Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has once again found himself and his presidential campaign embroiled in corruption saga as his campaign funds have been traced by the FBI to include illicit funds gotten from cybercrime. This recent discovery adds to the stockpile of controversies that have marred Obi’s campaign with mismanagement of funds and authorized signatories to the funds headlining the issues that have wrangled the party presidential campaign council. In February 2023, the FBI traced stolen funds to Obi’s campaign from the US, via the confession of Solomon Ekunke Okpe and Johnson Uke Obogo, who were both arrested…
Author: Victor Fola
The Convener of Southwest Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA), Oyetunde Ojo, has said former Ekiti State Governors Ayodele Fayose and Segun Oni as well as some political heavyweights in the Southwest are working for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Ojo spoke yesterday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, at a strategic meeting with SWAGA members across the 16 local government areas of the state. The SWAGA Convener, who did not mention the names of the other political heavyweights, said leaders across political parties would openly identify with and declare support for Asiwaju Tinubu in the coming…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has described the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC as a man Nigeria “desperately” needs. Wike said this on Wednesday at Government House, Port Harcourt, while receiving Tinubu, who visited him shortly after the APC presidential rally in the state. In a statement byKelvin Ebiri, the spokesperson to the governor, Wike described Tinubu as a man of character and courage. “I wish you good luck,” the governor was quoted as saying to Tinubu. “I support the principle of fairness, equity and justice and that is what G5 stands (for). G5 does not…
A new opinion poll conducted by the Nigerian Human Rights Community, consisting of 134 organisations, has tipped the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Bola Tinubu, to win the 25 February 2023 general election. The group, at a press conference addressed by its Secretary-General, Taiwo Adeleye, in Lagos yesterday where it released its poll result, projected that Tinubu would win based on the analysis of the preferences of 19,365 persons that its researcher polled in January. “The Nigerian Human Rights Community, NHRC poll revealed that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu holds…
German-Nigerian striker, Karim Adeyemi has attributed his speed to nutrients he gets from eating the Nigerian food ‘Fufu’. Adeyemi said this after Borrusia Dortmund’s 1-0 win over Chelsea in the UCL second-round clash on Wednesday. The 21-year-old scored the only goal of the game with a solo finish that saw him collect the ball in his team’s half before blitzing past Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez and rounding up Kepa Arizabalaga to slot into an empty net. It was a fast-paced goal which had him sprinting 70 yards — from one end of the pitch to the other — in flashy seconds.…
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the validity of old 200 naira notes till April 10. The President made the disclosure on Thursday while addressing Nigerians in a nationwide broadcast on the recent implementation of the redesigned naira policy which has led to the scarcity of the notes. He said the move is to ease the pressure on the naira notes currently tugging at Nigerians. His words” To further ease the supply pressures particularly to our citizens, I have given approval to the CBN that the old N200 bank notes be released back into circulation and that it should also be…
Youths in Edo have taken to the street to express disapproval and call out their governor, Godwin Obaseki for throwing his weight behind the policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria to implement the strict usage of the new Naira notes despite the ruling of the Supreme Court. On Wednesday, thousands of residents in Benin trooped out to protest against Governor Obaseki for the suit the State Government filed in Abuja in support of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN). The protesters, it was gathered, were left bemused over the rationale behind the State Government’s support for the CBN despite the…
The vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kashim Shettima has revealed the selfish interest of the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, warning Nigerians against voting for such self-centered candidate. While speaking in Yobe, the North-east region of the country, during the party’s zonal rally, Shettima reminded the people of how the former vice-president neglected the region when he was in office. Shettima and Atiku are both from the North-east region with the latter serving as the vice president from 1999 to 2007 during the Olusegun Obasanjo administration. Shettima urged the region to vote for him and…
Former National Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Ismaeel Ahmed has expressed confidence that the North will vote massively for the party’s candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu because he has proven to have more capacity than his counterparts in the race for the presidency. Ahmed who is also a Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Social Investment Programme said this in an interview with the Nation. According to him, the APC has done better in rallies in the North than any other party, and that is attributable to the untiring work Tinubu keeps putting into his campaign. He…
Seyi, son of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has said that they youths in the country would dominate Tinubu’s government if elected president in the coming general elections. According to him, Nigeria cannot cannot afford an experimental president, but needs a man like Tinubu who is tested, trusted and proven. He said this while addressing students and youths of Ondo State on Wednesday. He said: “I am here to thank you for what you have been doing to campaign for our father towards bringing Nigeria to a better place. “Nothing worth achieving is…