The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has stated that the 2023 general election is an election for the young people in Nigeria. At a speech at Chatham House in London on Tuesday afternoon, Yakubu discussed the voter registration and collection of Permanent Voter Cards in Nigeria. He stated that records…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed, that it will conduct mock accreditation nationwide ahead of the 2023 general elections. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, made this announcement on Tuesday, while speaking at the Chatham House, London. He narrated that the mock accreditation would be carried out across selected polling units to ascertain the integrity…
The Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has directed an immediate rescue mission for the five members of Baptist Church who were recently kidnapped, under controversial circumstances. According to a statement signed by the Spokesperson to the governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, it stated that : ‘Adeleke directed the State Commissioner of Police, and other…
•Oyetola Scrambles for Secret Meeting with Judges For Friday • As Judges Shut Doors Against any Contact with Petitioners Osun State chapter, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has exposed what they termed “devilish plan” by the former Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, to influence the outcome of the governorship tribunal in his favour,…
The Bauchi State coordinator for the New Nigeria Peoples Party presidential campaign team, Dr Babayo Liman, has dumped the party for the Peoples Democratic Party. Liman, who is also the North-East Zonal Secretary of the party announced his resignation at a news conference on Monday in Bauchi. “I want to formally inform the general public,…
The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council has described the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu as a rejected figure in the South-West, a geopolitical zone believed by many as his stronghold. The PDP campaign council responded to the APC campaign council’s demands for the arrest and questioning of Atiku Abubakar, following allegations…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said expansion and diversification of involvement in international trade and global value chain by African countries is pivotal for wealth creation, generation of employment, poverty reduction as well as growth of African economies. President Buhari stated this in a keynote address at the opening of the 9th African Shippers’ Day held…
The Director General of the Atiku-Okowa Presidential Management Committee in Anambra State, Obiora Okonkwo, has launched a campaign initiative titled “One ward, at least 1,000 votes” in Anambra state. Okonkwo said it is an initiative to take the recovery plan of the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to the grassroots and win…
The Peoples Democratic Party, on Monday, directed that party flags at the national secretariat in Abuja be flown at half-mast in honour of 16 members who died on Saturday in a motor accident in Plateau State.The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja said the PDP family was…
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has insisted that the challenges facing the country cannot be solved unless the government involves the traditional institutions in the decision-making process. Oba Akanbi, who noted that the traditional institutions should be constitutionally recognised, stressed that the ‘politician-style’ of government cannot work in a country like Nigeria. He…
