Elections

The Chairman Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa, has said that he does not believe any political party in Nigeria should zone its presidential ticket to any particular region in the country ahead of the 2023 general elections. His comment comes on the heels of the recent agitation by the South-East region to produce the president come 2023. The senator said its best the right candidates are fielded by all the parties while Nigerians elect the best among the options. He also said the Nigerian Government will not be cowed by the demands if elements he described as “insurgents in the South-East. Bulkachuwa noted that the South-East had tried in the past to separate the country which resulted in a civil war. He warned that the Nigerian government would ...

The main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to the warning issued by President Muhammadu Buhari against sponsors of insecurity in the country, urging the president to match his words with actions Buhari in the statement issued on Tuesday also vowed to respond to the provocations of secessionists, noting that agitators were too young to know the loss of lives and other tragedies that attended the Nigerian civil war of 1967 to 1970. He made these remarks at the Presidential Villa, Abuja after being briefed by the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on series of attacks on facilities of the electoral body across the country. These were contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Pu...