The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that 93,469,008 Nigerians registered to vote in this year’s general elections. At a meeting with political parties at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu said that Lagos has the highest number of registered voters with 7,060,195, while Kano State followed with 5,921,370, and Kaduna State 4,335,208. …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Damaturu, Yobe State said that he is an orphan and does not know his father, but was enlisted in the Nigerian Army because he went to school. President Buhari also urged eligible voters in the state and the northeastern part of the country to ensure that his party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is …

A pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has insisted that the general elections must not be altered and that nothing should be done to change the dates. Afenifere’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Jare Ajayi said: “Every effort must be made to ensure that the general elections slated for February and March this year not only hold successfully but also that winners emerge …

Senator Ishaku Abbo has been ousted as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Adamawa North senatorial zone by a Yola High Court presided over by Justice Mohammed Danladi. The court on Tuesday dismissed him on the grounds that his ward in Adamawa’s Mubi North Local Government Area had kicked him out of the party. Justice Danladi held that …

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has reeled out his achievements as Senator representing Delta Central district. At campaign rallies at Imode and Oviri-Olomu, both in Ughelli South Local Government Area (LGA); and Kiagbodo in Burutu LGA, Omo-Agege said that he has fulfilled his vow to bring development to every Urhobo …

The Delta State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has said that there would be a tsunami of defections from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC in the days ahead. He spoke at the ongoing APC ward-to-ward campaigns on Monday at Iyede-Ame and Ofagbe, both Isoko communities in Ndokwa East and Isoko …

As the 2023 general elections approach, former military administrator of Abia State, Air Vice Marshal Frank Ajobena (rtd.) has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be more proactive in the security of its facilities and personnel, including the ad hoc staff comprising mainly serving National Youth Corps (NYSC) members. He also called on the electoral umpires to “be …

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 …