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Friday, 17 June 2022 06:44

Ejike Mbaka slams LP presidential candidate Peter Obi as ‘stingy’. Here’s how Nigerians reacted to the Catholic priest

There is an outpouring of anger and condemnation by Nigerians over comments by an outspoken Catholic priest, Ejike Mbaka, against Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Mbaka, during his weekly ministration service on Wednesday, said Obi would not be president of Nigeria in 2023 because he is a “stingy man who does not give out money to people”. He also said until Obi returned to his Adoration Ministry to apologise for refusing to donate to the ministry when he was asked to do so, his ambition to become president of Nigeria would be fruitless. But many Nigerians, across different…

Saturday, 11 June 2022 06:10

INEC reports surge in voter’s registration in Southeast, Lagos, Kano

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday said its centres across Southeastern states have recently witnessed “sudden turnout of prospective registrants.” INEC said it has, therefore, deployed additional 209 voter enrolment machines to the five Southeastern states as well as Lagos and Kano to ease the congestion at the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) centres. The commission disclosed this in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee in Abuja on Friday. Okoye said that the commission received reports from states indicating an unprecedented surge in the number of citizens that wished to register…

Friday, 10 June 2022 06:31

‘I’m surprised people assumed the presidential contest will create a wedge between the VP and I’, Tinubu says in surprise visit to Osinbajo

Presidential candidate of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Thursday evening paid an unscheduled visit to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the latter’s Aguda House residence, Abuja. The APC flag bearer first visited President Muhammadu Buhari before proceeding to Aguda House. Tinubu defeated Osinbajo and 12 others at the just concluded presidential primary of the APC. Tinubu polled 1,271 votes to emerge victorious while Osinbajo polled 235 votes to come third behind Tinubu and ex-transport minister Rotimi Amaechi who polled 231 votes. The visit occured a few hours after Osinbajo congratulated Mr Tinubu for the victory and…

Wednesday, 08 June 2022 13:57

2023: Tinubu has emerged presidential candidate of APC. This is all that happened before the former Lagos gov achieved this feat

After months of intense horse-trading among various power blocs within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, was Wednesday declared winner of the presidential primary of the party. At the presidential primary concluded in Abuja Wednesday, Tinubu, who polled 1,271 votes, defeated 13 others in the race. His closest opponent was the former minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who scored 316 votes. Tinubu, while declaring his intention to run for the presidency of Nigeria in January, said it has always been his lifetime ambition. He disclosed this at the State House shortly after visiting President…

Tuesday, 07 June 2022 15:12

Poll of eligible delegates across the country projects Osinbajo to emerge APC presidential candidate

A poll conducted by the Democratic Research Initiative, a Research and Strategy Institution, has projected a landslide victory for Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, in the ongoing presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The party fixed its primary election for June 6 to 8 at Eagle Square, Abuja. The results of the poll conducted by sampling voting decisions of eligible delegates across the country placed the vice-president ahead of the 22 other aspirants jostling for the presidential ticket of the ruling party. Apart from Osinbajo, the other aspirants cleared by the John Odigie-Oyegun-led screening panel are a former Governor of…

Tuesday, 07 June 2022 15:11

Five APC presidential aspirants reject govs’ shortlist of 5 aspirants submitted to Buhari

PRESS RELEASE “In the past few hours we have been bombarded with calls and messages from our supporters and concerned Nigerians on a list of five Presidential aspirants submitted to President Buhari to choose from. “As long as we are concerned no list has been submitted to Mr. President, the move by the Governors is considered a joke taken to the extreme with the aim of playing with the intellect of Nigerians particularly us from the South-East. “Mr President’s directive is very simple, that all Presidential aspirants including those from the North should meet and harmonise inorder to produce a…

Tuesday, 07 June 2022 06:39

APC presidential primaries: Governors, NWC members meet as consensus plot thickens

A closed-door meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) and governors who are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) kicked off in Abuja last night (Monday). The meeting held at the APC National Secretariat at Wuse 2 area of the City Centre. Our correspondent gathered from sources at the party’s headquarters that the meeting is likely to take a final decision on who should be fielded as the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 poll. The party’s presidential primary is slated for Tuesday. The APC had screened 23 aspirants to contest its ticket at the primary but two contestants…

Tuesday, 07 June 2022 06:38

Presidency to Tinubu: No individual can claim to have installed Buhari as president

The Presidency has dismissed the claim of Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), that he brought President Muhammadu Buhari into power. While addressing APC delegates in Ogun State last week, Tinubu had boasted that without him, Buhari would have lost in 2015. “You have not heard this from me before. This is the first place I am saying this. If not me that led the war front, Buhari wouldn’t have emerged. He contested first, second and third times, but lost. He even said on television that he won’t contest again.” “But I went to his home…

Tuesday, 07 June 2022 06:37

Southern govs denounce APC national chair for announcing Lawan as ‘consensus’ candidate

PRESS RELEASE My attention has just been drawn to the expensive joke purportedly enacted by the National Chairman of APC, Abdullahi Adamu. The speculation is rife that the Chairman took a flight of fancy and decided to make a pronouncement beyond his competence. He has, allegedly, made public his preferred choice as the candidate of the APC for the Office of the President in the next general elections. This alleged pronouncement runs contrary to the position of majority of Northern Governors in APC and their counterparts in the South. Our agreement is unanimous on this issue. The office of the…

Sunday, 05 June 2022 07:04

Buhari meets APC presidential aspirants at Aso Villa, urges consultations to produce ‘consensus candidate’

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the presidential hopefuls of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to “come up with a formidable” consensus candidate before the party holds its primary election. The president said this during a meeting with the aspirants on Saturday at the presidential villa, Abuja. The ruling party has fixed June 6-8 for its special convention to elect its presidential flagbearer. In a statement signed by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, Buhari was quoted as saying: “Looking at this assemblage of personalities and considering your rich pedigree of accomplishments in life, I have come to the conclusion that our party,…

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Sunday, 05 June 2022 07:03

Northern APC governors, other leaders concede party presidential ticket to southern aspirants

PRESS RELEASE APC governors and political leaders from the northern states of Nigeria today met to review the political situation and to further support our Party in providing progressive leadership amidst our national challenges. During our discussions, we welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari’s invitation to governors and other stakeholders to contribute to the emergence of a strong presidential candidate for the APC. After careful deliberation, we wish to state our firm conviction that after eight years in office of President Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the APC for the 2023 elections should be one of our teeming members from the…

Sunday, 05 June 2022 07:03

Tinubu will suffer consequences for his attack on Buhari - APC

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, has warned all presidential aspirants on the platform of the APC to desist from attacking President Muhammadu Buhari. Adamu also said the party took exception to the recent comments by former Lagos State governor and presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, against the president. He condemned the comments and warned that the party would take punitive action against any of the aspirants who makes scathing comments against Buhari. The national chairman spoke while addressing journalists at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja on Saturday. Tinubu had on Thursday while addressing APC…

Saturday, 04 June 2022 06:39

INEC has released 2023 election guidelines. These are the major highlights

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the guidelines for the 2023 elections. The commission issued the document on Friday. The 37-page document contains 106 guidelines, along with health measures that must be adhered to during elections. According to section 18, verification of voters will be done using the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS). “18. (a) In accordance with Section 47 (2) of the Electoral Act 2022, a person intending to vote shall be verified to be the same person on the Register of Voters by the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) or any other device approved…

Saturday, 04 June 2022 06:38

Saraki to Tinubu: Please stop sulking over past losses, Nigeria bigger than your ambition

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has stated that when he opposed the plan to foist a Muslim-Muslim presidency on Nigeria in 2014 he acted in the national interest and believed Nigeria was bigger than anybody’s ambition, including that of Bola Tinubu. Saraki, in a statement signed by the head of his Media Office, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in response to the speech by Tinubu in Abeokuta yesterday claiming that Saraki and others opposed his desire to be running mate to President Mohammadu Buhari in the 2015 elections, noted that he will oppose any plan that causes a religious crisis in a multi-religious…

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