Former US President Donald Trump has snubbed Elon Musk for reinstating his account, saying he now does not see any reason for returning to TwittFormer US President Donald Trump has snubbed Elon Musk for reinstating his account, saying he now does not see any reason for to Twitter. Addressing a panel at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual leadership meeting, Trump said: “I don’t see any reason for it (returning to Twitter).” The former US President said he will continue with his own platform called Truth Social, developed by his Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) that is doing “phenomenally well”.…
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With the 2023 elections inching closer, Isaac Fayose, younger brother to erstwhile Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is dead. Fayose declared that PDP is officially dead in Lagos State and the Southwest geopolitical zone. He made the remark while reacting to the alleged commotion between PDP members in Lagos State on Sunday. In a viral video, PDP supporters were seen telling Bode George and the G-5 governors that they would vote for Atiku during the presidential election. This reportedly happened when George asked them not to vote for Atiku and Abdul-Azeez…
With a few months to the February presidential election, the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has reacted to insinuations that he stepped down from the race. Kwankwaso said he has not stepped down for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. He disclosed this during a meeting with the Nigeria Guilds of Editors, NGE, in Lagos. Kwankwaso explained that he would not have left PDP if he would step down for Atiku only a few months to the presidential election. “Some people are saying that I am stepping down for Atiku; why then did…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council spokesman, Dino Melaye, has claimed that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), is a man running away from the law. Melaye also claimed Tinubu was standing history on its head over the misunderstandings between PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Tinubu, while campaigning in Warri, alleged that Atiku “fought” Obasanjo while in office. “It’s not a surprise that Tinubu would castigate a man, who defended the rule of law; a man who is running from the law on many fronts cannot see merit…
An ally of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Reno Omokri, has accused the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, of using the party. Omokri said Obi will sell the LP out for his selfish benefit at the slightest opportunity. The former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan said Obi was using LP to contest election, adding that he is incompatible with the party. In a series of tweets, Omokri wrote: “Obi is not compatible with Labour’s ideology. He’s just using them to contest election. “And, like he did with their Rivers guber candidate, he will sell…
Muslims from the South West region under the umbrella of Muslim Ummah of South West of Nigeria (MUSWEN), have enjoined their kinsmen not to vote for any other presidential candidates apart from Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State is the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 presidential election. MUSWEN has advised Muslims in the six states that make up South West region- Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti and Lagos – not to support any other person apart from Tinubu. MUSWEN President, Alhaji Rasaki Oladejo, made this disclosure while speaking during…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has reiterated his resolve to support the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate Peter Obi, with logistics support. Wike explained that Obi was a former governor, hence the need to support him with logistics during his presidential campaign in Rivers. On Friday, Wike pledged to support Obi’s presidential campaign with logistics. The governor disclosed this while Obi was commissioning a flyover in Port Harcourt, the state capital. However, Wike warned Obi that Labour Party would not win any political position in the state. Speaking yesterday in Port Harcourt, Wike said PDP is the only party…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has revealed what he would do if “sacked” from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Wike disclosed that he would continue to “pepper” the leadership of PDP if they sacked him from the party. The governor has been aggrieved with the PDP leadership after losing to Atiku Abubakar during the presidential primary election. Following his loss, Wike also called for the removal of PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. Wike and the G-5 governors argued that the North should not be allowed to produce PDP’s presidential candidate and national chairman. He stressed that Ayu should give…
As the campaigns for the forthcoming presidential election get to a crescendo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Saturday, slammed the flagbearer of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abubakar Atiku and his running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, saying Delta State is not an ATM for migratory politicians. Also, he accused PDP of running the state aground after a wasteful 30 years of governance. Tinubu made this disclosure at the APC’s kick-off rally on Saturday in Warri Township Stadium. According to Tinubu, despite collecting huge oil revenue and incurring debt, the state has remained stagnated…
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sacked his internal affairs minister on Sunday over funding irregularities, NHK television said, in a blow to his scandal-prone Cabinet that already lost two ministers in one month. Internal Affairs Minister Minoru Terada has been under fire over several accounting and funding irregularities. In one, he acknowledged that one of his support groups submitted accounting records carrying a dead person’s signature. NHK reported that Kishida summoned Terada to his office late on Sunday and had him submit his resignation. Kishida, when asked last week about a possible dismissal, did not defend Terada and only said…
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has said his administration has constructed more roads than his predecessors like Ibikunle Amosun, Gbenga Daniel and Segun Osoba. According to Abiodun, 80 major roads, including federal ones, have been constructed since he came on board in 2019. Abiodun said the roads, totalling 400km, were constructed, reconstructed and rehabilitated by his administration. With this feat, the governor maintained that his administration in the last three and a half years has more kilometres of road done than what his predecessors could lay claim to. “Over 80 major roads and others (Federal roads inclusive) totalling 400km…
Osun Governor Gboyega Oyetola said he would reclaim his mandate at the governorship election petition tribunal. The All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain maintained that he won the July 16 poll. He spoke on Saturday during the 31st Iragbiji day in Iragbiji, Boripe Local Government Area of the state. Oyetola expressed optimism that he would grace the 32nd celebration as the governor. “By the special grace of Allah, In Sha Allah, I shall grace this occasion next year, still as the Osun Governor. “I have no doubt in my mind that I shall reclaim my mandate”, NAN quoted him saying. The…
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has dared the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, to sue him if he is innocent of the corruption accusation levelled against him. Wike stated this while speaking at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium during the flag-off of the PDP state-level campaigns on Saturday. The governor and his allies have been demanding Ayu’s resignation, claiming it violates the party’s constitution for the national chairman to come from the same region as the presidential candidate. Ayu is from Benue in the north-central, while Atiku Abubakar, the PDP standard bearer, hails from…
A member of the House of Representatives representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency in Oyo State, Honourable Shina Abiola Peller, has declared that it is too early to predict who succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari. The lawmaker made this disclosure on Saturday, via a statement made available to the media InfoStride News reports that the 2023 presidential election has been slated to hold in February next year. It was gathered that presidential candidates of various political parties who are jostling to succeed Buhari have been going around the country to solicit votes from Nigerians. One of the lawmakers, Peller has however said that…
Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, has revealed why he did not visit Mrs Beatrice Itubo, the Party’s gubernatorial candidate in Rivers State, saying he was unaware she was sick. Recall that Obi had visited Rivers State at the invitation of Governor Nyesom Wike on Thursday to commission the Nkpolu Oroworukwo flyover in Port Harcourt. DAILY POST reported that Obi pledged to support the PDP gubernatorial candidate, while Wike would support his presidential bid. “I will talk to my people, and we will negotiate. If we leave the State (governor) for Wike, he will leave the centre (presidency) for…
Gubernatorial candidate of Accord Party in the 2023 election in Oyo State, Mr. Adebayo Adelabu has urged politicians to stop discrimination against people of other religion. Adelabu made this disclosure when he met some religious leaders in Oke Ogun geo-political zone on Friday. The meeting had in attendance Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) representative in Itesiwaju Local Government, Pastor M.O Adeagbo, Revd. S.O.A Omidara, Pastor Adeoye, Pastor G.J Akindeyi, Apostle Sunday and Pastor Oni J.O. Others were Chairman, League of Imams in Itesiwaju, Alhaji Abdul-Ganiy Salam Ayodabo, traditional worshippers, among whom were the Oluwo Otu, Ifajimi Adeniyi and Chief (Mrs)…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Chairman, Iyiochia Ayu, says the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, if elected, will not waste the first six months in office thinking of what to do. Ayu assured that Atiku would hit the ground running if elected president in 2023. Speaking in Abuja on Friday, Ayu said Atiku was already preparing for governance ahead of the February election. He said: “While the others are utterly confused about how, where or when to even begin their campaigns, PDP is already preparing for governance. “Our Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has already exhibited his intellectual preparedness in…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Vice Chairman, North-West zone, Dr Salihu Mohammed Lukman has assured that the party will retain the presidency, win the six North-west States and reclaim Sokoto State from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in next year’s elections. Speaking with newsmen after meeting with the APC State chairmen in the zone on Friday, he revealed that every preparation to flag-off its campaign has been put in place. According to him, North-west zone is set to give APC the highest votes and lead it to victory in all the elections in the country. The former Director-General of Progressives…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, says he has stopped using social media. Tinubu disclosed that he almost had high blood pressure whenever he used social media. He lamented that he has been subjected to intense abuse by social media users, hence he avoids it. The APC presidential candidate disclosed this in a video posted on Twitter by one of his allies, Ademola Oshodi. In the footage, the former Lagos State governor said he gets angry whenever he reads the things written about him on social media. “I don’t read social media anymore; they abuse the hell…
Rishi Sunak described as deeply humbling his first visit to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Saturday since taking charge as British Prime Minister and pledged to bolster the UK’s support in the country’s ongoing conflict with Russia. Meeting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Sunak confirmed that Britain will provide a major new package of air defence to help protect Ukrainian civilians and critical national infrastructure from an intense barrage of Russian strikes. The GBP 50 million package of defence aid comprises 125 anti-aircraft guns and technology to counter deadly Iranian-supplied drones, including dozens of radars and anti-drone electronic warfare capability. It follows…