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2023 Power Must Not Remain The North, Akeredolu Insists

2023: Power Must Not Remain The North, Akeredolu Insists

August 11, 2022 5:28 am

The Chairman of the southern Governors forum and the Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has declared that the next President of Nigeria must be someone from the South in 2023, stressing that this in order not to thwart the power rotation arrangement in the country.

Akeredolu made these assertions while speaking yesterday at the first anniversary of late Prof Bankole Oke of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, while delivering a lecture entitled, ‘Nigeria: The politics of religion in a transitional society.’

He advised Nigerians to make sure that power does not remain in the …

I Never Demanded N50bn monthly From Gov, Ambode - Tinubu

I Never Demanded ₦50bn monthly From Gov, Ambode – Tinubu

August 11, 2022 5:03 am

The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has denied multiple media reports alleging that he at a point demanded ₦50 billion monthly from the former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode during his administration.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that Ambode who became governor of the State in 2015, ended up spending only four years in office as his attempt to secure a second tenure failed after he lost the APC primary election in 2018 following reported disagreements with the party leaders in the state.

Also, a report recently emerged online alleging that part …

We Can’t Allow ASUU Push Us Into Borrowing — Keyamo

We Can’t Allow ASUU Push Us Into Borrowing — Keyamo

August 6, 2022 3:52 am

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has said the government will not allow the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to plunge it into another burden of borrowings.

Keyamo made this assertion while speaking during an interview with ‘Politics Today’ on Channels TV which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York on Friday.

He said the federal government has explored all avenues to reach a truce, but the striking ASUU members turned deaf ears.

Keyamo stated that ASUU failed to honour dialogue with the key stakeholders holding the purse of the federal government.

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2023: Atiku, Wike Hold Meeting As PDP Begins Reconciliation

2023: Atiku, Wike Hold Meeting As PDP Begins Reconciliation

August 5, 2022 3:06 am

Approximately six weeks after the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the aggrieved Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday met behind closed doors in Abuja according to credible sources.

Although the details of the meeting were still sketchy as of the time of this report, sources in the PDP who spoke to Africa Daily News, New York disclosed that the meeting between Atiku and Wike was held at the residence of a former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Prof. Jerry Gana, signalling what observers believed were reconciliatory …

Nigeria’s Problems Are Bigger Than Religion – Oshiomhole

Nigeria’s Problems Are Bigger Than Religion – Oshiomhole

August 5, 2022 2:58 am

As reactions continue to trail the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the former Chairman of the party, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, has faulted criticism against the party stressing that Nigeria’s challenges are beyond religion.

Oshiomhole made this assertion when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, stressing that rather than talk about religion, Nigerians should discuss what each presidential candidate has for the country.

He also said that the criticism against the party’s ticket by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) was blackmail.

‘Those who are speaking and leading the campaign in the APC family, if they …

Kwankwaso An Overrated Inept Clown Devoid of Leadership

Kwankwaso: An Overrated Inept Clown Devoid of Leadership

August 5, 2022 12:45 am
When an independent political analyst examines the majority of Nigerian politicians, he or she cannot help but agree with the famous German playwright Bertolt Brecht’s statement that the worst kind of illiterate is the political illiterate, because the political illiterate hears nothing, sees nothing, and tries to make himself useless in whatever political sphere that is in. Most Nigerian politicians give the impression that they are masters of the game of politics despite the fact that their moves, status quos, and modus operandi suggest pure incompetence and a mediocre, clownish method of playing politics. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the former
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2023 Tinubu Will Run An Equitable, Inclusive Govt — Shettima

2023: Tinubu Will Run An Equitable, Inclusive Govt — Shettima

August 3, 2022 6:04 am

Ahead of next year’s general elections, the Vice-Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kashim Shettima, has assured Nigerians that when elected, the Bola Tinubu administration would run a just and inclusive government, irrespective of tribal, religious, and political affiliations.

Senator Shettima made this promise while speaking at the one-year memorial service for Dr Emmanuel Abiodun, father of the governor of Ogun State, held at the St. James Anglican Church, Iperu-Remo, Ikenne Local Government Area in Ogun State.

His words: ‘We need to build a new nation because the hope of the black man is on Nigeria. …

2023 Tambuwal Holds Closed-Door Meeting With Obasanjo

2023: Tambuwal Holds Closed-Door Meeting With Obasanjo

August 1, 2022 4:24 am

The governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal on Sunday visited former President Olusegun Obasanjo in what his team has described as a meeting to discuss national issues.

A Special Assistant to the former president on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, made this disclosure in a statement on Sunday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

The meeting, he revealed, took place at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Penthouse residence of the former Nigerian leader in Abeokuta.

He, however, said the discussions between former President Obasanjo and Governor Tambuwal held behind closed doors.

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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 …

2023 Downtrodden Nigerians Are Our Structure

2023: Downtrodden Nigerians Are Our Structure – Labour Party

July 29, 2022 5:41 am

The National Chairman of the Labour Party Hon. Julius Abure has called on Nigerians to remain resolute in their quest for good governance and not be carried away with insinuations that the party has no structure to win the 2023 presidential election, pointing out that the suffering Nigerians are the party’s structures.

Abure stated this at a North West one day mobilisation, sensitisation program with national officers in Kaduna.

Represented by the national secretary, Alhaji Umar Farouq, the national chairman said the program is aimed at sensitising and mobilising more supporters to ensure they go to the polls against all …

Impeachment: We've Got Enough Votes To Remove Buhari –Reps

Impeachment: We’ve Got Enough Votes To Remove Buhari –Reps

July 29, 2022 5:32 am

Barely twenty-four hours after some senators threatened to serve an impeachment notice on President Muhammadu Buhari over worsening insecurity, their counterparts in the House of Representatives, have also joined the fray saying that they have to numbers to do that.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that senators from the various opposition parties and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had on Wednesday after walked out of plenary told newsmen that they were giving President Buhari six weeks to address the problem of insecurity across the country or face impeachment.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the Senate met …

2023 Total Registered Voters In Lagos Soars To 7 Million

2023: Total Registered Voters In Lagos Soars To 7 Million

July 26, 2022 5:33 am

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State, Mr. Olusegun Agbaje, has revealed that statistics show that the state currently has about seven million registered voters.

Agbaje disclosed this in an interview with reporters on Monday.

According to him, if the number of  new registrants so far in the ongoing  Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) is added to those in the register of voters before in the state, the number will be about seven million.

“In Lagos state as at Monday (July 18), those who registered online are 640, 560 but many of them have not completed registration. Those who …

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