Omoyele Sowore, the Presidential Candidate of the African Action Party, AAC, has claimed some former Nigerian leaders are working for Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate. Sowore claimed that former Heads of State, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalam Abubakar are all ‘working for’ Obi. He urged Nigerians not to vote for Obi because criminals were backing him. In a Facebook post, Sowore said the former Nigerian leaders are Obi’s “godfathers.” According to Sowore, these godfathers ruined Nigeria, hence Obi should be rejected. “Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida, Aliyu Gusau, Abubakar Abdusalam and Ango Abdulahi are Peter Obi’s ‘Godfathers’.…
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The US has approved a new type of eye drop which they say could eliminate the need for reading glasses. The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) recently approved the use of an eye drop designed to improve age-related near-vision, reports Express.co.uk. Called Vuity, the drop is applied to each eye once a day and starts working within 15 minutes of application. The makers say each drop lasts for at least six hours. As per the report, the drug is a formulation of a well-known compound known as pilocarpine. The researchers behind Vuity designed it to allow for the eye drop…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, expressed willingness to reconcile with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. Atiku said he is open to a reconciliation with Wike in the interest of the party. Addressing journalists in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, Atiku insisted that there are no factions in the PDP. The PDP presidential candidate insisted that the PDP was united. “It is a social media drama. There is nothing like a Wike camp or Atiku camp. There is one PDP family.” On plans to meet Wike for a possible reconciliation, and Atiku said: “Why…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has denied seeking President Muhammadu Buhari’s permission to dump the All Progressives Congress, APC, over the party’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket. Osinbajo said a widely circulated memorandum suggesting he asked Buhari for permission to leave APC was not from him. The memorandum, dated June 24, 2022 with reference number SH/VP/605/2./0 and titled ‘Permission to resign from APC,’ listed family pressure and other reasons for the alleged decision. Reacting, Osinbajo, through his spokesman, Laolu Akande, described the memorandum as fake. Akande said Osinbajo would never author such a memo full of errors. “Where do you people even get…
Chairman of Labour Party (LP) in Cross River State, Ambassador Ogar Osim, has stated that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) are attempting to scuttle and destabilise the party in the state. He dismissed the reported vote of no confidence against him passed by the organised abour union Thursday afternoon, saying the people behind it were sponsored. Organised labour held a news conference Thursday to denounce Ogar Osim’s leadership, saying he hoards information about political processes towards electing party candidates and runs the party unilaterally. A release signed by Comrades Godwin Amoikwen, NLC chairman, and Ken…
Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has reportedly picked Pastor Bishop Isaac Idahosa as his running mate. The party disclosed this via a tweet on Thursday that read: “Our VP Pastor Bishop Isaac Idahosa from Edo State.” Bishop Idahosa, who hails from Edo State is the Senior Pastor of God First Ministry, a.k.a Illumination Assembly. The church has its headquarters in Lekki, Lagos State. Idahosa’s emergence as Kwankwaso’s running mate followed the inability of NNPP to form an alliance with the Labour Party, presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Kwankwaso and Obi had disagreed over who…
Sri Lankan Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Thursday informed Gotabaya Rajapaksa that he should submit his letter of resignation as the President as soon as possible or else he will consider other options to remove him from the office, according to a media report. On Wednesday, the Parliament Speaker said that the President in a telephone conversation had informed that he would tender his letter of resignation during the day, before midnight. However, he has not done it yet. Speaker Abeywardena said that he informed President Rajapaksa to submit his letter of resignation as soon as possible, citing that he…
The people of Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State have assured Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of their 100 percent support and loyalty ahead of the Enugu North Senatorial District election in 2023. They said this was in appreciation of his administration’s unprecedented transformation of the University town of Nsukka, empowerment of their sons and daughters and other numerous remarkable achievements. The people of Nsukka, who unanimously gave the endorsement through a motion moved by the member representing Nsukka East Constituency, Rt. Hon. Dr. Chinedu Nwamba and seconded by his Nsukka West counterpart, Hon. Emmanuel Ugwuerua, when they paid a Thank-you/Solidarity…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the African Action Congress (AAC) and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) are yet to upload details of their governorship candidates on the electoral body’s nomination portal. While Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is the NNPP presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu is ADC flag bearer. Parties are expected to put up the names of their candidates for the governorship and state assembly elections by July 15. INEC, in a statement signed on Wednesday by its national Commissioner, Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, said it has so far processed 6,995 nomination forms uploaded by 16 out…
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, says the only way Nigeria can change is when old politicians are removed from office. Obi said this during the party’s mega rally on Wednesday in Osogbo. The presidential candidate said that it is only a vote for Alhaji Lasun Yusuf that could rescue the people of the state from suffering and poverty. “We want to change Nigeria and the only way we can change this nation is to remove all these people who have put Nigeria where it is for the past 23 years. This is the time for them…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has suspended its chairman in Bauchi, Sani Shehu. North East Zonal Secretary, Babayo Liman made the announcement at a news briefing on Wednesday. Liman said Shehu was sanctioned for arrogance, disrespect to party leadership and lack of commitment to NNPP’s ideals. The scribe said after reviewing the allegations against the acting chairman, he was issued a query. “He refused to collect the query and we had no other option than to suspend him from office to move the party forward,” Liman explained. In his response, Shehu stated that he was not aware of the…
Ukraine is getting an additional USD 1.7 billion in assistance from the US government and the World Bank to pay the salaries of its beleaguered health care workers and provide other essential services. The money coming Tuesday from the US Agency for International Development, the Treasury Department and the World Bank is meant to alleviate the acute budget deficit caused by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal war of aggression, USAID said in a statement. While many medical staffers have left Ukraine, some hospitals have shut down and other hospitals have been bombed. The health workers who remain in Ukraine…
Professor Pat Utomi has said elections in Nigeria are categorized by rigging, alleging that some functionaries embezzled money from government coffers and used the same to finance political parties. Speaking during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Tuesday, the Political-economist lamented that many politicians used public funds to finance the activities of major political parties, stressing that those who cannot do so settle for smaller parties in the country. He noted that the two most popular parties in the country, the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have all failed the country, pointing out that…
Controversies have continued to trail the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for choosing a Muslim as his running mate in the 2023 general election. Tinubu, himself a Muslim, chose another Muslim, Kashim Shettima, as a running mate, attracting backlash from many Nigerians. According to a Kaduna-based activist, Dr. Mustapha Rabo, he said the state can practice the same religion if it is the majority, but not in Nigeria, where we have Christians, Muslims, idol worshipers, Hindus, and several other hidden believers. “You don’t just commando all federal resources and opportunity to one religion. This happens when people…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagso State has said the nomination of Funke Akindele as deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, underscores the unseriousness of the party. Spokesman of the party, Mr. Seye Oladejo said this in a statement after Funke Akindele confirmed her entry into politics. He stated that the PDP was trivalising the election by “giving political neophytes who have absolutely nothing to bring to the table their electoral tickets.” “It also shows lack of depth in the party as regards quality members to put forward for elections if they could give a member who…
The spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign. Baba-Ahmed said Buhari should just resign now because things would get tougher. The former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Secretary gave the advice in reaction to the President’s revelation that he is eager to leave power. Buhari spoke when he hosted some All Progressives Congress (APC) governors, legislators and chieftains at his Daura home in Katsina. Noting that he has less than a year left in office, the Nigerian leader assured that he would do his best in the remaining months. “I wish…
Former UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Tuesday emerged as one of the early candidates to hit the threshold of 20 supporting Conservative Party members of Parliament for his nomination to compete for the post of leader and the next British prime minister, to be announced on September 5. The 42-year-old British Indian MP for Richmond in Yorkshire maintains his lead in the race to replace Boris Johnson as nominations formally opened for the contest. The prime ministerial hopefuls have until 6 pm local time to get their nominations in, with Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt, new Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and Tory…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Magnus Abe, has said he will not support Tonye Cole, who is the party’s governorship candidate in Rivers State. Abe, a former lawmaker that represented Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, is nursing the ambition to succeed outgoing Governor Nyesom Wike under the APC. “No I will not support Tonye Cole. I think that is clear to everybody,” Abe said during an interview on Channels Television’s Political Paradigm. He accused Cole of not paying his dues and pointed to the corruption allegations against him. Abe added: “I am not part…
Ahead of the governorship election in Osun State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday lashed out at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Labour Party, LP, in the state. Tinubu said the PDP and Labour Party will labour till death. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had scheduled the Osun State governorship election to hold on July 16. Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola is seeking to return to power for his second term, while Ademola Adeleke of the PDP is the front runner for the gubernatorial race. LP has Lasun Yusuf as its governorship…
Christian politicians in the nineteen Northern States within the All Progressives Congress, APC have warned of dire consequences of the Muslim-Muslim ticket ahead of the 2023 presidential poll. The party’s presidential candidate, Ahmed Bola Tinubu had on Sunday announced former Borno Governor, Kashim Shettima as his running mate. Reacting to the Choice of the former Governor of Borno State, the group stressed that the country’s unity is of utmost importance and not any other thing. It further explained that without unity it would be impossible to build. In a Communique issued at the end of its meeting on Monday night,…