Tag: Politics

Breaking News: Boris Johnson Resigns as British Prime Minister
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Breaking News: Boris Johnson Resigns as British Prime Minister

Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of Britain has resigned after finally bowing to the mounting pressure as more and more party members called for his resignation. While reading his resignation speech, he enumerated what his government has achieved and noted that he had hoped to accomplish a lot more. He said "I regret to not be successful in arguments and it's painful not to see through so many ideas and projects." Thanking the British people he said, "I want to thank you, the British public, for the immense privilege you have given me". He also noted that he loved the job and the interest of the British people will continue to be served until the new Prime Minister emerges. He said " being prime minister is an education in itself - I've travelled to every part of UK and I've fou...
Fuel Subsidy Is A Scam – Peter Obi
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Fuel Subsidy Is A Scam – Peter Obi

Fuel subsidy is a scam. This is the position of the Presidential Aspirant of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi who has promised to offer a better alternative if elected. He describes the present structure of fuel subsidy as a scheme that funds incompetence. Obi made the pledge when he appeared on Arise Television on Wednesday, noting that the petrol subsidy was part of the ways government spends recklessly, promising that if elected, his administration will not expend $40 billion of tax payer’s money on subsidy as presently done by the President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime. Statistics show that the country spent N1.27 trillion on petrol subsidy payments in the past five months, amounting to about 31 percent of the N4 trillion budget for the year. It threatened oil gains as Nigerian ...
Gov. Akeredolu Condemns Attack on Buhari’s Convoy, Canvasses For State Police
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Gov. Akeredolu Condemns Attack on Buhari’s Convoy, Canvasses For State Police

Gov. Akeredolu, SAN, of Ondo State has spoken against the attack on President Muhammadu Buhari’s convoy by terrorists in Katsina State on Tuesday. Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, of Ondo State has spoken against the attack on President Muhammadu Buhari’s convoy by terrorists in Katsina State on Tuesday. Akeredolu proffered State police as a solution to the security challenges confronting the country, noting that the call wasn’t out of personal gains for the governors but a necessity. He disclosed this on Wednesday when he hosted his former schoolmates at Layola College, Ibadan. See Also: Stop Branding Terrorism As Banditry – Akeredolu The Ondo State governor the spate of insecurity across the country, noting that the security situation has deteriorated. He state...
Peter Obi – How I will Better My Achievements In Anambra As President
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Peter Obi – How I will Better My Achievements In Anambra As President

Peter Obi, the Presidential aspirant of the Labour Party, LP, has promised to transform Nigeria using the same ethics that he applied as the Governor of Anambra State. Obi made the pledge when he appeared on Arise Television on Wednesday to speak on his plans for the country ahead of the 2023 election. The LP candidate, while responding to a question about his manifesto, said he has an excellent track record which is verifiable, promising to build on his achievements as governor and bring the much-needed economic growth that the country needs and grow other sectors as well if elected. See Also: Peter Obi: The Labour Party Candidate Electrifying Young Nigerians – BBC News He said, “How can I hire professors to write or draft policy documents for me that I don’t even believe in...
Peter Obi 2023: Okupe Names Labour’s Likely VP Candidate
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Peter Obi 2023: Okupe Names Labour’s Likely VP Candidate

Doyin Okupe, the Labour Party, LP, Vice-presidential candidate (place-holder), has disclosed that the party is likely to name its substantive running mate to Peter Obi between Wednesday (today) and Friday. Okupe, the Director-General of the Peter Obi Campaign Organisation disclosed this on Tuesday when he featured on Channels Television while naming Senator Datti Baba Ahmed among others as being in the running to clinch the position. He stated that Peter Obi would make the announcement of his running mate himself. Okupe added that Obi alongside the party were exploring the option of a politician in his youth from the northern part of the country who fits into the party’s ideology. See Also: South East Will Not Allow Peter Obi To Be My VP – Kwankwaso Okupe said, “Senator Da...
Asari Dokubo: Obi Can’t Compete Against Presidential Opponents
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Asari Dokubo: Obi Can’t Compete Against Presidential Opponents

Former militant leader Asari Dokubo says presidential candidate, Peter Obi is a fraud for feeding his supporters with lies. The founder of Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force stated that Peter Obi cannot match up to his political opponents, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress party (APC), and Atiku Abubakar of the People Democratic Party (PDP). He made his view known through his Facebook page Dokubo Asari Justice Foundation. see also: Peter Obi: The Labour Party Candidate Electrifying Young Nigerians – BBC News He dreadfully belittled the OBI-dient political movement, indicating they will amount to nothing as the presidential battle will be between the candidates of political powerhouses APC and PDP. Asari Dokubo stressed his points by questionin...
Peter Obi: The Labour Party Candidate Electrifying Young Nigerians – BBC News
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Peter Obi: The Labour Party Candidate Electrifying Young Nigerians – BBC News

A wealthy businessman with a reputation for being frugal, Peter Obi has emerged as a powerful force ahead of Nigeria's presidential election next February, energising voters with messages of prudence and accountability that are amplified by an army of social media users. In a country that seems to always be on the lookout for a messiah to solve its myriad problems, young social media-savvy supporters have elevated Mr Obi to sainthood and are backing his largely unknown Labour Party against two septuagenarian political heavyweights. His name is often trending on social media on the back of numerous conversations sparked by his supporters, instantly recognisable from their display picture of his image or the white, red and green logo of his party. See Also: Peter Obi Declares Inten...
Ohanaeze Youth Council to Atiku: Drop Okowa, Lose Igbo Votes
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Ohanaeze Youth Council to Atiku: Drop Okowa, Lose Igbo Votes

Ohanaeze Youth Council, the Youth wing of the Igbo socio-political group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has cautioned the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar against dropping Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as his running mate. The Igbo socio political group, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, OYC, has cautioned Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar against dropping Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as his running mate. There has been talks of leaders of PDP pushing for Okowa to be dropped as Atiku’s running mate. Proponents of such an idea are believed to be supporters of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. Party members loyal to Wike are reported to have asked Atiku to replace Okowa as a ...
ASUU Ready To Call Off Strike Tomorrow – Osodeke
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ASUU Ready To Call Off Strike Tomorrow – Osodeke

The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has expressed readiness to call off their industrial action if the federal government meets their demands. Emmanuel Osodeke, ASUU President, disclosed this on Monday night when he appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today. The ASUU President stated that although an agreement has been reached with the government, the document is yet to be assented to by both parties. See Also: ASUU Strike: APC Youth Leader Intervenes, Meets Ngige, Calls ASUU, NANS Osodeke said the union’s insistence on the deployment of their self-generated University Transparency Accountability Solution, UTAS, as a payment platform forms a key part of the negotiation. He said, “As far as ASUU is concerned, the strike can end tomorr...
Wike Is Too Big For The VP, He Is Presidential Material – Reno Omokri
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Wike Is Too Big For The VP, He Is Presidential Material – Reno Omokri

Reno Omokri, a lawyer and human rights activist who served under President Goodluck Jonathan, has said that Governor Nyesom Wike is too big to be running mate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. According to Omokri, Governor Wike should be the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria when Alhaji Atiku Abubakar finishes his tenure. Omokri, who featured on Arise Television’s morning show on Monday, insisted there was no crisis in the PDP and Governor Wike has no plan to dump the main opposition party. See Also: PDP Crisis: Atiku To Visit Wike, Other Aggrieved Chieftains  – Jibrin “Governor Wike has told us in private and in also public that he’s never going to leave the party,” Omokri told Dr. Reuben Abati and h...