The Social Democratic Party SDP, in Ondo state, has declared that its House of Assembly candidates in the Saturday elections would not step down for any other party candidates.

The newly deployed commissioner of police, CP Abubakar Lawal from Lagos has appealed to politicians, and civil society organisations in Kebbi state to assist the police in ensuring peaceful conduct of the March 18th,2023, governorship elections in Kebbi state.

The Labour Party (LP) in Delta has urged party faithful to resist political thugs and ensure their votes count in the March 18, Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state.

The Kogi Police Command says on no account should any politician go about with armed security during the March 18 House of Assembly elections in the state.

Southern Kaduna Youth Coalition Forum on the platform of Labour Party, (LP) has adopted the gubernatorial candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress, (APC),Senator Uba Sani for the March 18th Governorship and House of Assembly elections. 

Barely 48 hours to the gubernatorial election in Oyo State, the Olubadan-in-Council has declared that it has no anointed candidate among the array of candidates jostling for the Agodi Government House, just as the council denied endorsing Governor ‘Seyi Makinde for a second term.

A former Presidential candidate and chieftain of the APC Mr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has urged Kwara voters to re-elect Governor Abdurahman Abdulrazaq as a milestone to highlight the fact that the decision of the people of Kwara in 2019 to abandon the old political order which symbolises slavery and underdevelopment was not a fluke.

The Kano State Government has alerted security agencies and the general public on the alleged plan to use fake election observers by members of the opposition New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the state.

“Cocaine arrives in Nigeria via a variety of channels including bulk carrier vessels arriving at seaports such as Apapa, Tincan Island, and Onne: passenger flights into airports such as those of Lagos, Abuja, Enugu, and Kano: across land borders at various locations, including Seme (on the border with Benin) and llela (on the border with Niger); and via parcels delivered by courier companies or postal services.

GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the Action Alliance, in Delta State, Mr Jenkins Giane Gwede, Thursday, said he was still in the gubernatorial race, noting that he never adopted Rt. Hon Sherrif Oborevwori is a consensus candidate for the March 18 polls in the state as reported in the media.

AS Nigeria and Nigerians continue to reel in economic hardship, the Cadre Harmonise, CH, Report Thursday, indicated that the protracted fuel scarcity, worsen insecurity, 2022 flood disaster and other factors will push 24.8 million Nigerians into a deep poverty crisis between June and August 2023.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has refuted media reports alleging that it has withdrawn its petition at the Presidential Election Tribunal.

Chairman of New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Prof Ahmed Rufai Alkali, has urged aspirants on the party’s platform and their supporters all over the country to be “vigilant, vote and protect the sanctity of their votes in the governorship and House of Assembly elections.

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has explained its decision to award a contract for the printing of sensitive materials to a company, Binani Printing Press, allegedly founded by the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC in Adamawa state, Hajia Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed, also known as ‘Binani’.

Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa has promised to float Entertainment Trust Fund (ETF) that would stimulate the growth of the creative industry in the state.