The Sokoto State Governor, Honourable Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has said only the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can save Nigerians from the present situation they are going through. Tambuwal stated this while addressing a mammoth crowd of PDP supporters in Bamaina, residence of the former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido. He said Nigeria needs a competent leader who can restore normalcy, unity and trust in 2023. “Nigeria needs urgent attention from the concerned people to intervene through the ballots in a positive change that will come from the PDP. “We are in Jigawa and Bamaina not for campaigning, but to…
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife attended a Lunar New Year’s Day concert in Pyongyang where he received thunderous cheers from audience members and artists who praised him for heralding a new era of national power, state media reported. The North’s official media has been highlighting Kim’s authoritarian leadership following a spree of missile tests in January, which some experts see as an attempt to pressure Washington over deadlocked nuclear negotiations after two years of pandemic border closures and economic decay. The Biden administration has called for the U.N. Security Council to meet Thursday to discuss North…
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar says he will make his decision on the 2023 presidential race public in due course. The Wazirin Adamawa was the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2019 election. He spoke on Tuesday during a visit to Niger Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, at the Government House in Minna. Atiku told reporters that Bello narrated the enormous security challenges bedeviling the State. “The level of insecurity in Niger State is a pathetic one. I got a vivid picture of what is going on from the governor and it is unfortunate,” he said. On his ambition…
Mayokun Lawson-Alade, popularly known as ‘LAAF’, has emerged victorious in the All Progressives Congress indirect primary election held on Tuesday to decide the party flagbearer for the February 26 House of Representatives bye-election in Akure North/South. Former member of the House of Representatives and Secretary to the Ondo State Government, Hon Ifedayo Abegunde; and former member of the Assembly, Hon. Ademola Adegoroye, among others, were defeated by Alade, a greenhorn from the Akure South Local Government Area. He also defeated the former Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hon. Omowunmi Olatunji-Ohwovoriole; the Senate Director of Administration, Mr. Dennis Fadairo; a former lawmaker,…
Hoodlums suspected to be political thugs on Tuesday, vandalised the campaign office of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar at the Investment Quarters, eight kilometres away from the Gombe metropolis. The hoodlums also razed the Gombe State Secretariat of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, situated along Bauchi road in Gombe. According to reports, the personnel of the fire service with assistance from men of the Nigeria Police Force and some residents were able to put off the inferno which destroyed valuables, including important documents. The state’s PDP Chairman, General Audu Kwaskebe (Rtd), while addressing reporters after the incident, accused members of…
Deji Adeyanju, convener of Concerned Nigerian, on Tuesday, cautioned Peter Obi, a former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, vice presidential candidate, against running for president in 2023. Adeyanju said Obi does not stand a chance within the PDP and against the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2023. In a series of tweets, the activist noted that former Senate President Bukola Saraki stands a chance in 2023. He, however, wondered if the PDP would allow Saraki to clinch its presidential ticket. “As attractive as Peter Obi’s presidential ambition is, and I absolutely love it so much, but he does not stand any…
Russia’s UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said Monday that his country has no plans to invade Ukraine. “This deployment of Russian troops in our own territory is getting our Western and US colleagues to say that there’s going to be a planned military action and even an act of aggression … A military action of Russia against Ukraine that they’re all assuring us is going to take place in just a few weeks, if not a few days,” he told the Security Council. “There, however, is no proof confirming such a serious accusation whatsoever being put forward. However, it is not…
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of making itself a willing tool towards harassing the people of the South-East out of the 2023 presidential race. This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, OYC, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike. Okwu, who lauded former Imo Governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha for joining the presidential race, said it has become a norm for the EFCC to go after the people of the South-East once they showed interest in the presidential race. The anti-graft agency had…
Edwin Clark, an Ijaw national leader, has appealed to those aspiring for presidency in the 2023 general elections in the north to reconsider their ambition. He noted that those aspiring for presidency from the north such as the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Governor Aminu Tambuwal, and others, for the interest of unity, peace and progress of the country, should reconsider their interest to avoid “chaos”. In a statement on Monday by Clark, he noted that the rotation of power between the geo-political zones in the country was to the overall interest and unity of the country. Clark stated…
Peter Obi, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s vice presidential candidate in 2019, has given one condition to join the 2023 presidential race. Obi, who was the running mate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in 2019, said he will join in the race if his party, the PDP, zones the ticket to the south. However, the former Anambra State Governor seems not to be certain about what the situation would be if the PDP throws the ticket open for the north and south. “Yes, I will step into the field to contest for the opportunity to serve this great country as President…
The acting national leader of the youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Mazi Jones Onwusoanya, has mocked a former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, on his declaration to contest for president in the 2023 general election. InfoStride News reported that Senator Okorocha, who represents Imo West Senatorial District, on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had announced his intention in a letter to the Senate President which was read at plenary. However, Onwusoanya, while baring his mind in a statement made available to the media on Monday, posited that Okorocha’s declaration to…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised Monday for lockdown-flouting parties in Downing Street but insisted that he and his government can be trusted. Boris Johnson told lawmakers in the House of Commons that he would make changes to the way the government is run in the wake of the partygate scandal. He said: I get it and I will fix it. He spoke after senior civil servant Sue Gray found that gatherings by the prime minister and his staff represent a serious failure to observe the standards expected of government. Gray published findings on four gatherings in 2020 and 2021,…
The Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected a state congress held by a faction of the party loyal to Senator Andy Uba, describing it as a nullity. Some members of the party had on Sunday met and elected state officers through voice vote, but the election has been rejected as not being according to the party’s guidelines. There has been a rift in the party in the state since after the governorship election, with some members accusing the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, of being the cause of the party’s failure in…
The Chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, has revealed that there are no more factions in Kwara, Gombe and Ogun state chapters of the party. Recall that some state chapters of the party were riddled with crisis following the recently conducted ward, local government and state congresses. Buni, who was represented by a member of the committee and former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, stated this on Monday when he received the interim report of the national reconciliation committee, led by Senator Abdulahi Adamu.…
Sokoto Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has announced his intention to contest for president in 2023. The former House of Representatives Speaker will stand under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Tambuwal made the announcement Monday evening after a stakeholders’ meeting in Sokoto. The governor promised to fix the problems Nigeria face as he praised himself for good leadership without corruption charges. Tambuwal lost the 2019 PDP presidential ticket to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi says he will contest in the 2023 presidential election if his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), throws it open for all to contest or zones it to the south. Peter Obi, who was PDP’S vice-presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential polls, was quoted as saying this during a press interview. A press release by his media aide, Mr Val Obienyem, quoted Obi as saying he is capable of turning around the fortunes of the country but will wait on the decision of the PDP before he declares his intention. “All the…
As he prepared to tee off at one of his Florida golf courses, a fellow player introduced Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States. 45th and 47th, Trump responded matter-of-factly, before hitting his drive. The quip a moment of levity on the links captured on shaky cellphone video was a reminder that the former president often has another presidential run on his mind. But the declaration belied the growing challenges he’s confronting as a series of complex legal investigations ensnare Trump, his family and many associates. The probes, which are unfolding in multiple jurisdictions and consider everything…
Political stalwarts, friends, associates and family gathered in honour of immediate past National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Kola Ologbondiyan, recently in Abuja. Chairman of the occasion, former Senate President, David Mark, commended Ologbondiyan for his dedication to duty while serving as PDP Publicity Scribe. Mark with whom Ologbondiyan worked as Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) said “We are here to celebrate a worthy Nigerian. A man who has distinguished himself among his colleagues, a courageous gentleman. He added “There was a time in this country when we needed a detribalized Nigerian and that was when Kola…
Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Osun State Governorship Primary election slated for Monday, March 7th, 2022, the party national leaders has revealed plans to meet stakeholders and all aspirants. Recall that, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed July 16, 2022, for the Osun State governorship election. The meeting of PDP leaders and Osun stakeholders will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, February 1st, 2022 at the NEC Hall, PDP National Headquarters, Wadata Plaza, Abuja. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba told our correspondent on Monday, that all party stakeholders and aspirants are expected to attend the crucial…
The Ekiti State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) has described the outcome of the party gubernatorial primary election which produced Bisi Kolawole as very credible, free and fair. The party called on other aspirants and all stakeholders to embrace the outcome of the contest in the spirit of sportsmanship. The State Working Committee, (SWC) of the party led by the Acting- Chairman, Lanre Omolase disclosed that the party has commended the PDP National Working Committee, NWC for its transparency and impartiality after a thorough review of the election. He called on all aspirants and their supporters to regard…