Why I’m gunning for Imo governorship seat – Anyanwu

August 26, 2023 Chidiebere Iwuoha 0

Governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu aka Samdaddy, has disclosed that he is contesting the Imo governorship election on November 11, 2023 to guarantee the safety of the clergy, the entire Imo people and to end insecurity. He gave his assurance weekend, while addressing the clergy and members of the Royal Read More

2024 Edo governorship race: Agbomhere cautions APC aspirants

July 7, 2023 Taiye Odewale 0

Ahead of next year’s governorship election in Edo state, the South South Zonal Organising Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Blessing Agbomhere, has cautioned aspirants seeking the ticket of the party not to waste their resources in pursuit of their ambitions if they were not ready to abide by the party’s zoning arrangement in the state. In a Read More

Smart enemy of Kogi central

May 4, 2023 Admin III 0

The best party primary ever held in the history of Kogi state was the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship primary held on April 14, 2023. It was the most peaceful primary, because most of the candidates stepped down for others. This paved the way for Alhaji Ododo Ahmed Usman to emerge as the winner of the primary. A similar scenario Read More

Vote buying: The cancer in Nigeria’s democracy

March 22, 2023 Admin III 0

The March 18, 2023, governorship and state assembly elections were characterised by vote buying and selling. The elections were the worse I have ever seen. Right in my presence people bargaining for the price of their rights for peanuts and I wondered what the fate of Nigeria is. Democracy is based on interest and choice but because of poverty people Read More

Lessons from Saturday’s governorship elections

March 21, 2023 Admin III 0

On 18th March, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted the governorship and state houses assembly elections. Unlike the presidential and National Assembly polls on February 25, which witnessed low voter turn out, voter apathy has reared its ugly head again or became worse in last Saturday’s elections. There were reported cases of violence and vote buying which marred the Read More

2023 governorship election: Group commends Nigerians, urges Buhari to end naira scarcity

March 20, 2023 Abdulrahman Zakariyau 0

The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria (MMWGN) has commended Nigerians for their peaceful conduct in the Gubernatorial and States Assembly elections held across the country, Saturday, March 18, 2023. MMWGN however condemned pockets of violence in some parts of the country and called for immediate prosecution of all those arrested for electoral crimes. In a press release signed by Read More

March 18 2023 governorship election: CDD scores BVAS high

March 20, 2023 Adeola Akinbobola 0

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has observed that that the BVAS appeared to have largely worked well across the country during the 2023 gubernatorial elections compared to the presidential election. In the statement signed by Chair of the CDD Election Analysis Centre (EAC), Professor Adele Jinadu and Director, Idayat Hassan on Saturday explained that in the southwest, the Read More

Breaking: PDP’s Umo Eno decleared winner of 2023 governorship election in Akwa Ibom

March 19, 2023 Uko Etim 0

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially declared the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, winner of the just concluded governorship election in the state. Eno polled a total of 354,548 votes to defeat his closest rival Senator Bassey Akpan of Young Progressives Party (YPP) who polled a total of Read More

Compliance to electoral act and 2023 elections: How has the media fared?

March 17, 2023 Admin III 0

The role of the media at every election, especially the 2023 general elections, as an agenda-setting organ in the society, is hereby explored in this piece by ELEOJO IDACHABA. In the run up to the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections held on February 25 and the governorship/state assembly elections to be held today, the media had no doubt played Read More

Gombe: 8 governorship candidates endorse Gov Inuwa for second term

March 14, 2023 Auwal Ahmad 0

As preparations for gubernatorial and state assembly elections reach climax, the reelection bid of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has received major boost as eight governorship candidates from the opposition parties in Gombe state have endorsed his candidacy, pledging their support and allegiance towards his success in the forthcoming election. The state chairman, Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC), who is also Read More

2023 governorship election: Labour Party plots Uzodimma’s ouster in Imo

March 11, 2023 Chidiebere Iwuoha 0

Newly appointed Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) in Imo State, Festus Onyekwulisi, has assured that his leadership will work towards the fall of Senator Hope Uzodimma’s All Progressives Congress (APC) government in the state as build up towards Imo governorship election takes centre stage. Onyekwulisi, who formally replaced the party’s former chairman, Ambrose Onyekwere on Friday, said the process Read More

I’m still in the race – NRM Nasarawa governorship candidate

March 11, 2023 Mohammed Yangida 0

The governorship candidate of the National Rescue Movement (NRM), Nasarawa state, Abubakar Musa-Sambo, has said he was still in the race to bring development to the state, if elected. He stated this in Lafia during a press conference on Friday. Sambo said the news which went viral on social media platforms that he had stepped down for the gubernatorial candidate Read More

Why we endorsed PDP governorship candidate in Cross River – PFN

March 11, 2023 Joseph Obung 0

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) in Cross River state has explained why it endorsed the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Sandy Onor, for the governorship polls. In a media briefing shortly after the Senator was endorsed and prayed for, the leadership of the PFN in the state said the endorsement was “in the overall interest Read More