Tag: 2023 Presidency

2023: Northern traditional rulers, retired military officers back Atiku

Aminu Imam

Prominent traditional rulers and notable retired military officers from the Northern part of the country have thrown their weight behind the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, over what they perceived as the unsalutary manner the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, is insisting Atiku must force the national chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, to resign. The eminent northern leaders have also resolved to adopt a campaign slogan of ‘Atiku, namu namu ne‘, meaning – ‘Atiku is our own’ in Hausa language, as their slogan.…

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2023 Southern Presidency:  Why PDP Govs. dumped Atiku, backs Tinubu’s presidential bid

Aminu Imam

There are strong indications that some governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), have pledged to work for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the 2023 general elections following the crisis rocking the opposition party in recent times. Recall that the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the PDP presidential candidate and the subsequent announcement of Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as the vice-presidential candidate, as well as the refusal of the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu,…

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2023: “APC not threatened by dubious, fake NOI poll predicting victory for Peter Obi” – Tinubu

Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has reacted to the opinion poll conducted by NOI, which shows Peter Obi, of the Labour Party, leading him and other presidential candidates in the forthcoming 2023 presidential elections. Tinubu, through his Presidential Campaign Council, said he is unperturbed by NOI polls, even as he described the poll as “dubious and fake statistics”. Recall that a poll conducted by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Polls, and commissioned by the Atedo Peterside Foundation, showed that Peter Obi, of the Labour Party, would win if Nigeria’s…

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2023: G-37 pushes for Rotimi Amaechi as APC presidential candidate over Tinubu’s fitness 

Aminu Imam

A political pressure group pushing for the Rotimi Amaechi presidential bid in the upcoming 2023 general elections, the G-37, has called on delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ignore some presidential aspirants who are promoting ethnic championship. Urging Nigerians to support former minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, national coordinator of the group, Comrade Evans City, said it is becoming clearer every day that some people’s interest is to divide the party across tribal lines. In an issued statement yesterday, the G-37 said this set of persons have been…

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2023: “Our 12 million members will vote for Labour Party” – Wabba

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian labour Congress, (NLC), has thrown its weight behind the Labour Party (LP)’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, pledging that 12 million Nigerian workers will vote for the Party at next year’s general elections. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, who spoke yesterday, vowed to flush out leaders it described as failures in 2023 by voting for the party.  This is just as legal luminary Femi Falana (SAN), said the NLC, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and other affiliate groups which have the largest structure must mobilise Nigerians so that they…

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2023: ‘Tinubu is not withdrawing from presidential race, he’s strong, healthy’ – APC-PCC 

Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC), has debunked what it described as the false and misleading posts on various social media handles of supporters of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party that Bola Tinubu the ruling party’s presidential standard bearer is withdrawing from the race on health grounds. Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment and APC-PCC spokesperson, in a statement, said the post is nothing but a figment of their warped imaginations. According to him, Tinubu is strong, healthy and fit…

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2023: Peter Obi to unveil agenda, hosts party’s leadership retreat

Aminu Imam

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP), Peter Obi, is expected to unveil his campaign programme in Abuja, yesterday, ahead of the September 28th flag-off of the 2023 general election campaigns by the Independent National Election Commission, (INEC). Obi, who is the Special Guest of Honour at the on-going Labour Party leadership retreat for its national officers, trade unions and the party’s candidates in Abuja, will use the opportunity to unfold his agenda and unveil the campaign strategies. It was gathered that the Labour Party flagbearer, is expected to…

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2023 Presidency: 38,000 doctors, healthcare workers back Peter Obi, promise 25m votes

Aminu Imam

No fewer than 38,000 Nigerian doctors and other health workers have thrown their weight behind the presidential bid of the Labour Party’s flag-bearer, Peter Obi. Speaking during the presentation of working tools by three support groups to the Labour Party’s campaign council at the party’s headquarters in Abuja on Monday, the convener of the group, calling itself: ‘Docs and Medics for Peter Obi“, Dr. Uche Uzoukwu, promised to deliver 25 million votes for the former Anambra State governor. The medical workers also promised to mobilise 25 million votes for the…

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2023: “Peter Obi, a capitalist whose ideology conflicts with that of Tinubu” – Atiku’s campaign Spokesman, Bwala

Aminu Imam

The newly-appointed spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign, Dr. Daniel Bwala, has said that the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, is a capitalist, whose ideology conflicts with that of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Bwala, who stated this during an interview on LibertyTV/Radio political programme: “Democracy in Practice“, on Friday, said Peter Obi’s so-called agenda was part of the PDP agenda for the 2023 general elections. Bwala, a legal practitioner with over ten years of experience, alongside former Senator, Dino Melaye, were on August 4…

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2023: “I have national agenda, not special candidate” – Obasanjo, after meeting IBB, AbdulSalami

Aminu Imam

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that he has no preferred candidate among those contesting the 2023 presidential election. The former president stated this yesterday in Minna, Niger State, after having separate closed-door meetings with former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), popularly known as IBB, and Gen. AbdulSalami Abubakar (rtd), at their uphill residences in Minna, the State capital.  According to him, as an elder statesman, he has no anointed presidential candidate or a preferred political party but an agenda for the country. “I don’t have a special…

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