President Joe Biden takes classified documents and information “very seriously” and does not know what is in the secret papers found at the garage of his personal residence and private office, the White House has said, as it defended him amid a furor over the discovery. Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed Robert Hur as a Special Counsel to investigate the discovery of classified documents at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, DC and the Bidens’ personal residence in Wilmington, Delaware. “It is important for the American people to know that the President has said he takes classified documents and…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has identified the major issues Nigeria’s next president must address upon assuming office. Obasanjo disclosed that the country’s next president must address the issue of insecurity, like banditry and kidnapping. Speaking at a virtual engagement organised by Africa Leadership Group, the former president said Nigeria must move beyond think-tank to do-tank. Obasanjo said Nigeria’s next president must understand the country’s economy. The former president said Nigeria’s next president should be critically, clinically sound and should have the right character and skills to turn things around. According to Obasanjo: “I hope the man who will be the…
The Deputy Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Isaac Auta Zankai and the member representing Zaria State constituency, Suleiman Dabo, have dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Labour Party, LP. The Deputy Speaker is representing Kauru State constituency in the State Assembly. This was confirmed by the National Secretary of the LP, Umar Farouk Ibrahim, during the unveiling of the party’s manifesto and the inauguration of the 450-member Governorship Campaign Council, yesterday, in Kaduna. Ibrahim, who is also the Chairman of the Governorship Campaign Council, said that half of the State House of Assembly members are…
Barely 43 days to the general election, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, has claimed the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, is working for the APC. Garba also said Kwankwaso has diminished all the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, bases, creating opportunity for Bola Tinubu, his party’s candidate. Garba’s statement was contained in a post via his verified Twitter handle. He wrote, “Kwankwaso is doing the Lord’s work for the APC. He is busy evacuating all PDP bases to his NNPP. A better opportunity for Tinubu.”
The Labour Party, LP, has accused the major opposition party of sponsoring the Big Brother Titans, BBTitans, reality TV show to distract Nigerian youths from voting for their preferred candidates in the forthcoming general elections. While urging the youths to avoid being distracted by BBTitans, the party also called for the show to be shifted till after the election for the common good of all. BBTitan, which is scheduled to commence about 40 days before the election and run for 77 days, will start on Sunday, the 15th of January, and end in April 2023. Reacting to the development, the…
Elder statesman and leader of Afenifere, the apex Yoruba socio-political organisation, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, affirmed that the passion Nigerians have for Peter Obi of Labour Party is incomparable to that of other candidates. Adebanjo made the claim while fielding questions on Arise Television’s State of the Nation news programme on Thursday. He reiterated that it is the turn of the South East to produce the president, saying he was the first person to cry out about that. Adebanjo said, “Well, I believe those who have love in following the trajectory of the Nigerian election must know why we are supporting…
The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Prince Adewole Adebayo has urged the Nigerian electorate to vote for him as Nigeria’s next leader to enable them to enjoy the resources God created for the country, stressing that he has the plan to address poverty and the insecurity bedeviling the country. He made this disclosure during a rally in Kano State for the party’s gubernatorial candidate and others contesting on the SDP platform. He also promised to support Kano State to restore its industrial base as well as facilitate infrastructure development in the state. “We want to exchange ideas…
Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has again rubbished claims that he has no political structure to win the 2023 election. Obi spoke in Enugu on Thursday at the Michael Okpara Square during the party’s campaign rally. Earlier in the day, he also held discussions with massive crowd at both the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, and the Enugu campus of the University. Addressing the crowd, Obi said nobody should be deceived over claims of structure, stressing that it was the turn of the Nigerian youths to retake the country. “They told you I have no structure. What…
Ahead of the next year’s presidential election, the Labour Party, LP, has appointed Engr Balami Isaac David as Senior Special Adviser to the Party’s National Chairman on Presidential Campaign Matters, Fundraising and Grassroots Mobilization. The appointment was disclosed by Yunusa Tanko, spokesperson for the Obi, Datti Baba-Ahmed Presidential Organization, in a post via his Twitter handle. He wrote, “The Labour Party has appointed Engr Balami Isaac David as Senior Special Adviser to the Labour Party National Chairman on Presidential Campaign Matters, Fundraising and Grassroots Mobilization . Congratulations. We keep moving Obidently & Yusfuly.” Meanwhile, the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi,…
All Progressives Congress (APC) Senatorial candidate for Oyo South District, Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli has claimed states with governors from the same political party as the President, enjoy dividends of democracy more than others in the country. Alli, a former Secretary to the Oyo State government made the claims at a meeting with hundreds of Mokola market community in Ibadan on Thursday. The former Chairman of Ibadan North Local Government Area advised the electorate in the state to vote for APC candidates across board so as to enjoy full dividends of democracy from the various tiers of government. Alli appealed to…
As the forthcoming presidential election inches closer, President Muhammadu Buhari has warned foreign nations to stay clear of meddling in Nigeria’s election. Buhari issued this warning on Thursday while receiving Letters of Credence from Ambassadors of Sweden, Switzerland, the Republic of Ireland, the Kingdom of Thailand, the Republic of Senegal and the Republic of South Sudan in Abuja. According to a statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Buhari urged ambassadors to be guided by diplomatic practice and go about their duties professionally. “As Nigerians prepare to elect another government at the general elections…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed a Certificate Forgery suit instituted against the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, by the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for want of merit and jurisdiction. Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo, while dismissing the suit, held that PDP’s case was baseless, unwarranted and constituted a gross abuse of the court. The PDP had sued the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq and the All Progressives Congress APC as the 1st to 3rd defendants, respectively. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1324/2022, PDP had prayed that the Governor and APC be disqualified from…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is enraged over a claim trailing his backing of Peter Obi to win the 2023 presidential election. The former Head of State endorsed the Labour Party (LP) flagbearer in a lengthy letter to Nigerians on January 1. “My dear young men and women, you must come together and bring about a truly meaningful change in your lives. “If you fail to redeem yourself and your country, you will have lost the opportunity and will have no one to blame but yourselves and posterity will not forgive you”, he stated. The open declaration, widely considered a major…
The former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan has said the world is ready to receive the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, adding that Nigerians have already come to terms with it. Ologbondiyan, a spokesperson for the Atiku, Okowa campaign organization said Nigerians believe Atiku has the understanding, experience and wisdom to govern the country. He made the assertion on Thursday while fielding questions on Arise Television’s News programme. He said Atiku is the most well-received candidate among all the candidates contesting for the presidency. “The latest understanding that anybody who understands political analysis will…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, has stated that the ”calm, articulate and brilliant” attitude of the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa was considered for his selection as the running mate for the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 general election. He also noted that aside from the governor’s disposition, the national leadership of the party has decided to “reward” Delta State with the keenly contested position after the PDP presidential primary in May 2022. Speaking on Wednesday in Warri North Local Government Area of the State during the inauguration of the Ogheye Floating Market, Ayu accused…
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu on Wednesday aimed a dig at former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his erstwhile Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. Tinubu spoke at the Michael Okpara Square in Enugu during a presidential campaign rally of the APC. Obasanjo had a few days ago endorsed Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party for the number one position in the country. But in his speech, Tinubu said both Obasanjo, Atiku and his party, PDP, should be ashamed of themselves. While hailing the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for completing the second Niger Bridge, Tinubu said,…
The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has condemned in strong terms the alleged destruction of its campaign vehicles and other public properties by thugs during the party’s rally on Monday. The party lamented that the rally embarked upon by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State on Monday caused a lot of damages to the State through thuggery activities. Addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Gusau, the State capital, the publicity secretary of the APC, Mallam Yusuf Idris Gusau said the coming of the PDP governorship candidate, Dr. Dauda Lawal Dare into the State made…
There are permutations that the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, may split Northern votes in favour of their All Progressives Congress, APC, counterpart, Bola Tinubu. InfoStride News reports that Kwankwaso enjoys a large followership in the North through his Kwankwasiyya group, which has its base in Kano State. Like Kwankwaso, Atiku also enjoys a large followership in the North, a situation that could lead to the split of Northern votes during the February elections. But observers say while Kwankwaso and Atiku will split the Northern votes,…
The Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the APC presidential rally held Wednesday in Enugu as a “monumental flop.” A statement issued on Thursday by the Director of Communications and Spokesperson of the Enugu PDP Campaign Council, Barr. Nana Ogbodo, noted that the boycott of the presidential rally by notable leaders of the party in the State, have further validated its position that the crisis and recent protest against the State Chairman of the party, Chief Ugochukwu Agballah, and the governorship candidate, Chief Uche Nnaji, in Abuja is squarely a fight between angry and deprived…
North Korea’s spike in missile tests, growing nuclear ambitions and other provocative acts pose a serious threat that could lead to a dangerous miscalculation and spark a wider conflict, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday. Speaking with The Associated Press at the presidential office in Seoul, the conservative leader reiterated his call for closer security cooperation with the United States and Japan to counter the dangerous situation being created by North Korea as he played down the prospect for direct negotiations like those pursued by his liberal predecessor. We’ve seen a miscalculation leading to serious wars many times…