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Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is mourning the death of Abdullahi Kanti, a council campaign coordinator for the party’s governorship candidate, Emmanuel Bwacha. Reports reaching Naija News on Wednesday morning revealed that the Kanti was involved in a car accident on Tuesday, December 27, 2022. The …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it will commence bi-weekly, weekly media briefings on the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The commission said daily briefings on the exercises would only commence a week preceding the election week. Accordingly, the electoral body warned political parties and their candidates to …

With Senator Catherine Cortez Masto’s victory in Nevada, Democrats will retain Senate control next year, even if Republicans win a December run-off election in Georgia. While Tuesday’s election represented an unusually strong performance by a first-term president’s party, the individual showings of Senate candidates varied widely. Arrows show how much …

Political economist, Professor Pat Utomi has called for the disqualification of any candidate who fails to attend the election debate ahead of the 2023 general election.   Utomi who addressed journalists in Abuja, appealed to Nigerian electorates to use their power to vote against candidates who fail to make themselves …

The first Generation Z member of Congress. The nation’s first openly lesbian governor. The first Black governor of Maryland. All of them, and more, made history on Tuesday, emerging victorious from a field of candidates that was in many respects more diverse than in previous years — with more women …

With that solution off the table, the Council on Criminal Justice released earlier this year a report on tangible actions that could reduce violence now, all of them aimed at local officials. A central tactic involves identifying the small subset of residents and places that drive the bulk of violence, …

The Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah has emphasized the need for Nigerians to vote for the right type of candidates in the 2023 general elections. He also urged Christians in particular not to be worried by the decision of some political parties in picking certain candidates …

Media personality, Frank Edoho has queried his colleague in the media industry, Japheth Omojuwa over a recent Twitter poll he conducted ahead of the 2023 presidential election.   Omojuwa had in the Twitter poll listed Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Kwankwaso as the main contenders. Omoyele Sowore, Kola Abiola, and …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has nullified the nomination of Governor Isiaka Oyetola and his Deputy Governorship candidate, Benedict Alabi on the grounds that Governor Mai Mala Buni who submitted their names to INEC,  violated the provisions of Section 183 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of …

Political parties have been warned by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to desist from any form of abusive language or hate speech ahead of the commencement of the 2023 general elections campaign. The electoral body called on the political parties to study the Constitution, the Electoral Act, the Police …