Gubernatorial candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), in Ogun State, Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, has insisted he will not step down for any candidate in the forthcoming election. Oguntoyinbo made the assertion while fielding questions at the Correspondents’ chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Oyo State council guest platform christened “Speak Out” on Thursday. Present at the event held in Ibadan were the Public Relations Officer of the party, Kehinde Olowu and State Chairman, Oloposi Okinni and the Chairman of the chapel, Raji Adebayo. Oguntoyinbo claimed he has what it takes to govern the state as the…
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Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has put on hold his campaign rallies for his second-term ambition until further notice. This followed violent protests which rocked Ilorin the state capital on Wednesday as a result of residents’ frustration over the naira swap policy. Five suspects were arrested by police in connection with the disturbances which spread across the state capital. In a special broadcast to the people of the state at 5 pm in Ilorin, the capital of the state, on Wednesday, Governor Abdulrazaq, expressed sincere sympathy with the citizens on the continuous scarcity of the naira as a result…
The All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta State said it has uncovered a sinister plot by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to use APC-branded vehicles to create mayhem and security breaches across the state. The party said relevant security agencies have been alerted of the alleged plot by Governor Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP with the sole aim of tarnishing the glittering image and reputation of our great Party, the APC. This is contained in a statement signed by E.V. Onojeghuo, Delta State APC Publicity Secretary. “This information has become necessary and important, hence we thought…
The All Progressives Congress APC has provided insight into the Internal wrangling in the ruling party. Some chieftains of the party, such as the party’s presidential candidate and Governor of Kaduna State Nasir El-Rufai had recently, on different occasions, slammed the Buhari administration over its newly implemented monetary policies. El-Rufai and some governors from the north also dragged the administration to court to halt the policy, describing it as anti-people. Speaking on Arise Television on Tuesday, Prince Mustapha Audu, the Spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential campaign council, PCC, North Central, said the President is making the right…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that the Labour Party, LP, is actually working for the emergence Bola Tinubu as the next President of Nigeria. Appearing on Arise Television’s The Morning Show, on Monday, the APC spokesperson, APC Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, North Central, Prince Mustapha Audu, also named some of the States he thinks Bola Tinubu and Shettima would record a landslide victory. Audu was specifically responding to a spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s presidential campaign cannot, PCC, Dele Momodu, who on the same programme yesterday, said that Atiku Abubakar and Okowa would win all 19…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has extended the order restraining the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from suspending or expelling Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers from the party. Justice James Omotosho gave the directive on Tuesday after the counsel to the governor, Dr Joshua Musa, SAN, and lawyer to the PDP and others, Johnson Usman, SAN, agreed on March 6 to argue their case. Justice Omotosho had, on February 2, given a restraining order against the party and others listed in the face of Wike’s motion dated February 2. Others joined in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/139/2023 include its National Working…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has narrated how Peter Obi, now presidential candidate of the Labour Party, was forced out of the main opposition party by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike. Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State was warming up to contest the PDP presidential primary election before the party’s leadership decided to throw it open for the Northern and Southern aspirants. There were initial deliberations of the party which tilted towards zoning the presidential ticket to the South but recent information from the PDP claims the plan was thwarted after Governor Wike refused to allow the…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party NNPP has said the future of Nigeria lies in the hands of the youths. NNPP gubernatorial candidate in Jigawa State, Malam Aminu Ibrahim Ringim stated this while addressing the party’s supporters at a rally in Babura local Government on Tuesday. He said for the whole eight years of the APC’s administration Nigerians have been going through unique adversity including, hunger, poverty, insecurity, and others. “APC administration has deliberately put Nigerians in a state of poverty and hunger to take that advantage and distribute money to the voters on Election Day” “Whenever they give you money…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Kaduna State, Mr Bulus Bature has said that northern Nigeria still has four years deficit to equal Southern Nigeria in the presidency. Speaking to the media in Kaduna on Wednesday, he explained, “For fairness to all sections in the country, the South supports the North in ensuring a Northerner emerges the President of the country in this coming election in order to equal the South on the years spent in the presidency.” He added, “It is only when this is done that one can say that Nigerians are carried along in…
Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 elections, has pledged to manage Nigeria’s resources responsibly and boost revenue if elected. At an APC political gathering held by the party on Tuesday at the Dan Anyiam stadium in Owerri, Tinubu made the pledge to party members. He committed to making Imo a popular tourist destination, investing in youth education, and maintaining the integrity of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. “We’re here to promise you that we’ll free you from the chains of ignorance and destitution. You can trust us. Elect the APC. Imo will…
Atiku Abubakar’s Special Assistant, Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu has asked ex-Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode to apologise to the former Vice President and the military. The Director of Special Projects and New Media of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council made a coup allegation last week. Fani-Kayode accused Atiku, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and military generals of a secret meeting ahead of the general elections. The All Progressives Congress, APC chieftain was grilled on Monday by the Department of State Services, DSS, and will return to the headquarters on Wednesday for further questioning. Speaking to reporters at the…
The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has waded into the issues surrounding the 2023 governorship election in Enugu State. Barr. Peter Mbah, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been at the centre of the storm, facing allegations of certificate forgery and syphoning of Enugu funds. A former governor of old Anambra State, Senator Jim Nwobodo had last week cautioned that Enugu politics was fast assuming a dangerous dimension. He said during his active days in politics, together with late C.C. Onoh, he never played the politics of character assassination. Similarly, the…
The chairman of the Senate Committee on INEC, Senator Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya, said despite the seeming split in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, over the naira redesign policy, the chances of the party winning the elections remains bright. “Yes, we are not happy with the policy, because we are not even contacted, it was between President Muhammadu Buhari and the CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele, but, I’m assuring you that things will be alright and in the end, APC will win [the] Presidency, states, even Senate and other seats,” he boasted. Gaya made the declaration while responding to allegations of…
The ambition of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, suffered a setback on Monday after leaders of the party and members in the Southwest moved en masse to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The LP chieftains who were received into the APC by the National Chairman of SWAGA, Dayo Adeyeye, were led by the Southwest Chairman of the party, Banji Omotosho. While vowing to work for the victory of the presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the polls, Omotosho said they decided to decamp to APC after realizing that LP is not…
Twelve days to the forthcoming polls, the National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Beta Edu has assured that the ruling party would mobilise APC women with door-to-door packages to woo voters as part of a strategy to deliver the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Edu stated this on Sunday in Abuja at the APC Northern Female Stakeholders Strategy Session, with the theme, “Progressive Northern Women Playing a Pivotal Role Towards 2023 Election Victory”. She called on APC women to do everything legally possible to ensure they deliver the presidential candidate of the party and…
Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that no election will be held in 240 polling units across the country. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu revealed this on Monday at an ongoing meeting with leaders of the 18 political parties at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Yakubu said no new registrants chose the polling units and that no voters indicated an interest in transferring to them during the last continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise, mainly for security reasons. “This means that no elections will hold in these polling units,” Yakubu said. He revealed…
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State on Saturday received thousands of decampees from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led by the party’s candidate for the House of Assembly in Marte Constituency, Jidda Buji. Buji joined APC alongside leaders and members of his PDP campaign structure and support groups. The defection took place in Marte town of Northern Borno along the shores of Lake Chad. Explaining their decision, Buji cited Governor Zulum’s purposeful and committed leadership as the reason for decamping to APC. “We are happy to join the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. We came to…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii has vowed to end all communal clashes and killings of innocent citizens of the state if elected governor. Odii made this known while addressing stakeholders and teeming supporters at Ikwo Noyo community, Ikwo LGA of the state during a campaign rally that took place in the area. He expressed worries over the continued crisis and land disputes rocking communities, clans and kindreds, resulting in purported killings and destruction of valuable properties in the state. Odii further revealed his commitment to empowering youths and creating jobs as a way…
The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has assured the safety of Nigerians, before, during and after the 2023 general elections DCC Olusola Odumusu, Director of Public Relations, NSCDC National Headquarters, Abuja, in a statement on Sunday, noted that the corps would also protect members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, INEC officials and election materials to be deployed for the 2023 general election. According to him, Dr Audi gave the assurance when he played host to the Director General of the NYSC, Brig. Gen. Yushau Dogara Ahmed and…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has urged the Department of State Services, DSS and the Police to invite Femi Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, APC, and grill him over the allegation of coup plot he levelled against him ahead of the 2023 elections. The former Minister of Aviation claimed the former Vice President and top military generals had a secret meeting last week. In response, the Defence Headquarters denied planning to scuttle the general elections, reiterating the loyalty of the armed forces to the constitution and civilian authority. Director of Information,…