The Gubernatorial Campaign Organisation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State has raised the alarm over alleged plans by the state government to compromise the 2023 elections in the state by illegally obtaining Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs). Specifically, it described the move by the state Ministry of Youth Development to obtain PVCs from applicants of its skills acquisition …

A non-governmental organisation, the Electoral Forum has recommended that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should prosecute politicians who violate the double nomination clauses in the Electoral Act. In the recent party primaries for the 2023 general elections, there were many instances of political actors contesting for other elective offices after losing the selection process for other seats or crossing …

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyorchia Ayu has said that he is not bothered about the calls for his resignation, describing the proponents of the move to remove him as youngsters who do not have a grasp of the party’s goals at formation. Ayu reminded his opponents that PDP members and stakeholders elected him based …

The  Federal Capital Territory (FCT)  Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a re-run chairmanship election in six wards of Kuje Area Council. Delivering judgment, Chief Magistrate Muinat Oyekan, who led a three-member panel, nullified the elections held in nine polling units where elections were marred by irregularities. The judge ordered that …

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has pointed out that Nigeria’s economy is in deeper trouble than the Federal Government, controlled by the All Progressives Congress (APC) is willing to admit In a statement in Kano on Tuesday, the former Vice President said that the key sectors of the economy were either growing slowly …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja assured Nigerians that he would not interfere in the election that would produce his successor next year. The presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on 25 February, while the state elections – governorship and assembly – which come up on 11 March will conclude the last set of elections with President Buhari …

The Gubernatorial Campaign Organisation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State has described the embattled Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori as the weakest link in the 2023 governorship election in the state, and welcomed his Monday afternoon victory at the Court of Appeal. The court had set aside the judgment of the …

Nearly three decades after the epochal 12 June elections and the end of the Third Republic, journalists who chronicled that era under the aegis of the National Association of Political Correspondents (NAPOC 1990s) have come together to produce a book billed for public presentation on 20 September in Abuja. Titled, The Bookthe volume features 242 pages and 32 chapters put …

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reinstated Rt. Hon Sheriff Oborevwori as the duly nominated governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State. Oborevwori, the Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly, was disqualified last month after being elected by party’s primary election on 25 May, only to be disqualified in July by a Federal High Court …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has insisted that he has no preferred candidate in next year’s presidential election. Apart from the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila who hinted of the former leader’s preference of the All Progressives Congress candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, there have also been media reports of his endorsement of the flagbearer of the …