The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign spokesperson, Mr Festus Keyamo SAN has assured that the ruling party would be committed to issue-based campaigns for the 2023 presidential election, not mind the tactics of the opposition parties. On his Twitter page on Saturday, Keyamo, who is also the Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, said the APC would refrain …

The Labour Party (LP) has rejected the appointment of Mr Charles Odibo as Director of Media and Communications for its presidential campaign. At a media briefing on Thursday, the leader of the National Consultative Front (NCF), Prof. Pat Utomi had announced Odibo as leader of the communication team for the LP campaign. Utomi said Odibo would lead a communications team …

With the 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections campaign formally starting on 28 September, the Oyo State Police command has asked political parties participating in the general elections to submit their campaign schedules. According to the time table of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the campaign for governorship and state assembly elections kicks off on 12 October. Following a …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, got a rousing welcome on Friday at the Holy Ghost service of the 70th convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God. The former Anambra State governor graced the fifth day of the convention at RCCG international headquarters along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The programme, with the theme, “Perfect Jubilee” began last …

The Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Barrister Samuel Lalong on Friday tendered apology to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) following a “blasphemous” remark about the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis. Lalong, who is also the Governor of Plateau State, told the State House media corps at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday …

A group of youths from Delta State has inaugurated a political initiative tagged Atikowa Movement to mobilise grassroots support for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, ahead of the 2023 general election. Led by Oke Umurhohwo, the group met in Abuja with the former Vice President Abubakar on Friday shortly after the formal unveiling of …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has dismissed a purported suit said to have been filed by him seeking the removal of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections. Media reports earlier on Friday had claimed that Wike had filed a suit to challenge Abubakar’s emergence as PDP …

The crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a new turn as the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has dragged the party to court over its presidential party held on 28 and 29 May in Abuja. Also listed as respondents are the presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the Governor of Sokoto State, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. Since …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Nigerians to vote wisely in the 2023 general elections, warning that the country might be consumed if the wrong choice was made. He however refrained from suggesting a candidate for the electorate. Eighteen political parties submitted candidates for the 25 February 2023 presidential election, but four of them are considered as front runners. They …

The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) has said that Nigeria was on the wrong course based on the “wasteful energy being invested in the 2023 general election”. In a statement on Wednesday by the coalition’s General Secretary, Chief Ayo Opadokun, NADECO stated that the exercise amounted to misdirected pursuit of a sectional rather than national agenda. NADECO was formed in 1994 …