Delta Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa said Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu cannot be compelled to leave the position. The vice presidential candidate stated that the former Senate President could only exit willingly. Okowa’s Chief Press Secretary, Olisa Ifeajika, told newsmen on Monday that it was a constitutional matter. The spokesperson responded to the calls by the G5 governors led by Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike. The chieftains insist Ayu must go since he is from the North, like the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Ifeajika said in Rivers, the governorship candidate Siminalayi Fubara, and the party chairman are from the…
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A member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, Nicholas Felix has claimed former president Olusegun Obasanjo doesn’t qualify to be counted among the nation’s heroes. Felix, who was a presidential aspirant under the party made the claim while featuring on the Channels Television Sunrise Daily programme on Wednesday. Recall that Obasanjo had, in a New Year message to Nigerians, endorsed Obi, amongst other presidential candidates for the 2023 election, citing a track record of ability and performance. The former president also said age, physical and mental disposition favour Obi more than other frontline candidates. However, the APC…
A member of the Security and Intelligence Committee of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni has advised Nigerians not to be bothered with the recent utterances of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Mumuni, who was the gubernatorial candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressives Congress (CPC) in Lagos State in 2011, made this disclosure on Monday. InfoStride News recalls that Obaasanjo had on Sunday, in a letter, declared that he will support the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi in the next general elections. But, the APC chieftain in his reaction advised Nigerians not to be bothered…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has vowed that it will no longer keep mum on constant outbursts by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike against the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Recall that Governor Wike who had demanded the resignation of the PDP national Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu as a condition to support Atiku in the February election, had on several occasions, tackled the former vice president. On Monday, Wike, while reacting to the endorsement of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi by Atiku’s former principal, Olusegun Obasanjo, mocked Atiku, saying something must be fundamentally wrong. Reacting, PDP in a…
“As the government focuses on addressing the acute labour market shortages we are facing today and building a strong economy into the future, one thing remains certain: immigration is a key part of the solution,” Xinhua news agency quoted the IRCC statement as saying. The Canadian government announced that it received 431,645 new permanent residents in 2022 to fill labour shortages, the largest number of people ever welcomed in a year in the country’s history. Prior to setting a new record for admissions in 2021, the last time Canada welcomed such a large number of newcomers was in 1913, the…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has denied mocking the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar over Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. Wike said his comments about Obi’s endorsement by Obasanjo instead of Atiku were borne out of concern. The governor made the comments while flagging off a new road project in Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on Tuesday. Wike said he had initially “prayed” that Obasanjo remains quiet because anything contrary will affect the PDP. While dismissing claims that he was mocking Atiku, Wike said…
The Jigawa State Governor, Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar, has refuted insinuations that the APC Presidential candidate, Ahmad Bola Tinubu would be a Southern President if wins the elections. He claimed that the presidential candidate’s antecedents indicate he is not a betrayer. Abubakar who spoke in Kano during an APC Presidential Candidate meeting with the Muslim Ullama’s from Northwestern Nigeria, Tuesday, said, all Bola antecedents, clearly vindicate him as a non-ethnic and religious bigot”. The Jigawa State Governor added that everything Bola Tinubu has done in his presidential aspiration, he has done with the full participation of himself, Ganduje and Nuhu Ribadu,…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad, has mocked former President Olusegun Obasanjo for endorsing the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Ahmad said Obasanjo who can’t produce a councillor went ahead to endorse a presidential candidate. Obasanjo had endorsed Obi in an open letter to Nigerian youths, where he urged them to vote for the former Anambra State governor. Reacting, Buhari’s aide described the former president’s endorsement as hilarious. Tweeting, Ahmad said Nigerians would vote for the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. He wrote: “Someone that can’t produce a councillor is busy…
The leadership of the Taraba State Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), has finally broken their silence on why the party’s chairman, Abdullahi Maikasuwa, was suspended from office. In an interactive session with newsmen on Tuesday, in Jalingo, the party alleged that the chairman had on many occasions been involved in “corrupt practices” hence the collective decision to relieve him of his appointment. The aggrieved executive who spoke through one of their colleagues, Samuel Emmanuel, also alleged anti-party activities by the suspended Chairman. Stressing that “the sacked chairman has been harassing and extorting money from members at the local government levels” a…
Sri Lanka’s ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country in July last year and then returned after nearly two months, has applied for restoration of his US citizenship after he failed to get asylum in any country, according to a media report. However, the US government is yet to consider the request, The Sunday Times newspaper here reported. In 2019, Rajapaksa renounced his US citizenship to contest the 2019 presidential polls. As per Sri Lankan Constitution, dual citizenship holders are barred from contesting elections. “An appeal by his lawyers to the US government — more pointedly the Department of…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has petitioned the DSS, Police and other relevant Security Agencies to quickly arrest and bring before the law the Kano Chairman, Shehu Sagagi for impersonation and contempt of court. The Caretaker Committee of the Party tasked the security to “nip the sad occurrence in the bud”, and arrest Sagagi immediately. In an emergency press conference in Kano, the secretary of the Kano PDP caretaker committee, Baba Lawal Aliyu drew the attention of the police to an Appeal Court judgement that set aside Sagagi-led executives thereby returning the party to its status quo (antebellum) before a…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, says the victory of the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will bury the autocratic imposition of former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Nigeria. Garba’s statement was contained in a post via his verified Twitter handle on Monday. Recall that Obasanjo had, in a New Year message to Nigerians, endorsed Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, amongst other presidential candidates for the 2023 election, citing a track record of ability and performance. The former president also said age and physical and mental disposition favour Obi more than other frontline…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of his counterpart from the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, as worthless. Tinubu said Obasanjo lacked any political goodwill or leverage in Nigeria to make Obi win the presidential election. Speaking through his Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu said the former president was a political paperweight. Tinubu, however, noted that the former president has the right to endorse any presidential candidate of his choice. Stressing that the former president was not a democrat anyone should associate with, Tinubu vowed not to…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, says he pities his Labour Party, LP, counterpart, Peter Obi, following his endorsement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Tinubu said Obasanjo cannot win his polling unit; hence Obi is at risk for associating with the former president. Speaking through the Director of Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu said nobody in Ogun State could rely on Obasanjo to become governor or councillor. The APC presidential candidate noted that the former president has never succeeded in making anybody become president in Nigeria. A statement by…
Lashing out at the incumbent Pakistan governments economic policies, former Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned that the country will default if it does not enter into a programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Khan, before coming into power in 2018, had been a severe critic of approaching the IMF and other countries for loans. In November 2015, he said: “I will prefer death over a begging bowl!”, Geo News reported. Addressing PTI workers and supporters on Sunday via video link, Khan said: “We have no other option but to enter the IMF programme.” He was flanked by former…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, on Sunday, said the new year celebrations offer the people of the State the long-awaited opportunity to defeat the misrule in the State and take back Imo from the hands of corrupt, selfish and clueless rulers. The opposition party also urged Imo people to use the occasion of 2023 New Year celebrations to unite and rededicate themselves to the ideals of good governance, peace and progress for which Imo State was known before the ruinous APC government usurped the people’s mandate through the Supreme Court. PDP made these remarks in a statement…
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has stated how he feels about former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s decision to endorse Peter Obi. Obasanjo on New Year’s Day publicly declared support for Peter Obi of the Labour Party to win the 2023 presidential election. Obasanjo made the declaration in an open letter to youths in Nigeria eight weeks before the general polls. He said though other candidates have the capacity to rule, Peter Obi is the needed needle and thread the country needs. Obasanjo urged young Nigerians to exercise their right, take active part in the 2023 elections and defend their votes. But…
The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi State, Mr Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii, has insisted that the votes of Ebonyi people must count in the forthcoming general election and that PDP will take over governance of the state. Odii made this known while speaking with newsmen, shortly after hosting his teeming supporters, as well, as the inauguration of over 10,000 election canvassers, which took place at the residents of his running mate, Sen. Igwe Nwagu at Oriuzor community in Ezza North LGA of the state. Odii, who was coronated by the traditional rulers of Oriuzor community, as…
With Nigerians joining their counterparts across the world to celebrate the New Year, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Sunday called on Nigerians to intensify prayers for the country, especially as the 2023 general elections draw near. Akeredolu urged the people to recommit themselves to the unity and advancement of the country, expressing optimism that the nation will overcome its difficulties stronger and better. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, the governor who congratulated the residents of the state on witnessing 2023, harped on the need for everyone to imbibe the spirit of gratitude to…
Rishi Sunak struck a cautious note with his first New Year message as British Prime Minister on Saturday as he warned that the UK’s problems won’t go away in 2023, at the end of an tough 12 months. The 42-year-old Indian-origin leader, who took charge as the UK’s Prime Minister towards the end of October following turmoil within the ruling Conservative Party, recalled his inaugural address on the steps of 10 Downing Street to reiterate his promise to work relentlessly” on the things that matter. “I’m not going to pretend that all our problems will go away in the New…