The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the publication and release of the guidelines for political campaigns; as well as election expenses of political parties, candidates and aspirants. A statement in Abuja by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Barrister Festus Okoye indicated that the commission met on Thursday and deliberated on several issues …

Two incidents in the not too distant past mitigated my physical participation in open-field, free-to-air political events, notably rallies and conventions, in recent times. At a rally of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, years ago, I left the venue of the event, relatively lighter than I went. My prized mobile phone had been pinched …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign organisation for Delta State has condemned the closure of the routes leading to and from the Warri Township Stadium, the venue of its presidential campaign rally and the flagoff of its state campaign, both holding on Saturday. In a statement, the Director of Communications and Media Strategy of the campaign organisation, Olorogun Ima Niboro …

Some stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State have rejected the list constituted for the state by the presidential campaign council. The party faithful expressed dissatisfaction shortly after they staged a workout from a stakeholders’ meeting of the party on Monday in Owerri. Addressing newsmen, former chairman of Okigwe Local Government Area, Mr Ngozi Ogbu said the …

Political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi has called for the disqualification of any candidate who failed to feature in election debates. Utomi told journalists in Abuja at the weekend that the Nigerian voters should use their power to vote against such candidates. One of the arrowheads of the campaign for Peter-Obi-for-President movement, Utomi said that debates provide the electorate with an …

It is impossible to separate the nation from the people who are its natural summative constituent whole. For a nation is only acknowledged in the genuine fealty of its people, in their shared values, in their defined common journeys, in the formative essence of their agreed undying ideals. But nations do not arrive in some conjured perfection. Never. Nation building …

The presidential candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has said that he is happy that Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and his Ebonyi State counterpart, Dave Umahi did not win presidential tickets of their parties. While Wike contested and finished second in the presidential primary of the Peoples Democractic Party (PDP), Umahi was a distant sixth …

The Abia State Government has issued a warning to political parties on the use of public spaces for campaigning. This is coming two days before Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi arrives in the state to launch the governorship campaign of the party’s candidate, Dr Alex Otti. Otti is scheduled to launch his governorship campaign on Thursday with a …

The Senator representing Oyo Central district, Teslim Folarin has predicted that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will poll 95 percent of the votes in Oyo State in the election scheduled for 25th February next year. The APC, which fielded incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, polled 365,229 votes in the last presidential election in 2019, which …

Twenty-twenty-three election is four months away. Already, ugly has begun to show its hand — in violence. It is typical. Elections in Nigeria without the spectre of violence is like a hunchback man without the hump. Preparing for election here — at whatever level — is akin to readying for war. And it often turns out to be war; war in all its …