A Peoples Democratic Party presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday barred journalists from a meeting he held with Plateau PDP delegates. Sources in the party who criticised Atiku, interpreted the former vice president’s action as desperation to clinch the party’s presidential ticket in the forthcoming primary election. The former Vice President who arrived at the Plateau State PDP Secretariat at about 2pm, was visibly angered by the crowd of journalists. Shouting fiercely, the presidential aspirant ordered all the journalists out saying he had no business with them. “I have nothing to do with journalists. I’m here to see delegates”. Propelled…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
The Ikeoha Campaign Organisation says it has uncovered plans to frame, arrest, and detain supporters of the former Deputy President of the Senate and the prime governorship aspirant in Enugu State, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary elections in the state. It also alerted the public to alleged plans to unleash cultists on Ekweremadu’s supporters. The campaign organisation revealed this on Monday in a statement signed by the Director-General, Charles Ogbo Asogwa, calling on the heads of security agencies and the leadership of the PDP in Enugu State to take note and nip the plots…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its gubernatorial candidate in Osun State, Ademola Adeleke have been warned to desist from unnecessarily heating the political climate in the state as it prepares for the July 16, 2022, gubernatorial election. The warning, handed down by the Adegboyega Oyetola Campaign Council also described the boast by the PDP and its gubernatorial candidate, Ademola Adeleke that he had acquired enough money in hard currencies to buy Osun and its people for the July 16 gubernatorial contest as absurd, unthinkable and unacceptable. In a statement signed by its Director-General, Senator Ajibola Basiru and obtained by…
President Joe Biden on Sunday cited the Buffalo shootings in calling for national unity as a remedy for the hate that remains a stain on the soul of America” while New York’s governor and the city’s mayor appealed for forceful action from Washington after the latest mass shooting had caused a community to grieve. Biden used his remarks at a Capitol ceremony honoring law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in 2021 to decry what he said his Justice Department has labeled as a hate crime, a racially motivated act of white supremacy and violent extremism.…
A non-governmental organization, Legal Aid and Self Development Initiative (LASEDI), has thrown its weight behind the zoning of the governorship position in Enugu State to the Enugu East Senatorial District. It, however, said all aspirants with pending corruption cases should quit the race. LASEDI made its position known on Monday through its Executive Secretary, Barr. Onyinye Isiani. He lauded the efforts of the administration of Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in sustaining peace in the state. According to him, “This administration has also embarked on projects which directly impact the citizens, especially those in the rural areas. This is highly commendable.…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Gwaram Local Government Area has suspended two-party executives for allegedly disobeying the party’s directives. Chairman of the party in Gwaram, Ayuba Umar Nasarawa, stated this after a meeting with the party’s executives. He said those suspended include Gambo Umar Bango, APC youth leader of Gwaram Local Government Area and Salisu Garba, APC chairman of Dingaya ward. He explained that the party had set up a committee to investigate the alleged misconduct and violation of the party’s guidelines. Nasarawa noted that the affected executives will remain suspended until after the outcome of the committee. He…
Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Oyo State, have said that they will have no option but to dump the party if some leaders and cabals impose candidates on them. The PDP members, under the umbrella of Concerned People Frontiers (CPF), made this disclosure during an emergency meeting held in Ibadan on Monday. Our correspondent gathered that the primary elections of the party have been fixed for this month. CPF has however raised an alarm that some leaders and cabals in the party have perfected plans to impose some candidates on the members ahead of the 2023…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has revealed how retired Justice Mary Odili’s timely intervention saved his political career in 2004. Wike recalled how he cried to Justice Odili when he got the hint that his name was removed among those cleared to contest either as chairmen of local councils in Rivers. Having listened to him, Wike said the retired jurist took the complaint to her husband, Dr Peter Odili, who was the Rivers State governor then and he acted on it immediately. Wike stated this on Sunday during the 70th birthday and retirement thanksgiving mass of Justice Odili as…
On the sidelines of the NATO Foreign Ministerial meet, US State Secretary Antony Blinken on Sunday (local time) met with his counterparts from Germany, UK and France in Berlin where they discussed the Ukraine situation and the ongoing negotiation with Iran over the nuclear deal revival. Blinken met with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss, and French Director-General for Political and Security Affairs Philippe Errera. “They discussed the continued response among allies and partners against Russia’s brutal war of aggression with Ukraine. The leaders also discussed the ongoing negotiations with Iran and efforts to reach a…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has disclosed why President Muhammadu Buhari loves Rotimi Amaechi, the outgone Minister of Transportation. Rufai disclosed that Buhari loves Amaechi due to his decision to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, during the era of former President Goodluck Jonathan. He disclosed this when Amaechi met with APC delegates from Kaduna ahead of the party’s national convention. El-Rufai recalled wooing Amaechi and some other governors into the APC during the PDP administration. “Let me tell you my history with Amaechi. When we started discussing with the G-7, the…
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has narrated how Chibuike Amaechi, a former Rivers State Governor, rescued him from Department of State Services, DSS, detention. Addressing Kaduna State delegates on Sunday, when Amaechi, who is one of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirants came to seek their support, El-Rufai said his wife has not and will never forget the role Amaechi played to save him from the jaws of the secret police. He said even before this election period, Amaechi has been his wife’s favourite Nigerian for this particular gesture. “One time the SSS wanted to arrest me, that…
Bearing in mind the similar scenarios in the Federal Constituency in 2011 and 2015, a group of legal practitioners within the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), has urged the screening committee of the party to disqualify Engr. Sunday Oche, over a pending case of forgery standing against him. Engr. Oche, who seeks to represent Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency of Benue State under APC, was arrested last Sunday, 8th May, 2022, in Otukpo and detained at the Force Headquarters, on the order of the Chief Magistrate Court, Bwari, Abuja. He has, however, been released on bail by the Nigeria Police. One Mr.…
The Benue State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again dared the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state ahead of the 2023 general elections. The PDP, while reacting to a statement by the APC wherein it described the renditions by PDP and aides of Governor Samuel Ortom regarding the N38 billion loan approval recently granted by the Benue State House of Assembly to the administration of the Governor as “hogwash”, declared that the outcome of the 2023 elections in the state will determine who speaks “hogwash” between the two parties. The party in a statement issued by…
The European Union is set to offer its gas importers a solution to avoid a breach of sanctions when buying fuel from Russia and still effectively satisfy President Vladimir Putin’s demands over payment in rubles. In new guidance on gas payments, the European Commission plans to say that companies should make a clear statement that they consider their obligations fulfilled once they pay in euros or dollars, in line with existing contracts, according to people familiar with the matter. The EU’s executive arm told the governments that the guidance does not prevent companies from opening an account at Gazprombank and…
The alleged plan to adopt option A4 (direct primaries) and to move the Onna State Constituency primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from Onna council secretariat to the Police Special Protection Unit, Awa, or Awa Primary School, has been described by some natives of the area as a ploy by the governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, who is an indigene of Onna to favor his cousin, Mr Sunday Johnny, an aspirant for the assembly seat. The plan to adopt option A4 for the primaries, according to a source who spoke to some journalists, was perfected on Thursday, May 12, 2022…
The Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned that aspirants of the party from the state to various political positions are making arrangements for legal actions against the party. Leaders of the party in the ward, local government and state, including aspirants and stakeholders converged on the party’s secretariat in Awka on Sunday to warn that the action of the aspirants may affect the forthcoming national convention of the party. The party said the non-recognition of the party’s ward and local government chairmen, who emerged from the last congresses in the state may affect the chances…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on political parties and their followers to eschew violence and ensure peace as Osun State prepares for the July 16, 2022, gubernatorial election. This was made known during the INEC organised sensitisation workshop on campaign finance reporting for State chairmen and candidates for the Osun 2022 gubernatorial election in Osogbo, on Friday. Professor AbdulGaniy Olayinka Raji, the OSUN INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, in his address, discouraged vote buying and selling. He added that it was better for the political parties to engage in campaigns and dissemination of manifestoes. The Osun INEC boss,…
The Ogun State Chapter of Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has reiterated its support for good governance under the leadership of Gov. Dapo Abiodun, with a vote of confidence in him for quality administration in the State. Speaking at a press conference in Abeokuta, the State Chairman of IPAC, Samson Okusanya said the petition signed by one Ayodele Oludiran on behalf of a civil rights group seeking the disqualification of Gov. Abiodun was ill- conceived, and aimed at smearing the good work and the great achievements of the governor. He stated that it was imperative to state that the performance…
Ousted prime minister Imran Khan claimed on Saturday that a conspiracy to assassinate him was being hatched in Pakistan and abroad, warning that if anything happens to him, the people will come to know about the perpetrators through a video message he has recently recorded and placed in a safe place. Speaking at a big rally at Sialkot in Punjab province, Khan said he came to know about the conspiracy a few days ago and has named all those involved in it in the recorded video. A conspiracy is afoot to take my life. I got full knowledge of this…
Despite reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the resignation of some of his cabinet members, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has insisted that he has not resigned. Instead, Malami said he has withdrawn his ambition to contest the 2023 Kebbi State gubernatorial elections. The AGF stated this in a statement by his media aide, Dr Umar Gwandu. “Malami has the right to choose to voluntarily shelve his gubernatorial ambition. “It is a matter of personal conviction and individual right which didn’t violate any law. “Right thinking members of the society accord respect…