Burnham Confirms Leadership Bid As Starmer Resigns

  Veteran UK politician Andy Burnham confirmed on Monday that he would seek to replace Keir Starmer as leader of the ruling Labour Party and prime minister, shortly after Starmer announced his resignation outside 10 Downing Street. Burnham, 56, called for an “orderly and responsible” transition after Starmer, 63, said he accepted with “good grace”…

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Burnham Victory Fuels Calls for Starmer to Quit

Mounting pressure within Britain’s governing Labour Party has fuelled fresh uncertainty over the future of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, with reports suggesting he could announce a timetable for stepping down after days of intense political turmoil. The speculation comes as Andy Burnham prepares to take his seat in the House of Commons following a decisive…

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2027 A Two-Horse Race Between Tinubu, Atiku, Says Momodu

  Ovation Magazine publisher Dele Momodu has projected the 2027 presidential election as a straight contest between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, effectively writing Labour Party’s Peter Obi out of his reckoning for the next race. Momodu made the assertion in a statement titled “Time for National Reconciliation, Re-Orientation &…

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Obi Dismisses Jonathan 2027 Threat, Focuses on Nigeria

  Peter Obi, former Anambra State governor and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, has dismissed growing speculation that former President Goodluck Jonathan’s potential entry into the 2027 presidential race poses any threat to his own ambitions. Obi made the remarks on Tuesday evening after completing a two-hour presidential screening exercise at the national secretariat of…

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Kwankwaso: Obi Popular Across South, North

  Former Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso has described former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi as a popular politician across southern Nigeria and many parts of the north, while claiming that his political movement delivered about two million votes for Obi during the 2023 election cycle. Mr Kwankwaso made the remarks in an interview…

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