Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said that the track records of achievements and capacity of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to build a formidable team are enough grounds to elect him as the next president of Nigeria. Tinubu is the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to which the Governor belongs. At a symposium to unveil the Yasin for …

The Kwara State governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 elections, Alhaji Hakeem Oladimeji Lawal has released a blueprint for the socio-economic transformation of the North Central state. At the first governorship debate in Ilorin on Wednesday, Lawal recalled that “from inception, Kwara State was created based on two principles of comparative advantage: human resources and …

The National Consultative Front (NCFront), the umbrella platform of the Third Force Movement in Nigeria, and their allies have rejected the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) released on Wednesday by the Labour Party on the ground that the list included “opportunists, infiltrators and political jobbers who will constitute a major liability to the campaign”. Among the protesting stakeholders and allies of …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu flagged of his campaign for reelection on Wednesday at the ninth Ehingbeti Summit in Lagos. Wednesday was designated by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the commencement of governorship and state assembly elections scheduled to hold on 11th March 2023. Sanwo-Olu sold himself as the best among the governorship candidates in the state and …

Not more than 95 million Nigerians will vote in next year’s general elections, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The presidential and National Assembly elections are scheduled for 25th February, while the governorship and state assembly polls hold a fortnight after. At an event organised by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the International Foundation for Electoral …

The Labour Party has announced 1,234 members into its Presidential Campaign Council. It is headed by an Assistant Inspector General of Police (rtd.), Mohammed Zarewa, as chairman. Former presidential spokesman, Dr Doyin Okupe is the Director General, while Clement Ojukwu and Yunusa Tanko are the secretary and spokesperson respectively. At a media session on Wednesday, Okupe explained that the council is …

The academic qualification of the 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State, Hon. Isah Mohammed Ashiru is now a matter of dispute at a Kaduna High Court. The suit is listed for hearing on 15th November. A former PDP governorship aspirant, Prof Mohammed Bello, who has since decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC), is …

Former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has declared support for the governorship candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Barrister Biyi Otegbeye. Amosun had repeatedly said that he would not support the candidate of his party – the All Progressives Congress (APC) – Governor Dapo Abiodun, who is succeed Amosun in 2019 and seeking a second term. Many of Amosun’s supporters …

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has predicted the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu would convincingly win the 2023 election. The former governor of Bayelsa State was also sure that the party, which has no governor in the six South-South states at the moment, would completely takeover the geopolitical …

The white horse of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) galloped into Kosubosu,  Baruten Local Government Area in the Kwara North Senatorial District on Saturday and carried some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and  Peoples Democratic Party into its fold. The decampees, mostly women and youths from 11 wards in Baruten Local Government Area,  explained that they were tired of the tactics …