2023 Archives - Page 96 of 147

Nov

25

2022

Atiku’s camp slams Adamu over BVAS, says APC jittery, technology will expose them

Opinion, Politics2023, Abdullahi Adamu, All Progressives Congress, BVAS, Nigeria, Opinion, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

The camp of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has slammed the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Chairman, Adamu Abdullahi, over his concerns about using Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the 2023 general election. Dele Momodu, the PDP Director of Strategic Communications, said Adamu is jittery over using BVAS in the 2023 elections, adding that the ruling party is afraid that technology would expose them. The APC National Chairman had said Nigeria was not ready to use BVAS using elections. Adamu raised the concern while addressing a Commonwealth delegation on the 2023 general election in Abuja…

Nov

24

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Soludo denies collecting $28m to blackmail Peter Obi

News, Opinion, Politics2023, Charles Soludo, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics

The governor of Anambra State, Prof. Charles Soludo, has dismissed the allegation claiming that he collected $28 million to blackmail the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Soludo made this dismissal while speaking with newsmen in Awka after the Thanksgiving mass for Most Rev. Paulinus C. Ezeokafor in celebration of his 70th birthday at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. He, “If I had truly received $28 million to blackmail my brother, Peter Obi, I should be extremely wealthy as of today. “For those forging blackmail and all that, including the one they said I collected bribe to say what I said,…

Nov

24

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

2023: Tinubu promises to dialogue with all agitating groups if elected

News, Politics2023, All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, Politics

By Peter Okutu Abakaliki – The All Progressive Congress, APC presidential candidate for the 2023 general election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Thursday said his administration will dialogue with all the groups agitating for one reason or the other in the country. Tinubu stated this during the Ebonyi State Residential Rally and Ebonyi gubernatorial campaign flag-off at the Pa Ngele Oruta Township Stadium, Abakaliki. He enjoined APC supporters to use their Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, and ensure victory for the APC next year. He stressed that there was no need for violence and fighting among Nigerians over the rulership of the…

Nov

23

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

PDP crisis: Wike alleges plot to kill him for asking Ayu to resign

Opinion, Politics2023, Next Level, Nigeria, Nyesom Wike, Opinion, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has alleged threat to his life over his call that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, should prevail on the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu to resign. Wike alleged that they threatened him for insisting that Ayu should resign as the National Chairman of PDP. He disclosed this at the commissioning of the Akpabu-Itu-Umudiogha road in the Emohua Local Government Area of the state yesterday. Wike explained that he is not agitating that Atiku should relinquish his ticket. According to Wike: “When I see some people running around and talking rubbish,…

Nov

21

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Abia Town Hall Summit: New Dates as Guber, NASS candidates confirm participation

Abia State, Politics2023, Abia State, Next Level, Nigeria, OMPAN, Politics

New dates, November 30 and December 1st, 2022 have been announced for the Abia Town Hall Summit for Governorship and National Assembly candidates in the 2023 General Elections. Chief Convener of the Summit, Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria OMPAN Abia on Monday explained that the event was rescheduled in order to perfect logistics and tactical plans even as fourteen governorship and many National Assembly candidates confirmed their participation. In a Press Statement, Chairman of OMPAN Abia ,Chief Paddy Anyatonwu explained that the Summit date was extended by ten days in order to accommodate all the Governorship and National Assembly…