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Monday, 21 November 2022 06:11

‘It’s our turn’, Ohaneze says in endorsement of Peter Obi

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has officially endorsed Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for the 2023 general elections. Ohanaeze said Obi represents “Nigerian conscience, moral probity, generational hope, redemption epiphany, and above all, the Igbo collective unconscious.” The Igbo body, which stated this in a statement on Sunday titled, ‘2023: On SMBLF Position We Stand,’ signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Alex Ogbonnia, noted that the Labour Party’s candidate had filled what could have been a sad gap if he had not been on the ballot. The statement said, “In the first place, going by the principles…

Monday, 21 November 2022 06:10

PDP G5 govs rebrands as ‘Integrity Group’, insist on Ayu’s resignation

The five governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dubbed as G5 say they are open to reconciliation on the crisis battling the party. Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, and his colleagues from other states met in Lagos to discuss issues on the crisis facing the PDP. Other governors in the G5 group led by Wike are Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Samuel Ortom of Benue, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu. Olusegun Mimiko, former governor of Ondo, Ayo Fayose, former governor of Ekiti, Donald Duke, former governor of Cross River, Bode George, former deputy national chairman, were…

Wednesday, 16 November 2022 06:26

Buhari leads APC govs, chieftains to flag off Tinubu presidential campaign in Jos

President Muhammadu Buhari and National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, yesterday, led governors of the party, ministers, National Working Committee members and other party leaders to Jos, Plateau State to flag off the presidential campaign rally of the party. During the rally, held at Jos Township Stadium, Buhari, assisted by Adamu, handed over the party’s flag to Tinubu. The President also reiterated his promise to lead the party’s campaign for the 2023 presidential election. The flag off had in attendance vice presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, Senate President Ahmed Lawan and Speaker of the House Representatives, Femi…

Wednesday, 16 November 2022 06:23

‘Soludo is a prof, me a trader; where I failed let him succeed’, Peter Obi says in reply to Anambra gov’s attack

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has responded to the criticism of Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra. In a recent interview on Channels Television, Soludo had said the investments Obi made for Anambra while he was governor are now “worth next to nothing”. Also, in an article published on Monday titled ‘History Beckons and I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1)’, the former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), said the LP candidate does not have the necessary structure in place to win the presidency. Speaking on Tuesday at the Lagos Business School (LBS) 2022 alumni…

Wednesday, 16 November 2022 06:23

‘Soludo’s actions ridiculous, unreasonable and premature’, Ohaneze says in defense of Peter Obi

The apex socio-cultural organisation in Igboland, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has lashed out at Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, over his comment on a former Governor of the state and presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi. This was as the Igbo group said it had dragged Soludo to two deities in Igboland, for discrediting the legacies of Obi. The group said this in a statement signed by its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, on Tuesday. Soludo, had in a lengthy letter, maintained that Obi was not ready for the presidential race, declaring he was merely catching…

Wednesday, 16 November 2022 06:22

Donald Trump has announced bid to return to White House in 2024. This is what to know about the former president’s antecedents

Former President Donald Trump announced that he is running for the 2024 Republican nomination for president, seeking to stage a dramatic return to the White House after having lost his bid for re-election to Joe Biden in 2020. Trump, a Republican and the leader of the "Make America Great Again" movement, announced his third presidential bid on Tuesday during a speech at his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, home after having teased a bid since leaving office in 2021. "In order to make America great and glorious again. I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States," Trump said Tuesday…

Tuesday, 15 November 2022 06:59

History beckons and I will not be silent (1) - Chukwuma Charles Soludo

My attention has been drawn to some of the tirades on social media following my frank response during an interview on Channels TV regarding the “investments” Peter Obi claimed to have made with Anambra state revenues. Sadly, several of the comments left the issue of the interview to probe or suggest motives, inferred from my response on “investment” that I am opposed to Peter Obi’s ambition and therefore committed a “crime” for which the punishment is internecine abuse and harassment even to my family. Some people even suggest that the gunmen who went to attack a checkpoint at my hometown…

Tuesday, 15 November 2022 06:58

Peter Obi silent as ‘Obidients’ descend on Soludo over letter

Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, has kept mum on the strongly-worded letter which Governor Charles Soludo wrote about his 2023 ambition. The letter, which was released on Monday afternoon, has literarily set the internet on fire. In the 4008-word piece, Soludo dismissed Obi, one of his predecessors as a joker in the 2023 race, saying he would only deplete the votes of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and widen the chances of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Tracing the multiple defections of Obi from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)…

Tuesday, 15 November 2022 06:57

Court of Appeal sacks Akpabio as Akwa Ibom APC senatorial candidate

The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has set aside the judgment of Federal High Court Abuja, removing Godswill Akpabio as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. A three-member panel of justices read by Danlami Senchi on Monday held that Akpabio failed to file a proof of arguments within the time provided by the rules. The panel further ruled that Akpabio, being a presidential aspirant of the APC, could not participate in the valid primary of the party held on May 27 and monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which…

Thursday, 10 November 2022 06:07

PDP crisis festers as Bauchi gov says ‘I share something in common with G-5 govs’ fighting Atiku

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, says he shares something in common with the ‘G5 governors’ led by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and highly connected with them. The G5 governors, comprising Wike, Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Okezie Ipeazu of Abia State and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, are not on good terms with the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. Atiku had made a move to woo the Bauchi State governor. But Wike on Wednesday led his colleagues to Bauchi to visit Mohammed, who spoke to newsmen shortly before a…

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Tuesday, 08 November 2022 06:14

2023: Tinubu campaign explains why its candidate didn’t attend past debates and why he won’t attend future ones

Explaining Bola Tinubu’s absence at last Sunday’s Arise TV town hall meeting for presidential candidates, the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, in a statement by its Chief Spokesman, Festus Keyamo, said: “Tinubu did not attend the Presidential Debate organised by ARISE TV on Sunday, November 6, 2022, for the following reasons: “Firstly, many radio and TV networks in Nigeria have indicated interests to host such debates and out of deference to other TV and radio stations, our candidate will not be making selective appearances in some networks, whilst ignoring others. As President of Nigeria, by the special Grace of God, he…

Tuesday, 08 November 2022 06:14

Atiku campaign says Tinubu/Shettima afraid to face Nigerians

PDP Presidential Campaign Council has said that Tinubu and Shettima are running away from presidential debates because they are afraid of responding to probing questions from Nigerians. Spokesperson of the Atiku/Okowa PCC, Kola Ologbondiyan, said in a statement that “Tinubu has a record of avoiding debates and public interrogations following a mortal fear that Nigerians will put him to task on his alleged stinking corruption record, reported proxy treasury looting, obvious incompetence, ethnic bigotry as well as his alleged master-minding of APC’s anti-people policies that wrecked our nation in the last seven and half years. “APC presidential candidate and his…

Tuesday, 08 November 2022 06:13

I won’t attend debates where Tinubu, Atiku are absent henceforth – Peter Obi

Obi-Datti Campaign organization has threatened to steer clear of future presidential debates/town hall meetings where persons other than candidates of political parties are allowed to stand in for the presidential candidate. Director-General of the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe said the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi will no longer show up for debates if his counterparts in other parties do not show up. Okupe, who made this known at a press conference in Abuja, yesterday, decried a situation where candidates were unequally yoked with surrogates for such very important engagements and said that Obi will back out…

Tuesday, 08 November 2022 05:45

CJN swears in judges to sit on 2023 election petitions

Olukayode Ariwoola, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), has sworn in 307 judicial officers to preside over petitions which will arise from the 2023 general election. Pursuant to section 285(2) and (3) of the 1999 constitution and section 130 of the Electoral Act, 2022, Monica Dongban-Mensem, president of the court of appeal, has the powers to set up election tribunals. At the swearing-in ceremony on Monday, Ariwoola urged the judicial officers to conduct themselves professionally. “Your lordships should count yourselves worthy to be so entrusted with this humongous responsibility of deciding the fate of those that would be contesting elections into…

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