The General Overseer, Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman has declared his support for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. The outspoken cleric subtly announced the name of his preferred presidential candidate in a post on his Facebook page. Suleman simply wrote: Peter Obi. His followers who support the presidential aspiration of Obi have hailed him for his choice of candidate In the same vein, the campaign on social media for...

Omoyele Sowore, a publisher of Sahara Reporters, has described the presidential candidates of other parties as “thieves”, and himself as the “police”. Sowore, who was declared the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) unopposed at the party’s national convention held at Work and Connect Event Center in Abuja on Thursday, said this in his declaration speech. “We’re on the match again and the Nigerian people are waiting for their real president. The other...

The presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, says he holds no grudges against those who contested against him in the just concluded primary elections. Tinubu, who scored 1,271 votes to clinch the APC ticket, said this while giving his victory speech at Eagle Square, the venue of the APC primary. Tinubu, also the National Leader of the party, defeated 13 other aspirants to emerge the candidate at the end of the...

Musician and social activist, Charles Oputa, known as Charly Boy has said he will leave Nigeria if the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, or the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) candidate, Bola Tinubu, emerges winner of the 2023 general election. Abubakar had emerged as the presidential flagbearer of the main opposition party during the party’s national convention and presidential primary on Saturday, May 28. Tinubu also emerged as the presidential candidate of the...

Television Continental (TVC) has deleted an opinion poll it conducted on Twitter after the result tipped Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) as the favourite for the ruling party’s ticket, The West African Pilot reports. The poll, themed “Now that Atiku has emerged as the PDP presidential candidate, who should the APC field as their flag bearer?”, was conducted on the official Twitter page of the TV station on Wednesday. Rotimi Amaechi, immediate past Minister of...

By Mbabie Anastasia and Emmanuel Chigbata (Staff Reporters)   A former Chief Judge of Anambra State, Prof. Peter Umeadi has emerged as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 2023 polls. Justice Umeadi who was returned unopposed became APGA’s presidential candidate at the party’s convention in Abuja which was attended by its leaders and members from the country’s six geo-political zones. The party delegates affirmed his candidacy by a voice...

ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says fresh registration in the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) has hit 10.2 million, noting that 6.5 million applicants have so far completed their registration. The electoral commission disclosed this in its quarter four, week seven report, released in Abuja on Wednesday. The latest CVR update dated May 30, reveals that out of the 6.5 million applicants that completed their registration, the youths accounted for 4.5 million. The...