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2023 Tinubu Understands The Problems Of Nigerian Youths –APC

2023: Tinubu Understands The Problems Of Nigerian Youths –APC

August 1, 2022 3:41 am

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has drummed up support for its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu claiming that he is a grassroots politician who understands the dreams and aspirations of Nigerian youths.

The clarification was made by the APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yakubu Ajaka, at a town hall meeting with young Nigerians in diaspora, Saturday night, in London.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Ajaka’s claim is slightly in contrast with the popular notion held by political pundits that the average Nigerian youth prefers the candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, who they say has a …

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DOJ’s Investigation Of Donald Trump (What To Expect)

July 31, 2022 8:18 pm

The past few days have been really eventful in the United States of America because in the history of the country, no attorney general has ever taken it upon himself to prosecuted a former President in the Federal Court for crimes he had committed while in office like in the case of Donald Trump.

The January 6 congressional hearings had also credibly presented a damning narrative that then-President Donald Trump had been the driving force and the sperhead behind a massive conspiracy to obstruct justice in the political session of the United States and also interfere with the official January …

Second Parliamentary Elections In Congo As First One Is Cancelled

Second Parliamentary Elections In Congo As First One Is Cancelled

July 31, 2022 8:13 pm

Some of the Voters in the Republic of Congo continued their voting on Sunday to choose the 50 candidates in 25 constituencies in the second round of legislative elections. 

Some of the Opposition groups in the country, which is also known as Congo-Brazzaville, had also denounced the results of the first round as fraudulent thereby promoting a second.

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The Congolese Labour Party (PCT) of President Denis Sassou Nguesso won the first round of voting on July 10, taking 102 of the 151 seats in the national assembly. It still has …

INEC Reacts To Suit Seeking Disqualification Of Tinubu, Obi

INEC Makes Announcement On CVR As Deadline Elapses

July 31, 2022 1:17 pm

While reacting to the backlash against the extension of the date for Voter registrations, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has finally ruled out any possibilities of extending the Continuous Voter’s Registration (CVR) expected to end today.

Barr. Festus Okoye who is the INEC National Commissioner, Voter Education and Publicity,  made this known in a chat with journalists in Awka, Anambra State capital, on Saturday.

Read Also: Youth Group Pleads With INEC For Extension Of PVC Registration

According to him, the exercise, scheduled to end today, July 31, 2022, would not be extended. He said the electoral body had in …

'Adebanjo Not On Social Media' – Afenifere Defends Over Peter Obi

‘Adebanjo Not On Social Media’ – Afenifere Defends Over Peter Obi

July 31, 2022 1:16 pm

Afenifere which is the pan Yoruba socio-political organisation has finally come out to distance itself from a social media account which has been allegedly linked to its Leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo.

In a statement by Comrade Jare Ajayi who is the organisation’s National Publicity Secretary, Afenifere had reiterated that the Twitter account which some electronic media houses quoted does not belong to any of its leaders, least of all, Pa Adebanjo.

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“It is hereby clearly stated that Chief Adebanjo has no social media account of any sort. Whenever he …

Sen. Sankara Vows Not To Support Buhari's Impeachment Moves

Sen. Sankara Vows Not To Support Buhari’s Impeachment Moves

July 31, 2022 5:29 am

Against the backdrop of the impeachment threats by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senators impeachment threats on President Muhammadu Buhari, the Senator representing Jigawa North West Senatorial district, Danladi Sankara, has vowed that he would neither support the removal of Buhari nor Senate President, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan.

Sankara who is an All Progressives Congress (APC) made his stand known amid reports that some APC Senators were also on the same page as opposition ones.

In a statement by Senator Sankara which was made available to Africa Daily News, New York on Sunday, the lawmaker revealed that plans were …

2023: PDP, APC Jittery Over Obi’s Soaring Popularity – LP

2023: PDP, APC Jittery Over Obi’s Soaring Popularity – LP

July 31, 2022 4:09 am

The Deputy National Chairman of the Labour Party, Bashiru Apapa, has asserted that the growing acceptability of the party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, among Nigerians will pave the way for its victory in the 2023 presidential election.

Apapa, who claimed that Obi’s presidential bid was daily receiving overt and covert support from many governors and notable leaders, went on to add that Nigerians were tired of the country’s negative drift in the hands of All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The deputy chairman, who spoke in Ado Ekiti during a sensitisation programme for …

Youth Group Pleads With INEC For Extension Of PVC Registration

Youth Group Pleads With INEC For Extension Of PVC Registration

July 30, 2022 12:46 pm

In place of the July 31, 2022 deadline which had been anounced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the conclusion of the Continuous Voter Registration in the Country, a youth group who have been identified as the Khamis Darazo Movement have openly called for an extension of the session while reiterating that it is mobilizing 200,000 residents in Bauchi and Gombe State to register for their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).

Leader of the Khamis Darazo Movement, Khamis Musa who had spoken to journalists shortly after a rally in Bauchi State, said hundreds of youths in the two states …

Insecurity May Soon Consume Nigeria, Sultan Raises Alarm

Insecurity May Soon Consume Nigeria, Sultan Raises Alarm

July 30, 2022 7:41 am

Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has predicted that the rising insecurity in Nigeria may consume the country if urgent steps are not taken by the Federal Government and other stakeholders involved in the management of the country, to rescue the situation.

He revealed that just on Wednesday, no fewer than 20 persons had drowned in Sokoto community while trying to escape from an onslaught of bandits, an indication that enemies neither know nor religion or tribe in their operations. He warned that no one is exempted in the negative impact of the insecurity.

The Sultan, who spoke at a …

Scientists Say Bacteria Might End Plastic Pollution In Water

Scientists Say Bacteria Might End Plastic Pollution In Water

July 30, 2022 6:37 am

With 40% of plastics manufactured in the world being convenience and single-use plastics, the world is close to a humongous plastic waste menace. In Africa, plastic waste management policies have been relatively unsuccessful considering the pushback from multi-million companies that deal in plastics. Currently, Africa produces nearly 6 million tonnes of plastic wastes and there are very few proper disposal structures in place.

According to a 2016 study, by the year 2050, there will be more plastics than fish in the ocean. Although we are still a few decades from hitting the menace, single-use plastics and plastic bags are still …

Kwakwanso Warns Senators Against Impeachment Moves On Buhari

Kwakwanso Warns Senators Against Impeachment Moves On Buhari

July 30, 2022 6:25 am

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has sent a warning to members of the National Assembly to thread softly on the move by some of them to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari.

Kwakwanso sounded the note of caution shortly after paying a courtesy call on the Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, at the Government House, Ilorin, the State capital.

The presidential hopeful said the federal lawmakers should not be in a hurry to rock the boat, though he acknowledged that ‘there are reasons to be worried about the security situation in the country.’…

2023 We Will Oppose Muslim Ticket With Prayers – Lawal

2023: We Will Oppose Muslim Ticket With Prayers – Lawal

July 30, 2022 5:59 am

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has declared that the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 presidential election will be resisted by Nigerians with prayers.

Lawal made this declaration during the APC Northern Christian leaders summit on Friday.

The ruling party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, picked Kashim Shettima, the former governor of Borno, a Muslim, as his running mate.

Read Also: 2023: We Have Zero Problems With Tinubu – APC Northern Govs

Tinubu’s decision has led to mixed reactions from key stakeholders, particularly the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).…

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