Politics

Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reminded all political parties that they have one month to conclude all their primary elections in compliance with its 2023 general election guidelines. INEC spokesperson, Festus Okoye, said the parties must conclude their primaries within the stipulated period as …

PDP flags: File A federal high court sitting in Abuja has fixed May 10, for a hearing in a suit seeking to stop the presidential primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) billed for May 29 and 30. A presidential aspirant, Mr Cosmas Ndukwe, filed an ex-parte application for …

PDP flags: File The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s main opposition party, has disqualified two of the 17 presidential aspirants on its platform. The two disqualified aspirants are to forfeit the N40 million each of them paid for the expression of interest and nomination forms. The chairman of the presidential …

Bola Ahmed Tinubu Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State, has purchased the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s N100 million presidential nomination and expression of interest forms. PUNCH gathered that Tinubu, who is in Saudi Arabia for Hajj, was represented by some of his close associates including House of Representatives member …

Yemi Osinbajo Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s vice president, on Thursday, said that his seven years of experience in governance in his role as second in command to President Muhammadu, would help him fix the problem of Nigeria. Osinbajo stated this when he visited the Asagba of Asaba, Professor Chike Edozien, at …

Buhari Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari has said he didn’t neglect the people of Southeast geopolitical zone despite not getting good number of votes in the zone in the 2019 presidential election. The president said the poor results did not affect his contribution to the development of the region, noting that …

Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation has said that every citizen of Nigeria will be protected if he is elected president. Speaking at a meeting on Tuesday with Hope Uzodimma, Imo governor, and APC stakeholders in the state, Amaechi said he would be sincere to every Nigerian if he is given …

Northern youth organisations under the umbrella of Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF) has warned the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to zone the presidency ahead of the 2023 polls. In an interview with LEADERSHIP in Kaduna, AYCF president, Yerima Shettima, said the forum …

Emeka Nwajiuba Emeka Nwajuiba, minister of state for education, has purchased N100 million All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential expression of interest and nomination forms to contest the 2023 presidential election. The development comes even as Nigerian students remain at home on account of continuing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities …

Ohanaeze Youths Council (OYC), weekend, clarified that both River State Governor Nyesom Wike and former transport minister Rotimi Amaechi ‘are Igbo sons but not from Southeast’. The national president of the council, Igboayaka O. igboayaka, stated this while reacting to a recent publication where a faction of Ohannaeze Ndigbo, led …