Jimoh Raheem Agboola, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lone member in the Kwara State House of Assembly, has again been reprimanded by the House for alleged contempt and breach of privileges. InfoStride News reports that he is to abstain from the service of the House for 14 days in line with Order 10, Rule 16, Sub-sections 4 and 11 of the House rules. The embattled lawmaker from Ilorin South constituency, is also to apologize to the House without which the order abstaining him will not be waived. The order was handed down on Wednesday, in a resolution contained in the…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday dismissed alleged planned defection of former president, Goodluck Jonathan from the opposition party to the All Progressives Congress (APC). PDP made its position known on Wednesday through its Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba. According to him, PDP is currently talking to strong members of the party on how to rescue Nigeria from APC in 2023. He said the leadership of the Dr. Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee is reaching out to members of the party, including the former president, to join hands with it to help rebuild and rescue Nigeria. According to the statement,…
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has said the anticipated presidential ambition of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo would cause crisis within the ruling party. Primate Ayodele said Osinbajo’s presidential ambition would cause crisis between him, President Muhammadu Buhari, and Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC. In a statement by his spokesman, Oluwatoyin Osho, the Primate, however, said there is no harm in trying. According to Ayodele, Osinbajo won’t find it easy because there would be opposition. He said: ‘’His ambition will cause crisis between him and President Buhari, Bola Ahmed Tinubu…
The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), has challenged the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma to furnish the people of the state with the identities of the four hundred bandits he claimed were arrested by the men of the Nigeria Police. This call follows a recent public broadcast by Governor Uzodinma on the hostilities in Imo State, wherein the governor claimed that men of the Nigeria Police arrested and apprehended about 400 criminals who are majorly not Indigenes of Imo State. He claimed that the police had arrested the suspects who masterminded the destruction of police formations and the correctional…
Britain’s Opposition Leader Sir Keir Starmer has tested positive for Covid for a second time and is now isolating, a Labour Party spokesman said on Wednesday. The 59-year-old Labour Party leader will miss the year’s first House of Commons showdown with Boris Johnson at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) as the UK Parliament returns from its Christmas recess on Wednesday. This is the second time Starmer has missed a major Parliament session due to a positive COVID test, having missed out on the Budget session last October. “The Labour Leader has tested positive for coronavirus, a party spokesperson said. Starmer is…
Supporters and officials of the Cross River State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have lamented that they operate from individual offices since the party does not have a secretariat in Calabar, the state capital. They also expressed anger and surprise that as a state ruling party, their leaders are unable to acquire or erect a befitting property to serve as their state office. They warned that it is demeaning for party officials to roam with sensitive party files and documents and keep some in politicians’ offices and homes, saying such can be very dangerous for the party. Before…
The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to the statement credited to Professor Kabiru Jabaka, the State Deputy chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that Bello Matawalle’s administration is insensitive to the people’s welfare and security. Addressing newsmen at the Secretariat of the party in Gusau, the State capital, the State publicity Secretary of the APC, Comrade Yusuf Idris Gusau said that the PDP was only looking for cheap publicity to rubbish the image and reputation of the Governor. According to him, Jabaka still had some questions to answer bordering on alleged corrupt practices…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ondo State chapter has revealed that action has began towards petitioning the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged looting of the State by Governor Oluwarotimi and his family. While revealing the eight proxy companies allegedly used by Akeredolu’s family, particularly his wife, Betty and his son, Babajide, the PDP maintained that the governor’s family had been using the companies to get contracts in the state. The Publicity Secretary of PDP in the State disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday while revealing the companies being used by the first family in the State…
The State chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Hon. John Iwuala, has described lawmakers who defected from the party, as prodigal sons, warning them to be ready to face the court. Iwuala, who stated this while speaking to journalists at the Party’s secretariat in Owerri, said the party had prepared a new year package for the defected lawmakers. According to him, APGA, in the last elections produced five members of the House of Assembly, who later left the party for the ruling APC. “It is most disheartening to note that APGA has produced the high and mighty in…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday recommended to his Cabinet that England does not need to impose further lockdown restrictions as he hopes to ride out the Omicron wave of COVID-19, which hit another daily record high with 218,724 infections. In the first Cabinet meeting of the New Year, Johnson laid out his plans to continue with Plan B measures which include mandatory face coverings, work from home where possible guidance and COVID vaccination certificate checks for larger events. Johnson also announced plans for 100,000 critical workers to take daily tests from January 10 in order to keep infections…
A governorship aspirant in Cross River State, Mr. Hogan Ita, has pledged to take guns, machetes and weeds from youths and discourage gangsterism, cultism and crimes in the state. In their places, he has vowed to replace them with power and knowledge to enable them thrive positively and compete with their counterparts anywhere in the world. The ICT entrepreneur spoke to our correspondent in Calabar in the course of his consultation with stakeholders. “We will take the guns given to youths in Cross River by selfish and greedy politicians and give them knowledge and power. “We shall focus majorly on…
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide has queried the Transport Minister and former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi’s silence on the agitation of stakeholders for a substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The President of IYC, Peter Timothy Igbifa, in a statement on Tuesday to herald the new year, wondered why Amaechi, hitherto known for his boldness in speaking out, had remained unusually quiet since the agitations for justice and fairness started in NDDC. “The silence of leaders like the Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, on the illegality at the NDDC is no longer golden. “Why has Amaechi,…
The member representing Obudu/Bekwara/Obanliku federal constituency, Legor Idagbo, has reportedly ordered the arrest and detention of the legal adviser to All Progressives Congress in Cross River State, Barrister Pius Awa. Awa was said to have been detained at the Obudu police station. According to sources within the party, Awa was alleged to have diverted ten motorcycles which were part of the Christmas and New Year gift items from Idagbo for his constituents. Awa was the chairman of the organising committee for the empowerment. Some of the party members spoken to said Idagbo was furious when the bikes were not produced…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been urged to allow its presidential candidate to come from the southeast. A political activist, Honourable Shu’aib Darki, stated this while interacting with journalists in Bauchi, saying that the zone had been politically shortchanged. According to him, instead of saying it has zoned its presidency to Southern Nigeria, comprising the south-west, south-south and south-east, the party should be specific on which of the three subregions in the south would produce the candidate. “It is no longer news that the governing APC has zoned out the 2023 presidency to the south without making it…
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday issued a new mobilisation order for the training of armed forces with a focus on developing an elite force capable of fighting and winning wars. Xi, 68, heading the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) since 2012 followed by the Presidency and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) – the overall high command of the country’s two million-strong military – has prioritised real-time training with constant up-gradation of technology besides in-depth of reforms since he took over power. Unlike his predecessors, Xi is widely expected to continue in power at the end of…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Monday accused Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State of collaborating with security operatives and Ebubeagu to kill innocent people in the state. IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, claimed that Uzodinma, alongside the All Progressives Congress, APC, security agents and Ebubeagu, has turned Imo State into an “abattoir for innocent Biafrans.” Powerful was reacting to reports that soldiers repelled and killed and operatives of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, in the state. He noted that claims that security operatives repelled ESN operatives who allegedly besieged the palace of Eze Emmanuel Eze Okeke of Amaifeke in…
Salihu Lukman, Director-General, Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), says shift of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention may have consequences after the 2023 elections. Lukman gave the warning in a letter to APC leaders on Monday in reaction to calls by some party chieftains. In December, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu advised the APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning (CECPC) Chairman, Governor Mai Buni, to postpone the convention date. But the DG said such could boomerang and lead to a repeat of the loss of Zamfara to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019, despite winning the governorship election. Lukman urged…
Former Governor of Imo State, Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha has charged Imo people to remain steadfast and committed to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He assured that the party will take over the reins of power in Imo again after the 2023 elections. Ihedioha gave the assurance while speaking in his Mbutu Aronta village, in Aboh Mbaise LGA, Imo State while paying host to the PDP, Ngor Okpala LGA chapter. The former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives said that he has moved on with his life, focusing on the future after his 2019 Imo Governorship debacle. He said…
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Funmilayo Olasehinde-Mustapha has disclosed that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is going nowhere in the gubernatorial election slated for July 16. Mustapha, who made this known while featuring in a radio political programme in Osogbo on Monday, revealed that with the division in the PDP, the chances of it gaining victory during the gubernatorial election was doubtful, as the party does not have electoral appeal. According to her, “As things stand today in our dear State, the PDP is going nowhere in the coming election.” On why…
President Joe Biden has gotten the same troubling questions from worried world leaders, ones that he never thought he would hear. Is America going to be all right? they ask. What about democracy in America? While Joe Biden has tried to offer America’s allies assurances, he has only occasionally emphasised the gravity of the threat to democracy from the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol and the repeated lie from the man he defeated, Donald Trump, that the 2020 election was stolen. And he’s not discussed the very real concerns about a growing collection of insurrection sympathisers installed in…