LAGOS — Kashim Shettima, the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said the country needs a presidential candidate that is focused on promoting progress. He said this on Thursday at the 96th-anniversary celebration of the Yoruba Tennis Club in Ikoyi, Lagos state. Shettima said Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the APC, is the only candidate that has the qualities that the country needs. The vice-presidential candidate said Tinubu has a dose of...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has indicated that new registrants are yet to be included in the national register. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Thursday by Festus Okoye, INEC commissioner for voter education, the electoral body. The commission was reacting to allegations by the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) that INEC included foreigners in the voters register. “The names were sourced from both within and outside Nigeria including some African...

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said the only way Iyorchia Ayu can be removed as chairman of the party is when the PDP constitution is amended. He said this on Wednesday in Ibadan, the Oyo capital, during a meeting with party stakeholders. According to him, such a decision cannot be taken without considering the legal implications. “The Peoples Democratic Party is the oldest political party in Nigeria since...

Christopher Imumolen, Accord party presidential candidate has boasted of his strategy to mobilise Nigerians to support his agenda for the country. He said this on Thursday while addressing reporters. He indicated that he won’t waste his energy on social media publicity because he has been building a structure over the years to deliver him the nation’s number one seat in 2023. “Let me say this. Next year’s election is going to produce a few surprises...

David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi, has said Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), will get substantial votes in the South East. The said this while speaking to journalists on Friday after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. According to him, the All Progressives Congress (APC), will win the presidential election despite the projected votes for Obi. Umahi also said the acceptability the LP candidate has received does not mean Obi has...