The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, has promised to re-activate oil exploration in the Lake Chad Basin and also recharge the drying lake to generate jobs and boost agricultural production in the area. The former Governor of Lagos State pledged ...

A spokesperson for the Tinubu, Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Adamu Garba, has insisted that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, plans to sell national assets to himself if elected into office. Garba also said that Peter Obi, the Labour ...

With less than a week to the conduct of the 2023 general elections, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is yet to release funds requested by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies for logistics. Credible sources informed DAILY INDEPENDENT on Saturday evening ...

By John Alechenu It’s exactly six days to the presidential election. If everything goes according to plan, Nigerians will be voting for candidates of their choice out of which one will be announced as President. Leading the pack of 18 candidates are in no particular order: Alhaji Atiku ...

Six days before the presidential election, we publish excerpts from a review of Civic Hive, a Foundation established by BudgIT Foundation with the goal of creating an innovative virtual and physical space for partnerships and raising civic tech leaders/solutions in Nigeria, of the policy documents ...

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said the people of the state will not vote for a presidential candidate that will either jail or kill him when elected into office. Wike stated this while speaking at a campaign rally at Obio-Akpor LGA on Saturday. He also commended All ...

Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, the General Overseer of Christ Embassy Church, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has revealed what an angel told him about the leading candidates. Oyakhilome who spoke at the Loveworld praise-athon on Friday said the name of Nigeria’s next president is in the ...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode has lauded the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai over his stance on the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s Naira policy. DAILY POST recalls that following the redesigning of the Naira notes, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN had ...

No fewer than 28 serving and former governors will be on the ballot to contest for different senatorial seats as they continue the tradition of governors moving to the red chamber as a retirement home. Nine serving governors and 19 former governors are on the INEC list for the February 25 ...

Human rights activist and former Chairman of Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu has described the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as the most corrupt federal government agency in Nigeria. Prof. Odinkalu, who is recently the senior team manager for ...

Former president of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, Bello Shagari has claimed those behind the Naira redesign policy are working for Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate. Shagari also said it was not realistic for Obi to win the forthcoming presidential election. ...

“I need to have this N70m in hard copy. That is the position of the law and as I speak to you, I don’t have it." A House of Representatives Leader Ado Doguwa says the naira crunch will affect the electioneering expenses of politicians, noting that he needs N70m in “hard copy” for the poll. He ...

*Ortom, Mimiko, Duke, George, Anyim back Obi   *Wike, Fayose lean towards Tinubu  *Ugwuanyi now backing Atiku  *Makinde, Ikpeazu still undecided George Okoh in Makurdi and Kasim Sumaina in Abuja Eight days to the presidential bout of the general election, it appears the centre could ...

By  Godwin Isenyo The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday described the current scarcity of naira notes as part of an alleged plot to disrupt the forthcoming general elections to ensure an interim government takes over. The governor made the allegation in a state broadcast. ...

By  Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis A member of the Integrity Group and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has declared that the people of the state will vote for a presidential candidate whose election will promote equity, justice and unity in Nigeria. The governor spoke on Thursday when he received ...

By John Alechenu, Abuja The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has asked the All Progressives Congress, APC, to take full responsibility for the chaos of the implementation of its policies, including the naira redesign, which has unleashed hardship on ...

By Peter Duru, Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Thursday declared that he is working for the emergence of Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, as the next president of Nigeria. The Governor who made the open declaration at a Town Hall meeting addressed by the LP presidential ...

A Nigerian Catholic priest serving in Gambia, Rev Fr Kelvin Ugwu has described the presidential flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar as a greedy man who can contest a position with God. In a post on his verified Facebook page on Thursday, the clergyman, who is a ...

Senator Oluremi Tinubu said generosity is the reason behind the popularity of her husband, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The former Lagos Senator disclosed this during a town hall meeting with people living with physical disabilities on ...

By Racheal Ayodele Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has ordered the arrest of his predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole for allegedly mobilising thugs to vandalise banks and disrupt the peace of the State over the naira scarcity. Obaseki, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for ...

The United States Government has said its government is not backing any individual, candidate or party, ahead of Nigeria’s general election. Molly Phee, U.S. Assistant Secretary of States for African Affairs, made this known on Wednesday, in Abuja. “Here in Nigeria, it is my impression that ...

By Olayinka Ajayi The National Director of Publicity and Advocacy of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has described the lingering naira swap policy as a ‘mess-up’ from president Muhamadu Buhari on the eve of the general elections. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics ...

With less than 11 days to the presidential election, the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has warned of a possible crisis. Primate Ayodele said there would be a crisis if the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi and Bola Tinubu of the All ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The presidential flagbearer of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has refuted a claim by a pastor alleging that he bribed some members of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, with N2bn to gain their support. DAILY POST recalls that reports of the alleged bribed flooded ...

Some members of the Labour Party have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State. DAILY POST reports that the LP loyalists in Ewekoro Local Government collapsed their structure to support and vote the PDP in the February 25 and March 11 general elections. PDP Senatorial candidate ...

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi on Monday met with the Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams in Lagos. The former Anambra governor presented his blueprint to the traditional leader at the latter’s residence in Omole Phase 2. Obi, who confirmed he has ...

Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that no election will be held in 240 polling units across the country. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu revealed this on Monday at an ongoing meeting with leaders of the 18 political ...

All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential running mate, Kashim Shettima, has identified why Northerners should not vote for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Shettima said Northerners should ditch Atiku for opposing the Islamic legal system in the ...

The Department of State Services, DSS, has invited a spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign council, Femi Fani-Kayode over allegations of a coup plot ahead of the February election. Fani-Kayode confirmed the invitation by the DSS in a statement on Monday, ...

Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has called on the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Police, and other security agencies to invite Director of Special Projects and New Media of the Presidential Campaign Council ...

Former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, Shehu Sani has explained why presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi cannot part with N2bn ‘mobilisation fee’ for leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Recall that a ...

Leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo has said Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should not have been contesting the 2023 elections with Peter Obi of ...

By Wale Odunsi The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is not ruling out the possibility of last-minute reconciliation between Governor Nyesom Wike and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The hostility involving the Rivers helmsman and the former Vice President, who has kept his cool, ...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba has accused some presidential candidates of playing regional cards ahead of the forthcoming general elections. Garba accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar of playing the Northern card, ...

The Obi-Datti Campaign of the Labour Party (LP), has blamed the absence of Peter Obi, its presidential flagbearer, at the presidential debate on aircraft technical issues. Diran Onifade, Head of Media, Obi-Datti Campaign Council, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday while explaining Obi’s ...

As part of its preparation for the forthcoming general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced voting procedure for the elections. The disclosure was contained in a post on the Commission’s verified Twitter handle on Sunday. The Commission said ...

By Miftaudeen Raji Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi said his party and supporters, otherwise known as ‘Obidients’ are finishing strong as political campaign for the 2023 general elections gradually winds down. Obi stated this in a tweet via his verified Twitter handly on ...

GODFREY GEORGE, VICTOR AYENI, AYOOLA OLASUPO and DANIEL AYANTOYE The Lagos mega rally organised by the Presidential Campaign Council of the Labour Party for its flagbearer and former Anambra governor, Peter Obi, on Saturday, was marred by violence, Sunday PUNCH reports. Several supporters of ...

Former Abia Senator, Adolphus Wabara has revealed that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has vowed to release Nnamdi Kanu if he assumes office as the next President. Nnamdi Kanu was captured in Kenya, east Africa and bundled into Nigeria over a ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Head of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Digital Media, Tony Ehilebo, has lambasted the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, over his recent comment that a cabal at the presidency was working against the All Progressives Congress, APC’s victory in the coming ...

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday insisted that he has not reneged on his promise to boost economy; ensure security and fight anti-corruption policies, priority of its government’s campaign promises. Buhari also installed Benin Monarch, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II as the fourth ...

Abubakar Malami, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has said that the introduction of naira redesign policy by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) reduced significantly the rate of kidnappings in the country. The AGF, in an interview with Radio Nigeria Kaduna, said there were ...

President Muhammadu Buhari is reportedly in a meeting with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at his official residence at the State House. Details of the meeting are currently unknown but sources believed it is connected to the 2023 presidential ...

The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso has identified the only step his counterpart from the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi must take to stand a chance of winning the presidential election. Kwankwaso said Obi’s chances of winning the presidential election ...

A spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign Council Daniel Bwala said the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi is not revolutionary enough to threaten PDP’s chances of winning in the 2023 elections. Bwala made this assertion in an interview on Channels ...

Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential campaign rally in Rivers State, the Director General of the party’s Campaign Council in the state, Dr. Abiye Sekibo on Thursday escaped assassination. It was gathered that some gunmen suspected to be political thugs, dressed in police ...

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expelled former governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani and 6 others over alleged anti-party activities. Recall that Senator Nnamani was last month suspended by the party. The PDP NWC at the end of its ...

Seun Kuti, a Nigerian musician, and youngest son of the Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has alleged that Peter Obi’s family wrecked the Anambra State economy. Kuti made the allegation in a video on his Instagram page. He said Anamabra State has bad roads and schools because Peter Obi does ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has condemned the directive of the National Universities Commissions to the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities that universities should be shut to enable students to participate in the forthcoming general elections. The NUC gave the ...

By Dapo Akinrefon & Dickson Omobola, LAGOS FORMER Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olabode George, yesterday, accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of throwing Nigeria into a state of formlessness, urging Nigerians not to campaign for the APC. George, ...