A former governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, has said that the embattled Chairman of the opposition party, People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus was elected into the office and as such, can only be removed by the National Convention. InfoStride News reports that members of the party have been calling for the removal of the chairman following the crisis rocking the party. Recall that the PDP House of Representatives Caucus, during the weekend, called for the removal of Secondus alleging that his style of leadership has given rise to intra-party alienation in several quarters. Similarly, some protesters…
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China has opened a newly constructed terminal – stated to be the biggest in Tibet – at the provincial capital Lhasa, further expanding the transport infrastructure in the strategic Himalayan region and helping it emerge as a global logistics hub for South Asia, the official media here reported on Monday. Lhasa Gonggar Airport opened its newly constructed Terminal 3 for operations on Saturday, marking a significant milestone in the remote region’s rapid infrastructure development that could significantly boost passenger and cargo transport, state-run Global Times reported. The airport expansion project was carried out at a cost of USD 603 million,…
The former military administrator of Ogun and Rivers States, Sam Enwang(Retd) has insisted that irrespective of the internal crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State, there is an indication that the party would take over the seat of government by 2023 in the state. Enwang who is a member of the Board of Trustees of the APC said this in Uyo at the inauguration of the Akwa Ibom State and local chapters of the Progressives Patriots Initiative (PPl) an offshoot of Buhari’s friends’ Organisation- a pressure group within APC. Enwang urged members not to be deterred by…
The National Secretary of the Caretaker/ Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator James Akpanudoedehe has given clarifications on the presence of heavy security agents at the National Secretariat of the party. Speaking at an emergency press briefing on Monday, the APC scribe explained that the security presence was to forestall the breakdown of law and order. On Monday, fierce-looking police personnel took over the Secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress checking those coming into the secretariat situated at Blantyre Street, Abuja. Some online reports had alleged that the law enforcement agents were working…
The embattled National Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus, has vowed never to resign. The PDP Chairman gave reasons he would not resign his position in a statement signed by Ike Abonyi, his Special Assistant on Media on Monday. Secondus pointed out that nothing so far warrants his resignation, urging those fighting him to come clean. He said such people must tell members of the party across the country his offence and why he should resign. “The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has said that he will not resign his…
The Niger State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, said the only task ahead of it for the 2023 elections is to regain leadership of the state. Barrister Tanko Beji stated this while presenting his acceptance speech after being declared state Chairman in the Saturday state congress by the Deputy Governor of Benue State and Chairman Congress Committee, Engr. Benson Abounu, at the party secretariat in Minna, the Niger State capital. He insisted that anything short of victory is not acceptable. Abounu had in the early hours of Sunday declared Beji as the winner of the contest and returned…
The U.S. Senate, unable to finalize a $1 trillion infrastructure bill on Thursday, will try again on Saturday when it is scheduled to hold a vote on limiting debate and moving toward passage of the hard-fought legislation. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer struggled throughout the day to reach closure on a bipartisan bill that would trigger new construction projects throughout the United States to expand or refurbish roads, highways, bridges, airports and other public works, many of them in substandard condition. Following hours of closed-door negotiations, senators failed to reach an agreement on remaining amendments to the bill, beyond the…
The caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives has begun the move to force its embattled Chairman, Uche Secondus out. The lawmaker has called on the PDP Board of Trustees and the Governors’ Forum to commence the refocusing of the party. They called on the PDP chairman to resign now. The resolution was sequel to an online meeting by the lawmakers held on Saturday. In a statement jointly signed by the leader of the PDP caucus, Kingsley Chinda and his deputy, Chukwuma Onyema, accused the Chairman of being concerned about staying in the office than…
A group, Concerned Enugu West Citizens, has frowned at what it called unwarranted harassment of Senator Hyde Onuaguluchi during the Enugu West rally held over the weekend. InfoStride News reported that the rally tagged: “Ife-Emelumma” was to drum support for the zoning of the 2023 governorship position to the Enugu East Senatorial Zone. However, Onuahuluchi stunned the audience when he mounted the podium and declared that it was not the turn of Enugu East, but Greater Awgu. This did not go down well with the organizers as they made efforts to stop him from completing his speech. Reacting, the group…
A Governorship aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party PDP in Ekiti State, Hon. Lateef Ajijola has dismissed the rumour going round that he has stepped down from the governorship race. In a statement in Ado-Ekiti through his media team, the governorship aspirant said he was still in the race and had at no time bowed out. Hon. Ajijola explained that the rumour was being spread by those against his ambition and saw him as a heavyweight in the contest. The PDP governorship aspirant called on his teeming supporters not to give the rumour going round that he…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed Senator Uche Ekwunife as the Chairperson of the Valentine Ozigbo Governorship Campaign Council. The lawmaker represents Anambra Central at the National Assembly. Her appointment was announced Sunday evening during a briefing at the residence of Uche Secondus, PDP National Chairman. Governor Aminu Tambuwal, PDP Governors Forum Chairman, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa, and Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom joined via phone conference. At the last meeting of the forum held in July in Bauchi, a panel of five governors was set up to reconcile all former aspirants and aggrieved members with Ozigbo.…
Taliban fighters on Sunday captured two more provincial capitals as they gained ground in their fight to take over Afghanistan’s cities after seizing much of the countryside in recent months. This included the capital of northern Afghanistan’s Kunduz province, including the governor’s office and police headquarters, and Sar-e-Pul, a provincial council member said. The ministry of defence said government forces were fighting to retake key installations. “The commando forces have launched a clearing operation. Some areas, including the national radio and TV buildings, have been cleared of the terrorist Taliban,” it said in a statement. Kunduz is a strategic crossroads…
The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suffered another setback after over 700 of its loyalists dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gumel Local Government area of Jigawa State. The decampees were formally received by the chairman Gumel Local Government, Alhaji Ahmed Rufa’i at the party’s headquarters. Leader of the decampees, Comrade Hamisu Bekarya, said, the youths from PDP and other political parties decided to join APC due to its efforts in the development of the country. “We decided to dump our political parties PDP, SDP and join the All Progressives Congress (APC) with aims…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Niger state, Malam Aminu Bobi has been allegedly kidnapped by bandits in Mariga Local Government Area of the state. Aminu Bobi is the APC Zone C chairman in the state. It was gathered the party leader was kidnapped by gunmen on his farm last Saturday. A source from the area told newsmen that the chairman went to farm on Saturday and since then, he has not returned home or seen. According to the source, ” The chairman went to the farm on that faithful day, but could not return as he…
The people of Enugu West Senatorial District have declared that it is the turn of Enugu East Senatorial District of the state to produce the next governor of Enugu State in 2023, based on the existing rotational arrangement, which was reaffirmed by the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, during the State Caucus meeting of the Party in 2013. The people of Enugu West Senatorial District took the decision during the well-attended solidarity rally tagged: “Ife-Emelumma Enugu West Unity Rally for Gburugburu”, held at Awgu Local Government Area Secretariat, on Saturday. Speaking at the rally which…
Former Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for Benue North West, Chief Mimi Adzape-Orubibi has formally left the party with thousands of her supporters to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Receiving the defectors on Saturday at Adikpo Comprehensive College, Governor Samuel Ortom said they made a wise decision by dumping a party which he stressed is against justice, equity and fairness. Governor Ortom pointed out that the APC-led government has also failed to deliver on the economy and security which it promised Nigerians in 2015, saying it was enough reason for the people to vote the party out…
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) said it has seen progress in drawing up a “code of conduct” to avert clashes in the South China Sea between its members and China. This comes as the group wrapped up a series of meetings this week. Erywan Yusof, the second foreign minister of Brunei which currently holds the rotating ASEAN chair, told reporters that the meeting between ASEAN and its dialogue partners were “productive”, Kyodo News reported. In recent years, some ASEAN member states and China have been in dispute over the South China Sea as Beijing has ramped up military…
A member of the Adamawa State House of Assembly, Musa Umar who got into the House in 2019 under the All Progressives Congress (APC) has defected to the Peoples Demicratic Party (PDP). This move gives the PDP, the governing party in the state, a further, though still little edge, over the main opposition APC. Both parties had constituted the 25-member House on the ratio of PDP 13 members, APC 12, but this ratio is now to be PDP 14, APC 11. Hon Musa Umar, famousely called Bororo and representing Mubi South in the Adamawa House of Assembly, would be seeking…
Barrister Tanko Beji has emerged chairman of the Niger State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Saturday Congress, held at the Party’s Secretariat in Minna, State capital, on Saturday. The chairman, PDP Congress committee and Benue State Deputy Governor, Engr. Benson Abounu declared Bar. Tanko Beji as the winner of the contest. Announcing the result of the congress election early morning of Sunday, Abounu revealed that a total of 2305 delegates /voters were accredited in the process, out of which Bar Tanko Beji, the incumbent PDP chairman, scored 2092, as his rival Engr. Ahmed Muktar got only…
Ekiti State government has issued a warning to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against undue politicization of security of lives and property in the State, saying that this will do no one any good. Sam Oluwalana, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Kayode Fayemi on Inter-party Relations, gave the warning on Saturday while speaking with journalists in Ado-Ekiti. He appealed to the party to stay away from comments that could portray it as mocking the dead, insisting that lives should be considered sacred. NAN reports that Oluwalana was reacting to a statement earlier issued by the PDP, criticizing the APC-led…