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2023 Adamu Will Lead Me To Aso Rock, Tinubu Boasts

2023: Adamu Will Lead Me To Aso Rock, Tinubu Boasts

September 8, 2022 3:30 am

The Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has expressed strong confidence in the leadership of the national chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, saying that he (Adamu) will drive him to Aso Rock. 

Tinubu made this assertion on Wednesday while speaking to journalists during his visit to the national secretariat of APC in Abuja on Wednesday.

The APC presidential flag bearer alongside his running mate, Kashim Shettima, speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and other party chieftains were received by the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee, NWC during the visit …

PDP Crisis Day Of Reckoning Ahead, Wike Blows Hot

PDP Crisis: Day Of Reckoning Ahead, Wike Blows Hot

September 8, 2022 3:25 am

The governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has declared that the time of reckoning was near for those who continue to insist that they can take everything to themselves in opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The governor asserted that nobody has what it takes to silence him from speaking against such injustice and the demand for the right thing to be done.

Governor Wike spoke at the inauguration of Emohua campus of Rivers State University, and the flag-off of staff quarters, performed by Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State on Wednesday.

The governor said such persons would definitely account …

8 PDP Governors Fails To Attend National Caucus Meeting

8 PDP Governors Fail To Attend National Caucus Meeting

September 8, 2022 3:04 am

No fewer than eight Governors of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday stayed away from the party’s National Caucus meeting which was held in Abuja on Wednesday.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that some Chieftains who were in attendance included Bode George, former VP Namadi Sambo; National Chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, and the BOT Chairman, Senator Walid Jibrin.

The party’s presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar was also in attendance at the meeting which was held behind closed doors.

The meeting which was believed to be geared towards resolving the party’s post-convention crisis.

The …

Why Amotekun Should Be Allowed To Carry Arms – Akeredolu

Why Amotekun Should Be Allowed To Carry Arms – Akeredolu

September 8, 2022 2:55 am

The governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has called on the federal government to consider allowing Amotekun operatives and other state security outfits to bear sophisticated arms to help their mission to protect the people.

The governor also used the opportunity to clarify his position on the oil pipeline surveillance contract which was awarded to private individuals and organisations.

Akeredolu said his position was to allow Amotekun to bear heavy arms like the non-state actors who were engaged to protect the oil pipelines.

He spoke at the commissioning of the newly reconstructed office complex at the Ondo State Oil Producing …

How Buhari, Amaechi Tried To Rig Rivers 2019 Election – Wike

‘Show Me Any Federal Project In Rivers Since 1999’ – Gov Wike

September 7, 2022 7:38 pm

The controversial Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has come out to pose an open challenge to Nigerians to actually show him one federal government project which had been carried out or developed in Rivers State since 1999.

The Governor had also hinted that Rivers State has not benefitted anything from the Federal Government of Nigeria even when the Peoples Democratic Party had also held sway in the country from 1999.

Read Also: 2023: Wike Pledges To Flog, Crush PDP ‘Small Boys’

The Governor had been speaking on Tuesday at the commissioning of the Etche campus of the Rivers State …

2023 Nigeria May Break-Up If North Retains Power– PANDEF

2023: Nigeria May Break-Up If North Retains Power– PANDEF

September 7, 2022 5:38 am

Ahead of next year’s election, the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has vowed to do everything within its power to mobilise Nigerians to reject the emergence of another northern president in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election saying that Nigeria may cease to exist if that is allowed to happen.

The National Publicity Secretary PANDEF, Ken Robinson, made this disclosure on Tuesday when the Leadership of the organisation paid the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Prince Adewole Adebayo a consultative visit on Tuesday in Abuja.

PANDEF disclosed that it has concluded plans to organise people from Niger Delta …

Truss Appoints Kemi Badenoch, Others Into Cabinet (Full List)

Truss Appoints Kemi Badenoch, Others Into Cabinet (Full List)

September 7, 2022 5:04 am

The newly inaugurated Prime Minister of Britain, Liz Truss, has appointed Kemi Badenoch as a member of her team in a major cabinet reshuffle after she (Truss) took office on Tuesday.

A tweet posted to the verified Twitter page of the UK Prime Minister which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York on Wednesday, @10DowningStreet, stated that Badenoch was appointed as the Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade.

The post read, ‘Kemi Badenoch MP @KemiBadenoch has been appointed Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of …

2023 Wike Pledges To Flog, Crush PDP ‘Small Boys’

2023: Wike Pledges To Flog, Crush PDP ‘Small Boys’

September 6, 2022 6:45 am

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has boasted that he would not leave his political opponents for God, insisting that he would deal with them himself saying he has what it takes to do so. 

Wike openly declared that he would flog ‘the small boys.’

Governor Wike spoke on Monday when he inaugurated the Okezuo Abia Flyover along the Aba -Enugu Expressway in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area, and the rehabilitated Aba- Owerri Road in Aba South Local Government Area of Abia State.

“God has given me what it takes to crush these people, for me to crush my …

Truss To Assume Office Today As 3rd Female UK Prime Minister

Truss To Assume Office Today As 3rd Female UK Prime Minister

September 6, 2022 6:41 am

Former Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss will today take over power as Britain’s next Prime Minister (PM) after she was named leader of the governing Conservative Party to replace Boris Johnson. 

Truss, the third female to serve in this capacity, will become PM today after travelling to meet the Queen at Balmoral in Scotland. Yesterday’s announcement triggered the beginning of a handover from Boris Johnson and his departure from No. 10 Dowing Street.

Johnson was forced to announce his resignation in July after months of scandal and he will travel to Scotland to meet Queen Elizabeth today to officially tender his …

2023 Obi Enjoying Genuine Goodwill, PDP Chieftain Confesses

2023: Obi Enjoying Genuine Goodwill, PDP Chieftain Confesses

September 6, 2022 6:22 am

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mr. Emmanuel Jonathan has asserted that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi is the only candidate in the race to become Nigeria’s next President that is enjoying genuine goodwill from Nigerians.

Jonathan made this known while speaking with newsmen in Nsukka while reacting to verbal attacks on the LP’s presidential candidate and running mate, Datti Baba-Ahamed by candidates of other political parties and their faithful.

Jonathan pointed out that the Obi/Datti presidential awareness movement across the nation and Nigerians in the diaspora was causing goose pimples in the …

Insecurity Nigeria Is Very Safe Now - Lai Mohammed

Insecurity: Nigeria Is Very Safe Now – Lai Mohammed

September 6, 2022 5:50 am

The federal government of Nigeria has certified Nigeria a safe country, assuring that terrorists, bandits and their cohorts would never hold citizens of the country to ransom again.

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, gave the country’s security a clean bill of health at a joint press briefing in Abuja with three of his counterparts: the ministers of Defence, Bashir Salihi Magashi; Police Affairs, Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi; Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.

With them at the briefing was the Chief of Defence Staff Lucky Irabor.

Speaking on the security situation in the country, Mohammed said as far as the ‘daunting …

William Ruto's Presidential Victory Upheld By Kenya's Supreme Court

William Ruto’s Presidential Victory Upheld By Kenya’s Supreme Court

September 5, 2022 7:46 pm

In lieu of the recently concluded general elections in Kenya, the Kenyan Supreme Court has unanimously rejected all the challenges that had been posited against the official results of the presidential election thereby upholding the Deputy President William Ruto’s win.

Opposition candidate, Raila Odinga had openly alleged some irregularities in the otherwise peaceful August 9 election that had been marked by the last-minute drama when the electoral commission split and traded accusations of misconduct.

Read Also: Kenya’s Supreme Court To Rule On Disputed Presidential Poll

The court found little or no evidence for the various claims and called some “nothing …

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