Like Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last general election, Peter Obi, the flag bearer of the Labour Party, LP, has faulted Antony Blinken, the United States Secretary of State’s phone call with the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Recall that Blinken and Tinubu had a phone conversation last Tuesday. During the conversation, Blinken pledged the US commitment to support the incoming government and strengthen the diplomatic relations between the US...

…three aspirants withdraw from deputy speakership race, backs Kalu. The majority leader of the House of Representatives and the lawmaker representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada constituency, Alhassan Doguwa, has pulled out of the race for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 10th National Assembly. Announcing his withdrawal from the race, the All Progressives Congress, APC, federal lawmaker declared his support for Tajudeen Abbas, the party’s preferred candidate for the position. On May...

Nobody will stop me Says Obi supported them to dishonour him The factional national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Chief Lamidi Apapa has said that he intends to go to the Presidential Election Tribunal (PET) on Friday, where the presidential candidate of LP, Peter Obi is contesting the result of the just concluded presidential election won by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The LP chieftain who was ordered out of...

United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, called the President-elect, Bola Tinubu on Tuesday to discuss the importance of maintaining the bilateral relationship between the US and Nigeria. The telephone conversation between Blinken and Tinubu was confirmed by the US Department of State spokesperson, Matthew Miller and Tinubu’s spokesperson, Tunde Rahman. Miller said the US government official spoke with the President-elect “to emphasise his continued commitment to further strengthening the U.S.-Nigeria relationship with the incoming...