Yoruba Ronu Group (YRG) has described All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Bola Tinubu, as God’s gift to Nigeria and mankind. The socio-political organization declared that Tinubu remains the best presidential aspirant for 2023. “Tinubu is a product of God’s magnanimity to mankind in this generation”, Diran Iyantan, YRG President, said on Sunday in Akure, the Ondo State capital. At a meeting of the group, he said their intention was to endorse a hopeful that would perform well in office. He noted that Tinubu remained an administrator of immense proportion, who, as Lagos Governor, held sway and achieved “eight unforgettable years”.…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
China’s population grew to 1.4126 billion by the end of last year, increasing by less than half-a-million as the birth rate fell for the fifth consecutive year, stoking fears of a looming demographic crisis and a consequent economic slowdown in the world’s most populous nation. At the end of 2021, China’s population on the mainland grew to 1.4126 billion from 1.4120 billion in 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said. China’s population increased by 480,000 in a year-on-year comparison from 2020, as per the NBS data. The number of new births in 2021 stood at 10.62 million, down from…
A presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, has expressed the belief that he would win the 2023 election. Tinubu said with the “strong support” of the masses, he would emerge the winner of the election in 2023. The All Progressives Congress, APC, National Leader disclosed this when he visited the residence of ex-Oyo State Governor, Rashidi Ladoja yesterday. He said reactions from relevant stakeholders have spurred him to continue in his push for the presidency. Tinubu, however, admitted that there would be challenges, but he would overcome them. According to Tinubu: “Life is a challenge and you must be ready to confront…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has said that the Senator Abdullahi Adamu Reconciliation Committee is positioning the party for 2023 electoral victory. Okechukwu, who is also the Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), told newsmen on Sunday in Abuja that the decision to set up the reconciliation committee was one of the achievements of the Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), led by Governor Mai Mala Buni. He said the committee has been going about its responsibilities with uncommon insight, purpose and empathy. The party chieftain noted that though the committee encountered…
Orji Uzor Kalu, the Senate Chief Whip, on Sunday distanced himself from reports alleging that he attacked Bola Tinubu, a 2023 presidential aspirant. Kalu said his recent interview where he was reported to have said he would match Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, grit for grit was misconstrued. In a statement he issued in Abuja, the former Abia State Governor, said his comment was twisted to score cheap political goals, NAN reports. According to Kalu, he is not quarrelling with Tinubu or against his presidential ambition. Kalu said: “We can never attack Tinubu. “I told Nigerians…
A group in the Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), under the auspices of Ekiti Political Intervention Coalition (EPIC), has called on the National Working Committee to suspend former Governor Ayodele Fayose for allegedly stage-managing the rigging of last Saturday’s ad hoc delegate congress in the state. The group stated that the congress was roundly rejected by stakeholders because it was allegedly conducted by those it described as impostors. The group posited that the congress, which was expected to have been conducted by a National Committee chaired by the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Udom Emmanuel, was supervised by…
The failure of last week’s high-stakes diplomatic meetings to resolve escalating tensions over Ukraine has put Russia, the United States and its European allies in uncharted post-Cold War territory, posing significant challenges for the main players to avoid an outright and potentially disastrous confrontation. Unlike previous disagreements that have arisen since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the current Ukraine crisis and seemingly insurmountable differences between Washington and Moscow carry real risks of debilitating economic warfare and military conflict that are exacerbated by the dangers of miscalculation and overreaction. For the U.S. and its NATO and other European allies, nothing…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State, Hon. Francis Obule JP, has urged Governor Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to work closely with former Governor James Onanefe Ibori, who introduced rotation, to select the best candidate among the aspirants that showed interest in the 2023 governorship race in the state. He said this will let the various senatorial districts and ethnic groups have a sense of belonging in the development of the state. Hon. Obule made the call during a chat with newsmen in Warri after a brief meeting with some political stakeholders in the…
A pressure group within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), APC Rebirth Group, has accused the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) led by the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, of plotting to postpone the national convention of the party beyond February 2022. The group in a statement issued Sunday by its Spokesperson, Mr. Aliyu Audu said it had been reliably informed that the Committee was behind various news reports planted in the media that the convention had been fixed for February 25th 2022. The group noted that the real plot was to use the planted February 25th date…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Zadok Akintoye, has advised the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to reconsider his presidential aspirations. Akintoye, a former Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Ondo State asked Tinubu to push his political son, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo forward for the ticket ahead of the 2023 general election. Akintoye who stated this in a post on his social media handle, said there will be nothing to pin against Osinbajo, unlike Tinubu who many Nigerians don’t trust. He said, “What should matter is if his ambition aligns with…
Confusion reigned in Ekiti on Saturday as the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) held the ward electoral congress to elect three-men ad hoc delegates across the 177 wards in the State. The confusion began when political thugs suspected to be loyal to former Governor Ayodele Fayose allegedly invaded the hotel where the panel members sent from Abuja were lodged and hijacked materials for the exercise in Ado-Ekiti. Operatives of the Nigeria Police, Military and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps who were drafted to the venue to provide security were overwhelmed by the heavily armed thugs. Earlier in the day, supporters of…
The UK Opposition is leading the charge to pile pressure on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday as a picture of a boozy culture at the heart of Downing Street emerges, with new reports of so-called wine-time Fridays by staff during the COVID-19 lockdown. Opposition Labour Party Leader, Sir Keir Starmer, used a major speech to say the so-called partygate scandal shows that Johnson is guilty of “deceit and deception” and unable to lead the country. Starmer’s latest salvo comes as a poll for the The Times’ found that seven out of 10 British voters think Johnson has not…
A chieftain of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chuks Ibegbu, has urged some Northerners aspiring to contest for the presidency to shelve their ambition. Ibegbu, the former Deputy spokesman of Ohanaeze,asked Atiku Abubakar, Bukola Saraki, Bala Mohammed, Aminu Tambuwal, and Yahaya Bello should shelve their presidential ambitions. He asked the northerners to rather support the Southeast in producing a Nigerian president in 2023. In a chat with the media, Ibegbu said the Southeast has a larger stake in Nigeria, hence will not leave the country. Ibegbu said, “Ndigbo has the largest stakes in Nigeria and will not leave it for strangers “Ndi Mbiara…
Billionaire Nigerian businessman, Obi Iyiegbu, also known as Obi Cubana, has said he has no interest in politics or running for governorship. Obi Cubana said this on Saturday during Instagram live with Daddy Freeze. When asked if he has any ambition for politics, Cubana said: “I have zero interest in politics. I don’t have ambition to be a governor or anything, I just like being my brother’s keeper. “All I like to do is give and help people and that’s enough for me. “I am the Governor of Cubana empire. That’s enough for me, let’s leave politics.” When asked who…
Dele Momodu, a presidential aspirant, on Saturday, denied endorsing Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2023 presidency. Dele Momodu accused Tinubu’s media handlers of “fumbling” through cheap campaigns. He was reacting to the circulation of an old article he wrote in favour of the APC National Leader two years ago. In a statement he issued, Momodu, who is vying for the Presidency on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said those rehatching the article has made him their latest victim. According to Momodu: “In all honesty, I do not know who the…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has warned Nigerians of making right electoral choices in 2023. Makinde, in a post on his Twitter page, warned Nigerians to be reminded that their choices have consequences, hence should be prepared to make the right electoral choices. His tweet read: “As I take down my pinned tweet which showed my unequivocal stand against the #TwitterBan which lasted 222 days, I will like to remind us all that our choices have consequences. “With the 2023 elections around the corner, I hope we are prepared to make the right electoral choices.” In the past few…
The Pakistan government has decided to offer permanent residency to foreign investors, especially to fetch heavy investments from wealthy Afghans, Chinese and American Sikhs, Dawn reported. In a tweet late Friday night, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said: “In line with new National Security Policy, through which Pakistan declared geo-economics as core of its national security doctrine, the government has decided to allow permanent residency scheme for foreign nationals, new policy allows foreigners to get permanent resident status in lieu of investments”. The government believes it will fetch billions of dollars of foreign investment by giving Pakistani nationality and proprietary rights to…
A party chieftain and former Chief Judge of Anambra State, Professor Peter Nnanna Umeadi, has announced his intention to contest the office of President of Nigeria on the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the incoming 2023 general election in Nigeria. Umeadi in his declaration speech pledged to administer Nigeria with firmness and fairness and reposition the country to the path of progress, harmony and prosperity. He announced this in a worded statement addressed to the National Chairman of APGA, Ozonkpu Victor Oye and issued on Friday. The Anambra chieftain also disclosed that the uppermost priority of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed the conduct of six outstanding constituencies by-elections in four States for February 26 this year. Festus Okoye, the INEC’s Commissioner, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday evening. Okoye said that the decision was taken at the INEC regular weekly meeting held on Thursday and an extraordinary meeting on Friday, where issues that led to the vacancies and the rescheduling of some of the elections, as well as the security situation in some of the states, were discussed. According to him, the decision followed the declaration of vacancies by the…
A chieftain of the Igbo socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chuks Ibegbu has accused Bola Tinubu, a presidential aspirant, of committing a political sin against Nigeria. Ibegbu, the immediate past Deputy Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze, said Tinubu committed sin by hoisting hardship on Nigerians in 2015. In a chat with the media, Ibegbu said Tinubu aided a clueless leader into power in Nigeria. According to Ibegbu: “Bola Tinubu foisted a political harakiri on Nigerians in 2015 which has now turned to economic turpsy turvy and incalculable hardship on Nigerians. “I’m furious at the state of affairs in Nigeria today and I…