The presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, will have to find another base of operations for his campaign in Rivers State after the state government, led by Governor Nyesom Wike, sealed off its campaign office in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The office, sited in GRA Port Harcourt, was sealed off on Friday for violating an Executive Order signed by Governor Wike two weeks ago which prohibited the establishment of campaign offices in residential areas with express approval from the government. It was another blow to Atiku who has struggled to get his campaign off the ground, with media…
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The director-general of the Peter Obi campaign, Doyin Okupe, was a pitiful sight in the premises of the Abuja federal high court on Monday as he pleaded desperately with law enforcement for reprieve after he was found guilty of laundering N240 million. Okupe served as a media aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan and was brought before the court by the EFCC over allegations that he colluded with the former NSA, Sambo Dasuki, to divert funds meant for arms purchase in the fight against terror. He was accused of diverting up to N240 million. After examining the facts and the evidence…
The director-general of the Peter Obi presidential campaign, Doyin Okupe, has been convicted by a federal court in Abuja for breaching the money laundering act in a suit filed by the EFCC involving the diversion of funds to the tune of N702 million. Okupe, who is still reeling from allegations of stealing N20 million meant for crowd-buying at a failed rally staged by the Labour Party, was dragged before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu by the EFCC for allegedly receiving cash from the office of the National Security Adviser in the previous administration of the PDP. The court found him guilty of contravening…
The presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, sparked widespread excitement and banter with his unique congratulations to Argentine Lionel Messi who led his side to a career-defining World Cup triumph over France on Sunday. Tinubu joined other world leaders in congratulating the Argentine but with a personal twist as he hailed him the “Emi Lokan of Doha”. He tweeted an image of the footballer wearing a cap bearing his insignia, in what has been hailed as a well-delivered banter. His ’emi lokan’ message was referencing a phrase made popular by his speech in Ogun State during which he…
Governors elected on the platform of the APC have vowed to work hard and ensure the emergence of its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as the successor to President Muhammadu Buhari. This was according to a public statement by the chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State. He congratulated President Buhari on his 80th birthday, noting the leader’s statesmanship and contributions to national development since his historic emergence in 2015. He also expressed the resolve of all the governors to protect the president’s legacy through the emergence of Bola Tinubu, the party’s candidate whose manifesto of ‘Renewed…
The presidential campaign council of the APC has criticized the opposition PDP over an alleged plot to sneak its way back to power through a campaign of distortion and lies. The ruling party, whose 2015 emergence made history as the first time an opposition party defeated the incumbent in the country, stressed the damaging effects of the 16 years of PDP’s leadership of the country, a period it reckoned that the party ‘made empty promises after another’ and delivered little to nothing to the people. The criticism was contained in a weekend statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, the director of…
Another divisive row is building in the Labour Party following reports that its national leadership has issued a query to the Kogi State chapter over the poorly attended rally staged in the state earlier on Tuesday in which its presidential candidate and his running mate, Peter Obi and Baba Ahmed-Datti, were met by only a handful of people. The query, which has rubbed off the state chapter in the worst possible way, affirms previous reports that the Kogi rally was a disaster, despite initial attempts to deny the fact. According to inside sources, the national leadership of the party was…
For being a Daniel come to judge, Mr Nduka Obaigbena, publisher of ThisDay Newspapers and owner of Arise TV is not having the best of times. Neither will he be during this election process, for he has been out and about, doing all the wrong things. Time was when it emerged that he conducted his affairs in the shadowy underworld of backroom dealings and with general apathy towards the plight of citizens, such as using poverty alleviation funds of Bayelsa indigenes to import entertainers from America and feast. Infamously regarded a sybarite, these were the days when he was reported…
Peter Obi’s Labour Party is yet again the subject of mockery over an embarrassing announcement of December 2023, months after the conclusion of the election and emergence of a new president, as dates for political rallies. The embarrassing faux pas was contained in a statement issued to communicate its sudden postponement of its Ekiti and Ondo rallies after suffering a poor turnout in Kogi, a key middle belt state. The party’s official account said, “due to some unavoidable and unusual circumstances beyond control, our earlier scheduled presidential campaign rally in Ekiti and Ondo for 15th and 16th December 2023 are hereby POSTPONED.”…
The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress has slammed ARISE TV journalist, Reuben Abati, over his attempt to deny his ties to Nigeria’s main opposition party, PDP, despite vying for office on the party’s platform as a deputy governor candidate to the late Burji Kashamu who was wanted in the US and other countries over drug-related offences. The party’s criticism was contained in a response to Nduka Obaigbena, a media proprietor and owner of ThisDay newspaper and Arise Tv, who recently sparked controversy with an uncorroborated allegation that the ruling party plotted to ‘silence independent media coverage’ of…