Political parties in Kwara State on Wednesday signed a peace accord to ensure issue-based campaigns for next year’s elections in the state. At the signing of the accord, held at state police command headquarters in Ilorin, the state Police Commissioner, Paul Odama, cautioned politicians, contestants, media aides and canvassers, against obscene, inciting statements and hate speeches during political rallies. Paul explained that the peace accord was aimed at bestowing on society an acceptable, free, fair and credible electoral process. “As we are aware, the election comes every four years, losers of this year could be winners of next year, as…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
There is no governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State for the 2023 general elections in the list published by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. INEC, in the published list at the Akwa Ibom State headquarters, Udo Udoma Uyo which was signed by the secretary, Rose Oriaran Anthony, the name of the APC candidate was conspicuously missing while the names of other party candidates were found. This may not come as a surprise as the House of Representatives candidate for Eket federal Constituency, Eseme Eyiboh in a press conference a week ago, foretold that…
The Labour Party gubernatorial candidate for the 2023 general elections in Kaduna State, Jonathan Asake, has expressed concern over rumours being circulated that his name is missing from the list issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). James Swam, the Media Aide to Jonathan Asake, in a statement explained that the news being circulated is absolutely far from the truth. The statement further explained, “The list being circulated is an old one that contains Labour Party, LP, placeholder for Kaduna, prior to the substitution primary that Asake won.” The statement explained that the substitution primary was supervised by INEC,…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, has described Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State as a great asset to the party. Ayu said Wike has helped to rescue PDP since time immemorial. The PDP National Chairman disclosed this through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Yusuf Dingyadi, in a chat with journalists in Kaduna on Tuesday. He said: “We are trying to see that everyone is giving a fear hearing. As we speak, the local reconciliation committee is meeting with party members at the state level to discuss issues and find solutions to…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released a list of 17 governorship candidates for the 2023 general election in Kaduna State. However, the candidate of the Labour Party, Jonathan Asake, was missing as Alhaji Umaru Farouk Ibrahim was recognised as the party’s governorship candidate. The All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Governorship candidates; Senator Uba Sani, Isa Ashiru, and Suleiman Hunkuyi made the list. The list, however, doused tension and apprehension that some other candidates may not be listed following court cases instituted against them.
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Adamu, is currently meeting with six governors elected under the platform of the ruling party in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The meeting, according to sources, is to address some issues in the Presidential Campaign Council list of the party’s 2023 Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu. The meeting, which is taking place at the party’s national secretariat, also has some members of the APC National Working Committee (NWC) and a former National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, in attendance. The governors in attendance at the meeting holding behind closed-doors include Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo),…
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has denied media reports that he ordered officials of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), to work against former governor, Peter Obi. Some reports on social media and blogs had reported that Soludo charged his party members to work against Obi, who is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). The report said Soludo instructed his supporters to work for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, who they said has promised to hand over to an Igbo after his tenure. But the Chief Press Secretary to Soludo, Mr Christian Aburime…
South Korea and the United States fired four ground-to-ground missiles into the East Sea on Wednesday in joint drills, a day after North Korea’s intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) launch, according to the South’s military. The two sides each launched two Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles, which precisely hit mock targets and demonstrated the allies’ capability to deter further provocations, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. On Tuesday, the North fired an IRBM from Mupyong-ri in its northern province of Jagang in its first launch of an IRBM in eight months. It flew around 4,600 kilometers over Japan and…
US President Joe Biden has sent a letter to South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol expressing his willingness to continue frank and open-minded talks on the US Inflation Reduction Act, a presidential official said Wednesday. Biden also said in the letter the previous day that he is well aware of Yoon’s concerns about the IRA, the official told reporters. The IRA gives tax credits only to electric vehicles assembled in North America, raising concerns it will act as a significant trade barrier for Korean carmakers, Yonhap news agency reported.
About 18 sitting governors are behind the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said. This was revealed in a statement made available to the media, Wednesday, by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide. He said apart from the unnamed governors, a number of the country’s past leaders were also backing Obi’s candidature. He disclosed that the governors cut across different political platforms, adding that the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and other political parties, were already afraid of the development. Ohanaeze, while…
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has dismissed the embattled House of Representatives Member from Gwer/Gwer West Federal Constituency from the state, Mark Gbillah, as a small fry who has no capacity to threaten the electoral victory of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, or the Governor in the forthcoming elections in the state. Gbillah had at a press conference in Abuja last week, erroneously accused Governor Ortom of standing in his way ahead of the 2023 elections. He had claimed that Governor Ortom and his aides were the architect of his travails and working together with INEC against his electoral victory…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, BoT, and Governor Nyesom Wike meeting ended in a deadlock. Hopes were high earlier today as the leadership of the party began a truce meeting to seek an end to the crisis rocking the party. However, the peace meeting between the BoT Trustees and governor Wike did not sail smoothly. DAILY POST recalls that the party has been embroiled in a political crisis shortly after its presidential primaries. At the centre of the crisis that have engulfed the party are Governor Wike and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The closed-door meeting in…
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Joe Igbokwe, has described the party’s presidential flagbearer, Bola Tinubu, as the best man to lead Nigeria. Igbokwe is the Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Drainage and Water Resources. He spoke on Tuesday at an Ndigbo gathering at the Blue Roof of the Lagos Television (LTV) in Ikeja, the capital. The event was to declare the support of Igbos for the 2023 aspirations of Tinubu and Sanwo-Olu. Igbokwe declared that anyone who governed Nigeria’s commercial hub would effortlessly govern the country. “Lagos is a 24 hour state and so anybody…
Engr. Bashir I. Bashir, governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Kano State, has debunked claims he has dumped the party to return to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Engr. Muazu Magaji, a former Works Commissioner in the government of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje in Kano State, had circulated on his Facebook page, that he, Bashir and some others had returned to the APC. However, in a quick reaction to the speculation, Bashir said, “Muazu Magaji is nothing but a confused person who cannot define exactly what he wants in his life.” He said, “the picture circulated by Muazu Magaji was…
The Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Campaign Management Committee (NCMC), Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said the presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar’s campaign will kick off on Monday, 10 October 2022 in Akwa Ibom State. Tambuwal who stated this, Tuesday while briefing journalists at Atiku’s campaign office in Wuse, Abuja described the PDP Presidential candidate as the most prepared. The Sokoto State Governor said “only Atiku can provide the required leadership that this country needs at this time. He has experience in governance at the federal level, which I believe none of the rest of…
The Enugu State Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been taken over by the Labour Party. InfoStride News reports that the APC in the State has been battling with series of crisis. It worsened after the party’s congress last year following the emergence of Barr. Ugochukwu Agballah as the State chairman. A delegation of the party’s stakeholders in the State were at the APC national Secretariat few weeks ago where they demanded the constitution of a caretaker committee. However, Agballa dismissed the stakeholders, including the Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama and a former Senate President, Senator Ken…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun, Ladi Adebutu, has asked his fellow Yorubas not to be selfish in gunning for the 2023 presidential seat. Adebutu believes that the Yorubas have had a fair share of the presidency, saying former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the late Interim government leader, Ernest Shonekan, are from the race. Addressing his teeming supporters at a political function in Abeokuta, Adebutu said Yoruba is not the only tribe in Nigeria, calling on his followers to vote for Atiku Abubakar from the north. “When we took a deep look at where this…
Ukrainian forces achieved their biggest breakthrough in the south of the country since the war began, bursting through the front and advancing rapidly along the Dnipro River on Monday, threatening supply lines for thousands of Russian troops. Kyiv gave no official confirmation of the gains, but Russian sources acknowledged that a Ukrainian tank offensive had advanced dozens of kilometers along the river’s west bank, recapturing a number of villages along the way. The breakthrough mirrors recent Ukrainian successes in the east that have turned the tide in the war against Russia, even as Moscow has tried to raise the stakes…
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has accused his predecessor Imran Khan of ruining the country’s economy and called him the the biggest liar on the face of the earth who has injected poison into society to dangerously polarise the electorate after he was toppled from power in April. In an interview with The Guardian newspaper from Pakistan, Sharif spoke about the damage that Khan, who ruled Pakistan from 2018 to April this year, had done to the country in both domestic and foreign affairs. Pakistan is currently in the midst of an unprecedented economic crisis, as it grapples with mounting…
Akwa Ibom Integrity Alliance has urged Governor Udom Emmanuel not to honour the Young Progressives Party, YPP, request to use the Eket Sports Stadium to flag off its political rally. The group in a statement signed by its Chairman, Mr Stephen Abia on Monday, said if the state government actually wants to preserve its legacy and avoid vandalization of the facility, it should not attempt entrusting the party with the facility. The statement said the group decided to be proactive in informing the governor about the repercussions because it knew that he (the governor) being a leader with a good…