Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has addressed the conflict in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 polls. The leading opposition platform is seemingly fractured over the outcome of the May presidential convention in Abuja. Atiku emerged as the flagbearer ahead of his main challenger, Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike. Wike has been blowing hot, attacking the Atiku camp and allies including PDP chair Iyorchia Ayu and Uche Secondus. At the 97th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Thursday, the ex-VP expressed commitment to ensuring resolution of the internal crisis. The Wazirin Adamwa noted that “family disagreements” are normal…
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Gubernatorial candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Kwara State, Yakubu Gobir has declared that the party has no plan to merge with any leading political party in the State within a few months to the 2023 general elections. He made the declaration while speaking with party members at Balogun Fulani Ward II in the Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State on Thursday. At the event tagged “thank you visit” to the 16 local government areas in the State, Gobir said rather than merge, the party welcomes other parties in the State wishing to join YPP. He…
Donald Trump has strongly indicated that he might run for the 2024 US presidential election, claiming that “everyone” wants him to contest the polls once again, a decision he said will make a “couple of people unhappy.” The 76-year-old Republican leader who has still not conceded defeat in the 2020 US presidential election to his Democratic Party rival Joe Biden, asserted that “we didn’t lose.” In an interview to NDTV news channel at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, the former president said, “Everyone wants me to run, I’m leading in the polls…I’ll make a decision in…
A Pakistani court on Thursday decided to indict former prime minister Imran Khan in contempt of court case against him for making controversial remarks against a female judge, calling his response “unsatisfactory”. During a rally here earlier this month, 69-year-old Khan had threatened to file cases against top police officials, election commission and political opponents over the treatment meted out to his aide Shahbaz Gill, who was arrested on charges of sedition. He had also taken exception to Additional District and Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry, who had approved Gill’s two-day physical remand at the request of the police, and said…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has threatened to drag the Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Abraham Ngobere, to court for refusing to honour a court of appeal order that sacked a member for defecting from the party to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the state. Also included in the case is the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for not abiding by the order of the court which sacked Hon. Daniel Charles with immediate effect. InfoStride News had earlier reported that the Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on July 14, sacked the…
Former aide to ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Segun Showunmi, has said nobody has enough resources to buy him off the ballot in the 2023 governorship election in Ogun State. Showunmi, who has been claiming to be the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, dispelled rumours that he was being sponsored by certain interests to scuttle the chances of the party. According to him, the primary election that produced Hon. Ladi Adebutu, who is being recognized by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the candidate of the PDP in Ogun, was illegal. Showunmi said the primary…
Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna Central Senator, has reacted to the continued crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Sani said the resignation of Walid Jibrin as PDP’s Board of Trustees, BoT, Chairman, has opened a new window to the crisis rocking the party. He urged PDP to rise above the crisis and unite. In a tweet, the former lawmaker warned that failure to unite would lead to PDP’s annihilation. He wrote: “The PDP’s internal crisis is widened by external meddling, but it’s part of the game. “The party should rise above this, unite & match to power because the…
The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has resigned his position as the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Governors Forum. The former presidential aspirant tendered his resignation on Thursday at the ongoing PDP National Executive Council meeting in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Subsequently, the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde emerged as the new Chairman of the forum. Indication has also emerged that Tambuwal may emerge the Director General for Presidential campaign council of the party. Details shortly…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said its 2023 National Presidential Campaign Council list would be made public soon. National Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba spoke to newsmen Wednesday night after a National Caucus meeting in Abuja. The spokesman disclosed that the Board of Trustees (BoT) and the National Executive Council (NEC) would meet over the list. “The party is set to go and ready for the elections. All issues were resolved. “We are set to go. We are ready. The organs of the party are working.” Ologunagba said the opposition was set for a rescue mission and would rebuild the country…
Some former presidential aspirants, who contested in the last Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primary election have pledged their full support and loyalty to the candidacy of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. In a release made available to the media by Atiku’s media aide, Abdurasheed Shehu, he said the former Presidential aspirants, led by Mohammed Hayatudeen, pledged their loyalty to Atiku during a visit to him. Others in attendance included Kalu Chikwendu, Tarry Oliver, Dele Momodu and Charles Ugwu. Governor Nyesom Wike, ex-Senate President Bukola Saraki, former SGF, Anyim Pius Anyim, among others, were absent at the meeting. Hayatudeen stated that they came…
Isaac, the younger brother of former Governor Ayodele Fayose, has endorsed the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, ahead of 2023. The younger Fayose said he would vote for Obi during the 2023 presidential election. Fayose made the remark while declaring the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as a dead party. In a Facebook post, Fayose said he would vote for Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the Governor of Lagos State. “PDP National is a dead party! In Lagos, I am voting for Governor Babajide Sanwo Olu. My polling unit is on Admiralty way Lekki phase 1. “For President, I am voting…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Princewill Dike, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, has warned the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, that he would be playing with fire if he decides to ignore the demands of the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his camp. Dike also warned Atiku that those people hanging around him and mounting pressure on the former vice-president to call the bluff of Wike, who he described as a ‘mobiliser’, are leading him to the abyss. Recall that the PDP has been embroiled in a political crisis since after…
US Vice President Kamala Harris would travel to Tokyo to attend the state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on September 27. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, was fatally shot on July 8 while the 67-year-old leader was delivering a campaign speech in western Japan ahead of the House of Councillors election on July 10. Harris would be travelling to Tokyo on behalf of US President Joe Biden to lead the Presidential delegation to the state funeral of Abe, according to her spokesperson Kirsten Allen. Apart from Harris, the funeral is likely to be attended by a galaxy…
At least 32 people were killed due to a fire at a karaoke bar in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City, according to local media reports. In a report on Wednesday, Cong An Nhan Dan newspaper, the official mouthpiece of the Public Security Ministry, said the victims comprised 17 men and 15 women, reports the BBC. The Ministry said that there were about 60 people in the An Phu karaoke bar when the fire broke on Tuesday night. “The fire started on the second floor of the bar and quickly spread to the third floor, which was full of flammable material,”…
The Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation has expressed confidence that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo will support his former vice to win the presidency. A spokesman for the campaign, Charles Aniagwu said Obasanjo knows the capability of the presidential hopeful. Aniagwu, the Commissioner for Information in Delta, spoke with reporters on Wednesday in Asaba. He recalled how Obasanjo supported the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate during the last general election. Aniagwu said between 1999 and 2007, Atiku assisted the one time Head of State to reposition the nation’s economy. “Atiku was more or less Obasanjo’s candidate, so if he supported him that much,…
The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has downplayed claims of having a rift with the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu. Tinubu said he bears no grudge against Abdullahi, stressing that they have come a long way. He issued the clarification during his meeting with APC National Working Committee, NWC, at the party’s headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday. Tinubu said Abdullahi would help him actualize his presidential ambition. He said, “To the rumour manufacturers, I read in some papers about a disagreement between myself and the chairman and that was a very big lie. “They didn’t know that we…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe, has cautioned Nigerians about the presidential candidacy of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar. Igbokwe warned that Atiku’s candidacy would endanger Nigeria’s unity. He stressed that Atiku’s candidacy is like putting a knife on the things that have kept Nigeria together since 1960. The Special Adviser on Drainage and Water Resources to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, disclosed this via his Facebook page on Wednesday. He maintained that the South must produce the country’s next president. “Those who are still pushing Atiku Abubakar to contest…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has declared that other political parties are not threats to his party. Tinubu said the APC was well positioned to emerge victorious in the February 2023 election. He spoke while meeting with APC National Working Committee (NWC) at the party’s national secretariat, Wednesday in Abuja. Tinubu said APC is committed to democratic principles and values, but such can not be said of the opposition parties. According to Tinubu: “We are not threatened. We are committed, and we are very proud of ourselves; we are of orderly manner, we are committed to…
The Russian Ministry of Defense is in the process of purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea for its ongoing fight in Ukraine, according to a newly downgraded U.S. intelligence finding. Brig Gen Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said Tuesday that the information that we have is that Russia has specifically asked for ammunition. He said the US has seen indications Russia approached North Korea, but said he had no other details, including whether money has changed hands or any shipments are in progress. It does demonstrate and is indicative of the situation that Russia finds…
Barring last-minute changes, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Caucus meeting is scheduled for Wednesday in Abuja. The meeting, according to a statement by PDP National Director of Publicity, Chinwe I. Nnorom, is scheduled to hold at the Akwa Ibom State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, by 07:00 pm. It also disclosed that the Board of Trustees (BoT) and National Executive Committee (NEC) are slated for Thursday, 8th September 2022, both in Abuja. The statement read in part, “the PDP holds the following meetings: National Caucus – Wednesday, September 07, 2022, at the Akwa Ibom State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja; by…