Dr. Dati Baba-Ahmed, running mate to Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has given the reason why he joined the ticket of the former Anambra Governor. Speaking during his official unveiling in Abuja on Friday, Baba-Ahmed said he accepted to be Obi’s running mate because he believes in his…
'It 'll be very difficult for the northern voters to vote for Obi* -- Kwankwaso The planned meger between the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and the Labour Party appears to be experiencing serious logjam currently as discordant tunes have been heard in the fold of the two political parties. If the recent comment by…
The Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on the Environment and Water Resources, Joe Igbokwe, has deleted his post hinting that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state met with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in France. The APC Chieftain deleted the post just hours after…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has urged the public to disregard reports making the rounds that its National Working Committee (NWC), has suspended Sen. Dr. Iyorchia Ayu from the position of the party’s National Chairman. Reports emerged on Wednesday that Ayu had been suspended. His purported suspension was said to have been made after an…
Organised Labour in Ogun State has embarked on an indefinite strike over alleged non-remittance of 21 months of salary deductions, eight years of unpaid Statutory Leave Allowances and breach of the State Pension Reform Law, 2006 (amended 2013) in the implementation of the Contributory Pension Scheme. The leadership of the organised labour, comprising the Nigeria…
Reactions have been trailing the Supreme Court’s judgement on Friday, which struck out a suit by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami seeking to void the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022. In a judgment on Friday, a seven-member panel of the apex court, headed…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an order barring the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from ending voter registration on 30 June 2022. This was followed by a lawsuit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The group, alongside 185 concerned Nigerians had filed the lawsuit against INEC, seeking an order…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has given insight into the circumstances surrounding the issue of 'Place holder' nomination which has been invoked by some political parties in the country. With the completion of presidential primaries across the country, some political parties like All Progressives Congress (APC), and Labour Party (LP), among others have resorted…
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Igbo apex socio-political organization has threatened to punish the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for ignoring the Southeast in picking the running mate of its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Earlier, The New Diplomat had reported that Atiku unveiled Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate, at the PDP headquarters in Abuja, Thursday,…