Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has reacted to the appearance of certain “Bishops” during the unveiling of Kashim Shettima as the Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC. InfoStride News had reported that Shettima was unveiled as Bola Tinubu’s running mate in Abuja on Wednesday, during which some persons said to be Bishops were spotted. The controversial prensece of the said Bsihops came at a time Tinubu’s choice of Shettima, a fellow Muslim, was attracting concerns. However, the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, as well as the Catholic Church have since described the Bishops as fake.…
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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has challenged presidential candidates of the various political parties for next year’s general election to put Nigeria first above personal interests. Governor Ortom threw the challenge on Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 when he received at his private residence in Abuja the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi who paid him a visit. He said Nigerians were in dire need of people with “commitment and competence” that would fix the leadership crisis that has plunged the country into outright chaos. The Governor noted that the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Obi was one among…
On July 7, Boris Johnson resigned as the leader of the Conservative Party and the prime minister of the United Kingdom. His exit came after his cabinet faced a flurry of resignations over alleged scandals, including allegations of sexual misconduct against a lawmaker and parties held during the Covid-19 lockdown. The UK is now looking at a fresh election. It is not a general election but an election within the Conservative Party. The party will elect its new leader and the country’s PM through this poll. Who remains the PM for now? Johnson would remain the PM until a…
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has declared he has no intention to dump the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. InfoStride News reports that there have been insinuations that the governor and his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike were planning to dump the main opposition party following the crisis rocking the PDP. But speaking on Arise TV on Thursday, Ortom said they remain members of the party. Recall that Ortom and some other stakeholders of the party had expressed anger over the decision of the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar to pick Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as his running mate…
The administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in Enugu State has expressed happiness over the victory of Senator Ademola Adeleke in the keenly contested 2022 Osun State Governorship election. A statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Simon Uchenna Ortuanya, described the electoral victory of Senator Adeleke, as “a big vote of confidence, by the great people of Osun State, in your capacity and competence to turn fortunes around in the State”. The statement disclosed that Senator Adeleke is “not only from Osun State but also from Enugu State (the Coal City State) where you were born”. Pointing…
Kashim Shettima, All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 Vice-Presidential candidate has insisted that he never supported the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in order to be his running mate. Shettima disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja when he was formally presented as the party’s Vice-Presidential candidate by Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, the APC National Chairman. Commenting on his nomination and the APC Muslim-Muslim ticket, Shettima, who currently represents Borno Central in the National Assembly, said, “I don’t intend to be Vice-President to represent members of the Muslim community. No, the Sultan of Sokoto is capable of doing that. “I do not…
The Chairman of the Zamfara State chapter of African Democratic Congress, ADC, Hon. Kabiru Garba Gusau has announced the immediate sack of the party’s chairman, Alhaji Tukur Abubakar Bungudu and his executive members in Bungudu Local Government Area of the State for anti-party activities. He said that the party received allegations against the Bungudu Local Government chairman about romancing with the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the State. Garba explained that the decision became imperative considering the fact that he holds a political position, which he said was contrary to ADC constitution, saying that the party will not allow…
Former finance minister Rishi Sunak and foreign secretary Liz Truss will battle it out to become Britain’s next prime minister after they won the final lawmaker vote, setting up the last stage of the contest to replace Boris Johnson. Sunak has led in all rounds of the voting among Conservative lawmakers, but it is Truss who seems to have gained the advantage so far among the 200,000 members of the governing party who will ultimately choose the winner. The final stretch of a weeks-long contest will pit Sunak, a former Goldman Sachs banker who has raised the tax burden…
Renowned novelist, Chimamanda Adichie has said she can’t wait for the former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi to become Nigeria’s next President. Adichie said this in a lengthy Facebook post to mark Mr Obi’s 61st birthday on Tuesday, stating that she admires his love for education. “I can’t wait for February 25, 2023, when I, with personal pride in you and with hope for what Nigeria can become, will cast my vote for you and your running mate, Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed,” Adichie wrote. Chimamanda mentioned that she is inspired by Obi’s intellectual curiosity and his genuine love for…
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Lagos State, Moshood Salvador, defected to the Labour Party (LP) on Wednesday. Salvador announced that the national leadership of LP had given him the 2023 governorship ticket. The leader of Conscience Forum (CF) in Lagos APC said he was moving to his new party with all members of the forum. At the official declaration in Surulere, Salvador expressed confidence that the platform would perform well at the polls. “My concern is all about people. All the APC promised to give to my people, none was given. “It is not worthy to be in…
President Muhammadu Buhari has told Kashim Shettima, the running mate of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, that he will respond to him when he is handing over to them in 2023. According to a statement signed by Garba Shehu, the President’s aide on Media and Publicity, Buhari was responding to a flowery speech by Senator Shettima. Shettima was picked as the running mate to Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in a controversial Muslim-Muslim-Muslim ticket of the APC and was unveiled before the party’s leadership on Wednesday. “I will respond to your speech when I am handing…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has disclosed why he must win the 2023 election. Tinubu said he must win the presidential election for the sake of job creation. He assured that his victory would bring about quality education for Nigerians and the elimination of poverty. The APC presidential candidate spoke on Wednesday while unveiling Kashim Shettima as his running mate. Tinubu said his victory would eliminate religious and ethnic division among Nigerians. He also harped on the need for Nigerians to be united. “We must win this election so that we can bring jobs, eliminate poverty,…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow’s military “tasks” in Ukraine now went beyond the eastern Donbas region, in the clearest acknowledgment yet that its war goals have expanded in the past five months. In an interview with state news agency RIA Novosti, Lavrov said geographical realities had changed since Russian and Ukrainian negotiators held peace talks in Turkey in late March that failed to produce any breakthrough. At that time, he said, the focus was on the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR), self-styled breakaway entities in eastern Ukraine from which Russia has said…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu has said he made a hard choice picking former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima as his running mate. Tinubu explained that he settled for Shettima because he believed he made the best choice. In a tweet, the APC presidential candidate said Nigeria was at a point where it needed a bold and pragmatic approach. “This chapter in our nation’s history demands a bold yet pragmatic approach. In selecting Senator Shettima, I have committed myself to this path. I have made the hard choice because I believe it is the best choice,”…
The Court of Appeal in Akure, Ondo State, on Wednesday affirmed the Osun State governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, as the rightful Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in the just-concluded election. The court affirmed Adeleke as PDP’s governorship candidate while dismissing a suit by Dotun Babayemi, a governorship aspirant, against the governor-elect. Babayemi initially instituted a suit against Adeleke before a Federal High Court in Osogbo, seeking to declare him PDP’s governorship candidate in the just-concluded governorship election in the state. On March 8, 2021, two factions of the party conducted separate governorship primaries featuring Adeleke and Babayemi. But, the PDP…
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said former Senator, Magnus Abe worked against the party. The Publicity Secretary, Chris Finebone stated this in a press conference on Wednesday. He accused Abe of conniving with Governor Nyseom Wike to truncate the electoral chances of the APC in 2019. Finebone spoke in reaction to the resignation of Abe and a number of his followers The spokesman said the individuals acted “in every way to destroy the APC in Rivers” in recent years. Finebone alleged that they “connived endlessly” with Wike and “used some elements in the state judiciary”…
Senator Ademola Adeleke has received his certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The certificate was presented to him in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was announced the winner of the election on Sunday. He emerged the winner of the Osun governorship election with 403,371 votes. Adeleke polled the highest vote to beat his major contender, Governor Gboyega Oyetola who polled 375,027, and Action Democratic Party (ADP) Kehinde Atanda as the second runner-up.
Imran Khan has demanded fresh general elections in Pakistan after his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party registered an impressive electoral victory in the crucial Punjab assembly by-polls, dealing a major blow to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif whose son Hamza Shehbaz is all set to lose his post as chief minister. The election for the chief minister will be held on July 22 on the Supreme Court’s order and PTI-PMLQ joint candidate Chaudhary Parvez Elahi is likely to be the new chief minister of the politically crucial province Punjab. According to unofficial results so far, the PTI has won 16 seats while Pakistan…
The Osun State Governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, has described as fake, the news making the rounds that he has reneged on his promise to clear backlog of salaries and pensions. The governor-elect, who called on the people to disregard the news, stated that he was not going to leave any stone unturned. He also added that everything he promised during his election campaigns would be fulfilled. Ademola Adeleke had featured in a Channels TV interview, where he had discussed many issues relating to governance in Osun State. In a statement signed by Olawale Rasheed, his spokesperson, the governor-elect described it as…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu has claimed the party’s loss in the just-concluded Osun governorship election is a divine test from Almighty Allah. Adamu stated this during an interview with the BBC Hausa Service on Tuesday. According to him, the APC will now return to the drawing board “and change our tactics”. “This has shown that we have a big task ahead. We must see what we can do and change our tactics. “We must look at ourselves, see if what we are doing in this political journey is right. “What are those…