Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has expressed hope that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu will win the 2023 election. Lalong said presidential candidates who flagged off their campaigns in Jos usually win the election. Tinubu will on November 15 flag off his presidential campaign in Jos, Plateau State. However, the governor said going by history, Tinubu will be Nigeria’s next president. He spoke after inspecting the Rwang Pam Stadium, Jos, the venue of the APC presidential campaign flag-off. The governor recalled that MKO Abiola and former President Olusegun Obasanjo both flagged off their presidential campaigns…
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The Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has vowed that nothing whatsoever will stop the party from forming the next government in the state irrespective of all odds. In an exclusive interview with the media in Gusau, the state capital, a chieftain of the party, Ibrahim Abubakar said that the APC should stop rejoicing that PDP will not go into the contest according to the ruling of the Federal High Court in Gusau, the state capital. According to him: “I want you to know now that we have gone to Appeal Court because the Federal High Court has…
The Democrats will retain majority control of the US Senate with two of its candidates projected to win their pivotal races against Republican rivals, in a major boost to President Joe Biden, who welcomed the election results on Sunday, saying he was feeling “good” and looking forward to the second half of his term to fulfil the promises made to the American people. Biden’s Democratic Party defied the historical trend of midterm elections breaking against parties in power, cementing its majority in the upper chamber of the US Congress. In the November 8 midterm election, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto from…
An Uyo Federal High Court has nullified the election of Akanimo Udofia as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State. Justice Agatha Okeke, who delivered the judgement ordered the APC to conduct a fresh governorship primary election within 14 days. The case was filed by a former senator, Ita Enang, who claimed that he was the validly elected candidate of the APC in Akwa Ibom. Justice Okeke concurred with Mr Enang’s argument, and ruled that Udofia was not a member of the APC as he did not participate in all the stages of the…
The supporters of former Governor Abdulaziz Yari have declared that they are only interested in voting for the APC presidential candidate, Senator Bola Ahmed. The supporters made this declaration on Sunday at Talata-Mafara town where they received the former governor who is now APC Zamfara West senatorial candidate. According to them, they were in APC at present and would not accept to vote for anybody under duress, pointing out that there are great differences between democracy and military rule. “We can vote for someone that has our interest at heart. Time has gone when we used to vote in the…
Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) in Enugu State, Casmir Agbo, has disclosed that the party is waiting for directives from its headquarters to conduct a fresh gubernatorial primary. Agbo made this known on Monday in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu. Recall that an Abuja Federal High Court had ordered a fresh gubernatorial primary in Enugu State. This was sequel to a suit brought by Mr Everest Nnaji challenging the emergence of Mr Chijioke Edeoga as the LP candidate. “We are waiting for directives from our national office to conduct a fresh primary…
There are indications that the current internal wranglings in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, may not be over any time soon. This is following the invitation by the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, to commission one of the projects executed by his administration in the state. The announcement was disclosed by Dr Yunusa Tanko, spokesperson for the Obi/Datti presidential campaign. Recall that Governor Wike is not new to inviting members from the opposition, especially from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to commission projects in his State. An act, which…
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to “call out Putin’s regime” at this year’s G20 over the Russia-Ukraine conflict as he leaves for Indonesia for the annual summit on Sunday. The Group of 20 (G20) of the world’s biggest economies will bring together world leaders, where Sunak is expected to hold his first meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi since taking charge as the UK’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister last month. India’s year-long presidency of the G20 will kick off from December 1. “(Vladimir) Putin’s war has caused devastation around the world destroying lives and plunging the international economy…
Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political commentator, on Sunday, said the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, would be blamed for the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. Adeyanju said the political class would blame Obi if the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu wins in 2023. He noted that the former Anambra State governor was not running for the presidency but against Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In a tweet, the Abuja-based activist pointed out that Obi would become a political outcast after the 2023 elections. He wrote: “Peter Obi is not running for president.…
The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu would win the 2023 presidential election and retire the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar to Dubai. Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Bayo Onanuga, stated this in a Facebook post on Sunday while reacting to PDP spokesman, Debo Ologunagba. Ologunagba, while addressing the press on Sunday in Abuja, quoted Section 137 of the 1999 constitution and demanded that Tinubu should step down. He claimed that by the provision, Tinubu was not eligible to contest…
A founding member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Director General of the Voice of Nigeria, VON, Osita Okechukwu, has berated the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar over his 2023 ambition. Osita said it was unpatriotic to the Southern part of Nigeria for a Northern to insist on succeeding President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. He said the Northern push for presidency was the major factor preventing the reconciliation between Atiku and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State-led group. Wike and some aggrieved governors on the PDP platform are aggrieved with the party leadership since Atiku emerged…
Former Zamfara State Governor and Zamfara West Senatorial candidate on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, assured his teeming supporters in the state that he was still a member of the APC. Yari stated this during a rally he organized at his Talata-Mafara country home to assure his supporters that formidable strategies have been put in place to kick-start his campaign in a grandstyle. He, however, assured that there would be nothing like politics of bitterness, saying that his campaign committee would guide his supporters on how to behave themselves during the campaign periods. Speaking earlier,…
The decision for the appointment of the next army chief of Pakistan will be made in London, claimed former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday as he slammed both PM Shehbaz Sharif, who is in the UK to meet his elder brother Nawaz Sharif, and Nawaz himself. “Today, a spectacle is taking place in London. Nowhere does such a scene takes place. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in London. What is the purpose of the meeting? Talks are being held on the decision to choose the Pakistan army chief,” said the PTI chief, in a video posted on his party’s…
The Labour Party, LP, residential candidate, Peter Obi, has been accused of contributing to the high unemployment rate in Nigeria. Former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, said Obi contributed to Nigeria’s unemployment by importing finished goods. The All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial candidate for Edo North, made the assertion during the flag-off of his campaign in the Auchi area of the State over the weekend. “Obi owns the biggest shopping mall in Abuja and all the items sold there are imported. “If he is selling imported wines, clothes and other items, he is contributing to why Nigeria is going down…
As Nigeria inches closer to the 2023 presidential elections, some electorates are still itching to see their spiritual leaders like pastors and Imams play a major role in deciding who they will vote for. Spiritual leaders usually urge their followers to vote for certain candidates based on conviction and prophecies. The 2023 general elections might not be an exception. InfoStride News reports that prior to the 2015 elections, the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Rev Father Ejike Mbaka, had prophesied the emergence of Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s president. Despite backlash from Nigerians, Mbaka had insisted that Buhari would win…
Following the presidential rally held by Labour Party, LP, in Edo State on Friday, members of the party have been urged to vote massively for the party’s flagbearers in the forthcoming general elections, stressing that Obi’s presidency would lead to Nigeria’s progress. The call was contained in a statement signed by Moses Ogidi-Paul, a member of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign team, who said: “Nigeria, is experiencing the best of times in its political history which will clock a century next year with general elections held for the first time on 20th September 1923.” Continuing, the LP chieftain noted: “Since…
Former governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has called on members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state to support the presidential and vice presidential candidates of the party in the forthcoming 2023 elections. Uduaghan made the call during a remark at the PDP Delta South Leadership meeting held at his residence in Warri, Delta State. The PDP Delta South Leadership held the meeting to flag off its ward-to-ward campaign for the 2023 general elections. Dr Uduaghan said the meeting is a major “reconciliation meeting” for the party. “I want to plead with us. Make we be…
President Joe Biden promised on Saturday that the United States would work with a strategically vital coalition of southeast Asian nations, telling leaders that we’re going to build a better future that we all want to see in the region where US rival China is also working to expand its influence. Citing the three Association of Southeast Asian Nations summits he’s participated in as president, Biden said the 10-country bloc is at the heart of my administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy and promised to collaborate to build a region that is free and open, stable and prosperous, resilient and secure. I look…
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appears to be over after the leadership of the party reached a truce with the PDP G5 governors. Members of the PDP G5 Governors, led by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, have been at loggerheads with Atiku, after Wike failed to win the party’s presidential ticket. Other members of the G5 are: Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State. The G5 were also unhappy that Atiku rejected Wike as running mate and are demanding the…
Presidential flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has described the crisis rocking the party as family quarrel. The former vice president made the assertion on Friday after a closed door meeting with the former military president Ibrahim Babangida at his uphill home in Niger State. Speaking with journalists after the meeting, Atiku expressed optimism that the crisis rocking the party will be resolved before the February election. He said, “We have always engaged the five governors and we will continue to engage them. This is a family quarrel and we believe that we will resolve it before…