About 18 foreigners have been arrested by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) over alleged possession of permanent voter cards (PVCs) in Oyo. Isah Dansuleiman, NIS comptroller in the state who disclosed this at a sensitisation programme for stakeholders on the 2023 general election on Wednesday November 2, said the foreigners were arrested during a raid carried out across…
PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state, had a closed-door meeting in Abuja last night, to resolve their differences. The Nation reports that at the meeting, Atiku pledged to support Wike’s presidential bid in 2027 if Wike agrees to sheathe his sword and support him (Atiku) in the 2023 election.…
The election of Hon. Musa Avia Aggah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday September 2, was nullified by the National and States Assembly Election Petition Trial Tribunal sitting in High Court 4, Jos. The court ruled that Hon. Agah was not validly nominated by the PDP for the Bye-Election conducted on February 26,…
Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expelled a 2022 governorship aspirant, Dotun Babayemi, for alleged anti-party activities. Recall that Babayemi had emerged a governorship candidate in a parallel congress for the just concluded Osun governorship election, but did not become PDP flagbearer. His expulsion was announced by ward executive members of Otun Balogun 2…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has appealed to Nigerians to make the right choice as the wrong choice will consume the whole nation. The former President made the call when he spoke at the Wilson Badejo Foundation’s 15th annual lecture with the theme, ‘Overcoming the twin challenge of poverty…
A former Minister in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet, Solomon Dalung has accused the All Progressives Congress of having a hidden agenda with the Muslim-Muslim ticket it is flying. Dalung who is now the Social Democratic Party’s candidate for the House of Representatives, Langtang North/Langtang South Federal Constituency of Plateau state, said the APC has introduced a dimension…
All Progressives Congress National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has defended his party’s choice of a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the presidential election holding in 2023. Speaking in an interview with Arise TV, Adamu said the party picked the best combination of aspirants that would win the election. He said; “Ordinarily, I respect the views of…
Bauchi State Government has declared Monday, June 27 as a public holiday to enable eligible voters who are yet to register for their Permanent Voters Card to participate in the ongoing registration exercise. In a statement released by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Governor, Mukhtar Gidado, it was stated that the…
Some suspected hoodlums in some communities in Ilesa West local government area of Osun State, on Thursday June 23, stormed venues designated for collection of Permanent Voter Cards and disrupted the exercise. Punch reported that three persons were injured as a result of the incident which created panic in Igbogi, Isokun, Ibala, and all neighbourhoods within…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu are not smart. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, the Governor of Delta State, said making Kabiru Masari a placeholder showed that APC was not organized and not ready for election.…
