President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Daura, Katsina State, in preparation for the presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday. A statement on Thursday by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu indicated that the President was received by the state governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari; and Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar. Shehu said the …

With just a day to the presidential election, youths in Lagos State have come under a single umbrella to reiterate their support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Tinubu, they submitted, is the most experienced and reliable candidate to lead the country in the next dispensation. The youths, who came from all the traditional divisions …

With less than 48 hours to the 2023 elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that 87,209,007 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) have been collected across the country. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu told the media at the National Collation Centre in Abuja on Thursday that although the commission is pleased that the rate of collection is higher than …

Nigerians have been urged to resist selling votes to politicians, warning that electing the wrong candidates is dangerous to the nation’s democracy and will further shrink the civic space. Vote buying has become a disturbing phenomenon in recent off-cycle elections in Nigeria and is now a major concern ahead of the general 2023 polls. The Executive Director of Daily Trust …

Ohio Secretary of State, Frank LaRose, who was part of the United States international observers to the 2022 Osun State governorship election in Nigeria, has called for a peaceful election as Nigeria elects a new president on Saturday. “My hope is that they have, first of all a peaceful election. But second, that the voice of the Nigerian people can …

With all the predictions of Armageddon and doubt about whether Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly polls would hold it does sound a bit silly to contemplate life after. Even those who grudgingly concede a life after fear it might be worse. Optimism is like playing the Ostrich. Nigeria’s history of electoral violence in the sixties and even in the mid-nineties …

Ahead of Saturday’s presidential election, political parties in four states in the South-West have collapsed their structures to work for the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu at the poll. The political parties – Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Young Progressives Party (YPP), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), and Action Democratic Party (ADP), who are members …

The National Security Council (NSC) has expressed satisfaction with the level of security across the country, insisting that the presidential and National Assembly elections would hold as scheduled in a safe atmosphere. The national elections – presidential and National Assembly – will hold on Saturday, while the state polls – governorship and House of Assembly – take place on 11 …

Presidential candidates of the 18 political parties participating in the 25 February election on Wednesday signed a Peace Accord in Abuja. Present at the signing of the Peace Accord were members of the National Peace Committee, as well as President Muhammadu Buhari. In Kwara State, 14 political parties also signed a peace accord document in Ilorin, the state capital. In …

Former Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has called on Nigerians to vote peacefully on Saturday and shun activities that may lead to the breakdown of law and order. In a statement by the head of Fayemi media office, Mallam Ahmad Sajoh, the former President of the Forum of Regions of Africa said: “I urge all registered voters to come …