The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suffered another setback after over 700 of its loyalists dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gumel Local Government area of Jigawa State. The decampees were formally received by the chairman Gumel Local Government, Alhaji Ahmed Rufa’i at the party’s headquarters. Leader of the decampees, Comrade Hamisu Bekarya, said, the youths from PDP and other political parties decided to join APC due to its efforts in the development of the country. “We decided to dump our political parties PDP, SDP and join the All Progressives Congress (APC) with aims…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Niger state, Malam Aminu Bobi has been allegedly kidnapped by bandits in Mariga Local Government Area of the state. Aminu Bobi is the APC Zone C chairman in the state. It was gathered the party leader was kidnapped by gunmen on his farm last Saturday. A source from the area told newsmen that the chairman went to farm on Saturday and since then, he has not returned home or seen. According to the source, ” The chairman went to the farm on that faithful day, but could not return as he…
The people of Enugu West Senatorial District have declared that it is the turn of Enugu East Senatorial District of the state to produce the next governor of Enugu State in 2023, based on the existing rotational arrangement, which was reaffirmed by the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, during the State Caucus meeting of the Party in 2013. The people of Enugu West Senatorial District took the decision during the well-attended solidarity rally tagged: “Ife-Emelumma Enugu West Unity Rally for Gburugburu”, held at Awgu Local Government Area Secretariat, on Saturday. Speaking at the rally which…
Former Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for Benue North West, Chief Mimi Adzape-Orubibi has formally left the party with thousands of her supporters to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Receiving the defectors on Saturday at Adikpo Comprehensive College, Governor Samuel Ortom said they made a wise decision by dumping a party which he stressed is against justice, equity and fairness. Governor Ortom pointed out that the APC-led government has also failed to deliver on the economy and security which it promised Nigerians in 2015, saying it was enough reason for the people to vote the party out…
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) said it has seen progress in drawing up a “code of conduct” to avert clashes in the South China Sea between its members and China. This comes as the group wrapped up a series of meetings this week. Erywan Yusof, the second foreign minister of Brunei which currently holds the rotating ASEAN chair, told reporters that the meeting between ASEAN and its dialogue partners were “productive”, Kyodo News reported. In recent years, some ASEAN member states and China have been in dispute over the South China Sea as Beijing has ramped up military…
A member of the Adamawa State House of Assembly, Musa Umar who got into the House in 2019 under the All Progressives Congress (APC) has defected to the Peoples Demicratic Party (PDP). This move gives the PDP, the governing party in the state, a further, though still little edge, over the main opposition APC. Both parties had constituted the 25-member House on the ratio of PDP 13 members, APC 12, but this ratio is now to be PDP 14, APC 11. Hon Musa Umar, famousely called Bororo and representing Mubi South in the Adamawa House of Assembly, would be seeking…
Barrister Tanko Beji has emerged chairman of the Niger State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Saturday Congress, held at the Party’s Secretariat in Minna, State capital, on Saturday. The chairman, PDP Congress committee and Benue State Deputy Governor, Engr. Benson Abounu declared Bar. Tanko Beji as the winner of the contest. Announcing the result of the congress election early morning of Sunday, Abounu revealed that a total of 2305 delegates /voters were accredited in the process, out of which Bar Tanko Beji, the incumbent PDP chairman, scored 2092, as his rival Engr. Ahmed Muktar got only…
Ekiti State government has issued a warning to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against undue politicization of security of lives and property in the State, saying that this will do no one any good. Sam Oluwalana, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Kayode Fayemi on Inter-party Relations, gave the warning on Saturday while speaking with journalists in Ado-Ekiti. He appealed to the party to stay away from comments that could portray it as mocking the dead, insisting that lives should be considered sacred. NAN reports that Oluwalana was reacting to a statement earlier issued by the PDP, criticizing the APC-led…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has made known its determination to rescue Ogun State from what it called the “inept claws” of Governor Dapo Abiodun’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The party said it is also ready to reposition the state for an all encompassing socio-economic prosperity. This, a leader of the party, Hon. Ladi Adebutu, described as historical tasks that must be achieved through reactivating compassionate partnership with the people of Ogun. InfoStride News reports that Adebutu had spoken at the party’s State Executive Meeting held in Abeokuta, the state capital. PDP spokesperson in Ogun, Akinloye Bankole, told newsmen…
The protg of Iran’s supreme leader, Ebrahim Raisi, was sworn in as the country’s new president during a ceremony in parliament on Thursday, an inauguration that completes hard-liners’ dominance of all branches of government in the Islamic Republic. The former judiciary chief known for his distrust of the West takes the reins at a tense time. Iran’s indirect talks with the US to salvage Tehran’s landmark 2015 nuclear deal have stalled, as Washington maintains crippling sanctions on the country and regional hostilities simmer. The sanctions must be lifted, Raisi said during his half-hour inauguration speech. We will support any diplomatic…
A faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara has called in its followers to disregard the purported nullification of their membership cards. The faction, under the leadership of a former Zamfara Governor, Alhaji Abdul’aziz Yari, made the call in a statement issued by its secretary, Alhaji Sani Musa, on Friday in Gusau. He said that the old membership cards remained valid. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the National Headquarters of APC had extended membership registration and revalidation exercise in the state following the defection of Gov. Bello Matawalle to the party. “It is necessary to…
The Lagos House of Assembly, has amended the state Pension Law for former governors and other political office holders, reducing their benefits and emoluments by 50 per cent. The House approved the recommendations sequel to the presentation of the report by the Chairman, House Committee on Establishment, Training and Pension, Mr Yinka Ogundimu, during plenary. Ogundimu, representing Agege II, said the committee reduced their benefits and other emoluments by 50 per cent, based on the present economic situations of the state. The lawmaker added that it had expunged the provision of houses in Abuja and Lagos for former governors, as…
Immediate past governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, has warned against yielding Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), structure to the demands of those who want to hijack the party, saying it would lead to implosion. Dickson noted that after observing the growing tension, recriminations and outright attack on the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, and members of PDP National Working Committee (NWC), by some leaders of the party, he decided to speak out. He called for an emergence National Executive Committee (NEC), to take appropriate decisions to stabilise the party, in the light of the insurrection by some members…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has reiterated its call on the State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to pay attention to the invasion of the state by armed bandits, saying “it appears that the governor has an accord with the bandits who are daily, killing and kidnapping the people, especially on roads leading to his hometown, Isan Ekiti.” The party, in its reaction to the killing of one person and abduction of five people along Ewu Ekiti and Aiyetoro Ekiti yesterday, said it was disturbing that in a state being governed by a supposed holder of PhD in…
External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar on Friday called on newly-elected Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the second meeting between the two leaders in a month, and discussed bilateral and regional issues. Jaishankar met Raisi a day after the Iranian leader was sworn-in as the country’s president. Jaishankar met Raisi, then president-elect, on July 7 during a stopover at the Iranian capital on his way to Russia. “A warm meeting with President Ebrahim Raisi after his assumption of office. Conveyed the personal greetings of PM @narendramodi,” Jaishankar tweeted. Jaishankar represented India at the swearing-in ceremony of Raisi. Raisi, the former judiciary chief…
Members of the All Progressives Congress in Ward 3, Irepodun Local Government ran helter skelter as disagreement broke out between supporters of IleriOluwa and The Osun Progressives (TOP) during a ward meeting of the party on Friday. The incident resulted from a disagreement over the leadership of the ward. The crisis it was learnt broke out shortly after the commencement of the meeting as members of the Ileri Oluwa group were reading the list of the ward executives, who are products of the consensus during the last Saturday’s party congress. Party members present at the meeting stated that some thugs…
Dr Umar Sani Kankia, a member of the ‘Agyara’ Peoples Democratic Party’s faction in Katsina State has called on the party to urgently address the internal squabbles tearing the party apart in order to have a good shot at the forthcoming elections in the country. Kankia made the observation while speaking to some journalists in Katsina. According to him, the party is facing leadership problems and unless they are addressed, it may affect the party’s chances in the 2023 election. He further said that the reason they are agitating for free, fair and credible congresses in the state was to…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State said on Friday that nothing would deter it from probing the activities of a former Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Eugene Odo. This is coming amidst claims that Odo was one of those who hijacked the process during the last Saturday’s ward congress in the State, an allegation the former lawmaker has denied. State Chairman of the party, Dr. Ben Nwoye told reporters in Enugu that the party was worried about the role allegedly played by Odoh in hoarding party’s ward congress materials during the exercise. Odoh…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, House of Representatives candidate for Makurdi/Guma Federal Constituency in the 2019 elections, Engineer Conrad Utaan has declared that the party has now gone beyond repairs. Utaan, who stated this on Friday when he led a number of APC party chairmen, elders and other supporters to pay a courtesy visit on Governor Samuel Ortom at the Benue Peoples House Makurdi, added that the level of impunity bedeviling the party has sunk it beyond redemption. The visit according to Utaan was to formalize arrangements for his planned defection from the APC to the PDP with his teeming…
Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s application for visa extension has been turned down by the UK Home Office with the right to appeal, according to media reports on Friday. Sharif, 71, convicted in two corruption cases in Pakistan, has been living in London, UK, since November 2019 after the Lahore High Court granted him permission to go abroad for four weeks for medical treatment. “The UK Home Office has excused itself from further extending Muhammad Nawaz Sharif’s visa,” Dawn News quoted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb as saying. Aurangzeb said the Home Office decision could be appealed…