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Soyinka Clarifies ‘You Can’t Defeat Biafra’ Statement

28Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Soyinka Clarifies ‘You Can’t Defeat Biafra’ Statement

Noble Laureate, Wole Soyinka has explained what he meant when he said “you can never defeat Biafra”, clarifying that it would be simplistic to see it as referring to the battlefield. He stated this on Channels Television while answering a question on the Civil War, agitations, and history. Soyinka said he “was very desperate for that (the war) not to happen. First, I thought it was a wrong war. No war is right, but this one was particularly bad.” Commenting on his misunderstood comment on Biafra, he said: “The Igbo, no question at all, underwent the experience of genocide. “The memory of such traumatising experience congeals, especially towards their immediacy but it can burst out again any other time. “When I made a statement that ‘you can never defeat Biafra’, people ...

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 ...

The Only Way APC Can Help Tinubu Win Presidential Election – Oshiomhole

28Aug

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The Only Way APC Can Help Tinubu Win Presidential Election – Oshiomhole

Former All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, reveals the only way the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu can win the 2023 presidential election. Oshiomhole revealed at a stakeholders’ meeting in Benin, Edo State, that Tinubu can only win the election if the party members are unified. See Also: 2023 Election: I Won’t Mind If Tinubu, Peter Obi Wins – Akeredolu He also advised unhappy party members to put their disagreements aside and act for the betterment of the party as he did when he lost his position as the APC National Chairman. He said, “The primaries are over, and the candidates have emerged. We need to put away our differences that came at the primaries and queue behind our candidates, beginning with our presidential candidate,...

I’m No Stranger To Nigerian Problems – Peter Obi

27Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

News, Uncategorized

I’m No Stranger To Nigerian Problems – Peter Obi

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, has asked Nigerians to consider the background of all the presidential candidates seeking to lead the country before casting their vote. Obi during an interactive session with Nigerians that welcomed him in Frankfurt, Germany on Friday, said that as a Nigerian that lives in Nigeria, he is not a stranger to the problems confronting the country. The LP presidential candidate and former Governor of Anambra State urged electorates to consider the agenda and capacity of every aspirant before making a choice. Obi said, “When you listen to us, go and check our background, this is not a time for somebody to show us his qualifications, I live in Nigeria and I know Nigeria and what Nigerians need. I am not a stranger to Nig...

Insecurity: Melaye Challenges Keyamo To Drive To Kaduna Without Security

26Aug

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News, Nigeria, Security

Insecurity: Melaye Challenges Keyamo To Drive To Kaduna Without Security

Senator Dino Melaye, the spokesperson of the Atiku presidential campaign, has dared Festus Keyamo, the All Progressives Congress, APC, campaign council spokesman, to travel from Abuja to Kaduna by road without his security detail. Keyamo had in a pre-recorded interview broadcast by Channel Television boasted how he could drive alone from Abuja to Kaduna. Reacting, Melaye during an interview on Trust Television dared Keyamo to carry out his claim. He said “I challenge Keyamo to carry his car and start his journey to Kaduna from Zuba ( Abuja). No police escort and no convoy following him. “He should drive even by 6am from Abuja to Kaduna. I challenge him to do it. “Or drive from here to Delta where he comes from without police escort or any backup since he said the road i...

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: I Will Only Support APC Candidates – Buhari

25Aug

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2023 Election: I Will Only Support APC Candidates – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared support exclusively for All Progressives Congress, APC, candidates in the 2023 elections. The President’s position was disclosed in a statement by his media aide, Garba Shehu, noting that the president does not recognize members who had decamped or have pending court cases against the party. The statement read, “The Presidency wishes to put it on record, and at the same time, reassure faithful party members that President Muhammadu Buhari remains a “disciplined soldier” of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and will, in all the coming elections, support only those candidates fielded by the party and no other,” the statement reads. “This is a warning to decamped party members and some others who are still in court against official candi...

25Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Tinubu Better Than Obi, Atiku – Masari

Aminu Masari, the Governor of Katsina State, has rated the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, above his counterparts for the 2023 presidential election. Masari, 72, stated this during an interview with TVC. Responding to a question on Tinubu’s chances at the poll, Masari asked “Who is better than him in the political terrain of Nigeria today?” Comparing Tinubu to Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, he said, “I don’t know him. Somebody who was a governor of Anambra? Go and ask a Katsina man and the politicians, how many of them know Peter Obi? We are talking about a presidential candidate of Nigeria, somebody who has cut all barriers – tribal, religious, regional, name it.” See Also: NBA Conference: Shettima Had An Agenda – Omok...

Lamido Part Of Why PDP Lost In 2015 – Wike

25Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Lamido Part Of Why PDP Lost In 2015 – Wike

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has fired back at former Governor of Jigawa state, Sule Lamido, describing him as politically irrelevant. Recall that Lamido had during an interview on Channels Television downplayed calls for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to reconcile with Wike, noting that the Rivers Governor was not wronged. Reacting, Wike in a statement issued by his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri, described Lamido’s remarks s distasteful. The statement read, “We have observed with disgust the disdainful remarks made by the former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido about Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, during his recent interview on Channels television. “While, we cannot deny that Alhaji Lamido has an inali...