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2023 Why I Declined Offer To Be Obi’s Running Mate – Shagari

2023: Why I Declined Offer To Be Obi’s Running Mate – Shagari

October 12, 2022 6:42 am

A Minster and a former Deputy Governor of Sokoto State, Mukhtar Shagari, has revealed that he was one of the first people contacted by the Labour Party to become Peter Obi’s running mate in the build-up to next year’s election.

Shagari, who was speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today which was monitored by Africa Today New York last night claimed that he had declined the opportunity because he did not believe Obi stood a chance in 2023.

‘The Labour party contacted me and requested if I would like to be the Vice Presidential candidate to Peter Obi,’ the PDP chieftain …

Buhari Tells Nigerians: I Feel Your Sorrow

Buhari justifies national honours on Okonjo Iweala, Chimamanda Adichie,

October 11, 2022 8:16 pm

The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has on Tuesday in Abuja conferred a series of National Honours on up to 450 Nigerians and non-Nigerians, among them being the Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Deputy Secretary-General of UN, Amina Mohammed and Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Prof Tijjani Muhammad-Bande.

Some of the others who had also made the honours lists include renowned novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, Senate President Ahmed Lawan, Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, immediate past CJN, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad among others.

Read Also: 2023 Budget: Buhari, Osinbajo To Spend

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Chad’s Prime Minister Finally Tenders In Resignation

Chad’s Prime Minister Finally Tenders In Resignation

October 11, 2022 8:00 pm

Fresh reports have revealed that Chad’s prime minister has tendered in his resignation along with some of his government parastatals on Tuesday, a day after the country’s military leader had made an open announcement about the creation of a “government of national union” to chart the path to new elections.

Albert Pahimi Padacke who had also handed in his resignation at an audience with Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, on Monday had been sworn in as “transitional president,” Deby’s office said.

Read Also: Why Nigeria Must Stabilise Chad, Niger, Others – Buhari

And Deby, who is a 38-year-old five-star general, had …

2023 I Will Restore Hope, Security To Nigerians – Tinubu

2023: I Will Restore Hope, Security To Nigerians – Tinubu

October 11, 2022 6:16 am

The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that as President will ensure a renewed hope, security, and a prosperous nation. 

Tinubu gave this assurance yesterday during the inauguration of the Women Wing of Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Team in Abuja.

He pointed out that in 2015, the APC-led administration inherited a difficult nation with a burden of uncertainty from both the economy and security sectors.

He then assured all Nigerians and the APC stalwarts that he would consolidate on the many achievements of the present administration.

Read Also: 2023: Caution Members Not Supporting

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Muslim Ticket You Are Impostors, Tinubu Tackles Dogara, Lawal

Muslim Ticket: You Are Impostors, Tinubu Tackles Dogara, Lawal

October 11, 2022 6:10 am

The All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has described former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and ex-Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal as impostors.

Tinubu made this known while reacting to reports of a meeting convened by Dogara at the weekend with some Northern Muslim groups to adopt one of the opposition presidential candidates in a bid to defeat APC’s same-faith ticket.

He said the former Speaker was no longer a member of APC, hence couldn’t speak for any group of APC members.

In a press release by the Director …

Kwankwaso Vows To Defeat Atiku, Tinubu In 2023 Polls

Kwankwaso Vows To Defeat Atiku, Tinubu In 2023 Polls

October 11, 2022 6:01 am

Mr. Rabi’u Kwankwaso who is the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has boasted that his party would defeat both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential poll.

While addressing a mammoth crowd at the inauguration of the Kano State NNPP campaign office yesterday, Kwankwaso declared, ‘This crowd signifies the need and urge for new leadership, not only in the state but the country at large. The biggest surprise will come when our party, the NNPP wins the 2023 presidential election, God willing.’

Read Also: 2023: I Will Restore

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UN Set To Hold Key Meeting After Russia Strikes In Ukraine

UN Holds Key Meeting After Russia Strikes In Ukraine

October 11, 2022 5:52 am

Barely 48 hours after Russia launched a deadly barrage of missile strikes at cities across Ukraine, The UN General Assembly summoned a key on Monday to discuss the attacks even as Western powers condemned Moscow’s latest attacks and sought to underscore its isolation.

The United Nations called the urgent meeting to discuss Russia’s declared annexation of four partly occupied Ukrainian regions, but the debate was set to be overshadowed by the attacks on Kyiv and other cities in one of the most punishing assaults on Ukraine in months.

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed even more ‘severe’ retaliation after the recent …

2023 Budget Buhari, Osinbajo To Spend ₦14bn On Internet

2023 Budget: Buhari, Osinbajo To Spend ₦14bn On Internet

October 11, 2022 5:40 am

The Presidential Villa in Nigeria will gulp at least ₦14.8bn on Internet access, stationery, and telephone charges, among others, under the Federal Government’s planned expenditure which was captured in the 2023 budget.

In the budget which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York, ₦67.1m was set aside for Internet access to the Villa, while stationery and computer consumables would be taking ₦79m.

A further breakdown of the budget also showed that ₦35.9m was allocated for electricity charges, telephone charges and water rates each got ₦306.2m, ₦6m, and ₦40.6m respectively.

Out of the total budget for the Villa, ₦1.6bn …

Anti-Semitic Posts Twitter, Instagram Blocks Kanye West

Anti-Semitic Posts: Twitter, Instagram Blocks Kanye West

October 11, 2022 5:26 am

American rapper, Kanye West who is now legally known as Ye has once again been embroiled in controversy after he was locked out of Twitter and Instagram over anti-Semitic posts the social networks pointed out violated their policies yesterday.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that in one post on Twitter, Ye had said he would soon go ‘death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE’, according to internet archive records, making an apparent reference to the United States defence-readiness condition scale known as DEFCON.

 He had once suggested on social media slavery was a choice. He also called the COVID-19 vaccine …

How PDP Will Deploy Technology To Win Election – Obaseki

How PDP Will Deploy Technology To Win Election – Obaseki

October 11, 2022 5:02 am

The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has expressed strong confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will win the forthcoming general elections, asserting that the party will deploy technology to ensure victory at the polls.

The governor who had convened the PDP South-South Zonal meeting, held at the Ibom Hall in Uyo, the capital of Akwa-Ibom State, pointed out that the waters have been tested in Edo and Osun States, where the party leveraged technology to ensure victory in the governorship elections.

Obaseki stated the meeting was held to discuss issues affecting the party ahead of the …

2023 No Going Back On Obi’s Endorsement - Afenifere

2023: No Going Back On Obi’s Endorsement – Afenifere

October 11, 2022 4:55 am

Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has once again reiterated its earlier endorsement for the candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, in the forthcoming presidential election in 2023.

In their reaction to a statement which was credited to the Ondo State governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, that the ‘Afenifere doesn’t speak for the Yoruba people on the endorsement of Peter Obi and that Afenifere is divided in respect of the purported endorsement,’ the group said neither the Afenifere nor Akeredolu will speak for Yoruba people on the candidate to support.

This response was contained in a statement issued by the …

French Nobel Prize Winner Calls For Protest Against Macron

French Nobel Prize Winner Calls For Protest Against Macron

October 10, 2022 4:36 am

French author awarded who was recently awarded a Nobel Literature Prize, Annie Ernaux on Sunday wrote an open letter supporting a mass protest against President Emmanuel Macron called by the country’s left-wing opposition.

Organisers of the demonstration on October 16 have already come out to accuse Macron of failing to tackle soaring prices for energy and other essentials and of insufficient action against climate change.

‘Emmanuel Macron is seizing this inflation to widen the wealth gaps, and boost the profits of capital, at everyone else’s expense,’ said the letter in the Journal du Dimanche newspaper.

‘And this shock is allowing …

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