By Law Mefor The window for substitution of candidates has been slammed closed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, thus fully set the stage for the 2023 Presidential Election. Though subtle campaigns have been raging, real campaigns will start officially in earnest in September. Before Peter Obi seized Labour Party turf and its presidential…
By Law Mefor ‘Ifeanyi’ is a generic name borne only by the members of the Igbo ethnic stock. The name means: nothing is beyond God. Why then is one who bears the name required to prove that he belongs to the Igbo ethnic group or to prove such ancestry? This pettiness of some Igbos who…
By Law Mefor One read with considerable amusement and amazement the claim by some Southern and Middle Belt leaders that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state betrayed the divide by accepting to be the running mate to Atiku Abubakar, the presidential flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Talk of the chicken that left the…
The Tinubu Campaign Organisation has said that religion or ethnicity was far from the calculations of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu in picking former Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima as his running mate. The group, in a statement released on Tuesday in Abuja by the TCO Director of Media and…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye has described the party’s presidential flagbearer, Bola Tinubu, as a man of the people. Naija News reports that Kennedy-Ohanenye was one of the APC presidential aspirants who stepped down for Tinubu at the ruling party’s National Convention in Abuja on June 6. In a chat with…
Popular Nigerian artist Davido requested a response from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) regarding how long it would take to provide a Certificate of Return. 48 hours after being proclaimed the victor of the Osun governorship election, Davido reportedly asked the electoral body why it had not given his uncle the certificate of return….
Dignity, the fact of being given honour and respect by people or a sense of your own importance and value, is deserving and very necessary for all.Lack of dignity leads to lost of confidence in perseverance, in obedience and can demoralize. Being alive gives you the right to dignity of life. Nobody feels good if…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is yet to take a final decision on the probability or not of keeping sensitive election materials for the 2023 polls with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as it usually does.This was made known by the INEC commissioner for information and voter education, Festus Okoye.It will be recalled…
The Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has reacted to a video showing him limping. Atiku in a statement released through his media aide, Paul Ibe, said he is in good and robust health. He questioned the objective of the people behind the viral video.The statement released by the former vice president reads, “Our…
Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, some North East elders have endorsed the candidacy of Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, describing his choice as the best for modern Nigeria. The elders denounced the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Muslim Muslim presidential ticket, saying the action of the party would not enjoy their blessings as…
