Defecting from the People Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is former member of the Kogi State House of Assembly and former representative for the Ibaji Constituency Hon Christopher Atule Okoche. Okoche also served as the interim head of the Kogi State government’s Ibaji LGA. On Sunday, at Ibaji Local Government, he announced this to APC stakeholders. He cited the APC’s success at both the national and state levels as a reason for his choice to join the party. He stated he had talked to his constituents and that he and his followers will join the…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) expressed concern about the “weaponization” of disinformation during elections. The impartial election observer expressed grave concern over the trend. On the first day of a two-day capacity building and workshop for INEC Press Corps in Nasarawa, National Commissioner and Member, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Prof. Kunle Ajayi, spoke about ethical, safe practices and critical issues related to the upcoming governorship elections in Kogi, Imo, and Bayelsa. DAI, or Development Alternatives, Inc., was the program’s sponsor. He stressed the importance of the media approaching election coverage with a high level of professionalism, journalistic…
After losing the governorship election petition tribunal (GEPT) in Lafia, the state capital, Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has sued his political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and INEC. The governor is confused by the recent judgement by the tribunal, which removed him from office and declared David Ombugadu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the lawfully elected governor of the state. He has therefore requested an interpretation of the ruling from the Court of Appeal. Sule has subsequently given his legal team instructions to file an appeal against the tribunal’s ruling. It’s unclear what’s going on, but his…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) claims that continuous air attacks on terrorist strongholds across the theatres have killed dozens of terrorists working for the Air Components of Operations Hadin Kai and Hadarin Daji. On Sunday in Abuja, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet released a statement confirming this. According to Gabkwet, air interdiction flights were conducted early on Saturday morning at Bukar Meram, a suspected terrorist safe haven in the Borno region close to Lake Chad. He explained that the strikes were called for after intelligence indicated that terrorists had recently relocated from the Suwa…
Despite rumours to the contrary, Kogi State ADC Chairman John Adaji has not defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Adaji dismissed the report as false while speaking to a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Okehi and Adavi Local Government on Saturday. Adaji urged the public to disregard the article, claiming the ADC did not disband its organisation to make way for another political party. In his own words, Adoji declared, “I stand here before you live and direct, that I am the authentic Chairman of the ADC in Kogi State.” It’s impossible for you and…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has announced that it will be meeting with President Bola Tinubu to advocate for Nnamdi Kanu’s release from prison. On Saturday, Ohanaeze President Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu paid a courtesy visit to HRM Eze Iheanyichukwu Nwokenna of Abia State and the Southeast chapter of the Supreme Council of Nigeria Traditional Rulers at his office in Glass House Orji-Owerri. He explained that the purpose of the scheduled visit to the president is to discuss any concerns the people of the South East region may have. Iwuanyanwu claimed that the deteriorating security scenario in the region necessitated his efforts to have…
Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has claimed control of Nasarawa State. He said this while addressing party members in Lafia, the state capital, during a banquet held in honour of Hon. Aliyu Bello, the chairman of the APC in Nasarawa. The election mandate of Abdullahi Sule was also promised protection by Ganduje. We have the mandate to do this, as we have just recently won an election. Absolutely no question about it. There is a symbiotic relationship between APC and Nasarawa State. By God’s favour, he said, “we are in charge, and we will…
Tanko Al-Makura, also known by his nickname Ta’al, has warned fellow members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State to stop spreading rumours and work together as a family if they truly care about the state and the party. Ta’al made the appeal during his remarks at the banquet held in honour of Hon. Aliyu Bello, the chairman of the state party. If the party’s members are not united, as Al-Makura warned, the party will fail. I urge us to maintain our cooperative efforts. Let’s not spread rumours or do anything that can cause division among us. Since…
Senator Marco Rubio has requested that the administration of Joe Biden promptly revoke the visas of foreign people who support Hamas. Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who is serving his third term, made the announcement on Saturday via his official X handle. His words come as tensions between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip continue to rise. You may remember that there were demonstrations in the United States led by foreign nationals in support of the Hamas movement. In response, Rubio said Biden’s administration should extradite foreign nationals who support Hamas in accordance with the law. I’ve requested that the…
On Saturday, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, said that Africans no longer needed the help of outsiders. The concluding session of the international conference on Ile-Ife and Yoruba Civilization was where Oba Ogunwusi made his comments. He insisted that no Yoruba, at home or abroad, could deny the continued importance of Ile-Ife as the cultural and spiritual center of the Yoruba people. “Africans will continue to rely on foreigners to tell our stories without real history,” he remarked. The Ooni urged all native Yoruba people to help historians investigate Ife’s past thoroughly so that appropriate precautions…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) estimates that 1,932,654 of Kogi State’s registered voters would cast ballots in the gubernatorial election scheduled for November 11. At a presentation of the voter registration in Lokoja, Gabriel Longpet, the Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner, shared this information with the representatives of the various political parties. Since the number of registered voters in each Local Government Area is important information for political parties, Longpet characterized INEC’s presentation of the Voter Register as a crucial step before the Governorship election on November 11. He claimed that numerous steps had been taken by INEC to…
A factional National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party (LP), Dr. Abayomi Arabambi, has warned Peter Obi, the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, to stop attacking President Bola Tinubu over his diploma from Chicago State University, indicating that the crisis rocking the LP shows no signs of abating. On Friday, in what appeared to be a public defense of Tinubu, Arabambi requested his party’s presidential candidate Peter Obi to cease mocking Tinubu over the release of his academic records by the Chicago State University (CSU). A lot of people in Nigeria are upset over the release of Tinubu’s…
In practice for the gubernatorial election on November 11, 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled a mock accreditation of voters on Saturday, October 14, 2023. At the Kogi INEC Headquarters in Lokoja, during the formal publishing and presentation of the register of voters to the 18 participating political parties in the approaching governorship election, INEC national chairman Prof. Mahmud Yakubu made the announcement. The state’s three senatorial districts each had three polling places, but Yakubu, who was represented by a national commissioner named Prof Sani Adam (SAN), announced that just nine polling places would be used for…
Ali Qadi, a prominent Hamas fighter responsible for the deaths of multiple civilians, was killed in an Israeli attack. Last week, Qadi oversaw an attack on southern Israel spearheaded by commando troops that resulted in the deaths of innocent civilians. But the IDF claims that on Saturday, they murdered the 37-year-old unit leader of the elite Hamas squad. IDF stated on X, “Aircraft killed Ali Qadi, company commander of the Hamas ‘Nukhba’ (elite) commando force.” Since last week, fighting has been ongoing between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli government exchanged a captured Israeli soldier named Gilad Shalit in 2011 for…
Dino Melaye, candidate for governor of Kogi State under the banner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stated on Thursday that he had evaded four attempts on his life. Melaye stated that the All Progressives Congress, APC, is responsible for the attempts because violence is ingrained in the party’s ideology. He made the confession during an appearance on Arise TV. The former senator for Kogi West claimed that ever since the APC came to power seven years ago, anxiety has been an everyday part of life for the Kogi people. “I have survived four assassination attempts; I have had 12…
Ajibola Basiru, national secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has declared that the APC will assume control of Osun State in 2026. On Friday, at an APC gathering in Osogbo, Basiru shared his observation. After criticising state governor Ademola Adeleke for being dishonest about urban redevelopment projects, Basiru urged Osun APC members to begin mobilising for the 2026 gubernatorial race. The much-touted borehole per ward is only a coincidence. He said that any government based on deceit and propaganda was doomed to fail. While expressing concern for the plight of workers in the State, the APC national scribe questioned…
Nigerians should wait for the Supreme Court’s verdict on the legitimacy of President Bola Tinubu’s certificate, according to Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, a top official in the state’s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. In a statement released to the press by his media assistant Rasheed Abubakar on Saturday, Mumuni offered the recommendation. A former candidate for governor of Lagos State for the now-defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) said that reports about the President’s certificate had been all over the news. Then he advised his countrymen to wait for the Supreme Court to rule on the matter and let the…
The results of the governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states, scheduled for November 11, will be delivered online, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). At a recent news conference, Ofiong Efanga, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Bayelsa State, announced that the state would use a manual method to transmit the results of the governorship election. However, INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu stated that whatever the Bayelsa REC said should be disregarded during the supervision of the mock election in Lokoja, Kogi State. According to him, this practise run is being conducted in accordance with the…
On Friday, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin landed in Tel Aviv to meet with Israeli officials and inspect some of the weapons and security aid the US swiftly sent to Israel during the first week of the conflict with the extremist Hamas group. Austin’s trip to Israel is the second by a senior American official in as many days. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in the region on Thursday, so his brief flight from Brussels, where he was attending a NATO defense ministers meeting, arrives a day later. Blinken is maintaining his frenzied diplomacy in the Middle East in…
On Friday, Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, named the people responsible for Kanu’s extended imprisonment. According to Ejimakor, it is not the Supreme Court but the Presidency that has the agitator in custody. This was revealed while he was emphasizing that the Federal Government’s release of Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Igboho rendered it impossible to maintain Kanu’s detention. Ejimakor said in an X post that Igboho’s release was arranged by Yoruba elders. With the release of SUNDAY IGBOHO, with the support of Yoruba leaders and Tinubu (@officialABAT), Ejimakor writes, “the continuing imprisonment of MAZI NNAMDI KANU…