Samuel Ortom has advised the Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) to concentrate on the protection of lives and properties of Nigerians till the end of its tenure on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Governor Ortom said this while reaching to the attack on the family house of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, in Kwara State. In a statement by his spokesman, Terver Akase, the Governor called the attack on the family house of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, in Kwara State, shameful, terrible and tension-triggerin Kwara State and the country at large. “He says the use of thugs backed by…
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The presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Prof. Kingsely Moghalu has condemned the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen. On Friday, January 25, 2019, President Buhari announced the suspension of the CJN, who has been accused of failing to declare his assets. Moghalu, in a statement issued to newsmen, described the President’s action as a threat to Nigeria’s democracy. The statement reads: “President Muhammadu Buhari set aside the constitution by “suspending” the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen. This action is a serious threat to Nigeria’s democracy and a gross violation of…
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, says it would be impossible to rig an election in Nigeria without the approval of the President, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agents. Frank stated this while reacting to an announcement of by the governments of the United Kingdom and the United State of America to deny anyone who disrupts the 2019 general election visa into both countries. In a statement on Friday, January 25, 2019, Frank urged UK and US governments to “hold” President Buhari and the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, responsible if the…
Oby Ezekwesili has reacted to the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen. Onnoghen was suspended on Friday, January 25, 2019, following allegations that he failed to declare his assets. Ezekwesili, in a statement issued on Twitter, accused President Buhari of abusing the principle of separation of power. She also called on the President to reverse the suspension, which she described as a constitutional violation. The statement reads: “Unconstitutional action! You, Mr President @Mbuhari are a grave danger to our fragile Democracy. What happened to the Constitutional provision 292 on Discipline of Judges? Nigerians will not allow…
Former presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Oby Ezekwesili, has accused the party of playing politics with a transactional mindset that betrays her own personal values. Her decision didn’t go down well with the party as its National Chairman, Ganiyu Galadima, has accused her of dishonesty. Galadima said the former minister was using the party’s platform to negotiate for the position of Minister of Finance with the opposition. Galadima, who was also Ezekwesili’s running mate, further announced that the ACPN will now back President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for re-election at next…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has reacted to the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen. President Buhari suspended the embattled CJN on Friday, January 25, 2019, following allegations that he failed to declare his assets. Dogara, who described the President’s action is unconstitutional, added that Nigeria’s democracy is on fire. The Speaker said Buhari has issued a notice that Nigeria has entered full blown dictatorship by suspending Onnoghen. “With the unconstitutional suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) by President Muhammadu Buhari, the world has been served with notice that Nigeria…
Atiku Abubakar has described the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen. His words, ““The purported suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari, is an anti-democratic act which I reject in its entirety and call on Justice Onnoghen and the judiciary to resist with every legal and constitutional means that they can muster. “This brazen dictatorial act is the latest action in the ongoing rape of our nation’s hard earned democracy by those who dined with anti-democratic forces, & is symptomatic of the increasing desperation that @MBuhari the cabal pulling the strings have…
Mr Sullivan Chime says the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will have the final say on the zone that gets the president in 2023. The former governor said that the appropriate organ of the party would make the decision at the appropriate time. He said that the party was currently preoccupied with the reelection of Buhari. Chime allayed the fears in certain quarters that the South West was positioning to usurp the chance of the South East to produce the president in 2023. His words. “At the appropriate time the party will take a final decision. However, we…
The Anambra Government has disassociated itself from a purported communiqu by Ohaneze Ndigbo endorsing the candidacy of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for the Feb. 16 presidential election. Abubakar is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)s presidential candidate in the February 16 election. Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu, the Secretary to Anambra Government (SSG), made the disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen in Enugu. Chukwulobelu declared that the contents of the communique did not reflect the Anambra Governments position. His words, “We have read bits of the communiqu purportedly issued by the Ohaneze leadership. We regret that they do not reflect the position…
Chieftains of Ohaneze Ndigbo are split over the purported endorsement of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Abubakar Atiku by the organisation. It would be recalled that an arm of the organisation known as Ime Obi arising from its meeting on Thursday, declared support for Atiku on the grounds that he was running with an Igbo man, Mr Peter Obi. This endorsement is in clear contrast of earlier stance of the Igbo apex socio-cultural organisation of not endorsing any of the presidential candidates. However, a former Secretary General of the organisation, Chief Obiora Ozobu, described the move…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lauded the decision of Ohaneze Ndigbo to endorse the Atiku-Obi presidential ticket. Mr Oseloka Obaze, Chairman of the Atiku/Obi Presidential Campaign Council, Anambra chapter made the commendation in Awka on Friday. Ohaneze, the Igbo Socio-Cultural organisation announced its endorsement of the PDP presidential flag bearers after a meeting held in Enugu on Thursday. Obaze described the position as “most profound, constructive and courageous decision.” The endorsement is historical and seminal gesture will serve Nigeria well,” he said. Ohaneze had in a communique said its decision to adopt Atiku/Obi followed a critical and dispassionate appraisal…
Mrs Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagu, the Enugu West All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate, has berated Ohaneze Ndigbo, saying it isnow a political arm of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). She described the endorsement as `an unfortunate development adding that it was irrelevant and did not carry any political weight. According to her,I would have preferred that Ohaneze maintained its neutrality in the polity in line with the aims and objectives of its founding leaders. It is now clear that the organisation has stopped representing the common interest of Ndigbo and as such seized to be the mouth piece of the Igbo…
Mr Hussaini Pai, the Plateau Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), has said that two million Nigerians accredited in the 2015 elections did not return to vote. The voters were not patient enough to wait for that long period between accreditation and voting, Pai said on Friday in Jos. He said that the workshop was targeted at building a partnership that would facilitate a level playing ground and peaceful environment for all political parties and candidates in the 2019 elections. The REC said that incidence forms would not be used because of the chaos its usage caused in 2015. The introduction of…
David Umahi of Ebonyi has assured that President Muhammadu Buhari would be welcomed to the state by at least 2000 members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. He said the President would be accorded all necessary courtesy. We would take our rallies on that day to our three senatorial zones while we allow them (APC) to use the stadium, the governor said. He sought the permission of the PDP supporters to allow some members to be at the stadium to receive President Buhari. At least, 2, 000 PDP members would receive the President at the stadium…
APC has said that the recent endorsement of Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate for the forthcoming election, by Ohaneze Ndigbo is dubious and misleading. Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu said this recently. said that the purported endorsement may have been done by Atikus friends whom he had publicly promised to make rich if he became the countrys president. He advised the Ndigbo to beware of PDP and Atiku’s restructuring deceit. We find it curious that the presidential candidate of the PDP, Abubakar Atiku, has tactically avoided speaking on his touted restructuring plans during his campaigns. Our observation comes…
Gov. Yari of Zamfara says he has forgiven the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the unfair treatment it meted out to the state chapter of the party. He said that the party was not fair to the Zamfara state chapter over the controversy that surrounded the state governorship primary election. The Zamfara State High Court 3 sitting in Gusau on Friday upheld the primary election conducted by the state chapter of APC. The state APC chapter had on Oct. 11, 2018, filed a case before the court praying it to compel the APC national headquarters and the Independent National Electoral…
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has assured that President Muhammadu Buhari would be welcomed to the state by at least 2000 members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Umahi has also allowed the All Progressives Congress (APC) to use the Pa Ngele Oruta stadium, Abakaliki for the partys presidential rally on Jan. 30. His words, “At least, 2, 000 PDP members would receive the President at the stadium while you go about your rallies in your various zones. I have identified those who will receive the President; so, when you see our people at the stadium,…
Lizzy Anjorin has backed Bobrisky and his strange lifestyle which many see as homosexuality. She said Bobrisky has never been seen having sex with a male, so she will never judge him. Her words, “Until you were caught with your fellow man …Then I will deny you here and after life . But if it your crazy styles to sell your product, I stand by you ..To dissociate from poverty is not rice and beans ..Ask yourself before you condemn him ..did he rape? rob? Steal? Steal panties ? Steal government money ?? … No ..I expect your former house…
Aremu Afolayan is back in the news. This time, he has talked about being depressed and suicidal at the same time. The actor said he thought he was going to die but the viral video he saw that showed a kid speaking in tongues as she laid hands on her mother’s head has turned things around after a concerned friend shared it with him. His words, “YOU ARE NOTHING BUT ADORABLE CHILD ????? Just when I thought my life is about to end,cos of too much heavy heart then a frnd share this with me and this baby just made…
The popular TV series ‘Suits’, which made Meghan Markle famous, will come to an end after Season 9. This is because the series failed to cope with the exit of Meghan Markle and her co-star Patrick J. Adams. It was announced recently has been approved for one last series, featuring 10 episodes, after the remainder of Season 8 airs this year. Ratings never bounced back after central characters Mike Ross and Rachel Zane, who were played by Patrick J. Adams and Meghan Markle, left the show. It was fun while it lasted.