The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has vowed to retire his counterparts from the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, if elected president. Speaking in Asaba, Delta State, on Monday, Obi said he would retire Tinubu and Atiku and pay them compensation if elected president. He stressed that the age differences of his counterparts would lead to their retirement if elected president. Obi said it is the turn of the youths to rule Nigeria and retire old politicians who have been at the helm of the country’s affairs. According to…
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As the crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lingers on, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has slammed the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Wike cautioned that those issuing such threats in Abuja should rethink else they will have problems. The governor made the remark while noting that the state cannot continue to be a dumping ground. The governor disclosed this at the flag-off of construction work on the Elele Internal Roads in Ikwerre Local Government Area on Monday. The governor said Rivers State stands very strong in the scheme of national affairs, which is why it is given…
The Federal Government has reacted to a viral comment credited to an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that the 2023 general elections face a serious threat of cancellation due to insecurity. Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, stated the position of the Federal Government during the PMB Administration Scorecard Series (2015-2023). The Scorecard Series was launched last October to massively showcase the achievements of the Buhari Administration. “The position of the Federal Government remains that the 2023 elections will be held as planned. Nothing has happened to change that position,” Lai Mohammed said. “We are…
A retired Pakistani general convicted of sharing “classified information” with foreign spies has been pardoned by the new military leadership and released from prison. However, he still plans to continue challenging the guilty verdict, awarded to him by an army tribunal until he is honourably acquitted, Dawn news quoted his lawyer as saying. Lt Gen retired Javed Iqbal was released from Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail on December 29, 2022, after the new military leadership reviewed his case soon after taking charge and, according to his lawyer Omer Farouk Adam, “realised the injustice done to him” by the previous command. Gen Iqbal…
The crisis rocking the Enugu State Chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)has shown no sign of abating as aggrieved members on Monday besieged the national secretariat of the party over alleged N1.3 billion alleged fraud involving the chairman of the party, Ugochukwu Agballah and the governorship candidate, Uche Nnaji. The protesters alleged that the duo have misappropriated the sum of N283 million meant for the expression of interest and nomination forms to ensure that the party fields candidates for the governorship, and all the National Assembly and State Assembly seats in Enugu State. In a swift reaction, Enugu…
The Vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed has said Northern Nigeria is paying an extremely high price for voting based on religion and ethnicity. The former lawmaker disclosed this during ‘The Peoples Townhall’ organised by Channels Television and its partners on Sunday. The presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi also made an appearance at the event. Baba-Ahmed said he and Obi would collectively work towards solving all problems, including insecurity and corruption. He said, “The day you will hear the sentence “President Peter Obi”, Nigeria has already united. Once Nigerians are united, we will…
Popular Nigerian activist and social critic, Aisha Yesufu has said she would keep on pressing the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi to do the right things. Yesufu disclosed this in a post via her verified Twitter handle. The social critic was reacting to a recent statement by Obi while appearing on Berekete Family Love FM, saying he (Obi) always moves around with Yesufu to hear bad comments. “I want to hear the bad comments also. I want to hear the bad news. That’s why I move about with Aisha Yesufu,” Obi said. However, Yesufu maintained it…
With less than two months to the presidential election, Nigerians have been cautioned against voting for people along religious lines, saying God has no business with Nigerian thieving politicians. Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political activist, gave the admonition while noting that God has no plans with Nigeria’s thieving politicians. Adeyanju was condemning an Islamic preacher, Abdulmutallab Mohammed Auwal, for urging Muslims to consider the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its Muslim/Muslim ticket as a call to Jihad. At a special prayer session organised by Muslim clerics in Kano for the success of Bola Tinubu’s candidacy, Auwal said the Tinubu/Shettima’s Muslim/Muslim ticket…
The US is in discussions with Japan, the Netherlands and South Korea to restrict semiconductor exports to China, and it needs all parties to agree on a deal, US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said in an interview. Stressing the importance of South Korean and Dutch cooperation alongside Japan, he was speaking by phone days ahead of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s summit with President Joe Biden on Friday. The two allies will endorse a joint statement covering a wide range of security issues, but work is continuing on a chip industry restriction deal, he said. “You’ve got to work through…
The year 2023 will go down in the annals of history as one that would be a reference point in Nigeria. The Ekiti and Osun gubernatorial elections in June and July, 2022, respectively, were a forerunner to the general elections in 2023 and the successes recorded in both gubernatorial elections not minding the legal squabbles, were hailed as exceptional. To achieve that level of success, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Nigeria’s electoral umpire, introduced the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine to counter electoral frauds. The introduction of this new technology upped the game as many politicians were left…
The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi says he has observed that women are more productive in Nigeria and less corrupt than their male counterparts. Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, made this claim on Sunday during The Peoples Townhall, organised by Channels Television and its partners. He pledged to bring more women into government if elected president in the forthcoming general elections. “I can say it without anything; women are more productive in Nigeria than men any day, any time. I worked with them when I was in the banking industry; they saved the bank. “I wish…
The Young Progressives Party, Akwa Ibom State chapter has advised the governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel to channel his energy towards providing good governance for the few months before his exit from office than using the state resources to install a successor who they described as a surrogate for his third term. In a press conference at the party’s secretariat on Saturday, the state chairman of the party, Apostle Nyeneime Andy alleged that electoral freedom and fair play is under ‘great threat’ in the State claiming that governor Udom Emmanuel-led administration has set in motion a process to pervert democracy in…
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi has disclosed that his administration would generate nothing short of 20,000MW of electricity in four years if elected in the forthcoming election. Obi made this disclosure on Sunday during Channels TV programme, ‘The People’s Townhall 2023’, monitored by the media He said, “Within four years, we will be able to generate and distribute not less than 20,000MW”. In the first quarter of 2022, the twenty-six electricity power generation companies, GenCos, generated 4,712.34MW of electricity, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission’s recent quarterly report.
President Joe Biden is heading to the US-Mexico border on Sunday, his first trip there as president after two years of hounding by Republicans who have hammered him as soft on border security while the number of migrants crossing spirals. Biden is due to spend a few hours in El Paso, Texas, currently the biggest corridor for illegal crossings, due in large part to Nicaraguans fleeing repression, crime and poverty in their country. They are among migrants from four countries who are now subject to quick expulsion under new rules enacted by the Biden administration in the past week. The…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso has described the endorsement of his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Edwin Clarke as inconsequential. Kwankwaso said those endorsing Obi would be shocked by the outcome of the presidential election. He spoke while addressing journalists in Asaba, Delta State, after his campaign rally. Kwankwaso said those endorsing Obi had lost touch with reality because Nigerians are looking for credible leaders that would solve their problems. Stressing that Nigerians are conversant with their candidates, Kwankwaso insisted that the endorsement “is null and void.” According to Kwankwaso: “The…
Senior Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa has predicted that the chances of All Progressives Congress(APC) winning the presidential poll is not feasible. Pastor Giwa, while addressing his congregation in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Sunday, said it could probably happen when Nigerians decide to feign ignorance by going to sleep. Pastor Giwa is famed for being critical of the APC-led Federal Government, especially in relation to insecurity and the economy. He cautioned the electorates to guard against selling their voting rights for peanuts. According to him, Nigerians are not lost on how President…
The Action Alliance, AA, has threatened to stage a protest at the National Assembly for the alleged exclusion of its candidates from the Independent National Electoral Commission’s list for this year’s elections. Dr Adekunle Omo-Aje, the national chairman of the party, in a press briefing on Saturday in Abuja, lamented that in spite of various court orders against the recognition of the list of candidates submitted by the sacked national chairman of the party, Mr Kenneth Udeze, INEC has failed to upload the names of all the candidates presented to it by his leadership in this year’s polls. According to…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has asked Nigerian electorates not to consider ethnicity and religion as they go out to vote in February’s general elections. Obi gave this charge on Saturday in Osogbo at the Labour Party presidential campaign rally in company of his running mate, Datti Baba Ahmed. While urging the electorates in the State to vote out political parties who claimed to have structures, he added that political parties and their structures have crippled Nigeria. In his words, “All these challenges are caused by those who say they have party structures. But these structures…
The US government has announced new measures to crack down on illegal immigration. The measures will “expand and expedite legal pathways for orderly migration” and “result in new consequences for those who fail to use those legal pathways”, the White House said in a statement late Thursday. Individuals who “attempt to enter the US without permission, do not have a legal basis to remain, and cannot be expelled pursuant to Title 42” will be increasingly subject to expedited removal to their country of origin and subject to a five-year ban on re-entry, Xinhua news agency reported citing the statement as…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has assured Nigerians that he would lead an inclusive government devoid of any fracas between himself and his running mate, Kashim Shettima. The former Lagos State Governor vowed that, if elected on February 25, Nigerians would not witness a repeat of the disharmonious relationship involving former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his vice, Atiku Abubakar, between 1999 and 2007. The APC presidential torchbearer stated these while addressing the crowd at a youth town hall meeting organised by Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, with the theme, “Nigeria 2023: Setting the youth agenda.”…