The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday, cautioned the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government against harassing foreign envoys and other members of the international community for speaking out against the infringement on the rights of Nigerians by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. This was contained in a statement on monday by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the party. According to the statement, “The PDP’s position is predicated on the summoning of the envoys of the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Canada among others by the Federal Government, for standing on the side of Nigerians…
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Two political appointees, Mark Bookie Obi, Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade on administration and Cecil Cecil Ita, Director General Urban Renewal Commission (South) have resigned their appointments. In their letters of resignation addressed to the governor, the duo said they decided to remain with the People Democratic Party (PDP), after due considerations. Mark Obi said, “Following recent happenings in the political alignment of the State Governor, I am persuaded to review my involvement in the current administration. “Consequently, being a founding and subsisting member of the People’s Democratic Party in Cross River State, I cannot in good conscience remain…
Senator Dino Melaye who represented the Kogi Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly has identified himself as the number three defaulter of the Federal Governments ban on Twitter. The FG had last week suspended the microblogging platform for allegedly allowing contents that are capable of threatening the corporate existence of Nigerians. However, many Nigerians have been accessing the platform via the use of Virtual Private Network, VPN. The Senior Pastor of Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye tweeted on Monday, stating that his church will not comply with the FG’s ban. Similarly, a former aviation…
Nepal’s embattled Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has said that misunderstandings with India have been resolved and that the two countries should move forward looking at the future, asserting that neighbours share both love and problems. In a recent interview to BBC Hindi Service, Oli accepted the fact that once, there were misunderstandings between the two neighbours. However, he did not elaborate on those issues. Oli, in a televised address to the nation last month, said that the outstanding issues relating to the border issue with India will be resolved through diplomatic channels on the basis of historical accords,…
Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, has reacted to his 2023 presidential campaign posters with former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Charles Soludo. Posters bearing ‘Atiku for President in 2023’ and Charles Soludo for Vice President have been sighted at different parts of Abuja. The campaign materials claimed that only the Atiku-Soludo alliance can rescue Nigeria from the brink of collapse. Reacting, Atiku distanced himself from the posters, saying he was spending his time finding solutions to Nigeria’s problems. A statement signed by Atiku’s Spokesman, Paul Ibe, urged Nigerians not to be misled by the disingenuous plot because he knows…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Dr Olusegun Osinkolu, has described the death of Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), as painful and sad. Osinkolu said Nigerians and the entire world would miss Prophet Joshua’s philanthropism and evangelistic skills that had gone global and touched the lives of many families and nation’s positively. The Director-General, Buhari/Osinbajo Campaign Council in Ekiti in the 2019 election, said this on Monday, in his condolence message, mourning the cleric. TB Joshua died on Saturday evening, at the age of 57. Speaking on…
The Special Adviser to Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River State on Sustainable Development Goals, Mr Mark Obi, has resigned his appointment. In his resignation letter, which he signed and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Calabar, the state capital, Obi said that “as a founding member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)”, he would not defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). “Following recent happenings in the political alignment of the state governor, I am persuaded to review my involvement in the current state administration. “Consequently, being a founding and subsisting member of…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has warned political parties against giving their presidential ticket to a Christian from the Southwest. MURIC, an Islamic rights organization, warned that any political party that gives its presidential ticket to a Christian from the Southwest would “lose woefully.” Director of MURIC, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, issued the warning while lamenting over marginalization of Muslims in the Southwest by Christians. Akintola accused Christians in the Southwest of downplaying the fundamental human rights of Muslims in the region. In a statement sent to the media, Akintola warned that Muslims in the Southwest would be confined to slavery…
President Joe Biden and Republicans entered the weekend sharply at odds over how to craft an infrastructure deal that could satisfy their camps, imperiling the odds of a bipartisan deal. Democrat Biden shot down a new proposal from the main Republican negotiator on infrastructure, Senator Shelley Moore Capito, that increased spending by about $50 billion over their last offer, the White House said. Biden rejected the offer, saying it “did not meet his objectives to grow the economy, tackle the climate crisis, and create new jobs.” Republicans had previously offered roughly $257 billion in new spending, short of the $2.25…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Kunle Adegoke has said the Federal Government and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami are threading the wrong path. He said this while reacting to the order instructing the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation, DPPF, to commence the prosecution of those found using Twitter. He stressed that before an act will constitute an offence, there must be a law enacted by the parliament, a legislature either by the National or the State Houses of Assembly criminalizing that particular act and providing punishment for it. Malami had in…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the National Caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of being behind the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement on Sunday by Kola Ologbondiyan, the National Publicity Secretary of the party. “The PDP says revelations available to it showed how APC leaders at one of their party’s national caucus meeting recommended the regulation of social media in Nigeria and how they have been plotting to obliterate internet-based interaction platforms such as Twitter. “The PDP recalls how the APC Caucus has been pushing bills in the National Assembly, particularly…
It appears the efforts of the Bukola Saraki-led reconciliation committee to unite the Ladi Adebutu and Buruji Kashamu factions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has not yielded the desired result as the two groups renewed their rivalry over the forthcoming local government elections in the state. InfoStride News reports that the July 24 local government election in the state has once again triggered another infighting, with the two factions battling for recognition before the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC). The Spokesman of the PDP in Ogun State, Akinloye Bankole, had earlier raised the alarm that…
A South-South group has called on all the political blocs in Nigeria to ensure a candidate from the south-south extraction emerges the President in 2023. The group under the auspices of ‘South-South Presidency 2023 urged people from the zone not to aspire for the position of Vice President or National Chairman of any political party in the country but President. In a communique issued at the end of a meeting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, the group insisted that the South-South must complete its tenure of eight years for fairness, justice and equity. The communique which was jointly signed by…
Lebanon’s president and prime minister-designate traded barbs Wednesday, accusing one another of obstruction, negligence and insolence in a war or words that has for months obstructed the formation of a new government as the country sinks deeper into economic and financial crisis. The power struggle between the premier-designate, Saad Hariri, on one side and President Michel Aoun and his son-in-law Gebran Bassil on the other, has worsened despite warnings from world leaders and economic experts of the dire economic conditions tiny Lebanon is facing. The World Bank on Tuesday said Lebanon’s crisis is one of the worst the world has…
Chairman of the group says there are about 10 million Nigerians in Diaspora calling on all Nigerians to support a youthful candidate. Nigerians in Diaspora, under the aegis of Nigerians in Diaspora Network and Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation, have endorsed Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi as their candidate for the 2023 Presidency. The group made this known during a world press conference in Oberhausen, Germany as they also opened a campaign office to support the movement. In a video and statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Odijie Irabor, General Coordinator of the group, said the group…
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose; former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili; and ex-Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, have dared the President Muhammadu Buhari government to arrest them as they continue to share information on Twitter. Aisha Yesufu, a popular activist, is also of the opinion that the Buhari-led Federal Government has no right to arrest her for using the banned social media platform. Fani-Kayode tweeted, “I HAVE tweeted. I CHALLENGE you to do your WORSE! “You CANNOT threaten, intimidate, overwhelm, silence or defeat a lion. “We ROAR and CHARGE with rage, strength, fire and power into the…
Hundreds of youths under the group, ‘Saraki is coming’, from across the north on Sunday took to the Streets in Kano, insisting that the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, must contest the 2023 presidential election. The youths, who marched from the Kano City center to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) office along Firm Center, carried several placards with different inscriptions, “Saraki is coming, 2023”, “Saraki is the answer”. The President of the group, Umar Farin Gado, alongside his Secretary, Saidu Sani, said during the protest that they are apologizing to Saraki for what had happened to him while serving…
Former Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Liyel Imoke, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will receive defected Gov. Ben Ayade back to the party if he decides to return. Ayade, who was elected governor on the platform of the PDP six years ago, shocked political pundits when he defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), raising the political stakes as the countdown to the 2023 general elections commences nationwide. “I will welcome him. I will definitely welcome him. Ben and I don’t have personal differences, maybe political differences and that’s why I said that his decision to…
The leading Democratic contenders for New York City mayor, former presidential candidate Andrew Yang and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, faced harsh attacks from each other and a half dozen rivals during a televised debate on Wednesday. With less than three weeks until the June 22 primary election, the eight contenders traded barbs on education, experience and the economy, though the issue of public safety dominated much of the evening amid a spike in shootings and other crimes. The primary winner will be heavily favored to win November’s general election. Yang, who has been at or near the top of…
Former Presidents-General (PGs), under the auspices of Association of South-East Past Presidents-General, drawn from over 2,000 Igbo communities in South-East have accused serving governors and some political leaders of attempting to reduce Igbo to second fiddle political status by angling to become vice president for politicians from other geo political zones of the country. They insisted that despite the current insecurity in the country, it was the turn of the region to produce the President in 2023. At an official public presentation of former Chief Judge of the Anambra State, Justice Peter Umeadi, as their consensus candidate for the Presidency…