Ahead of the 2023 general election, a former Commissioner for Agriculture in Ondo State, Pastor Olusegun Aiyerin has announced his resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC). Aiyerin, a two-term chairman of Okitipupa Local Government, announced his resignation in a letter addressed to the chairman of APC in llutitun Ward 1 on Tuesday. He said the ruling APC in the State was encouraging indolence, while abandoning hard work. “I, Pastor Olusegun Aiyerin, hereby resign my membership of APC with immediate effect after due consultation with members of my family, my ardent followers and supporters. “It is to be recalled that…
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The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday, turned down the approval by the state governor, Nyesom Wike, to use the Adokiye Amesiamaka Stadium, Igwurita-Ali, Port Harcourt, for its presidential campaign rally. Recall that Wike, who fell out with Atiku following the outcome of the party’s primary election last year, had denied giving the approval for the venue. However, while speaking at the PDP governorship campaign rally at Ogu in Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday, the governor announced the reapproval of the facility. Reacting to the latest approval, the spokesperson of the…
Chief Henry Ude (AjimBest), a chieftain of the Labour Party in Ebonyi, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This was contained in a statement on Wednesday in Abakaliki signed by Chief Abia Onyike, the Director, Media and Publicity, PDP Governorship Campaign Council. Ude, one of the founding fathers of Ebonyi and an LP stalwart in Okposi, Ohaozara Local Government Area of the state, confirmed the development when he spoke with journalists in Abakaliki. He said his decision to return to his former party was to help in the struggle to free the state from its political quagmire. Ude,…
The Taraba State chapter of the Labour Party, LP, has vowed to appeal the Federal High Court’s judgement which nullified the candidacy of its guber candidate, Senator Joel Ikenya. In a statement by its campaign council on Wednesday, they noted that the “state governorship candidate of our party, will be exercising his right of appeal on the judgement of the Federal High Court, Jalingo, delivered on Saturday, 4th February, 2023 in order to seek redress on the obvious miscarriage of justice.” The court last Saturday nullified the emergence of the former Minister of Labour as the party’s governorship candidate for…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has given a reason Nigerians should sack him if elected president in the upcoming presidential election. Obi said Nigerians should sack him and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, if they take the country in the wrong direction. Speaking at the Support Group Conveners Conference in Abuja, Obi cautioned against voting for politicians who impoverished 95 million Nigerians. To this end, Obi urged Nigerians to reject the old political order that brought about poverty and debt. He urged Nigerians to take ownership of the country from the old political order.…
The Delta North senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ned Nwoko today said it’s not a do-or-die affair for him to be voted a senator. Nwoko made the assertion during an interactive session with journalists in Asaba. Nwoko who was a guest at “The Platform”, a programme organized by the Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ also said he wouldn’t like to be in the opposition when he emerges as the next senator at the red chamber. He explained that he can’t function effectively well as an opposition in the house. According to Hon.…
The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Iyorchia Ayu has urged Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State to join the party’s campaign train. Ayu said Ortom joining PDP would guarantee the party’s victory during the presidential election. Speaking at the PDP presidential campaign rally in Benue State, Ayu said: “I am appealing to my younger brother, Gov. Ortom to come back and join us so that we will fight to rescue Nigeria. “Gov. Ortom has nowhere to go, his only house is the PDP and anytime that he comes, we shall be more than happy to receive him…
The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, has cautioned Nigerians against voting for the All Progressives Congress, APC. Ayu said only Nigerians with mental problems would vote for the APC in the upcoming elections. Speaking at the party’s presidential campaign rally in Benue State, Ayu said: “All of you know that you have suffered in this country in the last eight years of APC, only somebody who has a mental problem will vote for APC.” Ayu also dismissed insinuations of a crisis within the party, stressing that the party is not divided. He, however, noted that…
Barely 17 days to the commencement of the 2023 general elections, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has been assured of over one million votes in Benue State. This was as Atiku was predicted to emerge winner of the February 25th presidential election. Atiku held his campaign rally in Makurdi, the state capital on Monday evening, after a series of postponements, which was not unconnected to the rift between the state governor, Samuel Ortom and the national leadership of the party. PDP’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu hails from Benue State and is not on good…
The younger brother to a former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, Isaac has alleged that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State is working for the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Wike has been at loggerheads with the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after losing the party’s presidential ticket to Atiku Abubakar. The face-off with Atiku led to Wike’s call for the removal of the PDP’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. Wike and the G-5 governors said the party can’t have the North produce the party’s national chairman and presidential candidate. They stressed that a southerner…
The Delta State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Sheriff Oborevwori have solicited the cooperation of Journalists for the actualization of the Vice Presidential ambition of Dr. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa, running mate to Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the PDP. The lawmaker spoke when he appeared on the “Platform,” a programme designed by the NUJ Delta State Council in Asaba to interrogate potential leaders on their agenda. Oborevwori said, “I will serve as governor of all Deltans irrespective of your social status, religion or political affiliation ” He noted that he has a special agenda designed for a greater…
Etigwe Uwa has expressed optimism that he will soon be declared the rightful governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and would proceed to win the Abia State governorship election on March 11, 2023. Uwa, who challenged the candidature of Prof Greg Ibe who was declared guber candidate of APGA in Abia State, in an interview said the Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified all prayers against him, and that his own prayers to the court were upheld after all arguments have been taken. Uwa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, further claimed that a new date would…
A Magistrate court in Port Harcourt Court, Rivers State has remanded over 20 persons in the state correctional centre. They were arrested in connection with a meeting by members of the Atiku Support Organisation in the State. The suspects were later arraigned on counts of conspiracy, cultism and unlawful gathering before Chief Magistrate Collins Ali. However, Magistrate Ali refused to grant the bail application filed by Counsel to the suspects. He ordered that they be remanded in the correctional centre and adjourned proceedings in the matter to March 22, 2023, for bail consideration. Details later…
The Action Alliance (AA) Party, has reacted to the court injunction requested by Kenneth Udeze, its former national chairman, asking an FCT High Court to stop CBN from extending the deadline for the new naira note swap. Describing Udeze’s request as anti-people, the National Chairman, Action Alliance, Adekunle Omo-Aje, in a statement on Tuesday claimed that Kenneth Udeze does not mean well for Nigerians and Nigeria. The statement said, “He does not represent our great party Action Alliance, since he is not a member of the party. Since he doesn’t know that any policy causing pain should be rethought, he…
A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Dr. Musa Alih Jaba, on Tuesday, raised an alarm that if the current fuel and new notes scarcity is not resolved, it may affect this year’s general election. He expressed dismay over the lingering problems, saying Nigerians have been subjected to poverty, pain and hunger. Jaba, while speaking with journalists at the ongoing Kaduna International Trade Fare, noted that the scarcity of new notes has affected every sphere of life, adding that without resolving the immediate fuel and new notes issues, the 2023 general…
The Senate in the US state of Utah unanimously passed a resolution highlighting the history and significant contributions of the Sikh community. The resolution, which was passed last week, appreciated the Sikhs for their humanitarian services, despite receiving hate and facing oppression for their faith worldwide. “The Senate unanimously passed H.J.R (House Joint Resolution) 4, a resolution highlighting the history and significant contributions of the Sikh community. We were joined by members of Utah’s Sikh community as well as those from India and other parts of the world,” a tweet from the Utah Senate read. The resolution was moved by…
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has reacted to the Supreme Court judgement which on Monday restored him as the authentic senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC, for Yobe North Senatorial District. Lawan’s reaction was contained in a post via his verified Twitter handle. Recall that the Supreme Court in its judgment voided and set aside the earlier judgments of both the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal which had affirmed Bashir Sheriff Machina as the genuine APC candidate for Yobe North. Lawan said the judgment was a victory for the APC in Yobe, the entire country…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Katsina State pledged full support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu. President Buhari, during a courtesy visit to the palace of the Emir of Katsina, Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, called on him and the Emirate Council to mobilise for the political leader. “We are here to present our candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Asiwaju has been chosen by our party, and we are fully in support of his candidature, and we will work for his victory at the polls,” Buhari said. The President had recently told Nigerians to vote…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has called on the Federal Government to invoke its powers in line with the provisions of Section 47 (3) of the Fiscal Responsibility Act to stop Senator Uzodinma from destroying Imo State with an unsustainable debt portfolio. The opposition party said it feels greatly pained by the spike in Imo’s debt profile, and states in clear terms that the administration of Senator Hope Uzodinma has mortgaged the future of unborn generations with unpayable debt stock, while also elevating treasury looting to the status of state policy PDP in a statement signed by…
The Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, caucus in the National Assembly has rejected the removal of Ibrahim El-Sudi as its chairman. The caucus, led by Danjuma Shidi, a member of the House of Representatives, briefed journalists on Monday at the National Assembly on the current crisis rocking the party. Shidi, who is APC senatorial candidate for Taraba South, said the removal of the embattled chairman was done by a skewed and self-serving section of the State Executive Committee. It would be recalled that El-Sudi was removed on Sunday by the SEC of the state for “negligence”.…