July 15, 2022

2023: PDP Drags Obi, Tinubu To Court, Seek Disqualification

July 15, 2022 4:26 am

Stalwarts of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has instituted a lawsuit compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission to prevent All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu; and Labour Party standard bearer, Peter Obi, from replacing their running mates with Senator Kashim Shettima and Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed respectively.

The PDP is also praying the court to declare that Tinubu and Obi be disqualified unless they contest alongside their previous running mates – Kabiru Masari and Doyin Okupe respectively.

In the originating summons with suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1016/2022, the PDP is seeking an order barring the Independent National Electoral Commission from …

Villagers Flee As Firefighters Battle Blazes In Morocco

July 15, 2022 4:19 am

Dozens of Moroccan firefighters in collaboration with soldiers battled Thursday to put out at least four infernos ripping through forests in the north of the kingdom, officials have confirmed.

According to officials, several villages had to be evacuated ahead of the flames as military water-bomber planes dropped loads in a bid to extinguish the blaze.

In soaring temperatures, and shocked by how fast the leaping flames were spreading, villagers fled their homes.

Some, where they could, herded their crucial cattle and horses upon which their livelihoods depend ahead of them.

A village in the Ksar El Kebir region of the …

Sri Lankan President Finally Submits Resignation Letter

Sri Lankan President Finally Resigns After Fleeing

July 15, 2022 4:00 am

The embattled President of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday morning submitted a letter of resignation to the speaker of the country’s parliament, a spokesperson for the speaker revealed, hours after he fled to Singapore.

This announcement has triggered jubilation in the commercial capital Colombo where protesters massed outside the presidential secretariat, defying a city-wide curfew.

Crowds set off firecrackers, shouted slogans and danced ecstatically at the Gota Go Gama protest site, named mockingly after Rajapaksa’s first name.

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‘The whole country will celebrate today,’ Damitha …

2023 Polls Osinbajo Clears Air Alleged Plans To Dump APC

2023 Polls: Osinbajo Clears Air On Alleged Plans To Dump APC

July 15, 2022 3:52 am

The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has denied ever seeking President Muhammadu Buhari’s permission to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC), over the party’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket.

Osinbajo stated in a widely circulated memorandum suggesting he asked Buhari for permission to leave APC was not from him.

The memorandum which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York was dated June 24, 2022 with reference number SH/VP/605/2./0 and titled ‘Permission to resign from APC,’ listed family pressure and other reasons for the alleged decision.

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Reacting, …

Muslim-Muslim Ticket, A Head-On Attack On Christians – Ex-SGF

July 15, 2022 3:46 am

Babachir Lawal who is a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation has once again berated the decision of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to run with a Northern Muslim candidate, Kashim Shettima.

While speaking, he described the Muslim-Muslim ticket as a direct attack on Christians, pointing out that the party produced a Muslim presidential candidate while knowing that most of the party officials from the North are all Muslims.

This, he said, had resulted in an outcry by the Christian community in the party, especially from northern Nigeria.

Lawal was …