The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has advised Nigerian youths to join politics, saying now is the best time for them to be involved in the administration of their country. The NIDCOM boss said this on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, at the 14th ǼLEX Annual Lecture (Virtual Edition) tagged ‘Illiteracy, Migration and Insecurity: Nigeria’s Population Time Bomb’. She said the youths’ participation in politics is the solution to the campaign against police brutality and bad governance. She said, “For the youths, please join politics, be on the table. Now is the time for the youths. Get involved now,…
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Chief Egwu Chima, a former Commissioner for Information and State Orientation in Ebonyi says Gov Dave Umahi’s defection from the PDP to APC would not add tonic to his new party. Chima stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abakaliki. The former commissioner declared that the defection by the governor to APC would hurt the integrity of the party rather than reinvigorate and enhance its fortunes. Governor Umahi announced his defection to APC at a news conference on Tuesday in Abakaliki, ending months of speculations. He said his defection was to protest…
The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) on Tuesday visited Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to commiserate with him and the people of Lagos State over the EndSARS protest mayhem. Speaking with journalists during the visit at the Lagos House, Marina, the Chairman of the forum, Sen. Atiku Bagudu, commended Sanwo-Olu for demonstrating leadership during the EndSARS protest. “He has remained committed till date. The panel (Judicial Panel of Enquiry) he set up is making progress and they are independent. The truth is coming out gradually; it is evolving. “So we encourage him. We appreciate the people of Lagos and we are glad that…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissolved the ward, local government and state executive committees of the Ebonyi state chapter of the party forthwith. The NWC in a statement issued by the party National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Tuesday also dissolved the South-East Zonal Caretaker Committee of the party. Ologbondiyan said that the NWC made the decision arising from a crucial meeting on Tuesday. He said that the decisions were pursuant to the powers conferred on the NWC by the PDP Constitution.
Governor Bello Muhammed Matawallen has received 69 former Councillors and 14 Local Government Council secretaries who dumped former Governor Abdulaziz Yari and the APC for the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the state. The party men who served as elected Councillors between 2012, 2015 to 2019 respectively defected from the All progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party PDP under the auspices of the state chapter of the Ex-councillors Forum. The leader of the Ex-councillors, Alh Tukur Muhammed Magami said the decision to leave Yari followed their strong belief in the leadership style of Governor Bello Muhammed Matawallen, especially…
The immediate past National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, (South West), Eddy Olafeso, has lashed out at the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, over the crisis rocking the party within the south west zone. Olafeso on Tuesday stated that the failure to invite some leaders of the party to PDP meeting in Ibadan, which was at the behest of Makinde was responsible for the attendance of the Lagos meeting called by former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose. The Ondo chapter of the PDP is backing the Ibadan meeting while Olafeso and other PDP chieftains in…
US President-elect, Joe Biden, on Tuesday, appointed nine close campaign aides into key White House positions. This follows his decision to name Ron Klain as his Chief of Staff. The new appointees include his 2020 campaign manager, Jen O’Malley Dillon, being named Deputy Chief of Staff. A veteran of seven presidential campaigns, O’Malley Dillon served as deputy campaign manager for Barack Obama’s successful 2012 re-election effort. Campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond, a House Democrat from Louisiana, has been named senior advisor to Biden. The 47-year-old will leave his seat in Congress to take his new role when Biden is inaugurated on…
The quest by Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, to be the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress in 2023 led to his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has claimed. Wike said committed members of the PDP were not surprised that Governor Umahi formally defected to the APC, which he has for a while been fraternising with. Governor Wike said ordinarily, he would not have been perturbed by Umahi’s decision to defect to the APC, but, he felt offended by his attempt to justify his decision on the purported injustice meted out to…
Popular human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has reacted to the defection of Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Adeyanju disclosed that Umahi defected to APC to pursue his presidential ambition but President Muhammadu Buhari will hand over to a Northerner. The convener of Concerned Nigerians described Umahi’s move as a joke. He, however, noted that Umahi would only get a Senatorial ticket. According to Adeyanju: “Ebonyi Gov going to APC to contest for President is not only a joke but madness taken too far. “They won’t give him…
Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Minister of Science and Technology, has said that leaders of the party in the South-East are doing their best to rebuild the party in the zone. He said this after a closed-door meeting of the party’s leaders from the zone which lasted for over two hours and held in Abuja on Monday night. According to Onu, the leaders met to review the situation of the party in the South-East. “Leaders of APC in the South-East met in the residence of our governor, governor of Imo. “We have representation…