The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Ime-Obi, on Saturday, declared that no force on earth will stop the swearing-in of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu on May 29. Ime-Obi, which is Ohanaeze’s highest decision-making body, said the organization would give Tinubu the maximum support towards ensuring that his administration succeeds. It was reacting to a faction of the Ohanaeze that it would not recognize Tinubu as the President-elect over his refusal to include Igbos in his transition committee. Speaking through the Ohanaeze’s Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the body stressed that it recognizes Tinubu as the President-elect of Nigeria and would support him after his inauguration.…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, anointed the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate Usman Ododo for the Kogi State governorship election. Ododo was presented to Buhari by Governor Yahaya Bello at the State House in Aso Rock, Abuja, on Friday. Recall that Ododo won the APC governorship primary election in Kogi on Friday, April 14. Speaking to State House correspondents, Ododo said he was willing and prepared to continue the legacy of Governor Bello if he emerged winner at the polls slated to hold for November. According to him, his experience in the private and public sectors of the economy positioned…
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has accused Kano Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje’s administration of undermining the transition process to the incoming administration of Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf. Chairman, NNPP transition Committee, Prof. Abdullahi Baffa Bich stated this in a press statement issued to the media on Friday. He accused Ganduje’s administration of showing outright resistance and lack of cooperation with the NNPP Gubernatorial transition committee. According to him, “since after the 33-man transition sub-committee was constituted by NNPP, none of the committees received cooperation from the Ganduje administration. “There were several attempts by the committee to schedule a joint…
A factional President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Chidi Ibeh, has described the endorsement of elder statesman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, for the position of President-General as “laughable.” Ibeh, who is a former Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Imo, stated this while addressing newsmen in Owerri, on Friday. He argued that he, having been duly elected on January 9, 2021, and given a Certificate of Return by the chairman of the electoral panel, Richard Ozobu, remained the President-General until otherwise decided by a court of competent jurisdiction. According to him, there is a pending matter bordering on the rightful leadership…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has urged Nigerians to rally round the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Wike said elections are over, hence the need to support Tinubu in ensuring good governance. He made the appeal while addressing journalists after meeting with Tinubu at the Defence House in Abuja on Friday. Wike was accompanied by his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde. According to Wike: “Elections have come and gone, and the winners have emerged, therefore, it’s necessary for all Nigerians to rally round and give Tinubu the necessary support. “Everybody is waiting for May 29 when Tinubu will be sworn-in and…
Ugonna Ozurigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been declared winner of the House of Representatives election held in the Nwangele/ Nkwerre/ Isu/ Njaba Federal Constituency of Imo State on February 25 by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday. Prof. Rosetta Okechukwu, the Federal Constituency collation officer, announced the results at the Federal Constituency’s Collation office in the Nwangele LGA. She stated that the PDP candidate won the election with 19, 971 votes, followed by the Labour Party candidate with 9, 372 votes. Harrison Nwadike of the All Progressives Congress received 8, 991 votes, placing him third. Recall…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Friday demanded an international travel ban on President Muhammadu Buhari after the May 29 inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. PDP’s spokesman, Debo Ologunagba, made the call in reaction to Buhari’s comment that PDP and the Labour Party, LP, lost the presidential election due to overconfidence. Addressing a press conference in Abuja, Ologunagba said Buhari was “gloating over the All Progressives Congress, APC, reckless rigging,” while demanding “international sanctions and travel ban after May 29.” Ologunagba said: “We have called you up again today to address the unfortunate, reckless, unpresidential conduct and subjudice comment…
The factional chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Lamidi Apapa, says negotiation is ongoing to resolve the crisis in the party. Apapa gave this hint on Friday while fielding questions on Arise Television’s News program. He disclosed that the party’s presidential candidate in the February 25 general election, Peter Obi and the LP leadership were working to resolve the crisis. ”Well, the leaders of the party (LP), including our principal, the presidential candidate (Peter Obi), is also working on it. We are expecting him to call a meeting and once that meeting is called, we sit down and resolve the…
A faction of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Taraba State, has called on security operatives to urgently arrest the party chairman, Ibrahim Tukur El-Sudi. They have also asked the national leadership of the party to call El-Sudi to order before he creates irreparable confusion in the party. The faction made the call on Friday while reacting to the purported expulsion of a party member, David Sabo Kente and the Senator-elect for Taraba south, Jimkuta David, said El-Sudi has on February 2023 been removed as the party chairman and has no legal backing to expel or suspend any member of…
A two-member Islamabad High Court bench comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Babar Sattar on Thursday declared the petitions ineffective. A top court here has dismissed the petitions filed by ousted prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi against the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) call-up notices in the Toshakhana corruption case.
The forum of ex-House of Representatives members who are now Senators-elect has not endorsed any candidate for the position of Senate President. The Convener, Ahmed Wadada (SDP-Nasarawa West), spoke to reporters after a meeting with members of the body in Abuja on Friday morning. Wadada, to represent Nasarawa-West Senatorial District in the 10th Senate, said the forum was yet to decide the incoming leadership. The politician explained that the parley was convened to reunite for the good of the country, despite their political affiliation. “We are about 26 members of the forum. This gives us a good bloc for us…
The Ebonyi State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) on Friday expressed concern over the recent relocation of the state Election Petitions Tribunal (EPT) to Abuja. Recall that the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, on Wednesday directed the tribunal to relocate to Abuja immediately. Speaking on the development, State Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr Godwin Jioke, said that the shutdown of the court in Ebonyi was worrisome to his party. According to him, the party is not comfortable with Dongban-Mensem’s decision. “We aren’t comfortable with the cessation of operation and decision of moving the EPT…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said the ruling party has not zoned the leadership positions for the 10th National Assembly. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka disclosed this in a statement issued Thursday night. He said any report to the contrary did not emanate from the party, adding that any decision made in that regard would be made public. Morka noted: “The attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to versions of zoning arrangements for the 10th National Assembly leadership positions in circulation in sections of social media. “The information did not emanate…
The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has insisted that it would continue to support what it called “the victory of Peter Obi” of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election and all his endeavours in its realisation. Afenifere reiterated that the emergence of a president from the South East would guarantee equity, fairness and peaceful co-existence among Nigerians. At the April edition of its general meeting held in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, the group called on the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to ensure speedy resolution of all the petitions before it. Obi and the Labour Party are in court to…
The gubernatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in the recently concluded election in Adamawa State, Dr Umar Ardo has alleged that a broadcast made by President Muhammadu Buhari soliciting support for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani affected the poll negatively. In an interview with Daily Trust, Ardo asserted that the broadcast, which was made in Hausa language, influenced some federal government agencies in the state to work for the APC candidate. According to him, some security agencies, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and even broadcast stations in the country were…
The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Smart Adeyemi, a son of former Kogi State Governor, Shuaibu Abubakar Audu and three others have demanded immediate cancellation of the just-concluded All Progressives Congress (APC) primary for the selection of the party’s candidate in the forthcoming governorship election. The plaintiffs in an interview with journalists outside the Federal High Court in Abuja, where the suits were filed, called on President Muhammadu Buhari, the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President-elect, Senator kashim Shettima and the Arewa Consultative Forum to intervene in order to save democracy in Kogi State. In their separate…
President Muhammadu Buhari has asserted that opposition parties failed to win the February 25 presidential election because of overconfidence. According to Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Buhari spoke on Thursday at his residence in the State House, where he received the Progressive Governors Forum, led by its chairman, Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State. Buhari said: “They were already telling their foreign backers they would defeat the APC. Our party blended confidence with caution; we worked hard and won. Their overconfidence is creating more problems for the opposition than anyone else.…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, presented certificates of return to three Imo House of Assembly members-elect. The certificate presentation was sequel to the April 15 supplementary polls conducted in three local government areas where elections were earlier declared inconclusive. The assembly members-elect are: Mr Nkem Otuibe (Ahiazu Mbaise-APC), Chief Vitalis Azodo (Ideato South-Accord) and Mr Modestus Osakwe (Isu-PDP). Presenting the certificates to the trio, the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Imo, Prof. Sylvia Agu, congratulated them, noting that their victory was by the grace of God. “For us in INEC, today’s occasion marks the end of a phase…
President Muhammadu Buhari has credited the overconfidence of the opposition parties as the reason for their loss in the February 25 presidential election. The President made this statement on Thursday, April 27, 2023, when he received the Progressive Governors Forum, led by Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, at his residence in the State House. According to Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Buhari stated that the opposition parties had already told their foreign backers that they would defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC). “They were already telling their foreign backers they…
The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, held a meeting with the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and some National Assembly members on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, over the zoning of the leadership of the incoming 10th National Assembly. It was gathered that Tinubu did not accept proposals made by some members of the APC leadership and three South-west senators pushing for the Senate Presidency to be zoned to the South-south. Tinubu, it was learnt, told the leadership of the party that he was only disposed to having the number three office zoned to the south and not to any…