A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, has mocked a former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye over his gaffe in Maiduguri, Borno State. Addressing a presidential rally in Maiduguri, yesterday, Melaye mistakenly urged them to vote for the APC. Melaye spoke while alleging that the APC presidential campaign team was attacked while enroute the State. Reports had it that some unknown gunmen allegedly attacked Atiku’s convoy in Maiduguri. He said: “46 cars have been damaged, and I just got a report that 70 people are in the hospital, but the people of Borno have decided that they…
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It was supposed to be a red wave that former President Donald Trump could triumphantly ride to the Republican nomination as he prepares to launch another White House run. Instead, Tuesday night’s disappointing results for the GOP are raising new questions about Trump’s appeal and the future of a party that has fully embraced him, seemingly at its peril, while at the same time giving new momentum to his most potent potential rival. Indeed, some allies were calling on Trump to delay his planned announcement next week, saying the party’s full focus needs to be on Georgia, where Trump-backed football…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as a sinking boat that cannot be rescued. The Jigawa State PDP Secretary, Isa Bello Gwadayi stated this while responding to the report of the defection of some PDP members to the APC in Buji Local Government. He said Buji Local Government Area is a stronghold of the PDP and there was no way such people could defect to the APC. He explained that Nigerians are tired of the APC and are ready to vote it out in the coming 2023 general election. According to him, “The…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential campaign team has been linked to the documents alleging that the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, was involved in drug trafficking and money laundering. Festus Keyamo, the spokesman of the APC presidential campaign council, alleged that the recent trip of the PDP’s presidential campaign team to the United States, US, was behind the controversial court document reportedly indicting Tinubu. Appearing on Channels Television, Politics Today on Wednesday, Keyamo insisted that the US government never indicted or convicted Tinubu. Recall that PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, led some of his campaign team…
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State are currently in a state of confusion over who to vote for in the 2023 presidential election. The development is owing to a clash of interest among the party leaders in the State. The confusion is coming at a time the G-5 Governors, including the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde are moving round the country galvanising support against Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the PDP. InfoStride News reports that a former Vice President, Atiku, emerged as the presidential candidate of the party. Atiku, a native of Adamawa is married…
The Jigawa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Wednesday debunked media reports that about 1,500 of its members have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Isa Bello Gwadayi, the party’s Secretary described the report as falsehood being perpetrated by those who have been caught by the wind of change that would soon blow in the state. The Secretary clarified that he is an indigene of Buji Local Government and he also resides there, stressing that there is no village or community known as Illirowa as was quoted in some media report. He said: “As an indigene…
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott decisively won a third term on Tuesday night, defeating Democrat Beto O’Rourke in a midterm race that tested the direction of America’s supersized red state following the Uvalde school massacre and a strict new abortion ban. The victory underlined Abbott’s durability. Despite record spending in the race that topped more than USD 200 million combined, O’Rourke was in danger of losing by double-digits just four years after his narrow US Senate loss that was the closest by a Texas Democrat in decades. Tonight, Texans sent a very resounding message,” Abbott said during a victory speech…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State has raised alarm over a plan by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to recruit thugs and pull down billboards and flags of Atiku/Mutfwang campaign in the state ahead of the flag-off of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign in Jos, the state capital. The PDP on Wednesday in a press statement signed by Mangna Yusuf Wamyil alleged that the APC is mobilizing thugs to remove all PDP billboards in the state to give the impression that Plateau is an APC state. The statement reads: “Information available to us indicates that the Plateau State…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has urged Nigerians to elect leaders who would take advantage of the country’s rich, multi-cultural heritage and language to unify them. Sanwo-Olu gave the advice on Wednesday at the opening ceremony of the 35th Edition of the National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST), held at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan. He said that rather than seeing the differences in language and culture as a dividing factor, Nigerians should see it as one of the greatest resources to be embraced, celebrated and used for collective advantage. “As we all know, this is the campaign…
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, on Wednesday, assured the people of Benue State that he would ensure the youths become productive if elected into power. Obi made the statement during a presidential campaign held in Makurdi, the state capital. The former governor of Anambra State explained that things are not working in the country because the people in power don’t know anything. “In their productive age, our youth must be productive. That is why I said you will not come to Abuja to tell us what you want us to do; we will come to…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has pleaded for forgiveness over his recent comment against the presidential flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. Governor Ortom, who was angered by the activities of the Fulani herdsmen in the state, had in reference to Atiku, said he would not support another Fulani president in the 2023 presidential poll. Criticisms had trailed the governor’s remark, as some loyalists of Atiku and a few other Nigerians accused Ortom of being tribalistic. But the governor, while responding to questions from journalists in Bauchi, during a consultation meeting by the ‘G-5 Integrity Group’, said his…
Taiwan is one of the important takeaways from the 20th Party Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), where Chinese President Xi Jinping secured a third term. In his opening remarks to the party Congress, Jinping announced that China will peacefully reunify Taiwan and will not leave the option of using force, Geo-politik reported. Chinese President’s statement indicates that the unification of Taiwan with China is the key agenda for him. After Xi Jinping’s statement, a senior official in China’s Taiwan Affairs office said that they are “closer than ever in history” and more confident and capable than ever…
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State, Honourable Mohammed Umar Bago has pledged increased partnership with security agencies and traditional institutions in the state to tackle the menace of insecurity if elected as the state governor. Bago stated this during the Bago/Yakubu Youth Summit in Minna where he claimed that insecurity is threatening peace and progress in the state. “We are working as a government with security agencies and we will increase more collaboration with the traditional institutions and security agencies to curb the menace of insecurity across the state” he stated. The governorship candidate…
The Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Hale Gabriel Longpet, has decried the low collection of PVCs since it commenced in September 2022. The Resident Electoral Commissioner made the disclosure at a maiden Press briefing in Lokoja. He lamented that citizens of the State have not responded positively to INEC’s call for people to go and collect their PVCs. The REC explained that while the PVCs for those that registered between June 28th and July 31st will be ready this November, he said the Commission is working very hard to improve the process of PVC collection and to ensure that…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Plateau State, has denied claims by the Peoples Democratic Party that it plans to destroy PDP billboards and posters ahead of the party’s presidential flag-off in the state next week. The state publicity secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Sylvanus Namang, described the allegations as baseless, incredible and unfounded and an attempt to attract undue sympathy. The statement said the claims by the PDP is aimed at provoking the APC, which has remained a very responsible and responsive party fully aware of its social contract with the people, adding that the PDP’s desperation to…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Zamfara State has revealed that thousands of permanent voter cards (PVC) are yet to be collected by their owners. Appealing to traditional leaders, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and other stakeholders to give necessary support to the Commission, the State Residence Commissioner, Professor Saidu Babura Ahmed, said the 2023 elections would be different from others as strategies have been put in place for a free and fair exercise. He further noted that following the influx of internally displaced persons, the commission has made adequate arrangements to ensure that such people would perform their civic…
Deep into a seven-hour congressional hearing on Sept. 21, Representative Brad Sherman, a Democrat from California, pressed Dimon on whether his bank would sever ties with Russian companies including energy giant Gazprom PJSC. Banks like Dimon’s, Sherman argued, were exploiting a sanctions loophole to keep doing business in Russia despite its invasion of Ukraine. “We are following the instructions of the American government as they asked us to do it,” Dimon responded before Sherman cut him off, setting his sights on Citigroup Inc.’s Jane Fraser with a similar inquiry. The exchange put on display how the country’s largest banks are…
The Council for Islamic Affairs, Ekiti State chapter has urged Muslims to remain prayerful and abide by Allah’s injunctions in the years ahead, especially as the 2023 elections approach. At its monthly meeting held at Awo Ekiti, Irepodun /Ifelodun Local Government Area over the weekend, the council’s president, Alhaji (Dr) Hammed Afolabi Bakare, FCA, congratulated the Muslim community in Ekiti State over the recent appointment of Alhaja (Dr) Habibat Omolara Adubiaro as the Secretary to Ekiti State Government (SSG), saying Ekiti State governor, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji has done well by heeding the calls of Muslims as regards the political appointment…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday reacted to the tirades against him by the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom. Atiku said it’s uncivil for Ortom to blame him for the armed Fulani attacks on the people of Benue State. The PDP presidential candidate insisted that Benue is his home. Ortom had vowed never to support Atiku’s presidential ambition due to the killings in Benue State. Stressing that to “hell with Atiku,” the governor said he couldn’t support a Fulani man due to herders’ attacks on residents of the state. Reacting, Atiku said the governor is…
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has said he remains the Chairman of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council contrary to rumours making the rounds that he has resigned from the position. The governor said this during the flag-off of the Akwa Ibom PDP governorship campaign in Uyo on Tuesday. According to him, he woke up on Tuesday morning to the report that he had resigned as the Chairman of the campaign council. “That is not true. I remain the Chairman of the Atiku/Okowa Presidential campaign. I am not going anywhere. I am a loyal party man. They have…