The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has said that he will not succumb to intimidation or blackmail just because of his senatorial ambition. He also insisted that he will never trade the interest of the state to gain political power. Governor Ortom spoke during an enlarged meeting with Jemgbagh PDP Elders Forum comprising Gboko, Tarka and Buruku Local Government Areas held on Sunday, October 9th, 2022 at the Gboko residence of Hon. Mike Mku. The meeting was at the instance of the Jemgbagh PDP Elders Forum, which sought to get clarifications on the cold war between the Governor and…
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The Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has said that his Party is all out to salvage Nigeria from its various problems. He said the party has the best manifesto. Kwankwaso, who said this on Sunday, while commissioning the Kano office of the NNPP campaign office, urged Nigerians to see NNPP as their savior. Senator Kwankwaso insisted the party is the best for Nigeria, urging voters to ensure they come out en masse and exercise their right. The candidate tasked Nigerians to pray for the country ahead of the 2023 elections, adding that…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied singing the praise of former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu. Obasanjo declared that from his experience, only military-trained personnel were good managers of people. The rebuttal by the ex-Head of State was issued on Sunday by spokesperson, Kehinde Akinyemi. Obasanjo stated that he could not have made any remark at the expense of his noble military profession. A viral WhatsApp message by a group, “National Patriots”, claimed that the retired General described Tinubu as a super politician. “If you are looking for a thoroughbred politician of masters class, visit Lagos Bourdillon,” he was quoted saying.…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy believes that Russian officials have started “preparing the society” for the possible use of nuclear weapons, but also added that “they are not ready to do it”. In an interview with the BBC at the President’s Office in Kiev, Zelensky said on Friday: “They begin to prepare their society. That’s very dangerous. “They are not ready to do it, to use it. But they begin to communicate. They don’t know whether they’ll use or not use it. I think it’s dangerous to even speak about it.” “What we see is that Russia’s people in power like…
The political tension in Rivers State regarding who succeeds Governor Nyesom Wike in 2023 may rise in the coming days, as the major contender in the forthcoming governorship polls, Tonye Cole of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has rejected Executive Order 21 of the state government prohibiting political parties from holding campaigns and rallies using any public facilities without the payment of N5 million security fee. Reacting to the policy, Cole described as “obnoxious” the signing into law of Executive Order 21 by Governor Nyesom Wike. According to the APC candidate, such action was tantamount to stifling the political space…
Godswill Akpabio has stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, will emerge victorious in 2023. The former Akwa Ibom governor noted that the APC and Tinubu have the required competence, capacity, and acceptance. Akpabio, ex-Niger Delta minister, is the APC candidate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. He spoke in Ukana on Sunday at a gathering of party members and supporters from the senatorial zone. “Go all out and campaign for all our candidates because the party has all it takes to win elections from the national to the states,” Akpabio told them.…
The Zamfara State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has assured that formidable strategies have been put in place to ensure that it does not go to the 2023 general elections unprepared. This was disclosed to newsmen in Gusau, the State capital by the governorship candidate of the party, Dr. Ahmad Hashim, who said the party also signed a peace accord with other political parties in the state. The party’s flag bearer said its leaders in Zamfara were making all necessary consultations to ensure a landslide victory in the general elections. “People are looking at the party as a…
The recent dust raised by the outcome of the presidential primary of the Peoples Redemption Party has refused to settle in Taraba State. The primary which produced the eldest son of late Bashorun MKO Abiola, the winner of the 1993 June 12 presidential election, has been frowned upon by the state chapter of the party. The aggrieved members in a press statement on Sunday in Jalingo, alleged that the party’s presidential candidate, Lateef Kolawale Abiola, emerged against the wish of the teaming supporters of the party. They claimed that the flag bearer was forcefully imposed on the party by some…
The United States and its allies are seeking Pakistan’s support for the resolution to be tabled at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) next week against Russia for invading Ukraine, Express Tribune reported. The US and its western allies are set to move a resolution at the UNGA, condemning the Russian invasion and seeking withdrawal of Russian forces from the Ukrainian territories, Express Tribune reported. In order to garner maximum support, the US is particularly eyeing support of the countries, which abstained from voting in March on the similar resolution, the report said. Pakistan at the time joined China, India…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has claimed the nomination of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate is “invalid, null and void”. This was contained in a statement signed by Debo Ologunagba, the party’s national publicity secretary, on Saturday. The PDP hinged the illegality of Tinubu’s nomination on a September 30, 2022 judgement which nullified the actions of the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni. Buni is the immediate past chairman of the APC national caretaker committee. Under his leadership, the party conducted a convention which produced Abdullahi Adamu as the national chairman. In June,…
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has boasted that there is no other political party in Abia State with the requisite capacity and potential like the Peoples Democractic Party (PDP). He stated this during the inauguration of 26-member Advisory Council for the Peoples Democratic Party 2023 Campaigns, held at the Banquet hall of Government House in Umuahia, the state capital. InfoStride News reports that a former presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa chairs the Abia PDP Advisory Campaign Council, while Chief Uzodinma Okpara and Professor Paul Ananaba, SAN serves as the Deputy chairman and Secretary of…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to elect leaders that would make a difference in their lives. Tinubu made the remark while calling for prayers for peaceful, free, and fair elections in 2023. He spoke in a statement by his Media Office to felicitate with Muslims on the occasion of the Eid-el-Maulud Festival. The APC presidential candidate said Nigerians “must elect only leaders committed and determined to make the required difference in our lives.” He urged Muslims faithful to extend love and goodness to one another and imbibe the virtues of Prophet Muhammed, which…
A political youth organization, under the aegis of ODOHmeters, on Saturday petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari and security chiefs over the continued destruction of the billboards of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Prof. Benard Odoh in Ebonyi State. The youth group, in a statement signed by its Director General, Mr. Eze Onyebuchi and made available to newsmen in Abakaliki, also asked the Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi to caution Ebubeagu Operatives to desist from further alleged destruction of the billboards. According to him: “We don’t intend to engage in violence with our own brothers. We…
An explosion on Saturday that rocked the crucial Kerch bridge from Russia to Crimea, a hated symbol of the Kremlin’s occupation of the southern Ukrainian peninsula, is just “the beginning”, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s aide Mikhail Podoliak said in Kiev. The bridge was closed in the early hours of Saturday after a truck exploded, damaging the road and causing a huge fire, RT news reported. “Crimea, the bridge, the beginning. Everything illegal must be destroyed, everything stolen must be returned to Ukraine, everything occupied by Russia must be expelled,” Podoliak said in a tweet. Ukrainian officials had earlier threatened to attack…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that it has no plan to disrupt election in Igboland in 2023. The media and publicity secretary of the group, Emma Powerful, in a press statement to the media, said there is no truth in any information circulating on alleged plans to disrupt election in 2023 in Igboland. The group rather accused the federal government of masterminding insecurity in the South East, with the hope of causing fear and accusing IPOB of their deeds. A recent video of a breakaway member of IPOB, Mr Simon Ekpa recently surfaced on the internet, where…
The Network of Benue Professionals, NBF, has commended Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State for calling on the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, to either reconcile with aggrieved members of the party or resign from his position. Recall that Ortom had called on Ayu, who had promised to resign if PDP’s presidential ticket went to the North, to honour his words. The Governor made the call during an emergency meeting of the State Executive Council yesterday. Reacting, NBF described Ortom’s call as a bold step and a positive development that can only come from a…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has likened the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Bola Tinubu to a drug baron. Atiku was responding to a claim by the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo. Keyamo had likened Atiku to a bus conductor applying for a driver’s job. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment said Atiku was only hanging onto the achievements of his former boss, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. Keyamo stressed that the former Vice President has no achievement to sell to Nigerians ahead of the 2023 presidential election. He…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode has described supporters of the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi as poor little children. The former Aviation Minister, who is a staunch supporter of the APC presidential flagbearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, made the assertion in a tweet on his verified Twitter handle. He stated this while lamenting social media attacks from the Obi supporters who are popularly called Obidients. He wrote, “The problem with Peter & his Obidients is that they know how to throw punches but they don’t know how to take them. “They…
China on Saturday criticized the latest U.S. decision to tighten export controls that would make it harder for China to obtain and manufacture advanced computing chips, calling it a violation of international economic and trade rules that will isolate and backfire on the U.S. Out of the need to maintain its sci-tech hegemony, the U.S. abuses export control measures to maliciously block and suppress Chinese companies, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning. It will not only damage the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies, but also affect American companies’ interests, she said. Mao also said that the U.S.…
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said he cannot disclose who he will vote for between Asiwaju Bola Tinubu (All Progressives Congress, APC) and Peter Obi (Labour Party, LP) in the 2023 presidential election. Ngige stated this while speaking on Channels Television’s programme, Politic Today, on Friday. He admitted that both men are his friends, but his vote will be decided in the secret ballot. When asked if it would be a difficult choice to vote Tinubu, with the people from the South-East clamouring to produce Nigeria’s next president, Ngige replied: “I’ve told you I am not…