Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, has stated that he is the ideal candidate to become the next Senate President, citing his ability to work with President-elect Bola Tinubu and unify Nigeria. Kalu made this known after a meeting with Tinubu in Abuja yesterday, April 26, 2023. According to Kalu, he possesses the necessary qualities, such as integrity, honesty, and experience, to lead the Senate. The Southeast has been vocal in their call for one of their own to occupy the Senate President seat in the 10th National Assembly. However, some stakeholders are pushing for Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi…
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Oba Afolabi Obasuyi, the Alagbaka of Agbaka in Akure South Local Government Area (LGA) of Ondo State, says the president-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has the capacity to transform Nigeria and make it the economic capital of Africa. Oba Obasuyi stated this in a statement on Thursday in Akure. He said that Tinubu was imbued with intelligence and competence to give Nigeria the greatest and the best economy when inaugurated as the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the country. “Asiwaju Tinubu has an uphill task ahead of him, restoring economic stability and growth to the country.…
Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, has moved into the Defence House, Maitama in Abuja ahead of his inauguration as president. The former Lagos State governor arrived at the official residence reserved for a president-elect on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, according to his campaign spokesperson, Festus Keyamo. “Whilst there, he’ll get daily security briefings and he’ll go through the dress rehearsal for the inauguration,” the minister tweeted. Tinubu’s move from his Lagos base comes just days after he returned to Nigeria from a personal break in France where he stayed for over a month. His minimal public appearances during his time away…
Now Harris, the first woman and person of color in her position, will be put to the test as President Joe Biden seeks a second term. She swaggered, she jabbed, she inspired. She even joked. Anyone looking for a glimpse of what Vice President Kamala Harris could bring to the campaign trail would have found it this week at Howard University, where she headlined a rally for reproductive rights. After two years of tightly scripted, uneven performances that often dismayed Democrats and cheered Republicans, Harris is looser, more forceful and more willing to speak off the cuff following her trip…
The leader of the apex Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo, has said Nigeria currently has no President-elect despite the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declaring Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress winner of the February 25 presidential election. In a recent interview with Arise TV, Pa Adebanjo insisted that what the country currently have is “a sham that will be pulled in due course.” He said INEC jettisoned constitutional methodology and must explain to Nigerians why. He said, “It is just the result of a bad government. A disaster that God will help us to get rid…
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended his Chief Personal Security Officer, CPSO and other Security Officers and Personnel on the excellent work put in towards ensuring his safety and that of his family. According to Garba Shehu, Senior Special to the President on Media and Publicity, Buhari was speaking at a short event on Wednesday in the State House to decorate the CPSO, Aliyu Abubakar Musa, with his new rank of Police Commissioner, President Buhari said he was very impressed by the officer’s “loyalty and for my security. Serving me is very difficult.” President Buhari lauded the Inspector General of Police,…
President-elect, Bola Tinubu and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are weighing options ahead of the 10th National Assembly (NASS) inauguration. Tinubu and Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima moved into the Defence House in Abuja on Wednesday, their official residence until swearing-in on May 29. Tinubu hosted Senate President Ahmed Lawan, Deputy – Ovie Omo-Agege, House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamiala, Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun) and Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa). Others were Abdullahi Adamu (APC chairman), Iyiola Omisore (secretary), Senators Orji Kalu, Rochas Okorocha, Opeyemi Bamidele, Jibrin Barau; Hon. James Faleke, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin and Hon. Muktar Betara.…
The chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State, Alphonsus Eba has ordered the Ward 8 exco in Calabar Municipality to immediately reverse the purported suspension of the commissioner for culture and tourism, Ntufam Ekpenyong Iso. Eba summoned the ward Exco yesterday for a meeting where he reportedly scolded them and cancelled the suspension. According to media reports, the ward exco suspended Iso, citing alleged anti-party activities. According to party officials, Eba said that there was nothing like suspension in the party for now, charging them to retract the announcement of the suspension. “The State party…
The Labour Party, LP, has raised the alarm alleging that the self-acclaimed chairman of the party, Lamidi Apapa, has approached the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, asking it to dismiss all the cases filed by the party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, against the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh made this known in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, LP urged the tribunal to disregard the “antics” by Apapa, saying they are out to destroy the party and satisfy their alleged paymasters. “We are by this statement informing all arms of…
The camp of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has suggested why the incoming administration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu may fight President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. Atiku’s spokesman, Daniel Bwala, said Tinubu’s manifesto has shown that he might fight Buhari over his administration’s policies. Bwala made the remark while recounting how Buhari blamed the PDP administrations for the country’s woes. Tweeting, Bwala said it would be interesting to hear the excuses that would emanate from Tinubu’s administration. He wrote: “It will be interesting to hear the excuses they would give because there would be tons of excuses.…
Governor Nyesom Wike returned to Rivers State on Wednesday after his trip to a country in Europe. The governor embarked on the inspection of some projects ahead of the planned inauguration next week. Wike was accompanied by Governor-elect, Sim Fubara, top officials of Julius Berger, among others. The two projects are the 12th flyover bridge and the new Magistrate Court complex in Port Harcourt, the capital. The flyover is at the popular Rumuokwuta and Rumuola junctions in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area (LGA). The Magistrate Court was constructed at the Moscow Road in the Port Harcourt City Local Government Area…
The Bayelsa State coordinator of the Tinubu/Shettima Independent Campaign Council, ICC, Prince Preye Aganaba, has predicted that those attacking President-elect Bola Tinubu will surely sing his praise after May 29th. Aganaba observed that most people attacking Tinubu were doing so from the position of ignorance while others, who knew him but chose to hate him, were acting out of jealousy. Aganaba, who also congratulated the family of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on the safe return of the President-elect from France, said ignorant haters of Tinubu would be his immediate converts while his core enemies would bury their heads in…
The Lagos State House of Assembly has commended the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba and other members of the Nigeria Police Force for “excellent performance”. This is amid the public outcry of violence that allegedly marred the conduct of the 2023 general elections in the state, In a statement on Wednesday, the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the Lagos Assembly extolled the “excellent performance” of police officers deployed to the state ensured a “hitch-free” election, “devoid of violence”. The statement reads partly, “In its letter dated 4th April 2023 and signed by the Clerk of the House,…
A few weeks ago, one of France’s most famous public intellectuals, Bernard-Henri Lévy, gave an interview to The Times on his new documentary, “Slava Ukraini,” and he said something that helped me understand why, as I approach my 70th birthday, I still want to be a journalist. Asked why, at age 74, he dodged rockets in Ukraine to bring home the savagery of the Russian invasion, Lévy said, “In Ukraine, I had the feeling for the first time that the world I knew, the world in which I grew up, the world that I want to leave to my children…
Ahead of the inauguration of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Femi Fani-Kayode has released a list of 20 facts about the 2023 presidential election. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared Tinubu the winner of the presidential election after he polled the highest number of votes. He defeated Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Peter Obi of Labour, LP, and Rabiu Kwankwaso of New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, to emerge the president-elect. Despite the losers of the election challenging his victory in court, Tinubu is scheduled to be sworn into office as…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed the suit filed by the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the Adamawa governorship election, Aisha Dahiru-Ahmed, popularly called Binani. The suit was against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Recall that the APC candidate had prayed the court to institute a judicial review of INEC’s decision to reverse her earlier announcement as winner of the poll by the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa-Ari. Binani’s Counsel, Mohammed Sheriff, upon resumed hearing in the matter on Wednesday, told Justice Ekwo that a notice of discontinuance had been filed…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, on Wednesday, suspended the state Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mr Ekpenyong Iso. Iso was suspended for alleged anti-party activities and misappropriation of funds. The suspension was contained in a statement jointly signed on Wednesday in Calabar by the Chairman of Ward 8, Mr Kingsley Ekpe, and the Secretary, Mr Gilbert Bassey, respectively. “Your suspension is predicated on the recommendations of the disciplinary and fact-finding committee set up to investigate the petition of misappropriation of party funds and anti-party activities levelled against you. “Consequently, during the pendency of this suspension, which…
The Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, Senator Samuel Anyanwu has said that the Imo State Government House is totally vacant and requires a man of peace to secure the state and restore the lost confidence in the three zones of the state. He stated this in a statement made available to the media by his Special Adviser (Media), Ikenna Onuoha in Owerri, Imo State. He advised Imo people not to be deceived by “the fake and diversionary claim” being brandished by agents of the present APC-led administration in the state that their Governor deserves…
The UN refugee agency warned Tuesday of further displacement of people from Sudan after thousands streamed into neighbouring Chad and South Sudan despite a tenuous cease-fire between the two warring Sudanese generals battling for control of the country. The fighting has plunged Sudan into chaos, pushing the already heavily aid-dependent African nation to the brink of collapse. Since the clashes erupted on April 15, at least 20,000 Sudanese have fled into Chad and some 4,000 South Sudanese refugees who had been living in Sudan have returned to their home country, UNHCR spokeswoman Olga Sarrado said Tuesday. The figures could rise,…
Three members of the House of Representatives from Imo State have dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, with over 3,000 supporters. Imo Governor, Hope Uzodinma received the defectors into the party at the Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu Square, Owerri, the state capital on Monday. The federal lawmakers, including Hon. Ikenna Elezieanya, Hon. Bede Ekeh, Hon. Henry Nwawuba and a host of other individuals made the move ahead of the November 11 governorship elections in the state. In his welcome address, Governor Uzodinma, who is seeking re-election for his second term, assured the defectors…