Favour Bassey Otu has made the ultimate sacrifice by resigning her position as a broadcast journalist with Silverbird Television inorder to throw her weight behind Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate. The seasoned broadcast journalist with more than five years of experience in the media industry broke the news of her voluntary resignation on Twitter on Saturday, July 9. According to her, the decision became pertinent since her career demands her to be neutral on...

The director-general, Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, has applauded the decision of Bola Tinubu to pick Kashim Shettima as his running mate. According to him, Asiwaju must have weighed all the options such as competence and capability before making a choice. Tinubu and the former governor of Borno state are both Muslims, representing the first Muslim-Muslim ticket of a major political party since the 1993 presidential election. Reacting to the development on Sunday, Okechukwu...

Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour, has described Kashim Shettima, former governor of Borno state, as a perfect fit for the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. According to him, kashim is perfect to serve as the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressive Party (APC). Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the party for the 2023 election, had on Sunday announced Shettima as his running mate. This occurred shortly after Ibrahim Masari stepped down as the...

DAURA, (KATSINA) —The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate for the 2023 polls, Bola Tinubu has chosen Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate. The former governor of Lagos State made the announcement in Daura, Katsina State, the hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday. Prior to the unveiling of Shettima, Alhaji Ibrahim Masari, a former National Welfare Secretary of the APC, had resigned as the party’s placeholder Vice Presidential candidate. Masari’s resignation letter tendered...

ABUJA — The Labour Party Vice Presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has let the public in on the chances of the party in the 2023 presidential election and its plans if elected to lead Nigeria. Baba-Ahmed, the founder of Baze University, made the disclosure during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today late Friday. The former senator dismissed claims that social media mobilisations would not translate to electoral success for the party in the 2023 presidential election....

Former Senate President Bukola Saraki says the visit by governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state is a miscalculation. According to him, Wike is regarded as an important member of the party and as such, would not be allowed to defect to an opposing party. Last Friday, three governors on the platform of the ruling party visited Wike’s private residence in Port Harcourt. The governors — Rotimi Akeredolu...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said persons displeased with the conduct of primaries to seek redress in court. Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Godswill Akpabio, former minister of Niger Delta affairs, had been listed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) as candidates for Yobe north and Akwa Ibom north-west senatorial districts, respectively. But in the list published by the commission, Lawan and Akpabio were found to have been excluded. However, Festus Okoye, INEC...

Doyin Okupe, a chieftain of the Labour Party, has withdrawn as the running mate of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). In a tweet on Thursday, Okupe said a letter of his withdrawal has been sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Recall that on June 17, Okupe was named as the running mate of Peter Obi for the 2023 election. This, however, was to beat the deadline given by...

NNEWI — Recently, Labour Party has become a force to reckon with, hence many new and capable aspirants have found the party, a viable option for advancing the course of public service in Nigeria. Ahead of the 2023 General Election, many capable and young Nigerians are joining the queue to offer quality service to the people in various capacities. In Nnewi North Local government area, Barr. Izuchukwu Unegbu is one of such young and capable...