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Preparatory to the forthcoming 2023 general elections, a Non-Governmental Organization, North East Youth Initiative for Development (NEYIF) has organized a Gubernatorial debate among all the governorship candidates in Yobe state.

Only Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party, Abdul-Azeez Adediran of the PDP and Olufunso Doherty of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) attended the debate.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state pulled out of a Lagos State Governorship Debate over attacks on party supporters.

“Following advice from competent sources, including elders and respectable Lagosians, we will henceforth shun any forum that may require us to be together with PDP and its agents of violence.”

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The Nigerian Elections Debate Group and the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria have postponed a presidential debate earlier scheduled to hold today, Thursday, January 26, 2023.

Executive Secretary, NEDG, Eddie Emessiri, who confirmed the postponement to SaharaReporters on Thursday, attributed it to logistics problems.

Gubernatorial Candidates of three major political parties in Bauchi State out of 15 contestants have participated in a debate where they unveiled their respective manifestos on how to make the state more better if given the mandate.

The RNC is apparently considering having mainstream outlets participate in GOP presidential primary debates, a move that comes as Republicans have increasingly shut out traditional news.

The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, has decried the refusal of some of his counterparts in the February 25 election to debate on the “myriad issues” plaguing the nation.

A gubernatorial candidates debate organised by The British Broadcasting Cooperation BBC in Katsina on Monday has exposed how the APC government is squandering the States Local government’s joint account funds.