Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has called on members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State to continue to support the party. The call is coming one week after he was defeated at the PDP presidential primaries by former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. The governor was speaking in Port Harcourt through his deputy Ipalibo Harry-Banigo who represented him at the thanksgiving service of the PDP in Rivers State on Sunday for successful primaries. He said the members must continue to support the party to enable it win the upcoming general elections, assuring that the PDP is ready to…
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A former Senator who represented the Southern Kaduna Senatorial Zone in the National Assembly, Caleb Zagi, has won the Kaduna governorship ticket of the African Democratic Party (ADC). He polled 185 votes to defeat his opponent, Abdulmumini Dada Umar who polled 32 votes. The results of the primary held on Saturday were announced by the Returning Officer for the election, Alh Tijani Ahmed. Senator Zagi, in his acceptance speech, shortly after he was declared winner, expressed gratitude to the delegates for the confidence reposed in him and promised to work with every member of ADC to ensure the victory of…
Many members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara. The defectors were led by an aggrieved House of Assembly aspirant, Mr Umar Usman, the son of the Emir of Yashikira. Usman gave high-handedness and impunity in the party as reasons for their defection. He condemned the imposition of candidates against local zoning arrangements in the local government. The state Chairman of SDP, Alhaji Azeez Afolabi, received the defectors in Baruten. Afolabi led other state working committee members to Kosinski, headquarters of Baruten local…
The prime minister also took an overview of the development projects, including the under-construction Gwadar airport which was being built under a Chinese grant and faced a delay in completion. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday hit out at the previous government led by ousted premier Imran Khan for “miserably failing the people of Gwadar, a day after he visited the port city in Balochistan and inaugurated a six-lane expressway built under the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Expressing dissatisfaction over the slow pace of work on projects in Gwadar, the prime minister asserted that the development of…
Former National President of the Trade Union of Nigeria (TUC), Bobboi Bala Kaigama, has vowed never to indulge in acts that will negate the right of citizens both in Nigeria and the globe at large. He made this known on Sunday in a statement announcing the withdrawal of his membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Kaigama was among the numerous aspirants that jostled for the senatorial ticket of the Taraba Central senatorial district on the platform of the APC in the just concluded primaries of the party. Like Professor Mohammed Sani Yahaya, who had earlier withdrawn from the…
Ahead of the next year’s general election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will present the certificate of return to its gubernatorial candidates on Tuesday. PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba on Sunday disclosed that a Certificate of Return for the House of Assembly, House of Representatives and Senatorial Candidates will be issued at the respective PDP State Chapters from Wednesday, June 8, 2022. The PDP also invited all presidential candidates, all governors, members of the Board of Trustees, members of the National Executive Committee, members of the National Assembly and all critical stakeholders to attend…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted speculations of zoning the party’s 2023 presidential ticket. Some reports claim that President Muhammadu Buhari directed the selection of a standard-bearer of Southern origin. The Nigeria leader and party leaders met with the aspirants at the State House in Abuja, Saturday night. Muhammad Nata’ala Keffi, spokesman to National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu said the gathering didn’t discuss zoning. In a statement on Sunday, Keffi noted that such claims were false, mischievous and misleading. He said the President only advised the aspirants to build “a consensus that would help the party reduce the number of…
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has debunked reports that he stepped down from the presidential race and endorsed Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. Report on Saturday emerged that Umahi had stepped down for Lawan after Lawan visited him on Saturday. But Umahi’s media aide, Francis Nwaze, described the report as inaccurate. He said Lawan had earlier visited Umahi as part of the last-minute effort to forge a partnership ahead of the primary. He said there was no discussion on the issue of stepping down during the meeting. “For the sake of discerning minds, what happened was that Senate President, Ahmed…
Kyiv said on Saturday Moscow had reinforced its troops around Sievierodonetsk and attempted to cut off Ukraine’s access to the industrial city, the focus of a Russian offensive to take the eastern Donbas region. Serhiy Gaidai, governor of Luhansk province, said Russian forces were blowing up bridges across the Siverskyi Donets river to prevent Ukraine bringing in military reinforcements and delivering aid to civilians in Sievierodonetsk. “The Russian army, as we understand, is throwing all its efforts, all its reserves in that (Sievierodonetsk) direction,” Gaidai said in a live TV broadcast on Saturday. “Russians are blowing up bridges, so we…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Adamu, has said that the party did not disqualify any candidate among its 23 presidential aspirants. Adamu disclosed this on Saturday while speaking with journalists on the report of the screening committee. The former Nasarawa State governor rubbished reports that the Chief John Oyegun screening committee disqualified 10 aspirants leaving only 13 in the race. According to Adamu, the committee did not screen out aspirants, but instead graded them on certain criteria. “Nobody has been disqualified. We have the report. No aspirant has been disqualified. It is like sitting in…
Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has insisted that Bola Tinubu, a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) doesn’t deserve any form of punishment from his political party. Shehu Sani said this why reacting to the statement by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdulahi Adamu, that the ruling party would axe Tinubu over his recent utterances against President Muhammadu Buhari. Recall that Adamu had disclosed this while addressing journalists on Saturday in Abuja ahead of the party’s convention slated for Tuesday that Tinubu’s apology wasn’t enough because his outburst was an insult to the…
A group under the aegis of Movement For Better Nigeria, MFBN, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to be discreet and not to succumb to pressure in choosing his preferred candidate for the All Progressives Congress presidential primary election which will be held between June 6-8. It added that Buhari should choose a candidate with capacity and charisma that would overshadow the presidential flag bearer of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP at the 2023 general elections. The Coordinator of the group, Dr Paul Dowells stated this on Saturday during a press conference in Abuja. He said whichever way the party…
The Zamfara State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has concluded its primary elections in the state, assuring that the party would become the ruling party in the state 2023. Addressing party supporters in Gusau, the state capital, the state chairman of the party, Alhaji Kabiru Garba, explained that APC was tired and lacked adequate experience to deliver in Zamfara State, saying that the ADC will take over the state come 2023. The chairman further stated that the insecurity situation, coupled with political instability ravaging the state would be enough reason for Zamfara residents to revolt against APC through…
The first way, according to him, is that “you can export through the ports that are under the control of Ukraine, first of all in the Black Sea basin — Odessa and nearby ports.” Russia does not hinder the export of Ukrainian grain, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “As for the export of Ukrainian grain. We do not interfere with this. And there are several ways to export grain,” Putin said in an interview with the Rossiya 24 broadcaster. The first way, according to him, is that “you can export through the ports that are under the control of Ukraine,…
Some aggrieved elders and youths in Potiskum Local Government Area of Yobe State have cried out over alleged move by some All Progressives Congress, APC, Executive members to substitute the winner of the party’s primary election for House of Assembly seat in the area. One of the elders, Abdullahi Tsula in an interview with newsmen, said all delegates of Potiskum Central and the entire people of the constituency were amazed to hear that a parallel House of Assembly primary election was held in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital. “We had a successful Potiskum Central House of Assembly primary election at…
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has ruled that statutory delegates are constitutionally qualified to participate in all meetings, congresses and conventions of any registered political party in Nigeria. Sen. Mas’ud El-Jibrin , Hon. Habibu Sani and Hon. Bilyaminu Yusuf Shin’Kafi, (all aspirants of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) at the just concluded National Assembly primaries, had filed a suit challenging the disenfranchisement of statutory delegates from participating at the primaries. The suit marked FHC/KN/CS/13712022, has the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; National Chairman of APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila…
The Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu campaign organisation has cleared the air on some of the statements attributed to the All Progressives Congress, APC’s national leader during the week. The campaign team in a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, its Director Media & Communications, described some of the reports carried about the APC leader as erroneous, misleading and mischievous interpretation. Tinubu, who is one of the leading aspirants of the ruling party, addressed party’s delegates in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State on Thursday. Tinubu, who went down memory lane, boasted on how he brought his political clout and strategic skills to…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday, cancelled the Kaduna Central senatorial primary election held on May 3, 2022. A statement signed by the Kaduna state PDP Secretary, Ibrahim Wusono, stated that the decision to cancel the election was taken based on the National Assembly Appeal Committee report and recommendation. The secretary of the state chapter of the PDP told media, that the cancellation was due to several petitions filed by the aspirants to the election appeal committee. He, however, said that the Kaduna Central Senatorial primary election will not hold on June 4, 2022, as earlier stated. Wusono noted…
The United States and its allies are vowing to hold Russia accountable for crimes committed by its forces since they invaded Ukraine on February 24. US Undersecretary of State Uzra Zeya told a UN Security Council meeting Thursday on strengthening accountability and justice for serious violations of international law that in nearly 100 days the world has seen Russian forces bomb maternity hospitals, train stations, apartment buildings and homes and even kill civilians cycling down the street. Zeya said the United States is working with its allies to support a broad range of international investigations into atrocities in Ukraine.…
A former Governor of Borno State, Senator Kassim Shettima, has said despite the good personality of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, he is unfit to win the 2023 presidential elections. Shettima, who is representing Borno Central Senatorial District, spoke when he appeared on Channels Television program on Friday night. According to him, the VP who is one of the presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, can not defeat the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The lawmaker claimed that only the National leader of the ruling party, Bola Tinubu, is capable of winning the…