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Sunday, 17 July 2022 05:53

Adeleke denies APC’s Oyetola second term as PDP pulls upset in Osun gov election

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to declare the candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ademola Adeleke, the winner of the just concluded governorship election in Osun State, Southwest Nigeria. Adeleke, a former senator and younger brother to the state’s first governor, Isiaka Adeleke, defeated the incumbent governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gboyega Oyetola, by a margin of about 44,426 votes. Based on computation of the final results announced by the electoral commission, INEC, the PDP polled about 403,374 votes while the APC polled about 358,948 votes. INEC is currently collating the final…

Saturday, 16 July 2022 07:35

Osun gov election holds today. This is how much APC, PDP, others have set aside to buy votes

In continuation of the illegal practice of vote-buying that has characterised elections in the country, many political parties participating in today’s governorship election in Osun State have devised new strategies to induce voters, findings by Saturday PUNCH revealed. Our correspondents gathered that in spite of serial denials by the parties, the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party have concluded plans to pay between N2,000 and N10,000 per vote. It was also learnt that the parties had since Tuesday distributed the money to the wards and polling units to avoid being stopped by security agencies. The PDP,…

Saturday, 16 July 2022 07:32

INEC extends voter registration by two more weeks, including weekends

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says continuous voter registration (CVR) will end on July 31, 2022. The commission made the decision at an extraordinary session which took place on Friday. The electoral umpire said the exercise has also been extended to eight hours daily — from 9am to 5pm — instead of the current duration of six hours daily. Festus Okoye, INEC commissioner for information and voter education, said the exercise will now include weekends as against only weekdays. INEC had earlier fixed June 30 as the deadline for the ongoing CVR ahead of the 2023 elections — but the…

Saturday, 16 July 2022 07:30

Methodist Prelate: ‘I’ll support presidential candidate who has no money to share’

Samuel Kanu-Uche, prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria (MCN), says he will only support a presidential candidate who doesn’t engage in vote-buying. He spoke on Friday in Enugu at the graduation ceremony of 160 members of the church from the Enugu diocese, who were trained on various vocational skills. The prelate advised Nigerians against selling their votes, adding that politicians who engage in vote-buying have nothing to offer in terms of service to the nation. He, however, did not name which candidate he would support for the presidency. “I know that most of the candidates has nothing to offer, but…

Wednesday, 13 July 2022 05:57

Northern APC Christian leaders accuse Tinubu of insensitivity; say they won’t campaign for Muslim-Muslim ticket

Christian political leaders within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the north say they cannot campaign for the party over the decision to field Muslims as presidential and vice-presidential candidates. On Sunday, Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of APC, unveiled Kashim Shettima, former Borno governor, as his running mate for the 2023 elections. The announcement has elicited mixed reactions from different groups across the country. The Christian leaders across the 19 northern states, in a communique issued after a meeting on Monday, expressed reservations over the APC Muslim-Muslim ticket. “As Christians within the APC, we cannot in all fairness to our…

Monday, 11 July 2022 06:31

The person, words and deeds of Kashim Shettima - Bola Tinubu’s running mate

Finally, Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has announced his running mate for the 2023 election. The announcement comes after a meeting of some APC chieftains with President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Kastina, on Sunday. Kabiru Masari stepped down from his “placeholder” position and Kashim Shettima, former governor of Borno, took his place on the party’s ticket beside Tinubu. For the first time since the historic 1993 presidential election with Moshood Abiola and Babagana Kingibe on the ticket of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a mainstream Nigerian political party would be fielding a same-faith ticket. Many…

Monday, 11 July 2022 06:31

Kwankwaso to Tinubu: What would you do differently from what Buhari is doing today?

Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has advised Bola Tinubu, standard-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to take things easy. Since the former governor of Lagos state declared his intention to run for president, concerns have been raised about his health. But that has not prevented him from going around the country to consult with leaders at different levels about his presidential bid. Speaking during an interview on Arise Television on Sunday, Kwankwaso said Tinubu should pay attention to his health. “If you see my friend, Bola, tell him to take it easy, take…

Sunday, 10 July 2022 06:55

2023: Muslim-Muslim ticket insensitive, insult to Christian sensibilities - Taiwo Akinola

Taiwo Akinola, presiding Bishop of Rhema Christian Church, Otta, Ogun State, addressed a pressed conference on Saturday, July 9, 2022 on the issue of Muslim-Muslim ticket in the approaching presidential contest. Here are excerpts from the address of the respected Christian cleric: “As we gradually approach another election year, it is understandable that political activities are also getting louder and clumsier by the day. We find it needful, therefore, to bring to the front burners of our political discourse certain important views for our considerations. “Christians are positive necessities in the communities, and as such, we must be involved in…

Sunday, 10 July 2022 06:54

Muslim-Muslim ticket okay - Ladoja

Rashidi Ladoja, former governor of Oyo state, says there is nothing wrong with a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential election. Speaking on Saturday in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, Ladoja said religion should not be the basis for electing leaders. Over the past few weeks, there has been a national conversation about the religious background of the presidential candidates and their intended running mates. The two major political parties — All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — have Muslim presidential candidates, and many stakeholders, including the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), have asked that their running…

Saturday, 09 July 2022 06:47

Peter Obi announces Datti Baba-Ahmed as running mate

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), has named Datti Baba-Ahmed, founder of Baze University, as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election. Obi unveiled his running mate at an event in Abuja on Friday. The development comes less than 24 hours after Doyin Okupe, former senior special assistant on public affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, announced his withdrawal as the party’s vice-presidential candidate. The party had in June named Okupe as its “placeholder” vice-presidential candidate. Speaking at the unveiling, Obi said Baba-Ahmed is “eminently qualified” to be Nigeria’s vice-president if the party wins the presidential election next…

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Saturday, 09 July 2022 06:45

Tinubu: It’s going to be Muslim-Muslim ticket - Ganduje

Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano governor, says Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, has agreed to pick a Muslim as running mate. Ganduje said this on Friday during a prayer session with clerics ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. “We advised him to pick a Muslim deputy. He has agreed,” Ganduje said. “A Muslim-Muslim ticket is a reality. It is not something new in Nigeria,” Ganduje added. He also urged the people to continue to pray for Tinubu. The development comes amid speculations over who Tinubu would pick as his running mate, as the final deadline for the submission of…

Friday, 08 July 2022 07:08

Boris Johnson bows to pressure, quits as UK prime minister

Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced on Thursday he would quit as British prime minister after he dramatically lost the support of his ministers and most Conservative lawmakers, but said he would stay on until his successor was chosen. Bowing to the inevitable as more than 50 government ministers and aides quit and lawmakers said he must go, an isolated and powerless Johnson said it was clear his party wanted someone else in charge, but that his forced departure was "eccentric" and the result of "herd instinct" in parliament. "Today I have appointed a cabinet to serve, as I will, until a…

Friday, 08 July 2022 07:07

Russia rejoices over Boris Johnson's downfall: The 'stupid clown' has gone

Politicians lined up to celebrate the downfall of Boris Johnson on Thursday, casting the British leader as a "stupid clown" who had finally got his just reward for arming Ukraine against Russia. Johnson, the face of the 2016 Brexit campaign who won a resounding electoral victory in 2019 before leading the United Kingdom out of the European Union, announced he was quitting on Thursday after he was abandoned by ministers and most of his Conservative lawmakers over a series of scandals. The Kremlin said it didn't like Johnson either. "He doesn't like us, we don't like him either," Kremlin spokesman…

Thursday, 07 July 2022 06:46

Boris Johnson: ‘It's now a question of how he exits’, Prime Minister’s close ally says as more ministers resign

Boris Johnson is defying calls to resign, as he attempts to face down a growing mutiny among his cabinet. Home Secretary Priti Patel, a former close ally, has joined a group of rebel ministers who are urging the PM to stand down. But he has defied the growing calls for him to quit, saying it would not be "responsible" for him to go. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has been fired from his cabinet, after he urged the PM to resign. Johnson earlier told senior MPs it would not be right for him to "walk away" amid economic pressures and…

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