A Presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Governor of Rivers State, Mr Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has lost his legal battle seeking to stop his probe in alleged N96b fraud and alleged fraudulent sale of valued assets belonging to Rivers State. The Supreme Court in a judgment just delivered ordered Amaechi to go and face the Commission of Inquiry set up by the Rivers State Government to investigate his 8-year tenure as governor of the State. The apex Court dismissed Amaechi’s appeal where he had asked for order of the court to prohibit his…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
The Supreme Court is now set to deliver judgment in a suit by former Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi seeking to stop his probe in alleged N96B fraud and fraudulent sales of valued assets belonging to Rivers State. A hearing notice just sighted by the media at the Apex Court indicated that the make or mar judgment would be handed down this morning. Amaechi, presently one of the leading presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is battling hard to stop his successor, Nyesom Wike from causing him to appear before a probe panel to…
Senator Aishatu Binani has emerged the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Adamawa State. In a historic victory, she floored five men to clinch the party’s ticket in the just concluded governorship primary election in the State. Binani has now become the first woman to win the governorship candidacy of a major political party in the State. Binani is a serving Senator, representing Adamawa Central and she obtained victory over the likes of former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ribadu, immediate past governor of the State, Jibrilla Bindow, House of Representatives member, Abdulrazak…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday said Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot be allowed to win his war in Ukraine and sought to end any dependence on Russian fuels, even as he asserted that deglobalisation was not going to work. In a special address on the last day of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022, Scholz said it was not only the statehood of Ukraine that was at stake, but also the system of international cooperation, designed in the aftermath of two world wars to the vow of “never again”. A system that subjects power to law, bans violence…
A presidential aspirant under the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Olufemi Ajadi, has withdrawn from the 2023 race, to support the former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso. Ajadi, at a press conference he addressed at the NUJ secretariat, Okelewo, Abeokuta, said he has stepped down to be the running mate of Kwakwanso, who is also eyeing the presidential seat. The entrepreneur said: “Ladies and gentlemen, I Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, having considered many things, and in the interest of our great party and beloved country, today, relinquish my presidential ambition, to support the presidential candidacy of Senator Rabiu…
Gov. Muhammad Yahaya of Gombe State has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election held on Thursday. He polled 563 votes through voice affirmation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that seven delegates could not make it to the venue of the election. Announcing the result, Dr Danjuma Dabo, the Chief Returning Officer said 563 delegates were accredited out of the 570 persons expected to vote. In his acceptance speech, Gov. Yahaya thanked the delegates for finding him worthy to be the party’s flag-bearer for the 2023 governorship election. He called on party stakeholders to work together…
Three governorship aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara State have lamented that the party’s governorship primary election was full of irregularities. The aspirants Ibrahim Shehu popularly known as Shehu Bakaoye, Wadatau Madawaki and Hafiz Nahuche, said they withdrew from the race due to irregularities that compounded the primaries. In a joint press briefing in Gusau, the State capital, the trio alleged that they observed some irregularities in the conduct of the primaries which they said forced them to withdraw and seek redress through an appropriate authority. They said they would take their case to…
The Coalition for Peter Obi has applauded the former governor of Anambra State for his exit from the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), saying the party will lose over 15 million votes in the presidential election in 2023. Peter Obi, a presidential aspirant, formerly on the platform of the PDP announced his resignation from the party a few days before the primary election. The groups in a statement issued by Marcel Ngogbehei, Chairman of the Coalition said, the official announcement of Peter Obi’s exit from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) pushed the former governor to form an alliance with credible Nigerians.…
President Vladimir Putin ordered 10% rises on Wednesday in pensions and the minimum wage to cushion Russians from inflation, but denied the country’s economic problems were all linked to the war in Ukraine. With annual inflation near 18% last month, the Kremlin leader acknowledged that 2022 would be a “difficult” year for the Russian economy. “When I say ‘difficult’, it doesn’t mean all these difficulties are connected to the special military operation,” Putin told a televised meeting of the State Council in Moscow. “Because in countries that aren’t conducting any operations – say, overseas, in North America, in Europe -…
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, who is also a presidential aspirant under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the delegates in Osun State to exercise unity of purpose in supporting the South-West agenda. According to him, all presidential aspirants from the region are “eminently qualified”. Fayemi stated this in Osogbo during his consultation with the party faithful in Osun. He harped on unity in the South-West region, saying whatever could stand in the way of the region’s collective success must be firmly resisted. In his words, “For me, the victory of South-West means that we are all victorious,…
Elected Delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi State have obtained a court order to demand that the national leadership of the party, does not tamper with the approved list of the three-man ad-hoc delegates and National Delegate of the state ahead of its primaries. The delegates who spoke to journalists in Abakaliki through their leader Ogbonnaya Odii said they approached the court on May 19 and obtained an order to demand that the national leadership of PDP respects the delegate list from the three-man ah-hoc ward congress of the party. The delegates obtained an order from the…
A group of party stakeholders from the 25 local government areas of Niger State in the All Progressives Congress, APC, have petitioned the National Secretariat of the party, seeking the immediate suspension of the state party Chairman, Haliru Zakari Jikantoro over preference for some aspirants ahead of the party primaries. The group made the call in a signed three-page letter of a petition dated 20th May, 2022 and addressed to the National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu and made available to newsmen. They noted that the recent activities of the state party Chairman is capable of destroying the party…
Supporters of the former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, operating under the aegis of ‘Ikeoha Campaign Organisation’ has expressed shock over the dismissal of its suit seeking to uphold the 3-man Adhoc committee that would participate in the Enugu PDP governorship primaries. The suit was instituted by the supporters, who were candidates in the three-man delegates’ election. The Director-General of the Organisation, Charles Ogbo Asogwa in a statement sent to Journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, however, appealed to the supporters to remain calm, stressing that the organisation will approach the Court of Appeal on the judgement. The statement said:…
Chinese leader Xi Jinping defended China’s record to the top UN human rights official Wednesday, saying each nation should be allowed to find its own path based on its particular circumstances and criticizing those countries that lecture others on human rights and politicie the issue. Through long-term and persistent hard work, China has successfully embarked on a path of human rights development that conforms to the trend of the times and suits its own national conditions, Xi told U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet in a video call, according to an online report from state broadcaster CCTV. Bachelet is in…
The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe and 2023 Abia governorship hopeful, has declared his withdrawal from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primaries scheduled today in the State. An insider source revealed that Abaribe would, in no distant time, defect from the PDP to the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA. Abaribe’s withdrawal is premised on the contentious 3-man ad-hoc delegates of the State. In his words, “To make matters worse, the use of only an imaginary 3-man ad-hoc delegates to the exclusion of the party’s statutory delegates in the primary elections to elect our candidates even when INEC, the…
Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the Presidential hopeful of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has lost the member of the State House of Assembly, representing his Madobi Local Government to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The House member, Hon. Kabiru Yusuf Isma’il, decamped from the NNPP to the APC. Also another House of Assembly member, representing Dawakin Kudu Local Government, Hon. Mu’azzam El-Yakubu has also dumped Kwankwaso’s NNPP for the APC. While reacting to the development, the State Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba said a gale of defection had recently swept across the NNPP, particularly members of the State…
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has slammed the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the violent nature of its political activities. This is as the Osun PDP stated that any attempt to blame it for the attack on the campaign train of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola would be a sign of desperation taken too far. The party, which made this known in a statement signed by Sunday Bisi, Director-General, PDP State Campaign Council, and made available to the media on Tuesday, also warned the ruling party not to turn the State into a war zone. The PDP,…
The camp of former Imo Governor, Rochas Okorocha believes his arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is political. The Senator representing lmo West District is being prosecuted for charges, including diversion of State funds. On Tuesday, EFCC officials and security agents stormed his residence in the capital of Nigeria, Abuja, and took him after breaking in. The commission accused Okorocha of shunning multiple invitations and jumping administrative bail. But his spokesman, Sam Onwuemeodo questioned why the arrest coincided with the All Progressives Congress (APC) screening for presidential aspirants. In a statement, the aide noted that those who…
North Korea launched three ballistic missiles toward the sea on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, the Norths’ first weapons firings in about two weeks as the country makes a much-disputed claim that its first domestic COVID-19 outbreak is weakening. The latest launches also came after the leaders of South Korea and the United States agreed to consider expanded military exercises to deter North Korean nuclear threats during President Joe Biden’s visit to Seoul last weekend. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that all three missiles were fired toward waters off North Korea’s eastern coast one after…
A former lawmaker representing Kogi West, Senator Dino Melaye, has reacted after losing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket to serving House Representatives member, Hon. T.J Yusuf. There was a deadlock in the Kogi West PDP Senatorial primary election where Dino Melaye and TJ Yusuf scored 88 votes, which led to a rerun election on Tuesday. In the rerun election conducted on Tuesday, Hon. T. J. Yusuf defeated Sen. Dino Melaye by 163 to 99 votes to pick the PDP ticket Dino, while reacting, alleged that there was a gang up against him. He, however, thanked his supporters and congratulated…