The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, says the signing into law of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022 by President Muhammadu Buhari would revolutionize Nigeria’s electoral system. It said only parties voted for by Nigerians would henceforth win elections. Mr Ikenga Ugochinyere, the spokesperson, CUPP and PDP Chieftain, made this known in a statement while commending the President for assenting to the bill. “Though it was delayed a bit, but CUPP is elated that finally Nigeria has a law that will revolutionize our electoral processes. “We, therefore, commend President Muhammadu Buhari for assenting to the Bill, thereby creating a…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a video on social media on Friday, reassuring people that he is still in the capital. “We are all here. Our troops are here … We are defending our independence, our state. And so it will continue,” he said in the video, in which he and other government leaders were in front of the parliament building in Kiev, Xinhua news agency reported. However, there were reports saying that he had fled.
Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said Nigerians need jobs, education, and progress. He assured that he can provide them if elected President in 2023. He spoke at the palace of Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Olanipekun Oyetunji, during his consultation in Osun State. According to Tinubu: “The Nigeria you know in 2015 was sick and APC was used as a cure. “We need a lot of jobs, solid education for our children, we need progress for our country. We want somebody that can bring that, we have in our old national anthem that…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated Nigerians, particularly Civil Society Organizations for putting pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to finally assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill today. The party also urged Nigerians to take charge of the polling units in 2023. It commended the courage of its members and other opposition members in the National Assembly for standing their ground on the passage of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The opposition party said the new electoral act will among other things principally provide for the electronic transmission of election results directly from the polling units. It stated, “the…
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have described the impeachment of Zamfara State Deputy Governor, Barr Mahdi Gusau as immoral, illegal and unfortunate. Recall that the Zamfara State House of Assembly on Tuesday 22nd February 2022, impeached Gusau. The PDP Governors Forum, in a statement by its Director-General, Hon CID Maduabum, Friday condemned the process which it described as naked and unconstitutional abuse of power. It added that “It is immoral, perfidious and an affront to the rule of law for an illegally constituted House of Assembly to purport to oust a validly elected Deputy…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law is an indication that his commitment and support for constitutionally-permitted innovations that would improve the transparency and credibility of Nigeria’s electioneering processes was never in doubt. It added that the new Electoral Act was another pointer. The National Secretary of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Sen. John Akpanudodehe in a statement issued Friday said the APC-led government would continue to champion needed reforms. He said the development provides an improved legal framework in the lead-up to…
The European Broadcasting Union, who organise the Eurovision Song Contest, have barred Russia from participating this year following the country’s invasion of Ukraine. According to Variety, in a statement, the EBU said: “The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has announced that no Russian act will participate in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The Executive Board of the EBU made the decision following a recommendation earlier today by the Eurovision Song Contest’s governing body, the Reference Group, based on the rules of the event and the values of the EBU. The Reference Group recommendation was also supported by the EBU’s Television Committee.…
Some Stakeholders in the Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have appealed to the former Commissioner for Works, Mrs Funmi Ogun to accept her nomination as a deputy governorship candidate for the June 18 poll. The stakeholders said rejecting the offer to be running mate to the candidate, Hon Bisi Kolawole, may spark up another round of confusion in the opposition party and rob it of victory, in spite of enormous goodwill it now savours among Ekiti voters. Sequel to her nomination by her party for the coveted position, Funmi Ogun, who is Governor Ayodele Fayose’s ally under whom she…
An All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to hand over power to him in 2023. Tinubu anchored his call on the fact that he supported Buhari’s ambition to become president in the past. He recalled campaigning with Buhari across Nigeria in 2015. The APC National Leader said Buhari should not just leave office in 2023 but hand over power to him. He spoke during his separate visits to the Ooni of Ife and Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, in Osun State, to seek their support. According to Tinubu: “We went around the country in…
Less than 24 hours to the bye-elections in Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency and Pankshin South State Constituency, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has warned against any plans to shortchange the main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the polls. The Governor assured citizens of the constituencies that as leaders of the party, they will ensure that they are not shortchanged. He also advised security agencies and the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), not to allow themselves to be used to shortchange anybody in the elections, but to allow a level playing ground for all parties. Mohammed,…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to roll out the 2023 election guidelines without further delay. Atiku said this following President Muhammadu Buhari’s signing of the new Electoral Bill on Friday. According to him, the electoral umpire needs to roll out the guidelines so that political parties and Nigerians could commence preparations for the 2023 general elections. Atiku, who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019, is said to be interested in the 2023 race. He said, “Now that the legal framework for the 2023 elections is in place…
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in a call on Friday that Russia is willing to hold high level talks with Ukraine, China’s foreign ministry said. China has refused to call Russia’s action in Ukraine an “invasion” or criticise Moscow despite intensifying assaults from Russia’s military. Putin told Xi that the United States and NATO had long ignored Russia’s legitimate security concerns, repeatedly reneged on their commitments, and continued to expand military deployment eastward, challenging Russia’s strategic bottom line, according to a statement on the Chinese foreign ministry website. Russia is willing to conduct high-level negotiations…
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has condemned the impeachment of Alhaji Mahdi Ali as Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, saying the development did not follow due processes. In a statement on his Facebook page, on Friday, the former lawmaker alleged that Barr. Mahdi Ali was impeached by the State Assembly over his refusal to dump the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Saraki, who opined that such move would pose dangerous threat to the nation’s democracy, said the deposed deputy governor has right to freedom of association and should be allowed to chose his party.…
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Ekti State, Funmi Ogun, has rejected her nomination as party’s deputy governorship candidate. Funmi Ogun was Commissioner for Works during ex-Governor Ayo Fayose’s second term of office. Her February 24, 2022 letter, entitled “Re: My Nomination as Deputy Governorship candidate’’, was addressed to the National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. Ogun informed Ayu that she was aware Ekiti stakeholders submitted her name for the June 18 gubernatorial election. “Notwithstanding their good intentions, I formally write to reject the nomination for personal reasons. “However, I appreciate the uncommon recognition and I assure the party that no…
The immediate past Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has said that Nigeria is sick and needs a young, vibrant and intelligent leader to lead the country out of its present security and economic challenges. Saraki was in Kaduna where he consulted with former Vice President, Namadi Sambo, former governors of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, Ramalan Yero and other stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over his 2023 presidential ambition. Represented on the consultation tour by chairman, Contact and Mobilization Committee of Abubakar Bukola Saraki for 2023 presidency, Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher and other members of the committee, including…
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dissociated itself from the killings and wanton destruction of goods and properties that characterised the 3 man ad-hoc delegates’ congress on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. The party also appealed to the Osun State Police Command to carry out a thorough investigation into the unfortunate death that occurred during the ward congress. While appealing to members of the public to disregard rumours of violence in the concluded congress, it assured that the party remained resolute in ensuring peace and order in the State. In a statement by Ayodeji Areola, the…
European leaders have pledged to impose tough economic and financial sanctions on Russia, but there is a lack of consensus within the West over cutting the country off the SWIFT financial payment system. The Belgium-based cooperative is used by more than 11,000 institutions globally. It shuffles money from bank to bank, and removing Russia from it would likely also have an impact on European economies. Ukraine has requested the move. While the head of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, said on Thursday that EU sanctions need to include the exclusion of Russia from the scheme, many EU leaders remain unconvinced.…
The National Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Muhammed Kadade Suleiman, on Thursday, threatened to organise a nationwide protest if the impeachment on Zamfara Deputy Governor, Mahadi Ali, was not reversed. The Zamfara State House of Assembly had on Wednesday February 23, 2022, impeached the state’s deputy governor, Mahadi Ali. The PDP youth Leader who, described the impeachment of the Ali as an affront on democracy and the rule of law, in a statement on Thursday, noted that Nigerians are witnesses to the “heinous act of lawlessness” on the part of Zamfara State government as it disregarded…
Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, on Thursday, reaffirmed their stand on the earlier zoning arrangement agreed upon by members of the party in the state. It could be recalled that the party had been battling a leadership crisis in the state culminating into the emergence of two factions. However, the APC in the State, which has the likes of Mr Osita Okechukwu, Dr Ben Nwoye, Emperor Baywood Ibe, among others, have continued to insist that the position of the State chairman of the party was zoned to the Greater Awgu, in Enugu West Senatorial Zone,…
A founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr Osita Okechukwu, has faulted Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Mohammed’s argument against the party’s zoning of the 2023 Presidency to the South. Okechukwu said the Governor got it wrong on all fronts. The Bauchi Governor had, after his visit to Obasanjo in Abeokuta, told journalists that APC’s decision to zone the Presidency to the South was not a threat to the PDP. But, speaking to reporters in Abuja on Thursday, Okechukwu, who is also the Director-General (DG) of Voice of Nigeria (VON) noted that Governor Bala’s disposition showed the lack…