A chieftain of Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Oyo State, Engineer Oyedele Hakeem Alao has said that the demolition of the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS) staff quarters was an indication that the present administration in Oyo State lacks direction. Alao who contested the gubernatorial election on the platform of AD in 2019, made this disclosure via a statement signed by his Media Aide, Omotayo Iyanda. TheInfoStride reports that Makinde had a few days ago ordered the demolition of the staff quarters despite public outcry by the Oyo State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and other labour…
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The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the government of Governor Dapo Abiodun and the All Progressives Congress (APC) represented unlimited agony in the state. This was contained in a statement made available to the media by the State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Akinloye Bankole, on Saturday. Bankole, who said the Ogun APC was pained with the growing wave of stability and harmony in the PDP in recent time, told the party that Ogun people are still awaiting all the “electoral eldorado” it promised during the campaigns. According to Bankole, Ogun government under Abiodun “should…
In his own argument, an Igbo leader of thought, Chief Abia Onyike stated that the emergence of a President of Igbo extraction in 2023 would be possible if the kingmakers agreed to make it a reality. According to him: “On the issue of Igbo disunity and Igbo presidency in 2023, if the kingmakers want to make an Igbo man president in 2023, I don’t see how it will not work. When Obasanjo was picked from prison in 1999, the Nigerian system was mobilised to instal him, not because of Yoruba unity. “After all the Yoruba never voted for Obasanjo. The…
In the South-Eastern part of the country, some youths, backed by IPOB, attempted to replicate Amotekun by establishing the Eastern Security Network, ESN. But last week, the five governors announced their regional security outfit which they called Ebube Agu. This, however, did not enjoy the overwhelming support of the people of the South East as it happened in the South West. There were discordant tunes everywhere and the opposition to the formation of Ebubeagu was so fierce that IPOB threatened that whoever joined it could be on the way to join their ancestors. Following this seeming disunity, not unusual among…
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has dismissed a news report in an online media that he was on Wednesday detained and questioned by operatives of the Economic and Financial. Fumes Commission EFCC after an attempt to bribe its chairman with $350,000. Akpabio in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Anietie Ekong on Saturday in Abuja said he was the one who sought an audience with the anti-graft agency boss on issues bordering on the transfer of funds belonging to the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC in respect of the 3% statutory remittances from Oil and Gas…
On June 26, 2021, two major rival opposition political parties in Anambra State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will conduct governorship primary election to nominate their standard bearers for the November 6, 2021 gubernatorial poll in the state. The decision to hold the crucial straw polls on the same day underscores the subsisting mutual suspicion between the two parties that moles and marginal aspirants were planted to grab the ticket for transactional purposes. Politics and elections in Anambra do not follow or flow on a predictable pattern. The only state in the country that shadows…
The factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Bayelsa State, Hon. Ebierien Fala Itubor, has raised the alarm over the gale of defection of party members to the main opposition party in the state, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying all is not well with the party and no pretence about it. Hon. Itubor, who lamented over the mass defection of members of the APC, including the recent defection of a serving lawmaker in the state representing the Minister of state for Petroleum, Hon. Daniel Charles, called on the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led National Caretaker Committee, to intervene or…
The war of words between members of the House of Representatives over Ali Pantami saga has continued. On Saturday, the Spokesperson of the House, Benjamin Kalu in a statement, insisted that the Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu used the wrong order in his legislative intervention. The statement was in response to a press statement by the Spokesperson of the Minority Caucus, Francis Agbo, who said on Friday that Mr Kalu erroneously misrepresented legislative proceedings on the point of order raised by Elumelu. It would be recalled that Mr Elumelu had on Wednesday raised a point of Order on Privilege. Elumelu in…
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has given Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, conditions to support him if he opts to contest the 2023 presidential election. National President of AYCF, Yerima Shettima said the North would study his relationship with Nigerians from other regions before deciding to support Tinubu’s presidential ambition. In an exclusive chat with the media, Shettima said that the former Lagos State governor’s ability to maintain a good relationship with other regions would be a deciding factor for the North. According to Shettima: “If Tinubu decides to contest, there is a way…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has flayed the President Muhammadu Buhari-led presidency for defending Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, amid alleged links to terrorist organisations. PDP said the Buhari-led Presidency confirmed its sympathy for terrorism by defending Pantami. Pantami was accused of being sympathetic to terrorist organisations like Al-Qaeda and Taliban. The allegation had irked Nigerians who called for Pantami’s sack and prosecution. Following the backlash, Pantami had denied links to the terrorists organisations but admitted making some remarks sympathetic towards them. He, however, declared that his perception has changed for good. Despite the backlash, the…
The plan by the Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to unseat the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 has been brushed aside by the ruling party. The Ogun APC described the PDP’s threat to take over the Ogun governorship seat in 2023 as “daydreaming, infantile fancy and political grandstanding devoid of practical reality.” TheInfoStride reported Wednesday that the PDP had during a reunion of Kashamu and Adebutu factions, vowed to ‘snatch’ power from the APC in 2023. But, the APC, in a statement by its spokesperson, Tunde Oladunjoye, described the reunion as “a charade meant for…
Senator Ayo Akinyelure (PDP – Ondo Central) says the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede will get a favourable judgement at the Court of Appeal. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the October 10, 2020 election. The petition tribunal declared him winner this week. Akinyelure, in a statement by his spokesman, Charles Akinwon, predicted that the verdict will be overturned. The lawmaker advised PDP members in Ondo not to be discouraged by tribunal judgment. “Members of our party should be hopeful because I have the assurances that Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) will still…
The Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress, on Friday, inaugurated a committee to work out the modalities and preparation of guidelines for the smooth conduct of forthcoming local government elections in the state. The 15 member committee is chaired by the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat and Mr Lanre Ogunyemi, Secretary, who is also the serobe of the state chapter of APC. Recall that Chairman of Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, Justice Ayotunde Phillips (retd), had on Wednesday, released the Statutory Notice of the commencement of political activities kicking off on Friday, April 30, by political…
The Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has described the reported intention of the main opposition party in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to take over the governorship of Ogun State in 2023 as “daydreaming, infantile fancy and political grandstanding devoid of practical reality”. The APC, in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Friday and signed by its Publicity Secretary, Tunde Oladunjoye, described the reported unity of factions in the PDP as “a charade meant for photo-ops, camera lights and cheap publicity and also as a belated cry when the head was already off”. Oladunjoye…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday celebrated Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue State, as he attained the age of 60 years. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja, described Ortom as a courageous, selfless, humble and focused leader. Ologbondiyan said that Ortom had remained unwavering in his commitment to his people and Nigerians at large. “Ortom stands out as an exceptionally patriotic Nigerian, particularly in his fearlessness in standing for his people as well as championing the full entrenchment of true federalism as well as the democratic tenets of social justice…
The Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended its Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Farouq Shatiman Rijiya over alleged unacceptable public comments. This was disclosed by the state secretary of the party, Hon. Ibrahim Umar, during an exclusive interview with the media in Gusau. He said the party suspended him over his comment on a video that went viral on social media, alleging that the PDP led government in Zamfara was not carrying the party along in most of its decisions. The Party’s Secretary said Rijiya’s uncontrolled statement was capable of causing injuries to the cordial working relationship…
The Ali Pantami saga is snowballing into an in-house fight between members of the National Assembly. This is as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives attacked the Spokesperson of the House, Ben Kalu for his comments on the Pantami saga. Kalu had on Thursday said the Minority Leader, Ndudi Elemelu used the wrong legislative procedure in his call for the resignation of Pantami. It would be recalled that Elumelu had on Wednesday during plenary raised a point of order, calling for the resignation or suspension of Pantami over his alleged links with extremists. On Friday,…
The major problem democracy faces in Nigeria is rejection. Nigeria was introduced to democracy on the day of independence and not in 2021. Democracy was seen by our founding fathers as a direct foreign intrusion and a deliberate attempt by foreign powers to destroy our totalitarian anarchistic systems. Instead of democracy, most African countries embraced the socio-communist model of governing, after independence. This was the comfortable and preferred model as it preserves anarchy and kingship, which most African leaders saw befitting to their firm belief in dominance. When mounting pressure from the western world mandated African countries to embrace and…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said that the objective of expanding the polling unit is to address low voter turnout, among others. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Jigawa, Dr. Mahmuda Isah, said this at a stakeholders’ meeting on expanding voter access to polling units in Dutse. Isah said that other objectives are to improve the health safety conditions at polling units in compliance with COVID-19 protocol during the 2023 General Elections. The expansion, he said, is also to digest exiting polling units by reducing the number of voters per polling unit and ensure better access at polling…
A Niger Delta group under the auspices of Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality in Niger Delta (MOSIEND), has advised the Rivers State Governor, Chief Barr Nyesom Wike to resist the temptation of imposing his successor on Rivers People, saying Rivers people should make their choice through the ballot. MOSIEND also enjoined Governor Wike not to entertain any fears against imaginary or presumptuous political forces to victimize him after he leaves office on May 29, 2023. The group insists that the state governor has nothing to worry so long as he remains upright, prudent, transparent and unbiased in…