By Handel Patrick and Anastasia Mbaebie (Staff Reporters)   AWKA — A coalition of support groups in Anambra state on Saturday held a solidarity march in support of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, ahead of the 2023 general elections. The groups marched from Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka along Aroma to Eke-Awka road to the U-turn linking Kwata along Enugu/ Awka Expressway. The Solidarity March was organised by the Coalition...

LAGOS — Kashim Shettima, the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said the country needs a presidential candidate that is focused on promoting progress. He said this on Thursday at the 96th-anniversary celebration of the Yoruba Tennis Club in Ikoyi, Lagos state. Shettima said Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the APC, is the only candidate that has the qualities that the country needs. The vice-presidential candidate said Tinubu has a dose of...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has indicated that new registrants are yet to be included in the national register. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Thursday by Festus Okoye, INEC commissioner for voter education, the electoral body. The commission was reacting to allegations by the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) that INEC included foreigners in the voters register. “The names were sourced from both within and outside Nigeria including some African...

The Coalition of United Political Parties – CUPP led by its Chairman Barr. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, has raised alarm, alleging that the ruling All Progressives Congress –APC, has perfected plans to rig the 2023 General Election. In its press conference today, the Chairman of CUPP pointedly accused APC governors, principally, Imo state Governor, Hope Uzodinma and other APC governors, as well as some staff of INEC, of compromising the Commission’s database, flooding same with fake...

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said the only way Iyorchia Ayu can be removed as chairman of the party is when the PDP constitution is amended. He said this on Wednesday in Ibadan, the Oyo capital, during a meeting with party stakeholders. According to him, such a decision cannot be taken without considering the legal implications. “The Peoples Democratic Party is the oldest political party in Nigeria since...

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter)   ABUJA — Media aide to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, Comrade Valentine Obienyem, has debunked rumour making round that his boss was attacked in Abuja. Obienyem in a statement urged the public to ignore the rumour and described it as a falsehood. He said Peter Obi is hale and hearty. According to him, “The presidential candidate of the Labour...

ABUJA — The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi says it is nobody’s turn to be president in 2023. The presidential hopeful said this at the ongoing two-day retreat organised by the LP in Abuja. Obi, who is the special guest of honour at the leadership retreat for national officers, trade unions, and the party’s candidates, stressed that the upcoming general elections should not be based on ethnicity, religion, or by turn....

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter)   NNEWI — The Anglican Bishop of Nnewi Diocese, Right Reverend Ndubuisi Obi says as the 2023 general election draws closer, it is up to the electorates to vote for the right person that captures hope and posterity for them. Bishop Obi stated this while reading his presidential address during the third session of the ninth synod of the diocese, holding at Saint Mathew’s Parish, Ozubulu. “We find it funny...