The All Progressive Congress Presidential Candidate, Ahmed Bola Tinubu will lead other Candidates sign a peace pact ahead of the 2023 general election. Former Head of State and Chairman of the National Peace Committee, Abdulsalami Abubakar, made this known in Minna after a meeting of the committee members. Abubakar stated that during electioneering process that politicians and their supporters create incitements which could endanger the nation’s peace. The peace committee chairman said that to ensure peaceful electioneering they needed to organise the signing of a peace pact. Abubakar disclosed that the first Peace Accord would hold on Thursday, September 29,…
Author: Victor Fola
Valentine Obienyem, the Media Aide of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has defended his principal’s decision not to present his degree results due to its poor grades, saying that educational qualification is not a requisite to become the president of the country. INEC on Tuesday published the list of candidates for the 2023 general elections and their qualifications, but without Obi’s degree qualifications. Criticisms have since trailed it with many questioning the intellectual capacity of the former Anambra state governor in his ambition to become the president of the country. In a statement, Obienyem said that the possession…
Chief spokesman of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo has taken a swipe at the People’s Democratic Party over the crisis it is battling with that has left the party divided and unfocused on its political campaign. This is coming on the back of the allies of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State pulling put of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council on the insistence that the National Chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu resigns. Keyamo mocked the party over its vaunted ability to rescue the country yet cannot rescue its party from the crisis rocking it. The spokesman who…
Midred Okwo, a business partner and friend of popular Nigerian actress, Rita Dominic has refuted news that her friend has given birth to twin girls. Okwo asked Nigerians and fans of the actress to dismiss the rumour. According to Okwo, the picture of Mrs. Dominic with twin girls was taken from a movie set. Okwo said: “You see somebody on set today, and the next day they have twins; I do not understand. If Rita has had a child, would I not send a press release to you guys? Common, it does not make sense. Can you imagine? She took…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, promised to leave a legacy of free-and-fair elections as his eight-year tenure comes to an end in May 2023. The president made this known in his last address before world leaders at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the United States. “We believe in the sanctity of constitutional term limits and we have steadfastly adhered to it in Nigeria. We have seen the corrosive impact on values when leaders elsewhere seek to change the rules to stay on in power,” he said. “Indeed, we now are preparing for general…
An Abuja youth group, Noble Youths Mass Support Association, has called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities to obey the resumption order issued by the National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday. The National Coordinator of the group, Mr Godwin Onmonya, made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Gwagwalada, Abuja. He said the strike was having negative impacts on students. The union, through its President, Mr Emmanuel Osodeke, had embarked on a nationwide warning strike since February 14 to press home its demands, stressing that the action would continue until their demands…
The All Progressive Congress Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has celebrated his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu on her 62nd birthday, eulogizing her qualities. Tinubu, in an emotional love note via his Twitter account, appreciated his wife for standing by him and being a good mother to their children. He noted how her love keeps him going in his service to humanity, and how the demands of politics cannot detach his emotions from her, He wrote: “To My Dearest Remi at 62, Birthdays are for celebration. Especially so for someone who has been the love of my life. At this time…
Two senatorial candidates and two House of Representatives candidates of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Osun Chapter have dumped the party, declaring their support for presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima. The candidates who declared their support for Tinubu are: Osun Central Senatorial candidate, Kola Bamgbola; Osun West Senatorial candidate, Mayowa Akinyode, candidate for Boluwaduro /Ifedayo/Ila Federal Constituency, Elijah Fabayo and candidate for Ijesa South Federal Constituency, Babatunde Ajayi. Speaking on behalf of other candidates who were physically present at NUJ press center, Osogbo on Wednesday, Osun Central candidate,…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has invited some top government functionaries to a meeting with a view to resolving the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Gbajabiamila made this known after five hours closed-door meeting between the leadership of the house and ASUU on Tuesday in Abuja. Those invited are, the Account General of the Federation, the Auditor General of the Federation, the Director General of the National Information Development Agency (NITDA) and his counterpart in the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission. He said that the government officials are to appear on Thursday,…
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday celebrated Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District on the occasion of her 62nd birthday. In a statement issued on Tuesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega Akosile, Sanwo-Olu described the former Lagos State first lady, as an advocate of social justice, a philanthropist, and a voice of the voiceless. He said, “On behalf of my wife, Ibijoke, and the good people of Lagos State, I heartily congratulate the distinguished Senator Oluremi Tinubu on the occasion of her 62nd birthday. “Over the years, you have written…