A South-South group has called on all the political blocs in Nigeria to ensure a candidate from the south-south extraction emerges the President in 2023. The group under the auspices of ‘South-South Presidency 2023 urged people from the zone not to aspire for the position of Vice President or National Chairman of any political party in the country but President. In a communique issued at the end of a meeting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, the group insisted that the South-South must complete its tenure of eight years for fairness, justice and equity. The communique which was jointly signed by…
Author: Ifeanyi N.
Lebanon’s president and prime minister-designate traded barbs Wednesday, accusing one another of obstruction, negligence and insolence in a war or words that has for months obstructed the formation of a new government as the country sinks deeper into economic and financial crisis. The power struggle between the premier-designate, Saad Hariri, on one side and President Michel Aoun and his son-in-law Gebran Bassil on the other, has worsened despite warnings from world leaders and economic experts of the dire economic conditions tiny Lebanon is facing. The World Bank on Tuesday said Lebanon’s crisis is one of the worst the world has…
Chairman of the group says there are about 10 million Nigerians in Diaspora calling on all Nigerians to support a youthful candidate. Nigerians in Diaspora, under the aegis of Nigerians in Diaspora Network and Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation, have endorsed Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi as their candidate for the 2023 Presidency. The group made this known during a world press conference in Oberhausen, Germany as they also opened a campaign office to support the movement. In a video and statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Odijie Irabor, General Coordinator of the group, said the group…
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose; former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili; and ex-Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, have dared the President Muhammadu Buhari government to arrest them as they continue to share information on Twitter. Aisha Yesufu, a popular activist, is also of the opinion that the Buhari-led Federal Government has no right to arrest her for using the banned social media platform. Fani-Kayode tweeted, “I HAVE tweeted. I CHALLENGE you to do your WORSE! “You CANNOT threaten, intimidate, overwhelm, silence or defeat a lion. “We ROAR and CHARGE with rage, strength, fire and power into the…
Hundreds of youths under the group, ‘Saraki is coming’, from across the north on Sunday took to the Streets in Kano, insisting that the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, must contest the 2023 presidential election. The youths, who marched from the Kano City center to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) office along Firm Center, carried several placards with different inscriptions, “Saraki is coming, 2023”, “Saraki is the answer”. The President of the group, Umar Farin Gado, alongside his Secretary, Saidu Sani, said during the protest that they are apologizing to Saraki for what had happened to him while serving…
Former Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Liyel Imoke, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will receive defected Gov. Ben Ayade back to the party if he decides to return. Ayade, who was elected governor on the platform of the PDP six years ago, shocked political pundits when he defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), raising the political stakes as the countdown to the 2023 general elections commences nationwide. “I will welcome him. I will definitely welcome him. Ben and I don’t have personal differences, maybe political differences and that’s why I said that his decision to…
The leading Democratic contenders for New York City mayor, former presidential candidate Andrew Yang and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, faced harsh attacks from each other and a half dozen rivals during a televised debate on Wednesday. With less than three weeks until the June 22 primary election, the eight contenders traded barbs on education, experience and the economy, though the issue of public safety dominated much of the evening amid a spike in shootings and other crimes. The primary winner will be heavily favored to win November’s general election. Yang, who has been at or near the top of…
Former Presidents-General (PGs), under the auspices of Association of South-East Past Presidents-General, drawn from over 2,000 Igbo communities in South-East have accused serving governors and some political leaders of attempting to reduce Igbo to second fiddle political status by angling to become vice president for politicians from other geo political zones of the country. They insisted that despite the current insecurity in the country, it was the turn of the region to produce the President in 2023. At an official public presentation of former Chief Judge of the Anambra State, Justice Peter Umeadi, as their consensus candidate for the Presidency…
There seems to be no end in sight yet for the dispute between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State, as the leaders continued their media war yesterday. Ebonyi APC leaders, at a press conference in Abuja, lampooned the PDP caucus in the National Assembly over its recent statements in the media against Governor David Umahi. The APC leaders, including serving and former members of the National Assembly, described the allegation that the governor was using operatives of the newly-established Ebubeagu to intimidate members of the opposition as false. Last week, PDP members…
The leadership of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) has applauded the achievements of the Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, in the last two and a half years. NIPSS described the social protection programmes of the administration as impressive and worthy of emulation, calling on the electorate to secure a better future for the state and themselves by returning the governor for another term. This is even as Oyetola pledged to ensure total implementation of the contents of the recently launched Osun Youth Policy Document. The members of NIPSS spoke during the get-together dinner party organised by the state…
The Yoruba nation secessionists, led by Mr. Sunday Adeyemo (alias Sunday Igboho), Saturday stormed Ado Ekiti for a rally. Speaking at the rally, Igboho was emphatic that there won’t be election in the Southwest in 2023, saying the Yoruba race was already weary of the Fulani alleged feudal and political dominance in the country. In spite of the fact that Igboho came late into town around 5.02 pm, he was received by a large crowd of supporters and enthusiasts, who hailed the Yoruba agitator for his role in liberating the race. Before his arrival, a rally staged by different groups,…
Social media behemoth Facebook on Friday said the account of former US President Donald Trump will remain suspended for two years, and post that period it will re-assess the ban. Facebook, along with other major media platforms Twitter and YouTube, had suspended Trump’s accounts after the Capitol Hill riots, alleging that the Republican leader’s rhetoric had instigated the attack. On January 6, thousands of supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump had stormed the Capitol building and clashed with police, resulting in four deaths, and interrupted a constitutional process by the Congress to affirm the victory of Joe Biden in the…
Dr Olusegun Mimiko, the immediate past governor of Ondo State, has denied rumours that he has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) Mimiko in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, John Paul Akinduro, said that partisan politics is the least of his concerns now. The former governor said in a situation where the nation is tottering on the precipice as a result of widespread insecurity, he was more concerned about how to pull the nation back from the brinks, and not defection into another party. Akinduro said the report on Dr Mimiko’s supposed plan to defect to…
The ruling party says Buhari’s achievement should not be analysed based on blackmail. The All Progressives Congress (APC) says some disgruntled elements are trying to blackmail the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari with the aim of bringing it down. The ruling party said the plots to discredit Buhari’s administration will fail. The National Secretary of the Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the APC, Senator John Akpanudoedehe said this on Thursday, June 3, 2021, at an event organised by the APC Professionals Forum, at the APC National Secretariat, in Abuja. Akpanudoedehe said, “Plans to bring down the government of President…
The governor said the likes of Fani-Kayode and others who have started having goose pimples because of the mention of political assassination, should summon the courage to hold their breath. Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has labelled former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode a “desperate politician” who always looks to “reap from ugly situations,” following the murder of Ahmed Gulak in Imo on May 30, 2021. Gulak, who served as President Goodluck Jonathan’s Special Adviser on Political Affairs, was shot multiple times from point-blank range by gunmen, around Ngor Okpala, as he made his way to the Sam Mbakwe Airport. He…
The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) has denied recognising the late Buruji Kashamu faction as the authentic executive of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The commission also denied handing over forms CF001 and CF002 belonging to the PDP to one Leke Shittu, who it was said paraded himself as the State Secretary of the party to OGSIEC. The PDP had on Friday alleged that the Chairman of the electoral umpire, Babatunde Osibodu, said he would pitch tents with the Kashamu loyalists as far as the July 24 local government election is concerned. The party’s Publicity Secretary,…
A former senior U.S. Treasury Department employee who pleaded guilty to conspiring to give a reporter sensitive information about Donald Trump’s onetime campaign chairman Paul Manafort and others was sentenced on Thursday to six months in prison. Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards, a former senior adviser in Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gregory Woods in Manhattan. Edwards was accused of making unauthorized disclosures of suspicious activity reports (SARs) – used by banks to alert law enforcement to potential money laundering and other crimes – to a BuzzFeed News reporter using an encrypted messaging…
APC in Lagos State on Friday unveiled its flag bearers for the July 24 local council elections in the state. Elections will be conducted into the 20 Local Government Councils and the 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of the state on that day. The list of chairmanship and vice-chairmanship candidates was signed by the party’s Caretaker Committee Chairman, Alhaji Tunde Balogun and the committee’s Secretary, Mr Lanre Ogunyemi. The party conducted its primaries across the 57 councils on May 29. According to the party, the APC chairmanship and vice-chairmanship candidates in Agbado-Okeodo are Oladapo Famuyiwa/Ajoke Obe; Oladele Osinowo/Folake Kayode…
The Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has suspended two governorship aspirants from its platform. The two aspirants, Mrs Jumoke Anifowose-Ajasin and Dr Nathaniel Adojutelegan participated in the primaries that produced Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as the party’s candidate during the October 10, 2020 election. The Publicity Secretary of the party, Alex Kalejaiye, said the duo were expelled for anti-party activities. Kalejaiye emphasized that the decision of the party was in conformity with Article 21 of the APC Constitution. In January 2021, the party in Igboroko 1, Ward 2 of Owo Local Government had placed a suspension on…
Youth leaders of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 21 Local Government Areas of Anambra State on Friday protested an alleged plan to hand the party’s governorship ticket to a chosen aspirant. The youth leaders who marched to the state party secretariat in their numbers carried placards, warning the leadership of the party against the imposition of candidates for the forthcoming election. Mr Michael Izunna who led scores of the protesting youths to the party secretariat cautioned the party to tread carefully in choosing a governorship candidate to avoid implosion in the party. “We are here to call…