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The presidency has said Nigerians who often attack President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration, may be ignorant of his real identity. The Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in this week’s edition of ‘Fridays With Femi’ tiled, ‘HOUNDING THE PRESIDENT. WILL THEY EVER LEARN?’ said Buhari is prudential in his approach to issues, particularly by ignoring irrelevant comments from haters. Adesina who lamented the opinion of some Nigerians regarding Buhari’s health status, said the president’s life is in the hand of the Almighty God. According to him: “Some Nigerians have made it a pastime to…

Hon. Abdullahi Sani Dan-Azumi, the Zamfara State youth leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) was apprehended by the operatives of the state police command in Gusau, the state capital on Thursday. According to a source from the APC state Headquarters in Gusau, the youth leader was arrested over a viral video. “In the video Dan-Azumi threatened that anyone that had a hand in the prosecution and molestation of former Governor Abdul Aziz Yari would either die, lose his position or suffer badly,” the source said. TheInfoStride reports that there are speculations that Dan Azumi may likely be prosecuted at…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it will not create new polling units in the expansion of access to Polling Units exercise. The Head, Voter Education, and Publicity, INEC, Mark Usulor, in a statement for the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Rivers State, said the exercise in the state was not targetted at creating new polling units ahead of the 2021 polls. He noted that staff of the Commission were being deployed to the field to identify the locations of Polling Units (PUs) that already have voting points (VPs) with a view to converting such voting points to stand-alone…

A bill to establish a nationwide toll-free emergency number in Nigeria has passed a second reading in the Senate. Leading the debate on the bill during plenary on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, Senator Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun Central – APC) said the number would aid the implementation of a national system of reporting emergencies. The former governor lamented that Nigeria currently operates several helpline numbers for different situations in different states, with some of the dedicated numbers longer than the usual memorable three-digit numbers. He said the multiple non-uniform lines are impediments to getting accelerated emergency response during emergency situations like…

The Accord Party (AP) said the release of the election timetable by the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has doused tensions. The election will be held on July 24, 2021, while campaigns would begin on April 30 and end on July 22. Publicity Secretary, Dele Oladeji, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that LASIEC “chose constitutionality over the push for rape on democracy”. “We are happy as this has eased unnecessary tension and democratic denial in residents”, he said. Oladeji recalled there was a protest in March against an alleged plan by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to appoint administrators…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the late Olufon of Ifon-Orolu Kingdom, Oba Al-Maroof Adekunle Magbagbeola Olumoyero II as a true father who devoted his reign to building a modern Ifon-Orolu with a heart of service to his subjects irrespective of religious beliefs, ethnicity and gender. The PDP said the late monarch was a man who sacrificed and preached love to the generality of the inhabitants of his kingdom. The party made this known in a press release Thursday, signed by the state Chairman, Sunday Bisi and made available to the media. While condoling with members of his immediate…

The People’s Democratic Party,(PDP ) in Ekiti has again warned the State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi to desist from the alleged secret plot to seize state lands to build ranches for herders. The opposition claimed that such a plot would negate the wishes of Ekiti people who believe that their lands are ancestral and as such precious to them and should not be forcefully hijacked to please the herdsmen. A statement issued in Ado Ekiti on Thursday by the Party’s State Publicity Secretary, Raphael Adeyanju, accused governor Fayemi of secretly plotting to acquire lands in six locations across the state…

Former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel on Wednesday held a Close Door meeting with former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan at his Abuja residence. Although details of the meeting was sketchy as at the moment, but political watchers believed it cannot be unconnected with the 2023 Presidential elections in Nigeria and the need to build bridges across a regions of the country for a peaceful transition. Since he joined the ruling All Progressive Congress few months ago, the Ogun State Governor who contested for the Chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2017 and who also served…

A legal luminary and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, has canvassed for a new law that will outrightly prune political parties to a maximum of six as a way of ensuring sanity in the body politics of the country before the 2023 general elections. Fagbemi claimed that the present 86 political parties is too wieldy for Nigerians especially the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to cope with along with other challenges. The senior lawyer spoke in Abuja at the ongoing National Workshop on Election Petition Review organized by the Court of Appeal in collaboration with the International Foundation…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has described members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as ‘cultists’. The PDP Chairman in Ogun State, Hon. Sikirulahi Ogundele said this while addressing newsmen at the party’s secretariat on Wednesday. According to Ogundele, the PDP remained the only political party in Nigeria, stressing that that was why many members of the APC were willing to join the party. “Many people want to join the APC. Those who have defected to the APC are ready to come back. They have told us. We know what they are facing there. In fact,…

The political infighting between members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State appears to have been laid to rest as loyalists of Late Buruji Kashamu and Hon. Ladi Adebutu sheathed their swords. This is as leaders of the PDP in the State gathered Wednesday at the party secretariat in Abeokuta for a reunion. TheInfoStride reports that the gathering had in attendance, leaders from both factions of the party, including Chief Doyin Okupe, Ladi Adebutu, Aare Tunde Alabi, Prince Segun Seriki and others. Our correspondent reports that the two factional Chairman of the party, Sikirulahi Ogundele and Samson Bamgbose…

The Senator representing Ebonyi Central District, Senator Obinna Ogba, on Wednesday, declared that crises going on in the south eastern part of Nigeria was meant to scuttle the 2023 presidential agitation by Igbo people, saying no amount of instigated crises would deprive the zone’s presidential seat. Senator Ogba, who made the declaration while briefing journalists on motion he sponsored on incessant killings in Ebonyi State at the Senate Plenary on Wednesday, alleged that the rising wave of crises and killings in most of the South Eastern States, are politically motivated and will not stop the agitation of the zone for…

Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, has reiterated his unalloyed loyalty and support to Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in ensuring good governance of the state. The deputy governor said that he had always been loyal to Akeredolu even before he became the Governor. According to him, his demonstration of unalloyed loyalty to the governor over the period of their long relationship earned him the position of deputy governor. “I want to assure you, the entire Ilaje nation that I have always been a loyal person everywhere I have worked. “So it is something that will not be difficult…

Ahead of the November 6, 2021 governorship poll, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has approved June 23 as the date for the party’s governorship primary election in Anambra State. The party in its guideline made public put the cost of expression of interest form at N2 million, while the nomination form is N20 million, respectively. The provisional timetable/schedule of activities for the governorship poll signed by APGA’s National Organising Secretary, Mr Ifeanyi Mbaeri, stated however that female aspirants and aspirants living with disability will be granted a 50% discount of the amount. Mr Mbaeri said the National Working Committee,…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the recent town hall meeting on national security in Kaduna was to address the nation’s security challenges and the call for secession. Mohammed said this while fielding questions at a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) flagship interview programme, NANForum, in Abuja. The Federal Government through the Ministry of Information had on April 8 convened the town hall meeting on national security. Mohammed said apart from the security challenges being experienced in the country, the call for secession had become more pronounced and there was the need to take drastic…

Rep. Yusuf Gagdi, Chairman, House Committee on Navy, says the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has not failed Nigerians. The Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam federal constituency representative spoke with reporters on Wednesday in Abuja. The All Progressives Congress (APC) member said there was a communication gap between the people and the government. The lawmaker noted that government should have been informing Nigerians about its achievements. “I can tell you where the country was before Buhari took over in 2015. The APC government came in at a time when people had had to battle with the failures of the last administration. “A government with crude…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested the former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari. Yari was arrested for alleged illegal financial dealings and misappropriation of funds, Guardian reports. The former governor is being detained at the Sokoto office of the Commission. EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirming the arrest said Yari was interrogated for about seven hours before he was detained in Sokoto. Some of the alleged financial infractions against Yari include the sum of $56,056.75 reportedly lodged in his account with Polaris Bank; N12.9m, N11.2m, $303m, N217,388.04 and $311.8m said to be kept in different accounts in…

The Niger State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has reiterated its stance on the suspension of former Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu, for allegedly working to ensure former President Goodluck Jonathan lost in the 2015 presidential elections in the state. This was the position of party’s leaders and faithful in the three senatorial districts of the state. They reaffirmed their support for the suspension of Aliyu through their spokesman, Mallam Yahaya Mohammed Usman. Usman said the PDP in Niger was in support of the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, who stated that Aliyu owes the PDP an apology for admitting…

The Ondo State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Akure has struck out the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, against Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Jegede had challenged the victory of the ruling APC and its candidate in the October 10, 2020 governorship election, which saw the re-election of Akeredolu for a second term in office. Chairman of the three-member panel, Justice Umar Abubakar, while delivering the judgment in Akure, struck out the petition for want of jurisdiction. According to him, “issues raised therein in the petition are settled issue…

Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media, says those calling for secession from the country are its problem. He said this on Tuesday in Abuja at an event organised by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Professional Forum to showcase the achievements of the President Buhari-led administration. Shehu added that Buhari would, however, not be intimidated by the calls for secession by some persons, pointing out that the country will remain united no matter what. “For those saying that the presidency has not been talking, our position is clearly that this country is one and will…