Award-winning Nigerian actress, Hilda Dokubo is contesting for a seat at the lower chamber of the legislature under the platform of Labour Party (LP). The 52-year-old actress declared her interest to represent Asalga/Akulga federal constituency in the House of Representatives via her social media handles on Wednesday. “My dear people, I write to apply…Yours OBIdiently,” she captioned her campaign photo, soliciting for support. Dokubo has been vocal about her support for Peter Obi, the presidential...

…Okowa says PDP is the solution to Nigeria’s problems   The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has promised to actualise Igbo presidency if elected in 2023. Abubakar, who stated this in Enugu on Tuesday when meeting with PDP southeast stakeholders, said, “I am the stepping stone for Igbos to become President of Nigeria.” The former vice-president recalled how his close relationship with the Igbo people influenced his choices of...

Former president Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians not to vote for ‘killers’ in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Johnathan stated this on Sunday in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital during a thanksgiving service to mark the 35th anniversary of the state. He said, “In 2023, you must not make the mistake to vote killers,” Jonathan charged the congregation. “Those who will carry knives, guns, and all kinds of gadgets to go and kill people...

Nigerian musician and politician, Olubankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W, is soliciting for donations to fund his political ambition ahead of the 2023 election. Banky W made the call via his Instagram page on Monday. He said “mainstream politics is incredibly expensive and difficult”, stressing that the financial support is needed to actualise his dream of changing the narrative in politics. “We have an election to win, and we need your help to get...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) for the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. The council list, which comprises 422 members, was released on Friday by the PCC Secretary, Hon. James Faleke, a federal lawmaker. The 422-man list has names of political heavyweights including APC governors, ministers, lawmakers, ambassadors, Nollywood actors, ex-army generals, as well as serving and past public office holders. According to the list, President Muhammadu Buhari is...

ASABA — An advocacy group, Diaspora Medics for Good Governance- DM4GG, has collaborated with Peter Obi Support Network – POSN, to train hundreds of grassroots volunteers on election monitoring and voter mobilization, ahead of the 2023 General Election. The training, which was held at the Grand Hotel in Asaba Delta State, was attended by volunteers from the eleven states that made up the Southeast and South-South geo-political zones. In his opening remarks, the Delta State...

AWKA — The Anambra State Governorship candidate of the PDP in the 2021 General Election, Valentine Ozigbo, has said that the 2023 Presidential Election “is almost like the last chance God has given us.” Speaking earlier on Saturday while in a live TV conversation on Politics Now hosted by Ebuka Onyekwelu for Obi-Datti TV, Valentine Ozigbo said that the clamour for Peter Obi to become the next president of Nigeria, by Nigerians of different backgrounds,...