The Yobe State Governor, H.E Mai Mala Buni has replied critics who accused him of abandoning his primary assignments in the state since he became the caretaker chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Buni said spending more days outside the state does not hinder his duty as a governor. Speaking during an interview with the BBC, the governor said there’s no way he would spend a month without staying in Yobe for three or four days. Buni said his duty in the ruling party does not hinder his efforts, adding that he performed his duty effectively even when is…
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday, condemned the beheading of 43 farmers by Boko Haram insurgents in Zabarmari, Borno State. PDP said the action was an indication of President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to ensure the safety of Nigerians. The party described the act as extreme wicked, devilish which must not be left unaddressed. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the opposition party lamented that Buhari has failed to take decisive action to quell insecurity in Nigeria. According to Ologbondiyan: “The PDP notes with pain that this horrific killing of compatriots comes as yet another of…
The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu has urged a former National Vice Chairman, South-South, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Hon Hilliard Eta to withdraw the suit he filed against the party. Eta is before the Federal High Court Abuja, seeking the sack of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), of the APC, chaired by Yobe State Governor, His Excellency, Malam Mai Mala Buni. But speaking to journalists on Sunday, Okechukwu, a chieftain of the party, pleaded with Eta to forthwith withdraw the suit and not to allow himself to be seen as a spy for the…
The caretaker committee chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Fred Udogu, at the weekend, said his party will appeal the court judgment which restrained the national working committee, NWC, of PDP from dissolving the former executive of the party in Ebonyi, led by Onyekachi Nwaebonyi. Recall that Nwaebonyi led executives were few days back dissolved by NWC shortly after the formal defection of Ebonyi State governor, Chief David Umahi to the All Progressives Congress. APC. But, the sacked chairman, Nwaebonyi had upon hearing of the dissolution, dragged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to a court sitting in Abakaliki,…
The Peoples Democratic Party in Zamfara State has flagged off election campaign ahead of the Bakura bye-election slated for Thursday, 5th of December 2020. Speaking at the campaign ground in Bakura town, Bakura Local Government Area of the state, the Deputy Governor, Barrister Mahdi Aliyu Gusau said he was impressed with the way the crowd came out to grace the campaign. “I did not believe that the PDP in Bakura Local Government Area of the state would pull so much crowd considering the political boasting of APC in the state,” he said. “Even though the APC claims that Zamfara is…
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Abia State has dismissed the claim of a former governor in the state, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu on social media that the incumbent, Okezie Ikpeazu had planned to defect from PDP to the APC, as a precondition to winning his last electoral mandate at the Supreme Court. In a statement made available to TheInfoStride, the state publicity secretary of PDP, Fabian Nwankwo said the electoral matters of the Supreme Court has never been decided based on the defection of a politician from one political party to another. He also described the false allegations as a…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has claimed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is plotting to disown President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the 2023 elections. The PDP made this allegation in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Saturday. According to him, the ruling party had begun campaigns for the 2023 general election one year into Buhari’s tenure. PDP also claimed APC might change their name before the next poll. “The PDP asserts that there are underground moves by APC leaders to disown the Buhari administration, given its failures; the conversation about possible change of their…
Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo, says there is a deafening call for Governor Yahaya Bello to run for President in the 2023 election. Fanwo said this on his Twitter handle, even as he displayed a campaign poster for Yahaya Bello. In the campaign poster, Nigerians are being convinced to see Bello as a presidential material for 2023, capable of replacing President Muhammadu Buhari. His tweet read: “He wants a great Nigeria. Nigerians want a great Nigeria. He has done it in Kogi State. So we know the deafening calls will bring about a defining moment for…
The calls for Yayaha Bello to run for presidency in the 2023 election has been met with reactions from Nigerians. Commissioner for Information and Communication in Kogi State, Kingsley Fanwo, had announced that there is a deafening call for Governor Bello to run for presidency in the 2023 election. Fanwo made this known through his Twitter handle, even as he displayed a campaign poster convincing Nigerians that Yahaya Bello is capable to replace President Muhammadu Buhari. Alongside a picture of Bello, he wrote: “He wants a great Nigeria.Nigerians want a great Nigeria. He has done it in Kogi State. So…
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to continue to pray for peace and stability. Buhari made the call in his address at the 70th anniversary of the Qaddriyya on Saturday in Kano, NAN reports. Represented by Sabo Nanono, Minister of Agriculture, Buhari said prayers would foster unity and help crush security challenges. The Nigerian leader urged the youths to use federal government empowerment programmes to learn trades and become self-reliant. The President commended Qadiriyya leader, Sheikh Qaribullah Nasiru-Kabara, for his support and spiritual intervention over the years. The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, and the Emir of Kano, Aminu Bayero,…