Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said Nigerians have experienced some of the most difficult and challenging times during the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu said despite the challenges, Buhari had continued to stir the country in the right path. He made the remark in a congratulatory statement to mark Buhari’s 79th birthday. The president had marked his 79 birthday yesterday, with the cutting of a cake in Istanbul, Turkey, where he is to participate in the 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit, hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. However, the former Lagos State Governor described…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
Southeast leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Friday, evaluated the present leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari and as well poured encomium on the Nigerian leader on the occasion of his 79th birthday which took place on Friday, December 17, 2021. This was even as President Buhari had on Friday in Turkey, said he would hand over to his successor after the 2023 presidential election and return to his farm in Daura, Katsina State. The president was in Istanbul, Turkey, where he is to participate in the 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit, hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A statement…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is strong, firm in its resolve to offer better governance, and willing to take over power in 2023 to change the fortune of Nigeria. The governor made the assertion at a special reception on Friday to formally receive into PDP fold, the former Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Chibudom Nwuche at Government House, Port Harcourt. Wike explained that as a PDP controlled state government, his administration has touched every facet of Rivers State, and offered the people the best good governance can afford. According…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Sam Ohuabunwa, has warned that jettisoning the principle of zoning and rotational presidency in 2023 could threaten the unity of the country. Ohuabunwa, however, said his ambition to be president is based on his competence and not because he is from the South East political zone. The aspirant, who stated this in an interview with journalists in Abuja, also added that Nigeria needs a president with corporate business sense and not people who have lived all their lives on government money. The PDP, through its Bala Mohammed committee, has resolved to throw the presidency…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Executive Board has approved the immediate release of more than $212 million to back up the international reserves of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), formerly Zaire, the fund announced in a press release. “The conclusion of the first review under the ECF [Extended Credit Facility] arrangement enables the immediate disbursement of $212.3 million to reinforce international reserves, given downside risks to the domestic and global economy outlook and recovery,” the release said on Thursday. The ECF arrangement continues to support the authorities’ medium-term reform program to foster macroeconomic stability and sustainable development by stepping…
Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu has called for rescheduling of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention slated for February, 2022. He allayed fears of a collapse and an unmitigated injury the party could sustain if the National Chairman of Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the APC, Governor Mai Mala Buni, goes ahead with the convention in February. In a letter he wrote on Thursday in Abuja which he addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari and the National leadership of the APC, Kalu identified three challenges that must be urgently addressed…
Attahiru Jega, erstwhile Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, has lamented the state of insecurity in Nigeria. Jega warned that the 2023 general elections may not hold if the current insecurity is not tackled immediately. He issued the warning at an event in honour of the late former governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi in Ibadan on Thursday. The former INEC boss said insecurity poses a serious threat to the conduct of the 2023 general elections. He maintained that adequate security was key to an acceptable election outcome. According to Jega: “Unless elections are conducted in an environment that…
Senator Ademola Adeleke has described the new leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winning team that will return the party to power in the forthcoming elections in the country. Senator Adeleke who is one of the PDP gubernatorial aspirants in the 2022 Osun Gubernatorial Election made this known on Thursday while submitting his nomination and expression of interest form at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. During a closed-door meeting with leaders of the party which included the National Deputy Chairman South, Ambassador Taofeeq Arapaja, Adeleke disclosed that his aspiration to contest the gubernatorial election again in…
Following the expiration of the Agricultural Promotion Policy (APP) that lasted from 2016-2020, the Federal Government is in the process of developing another policy termed National Agricultural Technology and Innovation Policy (NATIP) to cover the 2021-2025 period. NATIP is developed to provide an integrated approach to agricultural development in terms of access and application of improved inputs, improve the linkage between agricultural research and training institutions The policy, according to the government, would also enhance the provision of input to farmers, improve agricultural mechanisation, extension services, provide rural Infrastructure and increase access to affordable funding. It would also ensure climate…
Democrats in the US Congress suffered a major setback on Thursday in their effort to grant work permits to millions of immigrants who have been living in the United States illegally for a decade or longer. Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, who advises lawmakers on what is acceptable under legislature rules, rejected the inclusion of the Democrats’ proposal in President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion Build Back Better bill. Senator Dick Durbin, the no. 2 Senate Democrat, told reporters that he was “disappointed and we’re considering what options remain.” The parliamentarian previously rejected two other Democratic attempts to bundle immigration provisions into…
Ahead of the yuletide, the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has called on the Federal Government to beef up security across the country, decrying that the insecurity situation in the country is increasing daily. The party also urged government to provide functional “toll-free lines” ensuring that measures are put in place so that security operatives can respond promptly to emergency situations. The NNPP through its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Olorunmagba, also changed the government “to ensure that our security men are strengthened and better motivated this festive season.” Olorunmagba said, “The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) calls on the…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that democracy remains the best system of establishing governments because it guarantees respect for the fundamental rights of individuals to choose their leaders. Prof. Osinbajo stated this today in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, where he chaired a roundtable discussion, which was held in honour of the late governor of the State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, and in commemoration of his posthumous 72nd birthday. Speaking on the theme of the Roundtable, Election Security and Good Governance in Nigeria, the VP noted that democracy as a “system of governance guarantees the accountability of the elected to the…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Abuja said the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cannot return to power in a free and fair election in 2023. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), said this during a meeting with the party’s State Caretaker Chairmen. This, he said, was especially so, because the electorate were intelligent and now knew that the PDP had nothing to offer Nigerians going by its antecedents. The APC scribe added that the PDP was not an alternative to the APC in the forthcoming 2023 general election. He said…
The Senate Committee Chairman on Appropriation, Senator Jibrin Barau, has revealed that the 2022 budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was being reconsidered for a possible upward review because of the 2023 general elections. He said the electoral umpire had drawn the senate’s attention to inadequate provision of the budget envelope given to them by the Federal Ministry of Finance, saying that the parliament listened because INEC needed to begin early preparation. The lawmaker said the Committee had already met with the INEC, which he believed would be captured as they prepared to pass the 2022 budget next…
Mr. Oladapo Ibikunle took to social media to express his feelings over President Buhari’s administration and the claim that the north is bleeding under his regime. He wrote; “NORTH IS NOT BLEEDING! “Whoever says north is bleeding should be given Nnamdi Kano and Sunday Igboho’s treatment put together! “Ṣebí Igangan was peaceful now, were we not lying when we reported that towns were attacked back-to-back by strangers in our own homeland? NORTH IS NOT BLEEDING! “Ṣebí EndSARS protest was incited by President Muhammadu Buhari’s enemies in the South to make the country ungovernable for a president of nothern extraction? NORTH…
The US on Monday (local time) denied releasing over USD 9.5 billion of Afghanistan’s frozen fund. Spokeswoman of the White House Jen Psaki said that this was a complicated process and will not allow the Taliban to access the money, reported Khaama Press. Psaki made comments on the frozen funds to the recent statements of Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Motaqi over the release of funds and added that the decision will be made after consulting allies. As per Psaki, the US cannot release the assets because the families of the victims of September 11 have made pleas for…
Some All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in Zamfara State have refuted the claim that there are factions of the party in the state, saying that those who are claiming factions are trying to destroy the party as they did in the 2019 general elections. This was disclosed by the 14 local government sole administrators, area development council administrators, Special Advisers’ Forum and a delegation from Bungudu Local Government Area of the state. According to them, the 2023 general election is fast approaching and they have started scheming their spoilers game, saying that no faction is recognized by the national headquarters…
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State and some states in the North Central have called on leaders of the party from the zone vying for the national chairmanship seat to have a rethink as that could cost them the 2023 presidency. They urged the North Central not to compromise the 2023 presidency for any other position because it is time the presidency is zoned to them for the sake of “equity and fairness”. The APC leaders met in Jos, the Plateau State capital. Addressing journalists after the meeting, Saleh Mandung Zazzaga said they are not speaking…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Kwara State has admonished Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to get down to the serious work of governance instead of throwing wild allegations around and hunting for imaginary enemies. The State Publicity Secretary of the party, Tunde Ashaolu, said this in a statement released in Ilorin, in reaction to some allegations made against previous administrations in the State by the Governor while playing host to his Borno State counterpart, Baba Gana Zulum. “We find it quite strange that when Governor Abdulrazaq could have seized that opportunity to show off his own achievements to his celebrated guest,…
Urging the international community to support the vulnerable people of Afghanistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said disengaging with the war-torn nation would be “disadvantageous” for the world. Chairing the second meeting of the apex committee on Afghanistan, Khan said Pakistan will support Afghan people in every possible way to avert a humanitarian crisis, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement. Earlier in a tweet, the PMO quoted Khan as saying that “disengaging with Afghanistan would be disadvantageous for the world”. “The prime minister expressed the hope that the world would not repeat the mistake of disengaging…