The Labour Party presidential candidate during February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, on Friday, said he ‘must be” Nigeria’s president. While expressing optimism to clinch the number one seat in the country, he clarified that he was not in a hurry to achieve the dream. Obi, who is a former Anambra State governor, stated this during the unveiling of the book, ‘Peter Obi: many voices, one perspective’ in Anambra State. “Anyone who thinks I am on a transit is wasting his time. Let me tell you, I must be the president of this country. I a
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Akeredolu Fires Tinubu, APC NWC Over Anointed Candidates And Zoning Of NASS Leadership Positions
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has attacked the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, and the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the zoning of the 10th National Assembly leadership seats. A statement personally signed on Wednesday by the governor said the hurried nature in which the decision was reached and announced is a dangerous tool for the opposition to tackle the APC. He added that the move by his party is one capable of laying a dangerous foundation of mistrust and needless suspicion. Akeredolu also queried why the
Read MoreSenate Presidency: Negotiations, intense lobbying among contenders as NWC meets
• Why North may outsmart South• Umahi: Southeast deserves No.3 seat• Adopt Northwest for Senate President, group gives Tinubu condition for second term After some lull in political intrigues since the completion of the general elections in March, next month’s inauguration and election of principal officers of the 10th National Assembly is another crucial contest Nigerians are anxiously waiting to see how the All-Progressives Congress (APC) and the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will unravel. While some stakeholders have cautioned the rul
Read MoreSERAP sues INEC over failure to probe govs on election violence
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission over its failure to investigate allegations of electoral violence and other electoral offences including bribery against some state governors and their deputies during the 2023 elections. According to reports, the recently concluded presidential, national assembly, and governorship elections in some states witnessed widespread reports of voter suppression, voter intimidation and the destruction or theft of election materia
Read MoreStop griping over election you lost hands down, FG tells opposition
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has advised the opposition to stop their endless griping over the 2023 presidential election which they lost woefully, saying they know very well that they deserve to lose the election because of their overconfidence and complacency. In a statement yesterday in Abuja, the Minister argued that President Buhari’s analysis of the reasons for the opposition’s loss in the 2023 elections was incontrovertible. Lai Mohammed noted that the President deserves nothing but accolades for delive
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