US President, Joe Biden used his first visit with rank-and-file members of the US intelligence community a part of government that was frequently criticised by his predecessor Donald Trump to make a promise that he will never politicise their work. Biden waited more than six months to make the short drive across the Potomac River on Tuesday to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, giving analysts and national security leaders often derided by Trump as the deep state” some breathing room. The president in his remarks to about 120 ODNI employees and senior leadership officials sought to make…
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Olusegun Bamgbose, Esq., National Coordinator, Concerned Advocates for Good Governance, CAGG, has asked Nigerians to be more concerned about sending the All Progressives Congress, APC, packing from Aso Rock in 2023. Bamgbose said the hardship Nigerians currently face would be child’s play if they eventually allow the APC win the Presidential elections in 2023. “There is no guarantee that things will get better if APC wins the election, there is however high possibility that things will get worse. Another 4 years of APC in government will certainly be hellish and may portend danger to the economic and political well-being of…
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on his Supreme Court victory. The judgement delivered on Wednesday upheld his re-election in the October 10, 2020 polls. Buhari, in a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, said the development confirmed the popularity of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Nigerian leader urged elected leaders to always place the people first in their programmes and projects. Buhari hailed Akeredolu for assiduously working for the development of the state. He commended the governors’ reforms, which he said has continued to attract the goodwill of investors, and his insistence that education, health…
The Peoples Democratic Party Coalition (PDPCO), a sociopolitical umbrella of the main opposition party in Nigeria, has accused the All Progressive Congress-led Federal Government of gross corruption and prebendalism in the affairs of the nation to the detriment of Nigerians that are languishing in hunger, poverty and frustration. The coalition tasked the nation’s anti-graft agency with the proper recovery of the N165 billion allegedly misappropriated at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). Recall that the immediate past Managing Director of NPA, Hadiza Usman, was alleged to have diverted funds to the tune of N165bn spent on Corporate Social Responsibility Projects (CSR)…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has condemned the closure of Orlu timber market in Orlu LGA of the state by the Hope Uzodinma-led government, describing it as a way of agonizing and suffocating the people. The opposition party spoke through its Director General of New Media, Collins Opuruzor. The party further accused Governor Uzodinma of playing anti-Igbo politics to the detriment of the people he is leading. “It is on record that Uzodinma has openly taken credit for the ongoing security situation in Imo State. He was bold to say that he personally invited Nigerian soldiers to…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicked off his first official visit to India Wednesday, highlighting the two nations’ close ties but also noting the democracies were “works in progress” — a guarded reference to the issue of discrimination against minorities in both countries. Blinken is scheduled to meet his counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, as well as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, where India’s border tensions with China, the growing security crisis in Afghanistan triggered by the impending final US troop withdrawal and Covid-19 are likely to be high on the agenda. “The Indian people…
A social activist, Collins Opuruzor, has described former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim as a liability to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ohakim announced his defection on Tuesday. Opuruzor, who spoke to newsmen on Wednesday, said that no strong party would want to welcome the ex-governor with open arms given his abysmal performance in the last 2019 governorship election in the state. The activist, who is Director-General of New Media of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, also stated that the former governor defected from Accord Party, and not from PDP. “Who wants to celebrate or regret…
Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has disclosed how Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the party made a lot of Igbo people billionaires in Lagos State. Igbokwe said that Tinubu persuaded his Igbo friends to invest in Lekki Corridor, some years ago. The aide to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, said Tinubu’s persuasion led to a lot of Igbo people investing in Lekki properties. According to Igbokwe, Igbo people who followed Tinubu’s persuasion are now billionaires. He stated this in a Facebook post titled: “How Asiwaju BAT created many Igbo billionaires in Lekki Corridor Lagos.”…
Senator Dino Melaye who represented the Kogi West senatorial district during the 8th National Assembly has questioned the capacity of President Muhammadu Buhari to represent Nigerians in a global education summit in the United Kingdom. InfoStride News reported that Buhari had on Monday departed Abuja for London to enable him attend the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021-2025 in the UK. Disclosing this, Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, said the President will remain in London for two weeks to enable him undergo his earlier scheduled medical checkup in London. Reacting, the former lawmaker slammed the president…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has declared that Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, laid the foundation of the party’s success in the state. Sanwo-Olu said the legacy of good governance established by Tinubu has laid the foundation for APC’s successes. He spoke while swearing-in the newly elected 57 council chairmen, comprising 20 local government areas, and 37 local council development areas, LCDAs, in the state, on Tuesday, in Ikeja. The chairmen were elected in the last Saturday council elections across the state. However, the governor urged the newly elected chairmen and their vice to…
US President, Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi sealed an agreement on Monday formally ending the US combat mission in Iraq by the end of 2021, but US forces will still operate there in an advisory role. The agreement comes at a politically delicate time for the Iraqi government and could be a boost for Baghdad. Kadhimi has faced increasing pressure from Iran-aligned parties and paramilitary groups who oppose the US military role in the country. Joe Biden and Kadhimi met in the Oval Office for their first face-to-face talks as part of a strategic dialogue between the…
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has released a fresh set of prophecies on the upcoming governorship election in Anambra State. Primate Ayodele said God showed him that there would be advanced rigging during the election, adding that the outcome would determine so many things ahead of 2023. He said the ruling party wants to go all out to rig the election in favour of its candidate. In a statement by his Media Officer, Primate Ayodele noted that the candidates of other parties will be accused of criminal offences by the ruling party and that it…
The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, Osun State Chapter has described the attack on the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration Exercise in the state as fake, political, biased and baseless. This is just as Osun IPAC disassociated itself from the publication, saying it does not in any way reflect the position of IPAC as the body saddled with the responsibility of interfacing between all registered Political parties and INEC. It will be recalled that the Forum of Progressives Political Parties, FPPP, in the state on Monday raised suspicion over the recorded number of fresh eligible voters. FPPP said it was surprising that…
An entrepreneur, Mazi Franklin Ngoforo has said the contemporary political leaders in Nigeria have failed woefully to create the enabling environment for the youths. Ngoforo, who hails from Arondizogu in Ideato-north LGA of Imo State made this acclamation during the inauguration of his brainchild project, Oganihu Ideato Project (OID). The entrepreneur further said that the modern economy had become knowledge-driven, hence the need for Ideato and Imo youths at large to remain competitive globally. According to him, “our political leaders have failed to intervene and create the enabling environment so as to unleash the potentials of our youths. “We have…
The 3-man election Committee for the July 31 ward congress of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State has assured members of the party that winners would emerge through a credible and open process. The Committee led by Mr. Alex Osuagwu from Imo State met with the members of the party, from the ward to the State level at the APC Secretariat in Enugu on Monday. Osuagwu said sale of forms had commenced, urging those who have made payments to come with their evidence. He said the committee would always be available at the State Secretariat to attend to…
North and South Korea restored their cross-border communication lines that had been severed for over a year, the South Korean presidential office said on Tuesday. An official statement said that the two Koreas decided to resume their direct communication hotlines as of 10:00 am local time. This comes 13 months after North Korea cut off all communication lines with South Korea in protest over Seoul’s supposed failure to stop activists from sending anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets into the communist nation, Yonhap reported. Since June last year, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) cut off ties in protest against Seoul’s inability…
With less than two years to the next general elections, some political bigwigs, as well as chieftains of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Plateau State, have begun canvassing support for Governor Simon Lalong to contest the 2023 presidential election, saying “he possesses the leadership skills to take Nigeria to great heights and boost unity among the citizenry in the country. The bigwigs, who cut across political party divides, met in Jos, the state capital, and said their resolve to support Governor Lalong for the presidency and to also commence campaigning for him was due to his prevailing “achievements,…
Deji Adeyanju, popular Nigerian human rights activist has said democracy has collapsed under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Adeyanju made the remark while condemning the decision of the Department of State Services, DSS, to take over the Federal High Court yesterday. He said the DSS refusal to allow lawyers gain access into the Federal High Court, Abuja, shows that democracy has collapsed. In a tweet, the activist accused the Buhari-led government of having no regards for the judiciary. According to Adeyanju: “The DSS taking over our courts and stopping lawyers from gaining access shows democracy has collapsed in Nigeria…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has stated that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is better positioned to rebuild Nigeria from the security and economic ruins visited on the country by the All Progressives Congress, APC, government. Governor Ortom spoke on Tuesday during an interview with journalists on arrival at the Makurdi Airport from Bauchi where he attended PDP Governors’ Forum meeting. He stated that the internal wranglings within the PDP would not limit its chances of winning elections in 2023, pointing out that it was natural to have misunderstanding but being able to manage the same was paramount. Governor Ortom…
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP have urged the President Muhammadu Buhari’s led government to collaborate with the state governments to tackle the unemployment crisis ravaging the Nigerian Youths. The PDP Governors made the disclosure on Monday in a communiqué read by the Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Mahdi Mohd at the end of their meeting in Bauchi State. The fourteen governors, who attended the meeting, also stated that foreign investment into the country has drastically reduced in the following alleged activities of regulatory authorities. According to the governors, “On the economy, the meeting admonished…