A Professor of Agriculture and All Progressives Congress(APC) chieftain in Ekiti State, Prof. Omoniyi Adetiloye, has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to monitor and prevent the rigging of the governorship primaries to be conducted by parties to produce candidates for the 2022 election in the state. Adetiloye accused some leaders of the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of plotting to manipulate the system through already twisted and flawed party congresses in favour of their preferred candidates, which he said may not be in favour of aspirants from the South senatorial district. The Federal University of…
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The incoming state Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue State, Omale Omale has cautioned members of the party against any form of corrupt practices. Omale warned that members of the party in the state would not be shielded from any investigation during his tenure as chairman. In a statement he signed, the outgoing Legal Adviser of APC in Benue State said members of the party are expected to be accountable. He vowed to ensure that APC members respect the constitution of the party. According to Omale: “Our APC shall not be used to defend any individual, individuals,…
Raymond Dokpesi, founder of DAAR Communications, has said the north should still produce Nigeria’s president in 2023. Dokpesi said based on an arrangement and calculation by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the North would still produce Nigeria’s president in 2023. Against this backdrop, the media mogul said Atiku Abubakar, former presidential candidate of the PDP, should be elected as president. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, Dokpesi said Atiku would unite Nigeria, considering his achievements in governance, youth empowerment, and ethnic and religious tolerance. According to Dokpesi: “We have set out the criteria, and have identified the issues, and said that…
A chieftain of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State, Alhaji Hassan Mohammed Sheriff, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to immediately give his assent to the amended Electoral Act as passed by the National Assembly. Sheriff stated this while addressing a press conference at the Press Centre of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Bauchi. According to him, if Buhari signs the amended law, it would enhance internal democracy in all political parties in the country, particularly in the ruling APC. “When operational, the Electoral Act as amended will strengthen internal democracy within the political parties,” Sheriff…
The Senate on Tuesday rejected a bid from a bipartisan group of lawmakers to stop President Joe Biden’s administration from selling more than USD 650 million worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, allowing the deal to proceed despite the gulf nation’s dismal record on human rights. A procedural motion by Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, was rejected on a 30-67 vote, in just the latest skirmish in Congress over U.S. sales of weapons to the country. Saudi Arabia is one of the U.S.’s most steadfast allies in an unstable region of the globe. But the country’s leading role in…
It is no news that the bad road from Kabba to Egbe in Kogi State linking Ilorin in Kwara State has brought untold hardship to road users and the people of Okunland living in the area. The deplorable state of the road has been responsible for heinous criminal activities on the axis including armed robbery, kidnapping and rape. It has also hindered the mainly farming community from moving their products to markets. Although contracts for reconstruction of the 48-year-old Kabba-Egbe-Ilorin road, last reconstructed by the defunct Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) in 1991, have been awarded four times by the President…
Former Ekiti State Governor, Chief Segun Oni, has said that what his party needs to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) in next year’s governorship election is a popular candidate and not zoning. Oni said that as major opposition party, the PDP does not have the luxury of gambling with zoning and thereby producing a weak candidate that cannot win the governorship poll. The PDP governorship aspirant for the 2022 Ekiti State election, however, said that the party members knew the right man that could win the election and would not want to gamble with the choice of candidate. Oni…
The Nigerian Human Rights Community (NHRC) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to increase the number of polling units in the country’s rural areas to avoid voter apathy. Speaking on the just concluded council election in Ekiti State, the group urged INEC to increase the number of polling units in Ekiti North, Ekiti East and Ekiti Central communities and farm settlements in the senatorial districts before the general election. In a statement issued yesterday and signed by the Assistant Secretary, Taiwo Adeleye, and the Programme Officer, Fred Ojinika, the group, commended the state’s Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) for…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has flayed Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, for receiving honorary doctorate degree in Law from Ajayi Crowther University (ACU), Oyo State. The state’s PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kennedy Peretei, in a statement made available to journalists in Akure yesterday, said: “It is shameless to receive award from ACU when the state’s university is under lock and key.” However, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Donald Ojogo, has said that the honorary degree on the governor is deserving, dispelling the allegation from the PDP chieftain. He said: “To expect the opposition PDP to keep…
Angela Merkel was assured of a place in the history books as soon as she became Germany’s first female chancellor on Nov 22, 2005. Over the next 16 years, she was credited with raising Germany’s profile and influence, working to hold a fractious European Union together, managing a string of crises and being a role model for women. Now that near-record tenure is ending with her leaving office at age 67 to praise from abroad and enduring popularity at home. Her designated successor, Olaf Scholz, is expected to take office Wednesday. Merkel, a former scientist who grew up in communist…
As part of continued efforts to prevail on political parties in Ekiti State to pick candidates from the South Senatorial District ahead of the 2022 governorship election, a cross-section of youths, women and politicians from the south have again staged a peaceful demonstration in Ikere Ekiti. The protest, which was carried out under the umbrella of the Ekiti South Developmental Agenda, was one out of such demonstrations held in recent times. The protesters, who were members of different political parties, expressed their displeasure over the failure of the two major political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All…
Hundreds of youths from the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State have defected to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. They were led into the PDP by the former Isiama Ward chairman of the party, Mr Mandela Kinsley Festus, at a brief ceremony held at the Amaekpu Ohafia country home of the Deputy Speaker of the Abia House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Ifeanyi Uchendu, where they denounced their membership of the APC. This development is coming less than two weeks after members of the APC and the All Progressives Grand Alliance…
The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Tuesday, released fresh prophecies for the Vice President of Kenya, William Ruto ahead of the country’s presidential election in 2022. Primate Ayodele warned that Ruto has to be very strategic and tactical in his approach because he foresees a new candidate coming up before the election and sponsored by President Uhuru Kenyatta. He said Ruto has all it takes to rule the country in 2022 but the opposition against him will be too much to frustrate his plans to become the next president of the country. In a statement…
The Coalition of Southern and Middle Belt Youths under the auspices of the Coalition of Southern and Middle Belt Youth Leaders Assembly (COSMBYLA) have said only youthful persons should be elected President and governors in 2023. In a statement jointly signed by Goodluck Ibem, leader of the group and President, Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL); Terrence Kuanum, Coordinator Forum of Middle Belt Youth Presidents; Shittu Waheed, Coordinator, South West Youth Leaders’ Forum (SWYLF); and Tito Zokumor, President, South-South Youth Forum (SSYF), they said the youths can transform the bad economy of the country if elected into power in…
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi hosted National Security Advisor of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and assured him of Tehran’s support to the security of Gulf states. “Good relations with the countries of the region are among the priorities of Iran’s foreign policy under the new administration, and this is the reason why we welcome the development of relations with the UAE,” Raisi told Al Nahyan during the meeting on Monday. Raisi said the relations between Iran and the UAE should not be influenced by “outsiders”, and warned of efforts by “enemies of regional countries…to…
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday, said it has extended the tenure of caretaker committees in wards, local governments and state chapters of the party in Anambra State. Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the party who disclosed this in a statement on Monday further noted that, the decision of the National Working Committee (NWC) was in view of the urgent need to ensure proper structure in all organs of the party at all levels across the State. According to him, in line with the provisions of the PDP constitution 2017 (as amended), the tenure of the caretaker…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday, said it has affirmed the expulsion of some of its members in Kebbi State, by the Kebbi State chapter of the party. This was revealed in a statement on Monday by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the party. According to the statement, the expelled members were; Garba Abubakar Besse, Ibrahim Usman Manzo, Muhd Ruwa R.K, Musa Ibrahim Manzo, Umar Yakubu Kamba, Abdulmalik Haliru Milton, Haruna Shayau, Isiyaku Daudu, Saleh Gambo. Others were; Bello Muhd Gulmare, Junaidu Wasagu, Muhd Idris Afan, Abubakar Kurunkudu, Hajiya Yalli, Haruna Isa.…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Chief Adegboyega Adegoke, has declared that introduction of direct primaries would give Nigerians the power to elect their leaders without fear or favour. Adegoke, who doubled as Bada Balogun of Ibadan land made this disclosure while participating in a political programme on an Ibadan-based radio, Solutions 93.9 FM, titled, “Politics In Focus” and monitored by Journalists on Monday. Our correspondent recalls that Senate and the House of Representatives recently passed the harmonized version of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The bill allowed direct primaries as a means of…
A Bauchi State High Court has issued an interim order restraining the Mai Mala Buni-led caretaker committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from inaugurating the recently elected Hon Babayo Aliyu Misau-led executive members in the state. A copy of the interim injunction issued Friday last week by the court made available to journalists in Bauchi at the weekend restrained Buni, who is also Governor of Yobe State; Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu; and former Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara; and their privies, agents, cohorts and representatives in whatever capacity from administering the oath of office…
China on Monday threatened to take “firm countermeasures” if the U.S. proceeds with a diplomatic boycott of February’s Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian accused U.S. politicians of grandstanding over the issue of not sending dignitaries to attend the events that China hopes will showcase its economic development and technological prowess. Speaking to reporters at a daily briefing, Zhao said such a move would be an “outright political provocation,” but gave no details on how China would retaliate. U.S. President Joe Biden has said he is considering a boycott, under which American athletes would still compete, and…