The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its victory in Abuja Municipal, Bwari and Kuje Area Councils in the last Saturday, Federal Capital Territory Council elections was a clear demonstration of the determination by Nigerians to return its party to power in 2023. PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Tuesday described the three area councils as melting pots of Nigerians from all sections across the nation irrespective of political, ethnic, cultural, religious, class, professional or age affiliations. “The crushing rejection of the incompetent, corrupt and vicious APC in the three area councils, therefore, represents the…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
A faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State has played down the certificate of return given to Ugochukwu Agballah by the national leadership of the party. Agballah was on Monday in Abuja presented with the certificate by the APC national leadership, ending weeks of speculations. But reacting in Enugu on Tuesday, another faction of the party led by Comrade Adolphus Ude said the presentation of the certificate of return to Agballah was an exercise in futility. Apart from Ude, one of the lawyers handling a series of litigations by members of the party, Barr. Chukwudi Igwe also…
The former Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Dr Salihu Lukman has penned an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, where he accused the leadership of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of working tirelessly to frustrate the national convention of the party slated for February 26. Lukman, in the letter titled “APC Convention: Caretaker or Undertaker” made available to journalists on Tuesday, said that every day, the party members wake up with different speculation about either governors will be meeting to decide on zoning or governors are going to be meeting with…
The Chinese military has begun combat-oriented testing and assessment of its weapon systems following President Xi Jinping’s order to perform in the real battle conditions, the official media here reported on Monday. Xi Jinping, 68, who heads the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC) the overall high command of the two million-strong People’s Liberation Army (PLA), recently signed an order promulgating a set of regulations on the testing and assessment of military equipment, which stressed efficient, combat-oriented tests under the development trend of “informatisation and intelligentisation” throughout the equipment’s entire life spans. The regulations raised higher requirements for weapons and equipment…
The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, Enugu State, has urged the Enugu State Independent National Electoral Commission, ENSIEC, to ensure a level playing field for all the parties in the February 23 Local Government election. New Chairman of the IPAC in Enugu State, Hon. Edwin Alor gave the charge shortly after he was sworn-in to pilot the affairs of the body for the next two years. He was elected alongside Augustine Nnamani of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the Deputy Chairman, Elvis Ugwuoke, the Secretary and Casmir Agbo, the Public Relations Officer, among others. The election was conducted by the…
Former Edo State Commissioner for Information, Kassim Afegbua, has enjoined former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, to sincerely tell Nigerians the truth if zoning does not exist in the constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The condemnation against Atiku’s presidential ambition in the coming 2023 general elections is in reaction to comments credited to him that zoning of the presidential ticket was not enshrined in the 1999 Constitution (as amended). The former Commissioner, in a statement, noted that aspirants talking about the absence of zoning in the Nigerian constitution are selfish in their thinking. He lamented that in order to…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has congratulated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairmen and councillors- elect in the just concluded Federal Capital Territory(FCT) council polls held on Saturday, February 12th, 2022. “I want to congratulate all the candidates of our great party, the PDP in the Saturday council polls for their show of strength and resilience. I want to particularly congratulate the chairmen-elect of AMAC, Christopher Zakka; Kuje, Suleman Sabo and John Gabaya of Bwari Area councils for their victories at the polls”, Ortom stated. The governor, who was the chairman of the PDP Campaign Council for the FCT election,…
Senate President, Ahmed Lawan says Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu deserves a second term. He spoke on Sunday at the 5th Town Hall Meeting and Empowerment Programme organised by Lagos West Senator, Solomon Adeola, a.k.a. Yayi. Lawan hailed Sanwo-Olu for delivering dividends of good governance to the people of Lagos, NAN reports. The Senator said the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been following his achievements and that the governor should be rewarded. ”We have been watching you over the past two and half years. You have been very wonderful. “You have been consistent in terms of service delivery to the people…
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial on Monday on election fraud charges, the latest in a series of criminal prosecutions by the military-run government in which she has already been sentenced to six years in prison. The army seized power and arrested Suu Kyi in February last year, claiming widespread voter fraud in the 2020 general election, an allegation not corroborated by independent election observers. Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party won the election by a landslide, while the military-backed party did poorly. The military’s takeover prompted widespread peaceful protests and civil disobedience that security…
A governorship aspirant on platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Hon. Ladi Adebutu, has said Governor Dapo Abiodun should get ready to vacate office come 2023. Adebutu, a former member of the House of Representatives in Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo North Remo Federal Constituency, said Abiodun had not in any way given good governance to the people of Ogun State. According to him, the Governor, who was elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was only marking time and would soon be voted out by the PDP. The businessman condemned President Muhammadu Buhari for saying Abiodun…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday, described its return to power in the just concluded FCT Municipal Council (AMAC) election as a sign of victory for the 2023 general elections. Dr Iyorchia Ayu, PDP’s National Chairman, in a statement he personally signed, said that the victory in the FCT area council election would be replicated in the Osun and Ekiti States governorship elections. Recall that AMAC’s PDP candidate, Christopher Zakka, polled 19,302 votes to defeat his closet rival Murtala Usman of the APC, who polled 13,240 votes. “What we have just achieved in Abuja, the seat of power, will…
Emmanuel Offiong Bassey, Chairman of Akpabuyo Local Government Area, Cross River State, has alleged that the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is plotting to disrupt the February 26, 2022, bye-election for the vacant Akpabuyo State Constituency seat in the House of Assembly. Over the weekend, he told state officers as well as southern leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), led by former Senator Florence Ita-Giwa who called on him preparatory to the bye-election, that the PDP have a plan up their sleeves to cause problems and disrupt the election. Earlier, he had laid the same complaint before traditional…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the All Progressives Congress (APC) will lose the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti. The Bisi Kolawole Campaign Organization (BKCO) listed disengagement of workers, infrastructural decay and insecurity as reasons. The APC candidate, Biodun Oyebanji had boasted that Governor Kayode Fayemi’s performance will help the party to win. PDP said the achievements Oyebanji could build on are “banditry that has turned most Ekiti roads to nightmares, kidnappings, workers sack, bad roads (Akure to Ekiti, no road) and looting of public funds.” A statement on Sunday by BKCO spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, lamented that teachers recently…
The US government will take steps on Friday to free half of the $7 billion in frozen Afghan reserves held in the United States to aid the Afghan people without providing the Taliban access to the funds, sources familiar with the plan said. A multi-step plan calls for the other half of the funds to remain in the United States, subject to ongoing litigation by US victims of terrorism, including relatives of those who died in the 11 Sept, 2001, hijacking attacks, the sources said. The moves come amid mounting pressure in Congress for the Biden administration to use the…
A Nigerian activist, Omoyele Sowore, has reacted to a video currently making the rounds on social media showing the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu looking wet after standing up to address some of his loyalists during an enclosed event. In the video, a man in a suit believed to be security personnel was seen staring at the wet part of the dress while closing his nostrils. Reacting to the video, Sowore urged the 2023 presidential aspirant to proceed for medical treatment, saying he is sick. According to the popular activist, if the former Lagos State…
The Chairman-elect, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Christopher Zakka, has pledged to work with all the critical stakeholders for the development of the council. Zakka, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was declared winner of Saturday’s AMAC chairmanship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He polled 19,302 votes to defeat Murtala Usman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 13,240 votes. Speaking with newsmen on Sunday shortly after the INEC declaration, Zakka said he would work with every candidate in the election to develop the area. “I am not that type that will forget them. I will…
Engr. Muazu Magaji Dansarauniya, who has been detained in prison for his alleged defamation of Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on social media, has formally expressed his full loyalty to Senator Ibrahim Shekarau’s G-7 faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Dansarauniya was released on bail on Saturday after staying in prison for about a week for failing to fulfil his bail conditions. However, in a quick press conference at Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau Mundubawa country home, Sunday, Dansarauniya said his loyalty is now fully with the Shekarau APC faction because they mean well for Kano. He said, “I…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday, declared Suleman Sabo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the winner of the February 12 Kuje Council Chairmanship election in the Federal Capital Territory. Sule Magaji, the INEC Returning Officer for the Kuje Area Council, announced the final results on Sunday morning. Mr Sabo, who is the council’s incumbent chairman defeated five other candidates in each of the 10 wards in the area council. He polled a total of 13,301 votes to defeat his closest rival, Sarki Hamidu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who secured 7,694 votes to emerge second. Meanwhile,…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts were meeting Saturday in Hawaii to discuss the threat posed by nuclear-armed North Korea after Pyongyang began the year with a series of missile tests. Blinken gathered in Honolulu with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong. Defense chiefs from the three countries last week said North Korea’s recent missile tests were destabilising to regional security. Some experts say North Korea is using the weapon’s tests to put pressure on President Joe Biden’s administration to resume long-stalled nuclear negotiations as the pandemic…
A former Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Dr. Salihu Lukman has appealed to the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni to free the party from the current high level of uncertainty surrounding the February 26 National Convention. Lukman made this appeal in a statement issued on Sunday titled, “Success or Failure: APC and Campaign for 2023.” He said being a National Convention, it should be the highest opportunity to celebrate the party and begin to mobilise every party member to recommit himself/herself ahead…