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• Threatens Visa sanctions against promoters of violence • INEC: We’re tracking campaign finances, illicit financial flow • Reiterates use of BVAS, IReV for 2023 elections • APC expresses reservation over BVAS, electronic transmission of results  With 92 days to the first round of 2023 general elections, the international community is stepping up its observatory role of the exercise. Days […]

Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, yesterday, told Nigerians that he would be the one actively in charge of the affairs of the nation, if elected president, and should, thus, be held responsible for whatever happened on his watch. Obi made the assertion in Lagos when he appeared as guest of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) […]

Some aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by a group of five governors of the party (G-5), were on Sunday embarrassed in Lagos, as their gathering was interrupted by PDP faithful in the state, who sang songs in support of the party’s presidential candidate and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar. Nonetheless, the dissenters, who rebranded themselves as Integrity Group, reiterated their readiness […]

*Promises to re-negotiate nation’s debt *Says APC, PDP 24 years responsible for insecurity, woes *Insists on restructuring, pledges to employ two million police, military *NGE wants issue-based campaigns Presidential candidate of New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has dismissed speculations that he may step down for his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, in next year’s general […]

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that over 133 million people representing 63% of the Nigerian population are multidimensionally poor. This is according to the agency’s 2022 National Multidimensional Poverty Index Report released on Thursday. The report also states that the country’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) stands at 0.257, showing that poor people in Nigeria experience just over […]

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has asked Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, to support his bid for the presidency. Obi said this on Thursday during the commissioning of the Nkpolu Oroworukwo flyover in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital. The LP presidential candidate said he will make sure Rivers state becomes better if he’s elected president in […]

The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has responded to the criticism against him by Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State. Mr Obi is a former governor of Anambra State. Mr Soludo had, on Thursday, while appearing as a guest on Channels TV’s Politics Today, said the value of investments made by Mr Obi while he was the governor of the […]

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has promised to rebuild the country and stop treasury looters if elected president in 2023. Obi made the promise at the weekend while addressing party supporters during a rally at the Baptist Convention Ground in Benin-City. He said the forthcoming elections should not be based on religion and ethnic […]