Tag: 2023 Election

2023: AbdulSalami-chaired National Peace Committee mandates Tinubu, Atiku, Obi, spokesmen to sign peace accord

Aminu Imam

The National Peace Committee, (NPC), led by former military Head of State, Abdulsalam Abubakar, has mandated political parties and their candidates in the 2023 presidential election, as well as their spokespersons to sign peace accords that will commit them to issue-based campaigns when proper electioneering campaigns begin on September 28. In an invitation letter extended to parties and their candidates, the Peace Committee said they were invited to sign the first peace accord on September 29 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. The letter, which made specific reference to the…

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2023: “Work toward delivering highest votes to Tinubu/ Shettima”, Lalong urges NCentral APC

Aminu Imam

Plateau State Governor and Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Simon Lalong has charged its North-Central zone to give the Tinubu/Shettima ticket the highest number of votes in the forthcoming presidential elections. Governor Lalong expressed this optimism yesterday in Jos, the State capital, when he received the North-Central Zonal Chairman and members of his Committee on a courtesy visit to the Government House. Lalong said the party is very strong in the North-Central States despite losing Benue State one out of its six States after the…

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2023 Leadership Retreat: “Nigerians are our structure”- Labour Party

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Nigeria’s Labour Party says the masses of Nigeria are the structure of the party for the forthcoming 2023 general elections. This is contained in a communiqu, jointly signed by the National Chairman, Julius Abure, and the National Secretary of the party, Umar Ibrahim, issued at the end of the partys National Leadership Retreat in Abuja, yesterday. According to the party, Nigeria is at a crossroads, adding that the Labour Party is the only credible option for national salvation. It further said that the party held the retreat to discuss crucial…

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2023: “We’ll arrest, cage all known religious terrorists, kidnapping sponsors and leaders before elections – DG-DSS, Bichi assures

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The Department of State Services (DSS) has vowed to cage all religious, political, tribal leaders and groups responsible for the insecurity ravaging the country before the 2023 general elections. Bichi, made this known at a ceremony organised by the staff of the Service to mark his four years in office, unveiling of a book written in his honour and the renewal of another four-year term in office by President Muhammadu Buhari, which was held at the Service headquarters on Wednesday. The move, according to DSS Director-General, Mohammed Yusuf Bichi, is…

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2023: Yoruba welfare group reacts as Afenifere dumps Tinubu for Peter Obi

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A foremost socio-cultural group, the Yoruba Welfare Group, (YWG), has berated the Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, for dumping Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to endorse another candidate who is not a Yoruba man for the 2023 general elections. The group, in a statement issued by its President, AbdulHakeem Alawuje, noted that the Afenifere is not protecting the interest of the Yoruba Nation movement by endorsing Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). Recall that the Afenifere had endorsed the former Governor of Anambra State…

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2023: CUPP uncovers plot to stop use of BIVAS by secret legal suit

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…Raises alarm over plot to sack INEC Chairman The Coalition of United Political Parties, (CUPP), has uncovered a plot to use a secret suit to stop the use of the Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System (BIVAS) in the 2023 elections. The opposition, which raised alarm over the alleged monumental compromise of the national voters register, also exposed a plot to sack the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu. Addressing a world press conference, the Spokesperson of CUPP, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, said the vigilance team of the opposition following credible…

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Ohanaeze to Buhari in Imo: Igbos need justice, equity, fairness

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The Igbo apex socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday told President Muhammadu Buhari that the Igbo nation is committed to the Nigerian project and desires a country that provides the South-East people the platform and opportunities to contribute their utmost best to the growth of Nigeria. Its President-General, Ambassador George Obiozor, stated this at the luncheon reception of President Buhari during his one day official visit to Imo State. The Ohanaeze also told the President that Ndigbo both at home and in the Diaspora seek justice, equity and fairness, adding that…

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2023: “Be ready for revolution if Peter Obi doesnt win” Lawyer

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Controversial Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Dele Farotimi, has explained that there might be a revolution if the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, does not win the election to become the next president of Nigeria. Farotimi made this disclosure on Friday, via his official Twitter page while responding to a tweet expressing that Obis candidacy currently rests on the slender wings of hope. He wrote: “Nigeria has NEVER been glorious; it has existed on a foundation of lies, and has been held together by illusions. What…

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‘APC will triumph in South-East in 2023 poll’, Uzodimma boasts

Aminu Imam

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the 2023 elections in the South-East geo-political zone. The Governor, who is also the Chairman of the APC Presidential Campaign Council in the South-East, said this at a seminar organised by the party for its candidates in Owerri, the State capital, noted that it was the only party with structures in all the 774 local government areas in Nigeria. Uzodimma said: APC is already winning, and will win in the South-East; because APC is the only…

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2023: “Peter Obi will get substantial votes in South-East, but Tinubu will win” Umahi

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Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has said the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, cannot defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearer, Bola Tinubu, in the 2023 general election. Speaking yesterday, after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, the governor said although Obi will get substantial votes in the South-East, Tinubu will win the presidential election. According to him, the acceptability the former Anambra governor has received does not mean he has what it takes to defeat the structure of the ruling APC.…

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