The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has promised $10b for the prosecution of youth employment and empowerment of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises if elected president in the 2023 general elections. He made the pledge in Ilorin on Thursday at the flag-off of his presidential campaign for the North Central geopolitical zone, held at the Metropolitan Square along Asa Dam Road. Atiku further promised to address the issues of insecurity and the poor economic situation of the country. He urged the party supporters and people of Kwara State to vote massively for PDP in…
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, has identified the biggest challenge the party will face in 2023. Fani-Kayode identified complacency as the biggest challenge the APC would face in 2023. The APC Presidential Campaign Council spokesperson disclosed this in his latest article. The former Aviation minister urged APC supporters to “struggle for every vote.” The APC chieftain also urged the ruling party not to allow “anything to divide” them. According to Fani-Kayode: “The biggest challenge that we face is complacency. “We must take nothing for granted, we must fight for every inch of space and we…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) will file an appeal at the Federal Appeal Court to challenge the action, activity and decision of the INEC in preparations for the 2023 general elections. The suit (No. FHC/KD/CS/116/2022) was earlier dismissed by the Federal High Court, Kaduna Judicial Division on 22nd November 2022 on the ground that the suit was statute-barred, as according to the court, the suit was challenging the erstwhile ward congresses for the election of delegates and primary elections of the APC conducted in April and May 2022 respectively. Briefing newsmen in Kaduna on Wednesday, the NNPP gubernatorial candidate…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday reversed the unlawful substitution of the Labour Party (LP) senatorial candidate for Enugu West Senatorial District, Honourable Chukwuma Amadi. The judge while reversing the unlawful substitution affirmed that Amadi remains the candidate of the party unless he withdraws his candidacy or occurrence of death. Delivering judgment in a suit instituted by Amadi against Labour Party to challenge his purported substitution, Justice Ekwo removed honourable Uchenna Ekwe, who was unlawfully nominated to replace the plaintiff. Justice Ekwo invoked sections 29, 31,32, 33 and 34 of the Electoral Act to nullify…
The project, costing approximately $500 million, was planned under the Sri Lankan governmentâs renewable push. Sri Lanka’s ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was issued a notice by the Supreme Court on Thursday over a presidential pardon granted by him to a former lawmaker of his party who was convicted in a murder of a party colleague in 2011. Rajapaksa, who pardoned Duminda Silva– a former parliamentarian from his Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party, has been issued a second summons since he left office in July this year. Silva who was sentenced to death in 2017 for involvement in the 2011…
Adetokunbo Pearse, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Committee member for Atiku Abubakar, has urged the party to expel Bode George. The chieftain accused the former Deputy National Chairman of anti-party activities. Pearse made this call at a news conference on Wednesday at the PDP secretariat in Lagos. His comments followed George’s meeting with five governors led by Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike. Wike, colleagues and other aggrieved stalwarts announced the formation of Integrity Group on Sunday. They reiterated their demand that National Chairman Iyorchia Ayu should resign for a Southerner to succeed him since Atiku hails from the North.…
Governor Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa State, on Wednesday, urged the electorate to vote for Sen. Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 for continuity. The governor said that voting for Tinubu was important in order to ensure that he continued with the road, rail line and other Federal Government projects initiated by President Muhammadu Buhari in the State. Badaru spoke in Gumel shortly after presenting flags to APC’s candidates contesting for various elective positions in Jigawa Northwest Senatorial District. He said that APC remained the only party trusted by people in the State and…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a request seeking to nullify the candidature of Bola Tinubu for the 2023 election. The Action Peoples Party (APP) dragged the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential flagbearer to court. Suit no. FHC/UM/CS/124/2022 joined the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the first defendant. The former Lagos governor is the second defendant, and the ruling APC the third defendant. The plaintiff argued that Tinubu allegedly submitted to the 1st defendant false information in his form EC9. They said he failed to include his primary and secondary education in his form CF001 of…
The Court of Appeal has fixed Thursday, November 24, to give judgment in the appeal against a high court ruling voiding the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State. The Federal High Court sitting in Yola had last month quashed the Adamawa APC governorship primary held in May, canceled the candidacy of Senator Aishatu Ahmed Binani who won that primary, and declared that the APC had no governorship candidate for the 2023 governorship election in the state. The APC, Binani, and Nuhu Ribadu, who instituted the original suit at the high court, had taken the case…
After Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly won in Brazil’s presidential elections last month, outgoing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has filed a petition to formally challenge the poll results, CNN reported. In the petition filed on November 22, Bolsonaro and the leaders of his Liberal Party claimed that some voting machines had malfunctioned and demanded the annulment of votes cast through them. Following the election results, Bolsonaro has not accepted his defeat in the presidential elections. However, he had said previously that he will continue to “fulfil all commandments of the constitution.” The complaint revealed that removing those votes…
The Supreme Court sitting in Abuja has struck out an appeal by Mr Mbam Ojemba Chikodili Fidelis challenging the victory of Senator Sam Egwu in the May 29 PDP primaries. Egwu a two-time ex-governor of Ebonyi State is seeking for reelection to represent Ebonyi North Senatorial District in the National Assembly for the third time. Recall that Ojemba, an aspirant in the last primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi State that took place at the People’s Club Abakaliki, lost out to Senator Egwu who secured the highest vote cast. DAILY POST gathered that Ojemba had since…
Counsel to former Gov. Segun Oni and SDP candidate in the last gubernatorial election in Ekiti state has told the Ekiti Governorship Election Tribunal that the All Progressive Congress, APC, had no candidate in the June 18 guber poll. Segun Oni said this on Wednesday in Ado -Ekiti, at the Ekiti Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, at its resumed hearing. The tribunal, led by Justice Wilfred Kpochi had resumed sitting for the lawyers of the petitioner and the respondents, to finally present their written addresses to the tribunal. Segun Oni who is the Social Democratic Party(SDP) governorship candidate in the June…
The deputy governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Ogun State, Shakirat Arowolo, has said women in Nigeria, Africa and the world at large should start clamouring for 50 per cent affirmative action, saying the usual 35 per cent is no longer tenable. According to Arowolo, women in Nigerian politics have been sidelined by their male counterparts, who considered them weak. Arowolo spoke in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, during the party’s campaign flag-off held at Adatan, Abeokuta. Arowolo called all women to stand up for their rights stating “it’s time to speak out.” She charged that…
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation of Nigeria, SGF, Babachir Lawal, has vowed to support the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the February election. Lawal, who is a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, explained that he would support Atiku because he can’t back the same-faith ticket. In an interview with BBC, the former SGF stressed that APC will not win the 2023 presidential election due to the same faith ticket. Lawal stressed that he and his followers are APC members but would not support Tinubu’s presidential ambition. The former SGF also disclosed…
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, says what Afenifere, the apex Yoruba socio-cultural group, is standing for today is the future of Nigeria. Obi made the statement on Wednesday during his presidential campaign rally in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Recall that the Elder statesman and leader of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, had endorsed the candidature of Obi for the 2023 presidential election. Adebanjo had repeatedly echoed his support for Obi. “It is no longer a tea party. Those who are there do not want to leave, but we will kick them out. I want…
Catholic Bishop of Kotangora Diocese, Niger State, Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna has called on Nigerians who are yet to be captured in the voters register to take advantage of the recent court ruling ordering Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to continue the suspended Continuous Voters Registration (CVR). Rev Bulus, who is the new Chairman of the Niger State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), made the call during his familiarization visit to the leadership of the Niger State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Correspondents Chapel in Minna. Speaking to journalists, he said: “As you already…
As the scramble for political positions hots up ahead of 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has disclosed that an aggregate of 234,037 voters are yet to claim their Permanent Voter Cards in Ekiti State. The new INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ekiti, Prof. Ayobami Salami, gave the revelation in Ado Ekiti, yesterday, during a visit to the Nigeria Union of Journalists’ Secretariat in Ado Ekiti. Salami stated that a total of 754,886 had collected their PVCs, out of 988,923 total registered voters in the state, which he said represents 24% of registration in the state. He…
The Court of Appeal Sokoto, Division, on Wednesday, delivered judgment in an appeal filed by the Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) and its candidate, Dauda Lawal Dare. This was contained in a statement signed and issued to newsmen in Gusau, the state capital by the State Commissioner of Information, Hon. Ibrahim Magaji Dosara. According to the statement, the appeal was against the judgment of the Federal High Court, Gusau delivered on 16/9/2022, which nullified the governorship primary election of the party for non-compliance with the provision of the Electoral Act 2022 and PDP guidelines for conduct…
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State said he has nothing to do with the legal travails of some governorship candidates of the opposition political parties in the state as being speculated. The Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is currently prosecuting the governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party, Senator Bassey Albert for graft and judgement is being expected a few days from now. Speaking at the commissioning of the two Airbus-A320-200 at the Victor Attah International Airport in Uyo, the governor said he knew nothing about any corruption case against the Senator saying that blackmailers should not rope…
The United States and its allies on Monday strongly condemned North Korea’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile test and called for action to limit its nuclear and missile programs, but Russia and China opposed any new pressure and sanctions on Pyongyang. US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council that the Biden administration will be circulating a proposed presidential statement, which would condemn North Korea “for all its unlawful ballistic missile launches and other dangerous and destabilizing activity,” as well as call for Pyongyang to abide by UN sanctions banning all ballistic missile and nuclear tests.…