Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Deputy Governor of the state, Rt. Hon Philip Shaibu has engaged in a war of words over a pre-election matter in the court as Shiabu alleged that the former National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole had recently said that the Supreme Court would give his party victory like the case of Imo state. But in a statement yesterday by the State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Chris Azebanmwan, the allegation which he described as weighty was false and that Shaibu was engaging in a smear campaign against…
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The Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), on Monday, said it stood by Bishop Matthew Kukah’s Christmas Day message wherein he claimed that Nigeria was on the verge of becoming a failed state. In a press release made available to journalists in Abuja, the National Director of CSN’s Social Communication, Fr. Mike Umoh, raised the alarm over the incessant attacks on the Bishop by those alleging he sought to instigate violence and hinder national integration with his message. Umoh, however, maintained that with the prolonged security and economic challenges facing the country, the Catholic Church in Nigeria stood by Kukah’s position…
Nasarawa House of Assembly Speaker, Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi said on Monday that the State and Toto LGA remained the dependable home of APC as a party to beat in 2023. Speaking at an extraordinary APC stakeholder meeting in Toto LGA, the speaker said the efforts of Governor Abdullahi Sule as an APC leader has dared the party into the heart of other party and called on the people to give the ruling party and governor all the needed support to succeed. The Speaker informed the major stakeholders across the Twelve(12) electoral wards in Toto LGA the passion, concerns, and love…
The Council of Ogbos, in charge of the organisational structures of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), Worldwide, has announced the removal of the acting Chairman of the council’s Eastern Zone, James Tobin, following his push for the immediate removal of the Sole Administrator, of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Effiong Akwa. The Ogbos, known as the Council of Organisational Leaders (COOL), averred that Tobin had no authority to issue statements using IYC since his leadership had been dissolved in a stakeholders’ meeting. The Leader of COOL, John Amos Benjamin, described the publication that called for the removal of Akwa…
Members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly have explained that the loans so far approved for Governor Douye Diri were legitimate and tied to specific items on project interventions and development of the state. Bayelsa people had criticised and lampooned the state’s lawmakers for their swift approval of loan requests from the governor, which have so far amounted to N21b in the last 10 months. Speaking after the last plenary for 2020, the House led by its Speaker, Abraham Ingobere, through its Chairman, Committee on Information, Tari Pori (Ekeremor 1) dismissed the claims of unnecessary loan approvals to Governor…
Southeast Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the Court of Appeal Abuja judgment of December 16, 2020, which quashed its former National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh’s conviction renewed hope for the PDP and all Nigerians, who believe in constitutional democracy. National Vice Chairman of the party in the Southeast, Chief Ali Odefa, in a statement, yesterday, stated that a careful examination of the High Court processes and judgment that sentenced Metuh to a seven-year jail term was a predetermined decision from Justice Okon Abang’s innermost recess to please some undemocratic forces. “In building a progressive democratic society, patriots pay heavy…
The leadership crisis bedeviling the major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southwest, took a new twist recently as the fight for supremacy between former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, hit Ondo State badly. In a development that shocked many members, five party chieftains, including a former PDP state chairman and a current House of Assembly member, Ebenezer Alabi and Rasheed Elegbeleye respectively, were suspended last Tuesday, shortly after the rebuilt party secretariat was commissioned in Akure. Their suspension is deemed an aftermath of a visit to the Lagos State residence…
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the death of Senator Saido Umar Kumo, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Gombe State. Buhari described Kumo’s death as “a major loss to the APC”, adding that the deceased was the pillar of strength in Gombe State. Kumo defected to the ruling party in 2019 and Buhari noted that his move had energized the supporters for change. Buhari said this in a condolence message made available to TheInfoStride in Abuja on Sunday, signed by his Spokeman, Garba Shehu. “I have received the news of the death of Senator Kumo with…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Sunday insisted that Nigeria is not a failed state. APC said despite the challenges facing the country, Nigeria is nowhere closed to a failed state. Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe, Secretary, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the ruling party stated this in a statement he issued. According to Akpanudoedehe: “While naysayers and opposition partisans chorus their doomsday wishes for Nigeria; our dear country is nowhere close to becoming a failed state. “The President Muhammadu Buhari government is not oblivious to the country’s challenges and is visibly and frontally addressing them. “From the economy to security,…
Timothy Oyasodun, All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman in Bariga Local Council Development Area of Lagos, is dead. The politician, a reverend, passed away on Saturday. Senator Tokunbo Abiru, in a statement, described the loss of Oyasodun, popularly known as ‘Iyo’, as heart-breaking. The lawmaker noted that the deceased was a committed progressive. Abiru recalled the role Oyasodun played in his emergence as winner of the Lagos East Senatorial by-election. “We all submit to the decision of God, our Creator, to call him home at the early hour of Dec. 26, 2020,’’ he noted. Abiru condoled with the family, APC leaders,…