I Respect, Love Labour Party – Says Keyamo, Gives Reason I Respect, Love Labour Party – Says Keyamo, Gives Reason Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, says he has respect for Labour Party for its ability to pull together a large followership within a short period of time. Keyamo, who is the spokesperson of All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), however, said the Peter Obi’s Labour Party would not be able to win this year’s 2023 presidential election. Speaking at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) flagship progamme, NAN forum in Abuja on Sunday, Keyamo…
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2023: Kaduna Begs Terrorists To Allow Elections Hold 2023: Kaduna Begs Terrorists To Allow Elections Hold Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the people of troubled Birnin-Gwari in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State said they have started reaching out to various terrorist groups for the successful conduct of the poll in the area. The Chairman of the Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressive Union, Ishaq Kasai, in a statement on Saturday, said the development became necessary in view of the prevailing security challenges where about 100 communities were sacked while no fewer than 50,000 were internally displaced by terrorists in the…
Buhari To Restore Old N1000, N500 Notes As Legal Tender Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Buhari To Restore Old N1000, N500 Notes As Legal Tender The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on the Central Bank of Nigeria to restore old N1000, and N500 notes as legal tender until the authorities print enough currencies to replace the old ones. The party made the appeal, on Friday in Abuja, during the public presentation of its manifesto for a better Nigeria. PRP National Chairman, Alhaji Falalu Bello, lamented the insufficiency of new Naira notes in…
Naira Redesign: PDP, Labour Party, Others Have Scored Own Goal : Says APC Naira Redesign: PDP, Labour Party, Others Have Scored Own Goal : Says APC Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, says Nigeria’s opposition has scored an own goal, by refusing to take side with the masses on naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Speaking at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja, Mr Keyamo, who is also a spokesman for the All Progressives Congress, Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), said that the opposition failed to align with the Nigerian masses…
Igbokwe To Igbos: It’s Payback Time, You Must Vote Tinubu Or Else Igbokwe To Igbos: It’s Payback Time, You Must Vote Tinubu Or Else A leader of Ndi Igbo in Lagos and Special Adviser for Drainage and Water Resources to Lagos State Governor, Joe Igbokwe has beseeched the Igbo people in the state to vote massively for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu in the upcoming election as a payback time for the good deeds done for them. Igbokwe stated this during the endorsement ceremony of the APC Presidential candidate and Lagos State gubernatorial candidate at the…
2023: Wike Praises APC Governors For Supporting Tinubu, Reveals What Rivers Will Do 2023: Wike Praises APC Governors For Supporting Tinubu, Reveals What Rivers Will Do The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has commended the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors, especially those from the North for supporting power shift to the South which produced the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Wike, who was visited by Tinubu on Wednesday at the Government House in Port Harcourt, had ruled out a last-minute deal between the G5 which he leads and the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku…
Peter Obi Undemocratic, His Candidacy Tainted by Ethnic Sentiment – Gov Tambuwal Blasts LP Presidential Candidate Peter Obi Undemocratic, His Candidacy Tainted by Ethnic Sentiment – Gov Tambuwal Blasts LP Presidential Candidate Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, says Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), is not “democratic enough” to be president. Tambuwal, who is the director-general of the PDP presidential campaign council, spoke at the party’s campaign rally in Yola, the capital of Adamawa. The Sokoto state governor said among the candidates contesting to be president, Abubakar alone has the capacity to “lead Nigeria to the promised…
After CBN Denied Order, Banks Begin Collection Of Old N500, N1,000 Notes After CBN Denied Order, Banks Begin Collection Of Old N500, N1,000 Notes Commercial banks have started collecting the old N500 and N1,000 naira notes from their customers. The development comes despite the rebuttal of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that it did not direct banks to collect the old naira notes from citizens. Meanwhile, in contradiction to the apex bank’s position, checks showed that the cash return portal of the CBN directed people with old N500 and old N1,000 notes below N500,000 to go to their bank…
JUST IN: Five Political Parties Adopt Atiku Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Five Political Parties Adopt Atiku Five political parties contesting in the 2023 elections have adopted Atiku Abubakar, standard-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the candidate for the presidential election. The political parties are Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Action Alliance (AA), African Democratic Congress (ADC), Action Peoples Party (APP), and National Rescue Movement (NRM). The political parties made the decision public at the PDP presidential rally in Yola, the capital of Adamawa. Chairpersons of the five political parties attended the rally. Speaking on behalf of his…
2023: ‘Wike Place Curse On Rivers Assembly Candidates Over Atiku 2023: ‘Wike Place Curse On Rivers Assembly Candidates Over Atiku Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has threatened to deal with the National and State Assembly candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state if they betray him and join those in Abuja, the Atiku Abubakar camp. Wike made the threat when he spoke during the state Peoples Democratic Party campaign rally in Obio/Akpor Local Government of Rivers State, the last campaign rally of the PDP in the state. He said, “All the other candidates, the Senatorial candidates, my Deputy…