A cross section of Nigerians have frowned at the reported decision of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to pick a northern Muslim running mate. Tinubu reportedly picked Borno Central Senator, Kashim Shettima as his vice presidential candidate. He had earlier submitted the name of Kabiru Masari to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as his place holder. But, most Nigerians had frowned at the decision, while calling on Tinubu to pick a Christian from the northern part of the country as his running mate. Political stakeholders had said picking a northern Christian was in the interest…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
Japanese went to the polls Sunday in the shadow of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, gunned down while making a campaign speech for the governing party that cruises to a likely major victory. Amid voting Sunday, police in western Japan sent the alleged assassin to a local prosecutors’ office said, but had no problem with the former leader’s political view. The man had developed hatred toward a religious group that his mother was obsessed about and that bankrupted a family business, according to media reports, including some that identified the group as the Unification Church. Abe’s body,…
The Labour Party in Cross River State has denied that one Chief Ernest Joe is their gubernatorial candidate for next year’s general election. In a statement issued in Calabar Sunday afternoon by the publicity Secretary, Dr LU Ofem, the party also denied that Joe is a member of the party, and challenged him to provide evidence. In an interview with journalists published in a local tabloid, Joe claimed to be the gubernatorial candidate of Labour Party in the state. Joe is also reported to have accused the state chairman of the party, Ambassador Ogar Osim of taking unilateral positions on…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has settled for a Muslim running mate, NAN reports. A highly-competent source in the Tinubu Campaign Organisation, who requested anonymity, confirmed that the former Lagos State Governor would make the name of the candidate public this week. This comes amid widespread debates over the religious backgrounds of presidential candidates and their running mates. The two major political parties — APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — have Muslim presidential candidates. Many stakeholders, including the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), have demanded their running mates be Christians. While…
Aisha Yesufu, a popular socio-political activist, has said that the two leading political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, will have to join forces in order to defeat Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the forthcoming presidential election. Aisha, who is co-convener of BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, advocacy group, noted that 2023 is not for big money spenders. According to her, “The rate at which this is going, the call will soon be for PDP and APC to join forces for any of them to have hope of winning! “Time is the…
The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has been described as a scam. Deji Adeyanju, an Abuja-based rights activist, made the remark over claims that Obi does not fly private jet. Adeyanju said contrary to believes, the former Anambra State governor uses private jet a lot. He was responding to a video of Obi queuing at a Nigerian airport to board a commercial flight. A Twitter user, @Naija_PR posted the video of Obi with the message: “Peter Obi spotted queuing at the airport, we hope this will continue if he becomes the president.” Responding, the socio-political commentator, recalled how…
On Wednesday evening, as Boris Johnson’s administration was collapsing, the British prime minister called an old adversary. Boris Johnson’s personal rivalry with Michael Gove was forged at Oxford in the 1980s and played out as they rose through the ranks at Westminster. Now they were fighting over the fate of the government. That morning Gove had urged Johnson to accept that a slew of resignations prompted by yet another scandal meant he had to step down. Expecting the prime minister was calling to concede defeat a few hours later, Gove asked if he was resigning. “No, Mikey mate, I’m afraid…
The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has issued a caution to the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso. Primate Ayodele said Obi and Kwankwaso are noisemakers who can’t win the 2023 presidential election. He disclosed this while addressing journalists in his church on Saturday in Lagos, during the release of his annual prophecies, “Warnings to the Nations.” According to Ayodele: “Peter Obi is a noise maker; he can’t make a single difference. Saying Obi will win the election is zero. “Kwankwaso is also a noise maker;…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore has vowed that he would probe all past leaders involved in corruption to ensure that all looted funds are recovered. This is coming hours after the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi said he has no plan to probe any past leader if he succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Countering Obi’s position, Sowore, in a tweet on his verified Twitter handle on Saturday, said if the present administration can retrieve stolen money from late Sanni Abacha, others can be probed. He wrote, “As President of Nigeria, I…
The national leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has played down the rumours of planned defection by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Recall that three APC serving governors reportedly visited Wike recently in the bid to woo him into the ruling party following his rejection as the running mate of the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Saraki at a media interactive session with journalists in Ilorin on Friday dismissed the fear that Wike may dump the PDP for the APC. He expressed confidence that the party…
The Convener, The Big Tent of the Third Force, Prof. Pat Utomi, has hinted that the coalition is making arrangements with the Labour Party (LP) to deploy at least 15 agents each to polling units across the country. In a statement on Friday, Utomi, the Chairman of the National Consultative Front (NCFront) and a leader in the Labour Party said the move is to help safeguard votes in the 2023 general elections. According to him, the coalition has worked and made many sacrifices to get Nigeria to move from a state captured by ageing oligarchs to a nation that overcome…
President Joe Biden on Friday condemned the extreme Supreme Court majority that ended a constitutional right to abortion and delivered an impassioned plea for Americans upset by the decision to vote, vote, vote vote in November. Under mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to be more forceful in response to the ruling, he signed an executive order to try to protect access to the procedure. The actions Joe Biden outlined are intended to head off some potential penalties that women seeking abortion may face after the ruling, but his order cannot restore access to abortion in the more than a dozen…
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has asked All Progressives Congress (APC) members to ignore opposition parties who are “only strong on social media”. Uzodimma stated this during a meeting with party members and stakeholders in Imo on Friday. The governor’s comment is most likely a swipe at the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi. LP and Obi have been criticised for being more prominent on social media and not having a structure ahead of the 2023 elections. “This opposition that is only strong on social media with no political structure on the ground, you are listening…
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has warned political office seekers against using the Eid festivities to lunch their campaigns or display posters, saying such actions are clear violations of the electoral Act. The Governor also reinforced the ban on placing posters at Eid praying grounds and at other ceremonies such as the traditional Hawan Daushe at the Emir’s Palace. A statement by the governor, signed by the Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, Friday night said such acts are not only distractions but also in violation of the electoral Act. He said Sallah festivities are not political but solely…
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has said his administration will not probe previous governments if he’s elected into office in the 2023 presidential election. Obi stated this while speaking with journalists shortly after unveiling Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed as his running mate on Friday. According to him, it is always good to “look forward”. “As for probing the past government, let me tell you: you see me argue that you can’t close your shop and be chasing thieves, those who only look at yesterday and today will miss tomorrow. God did not give us eyes…
The Labour Party, LP, Vice Presidential candidate, has informed doubters that social media will actually vote in the forthcoming presidential election. On Friday, Baba-Ahmed was picked as running mate to the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Hours later, in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, he said recent data shows that Nigerians in the diaspora are already booking their flights for the election. He also said they are not scared of the moneybags, adding that their money will become very irrelevant as the election approaches. “Go and start looking at the booking of major European airlines into Nigeria…
US President Joe Biden had a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan and discussed how Abe Shinzo’s legacy will live on as they continue the important task of defending peace and democracy, the White House has said. During the conversation, Joe Biden expressed his outrage, sadness and deep condolences after former Japanese leader Abe’s assassination, it said. Abe, 67, was shot from behind in Nara in western Japan while giving a campaign speech. Police have arrested a Nara resident in his 40s, who allegedly used a handmade gun to shoot Abe, a tragedy that has shocked Japan…
Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed has revealed why he withdrew from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship race in Kaduna State. On Friday, Baba-Ahmed was picked as running mate to the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Hours later, in an interview on Channels Television’s Politic Today, he spoke “I withdrew from the PDP governorship race in Kaduna, because God has not created me as someone who will buy delegates’ votes. “And I made it categorically clear that I was not in search of a job. I was there to correct a very bad situation. “When it became apparent that…
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has said Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has agreed to pick a Muslim as his running mate. Ganduje disclosed this on Friday during a gathering of about 100 clerics at the Kano state government house as part of activities to mark Eid-El Kabir. He said, “We have advised him [Tinubu] to pick a Muslim deputy, and he has agreed. “A Muslim-Muslim ticket is a reality. It’s not something new in Nigeria.” Ganduje also asked the clerics to pray for Tinubu to emerge as Nigeria’s next president in…
Former Abia State Finance Commissioner, Hon. Richard Harrison, Friday called for a review of the 2010 Electoral act to permit eligible registered Nigerian voters to cast their ballots from the diaspora and other nearest polling booths within the country. In an interview with newsmen in Abia on Friday, Harrison explained that voting in Diaspora and any other accessible locations within the country will eliminate undue disenfranchisement during elections. His words, “Apart from diaspora voting, those in Nigeria should be able to vote for their chosen candidates for Federal Legislative and Presidential elections from wherever they are resident. “The Electoral Act…