politics

THE Managing Director of Messrs Caniz Ltd, Dr Austin Izagbo, has been honoured by the Daily Independent Newspapers for returning N75 million overpaid to his company. Dr Izagbo, a Delta-born politician, commended the newspaper for recognising his integrity. He said, “I appreciate the award given to me for returning N75 …

THE Taraba State chapter of the Labour Party has denied the purported endorsement of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Col. Kefas Agbu (retd), by one Evangelist Philip Munlip on behalf of the party. Chairperson of the party in the state, Mrs. Esther Gulmu, in a media briefing …

THE presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Saturday, called on party supporters in Edo State not to be discouraged by the outcome of the presidential election. He urged them to sustain the tempo by voting all the candidates of the party in the Saturday, March 18, state House …

ANAMBRA State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has reacted to calls by the presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi for people of the state to vote massively for his party’s House of Assembly candidates. Obi had on Friday night met with National and state Assembly candidates of Labour …

THE Labour Party has threatened that it will call on its members to occupy offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission nationwide for allegedly frustrating its petition against the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. The spokesman for the Presidential Campaign Council of the party, Dr Yunusa Tanko, in a …

THE Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has described Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, as the hero of the just-concluded February 25 presidential election. Wike made the statement when he addressed a town hall with Igbo traders in Port Harcourt on Saturday. He said despite Obi …

Wike: “You know what he (Lamido) told Obi? He didn’t tell him that look, you came late and I have chosen somebody. He said it is the north that will produce the next president. That was how Obi left saying why is he wasting time. Ask him, that’s how he …

SEUN Kuti, a popular Nigerian musician and youngest son of the Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Anikulapo Kuti has stated that any supporter of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo must end up in hell. Seun made this revelation during an Instagram live session on his page, while lamenting the exploitation of natural resources …

SPECIAL Adviser to Lagos State Governor on drainages, Joe Igbokwe has declared that the president-elect Bola Tinubu will remain Nigeria’s president until 2031 and thereafter, handover power to a northerner who will rule the country till 2039. Igbokwe, who is a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, stated …

ONE of the spokespersons for Atiku, Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Dino Melaye has insisted that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmud Yakubu, must resign. The former lawmaker gave the demand in a post via his Twitter handle on Saturday. Melaye’s call is coming against the …