The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi said on Monday in Kaduna that he would rescue Nigeria from being “failed state” if he wins the 2023 election. He described a “failed state” as one that is no longer in control of the economy and security, and that he was determined to change the slide as president. The former …

The inauguration of Mr Biodun Oyebanji as the fifth executive governor of Ekiti State on Sunday turned out to be a parade of top-notch political bigwigs in Nigeria. The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the governors of Kebbi, Jigawa, Niger, Plateau, Lagos, Edo, Ogun and Ondo States, as well as APC national …

At exactly 12:53 pm on Sunday, the change of leadership in Ekiti State was finally completed with Mr Abiodun Ayobami Oyebanji taking over from Dr Kayode Fayemi whose four-year tenure ended at midnight on Saturday. Fayemi had served a first term from 2010 to 2014 and was Minister of Solid Mineral Development in the intervening period. Earlier, 64-year-old Chief (Mrs) …

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said that the sins of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are so grievous that if they are disclosed his children would disown him. “If people know what we know, if we release what we have, Ayu’s children will go to him and say we are no longer your children”, Wike …

A Federal High court in Yola has nullified the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary that produced Senator Aishatu Binani as the party’s governorship candidate for Adamawa State. Binani is the only governorship candidate of any major political party in the North in the next year’s elections. The court on Friday also declared that there will be no candidate for the …

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said that the track records of achievements and capacity of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to build a formidable team are enough grounds to elect him as the next president of Nigeria. Tinubu is the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to which the Governor belongs. At a symposium to unveil the Yasin for …

The Kwara State governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 elections, Alhaji Hakeem Oladimeji Lawal has released a blueprint for the socio-economic transformation of the North Central state. At the first governorship debate in Ilorin on Wednesday, Lawal recalled that “from inception, Kwara State was created based on two principles of comparative advantage: human resources and …

The National Consultative Front (NCFront), the umbrella platform of the Third Force Movement in Nigeria, and their allies have rejected the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) released on Wednesday by the Labour Party on the ground that the list included “opportunists, infiltrators and political jobbers who will constitute a major liability to the campaign”. Among the protesting stakeholders and allies of …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu flagged of his campaign for reelection on Wednesday at the ninth Ehingbeti Summit in Lagos. Wednesday was designated by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the commencement of governorship and state assembly elections scheduled to hold on 11th March 2023. Sanwo-Olu sold himself as the best among the governorship candidates in the state and …

Not more than 95 million Nigerians will vote in next year’s general elections, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The presidential and National Assembly elections are scheduled for 25th February, while the governorship and state assembly polls hold a fortnight after. At an event organised by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the International Foundation for Electoral …