The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Malam Abubakar Malami, says the amended electoral bill is supportive of insecurity and discriminatory for President Muhammadu Buhari to sign into law. President Muhammadu Buhari and Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami. The minister, who made this position known in a phone in programme on Radio Kano, monitored in Abuja, also maintained that the electoral bill had excessive cost implications, and hence would not be signed by the president. According to him, the new electoral bill has not captured the interest of all Nigerians, adding that…
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Former Imo State Governor and serving Senator Rochas Okorocha, has described his successor Hope Uzodinma as a national embarrassment, hours after his son-in-law Uche Nwosu was arrested inside a church. Okorocha and Uzodinma have endured a frosty relationship. In early 2021, Uzodinma masterminded the arrest of Okorocha after the latter trespassed on a property the governor had sealed. After Nwosu was arrested by police officers during a service for his mother’s burial at St Peter’s Anglican Church in Umunwokwe, Eziama-Obaire Nkwerre local government area of Imo on Sunday, December 26, 2021, Okorocha immediately blamed Uzodinma for his in-law’s ordeal and…
A group the Movement for Election of Nigeria President of Igbo Extraction, has urged South-East politicians to work in unity to actualise the zone’s ambition to produce Nigerian President in 2023. The National Convener of the group, Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Wednesday. Ezekwueme called on the leaders from the zone to foster unity with politicians from other zones of the country to achieve the “golden quest for a Nigeria President of South-East extraction come 2023.” According to him, actualising Nigeria president of south-east extraction is achievable…
The executive committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Osun State Chapter, has condemned the recent move by a faction of the party to scuttle the peace being enjoyed by party members in the State. This is as it revealed that the recent destabilizing move was orchestrated by loyalists of Olasoji Adagunodo, a former embattled State party chairman and current National Vice Chairman South-West of the party. The state executive committee affirmed that Sunday Bisi remained State chairman of the party. Making this known via a press statement, Ayodeji Areola, the State Publicity Secretary, who spoke after an executive committee…
India has been facing the menace of narco-terrorism since several years now. This nexus between narcotics and terrorism has serious repercussions for Indias security. The ‘Golden Crescent comprising Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan is the largest producer of illicit opium and Indias close proximity to the areas increases the threat it faces. And now it has become a matter of even greater concern after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Entire illegal drug trade is controlled by the Taliban, who work in connivance with Pakistan intelligence agents, military officers and politicians. After the fall of Afghanistan’s government this year and Taliban taking…
As reactions continue to trail President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2021, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday said it is part of a plot to rig the 2023 general election. The PDP said there were other provisions in the document that would naturally sanitize the electoral system and if the document was assented and became functional, the All Progressives Congress (APC) will find it difficult to rig, hence, the Buhari-led government has resorted to cock and bull story. In a statement on Tuesday which was signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Nebo…
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki says he has forgiven Tony Adun, a.k.a. Tony Kabaka, an All Progressives Congress (APC) youth leader in the state. Godwin Obaseki spoke on Tuesday while addressing People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leaders in Oredo Local Government Area. He reacted to comments trailing Christmas gifts – a cow and bags of rice – to Tony Kabaka who recently begged for pardon. The governor noted that he has been hearing lots of comments about the gesture. “I read some people who said they are my supporters and I felt bad. I say they are not my supporters.” He…
The Senator Kabiru Marafa-led factional All Progressives Congress, APC, has condemned an attack on the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during their congress in Gusau, Zamfara State capital, on Monday. Reacting to the attack through the APC factional Chairman, Hon. Sirajo Garba Maikatako, in a statement on Tuesday, said they received with shock the news of violence meted on the PDP which wrongly portrayed the state as being intolerant to opposition parties. The factional Chairman said he was reacting as a result of the Deputy Governor’s assertion that APC loyalists carried out the attack, while he exonerated loyalists of the…
Special Adviser on Political Matters to the President, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, has warned that the division and disunity among members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State signals a bad omen that could deprive the party of victory in the 2022 governorship election. Ojudu said he decided to sacrifice his governorship ambition and maintain neutrality in 2022 to afford him the opportunity to mediate and resolve all nagging issues for the party to be victorious in the June 18 election. He gave the warning in Ado Ekiti, on Monday, while interacting with selected members of the APC and…
North Korea opened a key political conference Monday to review past projects and discuss new policies amid the pandemic and a diplomatic deadlock with the United States. The official Korean Central News Agency said Tuesday that leader Kim Jong Un presided over a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party. The report did not carry any remarks by Kim. The meeting approved unspecified agenda items and went into the discussions of them, KCNA said. The report said the meeting would review major polices this year and decide on the strategic and tactical policies and practical tasks…