The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the timetable and schedule of activities for the year 2021 party congresses in nine states. In a statement on Thursday by Kola Ologbondiyan, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, “Congresses have been scheduled to be conducted in Lagos, Oyo, Adamawa, Kebbi, Borno, Kogi, Osun, Kwara and Ebonyi states respectively. “In the case of Lagos, Oyo, Adamawa, Kebbi, Borno, Kogi, Osun and Kwara states, the tenure of the Excos by Section 47(1) of the PDP Constitution (as amended) would be expiring, having been elected in 2017. “For…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo has sued for peace following the suspension of six House of Assembly members in the state. Mr Cajetan Duke, Publicity Secretary of the APC in Imo, made the call in an interview with newsmen in Owerri on Thursday while reacting to the suspension. Duke described the Assembly as “an independent organ of government”. He called on the suspended lawmakers to desist from acts capable of jeopardizing their public image and the legislative House. Duke noted that as law-abiding persons, the party would not only respect the independence of the Assembly but also align…
Former South African president Jacob Zuma turned himself over to police early Thursday to begin serving a 15-month prison term. Just minutes before the midnight deadline for police to arrest him, Jacob Zuma left his Nkandla home in a convoy of vehicles. Zuma decided to hand himself over to authorities to obey the order from the country’s highest court, the Constitutional Court, that he should serve a prison term for contempt of court. President Zuma has decided to comply with the incarceration order. He is on his way to hand himself into a Correctional Services Facility in KZN (KwaZulu-Natal province),”…
On Monday, the 5th of July 2021, the Police Command in Abia State had revealed plans by some individuals and groups of persons to stage protests in the State. In a release by its Public Relations Officer, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, the Police Command advised intending protesters to desist or postpone such exercise forth-with. According to the Police Command, “this has become necessary as hoodlums or miscreants may hijack the process to unleash mayhem on the lives and property of innocent citizens.” It disclosed that “the security operatives in the Abia State had been placed on red alert as the Command…
The crisis rocking the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) may not abate soon, as the party plans to suspend the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, from the party. Chairman of Kwara APC, Abdullahi Abubakar, told reporters in Abuja yesterday that the party might be forced to take punitive measures against the minister over alleged anti-party activities. Abubakar spoke against the backdrop of the recent decision by the minister to unveil a parallel APC secretariat in GRA, Ilorin. The minister, during the unveiling, had faulted the recent membership revalidation and registration of APC on the basis that…
Days after the verbal attack on Governor Abdurahman Abdulrazaq by Lai Mohammed, Kwara Senators say they recognise the former as All Progressives Congress (APC) leader. Senators Lola Ashiru (Kwara South), Ibrahim Oloriegbe (Kwara Central) and Umar Sadiq (Kwara North) addressed reporters on Wednesday. They stated that all the money realised for the 2019 elections were judiciously spent under the leadership of Abdulrazaq. Ashiru said the governor is doing well in terms of development, both physical and urban development. He said they don’t want to escalate the situation because it is totally centred on what happened two years ago. “We feel…
Rep. Rimamnde Shawulu (PDP-Taraba), has urged the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, to resign following mass defection from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Shawulu said this in a letter addressed to the chairman and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. He decried the rate at which the party was losing members to the ruling APC in recent times. Shawulu also urged members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to resign. “Today, unexpectedly, four members of the House of Representatives from Zamfara defected…
The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives approved a $715 billion surface transportation and water infrastructure bill on Thursday in what Democrats see as an early step toward sweeping infrastructure legislation that Congress hopes to complete in September. The bill, which includes provisions from President Joe Biden’s initial $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal, authorizes additional spending for roads, bridges, highway safety, electric vehicle charging stations, rail, transit, drinking and wastewater infrastructure. It also funds programs that would provide money for major projects, including an $11.6 billion plan to connect New Jersey and New York’s Penn Station in midtown Manhattan via four modern…
Oluwo of Iwo, Ọba AbdulRasheed Adewale Akanbi, has revealed why Yoruba Monarch has remained silent over the raid of the house of activist, Sunday Igboho, by operatives of the Department of State Services. Speaking during an interview with BBC Yoruba, Akanbi said many of the monarchs were in support of Sunday Igboho’s agitation against killer herdsmen but have chosen to be silent because Igboho ignored some of their warnings, this he said led to their silence over the raid carried out in his home. Oluwo noted that Igboho was cautioned about the manner he was agitating for Yoruba Nation but…
Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, the pan Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has tasked politicians of Igbo extraction to show interest in the presidential position, stressing that it is the turn of the area to produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor. The group urged Igbo presidential aspirants to reach out to other regions of the country to build bridges of friendship and support for the Igbo presidency project. Ohanaeze warned that any political party that fails to choose its presidential candidate from Igbo land would fail the election. In a statement signed by its Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Chidi Ibeh…
Barely 24 hours after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost four members of the House of Representatives to the ruling party All Progressives Congress (APC), another member, Jonathan Gaza has dumped the party. Mr Gaza is the latest in the gale of defection that continues to rock the opposition party. The letter of defection was read by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila on Wednesday during plenary. The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, and two of his predecessors, Sen Tanko Almakura and Sen Abdulahi Adamy were on the floor of the House to observe. The Speaker, who was obviously delighted with…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has expressed worry on Governor Hope Uzodinma’s silence over the recent ban on open grazing by the Southern Governors Forum (SGF). The opposition party in the state said that Governor Hope Uzodinma has betrayed his guilt and acute inferiority complex by consciously dissociating himself from the series of meetings held by the Governor’s Forum. The party, in a release signed by its Director General of New Media, Collins Opuruzor, accused the Governor of saddling himself with worthless parties with expensive wines and champagnes while burning regional and national issues are being discussed…
China appears to be preparing to ramp up its involvement in Afghanistan amid US troops withdrawal with Beijing eyeing the war-torn nation for investment and influence opportunities. According to The New York Post, in recent weeks, Beijing has been vocal in slamming the United States for pushing forward with its troop withdrawal, citing the deteriorating situation on the ground. Still, it had not made any public commitments regarding a response. US President Joe Biden has set a deadline of September 11 for the final pullout of the few remaining troops from Afghanistan. Citing the media reports, the Newspaper outlet reported…
An Abuja-based activist, Deji Adeyanju, has disclosed why Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State is not qualified to become Nigeria’s next president. Adeyanju explained that Bello is the worst governor in Nigeria, hence is not qualified to become the country’s next president. In a tweet, the convener of Concerned Nigerian, also accused Bello of being an enemy of Nigeria’s democracy. The activist maintained that the governor has severely violated citizens’ human rights in Kogi State. He further described the governor as a believer of violence. According to Adeyanju: “Yahaya bello, not qualified to contest for President of Nigeria because he…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kaduna State Chapter, has sympathised with parents and relatives of the kidnapped students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Chikun Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a statement by Abraham Alberah Catoh, State Publicity Secretary, of the party. “It is no longer news that Kaduna State has become the hotbed of Kidnappings, armed banditry and other heinous crimes in Nigeria today. “The recent abduction of over 121 students of the Bethel Baptist High School, along Kujama Road, Kaduna by bandits (kidnappers), the kidnapping of babies, nurses and security guards at the…
Aspirants of the local government caretaker committee, who did not make the lists of nominees, and their supporters have protested their non-inclusion which was last Thursday approved by the Osun State House of Assembly. The aspirants and their supporters, who were conveyed in 18 seater buses, stormed the Famson Street, Igbona, Osogbo residence of the State All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman, Adegboyega Famodun. In a four-minute 45 second video monitored by the media, the protesting aspirants and their supporters. who are mostly from Iwo local government, disclosed that they were against the party leadership in the state and local government…
The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has accused the Southern governors of ganging up against the North ahead of 2023. CNG was reacting to the resolution of Southern governors on the presidency shifting from the North in 2023. On Monday, Southern governors had called for the Southern part of the country to produce Nigeria’s next president. However, CNG’s spokesman, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, said the call was a gang up to deprive the North of the Presidency in 2023. A statement by Suleiman reads partly: “The gang up against the North, especially, to force a regional shift of the Presidency in 2023…
U.S. lawmakers tapped to serve on the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Thursday vowed to release a comprehensive report of their findings, citing their oath to the U.S. Constitution. Representative Benny Thompson, the head of the Homeland Security panel who will lead the new U.S. House of Representatives select panel, said the parameters of the probe have not yet been decided, including possible witnesses, and that no hearing dates have yet been set.
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Kwara State, Iyiola Oyedepo, has warned that it will be unreasonable for anyone to think that the party cannot be removed in the 2023 general elections. He said unless the lingering intra-party crisis is resolved amicably, there is a slim chance for the party to succeed in the elections in the state. In a chat with the newsmen in Ilorin on Tuesday, Oyedepo, said out of the four tendencies that formed the ruling party in the state, three aggrieved tendencies are out of government, leaving only Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq’s group. He also…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the extension of membership registration and revalidation in Imo, Kwara, Ogun, and Rivers for another two weeks. The decision for extension of the exercise in the affected states was contained in a statement by its caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee Secretary, Senator John James Akpanudoehede in Abuja on Tuesday. The Secretary said the extension followed the recommendation of the party’s Membership Registration Appeals Committee. “Following the recommendation of the Membership Registration Appeals Committee, the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the continuation of the Party’s membership…