A US. official in Syria on Friday called for an immediate de-escalation following days of deadly airstrikes and shelling along the Syria-Turkey border, saying the actions destabilise the region and undermine the fight against the Islamic State group. Turkey this week launched a wave of airstrikes on suspected Kurdish rebels hiding in neighbouring Syria and Iraq, in retaliation for a deadly Nov. 13 bombing in Istanbul that Ankara blames on the Kurdish groups. The groups have denied involvement in the bombing and say the Turkish strikes have killed civilians and threatened the anti-IS fight. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
The Social Democratic Party, SDP, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of targeting Prince Adebayo Adewole, its (SDP) presidential candidate for the 2023 election. Addressing the press in Abuja on Friday, the Director-General of the SDP Presidential Campaign Council and former Minister, Solomon Dalung, also described President Muhammadu Buhari as the number one victim of kidnap because Nigerians can no longer have access to their President. The SDP, which is one of the oldest political parties in the country, also called on Nigerians to vote for integrity and purposeful leadership come 2023. SDP warned of an alleged attempt…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the South-East demand for a President from the region in 2023, is morally right and timely. Mr Chukwubuikem Uloka, Deputy Director, Media and Publicity of PDP Presidential Campaign Management Committee, said this in a statement in Awka. “It is comprehensible that the Southeast is demanding a president from the region in 2023; we all agree that such demand is morally right and timely,” he said. The PDP publicity secretary said though there was a growing sentiment in favour of the President from the Southeast geopolitical zone, the reality on ground in terms of national…
The Enugu Good Governance Group has accused the Labour Party (LP) and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) of playing politics with insecurity in the State. The group, which was reacting to the announcement of suspension of campaign by the two parties over what they termed security concerns following recent attack on communities in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area (LGA) of the State by suspected herdsmen, maintained that LP and APGA could not have suspended what they had not begun in the first place. This was contained in a press statement issued by the Enugu Good Governance Group on Friday, saying…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has said it would be a disgrace for him to mention the name of his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Peter Obi. Tinubu stated this while speaking at a rally in Gbaramatu, Delta state on Friday. According to the former Lagos governor, the “wrong statistics” from Obi are not what Nigeria currently needs. Tinubu went on to describe himself as one of “a few” presidential candidates still in the race. He said: “As I stand before you, there are a few of us left running. One says he is Atiku.…
Elon Musk said Friday night that he would support Ron DeSantis, the Republican governor of Florida, if he ran for president in 2024. Musk, in a series of Twitter exchanges, elaborated somewhat on his political views, saying, “My preference for the 2024 presidency is someone sensible and centrist. I had hoped that would the case for the Biden administration, but have been disappointed so far.” He called himself a “significant supporter of the Obama-Biden presidency and (reluctantly) voted for Biden over Trump.” When one of the people he was tweeting with asked if he’d back DeSantis in the next presidential…
The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress, APC, says its flag bearer, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will not honour the third edition of the presidential town hall meeting hosted by Arise Television. This was contained in a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media & Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council. The announcement is coming on the heels of the recent withdrawal by the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate and his running mate, Atiku Abubakar and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, from a similar town hall meeting, “The Candidate” hosted by Original Daria Media concept, Nigerian Television Authority and MacArthur Foundation. Recall that…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Segun Showunmi, said he remains the governorship candidate of the party in the state. Showunmi’s comment is coming despite a judgment of the Federal High Court nullifying all PDP primary elections in Ogun State. It could be recalled that Showunmi, Jimi Lawal and some other aggrieved party members are in court to challenge the candidacy of Ladi Adebutu in Ogun. Currently, the PDP does not have candidates in the general elections, as the Independent National Electoral expunged its candidates from its list in obedience to the court judgment. The…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) said it would appeal the judgment of an Abeokuta Federal High Court, which nullified the nomination of Barr Biyi Otegbeye as the party’s governorship candidate in Ogun State. InfoStride News reported earlier that the court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to expunge the name of Otegbeye and those of the 26 ADC assembly candidates from its list of candidates for the 2023 general elections in Ogun. The court ruled that the party did not conduct a primary monitored by the INEC, saying this negated the electoral act. Reacting in a statement, the Ogun…
The Appeal Court sitting in Yola, the capital of Adamawa State, has dismissed an appeal filed by one of the aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirants for Taraba State. The aspirant, Professor Jerome Nyameh had dragged the party’s governorship candidate, Kefas Agbu before the Federal High Court shortly after the party’s guber primary. Nyameh, who alleged that the candidate neither purchased the Expression of Interest form nor the nomination form before the exercise, prayed the appellate court to nullify his victory the request which was never granted. Not comfortable with the ruling, Nyameh, through his counsel proceeded to the…
Ahead of the forthcoming presidential election in 2023, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said the country is going through troubled times, adding it has become difficult for parents to know where the next meal will come from. The former Anambra State governor disclosed that what the country is suffering today is a result of the cumulative effect of bad leadership over the years. Obi made the statement on Friday in Enugu while featuring as a guest at an event tagged “Shaping the Future” organised by Boys Champions, a civil society organisation. “Your country is going through troubled…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu today visited Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State as the Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, HRM Oboro Gbaraun II conferred on him the “Iyelawei” (a very important person) title of Gbaramatu Kingdom. The revered monarch also conferred on the Deputy Senate President the Ibe-Ikiowei (one who knows the road) title. Tinubun was received at the palace by the Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, HRM Oboro Gbaraun II and a cross-section of traditional rulers in Delta, Bayelsa, Cross Rivers, Rivers, Edo, Lagos and Anambra states…
The Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, has nullified the just concluded local government election conducted in Osun State. The local government poll was conducted on Saturday, October 15, 2022, by the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) under the Chairmanship of Segun Oladitan. Justice Ayo-Nathaniel Emmanuel of Federal High Court Osogbo on Friday had declared the local government election as illegal, null and void. He also added that the election was not conducted in consonance with the Electoral Act of 2022. He also ordered the local government chairmen and councillors who were sworn in after the…
Niger Delta activist Asari Dokubo has revealed the reason he opted for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the forthcoming 2023 presidential elections. Dokubo, who spoke on Friday while featuring in Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, said the APC presidential candidate is miles ahead of other contenders for the country’s top job. According to him, he threw his weight behind the former Lagos Governor because of his (Tinubu) track records. “For the presidential election, I am with Tinubu because I saw what he did in Lagos State and the legacies he left behind,” he said on…
One month on since Rishi Sunak took charge as Britain’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister, indications on Friday are that his popularity with the UK electorate remains on stronger ground than that of the governing Conservative Party. The 42-year-old former chancellor had pitched himself as a steady hand to steer the country’s economy through a tumultuous cost-of-living crisis in the wake of the COVID pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. With predecessor Liz Truss making the dubious history of being Britain’s shortest incumbent at 10 Downing Street after a disastrous unfunded mini-budget, his message of clamping down on inflation on a war…
An inquiry into a former Australian prime minister secretly appointing himself to multiple ministries recommended Friday that all such appointments be made public in future to preserve trust in government. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he would recommend his Cabinet accept all of the retired judge’s recommendations at a meeting next week. Albanese ordered the inquiry in August after revelations that his predecessor Prime Minister Scott Morrison had taken the unprecedented steps of appointing himself to five ministerial roles between March 2020 and May 2021, usually without the knowledge of the existing minister. The extraordinary power grab came to light…
The Lagos State Government has announced traffic diversion for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential and governorship candidates, Bola Tinubu and Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The event is slated for Saturday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere. The rallies will be held between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. according to Commissioner for Transportation, Frederic Oladeinde. Lagos residents were asked to plan their movement around Teslim Balogun Stadium, Funsho Williams Avenue and Alhaji Masha. Motorists on Funsho Williams/Western Avenue inward Lagos Island will be diverted to the Express Lanes at Barracks for people going to Costain, Apapa, Ijora, Victoria Island, Lagos Island,…
The camp of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has slammed the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Chairman, Adamu Abdullahi, over his concerns about using Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the 2023 general election. Dele Momodu, the PDP Director of Strategic Communications, said Adamu is jittery over using BVAS in the 2023 elections, adding that the ruling party is afraid that technology would expose them. The APC National Chairman had said Nigeria was not ready to use BVAS using elections. Adamu raised the concern while addressing a Commonwealth delegation on the 2023 general election in Abuja…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa State has boasted that it will relocate Governor Abdullahi Sule to Saudi Arabia after the 2023 elections. The State PDP chairman, Mr. Francis Orogu made the assertion on Thursday during a media dialogue in Karu Local Government Area of the State. According to Orogu, the governor lacked the capacity to ensure effective administration of the State. “The APC, by all indices, has failed our people; the coming election is therefore just a walkover for the PDP. By 2023, we will relocate him to Saudi Arabia,” the Chairman said. He assured that the PDP…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, has pledged to negotiate with all agitators in the Southeast amid Biafra agitation led by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Tinubu said the negotiation with all agitators would ensure peace in the Southeast if elected president in 2023. He made the pledge during Thursday’s APC presidential and governorship campaign rally in Ebonyi State. Tinubu insisted that negotiation was the best way for people to get their demands and complaints rather than resorting to violence. He also promised to invest in education if elected president.…