Major political events that would shape 2023 general elections
In the next three days, the world’s first big election of 2023 will be held, as Nigerians head to the polls to elect President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor. Buhari, who emerged as President in 2015 amidst heightened hope as a messianic figure that would rescue the country from downslide, will head home for retirement on May 29. Also, the 2023 election’s impact...
2023 Polls: NCC makes 622 toll-free numbers election incident hotline
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, yesterday said it has dedicated its Consumer Toll-Free Number 622, to serve as 2023 Presidential Election Incident Hotline. This is to enable voters and members of the public across Nigeria, report any issue that may affect them, or others, during the elections on Saturday, February 25, 2023. The commission said, apart from being a step to...
Gunmen burn woman in Imo, raze five houses
Gunmen, in the early hours of Tuesday, razed the country home of the Imo State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Emeka Okoronkwo. Also razed is the country home of a former Dean of the Faculty of Law, Imo State University, Owerri, Nnamdi Obiaraeri, who served as Commissioner for Information, Youths and Sports as well as Land and Urban Planning, respectively...
Alhaji Ndanusa tasks Nigerians on 2023 polls
As the 2023 national elections draw closer with the Presidential poll holding on February 25, a notable community leader and retired public servant, Alhaji Abdullahi Afa Ndanusa ,has enjoined Nigerians to elect leader that will address the nation’s numerous challenges. Alhaji Ndanusa who stated in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja . said top on the list of the...
AITA National President Tasks Nigerians on 2023 elections
As the 2023 National elections are around the corner, a foremost anti-corruption crusader, and human rights activist, Ambassador Aminu Abubakar Majidadi ,has called on Nigerian voters to turn out en masse and elect credible leaders that will make the country a better place for all. Ambassador Majidadi also enjoined the voters to ensure that the elections beginning with the...
NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Tuesday morning
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has disclosed that his intimate relationship with National Assembly members when he was Nigeria’s vice-president, stopped former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s third-term bid. He said he was eager to re-ignite with the NASS candidates after his election as president, along with...
Irabor: We Are Good to Go with Saturday’s Elections
•Meets service chiefs, heads of DIA, NIA, DSS behind closed-doors •Says trouble makers will get bloody nose The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Lucky Irabor, yesterday, declared that the Armed Forces of Nigeria were prepared to ensure a secured general election, starting this Saturday. He spoke after a meeting with military service chiefs and other security chiefs including the Inspector-General of Police,...
Naira redesign mops up N1.8trn from currency outside banks
The implementation of the Naira redesign and withdrawal of old banknotes by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has sucked in about N1.81 trillion from the Currency Outside Banks, CoB, while crashing Currency-in-Circulation to N1.4 trillion in January 2023. Though this development is in line with the policy plan of the apex bank, financial experts have, however, indicated that the...
BREAKING: Terrorists bomb Kogi LG offices days to election
Less than four days to the February general election, some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have attacked and blown off the administrative offices of the Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State. DAILY POST gathered that the incident occurred on Monday night when the assailants invaded the area with some explosives. When contacted by DAILY POST, the Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, William...
Presidential candidates, campaigns and their manifestos
They all promise hope, but… With some of their rallies looking like comic scenes from soaps on Africa Magic Yoruba or Africa Magic Hausa or Africa Magic Showcase, the front-running presidential candidates (All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu; the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi; the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso; and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku...
