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Friday, 08 July 2022 07:07

Russia rejoices over Boris Johnson's downfall: The 'stupid clown' has gone

Politicians lined up to celebrate the downfall of Boris Johnson on Thursday, casting the British leader as a "stupid clown" who had finally got his just reward for arming Ukraine against Russia. Johnson, the face of the 2016 Brexit campaign who won a resounding electoral victory in 2019 before leading the United Kingdom out of the European Union, announced he was quitting on Thursday after he was abandoned by ministers and most of his Conservative lawmakers over a series of scandals. The Kremlin said it didn't like Johnson either. "He doesn't like us, we don't like him either," Kremlin spokesman…

Thursday, 07 July 2022 06:46

Boris Johnson: ‘It's now a question of how he exits’, Prime Minister’s close ally says as more ministers resign

Boris Johnson is defying calls to resign, as he attempts to face down a growing mutiny among his cabinet. Home Secretary Priti Patel, a former close ally, has joined a group of rebel ministers who are urging the PM to stand down. But he has defied the growing calls for him to quit, saying it would not be "responsible" for him to go. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has been fired from his cabinet, after he urged the PM to resign. Johnson earlier told senior MPs it would not be right for him to "walk away" amid economic pressures and…

Wednesday, 06 July 2022 03:43

UK's Boris Johnson on the brink as cabinet members resign

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face questions in parliament followed by a grilling by senior lawmakers on Wednesday (today), with his premiership on the brink after a slew of resignations from ministers saying he was not fit to govern. Johnson's finance and health secretaries quit on Tuesday, along with a number of junior ministers, saying they could no longer stay in government in the wake of the latest of a series of scandals to have blighted his administration in recent months. A growing number of lawmakers in his ruling Conservative Party have said the game is up for Johnson.…

Tuesday, 28 June 2022 06:59

6 out of 10 newly registered voters are youths - INEC

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said that the ongoing voters registration exercise has recorded a total of over 10 millions voters. In an update of current registered voters, INEC said that 10,487,972 Nigerians have registered for the Permanent Voters Card (PVC) Giving a breakdown of the registration of voters, INEC said that those that have completed their registration are 8,631,696, comprising 3,250,449 that registered online and 5,381,247 that did physical registration. According to the data posted by INEC 4,292,690 of the registrants are male, while 4,339,006 are female. People with disability (PWDs) are 67,171. The youths consist of the highest…

Tuesday, 28 June 2022 06:57

‘Nigeria will be in chaos if either Tinubu or Atiku emerges president’ - Ango Abdullahi

Neither Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nor Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) can fix Nigeria’s challenges, Convener of the Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), Ango Abdullahi, has said. In an interview with Vanguard, Abdullahi said Nigeria will be in chaos if either Tinubu or Atiku emerges president, adding that the duo have nothing to offer the country. According to him, presidential candidates of Labour Party, Peter Obi and that of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, are better options. “No, we still haven’t got the man who we think will…

Sunday, 26 June 2022 07:00

‘For as long as we have people trying to register, we’ll continue to register them’ - INEC chair

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the extension of its Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) across the country. Ahead of the 2023 poll, the commission had fixed the exercise to end on June 30. However, given the renewed interest of Nigerians, most especially the youth, vis-à-vis pressure from other quarters, the commission considered extending the exercise. Without giving a specific date for the new deadline, INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, at the Youth Vote Count concert in Abuja on Saturday, said the exercise continues. “The youth want to know when the registration will end. I want to assure you on behalf…

Sunday, 26 June 2022 06:59

2023: Tinubu tells INEC all his academic certificates stolen

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that his academic certificates were stolen by unknown persons while he was on self exile. Tinubu, a former Lagos State Governor, was one of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) Chieftains who fled the country during the regime of the late Sani Abacha. Abacha had clamped down on academics, activists and other technocrats opposed to his regime. In his sworn affidavit in support of his nomination form for the office of the president, Tinubu said he “went on self exile from October 1994…

Sunday, 26 June 2022 06:58

Choosing Atiku as my deputy was a mistake – Obasanjo

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday said one of his mistakes in life was picking former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar as his running mate during the 1999 Presidential election. He made the disclosure at an event, held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State, which featured presentations and exhibitions of some products, made by students of the participating schools. Obasanjo was responding to questions, posed by students from selected secondary schools that, participated in the final of the National Exhibition and Awards, organised by Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE). Obasanjo and his former number…

Saturday, 25 June 2022 06:44

Lawan loses out as INEC confirms Machina winner of APC Yobe North senatorial ticket

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed Bashir Machina as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Yobe north senatorial district. Machina, at a primary organised by the party in May, had won unopposed. However, there were speculations that he was being asked to step down for Senate President Ahmad Lawan, who currently represents the district. But Machina had insisted that he would not withdraw for Lawan — the senate president had contested the APC presidential ticket but lost. Amid the controversy, the APC submitted Lawan’s name to INEC as its senatorial candidate for Yobe north, and Abdullahi…

Thursday, 23 June 2022 06:58

Bloomberg projects that Atiku and Tinubu won’t dare campaign against corruption for the following reasons

The fight against corruption has been a top campaign issue in Nigeria’s last two presidential elections, but the history of graft allegations surrounding the two main candidates means neither is likely to raise it in the run-up to February’s vote. Front-runner Bola Tinubu, who secured the ruling party’s nomination earlier this month, was being investigated by the country’s anti-corruption agency as recently as last June. Three decades ago he fought a lawsuit in which the US government accused him of laundering the proceeds of heroin trafficking and eventually reached a settlement. Atiku Abubakar, his chief rival, brought tens of millions…

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Thursday, 23 June 2022 06:54

Obi meets Wike in Port Harcourt amidst defection rumours

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, visited Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. The closed-door meeting lasted for a few hours at the governor’s private residence in Port Harcourt. Though the outcome of the meeting was not known, the two politicians were seen shaking hands in front of Governor Wike’s residence in pictures online. Wike was spotted in white, while his guest, Obi wore a blue senator material. Obi’s visit is coming amidst speculations that Wike may dump the Peoples Democratic Party, due to the fallout overthe presidential primary of the party and the…

Thursday, 23 June 2022 06:53

‘Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian ticket is a difficult and slippery area’ - Kumuyi

William Kumuyi, founder and general superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, has advised politicians to conduct research on what Nigerians desire regarding the next set of leaders. Kumuyi gave the advice on Wednesday, while addressing journalists in Ilorin, the Kwara capital, shortly after he paid a courtesy visit to Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, governor of the state. According to him, political leaders need to make consultations, especially on speculations around Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian ticket for the 2023 presidential election. “The Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian ticket is a difficult and slippery area,” he said. “So, what I will say is that the political office holders…

Wednesday, 22 June 2022 06:46

Nigerians rejecting APC, PDP, but calling themselves ‘OBIdients’ - Edo gov

Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, says Nigerians are no longer interested in the two top political parties in the country — Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Party — and are in search of an alternative. Obaseki while speaking in an interview with African Independent Television on the just concluded Ekiti governorship election, further revealed that the future of politics in the country was changing. In a video snippet, the Edo governor said, “How can PDP, the party; not win? They were not even number two. So, you can see that something is going on and we do…

Monday, 20 June 2022 07:04

‘Lunatics have taken over the asylum’, Peter Obi says in description of Nigeria’s political system

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says Nigerians need to “take back” their country. He said this on Sunday at the ‘Men of Valour’ conference, organised by the Revival House of International Church (RHOGIC), Abuja. The conference had the theme ‘Navigating the Corridors of Power, the Church, and the Politics’. Obi, who described Nigeria’s political space as an “asylum”, said Nigerians cannot allow the current status quo to continue. “We can’t allow this gangsterism to continue, Nigerians should take back their country. Seventy percent of those who are in politics today should not have any reason to…

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