In preparation for the 2023 elections, which open in 99 days, a nonprofit organisation and election observer, Yiaga Africa has trained 882 Long Term Observers (LTOs) nationwide. In a statement on Wednesday, Yiaga Africa’s Executive Director, Samson Itodo explained that the 882 LTOs were trained through its Watching The Vote (WTV) election observation project. The statement reads in part: “Yiaga …

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) that he would not run his administration on the basis of religion, if elected President of Nigeria. Tinubu, who met with the CAN leadership in Abuja on Wednesday at an interactive session, said that the same way …

All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council has mourned Lagos State House of Assembly member, Hon. AbdulSobur Olayiwola Olawale. He represented Mushin II state constituency. Olawale was Chairman House Committee on Local Government and Community Relations. He slumped and died in Jos, Plateau State on Tuesday. In a statement on Wednesday by its Director of Media and Publicity, Mr Bayo …

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has said that the commission is not going back on the deployment of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the INEC Result Viewing Portal in the 2023 general elections. In a statement published on Wednesday to remind Nigerians that the polls open in 100 days, the INEC chairman …

The presidential campaign organisation of Labour Party candidate, Mr Peter Obi has described the article by Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo projecting that Obi would not win next year’s election as “belaboured treatise”. In the long article, Soludo alleged that Obi, who was governor of the same state between 2006 and 2014, “knows that he can’t and won’t win. …

Award winning documentary photographer, Mr ‘dayo Adedayo will stage a four-day Photo Exhibition to showcase the achievements of Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The exibition starts on 21st November. Designed to showcase the achievements of the Lagos State government under Sanwo-Olu’s leadership, the exhibition will take place at the Balmoral Hall, Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island. According to the …

President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, led Governors on the ticket of the party, Ministers, National Working Committee members and other party leaders to Jos, Plateau State to flag off the presidential campaign rally of the party. At the rally held on Tuesday at Jos Township Stadium, President Buhari, assisted …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign organisation for Delta State has condemned the closure of the routes leading to and from the Warri Township Stadium, the venue of its presidential campaign rally and the flagoff of its state campaign, both holding on Saturday. In a statement, the Director of Communications and Media Strategy of the campaign organisation, Olorogun Ima Niboro …

The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has ordered the removal of Senator Godswill Akpabio as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District from the list of candidates cleared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This follows the appelate court’s reversal of the judgment of Federal High Court, Abuja, which ruled in favour …

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has declared that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi would not win in the 2023 election. In an article on Monday titled ‘History Beckons and I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1)’, Soludo said: “Let’s be clear: Peter Obi knows that he can’t and won’t win. He knows the game …