Ahead of the 2023 general election, Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has beseeched Nigerians to vote for candidates in the 2023 polls based on their track records, and not out of anger. Fashola who spoke on Tuesday in Lagos at the sixth edition of the annual BRF GABFEST with the theme, ‘What Am I Voting For?’ said that emotions should not be the primary driver for making choices of quality leaders who will...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the United Nations (UN) to closely monitor the 2023 general elections against any form of manipulation. The party’s acting chairman, Umar Damagum, made the appeal while receiving a team of special representatives of the UN Secretary-General, led by the head of the UN Office in West Africa and the Sahel Region (UNOWAS), Ahmad Annadif, on Tuesday in Abuja. Damagum, PDP’s deputy national chairman (North), urged the UN...

A former member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin has called on the southeast region to support the presidential flagbearer of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Jibrin stressed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have betrayed the region. Hence, the need for the region to drum support for Kwankwaso whom he described as the “single most popular politician”...

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship candidate in Rivers state, Tonte Ibraye, has announced actress, Tonto Dikeh, as his running mate ahead of the 2023 gubernatorial elections. Announcing the nomination via her social media handles on Friday, Dikeh shared their plans if elected into office during next year’s election. “I thank Mr. Tonte Ibraye (@TonteIbraye), the Governorship candidate for ADC, Rivers State for nominating me as his running mate,” she tweeted. “We are looking at...

ABUJA — Centre for Credible Leadership and Citizens Awareness, said the BVAS functioned optimally in 94 per cent of the polling units it observed during the Ekiti governorship election. The Director-General of the CSO, Dr. Nwambu Gabriel in a post-election statement on the election on Tuesday in Abuja, said the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) was properly deployed. Gabriel commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the conduct of the election. According to him,...

Ned Nwoko, politician and business magnate, has shared his thought about the presidential flag bearer of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi. Speaking in a BBC interview on Tuesday, Nwoko, who is married to popular Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels, said the former Governor of Anambra state lacks the structure required to lead the country. The former House of Representatives member noted that though Obi has public support and a large fan base, the Labour Party...

Former Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu says it is too early for Peter Obi to become president. The ex-governor who aired his view on the presidential aspiration of the Labour Party (LP) candidate on Channels Television’s Political Paradigm on Tuesday remarked that Nigerians are not ready for the former Anambra governor. According to him, Obi, who he described as a “very excellent person”, would only succeed in making a name for himself in 2023 but...