A Social-Political Group in the Niger Delta, Apostles of Good Governance (AGG), has raised an alarm over alleged plots by some desperate politicians within the incumbent Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, to destabilise and control the structure of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the state. The group alleged that the accused persons were loyal to the former Governor, Seriake Dickson. It called on the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to sell the expression of interest and nomination forms to all those who are willing to participate in the elections, especially the youths and…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has directed all political appointees running for elective offices in the forthcoming 2023 general elections to resign from their respective positions. The directive said “They are given between now to Monday, 18th April, 2022, to resign.” This is in compliance with Section 84 (12) of the newly amended Electoral Act. Some Commissioners, Special Advisers and even the Secretary to the State Government, are all running for various elective offices. Already, reports have it that tension has gripped many of those going out of the Government, with full uncertainty on what would happen in…
Details of Kwara State government political appointees who have resigned to contest elective positions emerged at the weekend in Ilorin. InfoStride News confirmed the list of eight political appointees of the government who are eyeing elective positions in the 2023 general elections in the State. They include SA Special Duties, Ahmed Yinka Aluko, who is eyeing the Kwara Central Senatorial seat; Commissioner for Education and Human Development, Saa’datu Modibbo Kawu, (House of Representatives, (Ilorin South/East Federal Constituency); Commissioner for Justice, Salman Jawondo, SAN, (House of Representatives, (Ilorin/Asa). Others are Commissioner for Enterprise, Fatima Arinola Lawal, (House of Representatives, (Ilorin South/East);…
The Speaker of Bauchi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abubakar Sulaiman, on Saturday night, announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Abubakar, who is the chairman, Conference of Speakers of State Houses of Assembly, made this known during the Ramadan Iftar (breaking of fast) hosted by the State governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, for PDP stakeholders from Ningi, Toro, Warji and Dass Local Government Areas of the State at the Government House, Bauchi. The Speaker said that his decision to defect to the PDP was in recognition of the exemplary…
The European Union plans to sanction Russia’s largest lender Sberbank and other Russian financial firms in its next round of restrictions, European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen told a German newspaper. “We are looking further at the banking sector, especially Sberbank, which accounts for 37 per cent of the Russian banking sector,” von der Leyen told Bild am Sonntag when asked about the forthcoming sixth round of sanctions. The US had imposed “severe sanctions” on Sberbank and another Russian lender, Alfa Bank, earlier in April. The UK has also sanctioned Sberbank and committed to ending all imports of Russian…
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has been asked to resign from his position. Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, said Osinbajo should resign over the alleged failure of President Muhammadu Buhari. Omokri recalled how former Deputy Head of State, Ebitu Ukiwe, resigned when former Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida, opted to register Nigeria as a member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. He lamented that Osinbajo can’t stand up to Buhari amidst the killings of Christians and burning of churches in the North. In a series of tweets on Saturday, Omokri wrote: “You ask what I expect…
Rivers State Governor and 2023 presidential aspirant, Mr Nyesom Wike, has said he would remain in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), even if he does not win the presidential ticket. Wike said this while addressing stakeholders of the Niger State chapter of the PDP at the party secretariat in Minna on Saturday, The Governor said there was nothing wrong with a consensus candidate if it is based on equity, justice and fairness. While soliciting the stakeholders’ support he said he is the only candidate who is capable of defeating the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the 2023 presidential election. “I…
The Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum and the Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu has reiterated his commitment to the genuine initiatives towards coming up with a consensus presidential candidate of the PDP that will rescue the country from its present challenges where human life has lost its sanctity and life generally become insecure and brtish. The Governor stated this while addressing newsmen after a closed-door meeting with some presidential aspirants under the platform of the PDP. This was contained in a press release by Onyebuchi Ememanka, the Chief Press Secretary to the Abia State Governor…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has conferred with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in the South-West ahead of the 2023 elections. The Friday night meeting had in attendance many party stalwarts and stakeholders, including former ministers. Atiku disclosed that he made a passionate appeal for everyone to work together and return PDP to power next year. “My friends from the Southwest particularly agreed that our party has remained in the opposition for too long in the West. “I’m humbled by their shared belief in my capacity to reunite Nigeria and once again bring the PDP back as a major party…
Between Odale (Betrayer and Ijinle (Martyr), how Yemi Osinbajo became the vice president of Nigeria, and his declaration of presidential ambition. The new mantra of Osinbajo becomes the President is Christianisation agenda as well RCCGification agenda just like we acronyms Buhari’so government as Fulanisation and Islamisation agenda. That is the nature of our politics I have been reading a different narration that Osibajo is a betrayer. He perhaps want to destroy the hand that fed him. While people from the camp of Tinubu are using this mantra to slain Osibajo’s reputation, it is important to note that an average human…
Days after the Joe Biden administration announced an additional USD 800 million in military assistance to Ukraine, Russia warns the United States of “unpredictable consequences” if the country continues to transfer weapons to Ukraine. Washington Post reviewed a diplomatic note that Russia sent the US this week and said that the note warned that US and NATO shipments of the “most sensitive” weapons systems to Ukraine could bring “unpredictable consequences,” reported Aljazeera. “We call on the United States and its allies to stop the irresponsible militarization of Ukraine, which implies unpredictable consequences for regional and international security,” said the note.…
The Senior Pastor of Awaiting the Second Coming of Jesus Christ Ministry, Pastor Adewale Giwa has disclosed that the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo was the brain behind the failed 2015 manifesto of the All Progressives Congress, APC. According to the pastor, it was surprising that Osinbajo declared to run for presidency despite his contribution to the current quagmire Nigeria is facing. Giwa, who stated this in Akure, the Ondo State capital, over the weekend, stressed that the Vice President has nothing to bring to the table following what he described as woeful performance of the APC-led government since 2015. “It’s…
A former commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the administration of former Governor Rauf Aregbesola in Osun State, Barrister Kolapo Alimi has revealed that he has plans to decamp to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former commissioner, however, stated that no specific date has been fixed yet for his formal defection. This is coming as there seems to be no end in sight to the crisis between the Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola and his predecessor and now Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. It was also gathered that apart from Alimi, other loyalists of the Minister of…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extended the closing dates for the purchase and submission of Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms ahead of the 2023 general elections. According to a statement signed by PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, this is to enable the Party to make up for the two days public holidays during Easter. The last day for the purchase of all forms was Thursday, April 14, 2022, while the last day for the submission of all forms was April 17, 2022. The initial dates for screening of aspirants for State House of Assembly: April 19, 2022,…
The United States wants China to pay a “greater price” for Beijing’s actions around the world, including its alleged support for Russia and cyberattacks on Taiwan, US Senator Lindsey Graham said on Friday. Graham is currently visiting Taiwan as part of a delegation of six US lawmakers, headed by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez. The delegation arrived in Taiwan on an unannounced visit for talks with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and National Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng, reported Sputnik. “We’re going to start making China pay a greater price for what they’re doing all over the world. The support…
The Ex-President of the Nigerian Senate and presidential hopeful on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Bukola Saraki, has disclosed that he and other aspirants of the party are currently working towards coming up with a consensus presidential candidate that has the capacity to address the prevailing insecurity in Nigeria. He stated this after a closed-door with the Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu at his country-home Umuobiakwa community in Obingwa Local Government Area of the state, alongside other notable presidential aspirants of the PDP. His statement was contained in a press release made available to newsmen on…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, a Presidential aspirant, has faulted the influence cabals have on leadership. Wike said leadership should not be a cabal thing. He stressed that leadership should not be about secret alliances that make people disconnected from the government. The PDP Presidential aspirant spoke while meeting some stakeholders of the party in Edo State, NAN reports. Wike vowed to retrieve power from the All Progressives Congress, APC, if given PDP’s presidential ticket. According to Wike: “If you’re running in an election, power isn’t given for free; it is taken. I have come out and I’m going…
A stalwart of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Abayomi Nurain Mumuni has enjoined supporters of both the national leader of the party, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo not to inherit enemies because of the duo. Mumuni also advised supporters of the two politicians to desist from name-calling and inciting comments in the interest of the party. Recall that Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State had a few weeks ago declared his intention to contest the 2023 Presidential election on the platform of APC. Osinbajo, who had worked as a Commissioner under…
Less than a year to the 2023 general elections, a Pan Igbo Socio-cultural group known as Izu Umunna Cultural Association an affiliate of Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo has called on the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone its presidential ticket to the South-East. The Group said Igbos have over the years continued to give the PDP support since the return of democracy and it will be in the spirit of fairness that the zone be considered to produce the next President of the country under the party. Izu Umunna in a press statement jointly signed by the President Dr.…
Russia’s Defence Ministry on Friday promised to ramp up the scale of missile attacks on Kyiv in response to Ukraine’s diversions on the Russian territory. The statement comes a day after Russian authorities accused Ukrainian forces of launching airstrikes on residential buildings in one of the country’s regions on the border with Ukraine, in which seven people sustained injuries. According to Russian officials, some 100 residential buildings were damaged in Thursday’s attack on the Klimovo village in the Bryansk region. The Defense Ministry said that the Russian forces in Ukraine’s Chernihiv region shut down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter that was…