The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has accused those criticizing his choice of Kashim Shettima as his running mate of lobbying him for the same position. Tinubu said some of those criticizing his choice of Shettima as running mate were his close friends whom he turned down. He disclosed this during an interactive session with the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Abuja, led by Archbishop Daniel Ukoh. Babachir Lawal, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and close ally of Tinubu, had condemned the APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket. Lawal described the decision…
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The Osun Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Mutiu Agboke has re-assured that the outcomes of 2023 general elections would be determined by the votes of thelectorates. Agboke, who stated this during an interview in Osogbo on Wednesday, disclosed that the Commission remained neutral and independent and would provide a level playing ground for all political parties and candidates in accordance with the electoral laws. Agboke also said the Commission had begun a series of sensitization programmes and consultation to major stakeholders in order to ensure that the general election was hitch free, smooth and credible. In his words, “It is just…
A spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign council, Femi Fani-Kayode says the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu’s prayer for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was in accordance with bible teachings. InfoStride News reports that Tinubu had during the Tuesday presidential campaign rally in Jos, Plateau State, mistakenly prayed for the PDP. Video clips of the event, which captured the former Lagos Governor mistaking PDP for APC, have been trending on all social media platforms. Reacting to insinuations by some Nigerians that age was telling on the APC candidate, Fani-Kayode said in a tweet on Thursday that…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has claimed they will win 25 States, including Lagos State in the 2023 general elections. The party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, made this vow during a meeting in Abuja. The meeting was organized to receive the report of the Lagos and Osun State PDP reconciliation committee. According to Ayu, PDP will win several positions in the Senate, House of Assembly and House of Representatives. “PDP will have a governor in Lagos and several other positions in the Senate, House of Representatives, and the House of Assembly. “PDP will be celebrating, as I have always predicted,…
The leaders of NATO and G7 have offered full support and assistance to Poland’s ongoing investigation into the explosion that happened near its border with Ukraine. In a joint statement issued after the “emergency meeting” held on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali, the leaders said that they spoke about the explosion in Poland and agreed to remain in contact to determine the next steps as the investigation proceeds. The joint statement of NATO and G7 leaders reads, “We discussed the explosion that took place in the eastern part of Poland near the border with Ukraine. We offer…
Labour Party has condemned Executive Order 22 signed by Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, describing it as a recipe for “anarchy” in the state. Executive Order 22 prohibits political parties from using structures in residential areas as campaign offices. Addressing journalists in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, the South-South National Vice Chairman of the Labour party, Felix Reuben described the order as “draconian.” He said Rivers people must not allow the order by the governor to stand. He said: ” If Rivers State keeps quiet, Wike will put Executive Order 23 which will say for you to sleep with your wife…
APC members, under the aegis of Back To South Alliance, have demanded the leadership of the party at ward and state levels to suspend the former senator who represented the Cross River Central in the Senator, John Owan-Enoh. They alleged that having failed to emerge as the party’s gubernatorial candidate from the last party primary, he has decided to launch tirades and litigations against the party and the eventual winner, Senator Price Bassey Otu. At a press briefing held at the NUJ Press Centre Calabar, the group frowned at Owan-Enoh’s decision not to accept the decision of the party to…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it defeated the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the last Osun State governorship election, adding that they will finish him in Lagos. PDP National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu stated this on Wednesday when he received reports of the Lagos-Osun Reconciliatory Committee headed by Eyitayo Jegede (SAN). Ayu who commended the committee said their recommendations will help the party to resolve all issues. The PDP National Chairman said: “Since you were inaugurated to help us handle the issue of reconciliation in Lagos and Osun and lately in…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has lost another influential member, Chief Juliana Awodogan, popularly known as Iya Oniyan. She led a large women’s group which mobilized the grassroots across the state for party functions. The deceased, in her 70s, died on Tuesday at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). Mrs. Awodogan had been on admission for treatment for an illness. Iya Oniyan was a pounded yam merchant who supplied the State House and offices during the Bola Tinubu administration. Her son, Niyi Awodogan announced the death of the respected political icon in Mushin. Niyi is the Supervisory…
Former US President, Donald Trump, has announced he will run for the 2024 Republican nomination for president. Trump is seeking to return to the White House after he had lost his bid for re-election to Joe Biden in 2020. He disclosed this on Tuesday during a speech at his Mar-a-Lago, Florida home. “In order to make America great and glorious again. I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States,” Trump said. Recall that Trump won the US presidency for the first time in 2016 when he contested against Hillary Clinton. Trump would become the second President…
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, released the details of the judgement which ordered the sack of a former Pro-Chancellor and the Chairman of the University of Nigeria Nsukka in Enugu State, Mr Ikechi Emenike. The court had on Friday, November 11, 2022, ordered Emenike’s sack and affirmed the immediate past Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Dr Uche Ogah as the authentic All Progressives Congress gubernatorial candidate in Abia State for the 2023 general elections. DAILY POST recalls that the All Progressives Congress had in May 26, 2022, conducted parallel primary elections in Abia State…
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has said Nigeria is better than some developed countries under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Bello said Buhari had done well in the area of infrastructural development. He spoke at the flag-off of the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign in Jos, Plateau State, on Tuesday. Bello recalled that Buhari inherited an economy when the world was in recession but turned it around. The Governor expressed hope that Buhari would hand over power to the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu to continue the good works. Bello said Tinubu would replicate his works as Lagos State governor…
Former governorship aspirant in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill has projected the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi as the best candidates that should be allowed to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Speaking exclusively to the media on Tuesday, the popular film producer said a vote for the All Progressives Congress, APC is a waste. According to him, his decision to vote for either Obi or Atiku would be sequel to their presentations on what they have to offer the country if elected president in 2023. He said, “When…
Tempers are rising in the Southeastern part of the country following revelations that some political leaders and elites from the zone are hell-bent on working against the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi. The political atmosphere became even more apprehensive within the week following the outburst by Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State against Obi. InfoStride News recalls Governor Soludo, within the week, tackled Obi, saying he couldn’t win the forthcoming presidential election. In a lengthy statement, Governor Soludo alleged that Obi was only playing a game. While also throwing shade at Obi’s claim of making huge…
King Charles III has personally asked the UK Parliament to add his siblings, Princess Anne the Princess Royal, and Prince Edward the Earl of Wessex, to the list of people who can act as his deputies for official royal duties. Charles issued a statement on Monday, as he celebrated his 74th birthday, which was read to the House of Lords to state he would be “most content” if his sister and brother could become Counsellors of State effectively the monarch’s stand-ins at events. This will mean amending the UK’s Regency Act, which at present stipulates that Counsellors are the spouse…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has denied rumours of a crisis of any form or shape in the state arising from the composition of the Presidential Campaign Council. The opposition party also clarified that all the guidelines, processes and procedures laid down for the composition of the 2023 Presidential Campaign Council and Campaign Management Committee were strictly adhered to in the state. PDP made the clarification in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Collins Opurozo made available to DAILY POST in Owerri, Imo State. Recall that the All Progressive Congress, APC had alleged that the leaders…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday refused to attend the flag-off of the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign rally. The rally, according to the APC Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, was to present the party’s flag to its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, who said he gave out his slot to be Buhari’s running mate to Osinbajo. While President Muhammadu Buhari is present at the rally, InfoStride News reports that Vice President Osinbajo is nowhere to be found. It is not immediately clear why the Vice President is not at the campaign rally held in Jos, the Plateau State capital. Many had a…
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has reacted angrily to Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo’s diatribe against Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate. Soludo had in a lengthy letter, ruled Obi out of the presidential race, declaring that the LP candidate was merely catching a cruise. However, in a statement made available to the media on Tuesday, by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the Secretary-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, he described Soludo as a dog in the manger enrolled to discredit Obi’s legacies. The Ohanaeze scribe said based on the unjustified development, “Ndigbo have dragged Governor Soludo to the two famous…
Some Nollywood and Kannywood stars on Tuesday arrived in Jos, the Plateau capital, to support the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, and his running mate Senator Kashim Shettima. The APC flagged off its presidential campaign in Jos to solicit the support of Nigerians to vote Tinubu and Shettima as president and vice- please, respectively. Some of the Nollywood and Kannywood actors spotted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) include; Jide Kosoko, Gentle Jack, Sani Mu’azu Foluke Daramola and Ali Nuhu. Others were; Zack Orji, Said Balogun, Taiwo Hassan, Bimbo Akintola and a host…
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tested postive for COVID-19, a day after returning from his trip to the UK, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Tuesday. Shehbaz, 71, returned to Pakistan on Monday after taking a detour to London from the COP27 climate conference in Egypt to visit his elder brother Nawaz Sharif. In a tweet, Aurangzeb said the premier was feeling unwell for the past two days and took a COVID-19 test on Tuesday on the doctor’s advice, which returned positive. She appealed to the nation and to PML-N workers to pray for Prime Minister Shehbaz’s speedy recovery. This…