The Senate on Tuesday altered the Electoral Act and provided for the participation of statutory delegates in the conventions, congresses or meetings of political parties in Nigeria. The expeditious consideration followed the suspension of relevant Senate Rules to pave the way for the first, second and third readings of the bill same day. Titled, “A bill for an Act to …

Opposition continues to mount against the interest of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele in the 2023 presidential race on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Apart from the court refusing to grant his request to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from …

By Etim Etim In early March, I wrote an article titled ‘’Who is bankrolling Emefiele’s political campaigns?’’ In the piece I questioned the source of funding for the massive newspaper advertisements that were promoting the presidential campaign of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. I estimated that the adverts had already gulped over N100 million …

A coalition of Plateau women and youths groups has procured the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination form for Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Pauline Tallen to contest the state’s Southern Senatorial seat. The seat is held by Prof. Nora Ladi Daduut, who was Head of Department of French at the University of Jos until she contested a …

Presidential hopeful, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has reiterated his commitment to 40 per cent youth and women representation in his cabinet, if elected in next year’s general elections. The former Vice President, who is contending with others for the presidential ticket of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) told delegates to the party’s presidential primary and other supporters in Lagos on Friday …

All is now set for Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat to be ratified at the Lagos State Governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the party’s choices for the 2023 elections in those positions. This follows Friday’s decision by the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed and its leadership in the state to support …

…says failure to end strike’ll be calamitous for generations of Nigerian youths, their parents and Nigeria as a nation Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Mr Udom Emmanuel, who is also Governor of Akwa Ibom State has appealed to both the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end the on-going strike action and re-open the …

Elders of the Southwest region in the All Progressives Congress (APC) ended their meeting with presidential, gubernatorial and National Assembly aspirants from the zone on a convivial note on Friday night with sources confirming that the leaders resolved that every aspirants has a right to contest. Besides, the closed-door meeting also resolved that name callings and other personal attacks should …

An amalgamation of Igbo traders across 58 major markets in Lagos State on Thursday passed a vote of confidence on the leadership of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, endorsing him for a second term in office. The traders, under the aegis of Ndigboamaka Progressive Markets Association, said although Sanwo-Olu had not formally informed them of his second term ambition, they unanimously support …

Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has collected his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). His spokesman, Laolu Akande said on Thursday that the forms were collected by representatives of Osinbajo’s support groups. Akande said: “A passionate team of support groups and individual Nigerians from across the …