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Didier Drogba Loses Ivorian FA Elections

24Apr

By Chukwuebuka FestusNo Comments

Didier Drogba Loses Ivorian FA Elections

Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has lost his bid to become the president of the Ivorian Football Federation after failing to gain the required votes in the first round of the election. The former Chelsea star polled only 21 votes in a three-way race, with the two other candidates, Yacine Idriss Diallo (59) and Sory Diabate (50) polling more than double his tally. Diallo won a second round to decide the presidency of the federation. Drogba’s candidacy had been disputed last year when he first attempted to stand for election but did not receive the required support from clubs and other interest groups, such as the players' union and coaches’ association, whose nominations he needed to get on the ballot. Read Also: Ivory Coast FA Presidency: Players Refuse to Support Didier...

Atiku Not Part Of Northern Consensus Arrangement — Dokpesi

24Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Atiku Not Part Of Northern Consensus Arrangement — Dokpesi

Ramond Dokpesi Former Vice President and leading presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said that he was never a party to the northern consensus arrangement. The Technical Committee for the Actualization of Atiku Abubakar’s Presidency in 2023, in a statement by its chairman, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, said the former VP did not subject himself to any purported consensus process and thus not bound by any of the recommendations and conclusions of the report. “As an avowed nationalist, Waziri Atiku Abubakar strongly believes that Nigeria has never been as divided as it is today. “He strongly believes that any ‘consensus’ arrangement premised on any regional, zonal, ethno-religious, and/or sectional gang-up will further deepen and widen this divide, and worsen the woun...

Tinubu, Umahi, Mohammed, Ngige, Other Attend Aisha Buhari’s Iftar Dinner

24Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Tinubu, Umahi, Mohammed, Ngige, Other Attend Aisha Buhari’s Iftar Dinner

Aisha Buhari National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Governors Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State; Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, are among the presidential aspirants at the Iftar dinner hosted by the First Lady, Dr. Aisha Buhari. The dinner took place at the Old Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja. Recall that the First Lady had sent out invitation to all presidential aspirants of different political parties, ministers, governors and some other personalities for Ramadan Iftar dinner on Saturday. Read Also: 2023: Osinbajo Seeks Oyo APC Delegates’ Support For Presidential Bid As early as 6:20p.m., some of the expected dignitaries had started entering the venue of the event, which w...

2023: Lamido Slams PDP Elders Over Endorsement Of Saraki, Bala As Consensus Candidates

24Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023: Lamido Slams PDP Elders Over Endorsement Of Saraki, Bala As Consensus Candidates

PDP Former Governor of Jigawa State and one of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftains in the country, Sule Lamido, has slammed northern elders over the recent endorsement of two aspirants as the party’s consensus presidential candidates. Lamido stated this in a statement, which he personally signed and issued to Daily Post on Saturday. He was reacting to the outcome of a northern leaders’ meeting in Minna, Niger State, where former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Governor of Bauchi state, Bala Mohammed were shortlisted as northern consensus candidates. In a communique signed by former Vice-Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, the northern leaders said the election of Saraki and Bala Mohammed was arrived at based on certain criteria adopt...

2023: Osinbajo Seeks Oyo APC Delegates’ Support For Presidential Bid

23Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023: Osinbajo Seeks Oyo APC Delegates’ Support For Presidential Bid

Yemi Osinbajo Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, says he has garnered enough experience to lead Nigeria as the president come 2023. He made the disclosure on Friday in Ibadan during a parley with Oyo State All Progressives Congress (APC) delegates. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Osinbajo had visited Ibadan to pay homage to the Olubadan of Ibadanland and meet with the delegates. The vice president had on April 11 declared his intention to seek his party’s ticket to run for the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Mr Osinbajo said that everything he learnt as vice president and acting president had prepared him for the office. “I have served in the Federal Government of Nigeria for the past seven years. And I have been involv...

Resign, Contest On APC Ticket If You’re Popular, Wike Challenges Umahi

23Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Resign, Contest On APC Ticket If You’re Popular, Wike Challenges Umahi

Dave Umahi The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has advised the Peoples Democratic Party not to allow any aspirant who will later defect with the party’s mandate to emerge as its presidential candidate. Wike, a PDP presidential aspirant urged party delegates to vote for him during the party’s convention, because he had no tendency to defect with the party’s mandate to another party. The Rivers State governor stated this while wooing PDP leaders and delegates in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi state on Friday. A statement was also made available to newsmen in Port Harcourt by his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri. The Governor referred to the defection of some governors, including that of Ebonyi State, David Umahi and lawmakers from the PDP to ruling All Progressives Congress when he sa...

2023: Deputy Governor, SGS, Adviser Resign In Katsina

22Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023: Deputy Governor, SGS, Adviser Resign In Katsina

Mannir Yakubu Deputy governor of Katsina state, Mannir Yakubu, has resigned his appointment as the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources in the state as he is set to contest for the governor’s seat. Mr Yakubu will, however, continue with his duties as deputy governor of Katsina. He was appointed commissioner in addition to his role as deputy governor of the state. Other political appointees who have resigned include the secretary to the government of the state, Mustapha Inuwa, and the special adviser to the governor on political affairs, Kabiru Shuaibu. The trio sent in their resignation letters to Katsina governor, Aminu Masari, Thursday morning. Messrs Yakubu and Inuwa are among those contesting the governor’s seat while Mr Shuaibu is contesting to represent ...

N100m Form: Buhari, APC Corrupting Nigeria’s Democracy – Ozekhome

22Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

N100m Form: Buhari, APC Corrupting Nigeria’s Democracy – Ozekhome

APC Human Rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress and the President, Muhammadu Buhari, of corrupting the nation’s democracy by pegging the party’s presidential nomination form at N100 million. He slammed the President, whom he said, decried the high cost of form before his emergence for supporting the outrageous fee. Ozekhome questioned where the likes of the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbanjo, the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, among others would get the money to purchase the form. He disclosed this in a statement on Thursday night. The statement read, “The party hopes to rake in #1.5 billion from the 15 aspirants that have so far declared interest in the presidential race. By this singular act, the APC has shown a shocking insatia...

2023: INEC Budgets N239bn For Poll Materials, Presidential Run-Off

22Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023: INEC Budgets N239bn For Poll Materials, Presidential Run-Off

INEC The Independent National Electoral Commission will spend not less than N239.2bn on procuring voting materials and vehicles that will be used in the 2023 general election. This is according to the 2023 General Election Project Plan that was launched by INEC in Abuja on Thursday. The commission stated that N239.2bn, which constitutes 78.44 per cent of its N305bn budget, would be spent on 10 critical items which included ballot papers, operational vehicles, ballot boxes, allowances of ad hoc workers, printing of result sheets, logistics and procurement of accreditation devices. Also included in the N239.2bn budget is the N27.1bn set aside by the commission for possible run-off elections, including the one for the presidential poll. Run-off elections are conducted in the e...

At Close of Nomination, 17 PDP Presidential Aspirants Purchase Forms

21Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

At Close of Nomination, 17 PDP Presidential Aspirants Purchase Forms

PDP At the close of the submission of completed presidential nomination forms of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, 17 presidential aspirants were listed for further screening ahead of the party’s primary elections. The aspirants, who beat the deadline, were two-term governor of Kwara State and immediate past President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki; former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; former Speaker, House of Representatives, and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; former President of the Senate and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim. Others included former Minister of Federal Capital Territory and Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed; former Minister of State for Education and Rivers State Governor, N...