Joe Nworgu, a former Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has advised politicians to stay away from the body’s January 2021 elections. Nworgu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Awka that article 11 of Ohaneze’s constitution spelt out methods and persons that qualify for President-General and Secretary-General’s positions. The body cedes positions to five South-East states of Abia, Ebonyi, Enugu, Anambra and Imo as well as Igbo speaking parts of Rivers and Delta. Nworgu insisted that the President-General’s position cannot have a sole candidate. He said the constitution stipulates that at least, three persons from a state…
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Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has said he deserved accolades for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the governing All Progressive Congress, APC, rather than attacks on his person by leaders of the former ruling party. Governor Umahi insisted that his recent defection to the APC is a strong message that the South East Zone can no longer be taken for a ride, positing that the zone is now ready and willing more than ever to take its destiny by its hands. Umahi who spoke in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Friday by his Special…
The Lagos State Police Command has ordered restriction of movement between 6am and 6pm on Saturday, December 5, 2020, ahead of the bye-elections into the Lagos East Senatorial and Kosofe 11 Constituency. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, made the declaration on Thursday, while deliberating on strategies put in place by the election monitoring officers deployed from the Force Headquarters in Abuja. Odumosu reiterated that there will not be vehicular and pedestrian movement in and out of the affected local government areas during the elections. However, those on election duties, essential services and accredited domestic and foreign election…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo State, on Friday, sacked Senator Ifeanyi Araraume as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the Imo North by-election. Justice Uchechukwu Onyemenam delivered the judgment less than 24 hours to the bye-election. The Imo North by-election holds on Saturday, December 5, in the 64 wards across the six Local Government Areas. Justice Onyemenam declared Frank Ibezim, the authentic candidate of the ruling party APC ahead of the election. The judge faulted an earlier judgement of the Federal High Court of November 6 which sacked Ibezim. The justice ordered the Independent…
Former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has advised politicians, irrespective of political parties, to put their 2023 political ambition on hold and focus on solutions to security challenges facing Nigeria. Former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki. Saraki gave the advice in Abuja on Wednesday, at the inauguration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Reconciliation and Strategic Committee. “It is legitimate for politicians to have ambition (but) this is the time for us to put our ambition on hold,” he said. Saraki, who is the Chairman of the Reconciliation Committee of the PDP, said the pre-occupation of leaders for…
A faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State has expressed readiness to participate in the forthcoming Local Government elections in the State scheduled for January 2021. The state Interim Chairman of the faction, Muhammina Lamido, announced this while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Kano. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that on Tuesday the Kwankwasiyya faction of the PDP addressed newsmen that they will not partake in the forthcoming election. According to Lamido, “the attention of the PDP interim administrative committee in Kano State has been drawn to a media statement accredited to one Danladi Abdulhamid…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra, Chief Basil Ejidike, says he is optimistic that more people will decamp to the party ahead of the Nov. 2021 governorship poll in the state. Ejidike said this on Thursday in an interview with newsmen, pointing out that APC remained the party to beat in the election. He spoke on the sideline of the burial of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Francisca Ofoegbu, in Igbo Ukwu, Aguata Local Government Area of the state. He described the party as the best political platform that would propel the South-East to produce the nation’s president…
The opposition party defines the APC as an anti-people party that supports terrorism. President Muhammadu Buhari [Presidency] The Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) has asked Nigerians to hold President Muhammadu Buhari and then ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) responsible for the incessant killing of innocent Nigerians by terrorists. In a statement on Thursday, December 3, 2020, the opposition party said some APC leaders support terrorism because of their selfish interest. “The PDP has asked Nigerians to hold officials of the Buhari Presidency and the anti-people APC responsible for the festering violence and incessant killing of innocent Nigerians by terrorists. “The…
A former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has said President Muhammadu Buhari needs to seek forgiveness from God because he has failed Nigerians. Lamido stated this during an interview with BBC Hausa. He lamented the killing of farmers in Borno State by Boko Haram and insisted “something is wrong somewhere”. According to him, Buhari needs to drop his arrogance. He also asked him to resign. “There is no way a government can go successfully without sabotage but you need to be strong enough to overcome such challenges. If really he cannot withstand this, he has to resign, but we…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State says it has received and dispatched sensitive materials for Saturday’s Lagos East Senatorial and Kosofe Constituency II House of Assembly by-elections to the affected council areas. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Sam Olumekun, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos that the materials were received and dispatched in the full glare of the political parties’ representatives and security agencies to ensure transparency. “We have received and sent the various sensitive materials for the by-elections to the five local government areas where the elections will hold. “These materials were…