The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has vowed that it will claim all the 20 local governments in the July 24 elections in the state, saying the state is not secure under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The PDP said it is prepared and determined to give the ruling party a run for its money. In an exclusive interview with the media in Abeokuta, the Ogun PDP Publicity Secretary, Akinloye Bankole, disclosed that efforts are on top gear to ensure the party wins all positions in the election. According to him, the sale of nomination forms started…
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Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has criticized Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for asking Nigerians to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari. Reno Omokri described Tinubu as a hypocrite for asking Nigerians to pray for Buhari. He was reacting to Tinubu’s salah message where he urged Nigerians to put aside their political differences and pray for the President. The former Lagos State governor had said Nigerians should pray that God gives Buhari strength and wisdom to protect Nigerians. Reacting, Omokri wondered why Tinubu never asked Nigerians to pray for Jonathan while he…
Cape Verdeans have put their trust in outgoing Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva to turn around the archipelago’s economy, which has been heavily impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, by granting a large victory to his center-right formation in Sunday’s legislative elections, according to near-complete results released overnight. In power since 2016, the 58-year-old head of government, a former senior executive of the Bank of Cape Verde, ex-minister and ex-mayor of the capital Praia, claimed before the press his victory, celebrated at the same time by his supporters in front of his party headquarters and in the rest of the…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, alongside presidents of 11 countries on Wednesday in Kampala, attended the inauguration of re-elected Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni. The event, held at the Independence Grounds in Kampala, will be Museveni’s sixth inauguration as a democratically elected leader. Museveni was declared winner of the Jan.14 election after defeating opposition candidates. The event featured parades, inspection of guards, flypast, Ugandan Special Forces display, cultural display, among others. Presidents who attended the ceremony were those of Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Guinea, Conakry, South Sudan, Namibia, Ghana, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Tanzania and Ethiopia. Other countries represented in official capacity…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State is set for the screening of 1,385 aspirants jostling for the party’s chairmanship and councillorship seats in the forthcoming council elections. The State Secretary of the party, Lanre Ogunyemi, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday. Ogunyemi said 332 chairmanship and 1,053 councillorship aspirants were to be screened across the 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas of the state. “With the end of sales and submission of forms by aspirants of the APC Lagos state, the party is set to commence its screening exercise on May…
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has commended the people of Bende Local Government Area for honouring their daughter and former member representing Bende Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon. Nnenna Elendu-Ukeje. The Governor made the remark on Wednesday during a civic reception organised in her honour at the Bende LGA headquarters. According to him, the reception would serve as a tonic to propel her to do more in uplifting the polity of Bende in particular, Abia and Nigeria in general. Governor Ikpeazu said hosting the former federal lawmaker showed that the people of Bende were knowledgeable and…
The Senator representing Imo West, Rochas Okorocha, has said President Muhammadu Buhari must deal with poverty and injustice, as they have caused anger and frustration among Nigerians. Okorocha stated this while hosting less privileged Nigerian Muslims in his private office in Abuja, on Tuesday. The former Governor of Imo State said Buhari must address injustice and tackle poverty in order to restore calm. “I will comfortably say 75% are not happy at this moment. There is nothing productive that can come from Nigeria for as long as this alarming number remains unhappy. “Whatever we can use to guarantee their happiness…
President Idriss Déby Itno, who has ruled Chad for 30 years, was re-elected for a sixth term with 79.32 percent of the vote, according to official results released Monday shortly after the army said it had defeated a rebellion launched on election day April 11 and killed “more than 300 enemies. The turnout was 64.81 percent for the election, which the outgoing head of state won unsurprisingly in the first round, said the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (Ceni), Kodi Mahamat Bam, in releasing the official “provisional” figures. The Supreme Court still has to approve them after considering…
The immediate past Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdul Aziz Yari has declared that the opposition APC in the State has the financial records and everything in the treasury of Zamfara State Government. He threatened that when the time comes, they would hit the nail on the head by exposing the facts to the public. The former Governor Abdul Aziz Yari who made the declaration when he received his former Commissioners, Special Advisers and members of the media for an Iftar in his Talatar Mafara residence, said when the time comes, they would voice out facts for the public to…
The chieftaincy tussle in Ishi-ozalla Community, Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State is far from over as several members of the community have disowned an igweship election reportedly held recently. InfoStride News reports that the aggrieved indigenes of the community, who described the purported election of a new traditional ruler in the area as unlawful, are asking the government not to give credence to the process. They made their position known during a peaceful protest and presentation of position letters to offices of some security agencies in the State, the Enugu State House of Assembly, Office of the…
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Wednesday, declared that the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum missed the mark in their recommendations towards ending the high level of insecurity across the country. InfoStride News reported that the governors had after their meeting in Delta State recommended among other things, the convocation of a national dialogue, ban on open grazing and state police. But the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization in a statement by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, its Secretary-General, said any search for solution without the engagement of the angry youths would be futile. He said, “it’s an established fact that the remote causes of secessionist…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged that bandits were behind the alleged security breach at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. PDP said the alleged security breach was an indication that Buhari lacked the capacity to secure Nigeria. Unknown gunmen were said to have attempted to break into the office of Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari. The President’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, had confirmed the incident via his Twitter handle. Shehu had said the alleged attack was unsuccessful. Reacting, the former ruling party marvelled at the laxity of security around the State House. In a series of tweets, PDP said “is…
Somalia’s government on Wednesday urged people who had fled violence in the capital to return home, as tensions eased after the president called for elections and renewed dialogue with his political rivals. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed announced he would seek parliament’s approval for fresh elections, appearing to abandon a two-year extension to his mandate that ignited the country’s worst political violence in years. The president, widely known by his nickname Farmajo, also called for “urgent discussions” with his political opponents, who had refused to recognize his authority since his four-year term lapsed in February. The announcement offered a brief reprieve…
The Edo chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may be poised for a showdown with Governor Godwin Obaseki over his purported plan to dissolve the party executive at all levels in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obaseki had on May 8, hosted a meeting of state party leaders at the government house with the agenda of a proposed dissolution of PDP Executives at all levels Following the proposal, the state party chairman, Dr Tony Aziegbemi, and state party Secretary, Mr Hillary Otsu, wrote a letter on behalf of the elected officials to the National…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will represent Nigeria at the sixth inauguration of President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. VP Yemi Osinbajo will be joining several other heads of state and government at the swearing-in ceremony scheduled for May 12, at Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala, Uganda. Nigeria and Uganda share historical antecedents and enjoy good diplomatic relationships, including working together as member-states of the Commonwealth, the African Union, and the United Nations among others. Both countries have signed Bilateral Agreements on Technical…
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Uche Secondus says Nigeria is in serious trouble in view of the widespread insecurity. In an Eid el Fitri message, the opposition leader urged the people to reflect on the situation and pray especially for genuine leadership to save the country. “The country is in serious trouble because of the glaring absence of leadership at a time it is most needed”, he noted. Secondus while congratulating Muslims on the 30-day Ramadan fasting period, said the nation’s democracy “more than ever before since 1999 is under a heavy stress that needs all hands…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday, came down hard on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over its comments on the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) probe. The NPA is enmeshed in a scandal involving alleged infractions including a controversial contract award and non-remittance of funds. President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered the sack of the Managing Director of the NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman last week and approved a probe of her leadership. Following her sack, the PDP demanded that Usman and Rotimi Amaechi, Transport Minister, who supervises the NPA be handed over to the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for prosecution.…
Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo on Saturday reopened talks to hold elections as soon as possible, a move welcomed by the opposition and raising the spectre of further deadly violence. In a short speech to MPs, broadcast live on television, the president called for a negotiated solution to the ongoing political crisis, abandoning the two-year extension of his presidential term adopted on 12 April. He also designated his Prime Minister as responsible for the organisation of the elections, thus acceding to one of the main demands of the opposition to break the deadlock. “We have decided to seek a…
The Oyo State Government will comply with the Supreme Court judgment which ordered the state to pay the salaries and allowances of the sacked chairmen and councillors of local government councils in the state. This is contained in a statement in Ibadan by Mr Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on May 7, the Apex court described the dissolution of local governments in Oyo and their replacement with caretaker committees as illegal. Justice Adamu Jauro, who delivered the unanimous judgment of the apex court, ordered…
Electoral materials were destroyed in the latest fire incident involving an office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), this time in Abia State. The commission announced in a statement on Monday, May 10, 2021 that the office in Ohafia local government area of Abia was torched on Sunday, May 9. The state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Joseph Iloh, reported that the office was recently renovated by the commission. No member of staff was injured as a result of the incident, but the building was completely destroyed. “Apart from furniture items, all electoral materials and office equipment were destroyed,” INEC…