Newly Elected LP Candidates Won’t Defect-Abure

The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure revealed that no newly elected members of the National Assembly on the platform of the party will defect to other political parties. Abure stated this on Tuesday after a meeting with National Assembly-Elect members of the party, with a focus on harmonizing the aspirations of the party ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly.

INEC Removes Majority Leader, Doguwa From Reps-elect List

Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ado Doguwa, has been removed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from the list of elected House of Representatives members, stating that the election result was a “declaration made under duress.”

Tinubu Denies Tackling President Buhari Over Fuel Scarcity, Naira Redesign

Presidential candidate of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has faulted the notion in certain quarters that he attacked President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration over the lingering fuel scarcity and naira redesign policy. The Director, Media and Publicity of APC Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement, explained that the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), working in cahoots with fifth columnists, were the ones insisting on causing avoidable hurt on hapless Nigerians to score political points. He tackled rivals for issuing a “knee-jerk response, derailing from the issues, distorting his views at the Abeokuta rally, to create a wedge between him and President Muhammadu Buhari.”

2023 Elections: Alex Otti Declared Abia Gov-Elect

Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Alex Otti, has been declared the winner of the Abia State governorship election 96 hours after electorates had cast their vote on Saturday, March 18 2023. The LP candidate who polled 175,467 votes defeated Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP).

2023 General Elections: INEC Announces Voting Procedure

In preparation for the upcoming general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed the voting procedure for the elections. This disclosure was contained in a post released on INEC’s verified Twitter handle on Sunday, where it stated that voting starts at 8:30 am. According to the Twitter post, eligible voters are expected to present their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) for accreditation using the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS).

NAFDAC DG: President Buhari Reappoints Adeyeye

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reappointment of Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye as the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) with effect from December 1, 2022.