Doyin Okupe
26 Nov
A former presidential spokesperson, Doyin Okupe, has insisted that the presidency will not return to the North in 2027, even if President Bola Tinubu fails to secure a second term. Okupe made this statement on Monday during an interview with Arise TV, while responding to calls for a Northern presidency in the upcoming electoral cycle.…
5 Nov
Doyin Okupe, a former presidential spokesman under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, has expressed confidence that Nigerians will support President Bola Tinubu in his bid for a second term, enabling him to fulfil the maximum eight-year term allowed by the constitution. On a lighter note, the ex-aide also noted that T-Pain, a nickname former Vice President Atiku…
3 Sep
Former Director-General of the Presidential Campaign Organisation of the Labour Party, Dr Doyin Okupe, has stated that his relationship with the party’s candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, ended immediately after President Bola Tinubu emerged.
4 Aug
A former presidential spokeswoman, Dr. Doyin Okupe, says President Bola Tinubu has not disappointed Nigerians in his address to the nation on the nationwide protests on Sunday. Okupe, a former Director-General of the Labour Party's (LP) Presidential Campaign Council, made this remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, while…
8 Jun
A former presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, has caused a wave of reactions and conspiracy theories on social media following his recent endorsement of President Bola Tinubu as the best candidate in the 2023 presidential election. Okupe, who once campaigned for Peter Obi of the Labour Party, stated that hindsight has shown him that Tinubu is…
8 Jun
The former Director-General of the Peter Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe, said all 36 state governors should be allowed to decide their minimum wage. Okupe said this on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, even as he faulted the National Minimum Wage Act, which mandates all governors to pay a uniform minimum wage to…
31 May
The former Director General of the Peter Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation of the Labour Party, Doyin Okupe, claims that no individual, former president, or administration has ever tackled the challenges that President Bola Tinubu has faced. Okupe made the statement on Tuesday during Channels Television’s Political Paradigm interview, where he praised Tinubu's proactive approach to…
14 May
Sir Michael Agbolade Otedola commended my bearing and youthful savvy. He told me that he believed that I had the capacity and the ability to mobilise support for him in no small way. My first assignment he placed me in the fundraising dinner committee
24 Apr
Former director-general of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign, Doyin Okupe, said its candidate for the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, never believed in the principles of the political party. Okupe made this assertion during his interview on Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show’. He said Obi only saw the Labour Party as a platform to…
10 Jan
Labour Party (LP) officials have said the resignation of ex-spokesman for former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, who was a key figure in the party’s 2023 campaign, has confirmed his longtime affiliation with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
9 Jan
The former Director-General of Peter Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe, has resigned from the Labour Party, LP.
8 Jan
Doyin Okupe on Monday announced his resignation from the Labour Party (LP), citing ideological differences. Okupe announcing his resignation said those ideological differences emerged after the 2023 elections. The former head of LP’s presidential campaign, in a letter explained that his lifelong alignment with right-wing and liberal democratic principles clashed with the party’s left-of-center ideology…
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The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has warned that corruption in the judiciary and the abuse of power can contribute to the breakdown of the rule of law and diminish public confidence in the judicial system. Fagbemi stated this in his keynote address at The Gavel International yearly…
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Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Wole Olanipekun (SAN), at the weekend, supported the call for a single six-year term for President, Vice President, governors and deputy governors to achieve political stability, equity and accelerated development of the country. Olanipekun stated this in his country home, Ikere Ekiti, during the fifth empowerment programme…
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Nigeria's first private television station, Desmims Broadcast Nigeria, and Alheri Radio, the oldest private station in Northern Nigeria, have suspended operations over ‘harsh economic conditions’. In a statement issued in Kaduna at the weekend by the Acting General Manager and Chairman of the Management Committee, Idris Mustapha, the decision was attributed to the rising cost of…
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President Bola Tinubu has described Second Republic cabinet minister, Wantaregh Paul Iyorpuu Unongo, as “a foremost statesman and a rare public servant who served the nation with distinction.” He eulogised Unongo during his burial at Kendev, Kwande Local Council of Benue State, at the weekend. Represented by Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF),…
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President Bola Tinubu has again restated his administration’s determination to tame security threats and violent crimes in Nigeria. He also reiterated his resolve to stabilise the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and contribute to peace in Africa in his capacity as Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. Tinubu made…
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Seven-Up Bottling Company (SBC) has won two awards at the Social Impact and Sustainability Awards (SISA) 2024. The company received the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Award for Educational Empowerment for its Harvard Business School Scholarship Initiative and the Sustainability Initiative of the Year Award for the company’s One Staff, One Tree Initiative. The Managing Director…