The Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has stated that there are numerous attempts to discredit him. He claims that he is being targeted both domestically and internationally, with people attempting to replicate his voice and impersonate him while calling others. Mr. Obi noted how he was impersonated by an unidentified person(s). He said, “The latest incident happened in Abuja yesterday, May 17, at the Court of Appeal premises of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal venue, where my attention was drawn to what was going on outside the courtroom. “A report came to me while I was seated in…
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Two more climbers have died on Everest, expedition organisers said Thursday, bringing the number of deaths on the world’s highest peak this spring climbing season to seven. The latest fatalities were a 58-year-old Indian woman who said before her expedition that she had a pacemaker, and a Nepali member of a team clearing trash from the mountain. Suzanne Leopoldina Jesus died at a hospital in the Nepal town of Lukla after the Indian mountaineer was airlifted from base camp due to illness. “We brought the Indian climber to Lukla from the base camp in a helicopter on Wednesday as she…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said he regretted leading a forum that championed the emergence of Aminu Tambuwal as Speaker of the House in the 7th National Assembly. Tambuwal is now an outgoing two-term Governor of Sokoto State. “I regret it,” Gbajabiamila stated while recalling the previous attempts by speakership aspirants to oppose chosen candidates of their respective parties. The Speaker spoke in Abuja on Wednesday night at a meeting of the Joint Task – 10th Assembly, a coalition of members-elect of the All Progressives Congress and opposition parties in the coming 10th National Assembly.…
10 NASS Tussle: APC Considering Open Contest — Sourc National Working Committee, NWC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, will declare a free contest for principal officers of the 10th National Assembly. The APC had earlier zoned the Senate presidency to the South-South and the speaker of the House of Representatives to the North-West. It announced Senator Godswill Akpabio, as its consensus candidate for Senate presidency and Senator Jibrin Barau, as the next Deputy Senate President in the 10th Assembly. Similarly, the party zoned the speakership of the House of Representatives to a Kaduna lawmaker, Tajudeen Abbas, while Ben Kalu,…
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has said President-elect, Bola Tinubu is the better politician and resource manager than both Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. In his explanation, Omokri said his submission was evident in the antecedents of Tinubu when he was Lagos state governor, as he built both human resources and infrastructural facilities and increased Lagos internally generated revenue. While he argued that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party was the best candidate in the 2023 elections, Omokri said he preferred the former Lagos governor to Osinbajo…
Alhassan Doguwa, majority leader of the house of representatives, has withdrawn from the speakership race. Doguwa announced his withdrawal from the race on Wednesday night at a meeting with reps-elect at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja. Abubakar Maki and Olatunji Olawuyi also withdrew from the race. Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house; Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu attended the meeting. Doguwa said he dropped his speakership ambition the day the All Progressives Congress (APC) nominated Abbas and Kalu for the speaker and deputy speakership positions of the incoming house of representatives. Doguwa said Abbas is qualified and has the…
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has faulted the telephone conversation between the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Atiku in a tweet on Wednesday describing the conversation as “demoralising.” He said with the call, the US was acknowledging what he described as a “fraudulent election” in Nigeria. Atiku who contested the election on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is in court challenging the declaration of Tinubu as President-elect.
Disc jockey DJ Cuppy has built a virtual lab for students of Jakande Estate College in Lagos. She posted a video of her visit to the lab and wrote: “Visited Jakande Estate College, where I recently built a virtual lab, Everyone knows I’m obsessed with Education and I feel blessed to be a part of such a transformative project. So proud of all the impact work the @cuppyfoundation has done and will continue to be there!”
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, stated that if the ruling All Progressives Congress wanted to make Nigeria better, it could have presented Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as its standard bearer. Obi said this while discussing with guests at the London home of Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Dele Momodu, on the occasion of the latter’s birthday on Tuesday. Momodu shared a video of Obi and the guests on his Instagram page on Wednesday. In the video, Obi said, “I’m desperate to see Nigeria work. I don’t hide it any day, any time. I even confronted APC…
Minister Moses Bliss, a well-known international gospel performer, has urged the Guinness World Records to expedite the recognition of Nigerian chef Hilda Bassey, aka Hilda Baci, as the person who has completed the “longest cooking marathon” ever. Bliss stated that the Guinness Book of Records’ declaration of Baci’s heroic efforts is what the rest of the world is waiting for. He said the unprecedented feat recorded by the 27-year-old restaurateur speaks to the uncanny determination, exceptional diligence and the indomitable spirit of the Nigerian youth. “Hilda Baci’s mind-blowing attempt is testament to the unwavering resolve of the Nigerian youth to…
Imo state Governor, Hope Uzodinma, his Rivers State counterpart Nyesom Wike and other top Nigeria politicians have been banned from visiting the United States of America, USA, for undermining the Democratic Process in Nigeria during the last Presidential/State House of Assembly Elections. Uzodinma and Wike made headlines in March after he superintended over what many describe as the “worst display of electoral malfeasance and a rigging in the state’s history”. In a statement on Monday, by the US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said “the United States is committed to supporting and advancing democracy in Nigeria and around the…
Godswill Akpabio, a former minister of Niger Delta affairs, has asked a group of former senators to pray for him and Jibrin Barau, senator representing Kano north. The All Progressives Congress (APC) had nominated Akpabio and Barau for the positions of senate president and deputy in the incoming 10th national assembly. But the party’s decision has stirred controversies as contenders for the positions have expressed displeasure about the choices. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at a meeting with 76 former senators – including Ameh Ebute, an ex-senate president – Akpabio expressed dismay that first-term senators were seeking to be…