Former Presidential candidate, Kingsley Moghalu has called on Nigerians to assert their position as the real owners of the country come 2023. Moghalu said “a mighty wind” will blow in the country following the next year’s elections. He made the statement in a post via his verified Twitter handle. The Former deputy governor of the Central Bank also said that Nigerians deserve a better life and not suffering. He wrote, “A mighty wind will blow in Nigeria in 2023. Let Nigerians rise up peacefully and declare their real “independence” and ownership of our country and our destiny as a people…
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), Dr Abiola Oshodi, says the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will not fall to a planned embarrassment in the name of debate. Oshodi, the Vice Chairman of the APC in Canada, stated that the party and its candidate would not dance to the tune of their political adversaries. Oshodi, a member of the APC Presidential Campaign Committee Sustainable Development for Nigeria Directorate, said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on a telephone on Monday. He said the party’s presidential candidate was not running from…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) governorship candidate for Taraba State, Professor Sani Yahaya, has warned eligible voters against selling their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) for mere peanuts. The appeal came on Monday in Mutum-Biyu, the administrative headquarters of Gassol Council, shortly after the flag-off of the party’s governorship campaign. He said, “I urge you not to sell your votes for money because the money would finish within a short time but the suffering would be for a long time. You will regret it later”. The candidate said, “It is only by doing so that we will defend what we…
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Mohammed Matawalle has refuted allegations by the State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that its members are being persecuted in the state. The Governor called for peaceful political activities in the state, saying that political frictions would not bring peace or progress. He insisted that the state government did not join forces with the police to arrest chieftains of the opposition party nor throw them in prison without any concrete reason. “The accusations were unfounded and baseless and cannot be accepted”, he said Matawalle explained that anyone who has been arrested must have done…
President Joe Biden is set to play host to dozens of African leaders in Washington this week as the White House looks to narrow a gaping trust gap with Africa one that has grown wider over years of frustration about America’s commitment to the continent. In the lead-up to the three-day U.S-Africa Leaders Summit that begins Tuesday, Biden administration officials played down their increasing concern about the clout of China and Russia in Africa, which is home to more than 1.3 billion people. Instead, administration officials tried to put the focus on their efforts to improve cooperation with African leaders.…
As the 2023 general elections draw closer, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has promised to put an end to the challenge of insecurity currently plaguing the country if elected president of Nigeria in the 2023 presidential election. Kwankwaso also assured that as president, he will value the life of every Nigerian and also promised to tackle the unrest in some sections of the country. He stated this in Osun on Saturday during a courtesy visit to the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi. The NNPP presidential candidate who disclosed that the purpose…
Major stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, gathered on Saturday in the Coal City capital drumming support for the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The event was the official inauguration of the Enugu State local government Independent Campaign Council, ICC, for Tinubu-Shettima presidential campaign. Those present were ex-Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani, immediate past Chairman of the APC in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye, and a veteran politician, Gbazuagu Nweke Gbazuagu, fondly known as (GNG). They urged Enugu and the nation’s electorate to vote for Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Shettima Kashim, declaring that…
President Muhammadu Buhari has told leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to unite to avoid defeat in. Buhari said APC leaders must foster cooperation among themselves to ensure victory in 2023. He gave the charge in his hometown of Daura, Katsina State, and was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, yesterday. The president had received the APC governorship candidate in Katsina State, Dikko Radda and his running mate, Faruk Jobe, at his residence. However, in the statement titled “To succeed at elections, President Buhari asks APC to unify its ranks,” Buhari said party leaders need…
The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has described God as his first structure. This was as Obi said human beings are his second structure. He spoke at the first and second convocation ceremonies of the Dominican University in Ibadan, Oyo State. Obi lamented that the structure within the political circle was that of criminality and underdevelopment. He insisted that the political structures in Nigeria were responsible for the country’s challenges. According to Obi: “My number one structure is God, the number two is human being, and you people are my structure because you believe in me and in…
Russia is said to have offered to help India overcome the oil price cap, which has been imposed by Western nations on the world’s largest country. “In order not to depend on the ban on insurance services and tanker chartering in the European Union and Britain, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexander Novak has offered India cooperation on leasing and building large-capacity ships,” reports quoting the Russian embassy in New Delhi said. Novak met Indian Ambassador to Moscow Pavan Kapoor on Friday, as per the statement. “In the first eight months of 2022, Russian oil exports to India grew to…
The younger brother to former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, Isaac, has suggested why it’s stressful for Yorubas to support the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Fayose said Igbos don’t trust Yorubas, hence it’s stressful to support Obi’s presidential ambition. He lamented that despite donating personally to Obi’s campaign, they still don’t trust him. In a Facebook post, Fayose wrote: “Supporting Peter Obi is so stressful for a Yoruba person. “The Igbos don’t trust themselves so how do I even expect them to trust me? “I gave my hotel, Time, money, sometimes my food bank and my space.…
Offor Okorie, the Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Abia State, has lambasted the factional leader of the party in the state, Ikechi Emenike, over his recent activities despite a court judgement sacking him as the party’s governorship candidate. This comes weeks after a federal high court presided over by Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako in Abuja had sacked Emenike and affirmed the immediate past Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Dr Uche Sampson Ogah, as the party’s authentic candidate. The court held that the indirect primary election, which produced Emenike, was in total disobedience to a letter…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State on Saturday inaugurated its campaign council. In the list sent to the media, former Governor Segun Osoba was named the Grand Patron, while Governor Dapo Abiodun is the Chairman. Ex-Governor Gbenga Daniel, who is also the Ogun East senatorial candidate of the APC, is the Deputy Director General (Ogun East). However, the immediate past Governor of the State, Ibikunle Amosun, is not on the committee. Amosun, who is a presidential aspirant of the APC and incumbent Senator representing Ogun Central, is a member of the Bola…
The Labour Party’s (LP) spokesperson for the Presidential Campaign Council, Yunusa Tanko, says party supporters may resort to defending themselves if unprovoked attacks on its supporters don’t stop. Tanko disclosed this on Friday in post via his Twitter handle. The Labour Party chieftain was making reference to an attack on the Woman Leader of its Presidential Campaign Council, in Kebbi State, Mrs Florence Ibrahim and other attacks in some states. It was reported that thugs attacked and burnt her food vending business on the 25th of November, due to her uncompromising position with opposition in Kebbi State. Tanko wrote, “I…
When Pedro Castillo won Peru’s presidency last year, it was celebrated as a victory by the country’s poor the peasants and Indigenous people who live deep in the Andes and whose struggles had long been ignored. His supporters hoped Castillo, a populist outsider of humble roots, would redress their plight or at least end their invisibility. But during 17 months in office before being ousted and detained on Wednesday, supporters instead saw Castillo face the racism and discrimination they often experience. He was mocked for wearing a traditional hat and poncho, ridiculed for his accent and criticised for incorporating Indigenous…
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has received more than 250 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), who defected to the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Fune local government area of the state. Receiving the decampees, Gov. Buni, represented by his Deputy, Idi Barde Gubana described the development as a great loss to the opposition. He assured the new entrants that the party would accord them equal rights and opportunities as other members, saying the “APC believes in one united Nigeria, contrary to PDP”. In his remarks, the state party chairman, Mohammed Gadaka who congratulated the defectors for joining…
Reno Omokri, a socio-political crusader, has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu is better than the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi. Omokri said Tinubu was better than Obi and most Nigerian politicians regarding leadership. He explained that the APC flag bearer has a better performance record than Obi. In a tweet, Omokri noted that Tinubu has the capacity to listen to his subordinates. He wrote: “Tinubu is not a bad leader. He is actually a better leader than most Nigerian politicians. He has the capacity to listen to subordinates. “He also has a much better performance…
Femi Fani-Kayode, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, has said the Chatham House outing by the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, shows how competent his team is. Fani-Kayode made the statement on Friday while appearing on the Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. He dismissed the idea that the APC flag bearer’s action was because he could not answer those questions. “He was proving to the world that Nigeria has not only capable leaders like himself but also capable disciples, those with him at Chatham House and back here in Nigeria that would form part of…
The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday confirmed Dave Umahi, the Governor of Ebonyi State, the authentic candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, for the Ebonyi South Senatorial District election. The five-man panel led by Justice Kudirat Ekekere-Ekun, in a unanimous decision, dismissed an appeal that was filed by Princess Ann Agom-Eze, an aggrieved aspirant for the senatorial seat. The panel held that the appeal lacked merit and ought to be dismissed. Recall that Agom-Eze had asked the court to set aside the concurrent judgments of both the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which…
Russian forces attacked settlements in eastern Ukraine from the ground and air, officials said on Thursday, in support of the Kremlin’s apparently scaled-back ambition of only securing the bulk of Ukrainian lands it has claimed in the war. This came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrated seizing territory during the nine-month war, saying Russia had already achieved a “significant result” with the acquisition of “new territories” in Ukraine — a reference to the annexation of four partly occupied regions in September that Kyiv and most members of the United Nations condemned as illegal. Fighting was underway along the…