The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal on Tuesday, declared that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC does not exist in any level of the government. The governor stated this during the stakeholders meeting of PDP held in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja over the lingering leadership crisis rocking the party. He said, “If anyone tells you to decamp to APC, ask them where is the party? A party that has no structures at the federal level, no structures at the state level. “No structures at the local government level and no structures at the ward level; how can you decamp…
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The Kaduna State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has debunked claims that the state Deputy Chairman, Hon Ibrahim Lawal Kayarda, was suspended. Publicity Secretary, Abraham Alberah Catoh, said this in a statement on Wednesday. Recall that there were media reports that Kayarda was suspended over anti-party activities. Catoh described the reports as a calculated attempt to blackmail Kayarda. He said Kayarda is still a bonafide member of the party, as they are yet to receive any correspondence from his ward or the local government party secretariat. According to him, “the false impression given is a cheap media propaganda…
A fresh crisis has hit the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State. InfoStride News reports that this is following the split of the party into two factions. The State Chairman of the party, Dr. Ben Nwoye had earlier during a meeting at the Party’s Secretariat in Enugu on Tuesday, announced the suspension of four members of the party. The suspended members include a former Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Eugene Odo, an aide to the foreign affairs minister, Mr. Flavour Eze, Ada Ogbu and El- Aja. The said suspension followed a report of a…
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has left for Qatari capital Doha to hold talks on Afghanistan and urge the Taliban to stop the offensive. “US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad departed for travel to Doha on August 8. Ambassador Khalilzad will be in Doha to help formulate a joint international response to the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan,” the US State Department said in a statement. The meeting of the extended troika on Afghan settlement is scheduled to begin today in Qatar. “In several planned rounds of meetings over three days, representatives from countries…
Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State have expressed their dissatisfaction with the outcome of the recently concluded ward congresses in the state. The aggrieved members of the party in Ifedore Local Government Area of the state who described the wards congresses as a charade, on Tuesday approached the Federal High Court to challenge its conduct. They alleged that the Ward Congress Committee failed to conduct any congress in the local government as stipulated in the party’s constitution. In their prayers before the court, the aggrieved members urged the court to set aside and as…
Reno Omokri, former media aide to Nigerian ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan has claimed that a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Sulaiman Adamu prayed for President Muhammdu Buhari to die in leaked audio. Reno claimed that the chieftain and some of his allies were heard in the audio lamenting hardship in the North birthed by President Buhari’s bad governance. The former presidential aide made the revelation in a post on his official Facebook page on Tuesday. In the post, Reno Omokri pleaded with the Department of State Services DSS not to arrest Sulaiman Adamu over the leaked audio, stressing that he…
A chieftain of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Emmanuel Degema Ophiemu Esq, today urged Nigerian youths to get their Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) ready ahead of the 2023 elections in the state and Nigeria. The legal practitioner made the call while fielding questions from the media. He said he will never support the youths in voting for “old blood” into power. According to Ophiemu,”those without PVC should try as much as possible to get themselves registered, and also plan to protect their votes against the planned rigging arrangements of those crass…
Alhaji Ahmed Bakare, a political commentator, has blamed the crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State on former governor, Abdulaziz Yari. Members of the APC in the state have been lamenting that there is a serious public concern considering the two known factions within the party led by Governor Bello Matawalle and former Yari. Many card carriers of the party, especially those in Yari’s faction have been heaping blame on Senator Ahmed Sani Yarima for being the root of all the political crisis in the party. Bakare insisted that Matawalle, as governor, is the authentic leader of…
The top defense officials of the United States and Pakistan during a phone conversation discussed the ongoing situation in Afghanistan as well as regional security, Pentagon said in a statement on Monday. This phone call comes amid a meeting of the extended troika of Russia, China and the United States along with Pakistan on an Afghan settlement. “Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke by phone with Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa to discuss our mutual goals of security and stability in the region,” Department of Defense Press Secretary John Kirby said. “Secretary Austin and General Bajwa…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Legal Adviser, Emmanuel Enoidem says only a national convention can remove the National Working Committee (NWC) or any national officer. Enoidem issued a rejoinder on Monday to a communique issued by some NWC members after a Sunday night meeting in Abuja. Six out of the nine voted for the sack of embattled PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus. At the meeting were Deputy National Chairman (North), Suleiman Nazif; National Secretary, Umar Tsauri; National Auditor, Adamu Mustapha; National Financial Secretary, Abdulahi Maibasira. Others were Youth Leader, S. K. Udeh-Okoye; Vice Chairman (SW), Taofiq Arapaja; Vice Chairman (SE),…
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has vowed not to return to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, which brought him to power in the 2015 general election. The governor made the clarification on Monday night during a news programme on Channels TV. InfoStride News reports that there have been speculations that Ortom and other governors elected under the platform of the PDP were making moves to join the ruling party. But Ortom, while answering questions bothering on alleged plan to dump the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said APC has completely destroyed the country. He said he has no…
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF) said it would continue its meeting tomorrow with others stakeholders as part of efforts to resolve the leadership crisis rocking the party. The meeting was called following the resignation of seven national deputy officers of the party, who accused PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, of incompetence in handling the party’s affairs. The resigned officers are also demanding the resignation of Secondus as the party chairman. The Chairman of the forum and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal on Monday disclosed this while briefing newsmen after the meeting of the governors held for about…
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…
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…