… inaugurates NEC, BoT More than 1,000 representatives of the 25 local government councils of Delta State converged in Uro, Isoko South on Wednesday as the Delta Unity Group, a pro-David Edevbie organisation of the state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) inaugurated its organs ahead of the campaigns for the general elections. The campaign for the governorship and state assembly elections …

An emergency meeting of the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is planned for Thursday to take a decision on the resolve of the group loyal to Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to pull out of the party’s presidential campaign. On Wednesday in Port Harcourt, the group, which include Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom, his Oyo State counterpart Seyi …

Labour Party leader, Prof. Pat Utomi has said that the manifesto of the party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi for the 2023 elections will be released before campaign starts next week. Campaign for presidential and national elections officially kicks off next Wednesday. While receiving the leadership of Progressive Movement for Better Nigeria (PM4BN) in Abuja, Utomi said the document is …

The Tinubu Support Organisation (TSO) in Delta State has pledged not only to work for the success of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu but also that of all the party’s candidates contesting next year’s general elections in the state. At its inauguration of state chapter last weekend in Asaba, its coordinator, Mr Philip Kachikwu …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has reiterated that the party’s embattled National Chairman, Rt. Hon. Iyorchia Ayu could not be force to resign his position as demanded by a group loyal to Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike. This is in reaction to the decision of the group to pull out of the PDP presidential campaign …

The crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appears to have festered. Early on Wednesday, the group loyal to Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike reportedly pulled out of the campaign council of the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, following a meeting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. According to The PUNCH, members of Wike’s team vowed not to play …

Unless the court decides otherwise, Senate President Ahmad Lawan will cease being a member of the National Assembly from June next year. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) left out the name of the Yobe North Senator in the final list of senatorial candidates for election scheduled for next 25th February. Published on Tuesday, the list did not also feature …

The waiting game ends today. By its own statements in recent time, and in compliance with the Time Table and Schedule of Activities for the elections released by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) last February, the final list of candidates for next year’s presidential and National Assembly polls will be published today. The list will confirm how many political parties …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as described as misleading the claim that about seven million Nigerians who applied for online pre-registration as voters during the last nationwide Continuous Voter Registration were denied the opportunity to complete their registration, and consequently not able to collect their Permanent Voters Cards. On Sunday, a group of 24 Nigerians dragged INEC to court …

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ghali Umar Na’abba has said that state governors constitute a serious threat to the nation’s democracy. Na’abba said the governors had pocketed political parties and decided who would contest for positions in elections thereby crippling democracy and rotating power among themselves without considering competency. Receiving a delegation of the Na’abba …