The gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Kaduna State in the 2023 election, Jonathan Asake, has promised to give women their rightful place in his government if voted into power. Speaking on Friday in Kaduna when he honoured an invitation by the political committee of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to present his plan for the State, he noted that women would play a major role in his plan to restore the lost glory of the State. In a statement issued by his media aide, James Swam and made available to DAILY POST, Asake said, “they (women) form…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
In the last couple of months, it is emerging clear that Peter Obi and his supporters, the Obidents, are not going to fizzle out as predicted by several political pundits. In the South-east and South-south geopolitical zones, the spread of the popularity of the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party has redrawn the political map ahead of the general elections as campaigns thicken. Instead of fizzling as predicted by many, Mr Obi and his supporters have grown significantly since May when Obi left the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In the last couple of days, several political players in the two…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, a former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has insisted that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has only seven governors supporting him. Oshiomhole also expressed absolute confidence in the ability of the APC’s 2023 presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to have a landslide victory at the poll. According to the former Edo State governor, all the 23 APC governors are working persistently towards the success of Tinubu in the 2023 general elections. Oshiomhole stated this while addressing State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting…
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Kano, Jafar Sani Bello, has advised Mohammed Sadiq Wali to allow the court to decide his candidacy for the 2023 governorship race. Wali recently said the primary election that produced Mohammed Sani Abacha was done in nullity. The candidate is currently recognized by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He recently declared that the primary that produced him was legit, while the one that produced Wali “cannot stand the test of times”. Speaking to DAILY POST on Friday, Bello, one of the PDP aspirants, told Wali to wait for the outcome of the…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that she will not seek a leadership position in the new Congress, ending a historic run as the first woman with the gavel and making way for a new generation to steer the party after Democrats lost control of the House to Republicans in the midterm elections. In a spirited speech on the House floor, Pelosi announced that she will step aside after leading Democrats for nearly 20 years and in the aftermath of the brutal attack on her husband, Paul, last month in their San Francisco home — and after having done…
A coalition of some groups in the South-South, supporting the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu has said the duo of Tinubu and Shettima remain the solution to the problems bedevilling the country. InfoStride News gathered that the group, with the name The Asiwaju Group (TAG), has over 20 support groups across the South-South. Speaking during a mini-rally held in Uyo, the Akwa-Ibom State capital, Yesterday, the coordinator of TAG, Chief Reuben Wilson, who is also the founder of the Pastor Reuben Wilson Initiative for Good Leadership and Accountability said, the South-South region is ready and willing to…
The Labour Party (LP) in Kaduna State says the party in the state has remained an entity without any faction, as the 2023 general elections in the country draw closer. Addressing newsmen in Kaduna, the state chairman of the party, Auwal Tafoki in the company of the gubernatorial candidate of the party, Jonathan Asake, other candidates and party stakeholders, said: “It must be categorically made very clear that the state party is indeed an entity without any friction and remain so with a recognised leadership under the chairmanship of Alhaji Awwal Tafoki. “It came to the notice of the state…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday, met with Southeast stakeholders and private investors/trade organizations, manufacturers, traders, among others. The meeting, which was held in Imo State, was in preparation for his scheduled presidential campaign in the State in the coming days. In his address, Governor Hope Uzodimma commended His Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the face-to-face interaction with southeast entrepreneurs and private business men and women. While reiterating that Imo State is APC compliant, the Governor reassured the presidential flag bearer and all present that Imo is at the forefront to…
The deputy governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ogun State, Hon. Olatunde Awonuga, has said the the 24 court cases against the party’s candidates were sponsored by opposition parties. Awonuga said the cases were instigated by their plaintiffs to cause distractions and shift the party’s focus from its “mission to rescue Ogun State.” Addressing newsmen at Abigi in Ogun Waterside Local Government, during a visit to intimate his kinsmen about his 2023 ambition, Awonuga said the party would not be distracted by the antics of those who have taken the party to court. Earlier, the ADC governorship…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that some 10 million people across the war-torn country have been left without electricity following a fresh wave of Russian missile strikes. In his night video address to the nation on Thursday, the President said: “Currently, more than 10 million Ukrainians are without electricity. Most of them are in the Vinnytsia, Odesa, Sumy and Kiev regions. We are doing everything to normalise the supply.” Zelensky went on to say that dozens of people were injured as a result of a missile attack on Thursday in Dnipro, adding that “everyone is being provided with aid”. “In…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu has cautioned the South-East against ignoring the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma. Tinubu told the “business and political leaders in the South-East to ignore Hope Uzodimma at their own peril.” He issued the caution at a town hall meeting with South-East private sector on Thursday in Owerri, NAN reports. Tinubu assured the region that he would serve them if elected president. The APC flagbearer urged Nigerians to vote for progress and to be part of the nation’s golden future and never to allow those who put the country backwards to come…
Enugu State youths, on Thursday, rose in unison to express their profound gratitude to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for giving them a sense of belonging in governance, saying that the gesture is unprecedented in the history of the state. They said that Gov. Ugwuanyi in his humility, kind-heartedness, benevolence, peaceful disposition, vision and passion for the growth of young persons, gave them the platform to excel as future leaders, saying that the governor has planted them (youths) as seeds and that they have germinated. The youths made the remarks when they paid a ‘Thank-you’ visit to the governor at the Government…
Doyin Okupe, the Director-General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council, has predicted the number of States each candidate will win during the presidential election. This was in reaction to Governor Charles Soludo’s analysis, where the former CBN boss said the Labour Party presidential candidate stands no chance and would only get 25% in 4 States. Although there are over 15 presidential candidates battling for the Aso Rock hot seat, Peter Obi of LP, Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and not forgetting Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New…
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has described the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as a chronic cancer to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Fayose said Obi poses a great danger to the chances of PDP in the presidential 2023 election. He disclosed this while speaking with Channels TV on Thursday night. Fayose also warned that the Southwest might not vote for the PDP in the 2023 presidential election. The PDP chieftain further observed that the LP presidential candidate might not get 25 percent of votes in two-third of the States in Nigeria. He said, “Obi is a…
Former US President Donald Trump’s third bid for the presidency in 2024 could not have come at a more “inopportune moment” with GOP divided in supporting him, funders shying away from him and both his daughter Ivanka and niece Mary not entirely on his side, but seems prompted by his fear that Florida governor Ro DeSantis might throw in his bid after his successful return in the midterms and stood a better chance than him. But Don Jr, Melania, his wife though indifferent, and Eric Trump have supported their fathers rerun. Trump had been advised first by his closest allies…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Thursday promised to provide “logistics support” for Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate. Wike said he would provide logistics support during Obi’s campaign in Rivers State. He pledged his support to Obi at the venue of the Nkpolu-Oroworokwo Flyover inauguration in Port Harcourt. The governor also declared that Obi has what it takes to become Nigeria’s president. According to Wike: “Each time you want to campaign in the state, let me know, all the logistics support, we will give to you.” Obi, his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, and some members of…
The Governor of Rivers of State, Nyesom Wike, has revealed that Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, suffered humiliation when he was still a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Wike disclosed this on Thursday at the commissioning of the Ikoku flyover by Obi in Rivers State. Recall that Obi defected to the Labour Party, LP, shortly before the PDP presidential primaries, alleging that the scheming in the party was against his personal principles. However, Governor Wike has come out to say that Obi’s defection was justified. “You were in our party, and I know why you left.…
The Director-General of Accord Campaign Council in Oyo state, Adegboyega Adegoke, has declared that the party will execute the five percent constitutional allocation to traditional rulers if the party is elected in the state in 2023. Adegoke made the declaration during the party’s consultation with some traditional rulers in Oke Ogun geopolitical zone in the state on Wednesday. Some of the traditional rulers in attendance at the meeting included, Oba AbdulRauf Oladoyin, Aare of Ago-Are, Oba (Dr) Abodunrin Oyetunji Kofoworola; Ajoriwin of Irawo, Oba Musiliu Ademola; Oloto of Ofiki, Oba Sunday Oyedokun Adeoye; Alageere of Ofiki, Oba Bashiru Iyiola Oyesiji;…
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has assured that the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu will take care of Igbos if elected. He gave the assurance while inaugurating the Ebonyi Governor’s Lodge on Wednesday in Abuja. Umahi assured Tinubu that the South-East would vote for the APC in 2023. He said the assurance was a reflection of the stand of other South-East governors. The governor further promised Tinubu a massive presidential campaign rally in the State. “So, we welcome Asiwaju and the governors to Ebonyi State for the mother of all rallies. Your excellency, you will see…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to address her plans with colleagues on Thursday in the wake of Democrats narrowly losing control of the House to Republicans in the midterm elections. Pelosi’s decision to either seek another term as the Democratic leader or to step aside has been widely anticipated. It would come after the party was able to halt an expected Republican wave in the House and Senate but also in the aftermath of a brutal attack on her husband, Paul, late last month in their San Francisco home. The Speaker plans to address her future plans tomorrow to…