Appeal Court Affirms Akpoti-Uduagan As Kogi Central Senator

    The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has affirmed Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan as the duly elected candidate for Kogi Central Senatorial Election earlier in February.  The court dismissed the appeal filed by Abubakar Ohere for lacking in merit. 

PDP: I won’t go away, says Atiku

 

 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general election, Atiku Abubakar, has declared that he was not in any hurry to quit partisan politics.

I Won’t Insult Tinubu To Show I Don’t Support Him -Fayose

 

   Ayo Fayose says he won’t resort to insulting the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu even though they are in different camps ahead of next year’s election.

Fayose, a chieftain of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made the comment on Thursday while fielding questions on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “Let me tell you: if people are expecting me to abuse Tinubu to show that I am not supporting him, I would not do that,” he said during the show.

   The former Ekiti State governor and an ally of Governor Nyesom Wike claimed that despite the political differences some northern governors or politicians have with President Muhammadu Buhari, they don’t resort to abuses.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Thursday pledged to provide “logistics support” for the campaigns of Labour Party

   

  Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Thursday pledged to provide “logistics support” for the campaigns of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi within the state.

Wike also said Obi, a former Anambra State governor, has all the characteristic to lead Nigeria. The Rivers governor made this known to the LP presidential candidate in Port Harcourt, the state capital, at the venue of the Nkpolu-Oroworokwo Flyover inauguration.

 “Each time you want to campaign in the state, let me know, all the logistics support, we will give to you,” Wike told Obi. Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed were in the state capital to commission the 9th flyover by the present administration. They were excitedly received by a large crowd of their supporters known as ‘Obidients’.

INEC Vows To Address Issues With Voter Register, Punish Culpable Officials

 

  Ahead of the 2023 elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday said it would address all issues raised concerning the national register of voters.

INEC had this month made the entire register public on its website for the first time in the nation’s electoral history. However, many Nigerians have identified numerous cases of underage voters and double registration.

In a statement signed by National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, INEC said it was committed to cleaning up the register and punish those found guilty of tampering with its integrity. The Commission said making the register public was a sign of transparency on its part.

The register is expected to be displayed physically at the Registration Area level from November 12 to 18. At the Local Government level, it will be displayed from November 19 to 25, during which voters can make claims and objections.

INEC result portal was attacked from Asia during Ekiti and Osun guber polls- INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu

 

   The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that its result viewing (IReV) portal was attacked by hackers from Asia during Ekiti and Osun governorship election. 

Auchi Polytechnic Lecturer Found Dead In His Car

     INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this in his keynote address at a stakeholders’ conference on election result management in Abuja on Friday September 9. 

Queen Elizabeth II Dies At 96

Seyi Makinde Replaces Tambuwal As PDP Governor's Forum Chair

 

   Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has emerged as the new Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum. Makinde emerged as the new chairman few minutes after the former chairman, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State resigns from the position on Thursday.

Queen Elizabeth II Dies At 96

No Cold War Between Party Chairman And I- APC Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu

   

   All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday promised a better deal for Nigeria if elected. He promised to turn Nigeria into a progressive, highly developed and prosperous country worthy of pride.

   He gave the assurance at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja during a meeting with the National Working Committee (NWC) ahead of the kickoff of the presidential campaign. Tinubu, who held a strategy meeting with the party leadership, also promised to ensure the full democratisation of the country.

Why PDP Must Respect Us – Governor Nyesom Wike

 

   

   Governor Nyesom Wike has explained why the Peoples Democratic Party must respect him and other governors in his camp.

Wike claimed the governors are the ones campaigning for the party with the projects they have executed in their various states and so deserve to be respected. He made the assertion during the commissioning of the Emohua campus of the Rivers state university on Wednesday.

Independent National Electoral Commission begins recruitment of ad hoc staff for the 2023 general elections

   

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun recruitment of ad hoc staff for the 2023 general elections.

In a statement released Wednesday on its official Facebook page, the electoral umpire urged interested and eligible persons to visit its designated portal. “The Commission has approved the re-activation of INECPRES both the Mobile App for Android phones only and the web portal (laptops only).

“To this end, the portal will be open to eligible applicants for registration of all categories of ad-hoc staff (SPO/PO/APO/RATECHS/RAC Managers) except the Collation officers. “The portal opens on Wednesday the 14th of September and ends on the 30th November, 2022,” the statement partly read.

INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, had last week said it will publish the final lists of presidential and national assembly candidates on September 20. The electoral body also said campaigns will officially commence on September 28.

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PDP chieftains negotiated and assisted President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019- Nyesom Wike

 

 Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has accused some members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of negotiating with President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.

Wike alleged that some PDP chieftains assisted Buhari in being re-elected in 2019 by negotiating with him. He disclosed this during the commissioning of the Rivers State University campus in Etche, Rivers State, on Tuesday.

The governor who did not disclose the names of the chieftains said he was approached to join them during the negotiation but he refused. According to Wike, “When they were going to negotiate with President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019, they came to me and I said no; no negotiation; PDP must win. I said no.

Nobody Has Given Me $150m Diaspora Funding- Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi

   

 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi on Tuesday denied his campaign has received $150m in donation from diaspora sources.

A group under the aegis of Tinubu-Shettima Connect had urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disqualify Obi over the alleged funding as it violates the Electoral Act on campaign funding.

But speaking during a meeting with Nigerians in London, the former Anambra state Governor said the allegations were based on mere speculation.

Ingratitude Can’t Take You Anywhere, Wike Tells PDP Chairman

   

   Governor Nyesom Wike, on Thursday, slammed the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, for showing “ingratitude” and “arrogance” after he was assisted to get the seat of the national chairmanship of the party.

   “These children you said we are, brought you from nothing,” the governor said during the commissioning of Omerelu Internal roads in the Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state. Wike challenged Ayu to show himself as a man of honour and integrity by fulfilling his promise that he would vacate the chairmanship seat if the northern region produces the presidential candidate of the party.

Atiku’s Running Mate: Rivers Elders Ganged-Up Against Me – Wike

 

   Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has revealed how some elders of the State ganged up against him because they didn’t scale through the primary to be the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State.

Wike explained that some of them, who indicated interest to fly the party’s flag but failed, went to mobilise in Abuja to make sure that he did not emerge as the running mate of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the PDP.

No Law Forbids Me From Serving As APC Campaign Spokesman – Keyamo

 

    The Minister of state for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has said he is not in violation of any law by accepting to be the spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council.

   Following his appointment as the APC presidential campaign spokesman, the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), had asked Keyamo to resign his ministerial position. But in a statement, the minister said the civil society organisation (CSO) is being sponsored by opposition parties.

The minister also said opposing his appointment as the party’s spokesperson is denying him of his fundamental human right to freedom of association.

“What does the law say? Section 84 of the Electoral Act clearly states that political appointees are to resign if they are to contest for any party position or any public office. No mention was made of ad hoc appointments for party activities. So, strictly speaking, no law is being violated here,” he said.

“Therefore, the so-called position of these people are untenable, ill-informed and consequently rejected.  They are jittery about the stout defence of our party and government we are putting up and the unblemished projection of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (our candidate) that we are making. “Without meaning to demean them, these are people fully aligned to opposition parties but disguising as CSOs.

“We know them. I cannot recall a single statement like this from these people throughout the PDP era when PDP ministers were fully involved in presidential campaign activities.

“For instance, in 2015, my brother, special duties minister, Kabiru Turaki, served as the deputy director-general (North) of the PDP/Jonathan campaign council. These characters kept mum. So, you can be sure that this is PDP speaking through one of their NGOs. “I am a full member of my party, the APC, and I am entitled to participate in party activities. My dues to my party is deducted every month from my meagre salary and sent to the party.

2023 Mandate- 'The Chosen One' Who will Succeed President Buhari?

 

    Major socio-cultural and political organisations in the South-West are currently divided over which of the leading political parties and presidential candidates to support for president.

The leading presidential candidates include Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC); Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of Labour Party and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). In separate interviews with Saturday Sun, the groups were not on the same page on which candidate they would support for President.    The Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) said it has made its position known prior to the presidential primaries conducted by various political parties that the next president of Nigeria must come from the South.

Wike Denies Suing Atiku Over PDP Presidential Primary

 

 

   Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has denied filing a suit against the Peoples Democratic Party, its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal.

Speaking at the commissioning of House of Assembly Quarters in Port Harcourt, Wike said he was focused on delivering the dividends of democracy to the people of Rivers State. “People have called me that I went to court against Atiku Abubakar,” he said.

“I want to state categorically that I didn’t go to court. I just want to say it for Nigerians to know. I have kept quiet. I am busy with delivering the dividends of democracy.

Amaechi’s ally, Chris Finebone defects to PDP

   

     Chris Finebone, a long-standing ally of former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Daily Trust reported that Finebone who has been the publicity secretary of the APC for years, confirmed his defection in the early hours of Friday August 12. 

Nigeria Must End ‘Criminal’ Petrol Subsidy – Peter Obi

   

    Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, on Thursday said Nigeria must end petrol subsidy. “Going forward, we must look for ways to move Nigeria beyond oil,” Mr Obi said in a series of tweets.

“We must end this criminality called ‘oil subsidy’.” He said Nigeria is “vastly polarised and wrecked by divisions that run deep along religious, ethnic and regional lines.

PDP postpones NEC

   

     Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed its National Executive Committee (NEC) and National Caucus meeting, following the protracted rift between its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike.

The meetings of the two critical organs were originally scheduled to hold tomorrow and Thursday. A statement by the PDP National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, said the postponement was due to “unforeseen circumstances” He said new dates for the meetings would be announced in due course.