Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, the Labour Party presidential candidate has had his chances of winning the north yet again scoffed at by former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode. Fani-Kayode who doubles as Director of Special Projects and New media of the Tinubu/Shettima presidential campaign Council, described Labour Party’s Peter Obi as a non-starter who would get only 2 per cent of the votes in northern Nigeria and lose shamefully in the 2023 presidential election. He said this in an interview on the AIT Democracy programme. According to Fani-Kayode, the only support Obi enjoys is domiciled on social media with…
Author: Victor Fola
The Kano State Police Command says 61 suspected political thugs had been arrested as it intensifies efforts to rid the state of all forms of crimes and criminality, especially during political campaigns. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mamman Dauda, made the disclosure in a statement issued to newsmen by the Command’s Spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, in Kano on Thursday. According to him, the arrest was made in line with the directives of the Inspector General of Police, Mr Usman Alkali-Baba, to ensure a peaceful election process and tackle the menace of political thuggery. “The suspects were arrested…
Immediate-past Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has inaugurated the Osun Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) in Osogbo. The inauguration which was held on Thursday saw loyalists of former governor Rauf Aregbesola included in the council. Oyetola, who is the State Coordinator, Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, urged the members to intensify efforts towards ensuring all round victory for the APC. He said said no stone would be left unturned in ensuring the election of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his running mate Kashim Shettima in the presidential election, as well as all the candidates of the party in the national and state…
Governor of Ondo state, Oluwarotimi Akeredol has ordered the imposition of a 24-hour curfew on Ikare-Akoko, the headquarters of Akoko North East Local Government Area of the state. According to the directive issued on Thursday by the governor, the curfew takes immediate effect in the community. In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Richard Olatunde, the curfew became imperative following a violent clash that broke out in the community during the New Year’s carnival. On Wednesday, crisis enveloped the community when some youths clashed over the venue of the carnival at Okoja quarters. While urging security…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) at registration areas/wards across the country would begin on Friday. In a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye on Thursday in Abuja, the commission said that the collection at ward level would end on Jan. 15. Okoye urged all registered voters yet to collect their voter’s cards to use the opportunity to do so. “The devolution of PVC collection to the wards commences tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 6 2023, and all validly registered voters who are yet to…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has dismissed the endorsement of Peter Obi by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. According to Tinubu, both are blind, and it is a disaster for two blind people to walk together. Tinubu said this while addressing supporters at the APC presidential rally held at the University of Benin Sports Complex in Benin City, the Edo state capital. The former Lagos state governor opined that the endorsement will make no difference at the poll. He said, “Can that man recommend a leader for you in Nigeria? Is that not sending…
The Director of Support Groups of the All-Progressive Candidate, Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, has revealed that the people of Egba land will disappoint former President Olusegun Obasanjo that they will not vote for Peter Obi. Obasanjo had earlier endorsed Labour Party’s candidate, Peter Obi as his candidate during the presidential election. Dayo who is the National Chairman, Southwest Agenda for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, said that the decision of Obasanjo, could not in any way affect the victory of Party’s candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the February 25 election. He dismissed Obasanjo’s endorsement, saying it is a mere joke…
The Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its flagbearer Atiku Abubakar are infamous for making fake promises. He urged Nigerians to reject the PDP and Atiku during the general election. He disclosed this during the APC presidential mega rally in Kano on Wednesday. Tinubu said: “We can make Nigeria better, safer, and more prosperous. “We can educate our youth, feed our people and put an end to fear. We can do these things. We can move you forward. Recall that APC presidential Campaign council warned Nigerians to…
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has collapsed its structure to join the All-Progressive Congress in Sokoto state. The state PRP governorship candidate, Muhammad Sa’idu Gumburawa, and its entire structure of the party in Sokoto State have fused into APC. Gumburawa’s defection into APC, along with all the party’s flag bearers for other elective positions, including its three senatorial candidates, Alhaji Garzali Abdullahi (Sokoto North), Alhaji Bello Holai (Sokoto East) and their Sokoto West counterpart, is widely regarded as a positive development for the opposition party in the state. In a statement by Special Assistant Media to Senator Aliyu Wamakko, Bashar…
The All-Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Zamfara State chapter has donated 1,000 bags of rice and corn flour to the Christian community in the state. In a statement by the state APC Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris said the food items are for the celebration of the 2022 Christmas and 2023 New Year. Idris said further that the gesture is part of efforts to join the Christian to celebrate the yuletide. He said, “The food items which comprised 250 bags of rice and 750 bags of maize flour were handed over to the Christian community by the state APC PCC Coordinator,…