The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi has revealed that he once confronted the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for not fielding the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo for the presidency. The former Anambra governor who spoke on Tuesday during the 63rd birthday get-together of journalist and publisher, Dele Momodu, also said the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, would have been a great candidate if he had contested 20 years ago. The Labour Party candidate insisted that he battled for the nation’s top job because he wants the country working. He said: “I’m interested to see Nigeria…
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A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Abia State, HRH Eze Princewill Onyegbu has finally assumed duty as the traditional ruler of Ugwu Nkpa autonomous community in Bende LGA of Abia State. This is happening, about a decade after he was elected as the traditional ruler of his people which he did not fully occupy but was only addressed as ‘Eze-elect’ until last week when he eventually collected his Staff of Office from Governor Okezie Ikpeazu in Umuahia. Onyegbu who is a grassroots politician was before now, faulted by a section of his subjects of allegedly abandoning his…
The Labour Party has claimed that the Bashiru Lamidi Apapa faction of the party, which stormed the Presidential Election Petition Court on Wednesday morning, was disgraced out of the premises. InfoStride News had reported that Apapa and the faction of the suspended National Chairman of the party, Mr Julius Abure clashed during the court proceeding. The court refused to recognize the two factions laying claims to the party’s national leadership. In a tweet on its official handle, the party claimed that the Apapa faction was in the court to truncate the court hearing. The tweet reads, “Rebel former Deputy National…
The Presidential Election Petition Court on Wednesday in Abuja refused to recognize the two factions laying claims to the national leadership of the Labour Party (LP). In the presence of the presidential candidate of the party in the last general elections, Mr Peter Gregory Obi, two factions of the party had engaged themselves for recognition and to be recorded as the official representatives of the party in the pre-hearing of Obi’s petition. The battle for recognition was ignited by Mrs Dudu Maluga, who sat by Obi’s right-hand side and introduced herself as National Women Leader of the Labour Party and…
As intrigues continue to mount ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly leadership, Hon Yusuf Gagdi has said the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is unaware of the All Progressives Congress, APC, endorsement of some lawmakers. Gagdi, the House of Representatives member representing the Pankshin/Kanam/Kanke federal constituency of Plateau State, disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday. He reacted to APC’s endorsement of Abbas Tajudeen and Benjamin Kalu as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Green Chamber, respectively. APC had on May 8 anointed Tajudeen and Kalu as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. However, Gagdi and…
Senator Godswill Akpabio has asked the All Progressives Congress, APC, to rein in lawmakers against the anointed candidates to lead the 10th National Assembly. Akpabio made the request on Tuesday in Abuja when he led 42 other Senators to the party chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, and members of the National Working Committee (NWC). The APC zoned the Senate Presidency to Akpabio, Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin (Kano), House of Representatives Speaker Abass Tajudeen (Kaduna) and Deputy Speaker Ben Kalu (Abia). Akpabio explained that his visit to the party’s national secretariat was to show solidarity and appreciation for the endorsement. The former…
The Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has assured that all the 450 housing units allocated to civil servants and the plots of lands allocated to some people in the State must be revoked when it comes on board. This was disclosed by the State chairman of the party, Hon. Mukhtar Lugga in a chart with newsmen in Gusau, the State capital. According to the party chairman, the allocations were not justified because they were done very close to the 2023 general election. “Where was the Governor for the past four years that he could not allocate…
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has insisted that the President-elect Bola Tinubu won the just concluded February 25 presidential election. Keyamo maintained that Tinubu defeated Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, with a margin of 2,693,193 votes. The Minister, in a tweet on Tuesday, said that an allegation of electoral malpractice in just one State cannot upturn the entire result of the election if it did not affect the declared result. He added that evidence allowed in court to prove over voting may differ greatly from what was put together to make what…
The Senate President aspirant for the 10th National Assembly, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has appealed for prayers, saying there is war out there for him. Akpabio stated this during his speech when he met with the APC Non-Serving Senators Group in Abuja on Tuesday. He also promised that the 10th Senate would collaborate with the President-elect, Bola Tinubu to pay off the nation’s debts. “I am excited that God is keeping all of you alive. This is a family and I am very proud to belong to this family. “I want to also appeal that you not only endorse us but…
A Pakistan high court on Tuesday extended bails of former prime minister Imran Khan in two cases pertaining to inciting violence and sedition until June 8. A single bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) heard the pleas in cases pertaining to allegations against top officers of state institutions and the manhandling of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Mohsin Ranjha by Khan’s supporters.
A former Special Adviser to President Shehu Shagari on National Assembly Matters and an elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has linked the President-elect Bola Tinubu’s choice of Godswill Akpabio and Senator Barau Jibrin as Senate President and Deputy respectively, to his wide political experience and influence. He added that Tinubu’s insistence on Akabio was wisely done to reward to the South South and Northwest loyalties during the presidential elections, where he got huge votes that led him to victory. Speaking to newsmen in Kano on Monday, Yakasai noted that Tinubu, now the most experienced politician in Nigeria going by his…
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has again waded into the controversy over the zoning of principal positions of the National Assembly. The group’s reaction was over the protest by Abia Senator, Orji Uzor Kalu. The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, zoned the position of Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives to Rep Ben Kalu from the same Abia State. But Senator Kalu, a former governor of the State, who is angling to become the next Senate President, is insisting that the South-East deserves more than Reps Deputy Speaker. Reacting to the developments, the Ohanaeze Youths in a…
Kaduna State Working Committee, SWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said it has rectified the expulsion of 25 chairmen in the state. Abraham Alberah Catoh, State Publicity Secretary, PDP, in a statement on Monday said the SWC of the party upheld the suspension of other 17 exco members for six months. It said the SWC endorsed the dissolution of the Executive Committee members of Shaba Ward, Kaduna North Local Government and Gubuchi Ward, Makarfi Local Government and constituted a 17-man Caretaker Committee to take charge of the affairs of the party’s activities for 6 months. It added that names…
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Ade Omole on Monday said President-elect, Bola Tinubu will win his case at the tribunal. The Diaspora Director in the Presidential Campaign Council declared that Tinubu would defeat opponents in the February 25 election. He spoke in Abuja while receiving a property donated for the accommodation of Nigerians flying in for the inauguration on May 29. Omole stated that there was no cause for alarm because the opposition is in court “to challenge our mandate”. He said rivals have to ventilate their loss and frustration and the court is there for them to do…
The minority caucus has backed out of the 10th Assembly Speakership after failing to get a candidate to join the race. It would be recalled that all the members-elect from minority parties formed a coalition to produce a speakership candidate to challenge the ruling party. A committee was set up to shop for a suitable candidate to cause an upset against the APC. However, during a meeting on Monday, the secretary of the special committee, Victor Afam, informed the members-elect that no aspirant from the minority coalition showed up. He said: “I wish to report on behalf of the chairman…
Senators-elect, Victor Umeh from Anambra State and Sahabi Ya’u from Zamfara State on Monday derecognized the zoning of Senate President and Deputy Senate seats to the South South and North West by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, insisting that only elected senators can elect their leader. Victor Umeh, who was elected on the platform of the Labour Party, LP, to represent Anambra Central Senatorial District and Sahabi Ya’u who is of All Progressives Congress, to represent Zamfara North Senatorial District, spoke with journalists at the International Conference Centre, Abuja on Monday, saying that the zoning was unknown to them.…
A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Olisa Agbakoba, has said the swearing-in of Bola Tinubu as the next president of the country is bound to happen on May 29. Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was declared as the winner of the February 25 presidential poll with 8,794,726 votes. However, his victory has attracted criticism, with many calling for the inauguration which is scheduled for May 29 to be put on hold, until presidential election petitions are determined. In a statement on Monday, Agbakoba urged Nigerians to obey the rule of law. “It…
A splinter group has emerged from the minority parties coalition. The group has declared support for Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu as speaker and deputy speaker, respectively. The new faction, led by Idu Igariwey announced the endorsement of Abbas and Kalu on Monday after a meeting in Abuja. It would be recalled that the minority coalition had earlier announced plans to look for a candidate to back. This was after it failed to get a candidate from within its ranks to challenge the ruling party. However, while the meeting was ongoing, Mr Igariwey’s faction announced the adoption of Abbas and…
A former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari has insisted he’s still in the race for Senate President. Yari, who is now a Senator-elect, stated this on Monday while addressing reporters on the sidelines of the induction ceremony of new and returning members of the National Assembly. The All Progressives Congress, APC, had nominated Godswill Akpabio and Jibrin Barau as Senate President and Deputy Senate President, respectively. Yari, however, claims every lawmaker has the right to seek elective positions. “I am a loyal party man, nobody has told me that any position has been zoned to anywhere as far as…
The Taliban regime in Afghanistan’s move to recall Afghan Ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay and name the current Trade Counsellor, Qadir Shah, as the Charge D’Affaires (acting ambassador) in his place has presented a difficult choice for the government’s approach to the country’s situation and its engagement with the Taliban. The feud between the two became public on Sunday when Afghan media published a letter from Afghans living in India accusing the present ambassador and other officials of corruption. In response, Mamundzay, the ambassador in India since 2020 and now based in Delhi, released a letter dismissing the charges as…