POLITICS

Tuesday, 11 April 2023 03:31

AA, APM and APP filed petitions at Presidential Election Tribunal against Tinubu’s election. APC asks tribunal to dismiss them on these grounds

All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) in Abuja to dismiss petitions filed by three opposition parties challenging the victory of its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in the 25 February election. The APC urged the tribunal to discountenance the petitions, in three separate responses filed at PEPC’s Secretariat, Sunday night, by Thomas Ojo, a member of the party’s legal team led by Lateef Fagbemi in Abuja. The three political parties; Action Alliance (AA), Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and Action People’s Party (APP) had, in separate petitions, challenged the emergence of Tinubu as president-elect. AA, in…

Tuesday, 11 April 2023 03:30

Peter Obi to ‘Obidients’: See the attacks on you ‘as sacrifice required to create a new Nigeria’

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party (LP), urged his supporters to view the attacks they endure as a sacrifice for the betterment of Nigeria. In a set of tweets posted on Monday, Obi expressed his sadness that his supporters, who call themselves 'Obidients', are being targeted for standing with him and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed. Despite this, the former Anambra governor remains confident that the purported scheme to discredit the "Obidient movement" will not succeed. Here’s in the tweet in full: “My Obidients, a very happy Holy Month of Easter and Ramadan to you all. As…

Tuesday, 11 April 2023 03:29

Protesters in Abuja demand sack of INEC Chair, boycott of Soyinka’s books

Members of the Free Nigeria Movement on Monday protested in Abuja over their displeasure at the outcome of the recently conducted Presidential election and the role played by the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu. The convener of the group, Moses Paul, who spoke during the protest, insisted that the conduct of the election was marred by too many irregularities and pockets of ethnic-inspired violence. Consequently, the outcome was brazenly against the will of the people. Paul, therefore, made four demands on behalf of the group among which was the immediate sack and prosecution of the INEC Chairman.…

Monday, 10 April 2023 03:29

Kukah on 2023 elections: ‘Our swagger is gone. We look like men and women returning from a funeral’

Matthew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, says Nigerians are frustrated by the outcome of the 2023 election and also believe that justice has eluded them. In a statement on Sunday, Kukah described Nigerians as men and women returning from a funeral with forlorn looks. The cleric condemned the violence that trailed the elections, saying it cannot be accepted as the new ladder to power. “Nigerians are so collectively frustrated that it is almost impossible to convince them that they can find justice,” Kukah said. “Everywhere you turn today, Nigerians look forlorn, disconsolate, lugubrious, and despondent. Our swagger is gone. We…

Sunday, 09 April 2023 03:38

Baba-Ahmed responds to Soyinka’s challenge to a debate, tells Nobel Laureate to present Tinubu instead

The Obi-Datti media office, in a statement released on Saturday, says Datti Baba-Ahmed, the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), will not engage in a debate with Wole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate, as Soyinka's offer has been rejected by Baba-Ahmed due to "cultural and political reasons," and not cowardice. Baba-Ahmed's recent comments on the presidential election results, which generated criticism and a fine for Channels TV, led to Soyinka challenging him to a debate. In response, Baba-Ahmed asked Soyinka to present his preferred presidential candidate for a one-on-one debate with him, as he is not interested in debating someone…

Sunday, 09 April 2023 03:37

Fascism: Soyinka has reduced ‘himself to a boy for criminal politicians’ - Charly Boy

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka’s recent statement “Fascism on course” continues to elicit mixed reactions and criticisms, primarily by supporters of Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, the Obidients. In the article, Soyinka knocked the Obidient movement and shared his views on the Nigerian electoral process and how unsure he is about the country’s development. In the final part of his article, he subtly addressed the famous entertainer Charly Boy, whom he said he opposes even though he is an independent mind. “Before I take myself off for– well, next port of call – the final word goes to a…

Sunday, 09 April 2023 03:36

Settle your internal squabbles without involving our party, APC replies LP chair Abure

All Progressive Congress (APC) has denied allegations that it was responsible for the leadership crisis in the opposition Labour Party (LP). On Thursday, Lamidi Apapa, deputy national chairman of LP (south), declared himself in charge of the party, shortly after Julius Abure, national chairman of the LP, claimed that thugs sponsored by the APC had invaded the party's headquarters in the federal capital territory (FCT) and damaged property. However, in a statement on Saturday, Felix Morka, national publicity secretary of the APC, dismissed Abure's accusation as "unfathomable and infantile" and stated that the LP was solely responsible for its internal…

Saturday, 08 April 2023 03:33

Tinubu to Biden: Dismiss Adichie’s letter as ‘mere fiction’

Bayo Onanuga, media director for the presidential campaign council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged US President Joe Biden to disregard the letter written by Chimamanda Adichie. Adichie, a renowned Nigerian novelist, had written an open letter to Biden on Thursday, raising concerns about manipulation in the 2023 presidential election and alleging that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ignored discrepancies and irregularities in the election. Adichie also criticized the hasty announcement of Bola Tinubu of the APC as winner of the election without proper investigation. She urged Biden to uphold democracy and avoid congratulating Tinubu, stating that…

Friday, 07 April 2023 04:12

2023 elections were a ‘sickening show of shame’ - Obasanjo

During the presentation of a book authored by Tunji Olaopa in Abuja on Thursday, a former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, spoke out about his concerns regarding the outcome of the recent general election, stating that it has left the country more divided than ever before. He went on to describe the election as a "sickening show of shame" and urged the incoming administration to take steps towards fostering national reconciliation. Obasanjo emphasized the need for a common vision in order to rescue the country from its current state and prevent it from descending further into dystopia. He called for…

Friday, 07 April 2023 04:11

LP National Chair Abure cries out after ‘police, APC thugs’ invaded national secretariat

Julius Abure, the National Chairman of the Labour Party, has accused thugs escorted by police officers believed to be working for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of breaking into the party's national headquarters in Abuja. In a statement he personally signed, Abure alleged that the invaders armed with weapons, breached the fences, burglaries, doors and windows of the building in order to gain access to their secretariat situated in the Utako district of the federal capital. He claimed that during the invasion, the assailants sacked workers and party members who were present at the secretariat at the time. Abure…

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Friday, 07 April 2023 04:10

Ohaneze to Buhari: Hold accountable those involved in attacks on Igbos in Lagos

Council of Elders of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to hold accountable all those involved in the attack on Lagos' Igbo residents and the destruction of their properties in the state. In a communique issued after an emergency virtual meeting held on Wednesday and made available to journalists on Thursday, the Council condemned the ethnic profiling of the Igbo in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria, reminding Nigerians and authorities that these events were similar to what led to the 30-month civil war that claimed millions of lives. The Council, which had members from Nigeria, the United…

Thursday, 06 April 2023 02:56

I’m under pressure to go on exile - Peter Obi

Peter Obi, the Labour Party's presidential candidate, has refuted claims that he referred to the 2023 elections as a religious conflict. He stated that he is experiencing pressure to flee the country. Here’s the full text of his latest public statement expressed in a tweet thread last night: “I continue to thank all Nigerians, especially the youths and the Obidients, as they have remained focused on the core mission of a New Nigeria that is POssible even after the February 25, 2023 presidential election. “Before, during, and after the campaign, it is on record that I have maintained my commitment…

Thursday, 06 April 2023 02:50

Atiku Campaign spokesperson Bwala drags APC to court over N120m debt

Daniel Bwala, a spokesperson for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, has initiated legal action against the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, over an alleged debt of N120 million owed to him for legal services rendered to the party. Bwala has filed a suit marked CV/2009/2023 before a Federal Capital Territory High court, requesting an order compelling the APC and its chairman to pay the debt and an additional N25 million as the cost of the suit. He also requested the court to order the defendants to pay 10 percent interest on the judgment sum until…

Wednesday, 05 April 2023 03:39

FG contradicts INEC, says failure to upload results to IReV caused by cyberattack, not technical issues

According to Nigeria's information minister, Lai Mohammed, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) purposely withheld the real-time uploading of presidential election results from polling units due to a suspected cyberattack. He stated that INEC made the decision to maintain the integrity of the data. However, his statement contradicts what INEC told Nigerians a day after the February 25th election, claiming that its failure to upload results was due to technical difficulties and not sabotage or a cyberattack. Opposition candidates challenging the election results are using INEC's inability to upload results in real-time as one of their bases for the challenge.…

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