The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has created additional 56,872 polling units to make the voting process easier for Nigerians. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said in a statement the new polling units were created to decongest overpopulated ones. Yakubu said INEC would send bulk SMS messages to voters that have migrated to new polling […]
APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, says his background as a son of a market woman made him appreciate the unintended hardship caused by the ongoing naira swap policy. Tinubu spoke at a town hall meeting with market leaders from around the country, on Friday evening in Abuja. He said his cries were informed by […]
The Presidential candidate of the Accord Party, Prof. Chris Imumolen, has promised to revive ailing refineries and build modular ones if elected president this month. Imumolen, 39, made the pledge at an interactive session organised by the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, near Jos, on Tuesday. The candidate maintained that doing so […]
………. chairman flays naira scarcity The National Chairman of Social Democratic Party (SDP), Alhaji Shehu Gabam, has condemned the scarcity of naira notes caused by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) policy. The chairman said this at the meeting of Kwara southerners based in Abuja. The theme of the meeting is: “Discussing the Kwara South […]
The Court of Appeal sitting in Kano, on Friday, sacked Mohammed Abacha as the state governorship candidate of the PDP. The court set aside the judgment of a High Court that recognised Abacha as the PDP flag bearer. The court has ordered that Sadiq Wali, who was earlier recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has no preference for any candidate in the afternoon general elections. INEC made this declaration in s statement on Thursday in Abuja. The declaration was in reaction to negative expressions by some Nigerians to the “like” INEC expressed on its Twitter handle. Read Related News: Obi to […]
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has suspended his campaign activities until further notice over unending fuel and new naira notes crisis in the state. Dr Wasiu Olatubosun, the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism announced the suspension in a statement. Makinde announced the suspension of his campaign activities at the flag off of the […]
Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State says there are “elements” in the Presidential Villa seeking defeat of the ruling APC in this month’s poll. “I believe that there are elements in the Villa that want us to lose the elections. “They didn’t get their way,” El-Rufai said during a live appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise […]
APC Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC) has described as imaginary, the alleged attack on President Muhammadu Buhari in Kano on Monday. APC-PCC’s Director of Media & Publicity, Bayo Onanuga said in a statement on Tuesday that the imaginary attack was allegedly being peddled by the PDP. “We were not surprised to read of imaginary attack […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the period for the collection of PVCs by an additional one week to now end on Feb. 5. INEC announced this on Saturday after a state meeting with Resident Independent Electoral Commissioners. “The ongoing collection of PVCs nationwide will, therefore, continue and end on 5th February 2023. “This […]