The move by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to take over the governorship position from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State is currently facing a threat due to irreconcilable differences among major ethnic and interest groups in the state. The fresh crisis centres on the alleged scheming of Benue South (Zone C Senatorial District) from the composition of the Gubernatorial Campaign Council, the main body billed to campaign for the governorship candidate of the party, Rev Father Hyacinth Alia. Sources confided in our correspondent on Wednesday, that unless the internal crises in the party are effectively managed,…
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The Labour Party has applied to the Federal High Court in Abuja for stay of execution of the judgement which disqualified their candidate for Cross River Southern Senatorial district, Mr Daniel Asuquo. The party in a statement signed by its State chairman, Ambassador Ogar Osim and released Wednesday evening, said they were ready to proceed to the Appeal Court to appeal the High Court judgement. Hon Daniel Asuquo, popularly known as Dansuki, represented the Akamkpa/Biase federal constituency in the House of Representatives for 12 years. Justice A.R. Muhammed presided over the court which nullified the primaries conducted in Calabar by…
The US called out to Iran to stop sending weapons to Russia to kill Ukrainians as the war between Kyiv and Moscow escalated. The US on Wednesday called out to Iran to stop sending weapons to Russia to kill Ukrainians as the war between Kyiv and Moscow escalated in the past few weeks and added that deepening ties between Russia and Iran are moving beyond weapons. “We’re concerned Moscow may be advising Iran to manage protests (Mahsa Amini protests) as Russia has extensive experience in suppressing open demonstrations. Our message to Iran is clear: Stop killing people, stop sending weapons…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, analysis of the preliminary register reveals that six States of Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Rivers, Katsina and Oyo have the highest registered voters. Checks by InfoStride News indicate that Lagos leads with 7,075,192 registered voters, followed by Kano, which has 5,927,565 registered voters, while Kaduna, Rivers, Katsina and Oyo have 4,345,469; 3,532,990; 3,519,260 and 3,275,045 registered voters, respectively. The revelation is coming on the heels of the disclosure by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, that the voter register had gone up to 93.5m. Yakubu announced this on Wednesday during the…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has insisted he does not have anything against Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Tinubu stated this when he addressed a group in Kano that worked for Osinbajo’s presidential bid. Ahead of the APC presidential primary, there were controversial reactions after Osinbajo declared his bid to contest the presidency with Tinubu also in the race. It was then rumoured that both politicians had fallen out since then. But Tinubu said: “I have nothing against him. I’ve been to his house after the primaries. “I saw him on the day of the…
The Labour Party (LP) on Wednesday, released an updated list of 1,453 members, as its final Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) list for the 2023 general election. Recall that LP had earlier released a 1, 234 member Campaign Council list which was later retracted to accommodate more people. Mr Julius Abure, the National Chairman, LP at a news conference in Abuja onWednesday said the first list was retracted in order to capture all interest which have been covered in the new list . Abure said that the Director-General of the Presidential Campaign Council remained Dr Doyin Okupe, while retired Assistant Inspector-General…
Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo said Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Dele Momodu was only after Atiku Abubakar’s money. Festus Keyamo is the spokesperson of the Bola Tinubu-Kashim Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). Momodu, who holds the same position in the PDP campaign, had called Keyamo a nuisance and a figurehead in the Buhari administration. In reply, Keyamo called the publisher a miserable fellow that overrated himself but crashed like a wingless bird from a futile presidential ambition. The minister said Momodu and ended up as an hyperactive hireling and attack-dog of perhaps the worst serial loser in…
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday made a congratulatory phone call to new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the White House said. The leaders agreed on the importance of working together to support Ukraine and hold Russia accountable for its aggression, address the challenges posed by China, and secure sustainable and affordable energy resources, the White House said in a readout of the call. The two leaders also reaffirmed the special relationship between the US and the United Kingdom, underscoring their desire to further enhance cooperation on issues critical to global security and prosperity, it said. They discussed their shared…
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has vowed that he will reclaim his electoral mandate at the election petition tribunal. This is also as he reiterated his confidence in the country’s electoral process. Oyetola made this known while addressing Osun All Progressives Congress (APC) members during the mass walk organised for the APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima in Osogbo on Tuesday. The Osun Governor, who personally led the members in the walk, told the party members that the APC remained the party to beat in Osun and Nigeria. He also disclosed that the party’s…
Former Governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, has stated that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, must allow its internal structure to reflect the diversity of Nigeria before embarking on its 2023 mantra of unifying the country. Mimiko, who disclosed that he has not backtracked from the position of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, and other aggrieved leaders of the party on the agitation for regional equity within the PDP, stressed his commitment that a member of the party of southern extraction must be the National Chairman before the 2023 polls. The ex-governor stated…
All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK), has lambasted Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki for his comment on Bola Tinubu and the party. Obaseki, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, warned Nigerians not to vote the APC presidential candidate in 2023, predicting that the country would split. In a statement on Wednesday, Fani-Kayode noted that the notion is as nonsensical and puerile as it is asinine. The New Media Director of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) said Obaseki suggested that Nigeria can only remain if PDP’s Atiku Abubakar wins. He said while Obaseki is free to support Atiku,…
The presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) Rabiu Kwankwaso has put to an end the insinuation that he would be stepping down for another party’s flag bearer. Speaking through his spokesman, Ladipo Johnson, Kwankwaso said there was no talk of collapsing his campaign for another person. Ladipo made the comment on Channels Television Sunrise Daily on Wednesday amid speculations that the NNPP standard bearer will collapse his campaign for another presidential candidate before 2023. “It’s too late for mergers and there is no talk of collapsing the campaign, Kwankwaso’s campaign, or the NNPP campaign at any level…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has nothing to show to Nigerians. PDP Youth campaign director in Jigawa, Malam Umar Danjani stated this while replying the APC youth wing. He said the PDP is the only party in Nigeria that has executed more developmental projects that Nigerians are still proud of. According to him “APC administration has nothing to show to Nigerians apart from poverty, insecurity and bad leadership.” He said the APC is panicking over the acceptability of the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and the gubernatorial candidate in Jigawa State, Mustapha…
Russian President Vladimir Putin, facing bureaucratic delays and mounting losses, urged his government Tuesday to cut through bureaucracy to crank out enough weapons and supplies to feed the war in Ukraine, where a Western-armed Ukrainian counteroffensive has set back Russia’s forces. In other developments, Ukrainian authorities asked citizens not to return home and further tax the country’s battered energy infrastructure, and Western countries mulled how to rebuild Ukraine when the war ends. The Russian military’s shortfalls in the eight-month war have been so pronounced that Putin had to create a structure to try to address them. On Tuesday, he chaired…
A Senior Special Assistant on Youth Development to the Delta State Governor, Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa, Comrade Patrick Oghenerhoro, a.k.a Paleke has dumped the governor and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state. Oghenerhoro said he has enormous confidence in Ovie Omo-Agege as a Deltan who desires the development of the State and wellbeing of her people. He stressed that he believes in his vision to build a new Delta. Oghenerrhoro further explained that he has carefully looked at the political credentials of all the candidates gunning for the Delta governorship seat in the…
A former Zonal Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ayo Fadaka, has alleged that the Labour Party, LP, is a use-and-dump political party, claiming that politicians use and dump the party randomly. Fadaka made the allegation while responding to a counterclaim by the Director of Operations, Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation, Sina Fagbenro-Bryon, a fellow guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday. Fagbenro-Bryon had earlier claimed that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has refused to learn from its past and as well does not listen to the people. “I don’t know whatever experience he had in PDP, and to…
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has nullified all the primaries conducted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State. Some aggrieved APC members loyal to the governorship candidate of SDP, Senator Magnus Abe had approached the court, challenging the conduct of primary, with claims of exclusion from delegate primaries conducted in the State. A claimant, George Orlu and four others approached the court requesting that the primaries of the APC in the State be nullified following their alleged exclusion in the process, after they had bought nomination forms. Justice E.A. Obile held that the…
Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi State governorship elections will hold on November 11, 2023, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) The Commission made this known at its weekly meeting on Tuesday. Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, confirmed the development in a statement he signed on Tuesday. Okoye said that the primary elections by parties has been scheduled for March 27 to April 17, 2023. Okoye stated that the decision is in fulfillment of the requirement of Section 28(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, mandating INEC to publish the Notice of Election not…
Britain’s outgoing Prime Minister Liz Truss said on Tuesday that her government had acted “urgently and decisively” to help hard-working families and provided assistance to thousands of businesses to avoid bankruptcy. Truss was speaking after chairing her final Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street before heading towards Buckingham Palace to formally tender her resignation to King Charles. In her farewell speech, Truss said it was “a huge honour” to be prime minister and to lead the nation in mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II and welcoming the accession of King Charles III. Truss, who stepped down last Thursday after…
No fewer than 500 prominent Christian clerics from the north and heads of different support groups within the All Progressives Congress have rejected the party’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket. The groups, which met on Tuesday to review the participation of Christians in the APC presidential campaign council, warned that it will withdraw the support of millions of its followers across the country should the ruling party proceed with Kassim Shettima as Bola Tinubu’s running mate. The Christian leaders and heads of the APC coalition made their displeasure known in a communique issued at the end of the meeting in Abuja. The…