Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has cleared the bill seeking the 22nd amendment to the Constitution, ruling that it can be adopted with a two-thirds majority in Parliament and some clauses requiring a nationwide referendum, the Speaker said on Tuesday. The draft bill on the 22nd Amendment, aimed at empowering Parliament over the executive president, was approved by the country’s Cabinet and gazetted last month. The 22nd Amendment was originally named 21A and meant to replace the 20A. The amendment was formulated amid the ongoing economic turmoil in the country which also caused a political crisis. It is meant to replace…
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Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, says the victory of Kenyan President-Elect, William Ruto, at nation’s Supreme Court holds vital lessons of hope and courage to Nigerians. Obi disclosed this while congratulating Ruto over the affirmation of his victory by the nation’s Supreme Court as the winner of the presidential election held last month. Recall that Ruto was declared the winner of the just concluded presidential election in the East African country. But Raila Odinga, Ruto’s rival, rejected the results alleging irregularities and went to court to contest the result. However, Kenyan Supreme Court, in its unanimous judgment,…
A coalition of North-East and North Central stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has enjoined the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), to urgently revisit the choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as the party’s vice-presidential candidate. Dauda Yakubu, the Secretary-General of the coalition, while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Monday, advised the party to do something quickly to resolve the lingering impasse arising from its decision to float a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket. It said the decision was causing division, hatred and suspicion among Nigerians. According to the Secretary-General, there was a lot at stake for the party should it go…
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has disclosed that he helped Peter Obi emerge as the presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP. Sowore recounted that he and activist lawyer, Femi Falana helped LP pick Obi when the party had a problem. The activist said he and Falana took legal steps to defend LP. The AAC presidential candidate narrated that there were calls that Obi should not be presented for the role. He spoke at the memorial lecture held in honour of the late human rights lawyer and activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, in Lagos on Monday.…
The transition committee set up by Ademola Adeleke, the Osun State governor-elect has described the last minute recruitment embarked upon by the Governor Adegboyega Oyetola administration as a deliberate plot to expand payroll and financially cripple the incoming government. The Osun State government had on Monday announced its plan to recruit 1500 teachers in the State. The Committee, which expressed shock at the plans for worker’s recruitment, added that the action was a disguised push by the outgoing administration to complicate the State’s economy. In a statement signed by Olawale Rasheed, Chairman, Media Sub-Committee, Ademola Adeleke Transition Committee and obtained…
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel on Monday resigned from the Cabinet in a letter to the outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson and said she plans to support his successor Liz Truss from the backbenches of Parliament. The Indian-origin senior minister, a close ally of Johnson, was widely expected not to be included in the top line-up of Prime Minister elect Truss’ top team. In her resignation letter addressed to Johnson, 50-year-old Patel highlighted her many achievements in the post, including a Migration and Mobility Partnership signed with India, among other countries, to tackle illegal migration. I congratulate Liz Truss on…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says he has what it takes to flog and crush his opponents, whom he described as “small boys.” Wike made the remark while stressing that he would not leave his political opponents to God but deal with them himself. The governor spoke while inaugurating the Okezuo Abia Flyover along the Aba -Enugu Expressway in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area and the rehabilitated Aba- Owerri Road in Aba South Local Government Area of Abia State on Monday. He said: “God has given me what it takes to crush these people, for me to crush my…
Chief Ebenezer Babatope, a former Minister of Transport on Monday said the 2023 presidential election will still be a two-party affair between the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to the former Minister, the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi can only try their best during the election but cannot win because they lack the structure and national spread to secure victory. He said, “It is still going to be a two-party affair. It is still going to be between the APC and PDP. The Labour Party can only try but there…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has disclosed why he flies higher. Tinubu explained that he does not engage in talks but works more. In a tweet, the APC presidential candidate likened himself to an eagle that flies higher than a parrot. He tweeted: “I talk less, think more and do more. I am more of an eagle than a parrot. That is why I fly higher.” Tinubu’s tweet is coming when the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said Tinubu was intimidated by the achievements of its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. PDP described the former Lagos State governor…
The Osun Progressives (TOP), a group within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun has challenged Dotun Babayemi, the expelled Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain to come up with evidence to prove his allegations that the group was working with PDP at the detriment of his request. TOP also noted that Babayemi’s vituperations were a mark of extreme frustration of a politician with a bleak political future. The group which made the challenge in a statement signed by Lowo Adeniyi, its Chairman, said the claims by the expelled PDP chieftain that there is an alliance between TOP and the Osun…
China’s top legislator Li Zhanshu will pay official visits to Russia, Mongolia, Nepal and the Republic of Korea (ROK) from September 7 to 17. Li will be visiting the countries at the invitation of Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the State Great Hural (Parliament) of Mongolia Gombojav Zandanshatar, Speaker of Nepal’s House of Representatives Agni Sapkota and the ROK National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo respectively, Xinhua news agency reported. Li, chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, will also attend the 7th Eastern Economic Forum during his stay in Russia.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu is intimidated by the achievements of its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Debo Ologunagba, the PDP spokesperson, made the remark while stressing that Tinubu was a paper candidate who is confused. Ologunagba disclosed this in a series of tweets. Describing APC as a dead party, Ologunagba said PDP is united and focused on its mission of rescuing Nigeria. According to Ologunagba: “Nigerians are appalled by yet another attempt by the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to divert attention from…
All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Femi Fani-Kayode has said Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has implicated top stalwarts of the opposition party. In a statement on Sunday, the ex-presidential aide made reference to a comment by Dino Melaye, a spokesman of Atiku Abubakar’s campaign team. “All the PDP Governors spent money at our party’s National Convention to get Senator Iyorcha Ayu elected as National Chairman”, Fani-Kayode quoted Melaye saying. The former Aviation Minister described the former Kogi Senator’s revelation as “a grave and serious matter”. FFK as better known, said it was “a public confession of a…
The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has insisted he has no intention of leaving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He, however, said that it was important for the PDP and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to figure out how they are going to involve the South-East in the scheme of things within the party. Ikpeazu, Governor Nyesom Wike (Rivers State), Governor Samuel Ortom (Benue State) and Governor Seyi Makinde (Oyo State) have formed a quartet of governors who have met Atiku, the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Labour Party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Mr…
The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, says he is richer than the President of the United States, US, Joe Biden. Obi said he is richer than Biden, who is worth $8.9m, because God had “over blessed” him. To this end, the former Anambra State governor said he would not steal public funds if elected President in 2023. In a viral video where he was addressing some of his followers in the US, Obi said: “If I take public money that I’m not entitled to, God should punish my children and me, not because of anything but God gave…
UK PM contender Liz Truss on Saturday (local time) promised to address energy bill problems right away if elected. “If elected, I plan within the first week of my new administration to set out our immediate action on energy bills and energy supply… We need to take difficult decisions to ensure we are not in this position every autumn and winter. Sticking plasters and kicking the can down the road will not do. I am ready to take the tough decisions to rebuild our economy,” Truss said in a Saturday article for a UK-based media outlet, reported Sputnik. UK Foreign…
Members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, on Sunday, rejected any form of campaign fund from the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. InfoStride News reports that this formed part of the resolutions reached during a stakeholders’ meeting at the South-East Secretariat of the party. The governorship candidate of the party, Chief Uche Nnaji, who made the proposition before it was unanimously carried by members at the meeting, said the campaign fund was the cause of the current crisis rocking the Enugu State chapter of the APC. Reffering to the meeting of some of the…
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has warned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP stakeholders in the state to steer clear of the political feud between the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar and the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike. Speaking shortly before a stakeholders’ meeting he held with chieftains of the party behind a closed-door, the governor advised all candidates of the party in the state to respect the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar as well as the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the PDP. Bala Mohammed advised, “I don’t want any of us to get involved…
The leadership of the Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has maintained that the expulsion of Dotun Babayemi, a gubernatorial aspirant of the party was made in line with the party’s constitution. This is as the Osun PDP called out Gboyega Famodun, the Osun Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State for its undue interference in its activities. The party also stated that the decision of the ward executives in expelling Babayemi was justified by the defence of Babayemi by the Osun APC. The party in a statement issued by the Chairman of the…
Political analyst, Deji Adeyanju, has said no one with ideas will win an election in the African continent. According to Adeyanju, only candidates with strong political structures can win election in Africa. InfoStride News reports that Adeyanju’s comment is a cryptic message to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi. Adeyanju had on different occasion accused Obi and his followers of moving about without building structures that could help him win the 2023 elections, saying Obi was visiting churches as though he would be elected by Christians only. Earlier on Sunday, Adeyanju said “WhatsApp group admin and…