Amble for PVC may shape polls SINCE political parties concluded their presidential primaries, the polity has been vibrant as millions of people across the country, especially youths, scramble to get registered as voters. As of Monday June 27, 2022, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had registered 14,137,024 youths (aged 18-34); 6,280,190 middle-aged people (aged…
The Igbo Elders Consultative Forum also known as Ime-obi Ohanaeze Ndigbo has berated the major political parties in the country for their refusal to zone the presidency to the South-East region. They described Igbo delegates who voted against South-East aspirants in the presidential primaries for the 2023 election as “serial betrayals and shameless saboteurs”. The…
The governorship candidate of African Democratic Congress in Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election, Wole Oluyede, on Wednesday expressed regret for joining politics, following the turn of events in the poll. Oluyede, an Australia-based medical doctor, who said he had lost hope in the electoral process in Ekiti State, said, “I am not going to run…
A former member of the House of Representatives, Gbenga Peter Makanjuola, has been named the running mate of the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate for Kwara State, Yaman Shuaib Abdullahi, ahead of the 2023 general elections. Gbenga represented Ekiti/Isin/Oke-Ero/Irepodun Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. He served as Deputy Chief of Staff to former…
The just concluded Presidential Primaries of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) and the All Progressives ‘ Congress, (APC) have been adjudged as a show of shame and mockery. A statement by the International Coalition for Deocracy and Good Governance, (ICDGG) described both exercises as lacking in every essence of democracy. The statement signed by the…
he National Secretary of Labour Party, Umar Ibrahim, has said that Peter Obi remains the party’s presidential flagbearer, adding that there is no faction in the party. Ibrahim made the declaration while addressing newsmen on Friday in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that Commissioner for Information of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Festus…
Pastor Tunde Bakare of The Citadel Global Community Church has claimed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will go after some of the aspirants that contested in the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary. The fiery cleric made these remarks at the party’s special convention on Tuesday night. “Many of these contestants, time will…
AFTER initial hitches and several hours delay, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential primaries kicked last night with most of the aspirants taking part. The Chief John Odigie-Oyegun led screening committee had last Thursday pruned down the aspirants from 23 to 13. On Sunday 13 Governors of the party from the North, who are insisting…
Governor of Ekiti State and chairman of the All Progressives Governors Forum, John Feyemi, has stepped down from the presidential race. Fayemi asked his supporters to vote for Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Fayemi announced his withdrawal during the party’s national convention and presidential primaries in Abuja on Tuesday. Fayemi, who was one of the five presidential…
