The G-5, the aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has failed to keep to their vow to reveal their preferred presidential candidate for the 25 February election. The G-5 consists of governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, and Seyi Makinde of Oyo State. Since the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the presidential flag bearer of the PDP, the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has mandated the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to intensify border surveillance and control ahead of the forthcoming general election. The minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola conveyed the president’s order while inaugurating the Katsina NIS command office and the roll-out of the enhanced e-passport. He said the president gave the directive to avoid the manipulation of the general elections scheduled for 25 February and 11 March by ‘foreign bodies’. “President Muhammadu Buhari has...

Nigerians have been urged to get their permanent voters’ cards (PVCs) ready ahead of the general election. This important piece of advice was given by a group of masquerades who were captured in a video shared on Twitter on Saturday. The masquerades, from the Obeledu community in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, also drummed their support for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. One of the masquerades, who spoke on...

The G-5 Governors have expressed confidence in sweeping victory at the 2023 General elections in Enugu state. Speaking at the Peoples Democratic Party campaign flag-off on Friday at the Okpara Square, Independence Layout Enugu, the Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the G-5 Governors, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike assures all the party’s candidates of their support. “Our coming here today is to tell you that we are solidly behind Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, our colleague who is...

The Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has cautioned corps members deployed to the state by the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), who may participate in the forthcoming 2023 general elections to remain apolitical and neutral in their involvement. The governor gave the advice on Friday while declaring open the 2023 Batch A, Stream 1 orientation course held at the NYSC Orientation Camp Umuawulu/Mbaukwu, in Awka South Local Government Area of the State. While addressing the...

The immediate past governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, says the judgment of the Osun Election Petition Tribunal recognising him as the legitimate governor of Osun State on 16 July 2022 will deepen Nigeria’s electoral system and democracy. The three-man election Tribunal chaired by Justice Tertsea Kume on Friday in Osogbo, the state capital, ruled that Oyetola is the duly elected governor of the state and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue...

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State says he would appeal the judgment which annulled the 16 July 2022 election that brought him to power. The election petitions tribunal hearing the All Progressives Congress’ Adegboyega Oyetola’s petition against the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Adeleke, on Friday, nullified the result of the 16 July Osun governorship poll. The Justice Tetse Kume-led panel in its judgement alleged overvoting during the election and declared that Oyetola won...

Professor Christopher Imumolen, Accord Party’s (AP) presidential candidate, was recently honoured by Forbes magazine with the ‘Outstanding Academic Achievement Award 2022’. According to a citation read on his behalf by the awards panel, Prof. Imumolen earned the recognition for demonstrating academic excellence to reach the zenith of his academic quests. The panel also recognised him for consistently ensuring that less privileged persons get the opportunity to access education to maximise their potential through his scholarship...

Chief Seyi Tinubu, Son of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has appealed to the Anambra State electorate to cast their votes for his father in the forthcoming February 25 general elections. The younger Tinubu who was in Anambra, on Tuesday, to canvass for votes for his father is said to be married to an Igbo lady. He was conferred with a Chieftancy title of Nwannedinamba by the...