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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…

Friday, 03 June 2022 06:30

I made Buhari president, Osinbajo vice-president, Abiodun governor, Tinubu boasts in Ogun

Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and presidential hopeful, says without him, President Muhammadu Buhari wouldn’t have won the presidential election in 2015. Tinubu spoke on Thursday at a meeting with APC delegates in Ogun state. Describing the election as a “battle”, Tinubu also spoke on how he “surrendered” the vice-presidential ticket to Yemi Osinbajo, when concerns were raised over a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the APC. “Buhari asked me to be his running mate, but Saraki campaigned against a Muslim-Muslim ticket. He felt it would affect his ambition to be senate president. The senate president could…

Friday, 03 June 2022 06:30

Osinbajo meets APC national chair, 5 govs in Aso Rock

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, met with Abdullahi Adamu, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Also on Thursday, five APC governors met with Osinbajo at his residence in the presidential villa, Abuja. Osinbajo’s meeting with the APC chairman and the governors, comes ahead of the party’s convention to select its presidential candidate for the 2023 elections. Identities of the governors were unknown as at the time of filing this report. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had shifted the date for submission of list of candidates by political parties, with the ruling party postponing its presidential primary election earlier…

Wednesday, 01 June 2022 06:19

Buhari to APC govs: I’ll pick my successor just as you choose yours

PRESS RELEASE Moments before traveling out to Spain on a state visit, President Muhammadu Buhari had a meeting with governors of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the State House, Abuja. Below is the full texts of the president’s address to the governors: I am delighted to address this gathering of the Progressive Governors’ Forum as part of the consultative processes that have always strengthened the internal dynamics of our Party, the All Progressives Congress, (APC). 2. You will all recall that APC came to power at the center in 2015 through a cohesive machinery, notwithstanding its status…

Tuesday, 31 May 2022 06:35

Peter Obi emerges Labour Party presidential candidate

Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra, has been declared winner of the Labour Party (LP) presidential primary. The former Anambra governor won the LP presidential primary, which took place in Asaba, Delta state, on Monday. He was declared winner of the primary around 4:50pm. Pat Utomi, a professor of political economy, Eragbe Anselm, national youth leader of LP, as well as Olubusola Olufolake, had earlier stepped down from the presidential race. On Friday, the former Anambra governor joined LP, hours after announcing the resignation of his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said his decision to join LP…

Sunday, 29 May 2022 06:50

Atiku has again won PDP presidential ticket. This is how the former vice-president beat Wike, 11 others to emerge candidate for 2023 election

Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has again emerged as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Abubakar defeated 12 other candidates in a keenly contested presidential primary held at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja on Saturday. Of the 767 accredited ballots at the election, he polled 371 votes while his closest challenger, Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, came second with 237 votes. Nigeria’s former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, scored 70 votes to come a distant third while Governor of Akwa Ibom, Udom Emmanuel, came fourth with 38 votes. The only female in the race, Oliver…

Saturday, 28 May 2022 06:26

INEC extends deadline for party primaries

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adjusted the electoral timetable, extending the deadline for political parties to conduct primaries, by six days. The commission extended the deadline after meeting with the leadership of the 18 registered political parties. At the meeting which held at INEC headquarters in Abuja, the Inter Party Advisory Commission (IPAC) asked for a week extension for political parties to conclude the conduct of their presidential conventions and primaries. IPAC chairman, Yabagi Yusuf Sani, urged INEC to adjust its June 3rd timeline for the conduct of primaries. Sani said, “I want to thank you for giving us…

Saturday, 28 May 2022 06:25

Jonathan can contest presidential elections next year, court rules

Former President Goodluck Jonathan can run in next year's presidential election, a court ruled on Friday, clearing doubts over his eligibility and paving the way for him to return to national politics. Jonathan, who was president from 2010 to 2015, has not yet said if he intends to contests the election. His spokesperson said this month he would not seek the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) party's ticket although a group of supporters from northern Nigeria bought nomination forms for him. However, some APC members brought a case to disqualify Jonathan based on term limits which a person can serve…

Saturday, 28 May 2022 06:24

Peter Obi has joined Labour Party. The presidential aspirant explains why

Former governor of Anambra State and presidential aspirant, Peter Obi, has said he defected to Labour Party from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because he is desperate to make Nigeria work again. Obi stated this when he appeared on “Politics Today,” a programme on Channels TV, on Friday, shortly after he announced his defection to the Labour Party. The former governor had dumped the PDP on Thursday. “I am not desperate to be president. I am desperate to see Nigeria work (again) especially for the youths of this country,” he said. The presidential aspirant said he left the PDP “quietly…

Friday, 27 May 2022 06:53

Ongoing party primaries a mess; the process has failed - Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the ongoing primaries for the 2023 elections. There have been reports of how aspirants have been inducing delegates to vote for them. Daily Trust had reported how the son of Jonathan’s former deputy, Namadi Sambo, demanded a refund from delegates who collected his money but failed to vote for him. Speaking on Thursday in Abuja at a book launch titled “Political Party Governance” authored by Mohammed Wakil, a former Minister of State, Power, Jonathan said it was disgraceful to induce delegates to get their votes and then request for refund after failing to secure…

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Thursday, 26 May 2022 06:34

Peter Obi dumps PDP, says ‘constructive contributions’ no longer possible in the leading opposition party

Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra and presidential hopeful, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He disclosed his intention to resign in a letter addressed to the party. The former governor’s decision to leave the PDP comes days before the party’s presidential primary is scheduled to hold. In the letter dated May 24, 2022, and addressed to the PDP national chairman, Obi said recent developments in the party do not support “constructive contributions”. “I am writing to intimate you of my resignation from the Peoples Denocratic Party (PDP), which was conveyed to the Chairman of Agulu…

Wednesday, 25 May 2022 06:41

Indirect primary or consensus? Buhari meets APC govs on preferred method for choosing presidential candidate

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday had a closed-door meeting with state governors and some members of the National Assembly elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. At the end of the meeting, the parties kept sealed lips on what they discussed. A source at the APC secretariat, however, told our correspondent that the meeting bothered around the coming primaries and the need for consensus rather than indirect primaries. This is even as he disclosed that the outcome of the meeting with the President would determine the direction of the primaries and the new date…

Saturday, 21 May 2022 07:02

Leaders of Southern and Middle Belt Nigeria had a crucial meeting over 2023 elections and other matters. These are their resolutions

PRESS RELEASE 1.A Meeting of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders' Forum (SMBLF) was held on Thursday, 19th May 2022, in Abuja under the Chairmanship of the Leader and Elder Statesman, Edwin K. Clark. 2. Delegations of the constituent Organisations of SMBLF were respectively led by Ayo Adebanjo, Leader of Afenifere (Southwest); George Obiozor, President-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide (Southeast); Dan Suleiman; Pogu Bitrus, President, Middle Belt Forum (Middle Belt); as well as Emmanuel Ibok Essien, National Chairman, Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF (Southsouth). 3. The Meeting was also attended by former Governors, Ministers, Federal and State legislators, top politicians and…

Friday, 20 May 2022 06:43

APC, PDP primaries: Scramble for dollars to buy delegates’ votes drives down Naira value - Bloomberg

Politicians stocking up on dollars before Nigeria’s primary elections start over the weekend are helping to drive the local currency to new lows. The naira weakened to 600 against the greenback this week in the unauthorized parallel market, according to Abubakar Mohammed, a bureau de change operator that tracks the data in Lagos, the commercial capital. It’s the lowest the currency has traded this year in Africa’s most populous country, where the central bank maintains a tightly controlled official exchange rate but many residents make use of the black market. The official naira rate was 415.95 as of 6.26 p.m…

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