 40th anniversary as Bishop, at the Holy Trinity Church, Maitama, …

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has said that God has not revealed to him yet who will win next month’s presidential election. This is as he accused political parties of hiring crowds to fill up their campaign grounds. Eighteen political parties are in the ballot for the 25th February presidential election, although …