Chief Sam Nkire, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, on Wednesday described Governor Nyesom Wike’s battle with the Peoples Democratic Party as a national course and for the interest of the country’s unity. According to him, PDP’s disobedience to the rule of rotation of power after the reign of President Muhammadu Buhari negates the spirit of unity, fairness and equity in the country. In a statement on Wednesday, Nkire said that Governor Wike needed to be commended by all Nigerians for fighting a just course for the overall development of the country. He noted that for the PDP to…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Cross River State has rejected the humongous amounts pegged for nomination forms for chairmanship and other aspirants in the forthcoming local government council elections. Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC) issued a notice about the upcoming local government election in the state billed for May 2023 and listed various amounts for contenders to pay as nomination fees. In a statement signed by its chairman, Anthony Bissong Attah, IPAC said they consider the outrageous amounts a grand plan to exclude opposition political parties from participating in the exercise. “We totally reject the payment of…
The Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commenced screening delegates in Gusau, the state capital, for the governorship primary election slated for Friday, September 23, 2022. Addressing newsmen in Gusau, the state capital, the state secretary of the party, Alhaji Ahmad Farouq Rijiya, said the issue of appealing the Federal High Court judgment that nullified the party’s governorship primary election would amount to a waste of time. “The PDP leadership in the state has concluded that fresh governorship primary election will be the best option,” he added. According to him, going for appeal may delay the…
Veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, has insisted that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, cannot sack the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu because he is not a ‘tyrant.’ Momodu disclosed this while fielding questions on Arise TV’s Morning Show on Thursday. The Publisher of Ovation Magazine believes Atiku cannot sack Ayu because the former senator supported him. PDP has been witnessing a crisis since the emergence of Atiku as its 2023 presidential candidate. Crises erupted in the party when presidential candidate, Atiku, picked Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as his running mate for next year’s…
The battle for the governorship ticket of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 election in Delta State has finally shifted to the Supreme Court for final adjudication. The two contenders for the ticket, David Edevbie and Oborevwori Sheriff Orohwedor have moved their legal teams to the Apex Court to know who will fly the PDP’S flag at the gubernatorial poll. Court processes sighted by our correspondent showed that while David Edevbie is urging the Supreme Court to uphold the judgment of the Federal High Court which declared him the PDP candidate, Sheriff Orohwedor on his part, is pleading…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, Thursday called for an emergency stakeholders meeting of the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This is the first of its kind since after his botched presidential ambition and subsequent internal crisis rocking the party across the country. Although the agenda for the meeting was not disclosed, it may not be unconnected with a state directive on the next line of action after Wike and his strategic team pulled out of the presidential campaign council of the party’s presidential candidate, former vice president, Atiku Abubakar. Those invited to the meeting are party leaders,…
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) is set to indict former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan on Thursday in the contempt of court case filed against him for threatening additional sessions judge Zeba Chaudhry during a rally. According to ARY News, a five-membered bench including Chief Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri and Justice Babar Sattar will commence the proceedings at 2:30 pm. PTI chief Imran Khan has been booked in a terrorism case on the complaint of Islamabad Saddar Magistrate Ali Javed for threatening the female judge…
The political wrangling between the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar seems not to be ending anytime soon. The face off, which started long before the PDP presidential primaries, is now entering what political observers have described as its most dangerous phase as the 2023 general elections run closer. While the Rivers State Governor, alongside his teeming supporters made up of some Southern and Middle Belt Governors, are crying foul over the main opposition party’s current leadership structure which hugely bends towards the North and leaves the…
On a blustery November day last year Britain’s future king stood before world leaders to deliver a rallying cry that they should “act with all despatch, and decisively to confront a common enemy. The clarion call in the vast, windowless hall of a Glasgow convention center at the opening of the U.N. climate conference concerned an issue long dear to the heart of the then-Prince Charles. Climate change and loss of biodiversity were no different from the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe, he said. In fact, they pose an even greater existential threat, to the extent that we have to…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader in Lagos State, Bode George, has made some revelations about an arrangement before the party’s governorship primary. Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, emerged as the PDP standard bearer for the 2023 elections. Formerly of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Jandor, who joined the PDP in 2020, picked Nollywood star, Funke Akindele, as his running mate. In an interview with News Central TV, George disclosed that Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour had been selected as PDP deputy governorship candidate. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) former chairman recalled that he met both of them months ago during a meeting.…
The Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State has congratulated the Senator Representing Ekiti South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Mrs Biodun Olujimi on her appointment as the Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation. The party described the appointment as cheering news to all proud patriotic citizens of Ekiti who value quality representation The Ekiti State PDP Publicity Secretary, Raphael Adeyanju in a statement made available to journalists in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, commended the National Assembly for rewarding competence, consistency and accountability in Senator Mrs Biodun Olujimi, as a true representation of Ekiti values and aspirations” The PDP spokesperson said…
Femi-Fani Kayode (FFK) has advised Governor Nyesom Wike and other Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwarts to dump Atiku Abubakar and the platform. The former Minister of Aviation gave the advice on Wednesday after the aggrieved chieftains pulled out of the PDP presidential campaign. Reacting, Atiku appealed to them to have a rethink, retrace their steps and help the opposition return to power for the sake of Nigeria, “our children, and those yet unborn”. In a statement, Fani-Kayode said Wike and his companions are being treated like filth by their own party, which he alleged has terror links. “I saw all…
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar said the call for the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu resignation is a decision that only he can consider. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and some other Southerners pulled out of Atiku’s campaign. They demanded that Ayu should resign for a Southern to take over before they can join Atiku’s campaign. Atiku in a statement Wednesday said he was surprised at the action of Wike and others to withdraw from his campaign. The former Vice President insisted that if Ayu is to be removed from office,…
The Israeli military announced that it will close all the checkpoints and crossings connecting the country and the West Bank during the upcoming Jewish holidays. “Crossing will be possible only for exceptional humanitarian and medical cases,” the army said in a statement on Tuesday. The first closure will be imposed ahead of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, reports Xinhua news agency. It will start on the afternoon of September 25 and will be lifted at midnight between September 27-28, “in accordance with a situation assessment”, the army said. On October 9, another day-long closure will be imposed, ahead of…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the decision of some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains to pull out of the 2023 campaign. The PDP presidential flagbearer also commented on their insistence that the National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, leaves the position Atiku said he was surprised by their withdrawal because apart from the Rivers chapter, all other states submitted names of people who they wanted in the Presidential Campaign Council. In a statement on Wednesday, the Wazirin Adamawa noted that the decision of Ayu to resign from office is personal, and neither he nor anyone else can make that…
As the political campaigns start next week, a chieftain of the Labour Party, LP, Prof. Pat Utomi, has revealed when Peter Obi’s manifesto for the 2023 elections will be available to Nigerians. Utomi made the revelation while speaking exclusively with Vanguard in an interview in Abuja. He said Obi’s manifesto was ready but carefully kept under wraps to prevent opposition candidates from copying it. “There is a manifesto ready, and it will be released before the campaign starts. We have it, but we decided to keep it secret until campaigns start,” he said. He maintained that the Labour Party, has…
An Ogun State governorship hopeful, Segun Showunmi, has told his supporters not to be disturbed by the list of candidates released so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to Showunmi, the list of candidates released by the electoral umpire for the PDP in Ogun “is not reliable until justice is served.” Showunmi, in a statement on Wednesday, said there is a case in court, saying the court would deliver its ruling soon. The former spokesman to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar maintained that the list sent out by INEC meant nothing until the case is decided. The…
The former Governor of Kano State and currently Senator representing Kano Central, Ibrahim Shekarau, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party. Shekarau defected on the floor of the Senate during the plenary on Wednesday. He was a member of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, before his defection. He had earlier moved from the All Progressives Congress to the NNPP.
President Vladimir Putin declared a “partial mobilization,” calling up 300,000 reservists, in a major escalation of his flagging invasion of Ukraine, which he portrayed as a fight to the death with the US and its allies. As Russia moves to annex occupied Ukrainian territory, Putin also renewed his warnings of a nuclear threat. “When the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, we will certainly use all the means at our disposal to protect Russia and our people,” he said in a televised national address Wednesday. “This is not a bluff.” “Those who are trying to blackmail us with nuclear…
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Cross River State has called on Governor Ben Ayade to reconstitute his cabinet immediately. IPAC also urged the governor to make deliberate efforts to enlist technocrats with proven track records to man strategic ministries. The umbrella body of all political parties in the State made the call in a statement, signed by its State Chairman, Tony Bissong, and released at the end of their general meeting, Tuesday night. The statement stressed that the lacuna created by the sack and resignation of some commissioners in key Ministries like Finance, Health, Water Resources and Information had…