The Chairman, Senate Committee on Youths and Sport, Obinna Ogba (PDP, Ebonyi Central), has explained the reason the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, failed in the just concluded election. He said Atiku Abubakar should have allowed an Igbo man to fly the flag of the Party as the presidential candidate. According to him: “The National Working Committee, NWC, deserves to be suspended, starting from the national chairman who lost his booth, ward and state. All the conspirators who gave tickets to those who understood their languages lost. “Our presidential candidate (Atiku Abubakar) had no business contesting the…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
The spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Ben Kalu, has joined the race for the speakership of the lower chamber, noting that the ruling party owes him for taking bullets for the party. He stated this on Wednesday while announcing his entry into the race. It would be recalled that Mr Kalu is the only APC rep to emerge in Abia State, and armed men attacked his campaign office during the general election. While announcing his entry, Kalu said the ruling party owed him because he stood by Bola Tinubu even when it was a taboo in the southeast. “I…
Senator Chimaroke Nnamani of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has berated proponents of Interim National Government (ING), describing it as an affront to the sensibilities of Nigerians and treasonable. Nnamani, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, insisted that ING was absurd and had no place in modern-day democratic rule. He said those behind the plot were enemies of Nigeria, adding that Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the President-elect, would be sworn in on May 29. He said, “The presidential election has been conducted and a winner has been declared. “Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be sworn in as President of the…
Oyo North Senatorial District candidate of Accord, Hon. Shina Abiola Peller, has revealed why the party formed a coalition with Governor Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Peller made the disclosure while speaking at a stakeholders meeting of the party on Saturday in Ibadan, the state capital. The lawmaker, currently representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Iwajowa/Kajola Federal Constituency, explained that he and other Accord chieftains in the state decided to form the coalition after the presidential and National Assembly elections due to the failure of the party to win either senate or house of representatives seats. He added that he told the…
A spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Daniel Bwala has reacted to the call by Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, to debate with Labour Party, LP, presidential running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed. On March 22, in an interview, Datti said the country has no president-elect despite the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announcing Bola Tinubu as the winner of the election. Datti said Tinubu would be leading an unconstitutional government if sworn into office because the APC candidate “has not met requirements of the law.” However, Bwala said Soyinka was not a politician, hence should challenge Chimamanda…
Members of the Enugu State Executive Committee, SEC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have voided the purported expulsion as well as suspension from the party of some prominent and foundation party leaders in Enugu State. InfoStride News reports that the state secretary of the party, Robert Ngwu, had on Thursday announced the expulsion of former Governor Sullivan Chime; former Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Eugene Odoh; Director General of Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu; former commissioner for Tourism, Ozor Joe Mmamel; Special Assistant to Foreign Affairs Minister, Chief Flavour Eze; and former House of Representatives candidate in…
The President-elect, Senator Bola Tinubu, has enjoined Christians to recommit themselves to edifying and patriotic pursuits in the interest of the nation as they celebrate Easter. He gave the charge in his Easter message to Christians on Saturday in Abuja, saying they should reflect on the priceless sacrifice and limitless love of God for mankind. “I send my best wishes to Christians in Nigeria and all over the world who are celebrating Easter this Sunday. “As we all enjoy the well-deserved break, I urge every Nigerian to reflect on the priceless sacrifice and limitless love of God for mankind.…
The Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has turned down the challenge of an open debate with the Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka. The respected playwright had challenged Datti to a one-on-one debate on live television over his controversial views regarding the outcome of the presidential election. The Labour Party running mate created a national hoopla when he confidently said during a March 22 interview on Channels Television programme, ‘Politics Today,’ that swearing in the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on May 29, will mark the end of democracy in Nigeria. Datti also called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief…
The spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, has once again hit the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, with a fresh criticism over a purported audio leak. This comes exactly a week after the audio conversation purportedly between the former Anambra State governor and the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide (Winners’ Chapel), Bishop David Oyedepo, surfaced online. The audio captured voices similar to Obi and Oyedepo as the duo discussed how to rally Christian voters in the South-West and the North-Central states of Kwara, Kogi, and Niger ahead of the presidential election.…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians to use the occasion of Easter to pray for the triumph of justice in the country. The party made the call in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja on Saturday. Ologunagba also urged Nigerians to use the period for the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from dead to rekindle their hope for a new and purposeful order that derive only from the will of the people. Ologunagba said that come of the Easter, after the 2023 general elections, served as an assurance that no…
In his Easter message to Nigerians, the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, sent “special greetings and prayers” to the Muslim faithful who are “well into the Ramadan fasting”. Obi’s message was contained in a statement on Saturday, April 8, 2023, in which he also wished Nigerian Christians a happy Easter celebration. The former Anambra State governor, who noted that the Muslim faithful are in the middle of their 30 days of special prayers and fasting that will culminate in Eid El Fitr, said he is praying with them for a greater and peaceful Nigeria. He appealed to Christians and…
Moscow wants Ukraine peace talks to focus on creating a “new world order,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during a visit to Turkey on Friday, reported The Moscow Times. “Any negotiation needs to be based on taking into account Russian interests, Russian concerns. It should be about the principles on which the new world order will be based,” said Lavrov. He was in Turkey, which has retained ties with both Moscow and Kyiv, to hold talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, reported The Moscow Times. Lavrov added that Russia rejects a “unipolar world order led by ‘one hegemon’.”…
State Chairmen of the Labour Party, LP, on Friday, dismissed the purported removal of Julius Abure as national chairman. They said he remains recognised, condemning the seal of the party’s secretariat as well as the takeover by thugs on Thursday, NAN reports. The National Working Committee (NWC) is a subordinate organ to the National Executive Committee (NEC), according to Ogbaloi Kelly, LP Chairman in Edo. The official said when a faction decides to take laws into its hands, it becomes a nullity, adding that those trying to occupy the head office have been on suspension. “The 36 state chairmen have…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is on the verge of losing control of the 10th House of Representatives amidst the ongoing battle for the Speakership of the House. InfoStride News reports that the leadership of the APC is still mum on the zoning of the speaker and the deputy speaker, while the president-elect, Bola Tinubu remains in Europe. Amid lack of clear direction, about 10 members of the APC have declared interest to contest the speakership and have started to campaign across the country. They include: Sada Soli from Katsina, Deputy Speaker Idris Wase and Yusuf Gagdi from Plateau…
The National Youth Leader of the Labour Party, Kennedy Ahanotu has said embattled Julius Abure remains the National Chairman of the party, despite the current leadership crisis. The youth leader who spoke with Channels Television on Friday distanced himself from the National Working Committee’s emergency meeting that produced Lamidi Apapa as acting chairman. He described the process of removing Abure as unlawful, stressing that illegality cannot be used to correct another illegality. The NWC emergency meeting was done secretly with the intention to hijack the collective interest of Nigerians, Ahanotu claimed. “You can’t use illegality to correct another illegality. If…
Chijioke Edoga of the Labour Party, LP, has finally submitted his petition at the Enugu State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal to challenge the declaration of Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the winner of March 18 Guber election in the State. Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared Mbah winner of the election, stating he polled 160, 895 votes against Edoga who scored 157, 552 votes. The announcement of the result came 48 after the election, following a review of the controversial results from Nkanu East Local Government Area of the State by the INEC.…
China announced it will conduct military drills “around” Taiwan island for three days from Saturday, after Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen returned from visits to the US. The People’s Liberation Army will hold drills and patrols in airspace and waters on the north, south and east sides of Taiwan from April 8 to 10, Eastern Theater Command spokesman Senior Colonel Shi Yi said in a statement on Saturday. The exercises will be conducted “according to plan,” Shi said, adding that they are a “stern warning against Taiwan separatist forces’ collusion with foreign elements.” He didn’t mention Tsai’s visits to New York…
The apex Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, tackled Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information, on Wednesday over his stance that the 2023 general election was credible. Afenifere, in a statement issued by its Secretary-General, Sola Ebiseni, stated that the minister was not sincere in his claims. The group maintained that Mohammed’s plan to give credibility to the elections failed, particularly, given that those he met with in the United States of America were aware of all that happened on February 25 and March 18. The Minister of Information, during a chat with some media organisations in Washington DC, described the elections…
The Labour Party, LP, has raised an alarm that immense pressure is being mounted directly on its candidate for the February 25 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, to leave the country. The Party alleged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, had hatched a “well calculated, deliberate and orchestrated campaign to discredit and delegitimize Obi in order to compel him to abandon his right to seek redress in court. The party also said Obi had, in the past few weeks, been contacted by associates, elder statesmen, family and friends over concerns for his personal safety. This is contained in a statement…
The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Adamu, has said that the party’s loss in the March 18 governorship election in Kano State was due to selfishness. Adamu made this known in an interview with BBC Hausa on Wednesday. Recall that the APC governorship candidate, Nasir Yusuf Gawuna was defeated by the the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Adamu blamed those who refused to do what they were told for the loss and said when the election noise died down, the party would take action against the erring members. He however, added that God willing, the supplementary elections…