The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) spokesman, Baba Hakeem-Ahmed has urged Nigerians to scrutinize and “press” all the presidential candidates ahead of the 2023 elections. He said all the presidential candidates should be scrutinized on how they intend to resolve Nigeria’s challenges if elected. Hakeem-Ahmed spoke while appearing on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. He pointed out that most of the presidential candidates are very experienced, hence they should tell Nigerians how they intend to tackle the country’s challenges. According to him: “Nigerians need to press our candidates. We desperately need to find out who among these people should be trusted. “These…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
Rishi Sunak won an endorsement from financial markets in his first days as prime minister, and even some favorable polling numbers from the British public. His first full week in power may be more challenging. The new premier’s economic policy is set to face scrutiny as the Bank of England delivers what could be its biggest interest-rate hike in more than 30 years, and the government looks to fill the multi-billion hole in the nation’s finances before a fiscal statement next month. Meanwhile, questions continue to swirl over security breaches by his Home Secretary Suella Braverman, calling into doubt Sunak’s…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, political activities are yet to commence in Ogun State, the media has observed. The timetable of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) specifies that campaigns by political parties for Presidential and National Assembly elections commenced on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. On the other hand, governorship and State House of Assembly candidates are expected to commence their campaigns on October 12, 2022. However, checks by our correspondent revealed that electioneering activities are at a standstill in the Gateway State as parties and their candidates refused to launch their campaigns. DAILY POST gathered that no fewer…
The chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Jalingo, Alhaji Bashir Bakari, has been suspended by members of the party executives in the council. The suspension, as noticed by newsmen, came on Sunday in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba state, after a vote of no confidence was passed on him. The suspension, which was contained in a statement read and made available to newsmen, said the action has become necessary following the activities of the chairman which the executive believed is detrimental to the party. The party’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) in the council, Mohammed Dahiru, said “it has…
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has hit back at Iyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over his remarks against Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State. Ayu had made it clear he had the power to stop Ortom and others from contesting the 2023 elections. “I have the powers to stop you and you will not go anywhere because I will insist that I must sign before you go anywhere,” Ayu had said. But Wike, while briefing newsmen in Port Harcourt on Sunday, said the PDP chairman lacks integrity, describing him as corrupt. “I…
As the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, deepens, the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, has said he would have stopped the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and those calling for his resignation from realizing their ambition. Ayu explained that he opted against such a step to avoid cracks in the PDP. The PDP National Chairman spoke while addressing his followers at his country home in Gboko on Friday. Ortom and five other PDP governors had called for Ayu’s resignation after Atiku Abubakar emerged as the party’s presidential candidate. The governors had said a particular zone couldn’t produce PDP’s…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a telephonic conversation with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and discussed the ongoing Ukraine war, counterterrorism and other regional and global issues. Jaishankar thanked Blinken for his “strong and clear message” on counter-terrorism as well as his call for holding those responsible for the 26/11 Mumbai attacks accountable. The two leaders spoke on Saturday. The two discussed regional and global issues, including counterterrorism cooperation and Russia’s continuing aggression against Ukraine, Ned Price, spokesperson of the State Department said in a readout of the call on Saturday. “Good to speak to US Secretary of…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High court in Abuja had on March 8 sacked the governor over his defection to the APC. The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reversed the judgment of the Abuja Federal High Court, sacking Governor, David Umahi of Ebonyi State and his deputy, Eric Kelechi Igwe, for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High court in Abuja had on March 8 sacked the governor over his defection to the APC. The judge ruled that the 393,042 votes Umahi secured in the…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto state, Hajiya Munawwara Yazid says the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 General Elections will be a game changer for Nigeria. “Tinubu is an achiever just as he is a tested and trusted accomplished technocrat. He will certainly change the narrative in the country, if elected,”she said. Yazid told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)in Sokoto on Saturday that the combination of Tinubu and his running mate, Sen. Kashim Shettima is a good omen for Nigeria. “The duo are tangible achievers in their own ways. Both were former Governors and…
Mr Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says the party will build an egalitarian, free and prosperous Nigeria if elected in 2023. Obi made the promise on Friday in Abakaliki, while speaking at an event organised in his honour by the Ebonyi chapter of the Civil Society Action Group (CSAG). Obi who was represented by Sen. Azu Agboti, his Presidential Campaign Coordinator in Ebonyi, urged the people not to lose hope in the Nigerian project saying, ‘there is light at the end of the tunnel.” He said the Labour Party’s campaign would be issue-based and anchored on…
Mr Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the 2023 election said in Lafia on Saturday that he would tackle unemployment and insecurity if voted into power. He said he would tackle insecurity to pave way for economic growth and development. The presidential candidate also pledged to create jobs for youths to lift them off poverty and deprivation. “I assure you that if we come into power, we will address farmers and herders clashes and farmers will go back to their farms. We will tackle insecurity bedevilling the entire nation. “We will also support youths because today,…
With just 11 days left for the November 8 midterm polls in the US, former President Donald Trump has gone from bad to worse in approval ratings, while incumbent President Joe Biden shows only marginal improvement as voters are divided on important issues like inflation and abortion rights, while swing ballots hold the key in at least eight battleground states. In the upcoming election, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be contested. Thirty-nine state and territorial gubernatorial elections, as well as numerous other state and local elections, will…
All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Kingsley Wali has accused the Rivers government of vote buying. On October 12, Governor Nyesom Wike appointed 28,000 Special Assistants on Political Units. The next day, his spokesman Kelvin Ebiri announced that the number of aides had been increased to 50,000. The appointees include 14,000 Special Advisers, 319 Ward Liaison Officers and 40 Local Government Area Liaison Officers. Reacting, Wali said vote buying has been codified and given legal backing in the name of appointment/employment. “The vote buying which INEC is opposed to, is being codified in Rivers State”, the Unity House Foundation (UHF) Convener…
The former aide to Ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Reno Omokri has claimed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar did not use Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal’s immunity to travel to the United States of America. A few Nigerians on social media have alleged that in 2018 Atiku travelled to the US hiding under the former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki’s immunity to escape arrest. Since his trip to the US, a post on social media claimed that the PDP candidate used Tambuwal’s immunity this time. Omokri in a post on his verified Facebook page, Saturday described…
The Labour Party (LP), has enjoined members of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) to evolve all possible ways to fund campaigns as the 2023 general elections draw nearer. Julius Abure, the National Chairman of the party, while inaugurating the LP Presidential Campaign Council on Friday in Abuja, noted that prosecuting the presidential election in Nigeria was not an easy project and advised members of the Council to work towards mobilizing funds for the success of the party. To enthrone good leadership in the country, Abure appealed to members of the party, members of the campaign and well-meaning Nigerians who are…
Prof Vitalis Ajumbe, an ex-Commissioner for Information and Tourism during the past administration of former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has adduced the reason he dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) and quit active partisan politics. Hinting at the rationale behind his decision which was contained in a letter addressed to the incumbent Imo Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma and forwarded to the media on Friday, Professor Ajumbe who is a founding member of the governing APC in Nigeria, accused the leadership of the APC of poor reward by the national leadership of the APC. He alleged that the party…
Northern Ireland’s political deadlock deepened Friday when the UK government delayed calling an early election for the Belfast-based Assembly after a deadline to restore the mothballed administration expired. The limbo means more uncertainty and delays to government decision-making at a time when many people in Northern Ireland are struggling with soaring food and energy prices. A deadline for the Northern Ireland Assembly to elect a governing executive passed at midnight Thursday amid a dispute over post-Brexit trade rules. Under the rules of Northern Ireland’s power-sharing politics, a new election must be held within 12 weeks. Civil servants will keep essential…
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is seeking to build a buffer in public finances as he draws up an economic plan to plug Britain’s budget shortfall, which could entail tax rises and spending cuts totaling as much as £50 billion ($58 billion). Sunak and Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt want the extra headroom over and above the UK’s £35 billion fiscal hole so that the package has credibility with the markets, an official familiar with the matter said. Another said that could entail spending cuts and tax rises closer to £50 billion, a figure widely reported in the British…
A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Buba Galadima has said that there is no chance of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, winning the next presidential election. According to Galadima, the main opposition political party is not even on the ballot, insisting it is victory for Rabiu Kwankwaso all the way. He believes that Kwankwaso, who is the presidential candidate of the NNPP, will win all the States in the north. Galadima said that the South East and South South have been taken away from Atiku and PDP over his feud with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and…
A member of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Buba Galadima, has accused some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC, of pressurizing the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, to tamper with the Electoral Law, ahead of the 2023 elections. Galadima said APC chieftains are pressuring Yakubu to shun election results’ electronic upload. Speaking with Channels Television, Galadima said Yakubu was under pressure not to use the Bimodal Voter Registration System, BVAS, to transmit results in 2023. He said APC chieftains are pressurizing the INEC Chairman to write the National Assembly on the need to…