By Mandy Park Notable Nigerian activist Aisha Yesufu, has introduced the ‘Do more for Obi Challenge’ and pleaded with Nigerians to join her to promote Peter Obi’s candidacy. She pleaded with Obi’s supporters to add more to whatever they are already doing for him, saying there is no time to rest until after the election has come and gone. In a short video she posted on her verified Twitter handle, Yesufu said she would be doing three videos daily on Obi’s presidential candidacy as part of her contributions. Yesufu said,…
Read MoreBREAKING: Obi leads Tinubu, Atiku in NOI, Nigeria’s most influential poll
*Kwankwaso in distant fourth *Sowore, Dumebi, 12 others score less than one per cent By: Mandy Park If the 2023 election is conducted today, Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party (LP), Presidential candidate will defeat Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar, that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to emerge the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria after Muhammadu Buhari. That is the outcome of the result of the polls conducted by NOI, Nigeria’s most influential polling agency. NOI has maintained a…
Read More2023: Northern Christians reject Tinubu, APC Presidential Candidate
By Mandy Park The forum of Northern Christians again reiterated its position on the same-faith ticket, insisting that APC will not be supported Recall that Bola Tinubu, a Muslim emerged as the presidential candidate of the APC while Kashim Shettima, a Muslim also was picked as his running mate According to Yakubu Dogara, they will soon meet with other presidential candidates and decide on who to support for the 2023 presidential election The problems facing the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over its Muslim-Muslim ticket will not be going away…
Read MoreASUU strike: CAPPA kick against govt’s recourse to Industrial Court
…says taking the striking lecturers to court is a frivolous, ill-thought step By Mandy Park The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has condemned the position of the Nigerian government on the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. This is as the group appealed to the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government to urgently honour its agreements with ASUU to ensure the immediate reopening of the public universities rather than the resort to the National Industrial Court. CAPPA noted that resorting to the National Industrial Court by the…
Read MoreVALENTINE OZIGBO CONDEMNS ATTACK ON IFEANYI UBAH’S CONVOY
…says spate of insecurity highly worrisome By Omocho Kalu Valentine Ozigbo, Anambra State governorship candidate in 2021, has condemned the deadly attack on the convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah. Ubah is representing Anambra South at the Senate on the platform of Young People’s Party ( YPP). The attack by unknown assailants occurred on Sunday, September 11, 2022, in Enugwu-Ukwu in Njikoka LGA of Anambra State and left five of Senator Uba’s aides and security personnel dead and several others injured. In a statement issued from his campaign office in Awka,…
Read More2023: It’s no body’s turn –Peter Obi
…election must be based on competence By Mandy Park Labour Party’s (LP) Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has said that the 2023 presidential election must not be based on, religious, ethnic and other unnecessary entitlement sentiments but purely on capacity that would deliver and change the fate of the country. He spoke at the party’s ongoing leadership forum in Abuja.Said Obi “Election next year must not be based on religion or ethnicity. It must not be based in connection. It must not be based on turn. It is nobody’s turn. Election…
Read MoreBREAKING: Court grants DSS permission to detain Tukur Mamu for 60 more days
By Mandy Park A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has given permission to the Department of State Services (DSS) to detain the former terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days. Justice Nkeonye Maha granted the ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the DSS, Ahmed Magaji. Mamu who was arrested on September 6 on his way to Saudi Arabia for lesser Hajj was detained at Cairo International Airport before being he was flown back to the country. The DSS, in the motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1617/2022 dated and filed September 12,…
Read MoreJust In: Britain’s Longest Reigning Monarch, Queen Elizabeth dies at 96
Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and the nation’s figurehead for seven decades, Queen Elizabeth has died at age 96, Buckingham Palace disclosed this on Thursday. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement. “The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow”. Her eldest son Charles, 73, automatically will become the king of the United Kingdom and the head of state of 14 other nations including Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Her family had rushed to be…
Read MoreUK PM Truss unveils non-white top cabinet members
Liz Truss on Tuesday unveiled her new top team as she formally took over from Boris Johnson as UK prime minister, with no place for white men in any of the three senior-most cabinet posts for the first time ever. As expected, she rewarded allies to her during her victorious Conservative leadership campaign, promoting Kwasi Kwarteng to finance, James Cleverly to foreign affairs and Suella Braverman to interior. The son of Ghanaian immigrants, Kwarteng is the country’s first black chancellor of the exchequer. His immediate focus will be turning round…
Read MoreObi-Datti Group Dismisses Violation Of Electoral Act
…says Obi not on tour for fund-raising By Omocho Kalu The Obi-Datti Media Office, has flayed the allegations that the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, currently on tour in Europe and America, is on fund-raising exercise. The denial comes on the heels of demands by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to sanction LP for allegedly violating the electoral laws that forbid external fundings for contestants. In a release, the Office explained that Obi’s tour is essentially to sensitise Nigerians in…
Read More