Obidients Pledge Stronger Push For 2027 General election
The Obidients movement has pledged to accomplish even more than they did in the 2023 election as they start to rekindle and unite the movement ahead of the general election in 2027. The group made the vow at the conference of the All Obidient Forum, organised by the Delta Obidient Elders’ Council on Saturday in Asaba, the Delta state capital. In...
Pope Urges Lebanon To Elect New President
Pope Francis has urged Lebanese leaders to elect a new president immediately in order to resume regular government operations in the nation on Sunday. “I address an urgent invitation to all Lebanese politicians to elect the president of the republic immediately,” the pontiff said at Saint Peter’s Square at the end of Sunday Angelus prayer. Details later … AFP
Perish The Thought Of Winning Anambra, APGA Replies APC
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has dismissed the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)’s ambitions of winning elections in Anambra State, asserting that the APC lacks the political structure needed to succeed in the state. APGA National Chairman, Barr. Sly Ezeokenwa, made this statement in response to APC National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje’s call for party loyalists to bring Anambra into...
Former Aviation Minister Osita Chidoka Dumps PDP
Former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has officially announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ABN TV reports. The disclosure was made during an interview on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television. Chidoka revealed that he had submitted his resignation letter to his PDP ward in Anambra State earlier in the day. According to him, the decision to...
Labour Party Chairman Abure Begs Peter Obi, Alex Otti, Aggrieved Members To Return
The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has called on the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, Abia State Governor Alex Otti, and other discontented stakeholders to reconcile and rejoin the party. Abure appealed during an exclusive interview with Saturday PUNCH (not ABN TV), amidst ongoing efforts to resolve internal party disputes and foster unity within the...
Abacha Wouldn’t Have Succeeded In Overthrowing Shonekan If I Was Allowed To Resume As His ADC — Bello-Fadile
A retired colonel of the Nigerian Army, Babatunde Bello-Fadile, said the late General Sani Abacha won’t have wrested power from the interim government of late businessman Ernest Sonekan if he was allowed to resume as the aide-de-camp (ADC) of the interim president. “I was posted ADC to Sonekan. I don’t know why I was not allowed to resume. Still, if...
Ireland Elects President In Closely Contested Election
Following a campaign characterized by vitriol over the housing and cost-of-living crises, Ireland's incumbent coalition parties are running neck and neck with Sinn Fein, the opposition party, in Friday's elections. Polls open across the country at 0700 GMT and close at 2200 GMT as voters choose new members of the 174-seat lower chamber of parliament, the Dail, in Dublin. Counting is...
Osinbajo: Political Action Must Go Beyond Protests
Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has emphasized that political action must go beyond simple demonstrations and demand quantifiable results, particularly in underdeveloped nations. He said this while giving a keynote address at the Technology, New Media, Citizens, and Governance Conference, TNCG, in Lagos on Thursday. Osinbajo highlighted the socio-economic toll of protests on informal workers and traders who depend on daily...
Senate Session Sees Heated Debate Between Senator Ndume, Deputy Senate President Jibrin Over Tax Reform Bill (Video)
A tense exchange unfolded during today’s Senate session as Senator Ali Ndume and Deputy Senate President (DSP) Barau Jibrin clashed over the invitation of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Chairman, Zacch Adedeji, to address the Chamber on the Tax Reform Bills. https://youtu.be/CFTIuwqvMdE The disagreement began when Ndume raised concerns about the invitation, citing Senate Rules that prohibit visitors from speaking in...
Nigeria Would Have Been Better Under Peter Obi — Senator Abaribe
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has stated that Nigeria would have been better off if the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, had won the 2023 presidential election. Abaribe, who represents Abia South in the Senate, made this assertion on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday. According to him, nepotism, which he claims thrived under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, would have been non-existent under...
