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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…

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…

Monday, 20 June 2022 07:03

A presidential hopeful in Kenya is running on a cannabis and snake venom platform

Kenya is facing inflation, unemployment and public debt. But George Wajackoyah, one of the four presidential candidates in the Aug. 9 polls, wants to get the economy back on track by legalizing cannabis and farming snakes. His rivals—former prime minister Raila Odinga and deputy president William Ruto—promise a $60 monthly stipend for unemployed citizens and several economic reforms. Meanwhile, on Twitter, TikTok and Whatsapp, Wajackoyah, a trained lawyer, figures that since a sack of 90 kilos of raw cannabis is worth $3.4 million, Kenya needs fewer than 2,000 sacks to repay its foreign debts. Wajackoyah and his running mate Justina…

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Sunday, 19 June 2022 03:15

APC’s Biodun Oyebanji wins Ekiti governorship election

Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Biodun Oyebanji, has officially been declared winner of the Ekiti State governorship election. Chief returning officer of the election, Kayode Adebowale, in the early hours of Sunday announced Oyebanji winner in Ado-Ekiti, the capital city. Oyebanji secured 187,057 votes to defeat his closest challengers, Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) who polled 82,211, and Bisi Kolawole of the Peoples Democratic Party who scored 67,457 votes. Oyebanji is the anointed candidate of the incumbent governor, Kayode Fayemi. Born December 21, 1967, Oyebanji hails from Ikogosi-Ekiti, in Ekiti West local government. Of…

Sunday, 19 June 2022 03:14

Tinubu writes Buhari, thanks president for being ‘neutral’ during APC presidential primaries

PRESS RELEASE The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a “true leader, brother and friend” who demonstrated a “sense of purpose, composure, and maturity” in the weeks leading to the Special Convention of the Party. In a letter to the President, which he personally signed, Tinubu expressed gratitude for the President’s congratulatory letter to him, adding that while all the contestants expected Buhari to “choose” his successor, he simply allowed a level playing field. According to him, “You belonged to everybody in the party and you belonged to none of…

Saturday, 18 June 2022 06:45

Ekiti elects new gov today as INEC debuts with e-transmission of results

Ruling All Progressives Congress, Peoples Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party and 13 other political parties are jostling to produce the next governor of Ekiti State in today’s election. The exercise is scheduled to hold across the 2,445 polling units in the 16 local government areas of the state. The other parties include Accord Party, African Action Congress, African Democratic Congress, Action Democratic Party, All Progressives Grand Alliance, Allied Peoples Movement, Action Peoples Party, Labour Party, New Nigeria People’s Party, National Rescue Movement, Peoples Redemption Party, Young Progressives Party and Zenith Labour Party. Meanwhile, in a sequel to the signing into…

Saturday, 18 June 2022 06:39

Mbaka apologises to Peter Obi, supporters over ‘stingy man’ comment

Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministries, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), has apologised over the remarks he made about Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). The cleric had on Wednesday described Obi as “stingy”, asking his followers not to vote for him in the 2023 presidential election. Mbaka’s comment had elicited widespread criticism from many Nigerians as well as the Enugu Catholic diocese. Reacting to the blowback, Mbaka asked for forgiveness from Obi’s supporters and noted that he was misunderstood. Mbaka said the former Anambra governor is his “friend and brother” and he wishes him success in his…

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