Social media behemoth Facebook on Friday said the account of former US President Donald Trump will remain suspended for two years, and post that period it will re-assess the ban. Facebook, along with other major media platforms Twitter and YouTube, had suspended Trump’s accounts after the Capitol Hill riots, alleging that the Republican leader’s rhetoric had instigated the attack. On January 6, thousands of supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump had stormed the Capitol building and clashed with police, resulting in four deaths, and interrupted a constitutional process by the Congress to affirm the victory of Joe Biden in the…
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Dr Olusegun Mimiko, the immediate past governor of Ondo State, has denied rumours that he has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) Mimiko in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, John Paul Akinduro, said that partisan politics is the least of his concerns now. The former governor said in a situation where the nation is tottering on the precipice as a result of widespread insecurity, he was more concerned about how to pull the nation back from the brinks, and not defection into another party. Akinduro said the report on Dr Mimiko’s supposed plan to defect to…
The ruling party says Buhari’s achievement should not be analysed based on blackmail. The All Progressives Congress (APC) says some disgruntled elements are trying to blackmail the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari with the aim of bringing it down. The ruling party said the plots to discredit Buhari’s administration will fail. The National Secretary of the Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the APC, Senator John Akpanudoedehe said this on Thursday, June 3, 2021, at an event organised by the APC Professionals Forum, at the APC National Secretariat, in Abuja. Akpanudoedehe said, “Plans to bring down the government of President…
The governor said the likes of Fani-Kayode and others who have started having goose pimples because of the mention of political assassination, should summon the courage to hold their breath. Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has labelled former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode a “desperate politician” who always looks to “reap from ugly situations,” following the murder of Ahmed Gulak in Imo on May 30, 2021. Gulak, who served as President Goodluck Jonathan’s Special Adviser on Political Affairs, was shot multiple times from point-blank range by gunmen, around Ngor Okpala, as he made his way to the Sam Mbakwe Airport. He…
The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) has denied recognising the late Buruji Kashamu faction as the authentic executive of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The commission also denied handing over forms CF001 and CF002 belonging to the PDP to one Leke Shittu, who it was said paraded himself as the State Secretary of the party to OGSIEC. The PDP had on Friday alleged that the Chairman of the electoral umpire, Babatunde Osibodu, said he would pitch tents with the Kashamu loyalists as far as the July 24 local government election is concerned. The party’s Publicity Secretary,…
A former senior U.S. Treasury Department employee who pleaded guilty to conspiring to give a reporter sensitive information about Donald Trump’s onetime campaign chairman Paul Manafort and others was sentenced on Thursday to six months in prison. Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards, a former senior adviser in Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gregory Woods in Manhattan. Edwards was accused of making unauthorized disclosures of suspicious activity reports (SARs) – used by banks to alert law enforcement to potential money laundering and other crimes – to a BuzzFeed News reporter using an encrypted messaging…
APC in Lagos State on Friday unveiled its flag bearers for the July 24 local council elections in the state. Elections will be conducted into the 20 Local Government Councils and the 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of the state on that day. The list of chairmanship and vice-chairmanship candidates was signed by the party’s Caretaker Committee Chairman, Alhaji Tunde Balogun and the committee’s Secretary, Mr Lanre Ogunyemi. The party conducted its primaries across the 57 councils on May 29. According to the party, the APC chairmanship and vice-chairmanship candidates in Agbado-Okeodo are Oladapo Famuyiwa/Ajoke Obe; Oladele Osinowo/Folake Kayode…
The Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has suspended two governorship aspirants from its platform. The two aspirants, Mrs Jumoke Anifowose-Ajasin and Dr Nathaniel Adojutelegan participated in the primaries that produced Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as the party’s candidate during the October 10, 2020 election. The Publicity Secretary of the party, Alex Kalejaiye, said the duo were expelled for anti-party activities. Kalejaiye emphasized that the decision of the party was in conformity with Article 21 of the APC Constitution. In January 2021, the party in Igboroko 1, Ward 2 of Owo Local Government had placed a suspension on…
Youth leaders of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 21 Local Government Areas of Anambra State on Friday protested an alleged plan to hand the party’s governorship ticket to a chosen aspirant. The youth leaders who marched to the state party secretariat in their numbers carried placards, warning the leadership of the party against the imposition of candidates for the forthcoming election. Mr Michael Izunna who led scores of the protesting youths to the party secretariat cautioned the party to tread carefully in choosing a governorship candidate to avoid implosion in the party. “We are here to call…
Jigawa State Independent Electoral Commission has scraped the use of card reader in the forthcoming Local Government Council Elections slated for June 26. The acting chairman of the Commission, Adamu Ibrahim disclosed this to newsmen in his office. He said the commission had earlier planned to use the card reader but the lack of trained staff to will handle the equipment and enough time hindered the commission’s plan. InfoStride News reported that the Jigawa State Independent Electoral Commission had fixed 26th June 2021 for the conduct of Local Government elections in the state. Adamu reiterated the commission’s commitment to conduct…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents on Thursday pushed for a quick parliament vote to formally end his lengthy rule, hoping to head off any last-minute attempts by the premier to derail their newly announced coalition government. The latest political maneuvering began just hours after opposition leader Yair Lapid and his main coalition partner, Naftali Bennett, declared they had reached a deal to form a new government and muster a majority in the 120-member parliament, or Knesset. The coalition consists of eight parties from across the political spectrum with the shared goal of toppling Netanyahu after a record-setting 12 years in…
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has threatened to deal with those making the state ungovernable for him. The Governor accused aggrieved members of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the opposition party of fighting his government. Uzodinma said this at the inauguration of a security council at the grassroots level to proffer solutions to the state’s security challenges. “The opposition party and some aggrieved members of our party who are hiring boys from neighbouring states to come in here, allow me, I will deal with them. I can assure you, leave that for me,” Uzodinma said. The Governor…
National Coordinator, Concerned Advocates for Good Governance (CAGG), Olusegun Bamgbose, has said that the country needs a superstar to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari when his tenure expires in 2023. The New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) chieftain noted that the greatest mistake the electorate will ever make will be to install a politician without a clear-cut mission to take over from Buhari. “Nigeria will need a superstar to succeed Buhari come 2023, anything short of this may spell doom for this country,” the senior lawyer told the media on Friday. “Nigeria will need someone that is above board, a…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has cried out over an alleged plot by the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) to recognise a faction of the party loyal to Late Buruji Kashamu as the authentic state executive. The party, which recently reconciled both the Buruji and Ladi Adebutu factions after the intervention of the Bukola Saraki-led reconciliation committee, said it was taken aback that the electoral umpire “is bent on fuelling another crisis in the party despite all available documents before it.” The Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Ogun State, Akinloye Bankole, told newsmen on Friday…
The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for Governor Hope Uzodinma’s immediate resignation over insecurity in the State. Mr Charles Ugwuh, the State Chairman of the party, made the call at a news briefing in Owerri yesterday. Ugwuh stated that PDP was alarmed over the worsening state of insecurity in Imo and the escalation of “militarisation of the state.” According to him, the governor had demonstrated his inability to protect lives and property of Imo people. He said, “The governor should resign over his failure to protect lives and property. “This has become very necessary…
President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced Vice President Kamala Harris will lead the administration’s efforts on voting rights as Republican state lawmakers across the country attempt to enact voting restrictions. The efforts by Republican-led state legislatures to pass restrictive laws, which the White House and civil rights groups say make it harder for Americans to vote, follow former President Donald Trump’s false claim that he lost the 2020 election because of widespread election fraud. President Biden said voting rights in the United States are “under assault” with an intensity he has never seen before. “It’s simply un-American,” he said, while…
The Adamawa State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked that steps be taken to avoid the killing of another northerner in the Southeast as such a repeat killing could spiral against Southeastern people in the North. The party articulated its position to newsmen in Yola against the backdrop of the killing in the Southeast of an Adamawa indigene and member of the party, Barr Ahmed Gulak. Chairman of the APC in Adamawa State, Ibrahim Bill, said the killing of Gulak was premeditated by those who had repeatedly targeted northerners in their region. He insisted that Gulak’s killing…
Valentine Ayika, a former member of the House of Representatives from Anambra State has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement threatening Southeast people was laughable and insensitive. Recall that the president while reacting to the agitation in the region threatened that the region will soon have what they are calling for. The offending comments said “those who fought in the three-year civil war, which included the 78-year-old head of state, will treat those “misbehaving” today “in the language they understand.” The comment has since generated reactions across the country. According to the former lawmaker, “First of all, the statement for…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo has accused the State Governor, Hope Uzodinma of allegedly being responsible for the series of extrajudicial killings in the state. The opposition party asked the governor to account for the killing of innocent civilians in the state. The Imo state PDP Chairman, Charles Ugwu made the allegations while briefing newsmen on Thursday. He alleged that the governor failed to address the security issues in the state because he was masterminding them. He regretted that prominent sons and daughters of Imo had been killed within a space of one month and the governor has…
The Chairman of Bakassi Local Government council, Hon Iyadim Iyadim has disclosed that the struggle for supremacy as to who controls PDP was responsible for the defection of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River, chairmen, counsellors and other appointees from the party to the APC. Speaking to the media in Calabar, Hon Iyadim regretted the defection but admitted, “That was the last resort, there was nothing we could do. “Leadership crisis in the party was responsible for what you see in PDP. As far as we are concerned, PDP did not give Governor Ben Ayade the opportunity to lead the…