Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has criticized Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation, and Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, over their 2023 presidential ambition. Wike said Amaechi and Nwajiuba have no conscience for seeking to be President while their ministries have unresolved issues. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential aspirant spoke at a political gathering in Ibadan, Oyo State. Wike also advocated for state policing and restructuring of the country. He stressed that state policing is the solution to insecurity challenges in Nigeria. According to Wike: “Nigerians know my views. I believe in restructuring. I believe in…
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The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has said they will not accept having former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi as a vice to a northern candidate in the 2023 presidential election. Recall that Obi, a presidential aspirant under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday resigned his membership of the party. The former aspirant, who alleged irregularities in the party’s election processes, also announced his withdrawal from the presidential race ahead of the primary election scheduled for May 28. His followers, who were angered by the development, had vowed to join him in any political…
An Ogun State House of Assembly aspirant in Imeko/Afon State Constituency, Hon. Sanusi Muisdeen, has rejected the outcome of yesterday’s primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC). InfoStride News reports that the primary election held within the premises of the Imeko/Afon Local Government Secretariat was won with 47 votes by the current lawmaker representing the constituency, Jemili Akingbade, who is seeking a third term. Akingbade was said to have defeated other aspirants like Muisdeen, known as Mese, Kunle Adisa, Idowu Matthew Idoma, James Oguntoke, and Hon. Aseroko, all of whom scored no vote in the primary. But Muisdeen lamented that…
Former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in New York state’s civil investigation into his business practices, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. A four-judge panel in the appellate division of the state’s trial court upheld Manhattan Judge Arthur Engoron’s Feb 17 ruling enforcing subpoenas for Trump and his two eldest children to give deposition testimony in Attorney General Letitia James’ probe. Trump had appealed, seeking to overturn the ruling. His lawyers argued that ordering the Trumps to testify violated their constitutional rights because their answers could be used in a parallel criminal investigation. The existence of a…
The chances of Presidential aspirant, Governor Nyesom Wike winning the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, may cause uncertainty for northern stakeholders in the party. Deji Adeyanju, popular rights activist, on Friday, said this while alleging that Wike’s presidential interest in PDP was causing crisis in the South-East. He wondered how the PDP plans to win the 2023 presidential election as a divided party. On his Twitter page, Adeyanju wrote: “If Wike wins the PDP ticket, I see many of the Northern stakeholders leaving the party or working against him within because they already believe he is responsible…
A Presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Governor of Rivers State, Mr Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has lost his legal battle seeking to stop his probe in alleged N96b fraud and alleged fraudulent sale of valued assets belonging to Rivers State. The Supreme Court in a judgment just delivered ordered Amaechi to go and face the Commission of Inquiry set up by the Rivers State Government to investigate his 8-year tenure as governor of the State. The apex Court dismissed Amaechi’s appeal where he had asked for order of the court to prohibit his…
The Supreme Court is now set to deliver judgment in a suit by former Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi seeking to stop his probe in alleged N96B fraud and fraudulent sales of valued assets belonging to Rivers State. A hearing notice just sighted by the media at the Apex Court indicated that the make or mar judgment would be handed down this morning. Amaechi, presently one of the leading presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is battling hard to stop his successor, Nyesom Wike from causing him to appear before a probe panel to…
Senator Aishatu Binani has emerged the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Adamawa State. In a historic victory, she floored five men to clinch the party’s ticket in the just concluded governorship primary election in the State. Binani has now become the first woman to win the governorship candidacy of a major political party in the State. Binani is a serving Senator, representing Adamawa Central and she obtained victory over the likes of former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ribadu, immediate past governor of the State, Jibrilla Bindow, House of Representatives member, Abdulrazak…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday said Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot be allowed to win his war in Ukraine and sought to end any dependence on Russian fuels, even as he asserted that deglobalisation was not going to work. In a special address on the last day of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022, Scholz said it was not only the statehood of Ukraine that was at stake, but also the system of international cooperation, designed in the aftermath of two world wars to the vow of “never again”. A system that subjects power to law, bans violence…
A presidential aspirant under the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Olufemi Ajadi, has withdrawn from the 2023 race, to support the former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso. Ajadi, at a press conference he addressed at the NUJ secretariat, Okelewo, Abeokuta, said he has stepped down to be the running mate of Kwakwanso, who is also eyeing the presidential seat. The entrepreneur said: “Ladies and gentlemen, I Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, having considered many things, and in the interest of our great party and beloved country, today, relinquish my presidential ambition, to support the presidential candidacy of Senator Rabiu…
Gov. Muhammad Yahaya of Gombe State has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election held on Thursday. He polled 563 votes through voice affirmation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that seven delegates could not make it to the venue of the election. Announcing the result, Dr Danjuma Dabo, the Chief Returning Officer said 563 delegates were accredited out of the 570 persons expected to vote. In his acceptance speech, Gov. Yahaya thanked the delegates for finding him worthy to be the party’s flag-bearer for the 2023 governorship election. He called on party stakeholders to work together…
Three governorship aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara State have lamented that the party’s governorship primary election was full of irregularities. The aspirants Ibrahim Shehu popularly known as Shehu Bakaoye, Wadatau Madawaki and Hafiz Nahuche, said they withdrew from the race due to irregularities that compounded the primaries. In a joint press briefing in Gusau, the State capital, the trio alleged that they observed some irregularities in the conduct of the primaries which they said forced them to withdraw and seek redress through an appropriate authority. They said they would take their case to…
The Coalition for Peter Obi has applauded the former governor of Anambra State for his exit from the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), saying the party will lose over 15 million votes in the presidential election in 2023. Peter Obi, a presidential aspirant, formerly on the platform of the PDP announced his resignation from the party a few days before the primary election. The groups in a statement issued by Marcel Ngogbehei, Chairman of the Coalition said, the official announcement of Peter Obi’s exit from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) pushed the former governor to form an alliance with credible Nigerians.…
President Vladimir Putin ordered 10% rises on Wednesday in pensions and the minimum wage to cushion Russians from inflation, but denied the country’s economic problems were all linked to the war in Ukraine. With annual inflation near 18% last month, the Kremlin leader acknowledged that 2022 would be a “difficult” year for the Russian economy. “When I say ‘difficult’, it doesn’t mean all these difficulties are connected to the special military operation,” Putin told a televised meeting of the State Council in Moscow. “Because in countries that aren’t conducting any operations – say, overseas, in North America, in Europe -…
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, who is also a presidential aspirant under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the delegates in Osun State to exercise unity of purpose in supporting the South-West agenda. According to him, all presidential aspirants from the region are “eminently qualified”. Fayemi stated this in Osogbo during his consultation with the party faithful in Osun. He harped on unity in the South-West region, saying whatever could stand in the way of the region’s collective success must be firmly resisted. In his words, “For me, the victory of South-West means that we are all victorious,…
Elected Delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi State have obtained a court order to demand that the national leadership of the party, does not tamper with the approved list of the three-man ad-hoc delegates and National Delegate of the state ahead of its primaries. The delegates who spoke to journalists in Abakaliki through their leader Ogbonnaya Odii said they approached the court on May 19 and obtained an order to demand that the national leadership of PDP respects the delegate list from the three-man ah-hoc ward congress of the party. The delegates obtained an order from the…
A group of party stakeholders from the 25 local government areas of Niger State in the All Progressives Congress, APC, have petitioned the National Secretariat of the party, seeking the immediate suspension of the state party Chairman, Haliru Zakari Jikantoro over preference for some aspirants ahead of the party primaries. The group made the call in a signed three-page letter of a petition dated 20th May, 2022 and addressed to the National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu and made available to newsmen. They noted that the recent activities of the state party Chairman is capable of destroying the party…
Supporters of the former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, operating under the aegis of ‘Ikeoha Campaign Organisation’ has expressed shock over the dismissal of its suit seeking to uphold the 3-man Adhoc committee that would participate in the Enugu PDP governorship primaries. The suit was instituted by the supporters, who were candidates in the three-man delegates’ election. The Director-General of the Organisation, Charles Ogbo Asogwa in a statement sent to Journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, however, appealed to the supporters to remain calm, stressing that the organisation will approach the Court of Appeal on the judgement. The statement said:…
Chinese leader Xi Jinping defended China’s record to the top UN human rights official Wednesday, saying each nation should be allowed to find its own path based on its particular circumstances and criticizing those countries that lecture others on human rights and politicie the issue. Through long-term and persistent hard work, China has successfully embarked on a path of human rights development that conforms to the trend of the times and suits its own national conditions, Xi told U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet in a video call, according to an online report from state broadcaster CCTV. Bachelet is in…
The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe and 2023 Abia governorship hopeful, has declared his withdrawal from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primaries scheduled today in the State. An insider source revealed that Abaribe would, in no distant time, defect from the PDP to the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA. Abaribe’s withdrawal is premised on the contentious 3-man ad-hoc delegates of the State. In his words, “To make matters worse, the use of only an imaginary 3-man ad-hoc delegates to the exclusion of the party’s statutory delegates in the primary elections to elect our candidates even when INEC, the…