2023
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Good evening! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied any involvement in the crisis currently rocking the Peoples Democratic Party. A statement signed by his Media Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, denied reports that the aggrieved governors are loyal to him. 2. The police in Plateau State on Friday confirmed the…
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The Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, on Sunday, pronounced the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, fit and healthy to contest the 2023 presidential election. MEZIESBLOG recalls that on several occasions, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) spokesman, Atiku-Okowa Campaign Council, Dino Melaye, had said Tinubu is unfit to rule. He said, “Tinubu…
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The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has insisted he does not have anything against Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Tinubu stated this when he addressed a group in Kano that worked for Osinbajo’s presidential bid. Ahead of the APC presidential primary, there were controversial reactions after Osinbajo declared his bid to…
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The spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, has likened the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to a bus conductor applying for the post of a driver. Keyamo said Atiku is only hanging onto the achievements of his former boss, President Olusegun Obasanjo. The Minister of State…
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The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has rubbished the outcry about the whereabouts of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate Bola Tinubu. Keyamo said the oppositions are afraid and have nightmares due to Tinubu’s absence. In a tweet, the APC presidential campaign council spokesman said Tinubu’s refusal to disclose his…
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The Director, Media and Publicity, All Progressives Congress Presidential (APC) Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga on Friday, revealed that the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu is healthy and working hard in London, United Kingdom as he does in Nigeria. Onanuga made the remarks in the wake of criticism that trailed the whereabouts of the APC flagbearer who…
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Entertainer and activist, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has provided his reason for joining the ‘Obidient’ movement ahead of the 2023 general elections. According to the 72-year-old activist, who spoke to DAILY POST during the week, the current administration has failed Nigerians and has given no hope for the common man. hence the…
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Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has clarified that northern christian politicians remain steadfast on their stand for justice, equity and fair-play in the 2023 political dispensation in the overall interest of the nation. The renowned technocrat insisted that any nation or political dispensation built on injustice would crumble because…
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The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has vowed that those ganging up against him in the battle to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in the forthcoming election would be defeated. Atiku, who spoke through the Spokesperson, PDP Presidential Campaign Management Committee, Dino Melaye, also accused the presidential flagbearer of the All…
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Prophet Elijah Success Igweze, the general overseer and lead pastor of Greater Promise Land Covenant Ministry, has asked Nigerian electorates to vote wisely. Igweze made the call during this year’s annual programme tagged, ‘Altar Versus Altar’. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced September 28 as a flag-off date for the electioneering campaign ahead…
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Some concerned elders across the country have vowed to hold the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, responsible if anything happens to the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi. To this end, the elders under the aegis of the Conference of Nigerian Elders for Peace and Good Governance (CNEPGG), urged President…
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Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, a Nigerian economist and politician was officially unveiled as the running mate of Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the 2023 general election on Friday, July 8, 2022. Here are some things to know about Datti Baba-Ahmed. Baba-Ahmed was born on July 7 1969 in Zaria to a large family comprising 33…
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On 25th February 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2022 Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law, after months of withholding assent.1 The 2022 Electoral Act (“the new Act”) repeals the Electoral Act No. 6, 2010 (“the former Act”) and is intended to bring innovations to the regulation of Federal, State and Area Council elections in Nigeria. As…
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Some Nigerians have expressed mixed reactions over the division between veteran Nollywood actor, Zack Orji, and his wife, Ngozi, over their choice of presidential candidates. Meziesblog reports that Ngozi declared support for the Labour Party (LP) flagbearer, Peter Obi, against the decision of her husband, who is supporting the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.…
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Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has commended the transition of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd from a public corporation to a limited liability company. President Muhammadu Buhari officially unveiled the NNPC as a limited company on Tuesday, noting that the transition would afford the company to operate under…
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The two most disadvantaged groups in Nigeria’s representational politics are northern Christians and Southern Muslims. In Nigeria’s internal geopolitics, these two groups are structurally invisible, politically subjugated, and told to be content with their political and symbolic marginality”. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a Muslim from Osun/Lagos states, and Yakubu Dogara, a northern Christian from Bauchi State,…
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