National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus has reacted to the court ruling restraining him from parading as the National Chairman of the party. Recall that a Rivers State High Court on Monday restrained Secondus from exercising the functions of the National Chairman of the PDP. The judge, Justice O. Gbasam who gave the order, also approved the suspension of Secondus as a member of the party pending the hearing and determination of motion on notice for interlocutory injunction. Reacting, Secondus in a statement issued by his media aide, Ike Abonyi, vowed to defend himself in court…
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More than 500 tonnes of medical supplies including surgical equipment and severe malnutrition kits due to be delivered to Afghanistan this week are stuck because of Kabul airport restrictions, the World Health Organization said on Monday. Aid agencies say it is critical that medical and food supplies reach some 300,000 people displaced in Afghanistan over the past two months amid advances by Islamist Taliban insurgents that culminated in their capture of Kabul on Aug. 15. Nearly 18.5 million people – half the population – rely on aid and the humanitarian needs are expected to grow due to drought. But the…
The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), has faulted claim by Prof. Attahiru Jega, former INEC chairman, that the two major parties in the country have failed Nigerians. Dr Salihu Lukman, Director-General, PGF, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Jega had in a BBC Hausa Service interview on Aug. 2, claimed that the two parties- the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had failed Nigerians and should not be trusted again. But Lukman said Jega had no evidence to support his submission. “He had submitted that the two big parties had failed to engender good…
Following a resolution on fast tracking the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the battle on who will succeed Prince Uche Secondus as National Chairman, has moved and started in earnest within the power blocks of the main opposition party. The power blocik that is most in contention for the position is the former Governors Forum of the party. Other power blocks being lobbied by the former Chief Executives are the PDP Governors Forum, former Minister’s Forum, former Senators Forum and the PDP National Assembly members Forum. It was gathered that the former Governors who are angling for…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar was in Benin, the capital of Edo State on Monday as part of consultations on how to strengthen the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP can take over power from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC ahead of the 2023 presidential election. After the meeting, Atiku confirmed to journalists that his discussion with the Obaseki centered around governance, situations in the country and how PDP could be strengthened to take over power in 2023. “Basically we discussed about governance, the situation in the country, we discussed about our party, how our party should be strengthen and…
The leadership crisis currently rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, worsened on Monday as High Court in Rivers State has restrained Uche Secondus from parading himself as the National Chairman of the party. The order was given by Justice O. Gbasam of the State High Court sitting in Degema local government area of the State. The judge also approved the suspension of Secondus as a member of the party pending the hearing and determination of motion on notice for interlocutory injunction. The order followed a complaint brought before the court by some aggrieved members of the party. The suit…
China on Monday hinted at stepping up financial assistance to the Taliban controlled Afghanistan, saying it will play a positive role in helping the war-ravaged country amid global pushback to stop funding to Kabul until the Afghan militant group modified its hardline religious policies. In his media briefing on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin hit out at the US saying it is “main perpetrator” for the Afghan crisis and Washington cannot leave without doing anything for Afghanistan’s reconstruction. Asked for his reaction to comments by Afghanistan’s exiled central bank chief stating that the Taliban may go to China…
The Caretaker Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Rasaq Salinsile and former Chairman of the party, Adelowo Adebiyi and five others have been arraigned before an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court. The other five persons arraigned include; former Commissioner for Works and Transports, Kazeem Salami, former Commissioner for Youth, Sports and Special Needs, Com. Biyi Odunlade, former Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation, Hon Idowu Korede, one Alaba Popoola and Azeez Adekunle. The suspects are leaders of a caucus group in the Osun chapter of the APC. Recall that some members of the APC on August 14 besieged the…
The National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Ozonkpu Victor Ike Oye, has extolled the virtues of the late Lady Adanma Okpara, the wife of the former Premier of Eastern Nigeria, Michael Iheonukara Okpara. InfoStride News reports that Lady Adanma Okpara, who hailed from Afugiri Ohuhu clan in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State, died at 97. In a press release signed by the National Publicity Secretary of APGA, Barrister Tex Okechukwu, and sent to the media on Monday, Oye described Mrs. Okpara as the brain behind all the accomplishments of her husband whose political prowess…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, presidential campaign posters of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State have emerged. The campaign posters carried the inscriptions “Osinbajo-Ganduje Alliance (OGA), For Better Nigeria OGA Na Master.” The posters were spotted in strategic locations across Kano like Total by Airport Road Roundabout, Ahmadu Bello Way by Shekarau house, Murtala Muhammad Way, Kano Club Roundabout and Independence Way Roundabout. Recall that the Osinbajo Grassroots Organisation, OGO, had recently said the Vice President is the future of Nigeria. OGO’s National Convener, Foluso Ojo, said Osinbajo possesses impeccable leadership qualities to continue…
A former governor of Osun State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola has urged newly decamped members into the party to ensure their entrance brings positive changes in their ward, local government and the state as a whole. The one time National Secretary of the party made this known, Sunday, during the official welcoming of decampees from the All Progressives Congress (APC) into the PDP in Odo-Otin local government council area. While urging them to contribute meaningfully to the party, the former Lagos State military administrator assured that the party in the state was not…
Austria won’t accept Afghan asylum seekers and will instead focus on assisting them locally, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said, according to excerpts of an interview published by broadcaster Puls 24. The ruling People’s Party has taken a hard line on immigration amid international calls to help Afghans at risk of persecution after the US troop withdrawal. Kurz said Austria had already made a disproportionately high contribution, with more than 40,000 Afghans accepted in the past. The nation’s responsibility lies with helping improving security and women’s rights locally, he said. Switzerland’s government is examining the possibility of hosting a summit on Afghanistan…
Leaders of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo have appealed to a chieftain of the party in the area, Chief Mathew Emiohe, to rescind his decision to quit partisan politics. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the leaders were led by Mr Aselm Ojezua, a former state Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) and an ally of Gov. Godwin Obaseki. Ojezua, who said that they were jolted by what he described as a sudden decision by Emiohe, appealed to him to reverse the decision, as he was still needed to help reposition…
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) deserves not less than 100 million registered members nationwide. Speaking when members of the Ismaeel Ahmed-led APC youth lobby group paid him a courtesy visit at the National Assembly in Abuja, he expressed dissatisfaction with the 40 million-membership so far recorded by the party. He charged the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led caretaker committee of the party to put in place an online platform to actualise the 100 million-membership target of the party. He said: “I am not too satisfied with the 40 million members so far registered. There…
The Kogi chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has reiterated its call on the Governor Yahaya Bello to cancel plans to sell off state assets while also cautioning members of the public against purchasing any of such assets. This warning was part of the communique issued weekend after at a retreat in Abuja by members of the party. The retreat which considered strategies on how the party can come back to power in the State was organised by Kogi Renaissance Group, KRG. It was attended by former Kogi Governor’s Ibrahim Idris, Idris Wada, former Senate President Bukola Saraki, (Chairman), former…
Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has been mocked for attending the wedding of President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf in Kano State. Deji Adeyanju, popular Abuja-based rights activist said Atiku attended the wedding of Buhari’s son while ignoring the crisis in PDP. Adeyanju said all through the PDP crisis last week, the former Vice President was in Morocco but urgently returned to attend Yusuf’s wedding in Kano. In a series of tweets, Adeyanju wrote: “All throughout the PDP crisis in the last 3 weeks + the resignation of their NWC members, Atiku was in Morocco chilling with…
A Romanian military airplane has evacuated 14 Romanian nationals and four Bulgarians from the Afghan capital of Kabul, the Romanian Foreign Ministry reported. “This flight succeeded to evacuate the 14 Romanian citizens transferred to the airport in the morning and four Bulgarian citizens,” the press release read. A mobile consular team was also aboard ready to assist anyone in case they needed help. This was the third flight sent to Kabul by the country. One person, a UN employee, who also wanted to be evacuated from Afghanistan was unable to reach the airport in time due to the security situation.…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, National Leader, Bola Tinubu has been advised against running for the Presidency in 2023. Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, said it’s time for Tinubu to allow the youths to emerge as president. Bello said the former Lagos State governor should take a back seat and allow youths he has groomed to rule Nigeria. He, however, noted that though the APC National Leader has the right to contest in 2023, he should step back and allow the youths. Bello stressed that Nigeria is not a Banana Republic that one or two persons can see as…
An umbrella body of sociopolitical platforms, Global Initiatives For Good Governance (GIGG) has called out Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State over lack of accountability since the inception of his administration. The pro-democracy group queried the Obiano-led government’s level of credibility, fairness and performance in the management of the resources of the state, saying that from the inception of the government till date, Anambra is being characterized by alleged mindless looting and diversion of public funds under the watch of Obiano, regretting that the funds should have been channelled to developing the education sector, healthcare facilities, road projects and agricultural…
Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere, has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari’s attitude towards governance. Adebanjo said Buhari was behaving like Roman Emperor Nero who did nothing while his empire was being destroyed. The Afenifere leader made the remark while accusing Buhari of making several anti-people policies. In a statement signed by Afenifere’s spokesman, Jare Ajayi, Adebanjo said the president has failed to live up to the electoral compromises of the All Progressives Congress, APC. According to Adebanjo: “This attitude on the part of President Buhari ‘recalls to one’s mind, the story of the Roman Emperor Nero who was…