Ahead of the February general elections, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said 2023 is a year of choosing between the country’s recovery or decline. Atiku, in a new year message to all his supporters across the country, Sunday said the year is one Nigerians have looked forward to. He stated, “Nigeria will go through the ballot this year – specifically on February 25 and March 11. “Those election datelines are crucial to us as Nigerians because they headline our recovery as a people from the hardship and pains that the APC…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has officially endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, as his candidate for the 2023 election. Obasanjo said this in his New Year message made available to newsmen on Sunday. According to Obasanjo, Obi has the edge over every other candidate in the race, saying he has people to call him to order when there is the need for that. More to come…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has prayed for a new Nigeria where peace and security will be guaranteed even as he tasks citizens to join the vanguard to rescue the country from all forms of malaise. This was contained in his new year message issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Nathaniel Ikyur. According to the CPS, the governor opined that the vision of a new Nigeria can be realised “if we consciously participate in the electoral process to elect credible leaders into various offices in 2023.” Governor Ortom canvassed for an egalitarian society where every citizen is free to ply…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal said Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar will win the 2023 election. Tambuwal announced that Atiku would reopen Nigeria’s borders shut by the Buhari administration. The Sokoto helmsman is the Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). He spoke on Saturday at the party’s campaign rally in Illela Local Government Area. Tambuwal assured Nigerians that Atiku has better plans for them and the country. “These include reopening of the borders, addressing insecurity and the provision of basic necessities for Nigerians,” he said. Tambuwal, however, expressed sympathy for the people of Illela over repeated…
President Vladimir Putin used his New Year’s address to the nation to accuse Western countries of aggression and trying to use the conflict in Ukraine to undermine Moscow. Putin made the video address, shown on state television on Saturday in each of Russia’s 11 time zones, from a military headquarters with soldiers in the background, a sharp departure from his previous practice of recording the message against the backdrop of the snowy Kremlin. “It was a year of difficult, necessary decisions, the most important steps toward gaining full sovereignty of Russia and powerful consolidation of our society, he said, echoing…
Contrary to media reports, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu Saturday said he didn’t hold any meeting with the five governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in London. The former Lagos State governor, therefore, warned those writing unsubstantiated articles and peddling rumours on him to desist forthwith. He, however, added that he was entitled to meeting any political actor or stakeholder that is important to his campaign and plans for the country and that desires to engage with him. The G-5 forum led by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has been at loggerheads…
A former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has tackled Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike for saying that erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo knelt before his ex-Vice, Atiku Abubakar to beg for a second term in 2003. Wike had claimed that Obasanjo knelt to beg Atiku to allow him complete his second tenure in 2003. The Rivers State helmsman went on to explain that Atiku asked Obasanjo to sack the former minister of works, Tony Anenih as a condition for him to allow the President contest for the election. Wike said President Obasanjo had to oblige to the demands of Atiku. But Omokri,…
Senator representing Enugu East and former governor, Chimaroke Nnamani has urged political gladiators contesting for various public offices to refrain from mudslinging and character assassination but rather campaign on issues that would have direct bearing on the well-being of Nigerians. Senator Nnamani said those who engage in campaign of calumny are obviously bereft of ideas. “Anyone vying for public office must have his or her manifesto or programme of action,” he said. He said in a goodwill message to Nigerians commemorating the new year that the electorate should be wise enough to vote for candidates with proven track record of…
Less than 56 days to the presidential election, the Vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has dismissed the chances of the Labour Party (LP), saying it is heading nowhere. Okowa made the claim on Friday when he led the Delta State PDP campaign train to Ndokwa West and Ndokwa East Local Government Areas of the State. The Governor urged PDP supporters to make members of the LP return to the party, so it will not be easier for the All Progressives Congress, APC, to win next year’s election. He said, “We all know that…
Russia attacked Ukraine with 16 Iranian-made Shahed drones overnight, Ukrainian officials said on Friday, a day after Moscow fired dozens of missiles in its latest barrage against critical infrastructure. The Ukrainian military said all the drones had been destroyed. Seven had targeted Kyiv, where an administrative building was damaged. Russia launched a total of 85 missile strikes, 35 air strikes, and 63 strikes in the past 24 hours, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said. Russia’s Defence Ministry said it had carried out a “massive strike” on Ukraine’s energy and military-industrial infrastructure using high-precision weapons, Interfax reported. It said…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday voiced confidence that India’s presidencies of the SCO and G20 will build multi-dimensional cooperation between the two countries and will strengthen the stability and security in Asia and the entire world. While India formally assumed the G20 Presidency on December 1, it took over the rotating presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on September 16. In his New Year messages to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Putin noted that Russia and India marked the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic relations in 2022 and, relying on positive traditions of friendship and…
The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal says the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has lawful avenues of dealing with erring members. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Tambuwal’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Muhammad Bello, on Friday. The statement is coming on the heels of speculation over Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike’s preferred presidential candidate in the 2023 elections. Tambuwal sent a warning to Wike and other governors purportedly planning to work against the interests of the party. Part of the statement read: “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will respond to the antics of five of its…
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has dared the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to expel him and face the consequences. Wike threw down the gauntlet while he was flagging off a new road in Rivers State. He said: “In 2003 when President Olusegun Obasanjo wanted to run for a second tenure―a whole president wanted to run for a second tenure―he knelt down before his vice and said, ‘my vice, please, allow me to run.’ “You know one of the conditions he gave him? That Tony Anenih must be sacked as the Minister of Works and that Tony Anenih must not be…
Despite widespread reports that the G-5 Governors have struck a deal to support the All Progressives Party presidential candidate, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, an impeccable source in the APC campaign team, disclosed that negotiations are still ongoing. It has been reported that the G-5 Governors and Ahmed Bola Tinubu met in London over the 2023 presidency. The meeting outcome has been a subject of rumour in different quarters. Speaking in a telephone interview with DAILY on Friday, the source said Tinubu’s deal with the governors is pending further consultations with APC’s party structures in Rivers, Benue, Abia, Enugu and Oyo States.…
Elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai has strongly condemned Alhaji Umar Farooq Umar, the Emir of Daura, for allegedly calling on northerners to vote for their own in next year’s elections. In a statement he personally issued, titled, “My reaction to Emir of Daura’s coded campaign message for PDP”, the elder statesman stated that it became inevitable to oppose what he called “the dangerous attempt to turn back history of the country whereby some traditional rulers will be used by some politicians as tools to promote negative trend in political campaigns”. The elder statesman strongly advised the Emir not to allow…
Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has said the forthcoming presidential election is a battle for the soul of Nigeria. Ezekwesili disclosed the statement on Friday in a post via her verified Twitter handle. She said the darkness over the nation is not yet enough for those who love power for the sake of it and acquisitions, adding that they want to darken it more. She wrote, “You all should better know that the 2023 presidential elections, in particular, is a “Battle for the Soul of Nigeria”. “The darkness over our Land is not yet enough for those “who love…
A former Governor of Kano State and presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has debunked rumours that he is working for another party coming 2023 general election. Mr. Kwankwasko stated this while responding to questions from some of his supporters while featuring on a live radio program in Dutse, Jigawa State. He said since he and his supporters joined the NNPP, some people have been concocting different kinds of lies just for their political reasons. According to him, “I heard that some people are saying Northern elders met me and asked me to…
A former Minister of Aviation and member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, Femi Fani Kayode has claimed that six Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will declare their support for Tinubu in January 2023. Kayode made this disclosure on his official Twitter handle on Friday. He added that the claim of PDP’s presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku, winning the 2023 election would be put to rest. “The declaration of support that @officialABAT will get from 6 (not just 5) Governors from the @OfficialPDPNig this January will finally put to rest the pitiful delusion that @atiku stubbornly…
Former Borno military governor, Abdulmumini Aminu has said Nigerians will vote the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu in 2023. The Grand Patron of Tinubu-Shettima Nigeria Front (TSNF) spoke on Thursday when he received members of the group in Abuja. Aminu noted that the electorate were looking away from the North having been in power for long. “Nigerians are tired of us from the North because we have dominated every area of life, particularly government”, NAN quoted. The retired Colonel advised Nigerians to shun politics of religious and ethnic sentiments. Aminu said Tinubu has lots of ideas that…
For the Biden White House, a quartet of four female judges in Colorado encapsulates its mission when it comes to the federal judiciary. One of the judges, Charlotte Sweeney, is an openly gay woman with a background in workers’ rights. Nina Wang, an immigrant from Taiwan, is the first magistrate judge in the state to be elevated to a federal district seat. Regina Rodriguez, who is Latina and Asian American, served in a U.S. attorney’s office. Veronica Rossman, who came from the former Soviet Union with her family as refugees, is the first former federal public defender to be…