Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, says anyone supporting Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is his enemy. The governor said this on Sunday when he hosted his colleagues, Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu in Makurdi, the Benue capital. “To hell with Atiku and any other Fulani man. And any man supporting Atiku and all that is an enemy. I...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is currently facing 600 court cases that arose over the nomination of candidates for the 2023 general elections. Prof Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the commission on Monday in Abuja lamented that the situation became worrisome when a political party served 70 court summons on the electoral body in one day on the same issue. Yakubu spoke at a Capability Building organized by the Court of Appeal for Election Petition...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila says Nigeria needs leaders that will groom the young ones to take over leadership responsibilities from them as they leave the office or move to other spheres of life. Gbajabiamila was speaking at the graduation ceremony of the first 74 trainees of the Legislative Mentorship Initiative (LMI) held at the National Assembly, and noted that the absence of such a transition in leadership remained a...

Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has again said he is not certain whether the 2023 general elections will hold. The octogenarian preacher made the remark on Friday during the November edition of the church’s monthly Holy Ghost Service, tagged ‘Let it rain’. He said God has not yet spoken to him as regards the forthcoming general elections, adding that He (God) might still speak to him before the scheduled...

Rotimi Olulana, a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), has described Peter Obi as the person to take Nigeria to the promised land. The former Lagos LP governorship candidate said this on Thursday at a book launch organised by Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF). Olulana said the LP presidential candidate is blessed and anointed. “Peter Obi is the Moses of our time. He is blessed and anointed to change the whole vices and I assure you...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared Friday, 4 November 2022 as a national day of prayer ahead of the 2023 general elections. This is contained in a statement signed by Archbishop John Daniel, the chairman of the local organising committee, CAN’s national prayer day. CAN said the prayers were to seek divine intervention “in preventing violence, manipulation, intimidation of voters and other electoral crimes in the forthcoming elections.” “We consider this imperative in...

Archbishop Isaac Idahosa, the running mate of the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has dismissed surveys predicting victory for their opponents in the 2023 general elections. Idahosa spoke on Monday at a colloquium organised by the Kwankwasiyya Development Foundation to mark the 66th birthday of his principal, Kwankwaso. Recall that a few days ago, a Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research report said the presidential candidate of the All Progressives...

As the much anticipated 2023 general elections draw nearer, a Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research report released last Thursday has predicted victory for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, but says his promise to end fuel subsidy and raise oil production is not practicable. “Indeed, we maintain our view that the ruling party’s Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the candidate most likely to win the presidential election as a...

The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), says he would checkmate all excesses of transport unions and motor park touts if elected governor in 2023. Adediran spoke on Sunday evening at the formal presentation of the PDP governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, to indigenes of the state residing in Lagos state. The event was held at the Nigerian Airforce, Kofo Abayomi Street,...

The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has said that members of the church vying for various political positions in the 2023 general elections would continue to be its ‘top priority’ in terms of support. Pastor Ralph Afalagboye, a regional evangelist of the church in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, made the position of the church known on Sunday. Pastor Afalagboye urged RCCG members to mobilise support for each of its members contesting in next year’s general...