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…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
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…
Security was beefed up at the Rwang Pam Township Stadium in Jos, Plateau State capital on Tuesday as the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima of the party flag off campaign. Officers of the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Army, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and other security operatives were sighted at the venue. Aside Tinubu and his running mate, other party chieftains present include the Plateau state governor and the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Simon Lalong, the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu and a host of others.…
A spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential campaign council and former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is like a man that had one of his testicles removed. He reiterated that the APC presidential candidate, Ahmed Bola Tinubu will win the forthcoming election with a huge margin. Fani-Kayode made this disclosure in a Channels TV interview monitored by the media on Monday. “I believe APC will do well in Nasarawa, Niger, Kagi, Plateau and Kwara states. “In North West states, APC we will do well. In Kaduna state, Zamfara, Kano states. With three-four states…
The main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Kaduna State, has expressed its determination towards ensuring that no stone is left unturned in its efforts to win back the state in 2023. Hon Felix Hassan Hyat, state party chairman made the assurance at the inauguration of the State Campaign Council, (SCC) and the State Campaign Management Committee, (SCMC) in Kaduna on Monday. According to him, the PDP is battle ready to win the national and State elections in the forthcoming 2023 poll, stressing, “Our position is, therefore, PDP All the Way come 2023. The campaign structure has been designed…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, says he has relocated from Lagos to Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Tinubu disclosed this during his brief meeting with his counterpart from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abuja. Both presidential candidates met at the private wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja yesterday. The APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu and a former PDP presidential aspirant, Mohammed Hayatudeen were at the airport when Tinubu and Atiku met. While Tinubu was heading to Jos, Plateau State, to flag-off his presidential campaign, Atiku was heading to Lagos. During the meeting,…
President Joe Biden objected to China’s coercive and increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan and raised human rights concerns about Beijing’s conduct in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong during his first in-person meeting on Monday with President Xi Jinping , the White House said. In a statement on the roughly three-hour session, the White House said Biden told Xi that the U.S would continue to compete vigorously with China but that competition should not veer into conflict. The meeting came as the superpowers aimed to manage differences between them as they compete for global influence amid increasing economic and security tensions.…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Monday said the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has done the greatest damage to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Fani-Kayode said Obi has attracted votes that should have gone to the PDP to himself in the forthcoming election. Speaking on Channels TV programme, Politics Today, Fani-Kayode said Obi would mop up votes in Plateau, Delta, and the Southeast. He also likened the opposition party to a man with one testicle, adding that this was due to the division in the party. According to Fani-Kayode: “PDP is totally…
The Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that it has no plan to attack facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). APC made this disclosure while reacting to an allegation raised by the state governor. InfoStride News recalls that Governor Seyi Makinde of the state, through his campaign committee, had on Sunday raised an alarm that members of opposition political parties were planing to attack INEC facilities. APC, which is the major opposition political party in the state, has however said that none of its members is interested in attacking INEC facilities. The party…
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has expressed hope that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu will win the 2023 election. Lalong said presidential candidates who flagged off their campaigns in Jos usually win the election. Tinubu will on November 15 flag off his presidential campaign in Jos, Plateau State. However, the governor said going by history, Tinubu will be Nigeria’s next president. He spoke after inspecting the Rwang Pam Stadium, Jos, the venue of the APC presidential campaign flag-off. The governor recalled that MKO Abiola and former President Olusegun Obasanjo both flagged off their presidential campaigns…
The Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has vowed that nothing whatsoever will stop the party from forming the next government in the state irrespective of all odds. In an exclusive interview with the media in Gusau, the state capital, a chieftain of the party, Ibrahim Abubakar said that the APC should stop rejoicing that PDP will not go into the contest according to the ruling of the Federal High Court in Gusau, the state capital. According to him: “I want you to know now that we have gone to Appeal Court because the Federal High Court has…
The Democrats will retain majority control of the US Senate with two of its candidates projected to win their pivotal races against Republican rivals, in a major boost to President Joe Biden, who welcomed the election results on Sunday, saying he was feeling “good” and looking forward to the second half of his term to fulfil the promises made to the American people. Biden’s Democratic Party defied the historical trend of midterm elections breaking against parties in power, cementing its majority in the upper chamber of the US Congress. In the November 8 midterm election, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto from…
An Uyo Federal High Court has nullified the election of Akanimo Udofia as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State. Justice Agatha Okeke, who delivered the judgement ordered the APC to conduct a fresh governorship primary election within 14 days. The case was filed by a former senator, Ita Enang, who claimed that he was the validly elected candidate of the APC in Akwa Ibom. Justice Okeke concurred with Mr Enang’s argument, and ruled that Udofia was not a member of the APC as he did not participate in all the stages of the…
The supporters of former Governor Abdulaziz Yari have declared that they are only interested in voting for the APC presidential candidate, Senator Bola Ahmed. The supporters made this declaration on Sunday at Talata-Mafara town where they received the former governor who is now APC Zamfara West senatorial candidate. According to them, they were in APC at present and would not accept to vote for anybody under duress, pointing out that there are great differences between democracy and military rule. “We can vote for someone that has our interest at heart. Time has gone when we used to vote in the…
Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) in Enugu State, Casmir Agbo, has disclosed that the party is waiting for directives from its headquarters to conduct a fresh gubernatorial primary. Agbo made this known on Monday in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu. Recall that an Abuja Federal High Court had ordered a fresh gubernatorial primary in Enugu State. This was sequel to a suit brought by Mr Everest Nnaji challenging the emergence of Mr Chijioke Edeoga as the LP candidate. “We are waiting for directives from our national office to conduct a fresh primary…
There are indications that the current internal wranglings in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, may not be over any time soon. This is following the invitation by the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, to commission one of the projects executed by his administration in the state. The announcement was disclosed by Dr Yunusa Tanko, spokesperson for the Obi/Datti presidential campaign. Recall that Governor Wike is not new to inviting members from the opposition, especially from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to commission projects in his State. An act, which…
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to “call out Putin’s regime” at this year’s G20 over the Russia-Ukraine conflict as he leaves for Indonesia for the annual summit on Sunday. The Group of 20 (G20) of the world’s biggest economies will bring together world leaders, where Sunak is expected to hold his first meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi since taking charge as the UK’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister last month. India’s year-long presidency of the G20 will kick off from December 1. “(Vladimir) Putin’s war has caused devastation around the world destroying lives and plunging the international economy…
Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political commentator, on Sunday, said the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, would be blamed for the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. Adeyanju said the political class would blame Obi if the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu wins in 2023. He noted that the former Anambra State governor was not running for the presidency but against Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In a tweet, the Abuja-based activist pointed out that Obi would become a political outcast after the 2023 elections. He wrote: “Peter Obi is not running for president.…