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T hose Rooting For Peter Obi To Become Next President Of Nigeria Are Mostly Igbo Boys - Prof Banji Akintoye It is no longer news that the presidential candidate of the Labour party, Mr Peter Obi has been enjoying widespread acceptance and growing popularity among Nigerians ahead of the 2023 presidential election. It would be recalled that Peter Obi who was vying for the post of the president under the people Democratic Party platform resigned from the party to join labour party where he later emerged as their flag bearer for the election. Reacting on Peter Obi's popularity, leader of Yoruba self-determination group, Ilana Omo Oodua, Prof Banji Akintoye told Punch Newspaper in an exclusive interview that majority of the people that are clamoring for Obi's Presidential bid are from the Eastern part of Nigeria.

  The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Ibrahim Muhammad has resigned to enable him attend to his health. His media aide, Ahuraka Yusuf Isah confirmed this in a terse statement a moment ago. Although Isah had earlier denied knowledge of the development, he said the next most senior Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola would be sworn-in later on Monday by President Mohammadu Buhari.

         T inubu, Atiku, can’t fix Nigeria – Ango Abdullahi  The convener of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has said Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, can’t fix Nigeria. Abdullahi said Tinubu and Atiku have been within the political circle for about 30 years, but he is not convinced with their achievements and what they have to offer in 2023. The elder statesman, however, stressed that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo could have been a better presidential material. According to Abdullahi: “We still haven’t got the man who we think will fix Nigeria. What we have on the ground is not good enough. How can you look at Tinubu and Atiku to say they are the ones who will fix this country? “They have been on the ground for the last 25, 30 years and so on. What have they done? What are we looking for?” “I believe we have not had a good array of politicians. With due respec...

U zodinma’s aide: Nwadike resigns, expresses disappointment over gov’s failure to run inclusive govt The Special Adviser to the Imo Governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Political Matters, Dr Batos Nwadike has resigned his appointment. The governor’s aide announced his exit from the government in a letter addressed to the governor made available to journalists on Monday in Owerri, Imo State. Nwadike said, “It is with a mixture of nostalgia, pride, and regret that I write to formally inform you of my resignation as your Special Adviser on Political Matters. “I am proud of the accomplishments of my office in the last two years and six months, during which time I dedicated all my talents and energy towards the success of your administration. “I am equally proud to have conceived your government’s slogan of ‘Shared Prosperity’ which is widely embraced by all your supporters and now synonymous with your government. “My office has constantly been the first to respond to breaking news pertaining to you...

  Controversial section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act 2022 - Supreme Court, President Buhari on Friday. The Supreme Court, on Friday, struck out a suit filed against the National Assembly by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), challenging the legality of the controversial section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act 2022. The Apex Court held that Buhari, having assented to the Electoral Bill on February 25, 2022, has no power to turn around to challenge the legality of the Electoral Act. The Supreme Court, in a judgment prepared and delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, declared the action of Buhari in instituting the case as a gross abuse of court. The Apex Court said the President by the suit sought to approbate and reprobate at the same time and that such must not be allowed.