Ahead of the 2023 general election, a support group within the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has asked Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi state to drop his presidential ambition and support calls to zone the national chairmanship of the party to the North Central geopolitical zone. At a news conference Thursday at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja, the ‘North Central Council of APC’ led by its Coordinator, Dr Kassim Muhammad paid special tributes to the Gov. Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC of the party, saying at the completion of the committee’s terms of…
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In a recent interview, Fayose said he could not refer to Makinde as his leader in the region. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has moved to settle the rift between Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and the former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose within 24 hours. This was announced in a statement signed by Kola Ologbondiyan, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Fayose and Makinde have been at the centre of the leadership crisis rocking the opposition party in the South-West. Makinde is the only PDP governor in the South-West region, while the other…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Prince Onu, says there is no rift between Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi and Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu. Onu was reacting to an alleged rift between the governor and minister over the leadership of the party in the state, in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu. The APC chieftain described the rumoured rift as “false and unfounded’’, saying it was the handwork of political jobbers, who “thrive in building discord and playing mind games’’. Onu, who was APC candidate for the Ebonyi South Senatorial District in 2019,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum on Wednesday, donated N100 million to victims of the recent inferno that razed part of Tudun Wada Market in Gusau, Zamfara. Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto and Chairman of the forum made the announcement when he led five other PDP governors to commiserate with government and people of Zamfara over the incident. Tambuwal led the governors of Bauchi, Bala Mohammed, Adamawa, Umar Fintiri, Oyo, Seyi Makinde, Rivers, Nyeson Wike and Darius Gayus of Taraba on the visit to the Government House Gusau. He described the inferno as an act of God, saying the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State says it has begun a massive drive for new members in the state. Chairman of the party in the state, Mr Ndubuisi Nwobu who briefed journalists about the commencement of the exercise said the drive is for new members, and that the party targets at least 500 new members in all the 306 electoral Wards of the state. Nwobu said: “We target at least 500 members from each of the 306 wards in the state. We are looking at a total of 153,000 new members in the party after the one-week exercise.…
The chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Kaduna State chapter, Rev. John Joseph Hayab, has lamented that the Nigerian political system has been distorted for reasons unknown to Nigerians, making it impossible for the country to have a transparent general election. He observed that some people have deliberately been short-changed in giving the privilege to exercise their franchise to elect leaders of their choice. Speaking when the INEC Acting Resident Electoral officer, Kaduna State, Alhaji Mohammed Awwal Mashi paid him a visit in office in Kaduna, Rev. Hayab, noted that some Nigerians have been denied the rights to vote candidates…
The Progressive Circle of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bauchi State chapter, on Thursday revealed that the group was formed to promote politics without bitterness not only among party members but also in the larger political community. Chairman of the circle, Alhaji Surajo Dada stated this in an interview with the media, adding that the group was also working towards ensuring the survival and sustainability of democracy in Bauchi State. To actualise this, Dada informed that the Progressive Circle would identify credible people and encourage the party to give them its tickets to vie for legislative and executive seats in…
Overwhelmed by the spate of criticism and condemnation trailing his questioning of Nigeria citizenship of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in a law court, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has denied ever instituting legal action on the citizenship or otherwise of Atiku. Malami made the denial in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr Umar Jibirilu Gwandu which was made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday. The denial read in part “The Honorable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN…
Prince Onu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says enemies of the APC national leader, Bola Tinubu, within the party, were working against him. The APC Senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South in 2019 raised the alarm in a statement on Wednesday. Onu said those against the former Lagos Governor were behind rumours of his alleged rift with President Muhammadu Buhari. He noted that Tinubu and Buhari were allies, recalling their formation of the ruling party ahead of the 2015 elections. Onu said the politician had kept to his principles and built bridges across Nigerian regions and states. “This…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Olumide Aderinokun, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to act urgently to save Nigeria from falling apart. Aderinokun said the unity of Nigeria under President Buhari is ‘shaky’ following the high rate of insecurity in the country A statement released by Aderinokun media aide, Taiye Taiwo, the politician condemned the insecurity menace in Nigeria, calling on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to focus more on securing lives and properties instead of politicising the recent events. “Just before the Imo State Police Headquarters and a correctional facility in Owerri were attacked by gunmen,…
The Pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Wednesday, denied supporting the presidential bid of any aspirant for the 2023 presidential election. This is coming on the heels of a viral statement by the leader of South West Agenda, SWAGA, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, purporting that his group secured the support of Afenifere for its candidate during a visit to Pa Ruben Fasoranti, erstwhile Afenifere leader on Tuesday. Afenifere, in a statement by its Director of Communications, Sola Lawal, stated that the group was still mourning the demise of its late Publicity Secretary, Mr Yinka Odumakin in whose honour the group suspended…
Ahead of Anambra governorship election scheduled for November 6, Prince Uche Secondus-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been charged to reward the party’s faithful members. The Anambra Concerned Citizens, which gave this charge in Abuja, noted that some members of the party contesting for the governorship election are there to see what they can take from the party. The Concerned Citizens in a statement by its Chairman, Paul Okeke, further noted that some members of the party like Chris Azubogu and others have been toiling for the party and refused to move even when…
As things stand, there are two factions of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), the Edozie Njoku faction and that of Victor Oye. Knowing which faction enjoys the backing of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) could make the difference in the coming poll. It is also the basis for schemes and counter schemes. The APGA national chairman, Chief Edozie Njoku, alluded to the new scheme of things, when he reacted to the attack on former Governor of Central Bank, Professor Charles Soludo, revealing that the party plans to go into the November 6, Anambra guber poll as a united…
Two Supreme Court judgments recently delivered in favour of members of the National Assembly caucus of Cross River State and their factions may have changed the political equation in the state. The first judgment confirmed the March 7 and 20, 2020 list of ward and chapter executives congresses released by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and signed by its National Organising Secretary (NOC), Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd), dated April 26, 2020, as authentic. The judgment also tends to give control of party structure at the ward and state executives level to National Assembly members…
President, Ohanaze Ndigbo Youth Wing Worldwide, Chief Arthur Obiora, has said the Southeast zone needs not to beg other ethnic groups for support to actualise its 2003 presidency seat. Obiora, who spoke to newsmen yesterday, pointed out that in the spirit of equity, justice, and fairness, other groups that have produced the president should not overheat the polity by their purported unwelcome shot at the 2023 presidency, stressing an Igbo man is prepared to take Nigerian leadership, otherwise the unraveling seeming disunity will worsen. According to him, “The North has taken their turn, Southwest and South-south zones through erstwhile presidents,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied hiring individuals or groups as consultants for staff recruitment. Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, made this known in a statement in Abuja,” NAN reports. Okoye urged members of the public to report to security agencies, individuals or group claiming to be consulting for the commission on recruitment of staff. He said the attention of INEC had been drawn to activities of some fraudsters claiming to be working for the Commission on recruitment of personnel. He said that unscrupulous elements had gone to the extent of…
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has faulted insinuations that President Muhammadu Buhari has left London for Saudi Arabia. Omokri, who described such claims as propaganda from the Presidency, insisted that Buhari was still in London. In a tweet, the former presidential aide disclosed that Buhari’s movement in London was being monitored. “General @MBuhari has not left London for Saudi Arabia. It is propaganda from the Presidency to disinform #HarassBuhariOutofLondon. “We have contacts monitoring his residence and also at London Stansted Airport. He is still in London and if he thinks we are through, he is joking,”…
The Leader of the Pan Yoruba Socio-Political organization, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, on Tuesday gave nod to the presidential ambition of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Fasonranti who endorsed Tinubu’s presidential ambition said with the former Lagos State Governor’s track records, he deserved to be president come 2023. The nonagenarian disclosed this while receiving members of the South West Agenda for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, SWAGA 23, at his country home in Akure, the Ondo State capital. SWAGA, a group comprising of political stakeholders, loyalists and supporters of the APC national leader,…
Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, on Tuesday revealed that the mentorship he received from former President Goodluck Jonathan was the secret of the successes he had recorded since he assumed office as governor. Speaking at the inauguration of 6.2 kilometre newly constructed Sabon Kauran road in Bauchi metropolis, named the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Drive, Mohammed informed that Jonathan impacted his life greatly by teaching him the art and science of leadership. The governor said on assuming office in May 2019, the administration hit the ground running and made good governance its deliberate policy for development intending to create the…
A socio-political group, Amalgamated Atiku Support Group has lambasted the Attorney General of the Federation AGF, Abubakar Malami SAN for allegedly casting aspersions on the Nigeria citizenship of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. The group accused Malami of being blinded by his ambition for the 2023 Presidency by insinuating that Atiku is not eligible to vie for the exalted office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In a statement by its Director of Media, Remi Adebayo, the group said it was laughable for a Chief Law Officer of the federation to behave the way Malami did on…