A social critic and aspirant in the 2022 gubernatorial election in Osun State, Busuyi Oyewole, has accused elected political office holders in Osun of failing to bring meaningful developments to their constituencies. Speaking with newsmen in Osogbo on Wednesday, the engineer-turned-social crusader also accused elected political office holders from both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of neglecting the electorate in their constituencies after election victories but always coming back to them when their votes are needed again. Oyewole revealed that the attitude shown by this set of politicians is not masses-oriented but they are…
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Two lawmakers in the Anambra State House of Assembly have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers, Mr. Douglas Egbuna, (Onitsha North l Constituency), and Mr. Onyebuchi Offor (Ekwusigo Constituency), announced their defection at plenary in Awka, on Wednesday, NAN reports. Offor, who was also the Minority Leader of the House, disclosed that he consulted widely with his family and mentor on his decision to move from the PDP to the APC. He said, “It’s time I join the party at the centre so that my constituents can feel and experience the…
Saudi Arabia’s oil company Aramco reached a $2 trillion valuation as it hit near record levels Wednesday during trading hours. Its market cap value puts Aramco just behind Microsoft and Apple as the world’s most valuable company. It comes as crude oil prices climb to over $82 a barrel, the highest in seven years. Demand for energy is picking up, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic’s continued toll on travel and other key gas-guzzling sectors. Aramco is mostly owned by the government of Saudi Arabia, with just under 2% of the company publicly listed on the Saudi Tadawul stock exchange. Aramco…
The Zamfara State Urban and Regional Planning Board (ZURPB) has marked the secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other structures as illegal and set for demolishing. Addressing newsmen at the secretariat, the spokesman of the Deputy Governor’s office, Umar Aminu Gusau expressed shock over the marking of the structure as illegal and ordering the stoppage of the activities at the secretariat. He alleged that the secretariat was marked illegal structure due to political differences in the state, saying that the present administration does not want any opposition. According to him, PDP leaders in the state wrote official letters…
The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described as a welcome development the formal defection of the member representing Aba central constituency at the State House of Assembly and ex-minority leader, Abraham Oba, to the ruling PDP from the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA). Abraham Oba who was elected twice on the platform of APGA, had announced his defection in a letter read on the floor of the house by the Speaker, Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, at its plenary sitting on Tuesday. The lawmaker cited the factional crisis in the party and other issues rocking the Abia…
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has urged the National Assembly to commence impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari. The spokesperson, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere made the call on Wednesday at a press conference. He alleged that the President had abused his office, grossly misconducted himself and failed to protect the lives and property of Nigerian citizens. Ugochinyere said life was now so cheap in Nigeria that leaders “do not even show empathy anymore”. The CUPP said people are becoming unfeeling since wanton killings have become the order of the day and every new death is taken for granted. The…
The youth wing of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the northwest has frowned at the southern governors for insisting Nigeria’s president must come from the south. It totally condemned in strong terms the party’s decision on zoning the chairmanship of the party to the north. The PDP youths explained that the north is yet to complete its term of the presidency under PDP, explaining that former President Goodluck Jonathan completed late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s tenure and went ahead to run his own first term at the expense of the north. The Coordinator of the PDP National Youth Wing,…
US President, Joe Biden said he spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss China’s military activity near Taiwan and both sides agreed to abide by the Taiwan agreement, Spoutnik reported citing White House press pool’s report. “I’ve spoken with Xi about Taiwan. We agree, we will abide by the Taiwan agreement. That’s where we are, and I made it clear that I don’t think he should be doing anything other than abiding by the agreement,” the President Joe Biden said on Tuesday (local time). Since Friday, China has sent almost 150 aircraft into Taiwan’s defence zone. Taiwan’s Ministry of…
The Senate Minority Leader, Eyinnaya Abaribe, has insisted that the All Progressives Congress, APC, would not allow the Southeast to produce its 2023 presidential candidate. Abaribe said only his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, can produce an Igbo President in 2023. In an interview on Channels Television, the PDP chieftain said the APC was not set up to manage Nigeria properly. Commenting on the possibility of an Igbo President in 2023, Abaribe said, “The man who the shoe pinches know where it hurts. The Igbos are the people in Nigeria who make conscious efforts of setting anywhere else without…
Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, on Tuesday accused Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of causing the problems threatening the party in the state. Oyedepo said this while speaking with newsmen at the end of the weekly political dialogue organised by the Nations Leadership Institute in Ilorin. He warned that the party could not move forward in Kwara as it was presently constituted, stressing: “Don’t talk of reconciliation again, there are too many irreconcilable differences. “Only one person is destroying the party and that’s the governor himself. If you have the courage to say…
Bukola Saraki, former Senate President in the 8th National Assembly, on Tuesday joined other party members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to participate in the Ilorin West Local Government congress election. He was spotted at Ajikobi ward, Agbaji area of Ilorin, where he performed his re-registration membership of the party. Saraki later joined other party members including ward delegates at the Ilorin West Local Government secretariat of the party at Agbooba, in Ilorin. InfoStride News reports reports that the local government congress election was held in all the 16 local government areas of the state on Tuesday. Addressing the…
Deputy Governor of Edo, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has declared that consensus arrangement on leadership positions of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) congresses is working. Shaibu, who doubles as Chairman, Local Government Congresses of PDP in Oyo State, made this disclosure on Tuesday. He spoke after monitoring the local government congress of the party in some parts of Ibadan. InfoStride News reports that the PDP local government congress was held across the state on Tuesday. Shaibu, who addressed journalists after monitoring the congress, said the peaceful coordination of PDP members in the state and the consensus agreement is a victory for the…
The son and namesake of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, who was toppled in a 1986 revolt, announced Tuesday that he would seek the presidency in next year’s elections in what activists say is an attempt to whitewash a dark period in the country’s history marked by plunder and human rights atrocities. Former senator Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr. said in a brief Facebook video that he would unite Filipinos to be able to overcome the coronavirus pandemic that has destroyed lives, battered the economy and brought widespread misery. Issues surrounding the Marcoses, however, continue to stoke political divisions more…
Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader has received additional support for the 2023 presidency. On Monday, his mobilization platform, South-West Agenda (SWAGA) for ‘Bola Tinubu 2023’, secured the endorsement of traditional rulers in Ikeja. Adedayo Adeyeye, the National Chairman noted that zoning of the APC presidential ticket to the South would bring unity among all regions. The former Ekiti South Senator said the group believed that the principle of North-South rotation should be sustained to give every part of Nigeria a sense of belonging. Adeye stressed that each of the three geopolitical zones in the South can…
The former Governor of Jigawa State and chieftain in the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Sule Lamido, said it is not possible for the party to zone its presidential ticket to the south in the coming 2023 election. Lamido stated this in his interview with BBC Hausa service today. He said it would not be possible because of the personal interest of some few individuals. This followed the decision of the PDP Zonal Committee, chaired by Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, to position the office of the PDP National Chairman to North. The decision prompted many speculations…
Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, a former President of the Nigerian Senate, has spoken about the enormous burden that young people face while contesting for elections in Nigeria. Speaking at an independence day event with young people in Abuja, Saraki stated that any young person who wants to be competitive in Nigeria’s current political system, without the inclusion of the electronic transmission of results in the electoral act, faces a huge burden given the constraints of the current electoral system. “I will be very honest with you. Without the electoral act, the system is too rigged against you. You are a…
Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo has advised youths to contest for elective positions during the 2023 general elections if they want to assume power. Osinbajo stated this during a two-day retreat for young lawmakers in Lagos on Monday. He warned that power is never given on a platter. The vice-president who was represented by the Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate) to President Muhammadu Buhari, Babajide Omoworare, said the not-too-young-to-run movement would be defeated if the youths fail to contest for elective positions. “In preparation for 2023 general elections, we must realise that greater participation of our youths should not…
Pakistan leader and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz demanded the resignation of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan after his name was highlighted in the Pandora Papers leaks. “After Imran Khan’s name surfaced in Pandora leaks, there is no moral justification for him to retain the post of the premier,” PML-N Secretary-General Ahsan Iqbal Iqbal said. The papers have revealed more than 700 names of those in the PM’s Cabinet and inner circle. Pakistan’s several ministers, retired civilian and military officials, businessmen as well as owners of the top media outlets were named in the Pandora Papers following an investigation uncovering financial secrets held…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has claimed that the newly launched” Operations Golden Dawn” in South East Nigeria, may be the All Progressives Congress, APC’s tool to edge the other political parties participating in the November 6th governorship election in Anambra State. Ohanaeze called on the Nigerian Army to ensure that human rights violations are not part of activities in the region. The group also called on the Federal Government and Governors in the South East to ensure that the Nigerian Army abide by the rules of engagement with high levels of professionalism based on military ethical standards. Ohanaeze, in a statement…
With barely five days to the local government polls in Plateau State, the Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria YOWICAN, the Women Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria WOWICAN in the state and Plateau Northern Senatorial Zone of Ethnic Youth Nationalities have called on the Governor Simon Lalong led administration to resist the temptation of being insensitive to the plight of the citizenry by refraining from any attempt of conducting the elections in Jos North and Bassa LGAs pending when there is much more stable peace and calm. The group said also it will amount to insensitivity…