KANO — Babangida Aliyu, former Niger governor, says Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is the best candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 presidential election. He noted this on Tuesday at the 2022 annual lecture of the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation held in Kano state. The former governor noted that moneybags will not get to the highest office in the land, even if they offer money in the 2023 election. “Mr vice-president, do...

ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has pointed out that the speedy passage of the electoral bill is crucial to its preparations for future elections. INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Tuesday during the commission’s quarterly consultative meeting with political parties in Abuja. He noted that the agency intends to release the timetable and schedule of election as soon as the bill is signed. “We look forward to a speedy passage of...

PORT HARCOURT — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have demanded that the national assembly override President Muhammadu Buhari and pass the electoral act amendment bill. The demand was documented in a communique released on Monday after a meeting in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers state. The governors asked that the assembly override Buhari or remove the provisions on direct primary. “The PDP Governors requested the National Assembly to quickly conclude deliberations on the Electoral...

The vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election, Peter Obi, has urged a supporter not to sue him over alleged refusal to declare for the 2023 presidency. He said this in a response to a tweet by one @FakeBuhari, threatening to sue the former Anambra governor if he fails to declare for the presidency in 2023. @FakeBuhari tweeted, “Sir, if at the end of this month and you don’t declare...

ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in a Weekly update on CVR for 2nd Quarter Week Eight in Abuja on Monday says it has recorded 4,420,391 fresh registrations in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) as of Monday, November 29. It said that as of Monday, Nov 29 at 7a.m 1,971,617 persons comprised of 996,902 males and 974,715 females had completed online and physical registrations. The process according to INEC included 793,424 online...