Upon Abdullahi Adamu’s resignation as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), veteran lawmaker Shehu Sani criticised Buhari’s camp. According to Infostride News, former APC chairman Adamu submitted his resignation letter on Sunday evening. As a result, APC Deputy National Chairman (North) Senator Abubakar Kyari is now in charge of party operations. According to rumours, Adamu is a huge fan of the ex-president. Before and after President Bola Tinubu emerged as the party’s candidate, Adamu was said to have actively lobbied against his success. On Monday, when news of Adamu’s resignation was confirmed, Sani published a post on his…
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Abdullahi Adamu, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is rumoured to have resigned. Since Sunday night, Adamu’s purported resignation has dominated conversation, although neither the party nor the Progressive Governors Forum have confirmed it. However, Daily Trust claims that Adamu submitted his letter of resignation on Sunday evening. According to a source cited in the story, the party chairman handed his letter of resignation to the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Around 4 o’clock on Sunday, the president’s chief of staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, reportedly received the resignation letter. The APC’s National Caucus and National Executive Committee meetings are…
Political activist Deji Adeyanju has demanded the resignation of the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Working Committee (NWC). Adeyanju argued that if the country were to avoid becoming a one-party state, those who were prepared to do the task of the opposition should be elected. The public affairs analyst was responding to the announcement of Abdullahi Adamu’s and Iyiola Omisore’s resignations as National Chairman and National Secretary of the APC. In a series of tweets, Adeyanju argued that, after the departure of several prominent figures from the APC’s leadership, the PDP’s National Working Committee (NWC) should also be dismissed. If the…
One of Atiku Abubakar’s media advisers, Daniel Bwala, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu and the Yoruba don’t engage in “politics of bitterness.” Abubakar is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the upcoming 2023 election. In response to Abdullahi Adamu’s departure as national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bwala made the following statement. On Twitter, Bwala said, “Life is to be taken easily, ohh. The APC chairman who was quoted as saying, “I could write demand letters that filled his office and still not get my professional fees for what I worked for, simply…
Ogun State’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) claims the state police command is withholding information on an investigation into allegations that the All Progressives Congress (APC) engaged in vote buying during the 2014 governorship election. This was announced on Monday at a press conference held in Abeokuta by PDP Ogun Chairman Sikirulahi Ogundele. Ogundele instructed Abiodun Alamutu, the Commissioner of Police in Ogun, a 72-hour deadline to release the findings on the vote-buying allegation made against the incumbent party. Adebutu’s attorney had petitioned the Inspector General of Police in June, claiming that during the governorship election, his opponent had engaged in…
Shamina Singh, a successful Indian-American businesswoman, has been nominated by President Joe Biden to join the President’s Export Council, the highest-ranking federal advisory body on international commerce. Singh, the President and Founder of the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, has expressed her gratitude for the opportunity to serve on the President’s Export Council, calling its members “eminent leaders in their fields.” On July 14, the White House released a statement saying that President Biden would be appointing Singh to the position. Singh said, “I am deeply honored to be invited to serve on the President’s Export Council alongside so many…
On Monday, Ladi Adebutu, the PDP’s candidate for governor in Ogun State, brought more witnesses to the election petition tribunal to testify against the APC’s incumbent governor, Dapo Abiodun. The petitioners had presented 56 witnesses by the end of Monday’s hearing; six of them were present today. On Monday, 67-year-old pastor Olorunwa Tunwase, clothes vendor Kushimo Olamide, businessman Asimolowo Abike, Balogun Muhammed, Mulikat Akorede, and photographer Thomas Abiodun were the six witnesses who were subjected to cross-examination. People from the Ado-Odo/Ota, Abeokuta North, and Ogun Waterside local government areas of the state filed the case. In a petition dated EPT/OG/GOV/03/2023,…
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State are fighting against those who want Nyesom Wike, the state’s former governor, to take over the party’s leadership amid the ongoing debate over who will be appointed to the ministerial seat. Darlington Nwauju, the APC publicity secretary for Rivers State, made these remarks during an appearance on Arise Television on Sunday. He claimed that many people lost their lives during the party’s formation in the state and that it would be unfair to reward the man who led the party’s efforts in the state during a time of great difficulty.…
Both All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Senator Abdullahi Adamu and APC National Secretary Senator Iyiola Omisore have resigned from their positions, as verified by the APC’s National Working Committee (NWC). After the NWC meeting on Monday at the party’s office in Abuja, the news was made by Senator Abubakar Kyari, the Deputy National Chairman, North. Senator Iyiola Omisore, the party’s secretary, and Senator Abdullahi Adamu, its national chairman, have resigned, he added. As the North Region’s Deputy National Chairman and the Deputy National Secretary, “it is now incumbent upon me to assume the roles.” Kyari stated that the Tuesday…
On Monday, the parties to the petition contesting the election of Senator for Kaduna North Constituency closed their case, and the Election Petition Court in Kaduna adjourned until August 7 to adopt final addresses. The deadline for submitting and signing addresses set by Justice H.H. Kereng is August 4. Prior to this hearing, D.B. Kwajafa, counsel for the second respondent, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), filed a motion to dismiss the PDP’s lawsuit. Since “we have previewed evidence by the petitioners and that of the first respondent and we are of the view that we don’t need to call any…
Earlier this month, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced that his government would hand over power to a caretaker setup before the end of its tenure next month. This likely means that the National Assembly will be dissolved a few days early to speed up the general election scheduled for November. It was only a few days ago that the prime minister announced his government’s term would finish on August 13. Shehbaz’s apparent about-face appears to be the result of counsel from Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Asif Ali Zardari, with whom he is politically aligned. A top PPP leader…
The 10th Senate dismissed as malicious rumours that it had bloated the supplemental budget that became law just last week. Some online news sources had reported that the sum of N70 billion had been inflated into the supplementary budget as a “gift” from the executive branch of government, and the upper legislative house was reacting to this. Senator Yemi Adaramodu, chairman of the Senate committee on media and public affairs, released a statement to reporters in Abuja on Sunday in which he questioned the source of such rumours and asserted that lawmakers did not require any sort of bribe from…
The Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has given President Bola Tinubu the responsibility of selecting candidates for the Federal Executive Council, which has not yet been formed. Party officials at the state level urged the president not to nominate individuals to key positions in the party who lacked the core beliefs and support of the electorate. To help the government carry out its many initiatives and spur growth across all of the essential sectors, the party has tasked Tinubu with selecting an Abia native who possesses the requisite skill, ability, and competence. Mr. Offor Okorie, the…
Anambra State’s All Progressives Congress, APC, is lobbying hard in Abuja, the nation’s capital and the seat of power over the appointment of ministers into President Bola Tinubu’s government, to ensure that only hardworking and card-carrying members of the party are given appointments. According to reports from Infostride News, the decision was made because of negative interactions the party has had in the past with federal government employees during President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight-year tenure. An unnamed party insider said, “The former minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige is an example of how the party has suffered in the…
INEC has asked the Enugu Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal to base its decision on the certified true copies of BVAS data tendered by the Labour Party candidate for governor on March 18. This data pertains to allegations of overvoting in the Nkanu East Local Government Area. In response to the Tribunal’s Saturday subpoena, INEC requested that the copies the commission hadavailed Labour Party and which have been tendered before the court be accepted as valid evidence, as INEC had failed to bring some of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation Systems (BiVAS) machines used for the Owoh and Ugbawka areas in Nkanu…
The appointment of Permanent Secretaries in the state civil service will going forward be based on a competency exam, according to Babagan Zulum, governor of Borno State. During yesterday’s ceremony to swear in the newly appointed Secretary to the State Government, three Special Advisers, and a Permanent Secretary, the Governor made this statement. The swearing-in of the appointees, according to Zulum, was one of the crucial actions taken to carry out his administration’s program. He also noted that the SSG’s office serves as the hub for processing all government business, with all government transactions being directed there. For the necessary…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) faction leader Simon Ekpa has been advised not to go through with preparations to hold the sit-at-home protest in Lagos State by the Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams. Ekpa has stated that Lagos State would participate in the sit-at-home protest currently being carried out in the South East. He claims that the stay-at-home protest is a component of efforts to demand Nnamdi Kanu’s release. However, in response to Ekpa’s preparations, Gani Adams warned the ethnic propagandist based in Finland to cease from “repeating the mistake of the 1970s” and abandon the…
The governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani, has informed the corps members that the state’s security plans and budget sufficiently address their security and wellbeing. The Governor affirmed that his administration had unflinching faith in the program during the swearing-in ceremony of the Corps members on Friday. The Governor was represented by Stephen Joseph, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Human Services and Social Development. Governor Sani stated that his administration is steadfastly dedicated to creating the enabling environment required to maintain the scheme’s viability and guarantee the welfare and safety of corps members. He maintained that the state places a…
The Kano State Government has been ordered by a high court not to proceed with the planned demolition of homes along BUK Road in the state’s Gwale Local Government. The ex parte motion application, filed on July 4 by Ibrahim Adamu, Counsel to the Plaintiffs on behalf of Malam Bashir Abdullahi and 19 other parties, was approved by the court. The Kano State Bureau for Land Management, Kano Urban Planning and Development, the State Attorney General, and Governor Abba Yusuf are listed as respondents in the lawsuit, according to NAN. In order to prevent the respondents from intruding on the…
Socio-political analyst Shehu Sani has claimed that Nigeria cannot have food security while farmers are being murdered by terrorists. He bemoaned the fact that the country cannot have food security when criminals compel rural communities to pay levies. In a tweet, Sani stated: “Food security cannot exist in a nation when farmers are murdered by terrorists and rural communities are compelled to pay bandit levies. The falsehood surrounding those rice pyramids and the folly of sealing the land borders were revealed by the proclamation of an emergency on food security. Remember how President Bola Tinubu declared a food emergency? This…