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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,…
June 16, 2022
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary that produced Godswill Akpabio as the party’s candidate in the Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial district. Akpabio, who stepped down for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the ruling party’s Presidential Candidate, was proclaimed the winner of a senatorial primary held on Thursday. Stephen Ntukekpo,…
June 13, 2022
Days after falling short of clinching the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor David Umahi has come out to issue strong statements as he lampooned leaders from the region. This as the governor chided the stakeholders, delegates from the South East as well as the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof.…
June 12, 2022
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Saturday, said the commission would soon make its stand known on calls for extension of June 30 deadline for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). Yakubu disclosed this while addressing youths in Lagos State at a Mega Musical Concert on ‘Youth Vote Count’, organised by INEC in collaboration with some…
June 12, 2022
President Muhammadu Buhari has harped on a free, fair and transparent electoral process that will usher in new governments across the country in 2023. Buhari in his 11-minute democracy day broadcast that was televised on TV, Sunday morning, also expressed total commitment to a peaceful transition to another central government next year. The President who…
June 12, 2022
"I take their conclusion with a pinch of salt," Says Ondo Governor Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Friday said the Federal government was too hasty in its pronouncement that Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) was culpable in the attack on worshippers at St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State. The Federal…
June 10, 2022
Says No Arrest Yet On Attackers, Kidnappers of Methodist Prelate The Nigerian Government on Thursday said it has fingered the workings of a terrorist organisation -- the Islamic State of West African Province, (ISWAP) -- in the pattern of attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, in Ondo state last Sunday. The attack by terrorists…
June 9, 2022
Bola Tinubu said he would not have won the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress without the “prudent leadership” of President Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu stated this on Wednesday while giving his victory speech at Eagle Square, the venue of the APC primary. Tinubu, who polled over 1000 votes to clinch the ticket, said the…
June 8, 2022
Six aspirants have announced their decision to withdraw from the presidential race of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). They made the declaration at the ongoing special national convention holding at the Eagles Square, Abuja. They are former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Goodswill Akpabio; former Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, Governor Kayode Fayemi…
June 7, 2022
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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,…
June 16, 2022
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary that produced Godswill Akpabio as the party’s candidate in the Akwa Ibom North-West senatorial district. Akpabio, who stepped down for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the ruling party’s Presidential Candidate, was proclaimed the winner of a senatorial primary held on Thursday. Stephen Ntukekpo,…
June 13, 2022
Days after falling short of clinching the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor David Umahi has come out to issue strong statements as he lampooned leaders from the region. This as the governor chided the stakeholders, delegates from the South East as well as the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof.…
June 12, 2022
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Saturday, said the commission would soon make its stand known on calls for extension of June 30 deadline for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). Yakubu disclosed this while addressing youths in Lagos State at a Mega Musical Concert on ‘Youth Vote Count’, organised by INEC in collaboration with some…
June 12, 2022
President Muhammadu Buhari has harped on a free, fair and transparent electoral process that will usher in new governments across the country in 2023. Buhari in his 11-minute democracy day broadcast that was televised on TV, Sunday morning, also expressed total commitment to a peaceful transition to another central government next year. The President who…
June 12, 2022
"I take their conclusion with a pinch of salt," Says Ondo Governor Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Friday said the Federal government was too hasty in its pronouncement that Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) was culpable in the attack on worshippers at St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State. The Federal…
June 10, 2022
Says No Arrest Yet On Attackers, Kidnappers of Methodist Prelate The Nigerian Government on Thursday said it has fingered the workings of a terrorist organisation -- the Islamic State of West African Province, (ISWAP) -- in the pattern of attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, in Ondo state last Sunday. The attack by terrorists…
June 9, 2022
Bola Tinubu said he would not have won the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress without the “prudent leadership” of President Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu stated this on Wednesday while giving his victory speech at Eagle Square, the venue of the APC primary. Tinubu, who polled over 1000 votes to clinch the ticket, said the…
June 8, 2022
Six aspirants have announced their decision to withdraw from the presidential race of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). They made the declaration at the ongoing special national convention holding at the Eagles Square, Abuja. They are former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Goodswill Akpabio; former Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, Governor Kayode Fayemi…
June 7, 2022
