Ethiopia’s elections are scheduled for Monday June 21, but the onset of fresh attacks on civilians in the Central part of the country now threatens to disrupt the polls. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is seeking a new term. Officials say insecurity and logistical challenges make voting impossible. At least for now, in at least 26 constituencies across the country. Destroyed buildings and looted shops in the central Ethiopian town of Ataye are a grim reminder of the latest bout of ethnic violence which took place mid-April. “There has been a looseness after Abiy came to office, in the name of…
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The Osun State Chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the ward level has suspended the former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Barrister Kolapo Alimi. Alimi is a senior legislative aide to the Speaker, Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila and a former aide of Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola who was governor of Osun State for two terms. His suspension was made known in a letter jointly signed by Elerinsi Ward 9, Irepodun South Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Erin-Osun. APC chairman removed in Enugu over alleged anti-party activities In the suspension letter jointly…
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has received the report of the screening committee for Anambra governorship aspirants. The panel interviewed fourteen hopefuls on Thursday. They are Andy Uba, Nwokafor Daniel, George Moghalu, Paul Izuchukwuorajiaka, Edozie Madu, Chidozie Nwankwo, Maxwell Okoye. Geoff Onyejegbu, Azuka Okwuosa, Onwa Mokelu, Igwebuikeifeanyi Hygers, Godwin Okonkwo, Ben Etiaba and Onunkwo Obinna. Committee Chairman, Ikechi Emenike presented the outcome at the APC national secretariat in Abuja. Emenike said the team approached the task with patriotism and transparency in line with provisions of the constitution and party guidelines. “Politics is a contest. As long…
The PDP Governors’ Forum has insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokespersons are his greatest undoing as President of Nigeria. The governors, in a statement by the Director-General of the forum, Hon. C.I.D. Maduabum, on Thursday, said that the current crop of presidential spokespersons are not representing Buhari in a proper manner. The Governors’ Forum was responding to a statement issued by presidential spokesperson Garba Shehu earlier this week. They also criticized him on his position on the ongoing Twitter ban in Nigeria. Recall that Shehu had been responding to a communique put out by the PDP Governors’ Forum on Monday.…
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have said President Muhammadu will determine when the party’s proposed national convention would hold. Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF), Abubakar Bagudu stated this following a late-night meeting of the forum in Abuja, on Wednesday. Bagudu, speaking to reporters on Thursday, disclosed that the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the party, briefed his colleagues and informed them that a proposal for the time-table/ schedule of activities leading to the convention was before the president. He noted that once Buhari gives approval, a date…
House voted Thursday to repeal the 2002 resolution that cleared the way for the US invasion of Iraq, as the Senate prepared to take up similar legislation. “Nearly 20 years have passed since the Congress passed the 2002 authorization of military force and 10 years have passed since the formal end of the US military operations in Iraq,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. “And yet today, 10 years later, our nation is still operating under an outdated authorization of military force which risks being used, and in some cases has been used, as a blank check to conduct unrelated military…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in an earlier guideline for the forthcoming Anambra State governorship election had scheduled one month, between middle of June and the begining of July for the primary election of all the contesting political parties. In Anambra State, there are only a few political parties that have roots and the ability to win election, despite their number. The political parties are the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC. Currently, the political temperature in the state has heightened, with the already announced dates of the primary…
The Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Ifeanyi Ubah, has allayed the fears that the socio-political crisis currently rocking South East zone would disrupt the forthcoming Anambra State governorship election. Ifeanyi Ubah spoke to journalists against the backdrop of the huge threat from various interest groups that the planned election would not be allowed to hold until the issue of Biafran agitation is resolved. The senator expressed confidence that the current insecurity in the region would not affect the conduct of the polls and that region would be peaceful during the poll. “We are used…
A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ladi Adebutu, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) believes in a united Nigeria living in peace. Adebutu stated, however, that the party is insisting on equity and justice for all Nigerians. The former lawmaker disclosed this Thursday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, during the Ladi Adebutu Good Governance Symposium held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library. Adebutu blamed the agitations for secession on how the local government had been rendered incompetent in Nigeria. According to him, governors have killed the local governments by hijacking funds that belong to them from the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to make sure that peace returns in Borno, recalling that the people of the state gave him the highest number of votes. Buhari is on official visit to the state to appraise the security situation and commission some development projects. According to the President, Borno State was where he got the highest percentage of votes during the general elections, adding that the least he can do for the people of the state was keep fighting to fully restore peace in every corner of the North East region and the country as a whole. Buhari also…
During the last weeks of his presidency, Donald Trump and his allies pressured the Justice Department to investigate unsubstantiated claims of widespread 2020 election fraud, despite his former attorney general declaring there was no evidence of it, newly released emails show. The emails, released Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee, reveal in new detail how Trump, his White House chief of staff and other allies pressured members of the U.S. government to challenge the 2020 election over false claims, even though officials at Homeland Security and Justice, as well as Republican election leaders across the country, repeatedly said there had…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday, said, it is appalled by the unwarranted attack and name-calling by President Muhammadu Buhari against governors elected on the platform of the PDP. This was contained in a statement on Thursday by Kola Ologbondiyan, the National Publicity Secretary of the party. The statement described as unpresidential and pedestrian, a statement by President Buhari, in which he described governors elected on the platform of the PDP as peddlers of fake news. Ola Ologbondiyan said governors were called names because they pointed out Buhari’s failures and proffered solutions to the challenges facing the nation. “For…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano Municipal Local Government in Kano State has affirmed the suspension of President Muhammadu Buhari’s former media aide for one year, Shaaban Ibrahim Sharada, on the allegations of creating chaos and turmoil in the state. A letter to that effect signed and issued to newsmen by the Chairman of the Party in Municipal Local Government, Alhaji Sani Abubakar Maifata, and his Secretary, Kamilu Saidu Bala, said, “we affirmed the Suspension of Shaaban Ibrahim Sharada has been done by his ward level for 12 months for his open attacks and castigation of Governor Ganduje and…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kebbi State has removed its caretaker Chairman, Bala Sani Kangiwa. Kangiwa is accused of misappropriating funds earmarked for the inauguration of party executives in wards and local government areas. The state chapter has since presented the acting Chairman, Abubakar Kana, to Governor Atiku Bagudu. The officials explained that stakeholders agreed to replace Kangiwa after investigation of the allegations against him. The caretaker Assistant Secretary, Zayyanu Aliero, narrated what led to the suspension of Kangiwa; the Treasurer, Garba Musa; and Financial Secretary, Aliyu Bature. Aliero confirmed that former Public Relations Officer, Sani Dododo, willingly tendered…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, ward 7, Igbo Eze North LGA, Mr. Nwokedi Ugwoke has been removed from office for alleged anti-party activities. He has been replaced by Nduka Obeta who has been sworn into office. Swearing in the new caretaker chairman, the Igbo-Eze Caretaker Committee chairman, Mr. Desmond Ayogu accused the ex-chairman of insubordination and gross disloyalty to the party. He said the former chairman had been calling illegal local government chapter meetings, purporting himself to be the chairman of the party. He also accused him of refusing to attend local government party meetings and participating…
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday he hoped to have a July vote on a bipartisan infrastructure bill, but a second measure would be needed to incorporate climate and human infrastructure measures. The top Senate Democrat told reporters there are many in his caucus who think the bipartisan proposal is a good start but does not do enough. Democrats and Republicans in the 50-50 split Senate have been negotiating behind the scenes on a potential $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, with slightly more than half of that plan consisting of new funding. The rest would come from…
A public commentator and former Adamawa Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mallam Ahmad Sajoh, has observed that the growing agitations for secession in the country are as a result of cumulative injustices done to different sections in Nigeria with Buhari administration being made a scapegoat. But he was quick to add that Nigerians would fare better together as one nation as against breaking up. Sajoh made the observation on Monday in Maiduguri while fielding questions from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said agitators of separation needed to know that we have more in common. “Separation may not serve…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has said that it will appeal the Appeal Court judgment dismissing the petition against the declaration of Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as Governor of the State. This was contained in a statement signed by Kennedy Peretei, the State Publicity Secretary and made available to newsmen in Akure on Wednesday. Recall that the party and its candidate in the October 10, 2020 governorship election, Eyitayo Jegede, had approached the Court of Appeal to cancel Akeredolu’s election. However, the appellate court on Wednesday said in a unanimous judgment that the petition by the PDP and its…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said Nigeria is now on life support. Wike stated this at the inauguration of the Isaiah Odoli/Omerelu Streets in New GRA Phase 1 in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area on Wednesday. He asserted that those who considered the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a better alternative to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2015 poll, must be regretting the current situation in the country. “Since APC came into power, you can now see what Nigeria has turned to. Each day you wake up, you hear people are being killed. “If you watch television and…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital has upheld the election of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and his Deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa in the October 10, 2020 election. The five-man panel led by Justice Theresa Orji-Abadua gave the judgement after dismissing the appeal of Eyitayo Jegede, candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the election for lacking merit. Jegede had approached the appellate court after the tribunal on April 20, 2021, dismissed his petition challenging the nomination and election of Akeredolu and Aiyedatiwa for lacking in merit. But Justice Abadua of the appellate court came to a conclusion that…