The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso has described the endorsement of his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Edwin Clarke as inconsequential. Kwankwaso said those endorsing Obi would be shocked by the outcome of the presidential election. He spoke while addressing journalists in Asaba, Delta State, after his campaign rally. Kwankwaso said those endorsing Obi had lost touch with reality because Nigerians are looking for credible leaders that would solve their problems. Stressing that Nigerians are conversant with their candidates, Kwankwaso insisted that the endorsement “is null and void.” According to Kwankwaso: “The…
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Senior Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa has predicted that the chances of All Progressives Congress(APC) winning the presidential poll is not feasible. Pastor Giwa, while addressing his congregation in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Sunday, said it could probably happen when Nigerians decide to feign ignorance by going to sleep. Pastor Giwa is famed for being critical of the APC-led Federal Government, especially in relation to insecurity and the economy. He cautioned the electorates to guard against selling their voting rights for peanuts. According to him, Nigerians are not lost on how President…
The Action Alliance, AA, has threatened to stage a protest at the National Assembly for the alleged exclusion of its candidates from the Independent National Electoral Commission’s list for this year’s elections. Dr Adekunle Omo-Aje, the national chairman of the party, in a press briefing on Saturday in Abuja, lamented that in spite of various court orders against the recognition of the list of candidates submitted by the sacked national chairman of the party, Mr Kenneth Udeze, INEC has failed to upload the names of all the candidates presented to it by his leadership in this year’s polls. According to…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has asked Nigerian electorates not to consider ethnicity and religion as they go out to vote in February’s general elections. Obi gave this charge on Saturday in Osogbo at the Labour Party presidential campaign rally in company of his running mate, Datti Baba Ahmed. While urging the electorates in the State to vote out political parties who claimed to have structures, he added that political parties and their structures have crippled Nigeria. In his words, “All these challenges are caused by those who say they have party structures. But these structures…
The US government has announced new measures to crack down on illegal immigration. The measures will “expand and expedite legal pathways for orderly migration” and “result in new consequences for those who fail to use those legal pathways”, the White House said in a statement late Thursday. Individuals who “attempt to enter the US without permission, do not have a legal basis to remain, and cannot be expelled pursuant to Title 42” will be increasingly subject to expedited removal to their country of origin and subject to a five-year ban on re-entry, Xinhua news agency reported citing the statement as…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has assured Nigerians that he would lead an inclusive government devoid of any fracas between himself and his running mate, Kashim Shettima. The former Lagos State Governor vowed that, if elected on February 25, Nigerians would not witness a repeat of the disharmonious relationship involving former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his vice, Atiku Abubakar, between 1999 and 2007. The APC presidential torchbearer stated these while addressing the crowd at a youth town hall meeting organised by Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, with the theme, “Nigeria 2023: Setting the youth agenda.”…
Former Jigawa Governor, Sule Lamido, on Friday said Peter Obi’s endorsement, the Presidential candidate of Labour Party by former President Olusegun Obasanjo was “a big mistake.” Lamido, who was a Foreign Affairs Minister under Obasanjo’s administration, made the remarks while answering questions from newsmen at Bamaina, his country home, near Birnin kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa. “Obasanjo is my boss, I believe in him, but he is also a human being, he can make mistakes. So he made a mistake. “It’s a big mistake for him to endorse a candidate outside his own party which gave him the relevance,…
Shaibu said should not be talking about reforming yahoo boys because of his alleged “dark past with the US authorities”. Phrank Shaibu, Special Assistant, Public Communication to Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described Bola Tinubu’s plan to reform Yahoo boys as the joke of the century. The Presidential candidate of the APC while campaigning in Edo State on Thursday, January 5, 2023, promised to convert online fraudsters, known as Yahoo boys, into technology experts if elected president. The APC candidate said industrial and technology hubs would be created to make the youths become…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers said it has won the trust of Rivers people through good governance, infrastructure delivery, and tourism development. Desmond Akawo, State Chairman of the Party stated this on Friday at a beach party in Ikuru during the Andoni Unity Festival in Rivers. Akawo noted that PDP has become a household brand across the 23 local Councils for delivering massive infrastructure, assuring on the party’s readiness to further grow the state’s economy through tourism. According to him, local government chairmen should look inward and identify relevant economic potentials just as the Andoni LGA Chairman Mr Erastus…
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has described his major opponents as those that cannot be trusted with the future of Nigerians. He tagged Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as Mr. Stingy and Mr. Privatize respectively. While lauding the people of Ondo State as always being a champion of progressive and people-oriented administration, Tinubu challenged the residents of the state to live up to that billing by supporting the APC in every way in the forthcoming election. The APC presidential candidate stated this…
Eight Labour Party state assembly candidates for the 2023 general election have dumped the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Jigawa State. The candidates, who were also members of Arewa Presidential Campaign Council of the party, also dumped their aspirations. The candidates are from Auyo, Kirikasamma, Bulangu, Malam Madori , Kafin Hausa, Birniwa, Guri and Kaugama constituencies. Speaking on behalf of the other decamped members, Hon. Mohammed Makinta, who was the LP candidate for Guri constituency, said they dumped the party after realising that APC is the only credible political party. They promised to work to ensure…
A former presidential aspirant of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Orefo Nnamdi Onochie, has insisted that increasing the minimum wage will not solve the problems of the higher cost of living and inflation. He was baring his mind in a statement issued on Friday against the backdrops of the current state of economic affairs in Nigeria, especially the recent outcries by average citizens on problems of high inflation in the country. Onochie, who was also a former Nigerian envoy to Algeria and the Philippines, opined that the Federal Government and critical stakeholders must fashion out a strident and diligent policy…
The People Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara State has said it is ready to kick start its campaign for the 2023 general elections, saying it will flag off its campaign rally on Sunday, January 15, 2023. This was disclosed by the Acting State chairman of the party, Muktar Lugga during a media chat on Saturday with members of the correspondents’ chapel in Gusau, the State capital. “We will give the campaign rally 24 hours to get in touch with their supporters in every part of the state”, Lugga said. ” I want to tell you that the ruling APC has…
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has urged politicians to embrace peaceful electioneering strategies as the nation prepares for the February general elections. Adeleke made this known while receiving leaders of thought from Osun state, Friday evening. Adeleke who condemned the increasingly disruptive nature of campaigns in some areas of the state, particularly the vandalization of billboards and posters also openly condemned revolt against state authorities. According to a statement signed by Olawale Rasheed, the Spokesperson of the governor, “Violent activities including vandalization of campaign posters and billboards increased in the last five days after former Governor Gboyega Oyetola’s return…
Prof. Pat Utomi on Friday in Lagos, raised the alarm over growing incivility and intolerance weeks to the 2023 general elections. The Convener of BIG-TENT, a coalition of Political Parties, Social Movements and Civil Society Organisations for Peter Obi-Baba-Ahmed Datti, addressed a news conference. The economist said Nigeria’s democracy faces threat, accusing some state governments of denying opposition parties the use of public facilities. “The experience of many participating in current elections suggest a significant level of a collapse of civility, growing fascism and polarisation of the country by politicians”, NAN quoted him. Utomi noted that analysis by scholars and…
Barely 49 days to the 2023 general elections, a group of Civil Society Organisations on Friday, expressed concerns over the reports of missing Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs and the challenge of locating them. The CSOs worried President Muhammadu Buhari must be prepared to conduct a free and fair election. The organisations expressed their views during a press conference by the Focal Person of the Coalition of Nigerian Youth Groups, Maximilian Tashilani; the Convener of Coalition of Civil Society For Good Governance, Okpanachi Jacob; and chairman of Arewa Transformational Leaders, Yusuf Ibrahim. They also raised concerns over the voter education carried…
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has urged the new Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) board to move away from the norm by not giving projects to political contractors but to those with competence and track records. Wike gave the advice when the new NDDC’s board members, led by its Chairman, Lauretta Onochie, paid a courtesy visit to him at Government House, Port Harcourt, on Friday, contained in a statement by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Kelvin Ebiri. He said, “There are what we call regional developmental projects that can link up two states. “Those are the kind of things…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba has said his party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu could convert “black yahoo talent into white chips producing talent.” Garba’s statement was contained in a post via his verified Twitter handle. Recall that Tinubu had said he would create technology hubs for Yahoo boys if elected president. Tinubu made the statement at a political rally in Benin, Edo State. “I will convert Yahoo boys and make them useful by converting their talents and intellects to produce chips for industries,” Tinubu said. Garba said it takes exceptional talent to be a Yahoo…
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has charged the leadership and entire membership of the Imo Elders Council to speak to political detractors and the opposition and interrogate their consciences over what they are doing and how it will help Imo State to either grow or develop. He appealed to members of the council to wade into the matters affecting the progress and development of the State, particularly, insecurity. Uzodinma stated this on Friday when he met with the leadership of the Imo Elders Council at the new Executive Council Chambers, Owerri. Welcoming the elders led by their chairman, HRH…
Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi said youths will no longer need to leave Nigeria (japa) under his presidency. He promised to implement policies that would secure the future of young citizens. Obi made the pledge on Thursday at the party’s campaign rally in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti capital. The former Anambra State governor vowed to end poverty, corruption and insecurity. Obi said he would pay attention to unemployment to ensure graduates get paid jobs. “My administration will move this country from consumption to production “Our youths will be properly taken care of and will no longer be travelling out…