Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Kalu, has denied allegations of collaborating with Chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Mai Mala Buni to undermine the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Orji Kalu in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja said he had never planted division in the APC but called for peaceful resolutions of issues before the national convention. The statement read, “I have read the unfortunate accusations levelled against me by Dr. Salihu Lukman, former Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), alleging that some party leaders are working with Mala Buni…

The Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has called on the leadership of the People’s Democratic party to take disciplinary action against Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shuaibu over his alleged comments against the party. The governor said he has written to the National Chairman of the PDP asking that a disciplinary committee be set up against the Deputy governor. Governor Wike made the demand at the inauguration of the Eastern Bypass Road in Port Harcourt on Saturday. He accused Shuaibu of threatening that there’s an alternative to the PDP. He said “This is the thing I am talking about…

A former governorship aspirant on the platform of the People Democratic Party, PDP, in 2015, Hyacinth Ikpor, has said that David Umahi will still be governor of Ebonyi State till 2023, despite the court case instituted against him (Umahi) by the opposition party. Ikpor, who is a prominent founding father of Ebonyi State and a kinsman of Idu Igariwey, who was nominated by PDP to take over from Umahi, made this known while speaking with journalists in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State on Saturday. He said that Umahi would remain in office till 2023 and Ebonyians would decide who…

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to desist from name-calling and backstabbing. Ahead of the March 26 Convention, the ruling party in Nigeria has been factionalized with Yobe State Governor, Mai Buni insisting he remains the National Chairman. His Niger counterpart, Sani Bello now heads the APC, a development that has split governors, lawmakers, other chieftains and members. Buhari told the APC warring factions to remain steadfast and maintain unity if the party is to continue in the path of victory and dominance throughout the country. The leader told members “to look at the…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he’s open for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Israel ,but only if there is a cease-fire in place. Zelenskyy said Saturday he told Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett that he would be ready to meet Putin in Jerusalem. Bennett visited Moscow for a meeting with Putin and spoke repeatedly with Zelenskyy and the leaders of France and Germany as he sought to help mediate an end to the war. Zelenskyy said Bennett informed him about his talks with Putin, adding that he can’t share details. Putin has ignored numerous previous offers of talks from Zelenskyy. Speaking at…

Towards its preparation for the Saturday, July 16, 2022, gubernatorial election in Osun State, the Young Progressives Party (YPP) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) are set to conduct their gubernatorial primary election today, Saturday, March 12, 2022. In a statement made available by Egbeola Wale-Martins, the YPP National Publicity Secretary and obtained by newsmen on Friday, the party maintained that the conduct of the primary had become sacrosanct. Wale-Martins noted that the National Executive Council (NEC) of the party had taken far-reaching decisions that will reposition the party and make it better prepared to obtain victory in future polls.…

A High Court sitting in Osun State has affirmed Dotun Babayemi as the authentic gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State. Recall that Senator Ademola Jackson Adeleke won the primary held at Osogbo Township Stadium, supervised by the PDP primary election committee, while Babayemi emerged from the parallel gubernatorial primary at WOCDIF Centre, Ring Road, Osogbo. The court, in a ruling, held that the 215 Wards Executive Officers that participated in the parallel gubernatorial primary held at WOCDIF Centre were authentic and authorized Ward Executive Officers permitted to vote as delegates. Also, the Court presided by…

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister, has criticized Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State over his comment on the removal of Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, as the acting Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Fani-Kayode described El-Rufai’s comment that President Muhammadu Buhari approved Buni’s removal as APC acting Chairman as baseless and unwarranted. The Kaduna State Governor said his Yobe State counterpart would not continue as the acting Chairman of the ruling party. El-Rufai said Buhari approved Buni’s removal before he embarked on his medical vacation to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He also alleged that…

A faction of the All Progressives Congress loyal to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has inaugurated a 20-man State Executive Committee of the APC. The inauguration came up Friday amidst the leadership tussle bedevilling the APC at the national level. The Chairman, Chief Yemi Sanusi inaugurated the executive members at the state party Secretariat in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. InfoStride News reports that loyalists of former Governor Ibikunle Amosun led by Chief Derin Adebiyi had Wednesday boasted that they hold the ace as far as the APC in concerned in Ogun. However, Sanusi, who has been issued a…

Bishop Matthew of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Nigeria says he is unsure of Nigeria’s future, calls for the End of Nigeria. He said: “I have never been as unsure of Nigeria future as I am now. “After independence, in order to build a great nation, each country went to work. But in Nigeria, after independence, our people went to pray and fast. “So, while we were praying, Malaysia came here and took our palm seedlings and build a great factory of it. “While we were praying, Singapore went into investment in technology. “While we were praying, India went into…

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has absolved himself from supporting efforts to undermine the March 26 national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Senate, Dr Orji Kalu [Politics Nigeria] Kalu said this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja. “In a statement credited to Lukman, he alleged that some party leaders are working with the Chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Mai Mala Buni to undermine the March 26 national convention of the party. “He noted that there are other party leaders, including Sen. Uzor Kalu who have actively supported Mai Mala…

Alhaji Salisu Dambatta, Director of Publicity of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, Secretary of the party’s Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) has not resigned his position as being speculated. Sen John Akpanudoedehe (ProgressiveCongress) Dambatta said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja while reacting to reports in the media that Akpanudoedehe had resigned his position following the leadership change in the party. “We wish to note that the Secretary of the APC CECPC, Akpanudoedehe never sent a resignation letter to the party to the best of its knowledge and neither was he sacked…

UK government on Friday sanctioned 386 members of the Duma, the lower house of the Russian Parliament, for their support for the Ukrainian breakaway regions of Luhansk and Donetsk as independent in the lead up to the current conflict. The new sanctions will ban all those listed from travelling to the UK, accessing assets held within the UK and doing business in the country, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said. The latest set of sanctions follows a crackdown on key oligarchs from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, including Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich. We’re targeting…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has insisted that the non-recognition of the activities of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) further confirms its position that the ruling party is not eligible for 2023 elections. PDP national publicity secretary, Debo Ologunagba in a statement on Friday insisted that APC lacks the legitimacy and statutory requisites to participate in the 2023 general elections. It emphasized that INEC’s refusal to honour APC’s invitation to attend its National Executive Committee (NEC) further authenticates PDP’s stand that the ruling party is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) in liquidation. The…

A former Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Dr. Salihu Lukman has alleged that Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State and his Imo State counterpart, Hope Uzodinma are working with the Chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Mai Mala Buni to undermine the March 26 national convention of the party. Lukman in a statement issued Friday said whether APC would produce both party leaders and candidates for the 2023 elections, who can justify the trust invested in them, depends on how all the current leadership challenges facing the party are resolved. Lukman stressed that anyone who loves…

A group within the All Progressives Congress has expressed dismay over Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s claims about Governor Mai Mala Buni, the chairman, Caretaker/Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee, insisting the claims are false. The group, the All Progressives Congress Integrity Group (APCIG), tasked El-Rufai to leave Buni alone, warning that he was orchestrating a well-thought plot to sabotage Governor Buni’s efforts for his vice-presidential ambition. The Secretary-General of APCIG, Adams Abel described El-Rufai as a dictator who was all about his selfish interest, saying that he can go to any length to accomplish his mission. He blasted El-Rufai’s claims that President Buhari…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has insisted that the March 26 national convention will go ahead as planned. The National Youth Leader of the party and acting spokesperson, Ismaeel Ahmed made this known while addressing a press conference on Friday in Abuja Ahmed said: “I’m not only a youth leader or internal spokesperson, but I’m also a lawyer and we have served a notice to INEC for the 26th of February earlier. We served that notice on the 5th of February and that was the required 21 days. “If you are going to make any adjustment to that date, all…

President Joe Biden said on Friday the G7 industrialized nations will revoke Russia’s “most favored nation” trade status, and announced a U.S. ban on Russian seafood, alcohol and diamonds, the latest steps to punish Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. The move would deliver “another crushing below” to Russia, as it continues its aggression in Ukraine, Biden said. President Vladimir Putin is an “aggressor, the aggressor,” Biden said, and he must “pay a price.” He also said the United States would add new names to a list of Russian oligarchs who are sanctioned, and ban the export of luxury goods…

Russian forces fired eight missiles at a Ukrainian military facility near the Polish border on Sunday, officials said, in what appeared to be the westernmost attack of the war, and air raid sirens again woke residents in the capital Kyiv. “The occupiers launched an air strike on the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security” in Yavoriv, the Lviv regional military administration said in a statement. “According to preliminary data, they fired eight missiles.” The administration did not say whether the training facility was hit or offer further details. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has warned Russian forces they face a fight…

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Cross River State has said it will no longer sit by and watch the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC unleash violence on its members and properties. Chairman of the PDP, Venatius Ikem said this today following the political violence that erupted in Ketching village in Obanliku LGA of the state after the chairman of the LGA allegedly attempted to cite an APC office beside the home of a PDP leader in the community. The action reportedly led to a free for all fight, leading to injuries, bloodletting and destruction of properties in the…