Tinubu Wants To Serve, Atiku Only Interested In Acquiring Power – Henry Ajomale
Chief Henry Ajomale, former chairman of the Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), on Friday said Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the party’s National Leader is the best man to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Even though Tinubu, a former governor Lagos, has not declared his intention to contest, many of his loyalists have started mobilising for him while...
Even If You Cut Down Buhari’s Head, UN Won’t Give You Biafra – Uwazuruike
Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, leader of BIM-MASSOB has stated that United Nations Will not give anyone Biafra even if they cut down President Muhammadu Buhari’s head. Uwazuruike who stated this yesterday in Owerri, Imo State, while addressing directors of BIM-MASSOB organization, noted that non-violence self-determination has a process. Reacting to the current news of prominent leaders from the North-Central geopolitical zone...
Ondo Fire: Over 5,000 Smart Card Readers Destroyed – INEC
Over 5,000 smart card readers are said to have been destroyed in the fire that engulfed the head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akure, Thursday. Confirming this on Friday, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of INEC in the state, Amb. Rufus Akeju told newsmen that the inferno started at about 7:30pm after the office had been...
Edo Election Candidates To Sign Peace Accord On Tuesday – INEC Chairman
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC says the candidates participating in the September 19 governorship election in Edo State will sign a peace accord on Tuesday. The Chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, made this known during a briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja on Thursday. Mahmood also said about 17,000 ad hoc staff would be recruited...
You Can’t Lift Anyone Out Of Poverty, Stop False Hope – Bamgbose
A Chieftain of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Olusegun Bamgbose, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty as pure fallacy, unrealistic and tantamount to giving false hope to the people. Recall that Buhari, in his recent address, at the retreat for Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and other top government officials, informed Nigerians of...
Godfatherism Is Not A Bad Thing, Edo Can Be Lagos – Desmond Elliot
Nollywood actor, Desmond Elliot who is also a representative of the APC in the Lagos State house of assembly, has refuted the claim made by the governor of Edo state Godwin Obaseki, that "Edo no be Lagos." He made this know during an interview he had recently, where he discussed Pastor Ize-Iyamu's SIMPLE agenda. Refuting this claim, the Nollywood actor...
Pick Igbo Candidate For 2023 Presidency – Ohanaeze Tells PDP
THE Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (OYC) has alleged moves by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to pick its presidential candidate for the 2023 election from the north. It cautioned the opposition party against such action, saying Igbo President in 2023 is non-negotiable. President-General of the group Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro and Secretary-General Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, advised Igbo politicians against accepting the...
Abia LG Election To Hold December – ABSIEC
The Chairman of Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC), Prof Mkpa Agu Mkpa, has announced that local government elections will hold in the state on Saturday, 19th December 2020. ABN TV reports that Mkpa who made this known during a meeting with leaders of registered political parties in the state at the Michael Okpara Auditorium, Umuahia, charged the parties to...
We Helped To Prevent Food Crisis During Pandemic – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said his administration helped to prevent a food crisis amid the coronavirus pandemic by investing in agriculture. The President made the remarks while speaking at the National Food Security Council meeting in Abuja. “In the last five years, we have recorded notable achievements,” he said. “Despite the decline in GDP by 6.1 percent in Q2 of...
It’s Wrong For Courts To Decide Elections – Jonathan
Former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has said that the outcome of elections must be decided by ballots and not by courts. Jonathan stated this while speaking on The Osasu Show Symposium 2020. According to him, electronic voting is the only way to get to credible elections in Nigeria and the rest of Africa. “For elections to be democratic, that means that...
