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“Thank You Sir”, Dino Melaye Accepts Appointment As Atiku’s Spokesperson

5Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

“Thank You Sir”, Dino Melaye Accepts Appointment As Atiku’s Spokesperson

Dino Melaye, former Kogi West Senator, has accepted his appointment as a spokesperson for Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, for the 2023 presidential election. Recall that Atiku had in a statement released by Paul Ibe, his Special Adviser on Media, announced Melaye’s appointment with immediate effect on Thursday. See Also: 2023 Election: Atiku Appoints Dino Melaye, Bwala As Spokespersons Melaye took to his Twitter page to react to the appointment, promising to give his best for Atiku and the PDP. He tweeted, “I thank Atiku Abubakar for appointing me as his Spokesperson and that of the PDP presidential campaign of the PDP in a letter personally written by the next president of Nigeria. “Thank you, sir and l will not let you or our gre...

2023 Election: Atiku Appoints Dino Melaye, Bwala As Spokespersons

5Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023 Election: Atiku Appoints Dino Melaye, Bwala As Spokespersons

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has appointed former legislator, Dino Melaye and Dr. Daniel Bwala as his spokespersons ahead of the 2023 presidential campaign. Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to Atiku, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday, noting that the appointment takes effect immediately. See Also: How Atiku Discovered LP Candidate, Peter Obi – Dino Melaye The PDP presidential flagbearer also announced the appointment of Ms. Lynne Bassey as Special Assistant on Gender Issues and Women Advancement. Her appointment was effective from August 1, 2022. Atiku also announced new additions to his media team for the presidential campaign. Among the appointees are Eta Uso, Abdulrashhed Shehu and Demola Olanrewaju. Re...

Aregbesola Plotting Against Tinubu In Osun – APC

4Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Aregbesola Plotting Against Tinubu In Osun – APC

The youth branch of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State has fingered Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior, as plotting against the ambition of APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in the State. This was conveyed by Goke Akinwemimo, the APC Youth Leader, when he addressed journalists in Osogbo, Osun State on Wednesday. Akinwemimo alerted the national leadership of the party that Aregbesola was no longer working for the interest of the party. The youth leader, however, expressed confidence that the Minister and his loyalist will succeed in their plot to ruin the chances of the party in the 2023 general elections. See Also: 2023 Election: No Society Can Strive On Injustice – Shettima He said, “We are saying these to alert the national leadership of our ...

2023 Election: No Society Can Strive On Injustice – Shettima

2Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

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2023 Election: No Society Can Strive On Injustice – Shettima

Senator Kashim Shettima, the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has promised Nigerians that if elected, his principal, Bola Tinubu would be just to all Nigerians. He said that Tinubu will run a Nigeria where everyone has a sense of belonging, irrespective of their religion, tribe, and political affiliations. Shettima, a former Governor of Borno State, disclosed this on Tuesday during the one-year service held in honour of Governor Dapo Abiodun’s late father, Dr. Emmanuel Abiodun, at the St. James Anglican Church, Iperu-Remo, Ogun State. He said, “We need to build a new nation because the hope of the black man is on Nigeria. The onus is on us to secure the future of our children yet unborn.” See Also: Delegates Have Realised Their Mistakes – ...

INEC Alerts Nigerians about Fake Online Registration Portal

2Aug

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

INEC Alerts Nigerians about Fake Online Registration Portal

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has alerted Nigerians about the existence of a false online site asking people to enroll for their permanent voter card (PVC). The Commission had already announced that voter registration would end on the 31st of July but barely 24 hours after the suspension of voter registration, a fake online portal claimed the government has approved the registration of PVC online. The Commission said the site is not linked to INEC, saying the portal is not authentic and from a fraudulent source. See Also: CVR: INEC Firm On CVR Deadline INEC also reminded Nigerians that the commission is the one responsible for organizing, undertaking, and monitoring national elections and it doesn’t share such responsibilities with any other body or ...

Peter Obi Does Not Have Enough Experience to Lead – Okowa

2Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

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Peter Obi Does Not Have Enough Experience to Lead – Okowa

Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta State Governor, has stated that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, does not possess enough experience to lead the country. Okowa, the vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, disclosed this in an interview with the BBC pidgin. According to him, even though Obi has been a governor of Anambra State, the experience was not “deep” enough to lead as a president. Okowa said: “I did not say he won’t have any votes, he will have. But what I’m saying is that he’s not a new candidate. It has not been long since he left PDP. You know he was in APGA before from APGA he came to PDP. It hasn’t been long since he left (PDP) so he cannot say anything about PDP because that’s where he was before. See Also: How Atiku ...

How Atiku Discovered LP Candidate, Peter Obi – Dino Melaye

1Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

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How Atiku Discovered LP Candidate, Peter Obi – Dino Melaye

Dino Melaye, a former Senator, has said that Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, brought his Labour Party, LP, counterpart, Peter Obi, to limelight. According to Melaye, any reformer who surface within 199 till date was discovered by Atiku. He disclosed this during an event held in Abuja by women’s political group, Diamond Ladies over the weekend. Melaye said, “Obi is a fantastic Nigerian, but he was not known nationally until Atiku identified him. Atiku is a talent hunter. Everyone who was a reformer in this country from 1999 till date was a discovery of Atiku.others “Atiku discovered Obi before keyboard warriors discovered Obi. Unfortunately, elections are not going to take place on social media. It is going to take place at the polli...

Umahi Emerges APC Senatorial Candidate In Fresh Polls

1Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

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Umahi Emerges APC Senatorial Candidate In Fresh Polls

Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has emerged as the winner of the Ebonyi South All Progressives Congress, APC, Senatorial fresh election conducted in the State. The result was declared by Prof. Emmanuel Adebayo, the Chairman of the Electoral Panel for the APC Ebonyi South Senatorial district election. He announced that Umahi polled a total of 250 votes to win the election. He said that out of 275 votes cast, 268 votes were valid while 7 were invalid. Adebayo said, “Austin Chukwu Umahi scored 10 votes; Ann Agom Eze 0; David Umahi scored 250 votes; Ibiam Margret 3 votes; Mrs. Chukwu Elizabeth Nwakeago 5 votes. “Based on the powers bestowed on me, I declare Umahi winner of the election having scored 250 and is hereby returned as the winner.” Read Also: Ebonyi Governor...

31Jul

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

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CVR: INEC Firm On CVR Deadline

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has insisted that the Continuous Voters, CVR, exercise will not be extended as it is set to stop on July 31, 2022 (today). The clarification follows the huge crowd that trooped to registration centres to register before the deadline. Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner in charge of publicity and voter education, disclosed this during an interaction with the press at the Anambra State INEC headquarters. He noted that the suspension of the exercise will give the commission time to put other things in place. Okoye said, “You are fully aware that 30th of June, 2022 was the terminal date for the CVR, but the commission extended the date to 31st July, 2023, a period of one month. “The CVR cannot go on ad infinit...

2023 Election: INEC To Provide 200,000 BVAS – Okoye

30Jul

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

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2023 Election: INEC To Provide 200,000 BVAS – Okoye

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that over 200,000 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, will be deployed for the 2023 general elections. This was disclosed by Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, in Umuahia, Abia State. He said that the BVAS would be deployed in the 176,000 polling units across the country, adding that the surplus will be kept handy as a reserve. He said, “We will have one BVAS reserve in every Registration Area Centre (RAC) to ensure immediate intervention in case of any failure.” See Also: PVC Registration: Why Lagos Govt Declared Work-free Days – Commissioner He assured the commission’s capacity to conduct a free and fair election in 2023, noting that the e...