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 …

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has fixed 19 August for proper hearing in the appeal seeking to upturn the judgment of the Federal High Court declaring Olorogun David Edevbie as the lawful and authentic candidate of the Delta State Peoples Democratic Party for the 2023 governorship election. At the proceeding this Monday, the judges granted a request for the …

The differences between the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and Rivers State Governor, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike might not have been resolved afterall. This is in spite of the assurances given last Friday by former Information and National Orientation Minister, Professor Jerry Gana that the two politicians agreed to set a committee within 48 hours …

With the campaign for 2023 general elections kicking off on 28 September, a leader in the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has counselled that the current national security concerns is more crucial than the polls. In a statement from his media office in Abuja on Wednesday, Olawepo-Hashim explained that Nigeria’s political leadership must not concentrate only on …

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the protest embarked upon by the supporters of the Interior Minister, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, against the state leadership of the party and the administration of Governor Gboyega Oyetola. Placard-carrying Aregbesola supporters, under the aegis of The Osun Progressives (TOP), embarked on the protest in Osogbo, the state capital, …

The Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) concluded last Sunday recorded 12.2 million voters to bring the total number of Nigerian voters to 96.2 million. According to INEC’s latest voter statistics, the youths may play a significant role in the elections if they use their advantage effectively. About 71 per cent of the newly registered …

The presidential campaign of the Labour Party candidate, Mr Peter Obi received a boost on Monday in Abuja with the inauguration of the national council of the coalition known as the “Obidient Movement”. The coalition said Obi represents as a “paradigm shift that would deliver Nigeria from the current woes in the country”. The group told newsmen in Abuja that …

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has dismissed reports that more Senators of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have submitted defection letters to him and he is sitting on them. Last Friday, some news outlets reported that the Senate President had refused to read defection letters of at least 12 APC Senators for fear of removing him as the presiding officer …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reiterated that the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), which ended on Sunday, will be the last before the 2023 general elections scheduled to hold in February and March. The federal elections (presidential and National Assembly) will hold on 23 February, while those for the states (governorship and House of Assembly) take place 11 March. …