Former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Kingsley Moghalu, has said illiteracy and poverty will have an influence on the outcome of the forthcoming general elections in 2023. Moghalu also said the number of people vulnerable to poverty and illiteracy is still more than those who are not. The former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, disclosed this in a post via his verified Twitter handle. He said that young people could determine the direction of the election if they turn out in overwhelming numbers and vote predominantly in any particular direction. He wrote, “Nigerian…
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The deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democractic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Hon. Adekunle Akinlade, has revealed that the party returned to the ballot to contest the 2023 general elections in Ogun State as a result of the new electoral law. According to Akinlade, candidates of the PDP in Ogun, who were sacked by an Abeokuta Federal High Court on September 27 would not have been able to contest in the 2023 elections if not for the provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act. Akinlade stated that the new law would make rigging impossible for the All Progressives Congress (APC)…
The Imo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Friday, said it has concluded plans to host its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar who would be in Owerri, Imo State capital for his campaign on Saturday. The opposition Party’s Publicity Secretary, Collins Opurozor who disclosed this to the media in Owerri, Imo State capital, said the Presidential Campaign Rally in the State scheduled for Saturday, would hold as planned at Ndubuisi Kanu Square in Owerri. PDP explained that weeding out APC is a task Imo people are irreversibly committed to. PDP said what is to be further noted is…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has disclosed what Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State told him during his visit. Atiku disclosed that Soludo expressed the belief that he would work if elected Nigeria’s president. He spoke at the PDP campaign at Alex Ekwueme square in the State on Thursday. Atiku also promised to make Onitsha Port functional if elected president. Atiku said: ”On our arrival today, we visited Governor Soludo and he said to me that he believes that I will work when I win. “So, he urged me to reconstruct all the federal roads and…
Israel’s designated prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday vowed to seek full diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia once he takes office, claiming that doing so would also promote peace with the Palestinians. Netanyahu also said he would be open to restarting behind-the-scenes peace talks with the Palestinians. The comments, made in a rare interview with an Arab news outlet, the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya news channel, appeared to be aimed at easing concerns over the far-right makeup of the government that Netanyahu is forming. He has already reached a series of coalition agreements with hard-liners who favour tougher action against Palestinian militants,…
The Coalition of Oodua Self Determination Groups (COSEG) and other Ethnic Nationality Groups on Wednesday, endorsed Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State for a second term in office. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is seeking reelection in the 2023 general elections Speaking at an event to adopt Sanwo-Olu’s re-election, Mr Dayo Ogunlana, on behalf of the coalition, said the reelection of the Lagos state governor was desirable. Ogunlana said the endorsement would set the pace for Oodua people in all strata of the society to know the reasons why Sanwo-Olu…
The campaign council said Tinubu hurriedly left the rally ground to attend to other programmes. Bayo Onanuga, the Director, Media and Publicity, All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC), has shut down rumours that presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was rushed off the stage due to health concerns at his Minna rally. InfoStride News reports that Tinubu’s campaign trail moved to the Niger State capital on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. Meanwhile, the former Lagos State Governor only made a brief appearance on stage without making any long speech. This is unusual for a rally of such magnitude and speculations were…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has urged people of Ilaje constituency 1 to shun party affiliation and vote for competence in the 2023 House of Assembly election. Mr Tola Alabere, PDP State Deputy Chairman said this in a statement on Thursday in Akure. Alabere said that Prince Kayode Ehinlanwo, who was chosen as a consensus candidate by the party in the constituency had the capacity to fight for their interests at the house of assembly, if elected. According to him, this is the right time for the people to vote a legislator whose leadership skill is imaginative,…
The Labour Party has announced the postponement of its presidential campaign rallies scheduled to hold in Ekiti and Ondo states. The party blamed unavoidable and unusual circumstances beyond its control for the postponement. The Labour Party announced this in a terse statement on Wednesday, December 1, 2022. It, however, promised to announce new dates for its rally in the states. twitter.com “Due to some unavoidable and unusual circumstances beyond control, our earlier scheduled presidential campaign rally in Ekiti and Ondo for 15th and 16th December 2023 are hereby postponed. A new date will be announced. We regret the inconvenience caused…
President of the United States, Joe Biden has advised President Muhammadu Buhari and the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against adopting a partisanship posture in next year’s general elections. Biden, however, praised Buhari over what he described as efforts in deepening democracy not only in Nigeria, but also in Africa. The US President admonished Buhari in Washington, on Wednesday, while interacting with leaders of six African countries slated to have elections in 2023 on the sidelines of the US-Africa Leaders Summit taking place in the US Capital. Biden revealed that he had followed the personality traits of…
The chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, in Kaduna State, Mr Ben Kure, on Thursday, said he has resigned from his position because the party has derailed. Speaking at a news conference in Kaduna on Thursday, Kure said though, he has high regard for the party’s presidential candidate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, he is no longer a member of the party. Kure while expressing his grievances to quit the party, noted that NNPP is not fully on ground in Kaduna State adding that one cannot be a gubernatorial candidate and want to run the party. According to him, several…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has pledged to give Ndigbo a new lease of life if elected president in 2023. Atiku who was in Anambra to canvass for votes said he would improve the South East geopolitical zone through security of lives and property, economic boom, and guaranteed infrastructural development. He specifically pledged to dredge the River Niger to help boost trade and economic growth of the commercial people of the Southeast, activate the Onitsha Port and embark on massive construction of roads in Anambra State and other parts of the geopolitical zone.…
The national secretariat of the Labour Party has reportedly queried the Kogi State chapter of the party over the poor outing that greeted the campaign rally of the party’s presidential and vice presidential candidates, Peter Obi and Baba Ahmed-Datti respectively on Tuesday. Sources told the media the query was sent to the state chairman, Abdul Ahmed and members of the state executives asking them to explain how they utilized the funds earmarked for the rally. It was gathered that most of the attendees, mobilized from neighbouring Enugu State to Lokoja for the rally, invaded the Ganaja Road secretariat of the…
The APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been assured of getting 40 million votes even as he is declared hale and hearty to cover more grounds daily to campaign for his election next year. APC National Women Leader Dr Betta Edu made this statement in Calabar while speaking about the national tour by Tinubu and concerns raised about his state of health and ability to finish his campaign exercises before the actual election in February next year. “Our Presidential candidate is holding rallies back to back; he is holding long hours of consultative meetings till as late as…
The US has charged five Russian nationals, including a suspected Federal Security Service (FSB) officer, and two Americans for allegedly conspiring to obtain military-grade and dual-use technologies from US companies for Russia’s defence sector, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced. In an official statement issued on Tuesday, the DOJ said a 16-count indictment was unsealed on Tuesday in Brooklyn Federal Court in New York City. The seven persons are Yevgeniy Grinin, 44, of Moscow; Aleksey Ippolitov, 57, of Moscow; Boris Livshits, 52, of St. Petersburg; Svetlana Skvortsova, 41, of Moscow; Vadim Konoshchenok, 48, of St. Petersburg; Alexey Brayman, 35, of…
As the 2023 presidential election hots up, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed assurance that its presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu will win in the Southwest with a landslide victory. According to the ruling party through its National Vice Chairman (South West), Isaac Kekemeke, APC will conquer the entire six states within the region. While speaking within newsmen in Akure, Ondo State capital, Kekemeke stated that the disunity within the APC fold in the runup to the 2019 poll made the party to lose to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo and Osun states in the 2019. Kekemeke,…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has promised to move Nigeria from a consuming nation to producing nation. Peter Obi was speaking on Tuesday while addressing a campaign rally at Confluence Stadium, Lokoja. According to him: “It is a promise, for I and my team are prepared to be held accountable for that, we will move Nigeria from a consuming nation to a consuming one. We will make sure that production starts from a local level, we will increase the minimum wage since the minimum wage today can hardly sustain workers, and we should be able to…
The Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by one of the governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Ojukaye Flag-Amachree against the judgment of the Federal High Court in a matter filed by one George Orlu and four others against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and the APC. Flag-Amachree had approached the Appeal Court arguing that George Orlu and the others who filed the suit at the High Court did not participate in the primaries and as such if the winner of the primaries Tonye Cole is found incompetent…
A prominent member and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has said he will not vote for his party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in next year’s presidential election, unless the issue of inclusivity in the party is addressed. George disclosed this on Tuesday morning while featuring on the Arise Television Morning Show programme. Recall that he had supported the call for Iyorchia Ayu to step down from his position as the party’s National Chairman, saying the lingering crisis bedevilling the party might cause its defeat in the 2023 presidential election. “Until this party returns to the founding…
An all-party meeting convened by President Ranil Wickremesinghe has discussed the 13th Amendment to Sri Lanka’s Constitution as mooted by India to resolve the long-standing demand for political autonomy for the minority Tamils in the island nation, political leaders said on Wednesday. The Tamil parties which participated in the meeting on Tuesday urged the government to hold the northern provincial council election. The 13A is already a part of the Constitution and it is a point that most parties agreed to, Tamil Progressive Alliance (TNA) leader Mano Ganesan told PTI. Ganesan, who represents mostly the Western province-based Tamils of Indian…