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Sunday, 21 August 2022 06:44

Obasanjo denies endorsing Tinubu’s presidential ambition

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied reports that he endorsed the presidential ambition of the APC candidate, Bola Tinubu, when he visited him in Abeokuta. In a statement by Obasanjo’s Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Saturday, the former president said the statements coming from those claiming to be supporters of Mr Tinubu are unhelpful. He said the discussion during the visit was “more brotherly than political.” Obasanjo’s aide further said the former President has neither agreed nor disapproved of Tinubu’s ‘request’. “Those claiming to be insiders at the meeting issuing statement on the discussion and those crediting to…

Wednesday, 17 August 2022 06:20

‘Nigeria can borrow till eternity’ – APC national chair

National Chairperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, has said Nigeria can borrow money for development till eternity. He stated this when he appeared on Trust TV on Tuesday. Adamu’s comment comes at a time that the International Monetary Funds warned that Nigeria may spend nearly 100 per cent of its revenue on debt servicing by 2026. According to the Debt Management Office (DMO), as of March 2022, Nigeria’s total debt portfolio (FG, State and FCT) was N41.6 million. The country’s public debt has risen the most under the APC-led Buhari administration when compared to previous governments since…

Tuesday, 16 August 2022 05:25

Kenya's Ruto defeats incumbent president-supported Odinga in close presidential race

Kenya's elections chief declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of a tight presidential race on Monday but some senior election officials disowned the result, fuelling fears of widespread violence like that seen after previous disputed polls. Hailing the electoral commission as "heroes" after he was declared the winner, Ruto said: "There is no looking back. We are looking to the future. We need all hands on deck to move forward." The 55-year-old had made Kenya's class divisions the centrepiece of his campaign to become Kenya's fifth president, promising to reward low-income "hustlers." He was also scornful of Kenya’s political…

Saturday, 13 August 2022 06:06

Tinubu’s campaign DG, Simon Lalong seeks forgiveness of Catholic Church over Pope comments

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has tendered apology to Catholic faithful over a remark he made while defending his appointment as Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council. Addressing reporters at Aso Rock on Tuesday, Lalong had said as a born, baptised and confirmed Catholic, who has the highest award from the papacy, Knight of Saint Gregory the Great, the Pope has not told him there was anything wrong being the lead campaigner of the ruling party, especially over the Muslim-Muslim ticket. “For those who are talking about Muslim-Muslim ticket, I don’t even know where they are.…

Friday, 12 August 2022 05:44

Muslim-Muslim ticket irresponsible, reprehensible – Matthew Kukah

The emergence of Bola Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Borno governor, Kashim Shettima, as his running mate, both Muslims, have been described as reprehensible and irresponsible. Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Mathew Kukah, who said this during a television interview, insisted that the action of the party in fielding a same faith ticket would set the country backwards. He said the “crime scene” where this “problem” started was in 1984 when then military head of state, Muhammadu Buhari took Tunde Idiagbon, also a Muslim as his deputy. He however said Nigerians…

Friday, 12 August 2022 05:40

Republicans vow revenge for Trump probes as pillar of Congress takeover

Republicans vow they will waste no time tearing into the FBI search of Donald Trump’s home and other investigations of the former president if the GOP wins control of Congress in November, signaling a protracted fight with the Biden administration. Party leaders and committee chairmen-in-waiting have already pledged to hold aggressive hearings and issue subpoenas in the wake of Monday’s unprecedented search of the former president’s Florida home. The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, Mike Turner of Ohio, has already written to the National Archives and Records Administration demanding officials preserve the documents and communications tied to NARA’s…

Friday, 05 August 2022 07:05

Atiku, Wike meet over PDP crisis

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, met, yesterday, in Abuja, on the lingering crisis in the party. The meeting, which was held at the residence of the former minister of information, Jerry Gana, is coming on the heels of a reconciliation committee set up by the PDP Board of Trustees to resolve crisis in the party. A source revealed that Atiku and Wike during the meeting expressed commitment to the resolutions to all issues in the party. The source that preferred anonymity said the two PDP leaders resolved to nominate equal number…

Friday, 05 August 2022 07:03

Osun: Oyetola to challenge Adeleke’s victory at tribunal

All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will challenge the outcome of the Osun governorship poll at the election petition tribunal. Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was declared winner of the Osun governorship election which held on July 16. Adeleke secured 403,371 votes to defeat his closest contender, Gboyega Oyetola of the APC, who polled 375,027 votes. Briefing journalists at a conference on Thursday, Gboyega Famodun, the state APC chairman, said based on the advice of the party’s lawyers, they have good grounds to challenge the result at the tribunal. “We are going to the tribunal. Our…

Wednesday, 03 August 2022 04:17

Soyinka endorses move to impeach Buhari

Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has backed the six weeks ultimatum given to President Muhammadu Buhari by some federal lawmakers to find a solution to terrorism or be impeached. Soyinka spoke on Tuesday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, during an interactive session organised to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Abeokuta Club. The session, which had a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana; Registrar of the Joint Administration and Matriculation Board, Ishaq Oloyede; a lawyer, Gbenga Adeoye; a businessman, Ogo-Oluwa Bankole; and the spokesman of the Electricity Distribution Companies, Sunday Oduntan, as panellists, had as its theme “Good governance or mis-governance: The contract…

Tuesday, 02 August 2022 07:10

INEC concluded voter registration with 12m new registrants. Here’s the breakdown by zones, others

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says over 12 million new applicants have completed their voter registration. This is as the continuous voter registration exercise (CVR) came to an end on Sunday. In June 2021, the commission launched a portal where Nigerians can register or request to update their voter information before they complete the process physically at designated centres. According to data released by the commission, the number of persons who have completed their registration is 12,298,944 as of 7am on August 1. Of this figure, 3,444,378 started their registration online, while 8,854,566 carried out their registration physically. Lagos state…

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Monday, 01 August 2022 06:36

PDP govs, leaders meet Wike in Abuja

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday met some of his colleagues elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party and some other party faithful who were behind his presidential campaign. The meeting held at the Rivers Governor’s Lodge, Abuja, was the first by the group after the party’s special national convention which produced Atiku Abubakar as the party’s presidential candidate. A member of the party’s Board of Trustees, Jerry Gana, spoke with journalists, on behalf of the group, after the meeting. Gana said, “We know that developments will unfold and when they do, we shall brief Nigerians. We…

Saturday, 30 July 2022 07:03

APC/Tinubu’s Muslim-Muslim ticket is a fatal error; we’ll look for another platform for 2023 - Dogara

Yakubu Dogara, a former speaker of the house of representatives, has kicked against the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Dogara conveyed his displeasure on Friday at the APC Northern Christian Leaders Summit. The APC came under criticism after Bola Tinubu, its presidential candidate, picked Kashim Shettima, a former governor of Borno, as his running mate. Dogara said it is hogwash to assert that no Christian is competent to be Tinubu’s running mate. The former speaker said the ticket would create disunity in the party and the country at large. He described Tinubu’s decision as a “fatal…

Saturday, 30 July 2022 07:02

Northern Christians will fight Muslim-Muslim ticket with prayers, PVCs - Babachir Lawal

Babachir Lawal, former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 presidential election will be resisted with prayers. Lawal said this at the APC northern Christian leaders summit on Friday. Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, picked Kashim Shettima, former governor of Borno who’s also a Muslim, as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election. The development elicited outrage from key stakeholders, particularly the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Commenting again on the issue, Lawal said: “Clearly, there is an agenda to politically, religiously, and economically…

Saturday, 30 July 2022 07:00

Wike to Atiku: ‘I will reply to your lies against me line by line’

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has berated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, for allegedly telling lies against him. Reacting to Atiku’s claim that a committee has been set up to reach out to him, Wike said he was not aware of any committee set up by PDP or the party’s presidential candidate for that purpose. Wike disclosed that both Atiku and the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, had not reached out to him after the party’s presidential primary in May. The governor described as unfortunate the unguarded public comments credited to respectable party members against him…

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