The camp of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has described the President-elect, Bola Tinubu the “selected one.” Atiku’s spokesman, Daniel Bwala, made the remark while faulting the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari and Tinubu from Nigeria due to alleged medical reasons. While Buhari extended his trip to the United Kingdom, UK, due to a dental procedure, Tinubu travelled to Europe to engage with possible investors. But, Bwala had claimed that Tinubu embarked on a medical trip to Europe and not for business purposes. However, Bwala said Buhari and Tinubu’s medical needs can be met in Nigeria.…
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The national leadership of New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, has inaugurated a caretaker committee in Ogun State. InfoStride News reports that the inauguration of the committee was sequel to the dissolution of the state executive council and expulsion of the former Chairman of the party in the state, Olaposi Sunday Oginni. Oginni was expelled over alleged anti-party activities. The inauguration of the caretaker committee took place on Thursday in Abeokuta, the state capital. The event was attended by the gubernatorial candidate of the party in the 2023 general elections, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi, his running mate, Alhaja Sakirat Idris Arowolo and…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has called for the revamping of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to regain its eminent and dominant leadership role in Nigeria and Africa. The party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, gave the advice at a programme “welcome/reception of PDP governors-elect and send forth of the past PDP Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) chairmen” on Thursday in Abuja. The programme with the theme “Good Governance at the Sub-national level: Issues, Perspectives, Expectations and Outcomes” was organised by the PDP-GF. Abubakar said that the PDP formed in 1999 as a dominant political party was passing through challenges that…
The election petitions tribunal in Abia State has thrown out a suit challenging the victory of Obinna Aguocha of the Labour Party as the duly elected member of the Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South federal constituency of Abia State. The petition, filed by Paul Meregini and his political party, Action Democratic Party, ADP, called for the nullification of the election that produced Obinna Aguocha on the ground that the logo of ADP was excluded from the House of Representatives election ballot papers during the February 25 National Assembly polls. The petition (No. EPT/AB/HR/01/2023) complained that the exclusion of ADP’s logo affected the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ondo State chapter on Thursday disclosed its readiness to participate in the forthcoming local government election in the state. According to the party its decision to be on the ballot on December 16, 2023 was hinged on the inefficiencies that now abound in 18 local government areas of the state. Fatai Adams, the state party Chairman, asserted that PDP will be fielding tried-and-true community persons who are knowledgeable about local issues at the grassroots level, adding that boycotting has never aided anyone. At a recent gathering of stakeholders at its secretariat, Oba-Ile, Akure North Local…
Ahead of the May 29 transition, a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has assured that the National Assembly would be free under the administration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Speaking against the backdrop of the National Assembly becoming a rubber-stamp, Ikuforiji said Tinubu’s administration would encourage an independent national assembly. Appearing on Arise Television, Ikuforiji said Tinubu won’t use executive powers to muscle the judiciary and legislature. “We are lucky as Nigerians today to have the President-elect to be the President come May 29. The legislature, the Judiciary, I can assure you will be…
Retired General Olu Bajowa has cautioned President-elect Bola Tinubu against biased appointments. The elder statesman advised Tinubu to ensure an even spread of appointments in his administration for justice and equity. The former Managing Director of the defunct Nigeria Airways gave the counsel in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday. Bajowa stressed that the composition of the appointees should reflect the diversity of Africa’s most populous nation. The principles of fairness, equity, justice, and the rule of law should reign supreme in the next government, the retired officer noted. Bajowa observed Nigeria is engulfed with the problems of moral…
On Thursday, a three-member apex court bench, comprising Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Athar Minallah, ordered his immediate release. In a major relief for embattled Imran Khan, Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday declared the former prime minister’s arrest “illegal” and ordered his immediate release after he was produced before a bench on its orders. Khan, 70, was arrested on Tuesday from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) and an accountability court Wednesday handed him over to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for eight days remand in connection with the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case. His arrest…
There is disquiet in the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, over the somewhat strange romance between the Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike and the party’s hierarchy, especially the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. The development is causing upset among the APC members ahead of the inauguration of Tinubu as President and his formation of cabinet within six months. Against his own political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, the Governor is believed to have worked for the national ruling party during the 2023 presidential election. And this has intensified the rumours that it is just a matter of…
The Lamidi Apapa faction of the Labour Party has distanced itself from the calls for an interim government and the agitations that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, should not be sworn in on May 29, pending the determination of the petitions before the presidential election tribunal. The Labour Party faction said the swearing in of Tinubu “may not have any impact on the ongoing legal tussle on the presidential election involving our party, APC and INEC.” In a statement made available to the media on Wednesday, the faction’s spokesman, Abayomi Arabambi, posited that the Electoral Act and the Constitution of Nigeria…
The Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Taraba State, Inuwa Bakari, has finally broken his silence on why he challenged the appointment of the former Special Adviser to Governor Darius Ishaku, as the party’s state chairman. Abubakar Bawa, who was the immediate past Special Assistant on Political Matters to Governor Ishaku, was recently appointed the party’s state chairman. Airing his grievances on Thursday, through his counsel, C.C Mbalaso, Bakari said, “We challenged the appointment because, by the virtue of the PDP Constitution, the National Working Committee lacks the power to appoint a substantive Chairman”. “The National Working…
Following the zoning arrangement for National Assembly leadership positions released on Monday by the National Working Committee, NWC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, seven aspirants for the Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives have come together under the G7 platform to reject the declaration. The members of the G7 group are Deputy Speaker of the House, Hon Ahmed Idris Wase; Hon. Yusuf Gagdi, Hon. Mukhtar Aliyu Betara, Hon. Sada Soli. Hon. Aminu Sani Jaji. Hon. Mariam Onuoha and House of Representatives Majority Leader, Hon. Al Hassan Doguwa. The G7 lawmakers, during a meeting with the APC NWC members…
Orakwe said that many youths had yet to register or complete their voter registration in Imo while some had turned 18 years old since the suspension of the CVR in July 2022. The Catch Them Young Community Initiative (CATYCOI) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) ahead of Imo gubernatorial election. The Executive Director of CATYCOI, Mr Nonso Orakwe, told newsmen on Thursday in Awka that the CVR was necessary to avoid disenfranchisement of some youths. “We are concerned about the participation of youths in the Nov. 11 off-cycle governorship election…
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has congratulated the Executive Governor of Osun State Senator Ademola Adeleke on his victory at the Supreme Court. The coalition in a statement by its President General, Goodluck Ibem said, the judgement was a victory for democracy and an affirmation that people of Osun State voted massively for him. According to COSEYL, the distraction occasioned by the All Progressives Congress in the state has ended, urging tye governor to get back to work properly. The statement reads partly, “Now that the distractions of court cases promoted by people who clearly lost the…
As the race for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly gathers more steam, Dominic Alancha, a public affairs analyst and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, not to meddle in how the lawmakers choose their leaders. He cautioned that leaving the National Working Committee (NWC) to zone the leadership of the National Assembly may in the long run truncate the independence of the legislative arm of government. Alancha, while reacting to the development on Wednesday, also faulted what the NWC referred to as consensus, stressing that what transpired was far…
Following the controversy trailing the choice of Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abass from Kaduna as Speaker and Benjamin Kalu from Abia State as Deputy Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives , a joint task group, a forum of members-elect from the 18 political parties have been formed. The group was formed to calm nerves and reach out to aggrieved contestants for reconciliation in the interest of the 10th House of Representatives and the nation. Speaking with journalists on Wednesday after a meeting with the joint task group, Hon. Abass expressed delight that he was adopted by the ruling All Progressives…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has described the death of the South-West Zonal Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olasoji Adagunodo as a huge loss to Osun State. Governor Adeleke also described Adagunodo’s passing as a sore loss to the Peoples Democratic Party. DAILY POST had reported that Adagunodo died on Tuesday after a brief illness in the United States of America. It was gathered from sources that the late Adagunodo had travelled to the US shortly after the general elections for a routine medical checkup but he did not come back. According to the source, “He died…
The Jigawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged all APC senators and House of Representatives members to accept the adoption of consensus in producing the 10th leadership of the National Assembly in good faith. The state party chairman, Aminu Sani Gumel, made the call while briefing newsmen in Dutse, the state capital. According to him: “The choice of Senator Akpabio as Senate President and Senator Barau Jibrin as Deputy Senate President, the nomination of Tajuddern Abbas as Speaker and Ben Kalu as Deputy Speaker was done for national unity and progress.” Gumel explained that the Jigawa…
Fresh off a White House meeting with no serious breakthrough on the debt limit standoff, President Joe Biden is launching a new phase of his pressure campaign against House Republicans as he makes his case that lawmakers should lift the nation’s borrowing authority without any strings attached. Biden will travel to Valhalla, New York, on Wednesday to argue that a measure passed by House GOP lawmakers that would lift the debt limit for about a year while curbing some federal spending would impose cuts for veterans care, educators and other domestic priorities. The area is represented by first-term Republican Rep.…
The Action Peoples Party has applied to withdraw the suit against President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal. The Counsel to APP, Obed Agu, is also asking the court to strike out and dismiss the suit challenging Tinubu’s victory at the 25th February presidential election. Counsel to Tinubu, Wole Olanipekun, SAN, did not oppose the withdrawal. The Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Haruna Tsammani, subsequently dismissed the petition. Recall that the tribunal commenced sitting in Abuja on Monday.