The Senate on Tuesday took action on President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for confirmation of Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) Tribunal nominees. His application was forwarded to the Committee on Trade and Investment. The nominees are to appear for screening on a date to be communicated. They include Sadatu Mama Shafi, Chairman (North Central). Members are George Chukwuma Mbonu, Member (South East); Thomas E. Okosun (South-South); Umar Dauda Duhu (North East); Ibrahim El-Yakubu (North West); Sola Salako Ajulo (South West); and Kenneth Tersoo Gyado (North Central). Also today, the Senate confirmed nominations for the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).…
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The elder and major stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have affirmed the belief that it’s the turn of the South-East to produce the next President of Nigeria in 2023. The party elders and stakeholders affirmed the belief on Monday at a news conference in Abuja, addressed by Mr Frank Ogbuewu, the former Nigerian Ambassador to Greece, on the recent defection of Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC), NAN reports. Ogbuewu noted that at no time had the South East Zone of the PDP met to discuss strategies to actualise…
The governor says his administration will continue to promote the growth and development of native laws and customs in the state. Delta Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has reaffirmed that his administration will continue to strengthen the processes and structures that would enhance standards in customary law processes in the state. Okowa gave the assurance while swearing-in Justice Patience Elumeze as Acting President of the Customary Court of Appeal in the state in Asaba. He said that his administration will also continue to promote the growth and development of native laws and customs in the state, adding that the government will leave…
The U.S. General Services Administration, GSA, has finally recognized Democratic Party candidate, Joe Biden as the apparent winner of the November 3 presidential election. The agency made the acknowledgment on Monday, following weeks of inaction. With the development, a formal transition process has begun in earnest giving Biden and his team access to current agency officials, briefing books and other government resources, including some $6 million in funding. This happened after about nine Republican Senators sent a letter calling for the transition process to begin, and hours after Michigan’s Board of State Canvassers had voted to certify the election’s results.…
The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has expressed great concern over the rising insecurity in Northern Nigeria. It condemned in strong terms the endless killings in the North. ACF spokesman, Emmanuel Yawe, in a statement urged President Muhammadu Buhari to live up to his oath of office. The forum expressed concern that gunmen invaded Ahamadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State at 12:50 pm and abducted three members of a family. The statement noted that while the wife and a daughter of a worker of the university later escaped following a gun battle between the kidnappers and the police, the university worker…
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has opened up on the speculation that he may contest for the presidency in 2023. The Governor said that he has no plan of continuing in politics after his eight years as Governor. The Governor also said that the only way the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can shame him for leaving the party is by zoning the 2023 presidential ticket to the South East. He called on his former party to put an end to the attack on his person, saying there was no basis for it. Umahi spoke when the Senate Chief Whip, Dr.…
The Prelate of Christ Victorious Alive Revival Mission, Owerri, Bishop Uzoma Emmanuel has charged the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma to ensure that the former Governor of the state, Owelle Rochas Okorocha gives account of his stewardship within the eight years he served as the Governor. The cleric who described the eight years of the former Governor as a disaster to Imo people, said it will set a wrong precedence if he (Rochas Okorocha) is left to go scot-free. “The eight years rule of the former Governor of Imo State did not make much impact in the political and…
The United Kingdom Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says the entry of Ebonyi Governor, David Umahi proves that Igbos have identified with the party. Umahi dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) last week on the grounds of “marginalization”. A statement on Monday by Jacob Ogunseye, APC-UK Publicity Secretary, said that development confirms the relevance of APC in the South East. The spokesman called Umahi’s decision bold, strategic and purposeful. “As things stand today, APC remains the strongest party in the country and will continue to win elections in free and fair contests. The defection of Umahi is a…
President Donald Trump’s legal team has distanced themselves from conservative lawyer, Sidney Powell. Powell, a lawyer recently recommended by Trump himself, may no longer be part of the team after she made multiple incorrect statements about the election voting process. Powell had extended her conspiracy theories and vowed to “blow up” Georgia with a “biblical” lawsuit. In a tweet last week, Trump had said that Powell was part of a team of “wonderful lawyers and representatives” spearheaded by Giuliani. But a statement by Giuliani and Jenna Ellis, Trump’s frontline lawyers, said on Sunday that, “Sidney Powell is practising law on…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate can still participate in the Dec. 5, Bayelsa West Senatorial bye-election, NAN reports. Recall that the Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa had in November disqualified the APC candidate, Chief Peremobowei Ebebi, in the bye-election, Following the development, INEC last week excluded the party from the contest. However, the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye in an interview with newsmen on Monday said this would be possible, if the Appeal Court ordered the restoration of the party’s logo…