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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…

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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Friday, 17 June 2022 06:45

Atiku has picked Delta gov Okowa as running mate. This is what the PDP presidential candidate told party stakeholders as his reasons

Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has announced Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate. Abubakar made the announcement Thursday at the PDP headquarters in Abuja. Read the full statement by Abubakar below: Let me begin by, once more, commending our great Party for organizing and concluding, arguably, the best and rancour-free Convention, which produced me as our flag-bearer for the next year’s Presidential Election. Once more, I commend my fellow aspirants in that contest. I thank them for their sportsmanship. They put up spirited fights because they cared and care for our country. I…

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…

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