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Jul

14

2022

2023 presidency: Peter Obi, Baba-Ahmed have nothing to offer – Adegboruwa

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Legal practitioner, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa says he is not impressed with the Peter Obi – Baba-Ahmed candidacy. The former governor and ex-lawmaker are running for the 2023 presidency under the Labour Party (LP) ticket. In a statement, Adegboruwa described them as “usurpers with no legitimate party or structure”. He said they weren’t different from Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu, All Progressives Congress (APC), and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) said Obi and Baba-Ahmed used their financial prowess “to corner a ticket meant for genuine representatives of the working class”. He accused the candidates of parading…

Jul

11

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

2023: Dr Maduekwe Applauds Tinubu, Shettima Ticket, Says They’re Liberals, Best For Nation

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The choice of former Borno state governor and current legislator in the 9th Senate, Senator Kashim Shettima, as the vice-presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been applauded by the Chief executive Officer and Managing Director of the Nigerian Film Corporation, Dr. Chidia Maduekwe. The presidential candidate of the ruling APC, Bola Tinubu, had on Sunday announced Senator Kashim Shettima, as his running mate in the 2023 Presidential elections, this while addressing journalists in Katsina. Dr. Chidia, a former member of the House of Representatives and Chairman House committee on Defence who also in the Parliament with…

Jul

10

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

2023: INEC reveals why it didn’t publish Akpabio, Lawan’s names as candidates

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday offered an explanation for its reluctance to publish the names of the alleged winners of the ruling APC senatorial candidates in two districts. Controversially, the names of Senate President Ahmad Lawan, a former Niger Delta Affairs Minister Godswill Akpabio, and two other expected candidates were missing from candidate details released in late June. Both Bashir Machina and Udom Ekpoudom had emerged in the INEC-monitored Yobe North and Akwa-Ibom Northwest senatorial primaries, but the names of Messrs. Lawan and Akpabio were submitted by the APC to the commission. Contrary to biased speculation leveled against INEC…

Jul

07

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

2023: Obi National phenomenon, not southeast agenda, Ohanaeze tells Nigerians

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The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has described the popularity of the Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi as a manifestation of a fresh political order and the desires of Nigerians across all divides, and a nightmare for Nigeria’s treasury looters and adherents of the old political order. According to Ohanaeze, in a statement by its Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, APC and PDP are nervous over the realization that 2023 elections might be difficult for them since Nigerians are tired of their deception and re-cycling of failed politicians. Stating further that Nigerians are now being conscious for the first time to…

Jul

06

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

2023: COSEYL advises Peter Obi on alternative running mate, says ‘Nothing special about Kwankwaso’

News2023, Labour Party, Next Level, Nigeria, NNPP, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics, Rabiu Kwankwaso

Following the inability of the Labour Party, LP, and the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, to merge as the third force in the forthcoming elections, the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has advised the LP presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi to consider another alternative. Recall that the LP had engaged in talks with the NNPP Presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso on how to form an alliance ahead of the 2023 elections to defeat the two major political parties – the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. However, there are indications that the effort may…