The chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Osun State chapter, Prince Gboyega Famodun, has enjoined all the members of the party and supporters to put their minds at rest over the Federal High Court, Abuja, ruling over the nomination of Governor Gboyega Oyetola as the candidate of the party in the July 16, 2022 governorship election. The federal High Court nullified the nomination of Oyetola and his Deputy, Benedict Alabi on the ground that Governor Mai Buni, who submitted their names to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) violated the provisions of Nigeria constitution. Buni, according to the court, violated…
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The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has denied withdrawing from the race. Tinubu posted a short video of himself on a treadmill on Sunday evening, in a bid to debunk rumours making the rounds. The former Lagos State Governor wrote alongside it: “Many have said I have died; others claim I have withdrawn from the presidential campaign. “Well… Nope. “This is the reality: I am strong, I am healthy and I am READY to serve Nigerians from Day One.” Tinubu came under criticism as he was missing at last Thursday’s signing of the Peace…
Ahead of the February 2023 presidential elections, five Governors elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday, met in Enugu State. Inside sources told DAILY POST that the discussion centred on how to deliver the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi in 2023. The Governors are: Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Okezie Ikeazu of Abia State and the host Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. According to the insider, the five governors were moved to back Peter Obi’s candidacy because they are not comfortable with the…
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to embark on an official visit to China in the first week of November, media reports said. “Last minute details are being worked upon, but the visit is very much on,” sources told The News. Meanwhile, in Beijing, the Pakistan Embassy hosted an event on floods in Pakistan. “Delighted to host representatives of multilateral organisations, Chinese think tanks and academia at the embassy. Briefed them on recent floods in Pakistan and Pakistan’s vulnerability to climate change. Touched by their desire to contribute,” said Pakistan’s Ambassador Moinul Haque. Interestingly, Haque was also at one…
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 presidential candidate has appointed Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State as Campaign Senior Adviser on Administration and Government. Tinubu also appointed the former governor of Sokoto State, Sen. Aliyu Wamakko as Senior Adviser, Special Duties. According to the letters of appointment made available to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja and signed by Tinubu, both Masari and Wamakko are to serve in the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). The letters said both men’s impressive political achievement and the exemplary leadership demonstrated as governor and Senator in their states and as party members qualified…
Enugu Coalition Movement has pledged to ensure electoral victories of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Barr Peter Mbah and all candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State through mass grassroots mobilization. The group, which made the pledge during the inauguration of the Igbo-etiti Local Government chapter of the group, weekend, assured that it would set up a 20-member committee in each of the entire polling units in the State for aggressive campaigns for PDP candidates. The Director-General of the group, Rt. Hon. Chinedu Nwamba while speaking at the inauguration, said that the group would also superintend over other PDP…
The gubernatorial candidate of Labour Party (LP) in Kaduna State in the 2023 election, Jonathan Asake, has opined that the main problems bedevilling the country is lack of transparent leadership. He noted that Labour Party is determined to change the narratives of what is happening in the country with a view to ensuring that leadership has a human face in its dealing with people devoid of any difference. Speaking on Sunday at Zaria with some stakeholders, the gubernatorial candidate explained, “There is the need for justice, fairness and equity in ensuring that the right thing is done in order to…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Chairman of Matawalle Support Organization in Sokoto State, Alhaji Anas Waziri and hundreds of his supporters have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). This was contained in a statement issued by Bashar Abubakar, Special Assistant, New Media, to Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North), on Sunday in Sokoto. Abubakar quoted Waziri as saying, “we decided to leave the party as its leaders had failed to take us to the promised land. “Our exit from PDP is a sign of victory for APC because of its acceptability across…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that the Communist Party must be united to prepare for great struggles and face major risks, ahead of this month’s key Congress of the ruling party where he is expected to get endorsed for a record third five-year term unlike his predecessors. In an article published in the party’s journal Qiushi on Saturday, China’s National Day, 69-year-old Xi said the country has never been closer to achieving its great national rejuvenation, but the last mile would be full of perils and challenges. Our party must be united to lead the people to face…
The Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, and the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Adolphus Wabara, have assured that Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and other aggrieved members will work for the party’s victory in 2023. Responding to questions after a close door meeting with the BoT Special Reconciliation Committee on Saturday in Abuja, Okowa expressed hope that Governor Wike, Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Lawrence Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and other aggrieved members would come onboard. Okowa also hinted that the governors are discussing among themselves,…
All Progressives Congress (APC) Deputy Chairman (South) Emma Eneukwu said the ruling party will be fielding credible candidates at the 2023 general polls. In his Independence Day message, Eneukwu assured that the APC remained committed to entrenching the dividends of democracy and making things better for citizens. “I solicit for more support for our party and its candidates ahead of the 2023 elections because APC has candidates with proven integrity and competence to deliver”, he noted. The chieftain advised Nigerians to be united peacefully during and after the electioneering season. The politician also cautioned against violence, hate speech, and campaigns…
On September 28, 2022, all the registered political parties and their candidates commenced presidential and National Assembly campaigns across the thirty-six States of the Nigeria federation. This is in line with the time table released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), ahead of the general elections in 2023. Recall that the INEC had stated that campaign for presidential and National Assembly elections will commence on September 28, 2022, while that of governorship and State Houses of Assembly will commence on October 12, 2022. Already, the INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Thursday, promised to monitor political parties’ campaigns and…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has reacted to Saturday’s rallies organised by his supporters, known as the Obidients, across the nation. The Obidients, in commemoration of the nation’s Independence Day celebration held peaceful rallies in Lagos, Bauchi, Edo and others, including London. Reacting in a statement on Sunday morning, Obi said October 1, 2022, would go down in history “as a day Nigerians spoke with one united voice.” Obi maintained that the message was clear and simple – “a new nigeria is possible!” He said, “From Lagos, Bauchi, Benin City, Warri, Osogbo, Kaduna, Uyo, Aba, London,…
A magistrate of Islamabad’s Margalla police station has issued an arrest warrant against PTI chief Imran Khan, media reports said on Saturday. The area magistrate issued the arrest warrant in the case registered on August 20 against Khan for his remarks on Additional District and Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry, Geo News reported. The FIR includes four sections of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), including 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 189 (threat of injury to public servant), and 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant). The former Prime…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun has lambasted the state governor, Adegboyega Oyetola for blaming PDP for his legal disqualification. In a statement signed by Adekunle Akindele, the Osun PDP caretaker chairman and obtained by the media on Saturday in Osogbo, the party urged the defeated governor to face the nullification of his nomination due to violation of the constitution. InfoStride News had reported that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja presided by Justice Emeka Nwite had nullified the nomination of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and his running mate, Benedict Alabi by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC will no longer use card readers in the coming 2023 general elections. INEC Resident Commissioner in Jigawa State, Mahmud Isa, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the 2023 election campaign guidelines in his office. He said the commission would use the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), which is more effective than the card readers, to ensure free, fair, and credible elections. According to him,” the BVAS technology will make the election credible more than what was recorded in the past using card readers. “By adopting this new technology, all the lapses encountered in the…
The Bauchi supporters of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have declared that they are not only present on social media but are also real and physically ready for the 2023 general election. The supporters, popularly known as ‘Obedients’, were chanting this in Bauchi on Saturday during their one-million-man march for Peter Obi and his deputy, Yusuf Ahmed. The supporters, who trekked 10 kilometers from the popular Wunti market to Rafin Zurfi, a community in the Bauchi metropolis, were seen with placards with different inscriptions supporting their candidates. Speaking to newsmen after the march, Mr. Benjamin Edeh, Head…
Chairman of the Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Basil Ejidike, has said that Igbos have benefited immensely from the party’s leadership of the nation. Ejidike, who briefed journalists at the state party secretariat in Awka, said the party deserves support from the Igbo people to reciprocate their support. He also said the party in Anambra has restrategized on ensuring maximum victory for the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and that part of it was the recent reconciliation among party leaders. He said: “Let me start by congratulating our party’s flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,…
The leadership of the Labour Party in Cross River State has called on all councillorship and local government chairmanship aspirants to come and collect all the monies paid for nomination forms. This follows Tuesday’s cancellation of the local government council election which was billed to hold next year. Chairman of Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC), Dr Mike Ushie, had, announced that due to paucity of funds, the election has been postponed to May 2023. Speaking in Calabar Friday, the Chairman of the Labour Party, Ambassador Ogar Osim said there was no need for the party to tie down…
The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is wasting its time in the state, saying that it is not recognized in the political setup. Speaking with the media in a telephone conversation, the state APC Publicity Secretary, Mallam Yusuf Idris Gusau, said that the party is focusing on the PDP because it is the only notable opposition in the state. “Despite that, the party can only bark but cannot bite because it does not have grassroots supporters in the state,” Gusau said. “I challenge you to trace the Zamfara…