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Why 2023 Election Is A 'Big Deal' – Cardinal Okogie

Why 2023 Election Is A ‘Big Deal’ – Cardinal Okogie

October 14, 2022 7:27 am

In face of the challenges of worn-out public infrastructure, neglect of education and health care delivery, humongous cost of governance, youth restiveness, and abject poverty and misery on the increase, the Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has described the 2023 election as a big deal for the country.

In an article entitled which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York: ‘2023: That Nigeria’s Tomorrow May be Alright,’ the former president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), noted that Nigerians cannot afford to get it wrong even as he set an agenda …

2023 Presidency Jonathan Endorses Atiku Okowa Ticket

2023 Presidency: Jonathan Endorses Atiku/Okowa Ticket

October 14, 2022 6:29 am

Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has endorsed the Atiku/Okowa presidential bid saying that he was willing to offer himself to help the party win the next elections. 

Mr. Jonathan made this known yesterday when a PDP delegation led by vice presidential candidate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as well as Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state visited him in Abuja on Wednesday evening.

In a video making round on social media which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York, GEJ described Governor Okowa as Nigeria’s incoming Vice-President.

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Mr. Jonathan further …

Nnamani Lambasts PDP Over Treatment Of Wike, Makinde, Others

Nnamani Lambasts PDP Over Treatment Of Wike, Makinde, Others

October 12, 2022 7:19 am

The Senator representing Enugu East senatorial district, Chimaroke Nnamani who is a former governor of Enugu State has decried the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to ignore five of its governors as it commenced presidential campaigns for next year’s elections.

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that the presidential campaign of the PDP which was earlier in the week flagged off in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, however, five of its governors – Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Seyi Makinde (Oyo) and Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) had snubbed the event.

Their decision …

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 …

2023 Campaign Publicly For Tinubu Or Resign, APC Warns Ngige

2023: Campaign Publicly For Tinubu Or Resign, APC Warns Ngige

October 9, 2022 4:30 am

Ahead of next year’s general elections, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Murtala Yakubu Ajaka, has called on the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and other appointees of the current admnistration to campaign openly for the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu or resign their appointments.

The APC chieftain gave this charge while reacting to comments made on Channels Television by Ngige on Friday, who failed to publicly affirm his choice of presidential candidate between Tinubu and Peter Obi of Labour party (LP).

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported …

Political Campaigns On The Pulpit Banned By Catholic Church

Political Campaigns On The Pulpit Banned By Catholic Church

September 17, 2022 3:31 am

The Catholic Church has called on its priests to henceforth restrain from using the pulpit for political campaigns even as the church would encourage every adult Nigerian to participate actively in the forthcoming election and not leave it to career politicians alone.

In a nine-point resolution made at the end of the meeting between the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) and the Nigeria Catholic Diocesan Priests Association of Nigeria (NCDPA) held at the Sacred Heart Pastoral Centre, Orlu, with the theme: ‘Political Consciousness for Effective Choice of Political Leaders in Nigeria’,  the Church vows to use its resources and …

2023 Vote A President Who You Can Trust, GEJ Advises Youths

2023: Vote A President Who You Can Trust, GEJ Advises Youths

September 16, 2022 6:23 am

Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has admonished Nigerian youths to vote for a president that has the interest of the nation at heart in the next general elections.

Jonathan, who made this call in Minna, Niger State, on Thursday when he visited a former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, said a president who has the interest of the country at heart is all the nation needs at the moment.

‘I appeal to the youth to select a person they believe will lead us well and serve us well, somebody who will take the interests of all of us and …

2023 I'm Not Going To Step Down For Anyone - Kwankwaso

2023: I’m Not Stepping Down For Anyone – Kwankwaso

September 12, 2022 4:02 am

Amidst the ongoing speculations about the possibility that the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, will step down ahead of the next elections, he has now come out to debunk the speculations.

He asserted that on no account will he be stepping down for the candidate of another party before the 2023 elections.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that, over the last few weeks, there have been several speculations that the former Kano State Governor would step down for either the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, or the …

Man Killed By Co-Worker After Quarrel Over Election In Brazil

Man Killed By Co-Worker After Quarrel Over Election In Brazil

September 10, 2022 6:27 am

A supporter of Brazil’s president used a knife and an axe to kill a backer of the main opposition leader after an argument about politics, weeks ahead of presidential elections, according to police.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the killing occurred on Wednesday, the day of Brazil’s independence bicentennial, near the town of Confresa, Mato Grosso state, in Brazil’s central-west region, a stronghold of President Jair Bolsonaro.

The 24-year-old suspect, who was not identified, killed Benedito Cardoso dos Santos, a 42-year-old farm worker who supports presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, police said. Da Silva, a former …

2023 Polls Stop Disgracing Nigeria, Fashola To Politicians

2023 Polls: Stop Disgracing Nigeria, Fashola To Politicians

September 9, 2022 4:35 am

Nigeria’s Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Thursday, condemned certain actions and comments which has been attributed to Nigerians and politicians ahead of the 2023 elections.

The former Lagos State governor appealed to citizens of the country to stop exaggerating Nigeria’s problems while putting the country up for ridicule.

Fashola made this assertion yesterday in Lagos in an address at TheNiche Annual Lecture themed ‘2023 Elections and the Future of Nigeria’s Democracy’.

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‘We can win elections without exaggerating our problems. We can do so by …

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 …

There Is No Threat To 2023 General Elections – IGP

There Is No Threat To 2023 General Elections – Police IGP

September 5, 2022 6:39 am

The inspector-general of police, IGP Usman Baba, has declared in emphatic terms that there was no threat to the 2023 general elections in the country.

The IGP made this delcaration during the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS) in the United States of America and during his meeting with the assistant secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S, Todd Robinson.

Force PRO, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this stems from the robust security threat analysis carried out using global best standards to ascertain the trend of expectations for the electioneering processes.

He further stated that, “during the …

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