Breaking: Atiku Picks Okowa As Running Mate

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has picked Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as his running mate in the 2023 presidential election. Governor Okowa and his Rivers state counterpart, Mr. Nyesom Wike had been penciled down for Atiku’s running mate. Atiku said he consulted widely amongst all organs of the party before arriving at the decision. Unveiling Governor Okowa at the PDP headquarters in Abuja this afternoon explained that he chose...

Continuous Voters Registration: Anambra INEC Opens Additional 25 Registration Centres

AWKA — The Independent National Electoral Commission – INEC in Anambra State, has opened additional twenty-five registration centres across the state, according to Dr. Nkwachukwu Orji, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Anambra State. In a media parley today, the Anambra INEC chief announced formally that registration of voters has resumed in Idemili North local government INEC office since June 7th. Recall that the REC had assured that the Idemili North INEC office would be...

The rousing Peter Obi movement—is radical change finally coming to Nigeria?

Advocacy to vote for individual candidates without considering their party affiliation will not change the current system; rather, it may yield a disruptive and regressive governance environment —Anthony Obi Ogbo The current governance system in Nigeria has reached the brink of structural catastrophe. The entire leadership system is wrecked beyond recognition, and the victims of the ineffectual and callous leaders are those who cheered and voted for them. There are clear indications that a radical...

Of Democracy Day in Nigeria

Nigeria’s annual celebration of her democracy day was formerly marked on the 29th of May until it was moved to the 12th of June by the Buhari-led federal government in 2018. Also, June 12 had been a day for the official remembrance of the late M.K.O Abiola. The beginning of democracy in Nigeria brought an end to her former military regime. It is recognized to have officially begun in 1999 following the inauguration of the...

2023: Labour Party, Peter Obi and the Nigerian Public

There is absolutely no doubt that Peter Obi the candidate of Labour Party is the most talked-about presidential candidate in the 2023 General Election in Nigeria. It would appear that the most suitable conversation about 2023 centres on Peter Obi and Labour Party. Many supporters of PDP and APC have been giving unsolicited advice to Obi’s growing support base on social media, on how to behave well while supporting Obi. Some say Obi’s supporters should...

June 12: Buhari’s Democracy Day Speech

The president, Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday addressed the nation to commemorate Democracy Day. Read his full speech below. ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF COMMEMORATION AND CELEBRATION OF DEMOCRACY DAY, 12TH JUNE, 2022. Fellow Nigerians, Today, June the 12th, marks another Democracy Day anniversary and an occasion to celebrate freedom and unity of our Nation. From...

Toward 2023: The Igbo cause and structure of the Nigerian politics

“It is going to be a rough and bumpy ride to 2023” ― Anthony Obi Ogbo How can a lame-duck president with zero legislative support lead a people out of system inequality in a predominantly hostile political environment? In a democracy, the president does not have the authority to make laws or facilitate major structural transformations.  The Igbo community is yearning for equal justice and equity through sweeping governance restructure. So, what kind of candidates...

2023: 16 Of 18 Political Parties Produce Presidential Candidates (Full List)

Ahead of the June 9, 2022, deadline given by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for political parties to conclude their primaries, 16 of the 18 registered political parties have produced their presidential candidates Below is the list of parties that have produced their flag bearers: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – Atiku Abubakar All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) – Peter Umeadi Labour Party (LP) – Peter Obi Accord Party (AP) – Christopher Imumolen New Nigerian...

EFCC’S Forensic Probe Indicts Naira Marley As A Credit Card Fraudster

Whyte Dein, the Head of the Cybercrime Section of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says a forensic investigation led by his team indicted Azeez Fashola, known as Naira Marley, of alleged credit card fraud. Dein, who is also a Chief Detective Officer with the EFCC, was testifying in the ongoing trial of Naira Marley over allegations of alleged cybercrime offences. The musician who is standing trial on an 11-count charge bordering on conspiracy,...

2023: Join Peter Obi’, Nigerians Cry Out To Sowore

Nigerians have urged Omoyele Sowore, a human rights activist and the publisher of Sahara Reporters, to join the Labour Party and team up with Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the party, ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Sowore had, again, secured the presidential ticket of the African Action Congress (AAC), a party he founded, at its national convention on Thursday in Abuja. In his declaration speech, the publisher, who stepped down as the party’s...

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