The campaign by a group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to have Dr Iyorchia Ayu removed as national chairman might have suffered another blow. Following the vociferous agitation against Ayu by the group led by Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, the PDP National Working Committee last month passed a vote-of-confidence on the embattled national chairman, while several leaders defended …

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyorchia Ayu has defended the controversial N100 million housing allowance, which many members of the National Working Committee (NWC) returned to the coffers of the party last week. While the members, who took the action said they did not know the purpose of the fund, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, …

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu returned on Thursday evening to the country from the United Kingdom. He has been away for 12 days. “After days of intensive political consultations and meetings in London, our presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is expected back in Abuja, later today”, presidential spokesperson, Bashir Ahmad, tweeted. On Wednesday, …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has released the final list of 2023 governorship and state assembly candidates for the election scheduled for 11th March. According to a statement on Wednesday by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, 18 political parties are fielding 837 candidates with their running mates for the 28 governorship elections. Eight …

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the general elections, the Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr Paul Odama  has cautioned various political parties in the state not to heat up the polity with hate speeches, inciting statements and personal attacks, assuring that the command would provide a level playing ground for all of them. He sternly warned the political parties …

Efforts by the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to resolve the issues between the party leadership and the group of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike have not yielded desired result. The meeting on ended inconclusively. Wike and his supporters, among whom are Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and his Benue State counterpart, are demanding …

The Electoral Hub has advocated that the campaign for the 2023 elections, which commenced with those for the national elections last Wednesday, should be issue-focused, inclusive and policy based. The organisation, which is committed to strengthening electoral governance and accountability in Nigeria, is an affiliate of the Initiative for Research, Innovation and Advocacy in Development (IRIAD). It essentially aims at …

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu joined a women support walk for his second term bid and the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Monday. Accompanied by his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, Sanwo-Olu led the walk, held along selected areas of Lagos metropolis. In the Governor’s team were his wife, Ibijoke and that of the Deputy Governor, Oluremi. …

A leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Chief Ladi Adebutu on Monday advised the Yoruba not to be selfish but to support the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 general elections. Adebutu, who was the factional governorship candidate of the party in the state until a Federal High Court in Abeokuta last week …

Calabar, the capital of Cross Rivers State, witnessed what the organisers of the Obidient movement supporting Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi said was “a two-million-man march”. Similar solidary marches had held in Abuja, Lagos, Jos, Zaria, Benin and some other cities across the country as the momentum gathers for next February’s presidential election. In Calabar, a House of Representatives …