The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has expressed joy over an award bestowed on him by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying he feels proud that the All Progressives Congress, APC, thinks he has done well. Governor Wike disclosed this in Port Harcourt, the State capital on Monday during a dinner/reception in his honour to celebrate the ‘Distinguished Award in Infrastructure Delivery’ bestowed on him by President Buhari. “So I thank all of you and I dedicate this Award to God Almighty and to all of you who prayed for us to achieve what we have achieved. The Award is not…
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The spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign Council, Dino Melaye, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, of plagiarism. Melaye accused Tinubu of plagiarizing the campaign manifesto and slogan of the late MKO Abiola. The former Kogi West Senator said Tinubu copied Abiola’s 1993 presidential campaign slogan out of desperation. In a tweet, Melaye said Tinubu’s ideas are archaic, adding that they are no longer in tune with present realities in Nigeria. Melaye said Tinubu’s manifesto was ‘renewed hopelessness.’ He wrote: “In desperation to be like Abiola, Tinubu is photocopying Abiola in all…
The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2023 general election, Mr. Dumebi Kachikwu has said the youngsters in Nigeria who should have championed new age politics are being hired by moneybag politicians. He lamented that the category of people being hired haven’t realised that it was time they should be championing change in the political system, but they were being rented for ‘crowd competition’ by some presidential candidates, adding that this category of citizens lacked patriotic zeal to fight to rescue Nigeria from the woods. The ADC flagbearer spoke at a press conference on Monday, declaring…
The United States will make full use of its military capabilities, including nuclear, conventional and missile defence,” to defend its allies Japan and South Korea, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said Tuesday as she warned North Korea against escalating its provocations. Sherman said North Korea’s repeated firings of ballistic missiles and artillery in recent weeks were provocative military actions. North Korea has described them as practice runs for the use of tactical nuclear weapons. This is deeply irresponsible, dangerous, and destabilizing, Sherman said in talks in Tokyo with South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyungdong. The two…
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki, blew hot on Monday as he advised Nigerians against supporting the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023. The governor warned that the country would break if APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari. Obaseki made the remarks at the inauguration of the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council. The governor said the Nigeria’s debt would soon hit N60trillion, a situation that would affect generations. “Our heads should be examined as citizens if we contemplate voting for a government like APC. “Like I said, God forbid APC comes into power. This country…
The Benue Youth Forum, BYF, on Monday, lashed out at the Peoples the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar over his comment on the recent killing in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State by Fulani herders. BYF said Atiku urinated on the graves of those killed by Fulani herders in Ukum Local Government Area of the state. Terrence Kuanum, the President of the Forum, accused Atiku of justifying the killings in the area by Fulani herders. He said Atiku’s comment that the heinous acts were due to “sustained clashes between farmers and herders,” was condemnable. In a…
Godwin Obaseki, Governor of Edo State, has said that the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi cannot win the 2023 general election. Obaseki said this on Monday at the inauguration of the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party’s Campaign Council in the state. He also mocked Obi’s supporters popularly known as “Obidients” saying they will soon run out of steam. He added that Nigeria will break if APC wins the 2023 presidential election. “People who say they are Obidients, of course they will be but they will run out of steam. We know how to manage elections, how many…
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said that some “demons” who frustrated him out of the All Progressives Congress have left. Fani-Kayode made the assertion while appearing on Channels TV Politics Today on Monday. The former minister, who is a member of the APC presidential campaign council, had while in the Peoples Democratic Party, alleged that the APC was possessed by “demons”. But speaking on Monday, Fani Kayode said the “demons have now left the APC and entered into the PDP.” He noted that the change in the leadership of the APC has now addressed all the issues he and…
With Rishi Sunak on the threshold of becoming the first non-White Prime Minister of Britain, arch-rivals India and Pakistan are on the cusp of history to share a pride, though none of them played a role in it. Sunak’s grandparents originated from British India but their birthplace Gujranwala lies in modern day Pakistan’s Punjab province. Thus, in an odd way, the new British leader is both an Indian and a Pakistani. So far, the scanty details about his ancestry are available only on social media and that is where both Indian and Pakistanis are expressing their views about his rise…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has backed the call for the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. George faulted the resolution of the Acting PDP’s Board of Trustees, BoT, chairman, Adolphus Wabara-led reconciliation committee. The Wabara-led PDP BoT, in its report submitted to the party, recommended that the National Chairman, Iyorhcia Ayu, should resign after the 2023 general elections. The committee also urged Ayu to assure members that he would step down after the polls. Some PDP governors like Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, Samuel Ortom of Benue…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State has assured new members who defected from the All Progressive Congress (APC) that they will be given equal treatment in the State. The party’s gubernatorial candidate, Alhaji Yakubu Lado-Danmarke, gave the assurance on Sunday in Jibia while receiving 12,936 APC members from Kaita and Jibia local government areas. He also gave assurance to the people of the area that if elected he would restore security, peace and order in the areas within 100 days. Lado-Danmarke alleged that “wickedness, hatred and bad government policies” had hindered business activities in the areas. “By God’s…
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has directed all staff of his office who are part of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, to give their best to the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Osinbajo issued the directive during a meeting with his staff members who are part of the PCC. Disclosing this, an aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Ajuri Ngelale, said Osinbajo stressed the importance of the assignment. Ngelale, who is one of the spokesperson for the Tinubu-Shettima campaign organization, said the Vice President appealed to those concerned to carry out their duties without hindrance. He also urged…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Sunday in Kano, appealed to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to eschew religious sentiment and vote for him in the 2023 presidential election, insisting that he is the best candidate to give Nigeria good leadership. Tinubu spoke during an interface with CAN leadership in Kano led by the state chairman, Rev. Samuel Adeyemo. The APC presidential candidate, who spoke at Africa House, Government House, Kano, reminded the Christian leaders that he is married to a pastor, insisting that his decision for a Muslim-Muslim ticket was…
Indian-origin former chancellor Rishi Sunak on Sunday formally declared his candidacy to contest the Conservative Party leadership election to replace Liz Truss as British Prime Minister and fix the economy. The 42-year-old is the clear frontrunner as he raced ahead with the backing of at least 128 Tory members of Parliament, even as loyalists of his former boss Boris Johnson claimed he has the necessary 100 MPs needed to make it to the shortlist. While the former Tory leader and prime minister is yet to officially declare his candidacy, the contest is shaping up as a three-way fight including third-placed…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed optimism that huge crowds that received its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in both Edo and Niger States signals victory at the 2023 general elections. NAN reports that the spokesman of the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, made the assertion on Sunday in a statement he issued in Abuja. According to Ologbondiyan, huge crowds received the former vice president in Benin; Bida, Niger; and Jibia, Katsina State; during campaign rallies. He further stated that Atiku’s campaign was gaining more traction across the country due to his tenacity in addressing the nation’s…
Funke Akindele, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deputy governorship candidate in Lagos, said the opposition was ready to work for the people. Akindele said God called her and the governorship candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor) to change the story of the state. The famous actress spoke on Sunday at Ayo Ni O Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, Surulere District in Badagry. Akindele noted that her emergence was divine as she was selected “despite the crowd that struggled to be chosen”. “We were called by God, if not we would have backed out”, NAN quoted her saying. Akindele assured that the team would…
Two Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwarts in Sokoto State, the party’s Vice Chairman of Isa local government, Alhaji Garba Araga; and Alhaji Garba Marafa Tozai, a Special Assistant to the governor, at the weekend dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC). The ruling PDP in the state has witnessed mass defection of its members to the APC in recent times. The latest defectors, Araga and Tozai, according to a source, defected with hundreds of their teeming supporters in the area. The source explained that Alhaji Garba Araga and Marafa Tozai explained that they decided to throw up their…
The presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has said that without the due diligence of the party governors, he would not have become the candidate. “You firmly stood by me at the hours of needs during the Primary Contests of our Party and that made me the Candidate of the APC and that is a great source of pride because others are still battling their governors,” he said. Speaking during a series of meetings with Ullamas and some pastors, Tinubu insisted that the position of governors on him has given him more courage and…
President Joe Biden wants to tame inflation. He wants Congress to protect access to abortions. He wants to tackle voting rights. And he’s taking on China, promoting construction of new factories, addressing climate change, forgiving student debt, pardoning federal marijuana convictions, cutting the deficit, working to lower prescription drug prices and funneling aid to Ukraine. Biden is trying to be everything to everyone. But that’s making it hard for him to say he’s focused on any single issue above all others as he tries to counter Republican momentum going into the November 8 elections. There’s no one thing, Biden said…
Jigawa State Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar said the Northern part of the country will pay back the presidential candidate of the All Progressive congress APC Bola Ahmad Tinubu in the coming 2023 general election. Governor Badaru stated this when he received Tinubu in Kano on Sunday. InfoStride News reported that The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, visited Kano State to open his campaign offices. Tinubu was welcomed on Saturday by the Governors of Kano, Jigawa and Zamfara States at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport alongside thousands of supporters. Addressing the mammoth crowd, Governor Muhammad Badaru…