The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has made known its determination to rescue Ogun State from what it called the “inept claws” of Governor Dapo Abiodun’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The party said it is also ready to reposition the state for an all encompassing socio-economic prosperity. This, a leader of the party, Hon. Ladi Adebutu, described as historical tasks that must be achieved through reactivating compassionate partnership with the people of Ogun. InfoStride News reports that Adebutu had spoken at the party’s State Executive Meeting held in Abeokuta, the state capital. PDP spokesperson in Ogun, Akinloye Bankole, told newsmen…
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The protg of Iran’s supreme leader, Ebrahim Raisi, was sworn in as the country’s new president during a ceremony in parliament on Thursday, an inauguration that completes hard-liners’ dominance of all branches of government in the Islamic Republic. The former judiciary chief known for his distrust of the West takes the reins at a tense time. Iran’s indirect talks with the US to salvage Tehran’s landmark 2015 nuclear deal have stalled, as Washington maintains crippling sanctions on the country and regional hostilities simmer. The sanctions must be lifted, Raisi said during his half-hour inauguration speech. We will support any diplomatic…
A faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara has called in its followers to disregard the purported nullification of their membership cards. The faction, under the leadership of a former Zamfara Governor, Alhaji Abdul’aziz Yari, made the call in a statement issued by its secretary, Alhaji Sani Musa, on Friday in Gusau. He said that the old membership cards remained valid. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the National Headquarters of APC had extended membership registration and revalidation exercise in the state following the defection of Gov. Bello Matawalle to the party. “It is necessary to…
The Lagos House of Assembly, has amended the state Pension Law for former governors and other political office holders, reducing their benefits and emoluments by 50 per cent. The House approved the recommendations sequel to the presentation of the report by the Chairman, House Committee on Establishment, Training and Pension, Mr Yinka Ogundimu, during plenary. Ogundimu, representing Agege II, said the committee reduced their benefits and other emoluments by 50 per cent, based on the present economic situations of the state. The lawmaker added that it had expunged the provision of houses in Abuja and Lagos for former governors, as…
Immediate past governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, has warned against yielding Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), structure to the demands of those who want to hijack the party, saying it would lead to implosion. Dickson noted that after observing the growing tension, recriminations and outright attack on the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, and members of PDP National Working Committee (NWC), by some leaders of the party, he decided to speak out. He called for an emergence National Executive Committee (NEC), to take appropriate decisions to stabilise the party, in the light of the insurrection by some members…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has reiterated its call on the State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to pay attention to the invasion of the state by armed bandits, saying “it appears that the governor has an accord with the bandits who are daily, killing and kidnapping the people, especially on roads leading to his hometown, Isan Ekiti.” The party, in its reaction to the killing of one person and abduction of five people along Ewu Ekiti and Aiyetoro Ekiti yesterday, said it was disturbing that in a state being governed by a supposed holder of PhD in…
External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar on Friday called on newly-elected Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the second meeting between the two leaders in a month, and discussed bilateral and regional issues. Jaishankar met Raisi a day after the Iranian leader was sworn-in as the country’s president. Jaishankar met Raisi, then president-elect, on July 7 during a stopover at the Iranian capital on his way to Russia. “A warm meeting with President Ebrahim Raisi after his assumption of office. Conveyed the personal greetings of PM @narendramodi,” Jaishankar tweeted. Jaishankar represented India at the swearing-in ceremony of Raisi. Raisi, the former judiciary chief…
Members of the All Progressives Congress in Ward 3, Irepodun Local Government ran helter skelter as disagreement broke out between supporters of IleriOluwa and The Osun Progressives (TOP) during a ward meeting of the party on Friday. The incident resulted from a disagreement over the leadership of the ward. The crisis it was learnt broke out shortly after the commencement of the meeting as members of the Ileri Oluwa group were reading the list of the ward executives, who are products of the consensus during the last Saturday’s party congress. Party members present at the meeting stated that some thugs…
Dr Umar Sani Kankia, a member of the ‘Agyara’ Peoples Democratic Party’s faction in Katsina State has called on the party to urgently address the internal squabbles tearing the party apart in order to have a good shot at the forthcoming elections in the country. Kankia made the observation while speaking to some journalists in Katsina. According to him, the party is facing leadership problems and unless they are addressed, it may affect the party’s chances in the 2023 election. He further said that the reason they are agitating for free, fair and credible congresses in the state was to…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State said on Friday that nothing would deter it from probing the activities of a former Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Eugene Odo. This is coming amidst claims that Odo was one of those who hijacked the process during the last Saturday’s ward congress in the State, an allegation the former lawmaker has denied. State Chairman of the party, Dr. Ben Nwoye told reporters in Enugu that the party was worried about the role allegedly played by Odoh in hoarding party’s ward congress materials during the exercise. Odoh…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, House of Representatives candidate for Makurdi/Guma Federal Constituency in the 2019 elections, Engineer Conrad Utaan has declared that the party has now gone beyond repairs. Utaan, who stated this on Friday when he led a number of APC party chairmen, elders and other supporters to pay a courtesy visit on Governor Samuel Ortom at the Benue Peoples House Makurdi, added that the level of impunity bedeviling the party has sunk it beyond redemption. The visit according to Utaan was to formalize arrangements for his planned defection from the APC to the PDP with his teeming…
Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s application for visa extension has been turned down by the UK Home Office with the right to appeal, according to media reports on Friday. Sharif, 71, convicted in two corruption cases in Pakistan, has been living in London, UK, since November 2019 after the Lahore High Court granted him permission to go abroad for four weeks for medical treatment. “The UK Home Office has excused itself from further extending Muhammad Nawaz Sharif’s visa,” Dawn News quoted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb as saying. Aurangzeb said the Home Office decision could be appealed…
The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, on Friday, issued a warning ahead of the 2023 presidential election. National President of AYCF, Yerima Shettima, warned that the group would not allow the recycling of old, weak, and sick Nigerians as president. In a statement he signed and issued to newsmen, Shettima said democracy does not encourage a weak, tired and politically compromised leader. According to Shettima: “Going forward, the AYFC will never allow the recycling of old, weak and sick citizens as leaders of this nation, moreso in a fast-changing and competitive world. “Much as democracy gives everyone the right to…
The Osinbajo Grassroots Organisation, OGO, has declared that the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, is the future of Nigeria. OGO’s National Convener, Foluso Ojo, said Osinbajo possesses impeccable leadership qualities to continue the works of President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement he signed and issued in Abuja, Ojo insisted that the Vice President has at several instances displayed his competence and ability to govern Nigeria. According to Ojo: “We have identified in the Vice President a leader of unimpeachable character; someone who can continue on the good works already started by President Muhammadu Buhari. “We do not want Nigerians to gamble…
In furtherance of the query served on some officials of the Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the Sunday Bisi-led State Executive Committee, the party has gone ahead to inaugurate a disciplinary committee for further actions. This was made known in the remark of the party chairman, Sunday Bisi, during the inauguration of the disciplinary committee of the party on Friday. Bisi recalled that the party, had through the State Executive Committee, asked some officials of the party to offer explanations on why they had absconded from duties expected of their respective office since October, 2020.…
Following the mounting agitation for secession in the Southern part of Nigeria, Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has advised separarist groups to channel their demands to the appropriate quarters. Ganduje advised government to create a platform where the separatist groups could be engaged for dialogue with a view to find a lasting solution, saying that Nigeria cannot afford another civil war. Ganduje spoke in his keynote address at the stakeholders 2nd Quarterly Lecture Series of the All Peogressives Congress (APC) Press Corps on Thursday in Abuja. Other APC leaders, who spoke at the occasion, were unanimous in their reasoning…
A Mob attacked a Hindu temple in a remote town in Pakistan’s Punjab province, damaging idols and burning down parts of it, prompting Prime Minister Imran Khan to promise to restore the vandalised temple and order the arrest of all culprits. Pakistan’s Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed also expressed “grave concern” over the incident and fixed the matter before court for hearing on Friday. Police said the mob attacked the Hindu temple at Bhong city of Rahim Yar Khan district, some 590 kms from Lahore, on Wednesday in reaction to an alleged desecration of a Muslim seminary by a minor Hindu…
Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has called for a more virile opposition party in the country, saying the country’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has failed. A statement on Thursday by the CNPP Secretary-General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, noted that “unless a virile opposition party evolves ahead of the 2023 general elections, the country will have to return to a one-party system, which is very unhealthy for our democracy. “Evidently, we are gradually returning to the dark days of one party state before the All Progressives Congress (APC) and their allies metamorphosed into a strong opposition party…
Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has told Festus Keyamo and others that the 1999 constitution does not controvert the position of Mai Buni as Chairman of an ad-hoc committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Eze claimed that Keyamo and the others were trying to “resuscitate the dead National Working Committee of Adams Oshiomhole which bad situation cannot be remedied in this dispensation considering the seriousness of the times,” adding that “This plot is dead on arrival.” Backing the Mai Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the, APC, Eze,…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has submitted that Nigeria is in a bad place. The monarch stated this on Thursday, while speaking during the opening ceremony of a summit in Gombe State, organised by the Da’awah Coordination Council of Nigeria (DCCN). He advised Governors to ensure there is adequate supply of food, as global food shortage looms. According to the Sultan, scarcity of food will increase insecurity in Nigeria. “I will like to call on governors to ensure they make adequate supply of food in store for the common man in anticipation of possible shortage of food…