Doyin Okupe, Director General of Peter Obi Campaign Organisation, has submitted a letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, withdrawing from the position. The Labour Party and its presidential candidate had submitted the name of Doyin Okupe as their Vice-presidential candidate on a temporary basis (Place holder) to beat the electoral umpire’s deadline. Okupe served as a placeholder as the party and its candidate is expected to announce a substantive running mate before Friday. Recall that the party had said its Vice President will come from the North This afternoon I submitted my withdrawal letter from the position of…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
Boris Johnson is facing an onslaught of resignations from his government that threaten to bring an end to his premiership, even as he warned plotting rebel Conservatives he will fight any attempt to oust him. At least 32 British lawmakers including finance minister Rishi Sunak have left Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government in less than 24 hours, saying the British leader no longer has their confidence and plunging his government into crisis. Asked whether he would resign as he arrived for a scheduled appearance before parliamentary committee, Johnson said: “No, no, no.” Chart Johnson defied further calls for him to…
Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has said that the appointment of Umar El-Yakub as the Minister of State for Works and Housing by President Muhammadu Buhari has restrengthened the APC in Kano. The State Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba in a statement said Governor Ganduje hailed the president for appointing a stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and worthy son of Kano given his sterling performances as a lawmaker and most recently a Presidential aide. He said the appointment of a long-standing member of the progressive family equipped with political experience and knowledge, is a good…
Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has stated that the 2023 general elections will not be based on one turn, ethnicity, or religion. Speaking while fielding questions on Arise Tv Morning Show on Thursday, the presidential candidate of Labour Party said it would be based on a Nigerian agenda to save the country. He explained that in 2023 Nigerians must elect a capable candidate to pilot the country’s affairs, saying that primitive considerations by Nigerians during electoral cycles had led Nigeria to the current quagmire. He stated that Nigeria at the moment needs an expert to…
President Muhammadu Buhari has hinted that he may attend the All Progressives Congress (APC) grand rally for the Osun governorship election next week. Buhari made the disclosure when he received Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and party leaders on Wednesday. The President did the ceremonial presentation of the APC flag to the candidate. The Nigerian leader assured that the party was committed to furthering the development journey of Osun. He commended Oyetola for serving the people in his first term in office, adding that he is confident that APC would. Buhari hailed co-chairs of the Governorship Campaign Council, Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu and…
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) has lambasted the State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola for allegedly using threat and coercion against traditional rulers and monarchs in the State. The PDP also described as reprehensible the display of thuggery and violence unleashed in a bid to stop them from visiting the traditional rulers in the State. The party made this known in a statement signed by Akindele Adekunle, Chairman Caretaker Transition Committee and made available to the media on Wednesday in Osogbo. The Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji, Larooye II had on Tuesday threatened that he will…
After the big blow of losing his Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid in quick succession, a flurry of junior ministerial and government aide resignations hit embattled British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday as he fought the latest challenge to his leadership. Will Quince, who was sent out to defend No. 10 Downing Street’s appointment of Chris Pincher as Deputy Chief Whip just hours before Johnson admitted his mistake in appointing him to a government job, resigned as an education minister. Soon after, Robin Walker resigned as the schools’ minister, warning against a “worrying narrowing of the…
The Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has urged all electorate not to sell their votes. He described it as an act of sabotaging their future and that of the unborn generation. This is as the governor said his victory in the July 16 governorship election would be a landslide one, that the opposition will have no choice than to congratulate him. Oyetola said this during an engagement programme with United Nigeria Panel beater Association, Osun chapter on Tuesday at Akoda, Ede East LCDA of the state. In his words, “Please don’t sell your votes, it will amount to sabotaging the…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has opened up on his choice of running mate, insisting he preferred a younger person as vice-presidential candidate. Obi disclosed this while featuring on Arise TV Morning Show on Wednesday. The former Anambra governor said he prefers a younger person with a capable hand with something to offer to complement his ticket rather than recycling old hands who had been in the government before. Asked to clarify social media rumours that he had chosen Sen. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, a businessman and politician, as his vice-presidential candidate, Obi said he was…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has been asked to stop the All Progressives Congress, APC, from replacing Kabiru Masari as the running mate to Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 presidential election. Shortly after Tinubu emerged as the presidential candidate of the APC, the name of Masari was submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as an interim Vice Presidential candidate. However, two chieftains of the party, who were delegates in the just concluded APC National Convention, Zakari Maigari and Zubainatu Mohammed, approached the court to stop INEC from accepting a change of…
A group rooting for Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential in 2023, has dissociated itself from the factional crisis rocking the party in Ekiti State. The group tagged: ‘The Atiku Mobilisers’ (TAM), said it regrets the polarisation of Ekiti PDP into two factions, urging the Dr. Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee to wade into the matter and bring the contending forces together. A group of SWC members, loyal to former Governor Ayodele Fayose, had on Monday elected one Alaba Agboola, a known protege of Senator Biodun Olujimi to replace the former State Chairman of the party, Bisi Kolawole.…
More South Koreans disapprove of the way President Yoon Suk-yeol handles state affairs for the third straight week, with the gap between his disapproval and approval ratings widening outside the margin of error, a survey showed Wednesday. The Rnsearch poll of 1,028 voters conducted from Saturday to Monday showed 42.6 per cent of respondents approved of the way Yoon handled state affairs while 53 per cent gave a negative assessment of his performance, Yonhap news agency reported. It marked the third week in which Yoon’s disapproval rating was higher than his approval rating and the first time the gap between…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has said that his visitation to Rivers State earlier last month was not for a gang-up. Following Governor Nyesom Wike’s arrival from Abuja after he lost the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ticket to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Obi was one of the prominent politicians that visited the Rivers State capital to meet the Governor behind closed doors. There were suggestions that the former Anambra Governor, who dumped the PDP prior to the main opposition party’s presidential primaries, was in Port Harcourt to form an alliance with Wike or to convince him…
Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State, Venatius Ikem has explained why critical party stakeholders in the state did not attend Monday’s unveiling of Lady Emana Duke Ambrose-Amawhe as the party’s running mate to Senator Sandy Onor. Ikem appeared on Let’s Talk Nigeria, a private radio, Sparkling FM programme on Wednesday morning. Since the unveiling of Emana, a former Channels TV broadcaster, there has been mounting criticisms from different quarters and suspicion by PDP supporters and analysts over the absence of former Governors Donald Duke, Liyel Imoke, serving and former PDP National Assembly members, etc…
Following the inability of the Labour Party, LP, and the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, to merge as third force in the forthcoming elections, the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has advised the LP presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi to consider another alternative. InfoStride News recalls that the LP had engaged in talks with the NNPP Presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso on how to form an alliance ahead of the 2023 elections to defeat the two major political parties – the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. However, there are indications that the effort…
The Director-General of Peter Obi Campaign Organization has said that the substantive Vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party will be announced within Wednesday (today) and Friday. Featuring on Channels Television on Tuesday, Okupe, who is currently Obi’s running mate (place-holder), said that Senator Datti Baba Ahmed and others are being considered for the position. He said the presidential candidate himself will announce his running mate, adding that Obi and the LP were looking out for a young vibrant politician from the north with a measure of intellect, sound background, pedigree and education. “Senator Datti is being considered. Others are…
Tasked with establishing the principles and framework for the future reconstruction of the conflict-torn country, a two-day Ukraine Recovery Conference has opened here. The conference participants are expected to define the criteria for handling assistance to Ukraine and for the distribution of roles among the various partners, Ignazio Cassis, president of the Swiss Confederation and head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, said in his opening address on Monday. He said he expected the senior officials from around 40 countries and representatives from 18 international organisations attending the conference to adopt the “Lugano principles” conducive to the sustainable recovery…
Former factional chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State Golden Ben Chioma has resigned from the party. Ben Chioma is a strong ally of Senator Magnus Abe. The former leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly announced his detection in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. He said he is moving out of the party with his huge supporters having lost interest in the APC. Ben Chioma, however, did not announce the political party he would be joining next.
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) says its Presidential candidate, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, will not in any way malign any zone or individual because of politics. Prof. Rufa’i Ahmed Alkali, the National Chairman of NNPP, made the clarification in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Recall that a report earlier emerged that Kwankwaso, while inaugurating the party’s executives in Gombe State last week, said that the “South-East (Igbo People) are good in business, but at the bottom of politics in Nigeria.” The development had generated some ill feelings in some political circles in Nigeria, particularly between the South-East and the…
South East Revival Group (SERG) has chastised former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, over his comment on Peter Obi, ex-Anambra State governor. Kwankwaso and Obi are the presidential candidates of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the Labour Party (LP). Kwankwaso said the proposed merger with the LP did not work because he could not be Obi’s running mate. The ex-lawmaker added that accepting the vice presidential position would induce the collapse of the NNPP. Kwankwaso informed the public that his political profile and experience garnered in various capacities helped him to bring the platform to limelight. The former…