Lagos PDP Deputy Governorship Candidate, Funke Akindele, on Wednesday toured major markets on Lagos Island, mobilising votes for party’s candidates. Akindele is a Nollywood star and running mate of Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, the PDP Governorship Candidate (Jandor) in the forthcoming general elections. She told traders that only PDP would alleviate their suffering and hardship in […]
Nigerians are rushing to pick up their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) to be able to exercise their civil rights in next month’s presidential elections. Four major candidates are among 18 others, campaigning to replace Muhammadu Buhari, whose second term tenure ends on May 29. INEC said it registered nearly 10 million new voters for the […]
By Our Correspondent A group, Young Progressives in Oyo State (YPO) says People’s Democratic Party House of Representative’s flag-bearer for Ibadan North, Lanre Sarumi, remains the best candidate for the Federal Constituency. In a statement by its President, Wale Adeoye, on Tuesday in Ibadan described Sarumi as the best choice. It maintained that among the […]
By Our Correspondent The Labour Party gubernatorial aspirant retired Maj.-Gen. Lincoln Jack Ogunewe, has sued for peace and called for calm over the rising insecurity in Imo State. Ogunewe made the call in Owerri at the weekend. “I call on all Imolites and the government to condemn the killings and destruction in the state. “Enough […]
The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, will on Monday, speak about his programmes at Chatham House in London, United Kingdom. Dr Yunusa Tanko, spokesman of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council, announced this in a statement emailed to The NewsZenith. Chatham House is a global policy institution that celebrated it’s centennial in 2021. Tanko […]
The Bola Ahmed Tinubu Ambassadors (BAT) has pledged to give presidential candidate of APC, ”at least one million votes” in the general elections next month. BAT’s National Secretary, Prof. Mojeed Alabi, made the pledge during the inauguration of State, Local Governments and Ward Executives of the BAT Ambassadors, on Saturday, in Lagos. Alabi, who is […]
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, on Saturday, said the state government has discovered 199 ghost medical doctors in its payroll. Matawalle announced the discovery during this chat with newsmen in Maradun town, Maradun Local Government Area of the state. The discovery came to the limelight during the recent workers’ verification exercise for the implementation of […]
A chieftain of the PDP, Dr Sikiru Tae-Lawal says the people of Ekiti State, are fully ready to receive the Presidential Campaign trail of its Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Lawal, a former Deputy-Governor, expressed optimism that the good people of Ekiti would vote massively for former vice president Atiku. The NewsZenith learnt that the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday called the electorate to vote for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as president to continue his (Buhari) legacy. Buhari, who spoke in Hausa, gave the advice during the presidential campaign of the ruling APC in Damaturu, Yobe State. The President said he joined Tinubu in the rallies because he wanted to tell […]
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC Chairman, says the commission may cancel or postpone the coming elections if the current insecurity across the country fails to improve. Yakubu made the declaration at the validation of election security training resources in Abuja on Monday. Abdullahi Zuru, the Chairman of the Board of the Electoral Institute represented the […]