Politics

Babachir Lawal, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, said on Monday that he would not vote for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, in the 2023 election.

Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene, national vice president of Ohaneze Ndigbo, said that Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), lost the support of the Southeast as a result of his involvement in abandoning zoning, from which he had primarily profited.

The All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Bola Tinubu says he’ll push for “legal mining” of natural resources if elected president in 2023.

A media adviser to the former governor, Ismail Omipidan, dismissed the claim as false at an engagement with stakeholders and members of the Osun Young Professionals in Kwara State in Ilorin.

Abdul-Azeez Adediran, also known as Jandor, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for governor of Lagos State, has predicted that the state’s 2023 governorship election would shatter past stereotypes. 

Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, has denied endorsing Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Mr Peter Obi for president in the 2023 elections.

Justice Muhammed Muhammed of the Niger State High Court 4 declared Yusuf Aminu Ladan to be the legitimate All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Chanchaga local government area in the just-concluded council elections in the state. Dr Mustapha Jibrin Alheri took the oath as the local government’s newly-elected chairman one hour before the ruling.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign organisation has made Senator Ademola Adeleke, the Osun state governor, a campaign council member.

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue State has urged Christians to secure Nigeria’s future by electing only patriotic politicians in the 2023 general election.

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said on Sunday that he has met with Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike on multiple occasions and is waiting to hear from him about the next steps in the party’s ongoing crisis.