Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has reacted to the emergence of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Tinubu was declared winner of the APC presidential primary after he polled 1271 votes to beat his closest rival, Rotimi Amaechi and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, who polled 316 and 235, respectively. In a statement by Ohanaeze Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, he said the refusal of the leading political parties to give presidential ticket to the South-East would come with consequences. DAILY POST reports that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar earlier emerged the presidential candidate of the…
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The National Leader and the standard-bearer for the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu has commended the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo for his support to President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking during his acceptance speech at the Eagles Square, the venue of the APC Presidential primary, Tinubu said he would have been a little upset with the Senate President, Ahamad Lawan. According to Tinubu: “I thank Osinbajo for being a good support for our president, I thank the legislature, Ahmad lawn; I would have been a little upset because you compete with me, but I thank you for your cool-headedness in the…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed anger at those who wished the party death. Speaking during his acceptance speech on Wednesday, the former Lagos State Governor, Tinubu accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP of plotting to destroy APC. He said the main opposition party had wasted 16 years of the country when it was in power. He said, “Shame on those who already bought coffins for APC, our party is still alive. We are here very confident and courageous. “They called themselves PDP 16 years of misery and failure we…
Angela Merkel defended her approach to Ukraine and Russia during her 16 years as Germany’s leader, saying Tuesday that a much criticised 2015 peace deal for eastern Ukraine bought Kyiv precious time and she won’t apologise for her diplomatic efforts. In her first substantial comments since leaving office six months ago, Merkel said there was no excuse for Russia’s brutal attack on Ukraine and it was a big mistake on Russia’s part. Merkel, who dealt with Russian President Vladimir Putin throughout her chancellorship, rejected a suggestion that she and others engaged in appeasement that ultimately enabled the invasion. I tried…
Pastor Tunde Bakare of The Citadel Global Community Church has made it clear that he will not step down for any aspirant in the race to be the presidential flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bakare stated this at the ongoing special convention of the ruling party at the Eagles Square in Abuja. “I respect every aspirant here, including Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. “But I am not stepping down for anyone. “I am here by the grace of God to step up and contest to become the 16th president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” the cleric said. His…
Governor of Ekiti State and chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, John Feyemi, has stepped down from the presidential race. Fayemi asked his supporters to vote for Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Fayemi announced his withdrawal during the party’s national convention and presidential primaries in Abuja on Tuesday. Fayemi, who was one of the five presidential aspirants submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari by the ruling party’s governors, said the decision was to ensure that a Southerner won the 2023 presidential election. Details later…
Former Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, has also stepped down for the National Leader of the All Progressives Congressive, Bola Tinubu. Amosun stated this at the ongoing presidential primary at the Eagles Square in Abuja. According to him, Tinubu can do the job. He also urged delegates from Ogun state to vote for the former Governor of Lagos state. Amosun follows in the footsteps of Akpabio, who also stepped down for Tinubu. More to follow…
Former Governor of Akwa Ibom, Godswill Akpabio, has stepped down for the National Leader of the All Progressives Congressive, Bola Tinubu. Akpabio stated this at the ongoing presidential primary at the Eagle Square in Abuja. “As I withdraw now, vote for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I am ably qualified to be your President. “But I have stepped down for Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” Akpabio said.
Ukraine will fight to recover all its territory occupied by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday, as his troops battled street-to-street in Sievierodonetsk in one of the bloodiest land battles of the war. “We have already lost too many people to simply cede our territory,” Zelensky said by video link at an event hosted by Britain’s Financial Times newspaper. Stalemate was “not an option”, he said. “We have to achieve a full deoccupation of our entire territory.” Zelensky’s remarks responded forcefully to suggestions that Ukraine must cede territory to Russia to end the war, now in its fourth…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday stormed the Eagle Square venue of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Special Convention in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the officials went around the convention venue before finally taking strategic positions. However, the officials declined to comment when approached by a NAN correspondent at the convention. NAN reports that EFCC officials had made a similar appearance at the PDP Special Convention in Abuja on May 28, without making any arrest. The visit might not be unconnected with recent social media reports indicating that delegates were…
The lawmaker representing the Kano South, Senator Kabiru Gaya has revealed that three presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, APC stepped down for the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. He said the former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani and two others took the decision to enable the party arrive at a consensus candidate. Speaking with Channels TV at the Eagles Square, Federal Capital Territory Abuja, venue of the APC convention, the lawmaker said the party has succeeded in reducing the aspirant in line for consensus to two. He named them to include the former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu…
Isa Baba Buji, one of the All Progressives Congress (APC) delegates from Buji Local Government Area (LGA) of Jigawa State is dead. Buji died on Tuesday afternoon in Abuja. Although the cause of his death has not been confirmed, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo took to his Twitter page to mourn the deceased. His spokesman, Laolu Akande expressed sadness over the delegate’s death. Akande wrote, ”VP Osinbajo saddened by the news of the death this afternoon, in Abuja, of Alh. Isa Baba Buji, 61, one of our APC delegates from Buji Local Government, Jigawa State. ”He extends heartfelt condolence to his…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has announced Bayo Lawal as his running mate ahead of the 2023 elections. Makinde made this announcement on Tuesday. InfoStride News gathered that the governor made the announcement during a meeting with some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders from the Oke Ogun zone. Some of the PDP leaders who were at the meeting according to sources are former PDP Chairman in the state, Kunmi Mustapha, his successor, Dayo Ogungbenro and Senator Hosea Agboola. Our correspondent reports that the announcement of Lawal who is the Chairman, Oyo State Housing Corporation, has cleared the speculations over…
British Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries, Attorney General Suella Braverman and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak listen as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses his cabinet ahead of the weekly cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London A defiant British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on Tuesday holding his first meeting after a tense day of political intrigue, which ended in him securing a victory in a no-confidence ballot of his party members with a narrow margin as a major chunk of his MPs voted against him as the leader. Johnson is rallying his Cabinet ministers, who largely backed him quite publicly…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he does not have a preferred candidate ahead of the party’s presidential primaries. Buhari also told Northern Governors, who were in Aso Rock to meet with him concerning where the next President should come from to “allow the delegates to decide. The Party must participate, nobody will appoint anybody.” The President on Monday afternoon said it was important to clear all doubts about where he stands on the choice of a presidential candidate. Buhari, according to Garba Shehu, made the declaration before the party’s 14 governors of northern states. According to the President, “no…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described the gruesome killing of parishioners at the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Sunday as an unspeakable evil. The vice president said the perpetrators would be fished out and made to face the full wrath of the law. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the vice president visited Owo town and the Catholic Church to commiserate with the clergy, community and people of Ondo over the incident. The vice president also visited those who were injured at St. Louis Catholic Hospital…
A businesswoman, Mrs Florence Adepegba, has won the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, rerun primary election in Kosofe Federal Constituency of Lagos State. Adwpegba was unopposed at the election. NAN reports that Adepegba won after her opponent, Mr Olakunle Koya stepped down for her. The result of the primaries held at the PDP secretariat, Owode Mile – 12, was announced by the Returning Officer, Mr Kelly Dickson. He declared Adepegba the winner, with 29 votes cast out of 31 delegates on the list. Recall that the PDP House of Representatives’ rerun primaries in Lagos state were a result of the cancellation…
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, says the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is set to conduct a world-class presidential election. InfoStride News reports that the party is currently in the process of electing a candidate who would fly its flag in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election. The convention, which was scheduled for June 6, 7 is currently ongoing at the Eagles Square Abuja. Abiodun, who is the Chairman, Accreditation and Decoration Committee of the convention, spoke with newsmen on Monday shortly after inspecting the International Conference Centre, Abuja, venue for accreditation of delegates. According to the governor, all things…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked President Joe Biden’s administration to weigh in on whether the justices should hear a case on whether Meta Platforms Inc’s WhatsApp can pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel’s NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the messaging app to install spy software. The justices are considering NSO’s appeal of a lower court’s decision allowing the lawsuit to move forward. NSO has argued that it is immune from being sued because it was acting as an agent for unidentified foreign governments when it installed the “Pegasus” spyware. WhatsApp has said the software was used for…
A former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, has withdrawn from the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential race. Nnamani announced his withdrawal during a meeting with journalists in Abuja on Monday. The former lawmaker said: “In the present circumstances, it does not make any sense for me to continue in the race as I have not had the opportunity to market my profile and ideas to the delegates of our party in a manner that allows for deliberation and introspection. “Therefore, I discontinue my aspiration and wish the party a successful primary and unity of purpose so that we can win the…