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2023: I Have Stopped Partisan Politics — Ex-President Obasanjo Tells Visiting Governors Wike, Makinde, Ortom

24May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023: I Have Stopped Partisan Politics — Ex-President Obasanjo Tells Visiting Governors Wike, Makinde, Ortom

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said he has quit partisan politics, but he desires Nigeria to come out of its many challenges.Obasanjo noted that an individual effort could not provide the solutions to the nation’s challenges, but Nigerians must come together and address the problems. He stated this while addressing reporters shortly after he received the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, former governor of Cross River State Donald Duke and others in Abeokuta.The Rivers Governor, Wike paid a visit the ex-president in continuation of his consultations across the six geopolitical zones.Obasanjo said he loved Wike's courage particularly with the ...

Gov Zulum Reacts To Speculation Of Begging For Vice President

23May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Gov Zulum Reacts To Speculation Of Begging For Vice President

The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, on Saturday, said he is not desperate to be the running mate of any of the presidential aspirants in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) if they emerge the party’s candidate for next year’s election. Mr Zulum’s name has been mentioned in various political permutations as a potential running mate to anyone that emerges as the APC presidential candidate. Mr Zulum spoke on the issue when he hosted a former minister of transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, who was in Borno State to meet with APC delegates from the state ahead of the May 29 primary elections of the party. Governor Zulum, who commended the “impressive” credentials of Mr Amaechi, said by his principle, he does not endorse any aspirant because of his belief that it is G...

Ihedioha, Anyanwu’s Fight Forces Imo PDP To Suspend Primary

22May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Ihedioha, Anyanwu’s Fight Forces Imo PDP To Suspend Primary

The infighting between the immediate governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, and the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Samuel Anyanwu, has compelled the Imo State chapter of the PDP to suspend its state House of Assembly and House of Representatives primaries indefinitely. While Ihedioha is publicly supporting the presidential ambition of the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, Anyanwu is said to be supporting his longtime friend and political benefactor, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. The clash of interest led to the Independent National Electoral Commission invalidating the three-man ad-hoc delegates congress and one-man statutory national delegates election held in the state after it was allegedly marred by crisis. Read Also: Timetable: INEC T...

Benue Catholic Church Suspends Priest Over Partisan Politics

22May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria, Religion

Benue Catholic Church Suspends Priest Over Partisan Politics

The Catholic diocese of Gboko, Benue State has suspended a priest, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, for participating in partisan politics. Alia is a frontline governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in Benue State. He has picked the APC N50m nomination form. This was made know in a disclaimer released by the Bishop of Gboko diocese, William A. Avenya, yesterday. The church said the suspension of Alia takes immediate effect. According to the letter, signed by the Catholic Bishop of Gboko Diocese, Bishop William Avenya, directed to all priests and churches in the Diocese, “the catholic church does not allow its priests to get into partisan politics on their own.” Reacting to the suspension order pronounced on him by Catholic Diocese, Alia said it is a...

Support Groups Hold One-million Man March For Obi Saturday

21May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Support Groups Hold One-million Man March For Obi Saturday

A coalition of groups rooting for a former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, from within and outside Nigeria, said they have concluded arrangements to organise a one-million-man march in solidarity and support of the presidential bid. The march, which would hold across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, would be anchored by the Coalition for Peter Obi, which is made up of more than a dozen of Obi support groups. Chairman of the coalition, Mr Marcel Ngogbehei, in a statement issued on Friday, said the support groups included, Peter Obi Support Network, Like Minds for Peter Obi, Nigeria Needs Peter Obi, TakeBackNaija, Women for Peter Obi, Associates of Peter Obi, Peter Obi FC, Peter Obi movement for president, Associates of Peter Obi, Peter Obi Candidacy Movement...

Size of Nigeria Armed Forces, Police Inadequate – Osinbajo

21May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Armed Forces, Elections, News, Nigeria, Security

Size of Nigeria Armed Forces, Police Inadequate – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, said to effectively secure the country, more people should be recruited into the police and the military. Osinbajo said this in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, during his engagement with delegates ahead of the presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress. Answering questions from the delegates and party leaders during the consultation, Osinbajo, who had earlier visited the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji, said apart from engaging more hands, the country must also expand its capacity to produce weapons locally. He said, “The size of the Armed Forces is too low for the population of Nigeria. A local government in Niger State, Mashegu, has the land mass the size of South-East states and Lagos State with about a 100 p...

Presidential Primaries: Intrigues As PDP Loses Eagle Square To APC

18May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria, Photos

Presidential Primaries: Intrigues As PDP Loses Eagle Square To APC

With the presidential, governorship and National Assembly primaries of both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) close by, the intense intrigues and political maneuverings by the parties have pushed the opposition PDP away from the Eagle Square to the MKO Abiola Stadium on the outskirts of the Abuja City Centre. The PDP presidential primary is scheduled for May 28. It was learnt that the ruling party used the influence of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Muhammed Musa Bello, to quickly reserve the Eagles Square for its presidential primary scheduled to hold between May 30 and June 1. The PDP, which had slated its presidential primary to end a day earlier on May 29, was stopped from holding it at the Eagle Square. The PDP Convention ...

Timetable: INEC Talks Tough As 18 Parties Fail To Conduct Primaries

17May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Timetable: INEC Talks Tough As 18 Parties Fail To Conduct Primaries

INEC The Independent National Electoral Commission has vowed not to extend the June 3, 2022 deadline for primaries even as an observation on Monday showed that none of the 18 political parties had conducted their presidential primaries three weeks to the deadline. A document obtained from INEC on Monday showed that the Accord Party scheduled its primaries for June 2 while the Action Alliance fixed its own for June 3. The African Action Congress is also expected to hold its own on June 3 while the African Democratic Congress and the Action Democratic Party will hold theirs on June 1 and May 30 respectively. The All Progressives Congress will complete its presidential primary on June 1; the All Progressives Grand Alliance will conduct its primary on June 1 while the Allied Peop...

Somalia Re-elects Hassan Sheik Mohamud As President

16May

By Chukwuebuka FestusNo Comments

Elections, News

Somalia Re-elects Hassan Sheik Mohamud As President

Former Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been re-elected to the country’s top job after defeating incumbent leader in a contest decided by legislators in a third round of voting late Sunday. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who served as Somali president between 2012 and 2017, won the contest in the capital, Mogadishu, amid a security lockdown imposed by authorities to prevent deadly militant attacks. The first round of voting was contested by 36 aspirants, four of whom proceeded to the second round. With no candidate winning at least two-thirds of the 328 ballots, voting then went into a third round where Mohamud won by a simple majority. Read Also: APC Ticket: Osinbajo, Tinubu, Fayemi, Others Fail To Agree On Consensus Members of the upper and lower legislative chambers pick...

Outrage As Atiku Deletes Tweet Condemning Killing Of Sokoto College Student

13May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Elections, News, Nigeria, Religion

Outrage As Atiku Deletes Tweet Condemning Killing Of Sokoto College Student

Atiku Abubakar Atiku Abubakar, presidential hopeful on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has deleted social media posts condemning the killing of a female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education. The student, identified as Deborah Samuel, was said to have been attacked by a mob over comments considered to be an insult to Prophet Mohammed. In a post on Friday, the former vice-president said he did not authorise the initial post, adding that any post that does not have his initials “A.A” is not from him. “This evening I received information that a post was made that doesn’t agree with my orders. I use this to announce that any post without AA is not from me. May God protect – AA,” the presidential hopeful said. Muhammadu Abubakar, the Sultan of Sok...