The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates for the 25 February and 11 March elections. The list published contains the names of candidates validly nominated for national elections at the close of the parties’ primaries and the period earmarked for the withdrawal and substitution of candidates. The presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar; the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu; Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi;...

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has alleged that political parties hire crowds for their rallies. Adeboye stated this on Saturday during his address at this month’s Holy Ghost Service tagged, ‘Wonderful’ held at the Redemption City, Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Ogun State. He said, “I watch it on the news. If human beings promote you… I don’t know whether I should say this. I’m sure you have been...

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has assured the voting public of their safety before, during and after the elections. Zulum gave the assurance Friday after a courtesy visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. “The people of Borno State voted during the 2015 election. They also voted during the 2019 election. Can you compare the security situation in 2019 and 2015 and now? The security...

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi has said he is in the presidential race to end the suffering of Nigerians. Obi, who stated this during a rally in Ado, the Ekiti State capital, restated his vision to transform Nigeria from a consumption-based to a production-based nation. “People are suffering in this country and we want to end the suffering. Today there is no security and unity in the country, we would unite...

Member of the Labour Party National Presidential Campaign Committee, Barr. Ifeanyi Mbanusi, has intensified efforts towards mobilizing support for the Labour Party, ahead of the 2023 General Election. Barr. Mbanusi who has been a member of Labour Party, was the candidate of the party in the 2013 local government election in Anambra State, where he contested for Idemili North LGA Chairmanship. Ever since, he has remained supportive of the party as one of LP’s most...