The Delta State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has censured Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for lighting up Government House and leaving the other residents of Asaba, the state capital, and environs in darkness. While on the ongoing ward-to-ward campaigns of APC, which touched ground at Oko, Okwe and Umuaji-Asaba, all in Oshimil South Local Government …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has said that the over three million Nigerian students who are eligible to vote in the forthcoming presidential election must be encouraged to take part in the exercise. He spoke against the backdrop of concerns being raised about the possibility of students missing out on the exercise because of the …

The Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has vowed to take it in good faith if he loses the presidential election. Atiku explained that he would not be the first loser; hence he would take his loss in good faith. Speaking on BBC Pidgin on Tuesday, Atiku said: “I am not the first loser, neither am I going …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has re-echoed his message of economic prosperity to Nigerians at his campaign rallies in Anambra and Cross Rivers States. In Awka and Calabar, capital of Anambra and Cross Rivers States, on Tuesday, Tinubu said his focus as president would be to create jobs for the teeming unemployed people in …

The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe reportedly escaped assassination on Monday evening. Unknown gunmen were said to have attacked Abe’s campaign train at the Akinima community in the Ahoada-West Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. It was gathered that the SDP governorship candidate and his team had earlier visited …

The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) has said that 100 observers would be deployed for the 2023 polls in Nigeria. At the inauguration of the EU EOM to Nigeria 2023 in Abuja on Monday, the Chief Observer, Barry Andrews said that the EU EOM was deployed by the EU following an invitation from the Independent National Electoral Commission …

All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has vowed to prioritise employment opportunities for the vast majority of Nigerians who are willing and ready to work, especially the people of Akwa-Ibom State. Before a massive crowd at the Nest of Champion Stadium, Uyo on Monday, Tinubu thanked the people of the state, especially APC members and urged …

Suspected political thugs have set fire on the residence of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Assembly candidate for Ikwerre-Emuoha federal constituency, Ezemonye Ezekiel-Amadi in Rivers State. It was gathered that the hoodlum invaded the house of the candidate at his Omerelu country home in the Ikwerre local government area of the state at the weekend. It was learnt that …

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour has vowed that he would not tolerate touts and thuggery under the guise of an agbero system in the state. Agbero is the euphemism for miscreants. On his plans for the state at The Platform debate, organised for governorship candidates in the state on Sunday, Rhodes-Vivour said that the …

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Chimaroke Nnamani on Sunday justified his preference for the presidential standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The former Enugu State governor said that his party breached the North-South power rotation principle provided for in its constitution by fielding Alhaji Abubakar Atiku as its presidential candidate for the 25 February poll. …