The governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 6 election in Anambra State, Chief George Moghalu and Dr. Chiedozie Nwankwo, have said that they would give governance a new meaning if voted into power. Speaking during the formal inauguration of his mainstream political support group tagged ‘George’s Likeminds’ at his Awka campaign headquarters at the weekend, George Moghalu, however, cautioned the electorate to remain vigilant and be wary of empty political promises by desperate aspirants. The Chief Executive of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) said that youth welfare and empowerment would be his priority as governor.…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State has said that it will adopt consensus, direct and indirect primaries to choose its chairmanship and councillorship candidates for the forthcoming local council elections in the state. Publicity Secretary, State Caretaker Committee of the party, Tunde Oladunjoye, disclosed this to newsmen shortly after the party’s stakeholders’ meeting, held at the weekend inside the Presidential Lodge, Abeokuta, the state capital. The party’s spokesperson said that the party, having agreed on consensus names with party leaders for positions in some local councils, would then activate either the direct or indirect primaries for other local…
Eric Adams, a leading New York City Mayoral candidate, has assured the Nigerian community of a place in his government if elected the mayor in November. New York City’s leading Mayoral Candidate, Eric Adams, addressing the Nigerian community in New York at a debate on Sunday in New York Adams gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York on the sidelines of a debate convened by The Nigerian Forum. The forum is a coalition of the Organisation for the Advancement of Nigerians (OAN) and the Nigerian-Americans Public Affairs Committee (NAPAC), a political…
A youth group, under the aegis of Youths Earnestly Demand for Goodluck Jonathan 2023, have called on former President Jonathan to consider contesting the presidency in 2023, because of his qualities as a true democrat and nation builder. The group made the call in a statement jointly signed and issued by the Chairman, Mr Teddy Omiloli and its National Director Operations, Mr Douye Daniel on Sunday, in Abuja. It described Jonathan as a nation builder and a solution to the country’s problems, saying that it would fund his electioneering campaign should he accept the call to return to power in…
Despite a ban, tens of thousands of people gathered in Paris for a pro-Palestinian demonstration, during which police used tear gas and water cannon to try to disperse the demonstrators. Around 4,200 police officers were deployed in the French capital ahead of the protest on Saturday afternoon, dpa news agency quoted Franceinfo as saying in a report. By 7 p.m., 44 people had been arrested, and one policeman was injured, according to authorities. People demonstrated in the capital to mark Nakba Day, especially in Paris’ 18th district, where the police had previously ordered shopkeepers to close their businesses. According to…
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has called for urgent measures to stave off further attacks on its facilities across the country, lamenting that in less than two weeks, three of its offices in the Southeastern part of Nigeria have come under attacks by arsonists. “The spate of fire incidents involving the facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in some States of the Federation has unfortunately persisted”, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Barr. Festus Okoye disclosed this in a statement on Friday. According to him, the attack this time around, is…
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, and the Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, have disagreed over the security challenge in the state. Amaechi, the former governor of the state, while receiving some defectors from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, into the All Progressives Congress, APC, said the curfew imposed in the state by Wike was a sign that his (Wike’s) administration has failed. The minister blamed the level of insecurity in the state to alleged high level of unemployment, saying that he (Amaechi) led every operation to chase criminal elements out of the state Amaechi said the state…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government to address what it called the worsening food insecurity now threatening millions of Nigerians under his watch. This is even as the main opposition party noted that under Buhari, “over 82.9 million Nigerians can no longer afford their daily meals due to the failure of the administration to take practical steps to grow and protect the food sector, thereby leading to severe food scarcity with prices soaring beyond the reach of Nigerians.” In a statement signed by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP…
The PDP Governors’ Forum is scheduled to meet on Monday to review the current state of the nation. The Director-General of the forum, Hon. C.I.D. Maduabum, said that the forum would deliberate on issues on national security and the economy. Maduabum said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the governors elected under the platform of the PDP would meet in Ibadan, Oyo State. “The meeting will further review the current state of the nation, especially issues of national security and the economy, and also fine-tune strategies to support PDP as a viable and necessary alternative to the All…
Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who has announced she will not seek a second term in office, gave no clear reason on Friday but said the decision was a long time in the making and it was clear it was time to “pass the baton on to someone else.” “This is not something I woke up and decided yesterday, this is something I’ve been thinking about for a very long time,” she told a news conference a day after announcing her decision in a letter she shared on Twitter. Bottoms, 51, was elected mayor in 2017 and is the second…
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant in the November 6, governorship election in Anambra State, Chidi Onyemelukwe, has pledged to complete all viable projects abandoned by successive administrations if voted as governor. She disapproved the development where each administration abandoned projects of their predecessors and embarked on fresh ones and vowed to change the narrative. Onyemelukwe, who stated this yesterday at Umueze–Anam at a meeting with Anambra West Council statutory delegates of the party, argued that governance at the centre and state levels had been hobbled by inconsistent implementation of master plans. She argued that since governance was a continuum,…
Senator Biodun Olujimi has called on the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to reconcile contending groups in Ekiti State or risk losing the 2022 Governorship election. Olujimi, a former Minority Leader in the Senate, gave the warning Sunday in Omuo-Ekiti, Ekiti East Council area while commissioning blocks of classrooms and distributing fertilizers and other inputs to farmers in Ekiti South. She said the party has no luxury of time and should expedite action to settle the disputes among party members in the state. Olujimi maintained that the Uche Secondus-led National Working Committee should commence genuine process of…
Hon. Shaeed Akinade-Fijabi, former member of House of Representatives, has warned the All Progressives Congress, APC, against denying its National Leader, Bola Tinubu presidential ticket in 2023. Akinade-Fijabi warned that a third party will emerge if APC fails to field Tinubu as its presidential candidate. The former lawmaker warned that the third party in favour of Tinubu would counter both the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He spoke on a live radio program in Ibadan, yesterday on the possibilities of the former Lagos State governor emerging as Nigeria’s next president. Fijabi, who represented Ibadan Northwest/Southwest under APC, at…
Akinloye Bankole, the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ogun State Chapter, has described the government of Governor Dapo Abiodun as lame and lazy in combating the menace of insecurity in the state. He also said the government had failed in its primary responsibility of protecting lives and properties, adding that kidnapping has become a regular occurrence in the State. Bankole said this in an interview with the media. Residents of the State have expressed worry at the spate of insecurity issues such as kidnapping, killings, cultism and others. Recently, a policeman was shot dead by kidnappers, who…
Jailed Georgian opposition leader Nika Melia walked free on Monday after a court ordered his release on bail, seen as a major step in an EU-backed plan to help end a political crisis. Speaking to supporters and journalists gathered outside the court in the capital Tbilisi, Melia said he would consult with his party about his next political steps, after domestic media reported that the court had ordered his release from pre-trial detention. Georgia, an ex-Soviet republic with ambitions to join NATO and other Western organisations, has faced political turmoil since a parliamentary election last November, which the ruling Georgian…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Diaspora has urged the Federal Government to fast track naming and the arrest of sponsors of terrorism in Nigeria. This, it said, would hasten efforts to curb growing insecurity challenges nationwide. The group, comprising the Diaspora chairmen in no fewer that 13 countries, made this know in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Dr Philip Ideawor, and Secretary, Mr Lawal Ayoola, on Thursday. The APC chairmen opined that making the sponsors known would drastically reduce activities of terrorists who thrived on funds provided by such individuals to operate. “Insecurity challenge in Nigeria…
Ogun State lawmaker, Oludare Kadiri, who was impeached as the Deputy Speaker of the state assembly says he knows the mastermind of his political travail. Following his impeachment in March, the state lawmakers elected Mr Akeem Balogun representing Ogun Waterside as their new deputy speaker. But while addressing reporters in Ago-Iwoye on Friday, May 14, 2021, shortly after a townhall meeting with the people of his constituency, Kadiri said he did not believe the state governor, Dapo Abiodun had a hand in the plot that led to his impeachment. He, however, maintained that he knew the mastermind of the ‘political…
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has said the decision of the Southern Governors to ban open grazing is final. Governor Wike Nyesom spoke at grand reception, in his honour, by Ogoni nationality in Bori, headquarters of Khana Local Government Area. The Rivers helmsman told critics of the governors that no section of the country is inferior to others. “We have taken a position and no going back. Enough is enough, we are not second class citizens of this country, we also own this country,” he stated. The governor lamented the slow pace of the Ogoni environmental remediation. He charged the Hydrocarbon…
The Leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned that the call for restructuring will lead to the disintegration of Nigeria. Primate Ayodele said the disintegration of Nigeria will happen because the co-existence of the country is already under threat. He also warned that restructuring would cause problems between Northern and Southern governors. A statement to the media by the cleric said Northern governors would reject the idea of restructuring, thereby, causing problems with their Southern counterparts. The prophet also advised President Muhammadu Buhari to adjust, manage the loopholes and pray to God especially about the…
House of Representatives Republicans on Wednesday ejected Liz Cheney from their leadership ranks as punishment for repudiating former U.S. President Donald Trump’s false claims of a stolen election, but she remained defiant and made plans to seek re-election to Congress. Her ouster from her party’s No. 3 post in the Democratic-led House unfolded in mere minutes in a closed-door meeting. The action signaled that Trump, despite losing to Democrat Joe Biden in November, has solidified his hold over House Republicans as he jockeys to play a major role in the 2022 congressional elections and flirts with running for president again…