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Pat Utomi Dares Tinubu to Make Medical Test Public

27Sep

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Pat Utomi Dares Tinubu to Make Medical Test Public

Labour Party chieftain and political economist, Pat Utomi, has dared the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to carry out a medical test and make the result public. See Also: Peter Obi Reveals His Economic Master Plan He stated this when he spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today, saying that next year’s election is a battle for the lives of Nigerians. He said there were evident signs that Tinubu is unfit to become president of the country while challenging him to go for a medical check-up and he should reveal the results to the public. “Our country has suffered so much from having ailing leaders. That was why the Vice President stepped up." American Presidents go through medicals that are made public. Let him (Tinubu) go for medic...

Tinubu Urges APC to Do More Ahead of 2023 Elections

19Sep

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Tinubu Urges APC to Do More Ahead of 2023 Elections

The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, insists that the party members in the Northeast ought to do more ahead of the 2023 general elections. See Also: Tinubu Lobbied To Become Abachas’s Minister – Peter Obi Media While speaking during the wedding reception of Governor Yahaya’s son, Mishahu Yahaya, he reminded the devotees of APC that Kashim Shettima, his running mate, is from their region. He also thanked the party supporters and members for all their support. “Now that your son is equally the running mate you have to double your efforts, and you have to do more." “I challenge you to do more than what you have done in the past”, Tinubu said Ahmed Lawan, The President of the Senate said the Northeast is Tinubu’s second zone a...

No Deal Between Obi, Atiku – Labour Party Campaign Office

28Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

No Deal Between Obi, Atiku – Labour Party Campaign Office

The Labour Party, LP, campaign office has rebuffed speculation that the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has agreed to back his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart, Atiku Abubakar. This was disclosed by the LP campaign office in a statement issued in Abuja. The party described the report as a product of propagandists for cheap political points. The statement, “Rather than strive to contend with the hard sell of their candidates, these mischief makers bandy about misleading accounts of the issue-based messages of our candidates just to score cheap political points and thus distract the discerning public. “While we understand the frustration of dealing in their hard-to-sell, ‘expired milk’ [apologies to BAT] in a competitive market, the FairPlay rule demands that you...

Campaign In Churches, Mosques, Risk Imprisonment – INEC

28Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Campaign In Churches, Mosques, Risk Imprisonment – INEC

Ahead of the commencement of campaigns, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has cautioned politicians against the use of masquerades, religious centres and public facilities for campaigns. The electoral body warned political office seekers to conform to the provisions of the Electoral Act to avoid being sanctioned as stipulated by the Act. Campaigns are scheduled to commence on September 28 for presidential and National Assembly ahead of the general election in February 2023. This was disclosed by the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Committee on Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye, in an interview with Punch. Okoye said, “Section 92 of the Electoral Act makes it mandatory that a political campaign or slogan shall not be tainted ...

Wike, Other Govs Committed To PDP’s Victory

26Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Wike, Other Govs Committed To PDP’s Victory

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked his supporters to desist from making comments that are capable of sabotaging the internal reconciliation effort ongoing in the party. Atiku in a statement issued by his media aide, Paul Ibe, on Thursday noted that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his colleagues in other States are making frantic effort to ensure the party’s electoral victory in the 2023 general election. The statement follows recent fears that the dispute between Atiku and Wike may affect the party’s chances at the presidential poll next year. Wike had on Thursday met former President Olusegun Obasanjo alongside the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in London. The meeting which also had in attendan...

2023 Election: Omokri Reveals Biggest Beneficiary Of Obi’s Ambition

24Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023 Election: Omokri Reveals Biggest Beneficiary Of Obi’s Ambition

Reno Omokri, a former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu stands to benefit the most from the presidential ambition of Labour Party, LP, candidate Peter Obi. Omokri stated this in a Facebook post on Wednesday, noting that Obi will probably get votes from core PDP states. He said the promoters of “Obedient” movement are blinded by emotions. Omokri wrote “the biggest beneficiary of Peter Obi’s Presidential race is Tinubu, not Obidients. Peter won’t affect APC’s votes. The votes he will likely get are votes that would have naturally gone to PDP, including in the Southeast, some non-Yoruba Lagos votes, a chunk of Benue votes, and a few votes in peripheral states. “There is a lot of h...

PDP Crisis: Wike Does Not Have Monopoly Over Rivers People

24Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

News, Nigeria

PDP Crisis: Wike Does Not Have Monopoly Over Rivers People

Sule Lamido, a former governor of Jigawa State, has asked the party to forget about appeasing Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State as he does not have a monopoly over rivers electorates. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been dealing with an internal crisis since the party concluded its presidential primary election in May. Recall that Wike lost the party’s presidential primary to Atiku Abubakar. Wike is believed to be aggrieved over the outcome of the election and Atiku’s preference of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as his running mate. There have been attempts at wooing Wike over. Reacting to the development, Lamido in an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday downplayed the crisis, noting that “we should forget about Wike”. Lamido said: “Wike is an indi...

INEC Will Collate 2023 Election Results Manually – Okoye

21Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

INEC Will Collate 2023 Election Results Manually – Okoye

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that the results of the 2023 general elections will be collated manually despite the introduction of electronic transmission of results. According to Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, the commission would still transmit results from polling units to its result-viewing portal, IRev, as seen in recent polls but the Electoral Act has provision for the method of collation. He disclosed this during an interview with Punch on Saturday. Okoye said, “There is a marked difference between the transfer/transmission of results and the collation of results. Section 50(2) of the Electoral Act, 2022 gives the commission the absolute discretion to determine the mode...

Anambra Ex-Gov Candidate Ozigbo Decamps From PDP, Declares Support For Obi

19Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

Elections, News, Uncategorized

Anambra Ex-Gov Candidate Ozigbo Decamps From PDP, Declares Support For Obi

Valentine Ozigbo, the former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Anambra State has decamped to the Labour Party, LP. Ozigbo while announcing his decision in an interview on Arise Television, threw his weight behind LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi. He noted that his choice of Obi was informed by his desire to back the movement for a competent leader to be elected to guarantee a secured future for citizens. Prior to his interview on Arise TV, Ozigbo had in a Facebook post titled “2023: A Watershed Movement for Nigeria”, endorsed the candidacy of Peter Obi. The statement read, “There comes a defining moment in the life of any country when all people of good conscience must stand up to be counted. Those times offer no middle ground; you are either on ...

12Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Why Wike Is Important To PDP – Mimiko

Olusegun Mimiko, former Governor of Ondo State, has stressed that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, needs Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to stand a better chance of victory in the general election. Mimiko stated this on Wednesday when he flagged off the construction of the Azikiwe-Iloabuchii road in Mile 2 Diobu, Port Harcourt. The former governor of Ondo State noted that Wike has given so much to the PDP and will play a critical role in the 2023 elections. Mimiko said, “Your Excellency, our party, the PDP, a party for which you have laboured so much, seems saddled with the historical duty of forging this unity, a unity premised on truth, equity, and justice, a unity upon which rescuing Nigeria from the far from the satisfactory performance of the past seven yea...