The Federal High Court in Damaturu has knocked the wind out of the sails of Senate President Ahmad Lawan by declaring Alhaji Bashir Machina as the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Yobe North Senatorial district election next 25th February. In her almost two hours judgment, Justice Fadima Aminu ordered the APC to immediately send Machina’s …

Ahead of the 2023 elections, about 120 pan-Yoruba groups, community based and civil society associations will meet in Lagos next week to take a common position on the presidential candidate considered best for the people of South West. The groups, under the banner of All Yoruba Democratic Movements (AYDM) include the Network for Yoruba Alliance; Oodua People’s Congress, Oodua Nationalist …

Finally, the campaign for next year’s general elections kick off across the country today. According to the timetable by of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), campaign for only national elections – presidential and National Assembly – are legitimate now, which that for governorship and State assembly elections commence in a fortnight. Presidential and National Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives) …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has shifted the commencement of its presidential campaign. It was initially scheduled for Wednesday, the day the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) scheduled to kick off the 2023 presidential and National Assembly election campaigns. According to the Director General of the campaign council, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, the expansion of …

The Yoruba sociocultural group, Afenifere has thrown its weight behind Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi in the next year’s election. The group hinged its position on equity, stating that the South East region, where Obi hails from, has been “brutally marginalised, and excluded from the power dynamic”. In a statement at a media briefing in Lagos on Monday, …

Some governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have threatened to sabotage the presidential campaign of their party and its candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in their respective states. The Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), which is the umbrella body of the APC governors, is said to be angry that Tinubu ignored their nominees in constituting the 422-member presidential campaign …

The Friends of Jagaban Initiative (FOJI) has said that it would mobilise seven millions votes for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in next year’s presidential election. In a statement over the weekend, the group declared absolute support for the party’s candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima. The National Coordinator of FOJI, Engr. Funsho Abdul said …

The Director General of the Obidient Movement Nigeria, Prof Owojecho Omoha has said that the movement was overwhelmed by the mammoth crowd witnessed at its rally in Abuja on Saturday. On the sideline of the Obidient Mega Rally, Omoha said to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN): “The rally in the FCT (Federal Capital Territory) is a microcosm of entire …

Supporters of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi stormed the the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Saturday for one-million march in the nation’s capital. Under the aegis of the “Obidient Movement”, they mobilised and marched in their numbers across designated routes in Abuja. The coalition of supporters and other well wishers began their walk from the famous Unity …

A 422-member campaign council has been constituted by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. While the list incorporated some of the aspirants in the party presidential primary three months ago, the name of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is conspicuously missing. Osinbajo, Tinubu’s Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General while he was Lagos State …