The Senator representing Enugu North Senatorial District, Chukwuka Utazi, has described as laughable the speculation in certain quarters that he was instigating Nsukka zone against Nkalu to pave way for Senator Ike Ekweremadu in the 2023 governorship election. He said such insinuation was purported to distract the people of Nsukka zone, who are united in their legitimate aspiration to produce the successor to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in the next election. Speaking on behalf of the lawmaker, his Personal Assistant, Mr. Charles Ogbuanya, faulted a social media post credited to the leadership of Enugu West General Assembly, which accused Utazi of…
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The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, on Sunday, urged the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, to redeploy the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mrs. Ngozi Onadeko, accusing her of playing politics with sensitive security issues. Iba Adams, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi, also blamed the Oyo CP over her roles in the protracted detention of the three members of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, that handed over the notorious kidnap warlord, Abdullah Iskilu Wakili, to the police. He vowed to seek justice against the unjust arrest, arraignment and charges of…
Following the courtesy visit by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege to the Delta State APC leader, Olorogun Otega Emehor in his country home recently to mend fences and forge a common front for the party is a testament to the good tidings that awaits the party in 2023. It is no fallacy to say that the party, the All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta State had been factionalised and disunited these sundry years. As the popular saying goes “A house divided amongst itself cannot stand”. The APC has to go into the gubernatorial race in 2023 with a…
Atiku was born in a region of Nigeria which used to be a part of Cameroon. The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has submitted that ex Vice President and serial presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, is not eligible to contest for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria because he isn’t Nigerian by birth. Atiku was born in Jada, Adamawa State. Jada wasn’t part of Nigeria until 1961. 74-year-old Atiku was born in 1946, way before Jada was incorporated into Nigeria from Cameroon. Malami submits that this means Atiku…
A former presidential aspirant in the 2019 general elections under the platform of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Jonah Jang, has said for Nigeria to have credible and successful elections, the nation’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must be restructured. The former Governor also said the National Assembly should not be blamed for the lacuna in the country’s electoral system, since the 8th Assembly had passed the Electoral Bill but President Muhammadu Buhari has refused to sign it into law. The immediate past Senator who represented Plateau North…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo says his book on “21 political lies in Nigeria” is to educate electorate on the antics of politicians during elections. Iyiola said this on Monday in Ilorin while speaking at the presentation of the book. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 21 chapter, 140 pages book chronicled many lies told by politicians to win votes during campaigns. According to him, the book is targeted mainly to educate the electorate on how to vote for candidates seeking their franchise, adding that if the electorate votes…
A stakeholder of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Akwa Ibom State chapter, Comrade Athanasius Okon has blamed the different factions in the party on the absence of a leader in the state. Okon made the assertion yesterday in Uyo while reacting to fresh controversy in the party over a stakeholders meeting convened by Chieftain of the party, group Captain Sam Ewang (retd) on March 28, 2021, which saw the formal endorsement of Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio as leader of the party. He revealed that the poor outing recorded by APC in the state since 2014 as…
A U.S.-based Mechanical Engineer, Mr Godswill Nwankwo, has declared his intention to contest the seat of the country’s president in the 2023 election. Nwankwo made his intention known on Monday in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He said that his intention was borne out of concerns to build on existing structures and improve the standard of living in the country. According to the intending presidential aspirant, the country needs to be repositioned economically to retain its status of Africa’s best economy and “Giant of Africa’’. Nwankwo, who hails from Ukwa East Local Government…
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress Governors’ Forum (PGF) has urged APC Caretaker Chairman and Yobe Governor, Mala Mai Buni to roll out a timetable for the party’s congresses. Salihu Lukman, PGF Director-General, said it was high time the party held its national convention. Lukman described the extension of the ongoing membership registration, revalidation and register update exercise as unnecessary. TheInfoStride reported the disquiet in the party over the purported plan by the Buni-led committee to stay longer in office. The National Executive Committee (NEC) had extended the tenure of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) till June. On…
The All Progressive Congress (APC) Governors Forum has donated the sum of N50 million to the Zamfara State government to assist in rebuilding the Tudun Wada market that was gutted by fire last week. The forum led by its chairman, Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State donated the money at the Government House in Gusau, saying the gesture was made not considering that Zamfara is now a PDP state. Governor Bagudu noted that the forum came to Zamfara State from Katsina where they visited they inspected a recent fire incident which also consumed a market. In his response, Governor…
Serving overseer of The Citadel Global Community Church, formerly Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Easter Sunday, expressed worry over the challenges bedevilling the country, saying this was not the Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari and he dreamt to create in 2011. While he declared that those opposing the restructuring of Nigeria are enemies of the country, Bakare urged President Buhari to take decisive steps in tackling insecurity, the dwindling economy and anti-corruption. Besides, he warned that illegitimate regional actors plan to hijack governance and control the political economy of the regions. He said this during a state of…
Abia State youths have expressed dissatisfaction over the politics of the state, alleging exclusion of youths in governance. The youths who met in Umuahia on the platform of Maduforo Youth Movement vowed to take their destiny in their hands and correct the imbalance in the 2023 polls. They set 35 to 55 years as the age bracket for governorship candidates, declaring that any candidate above the age bracket will not get the support of Abia youths. The bi-partisan youth movement called on all political parties to cede slots in both elective and appointive positions to youths so they could be…
The Enugu state Caretaker Committee Chairman of All Progressive Congress APC, Dr Ben Nwoye, has disclosed that there will be no zoning for the post of governorship in the state for the purpose of the 2023 general election. According to Nwoye, the ongoing formal and informal debates in the state about which senatorial zone would produce the next governor of the state was needless since nobody in the history of the state was prevented from the contest on the basis of zoning. Nwoye made the statement in reaction to Senator Chuka Utazi’s viral video where he claimed that the Enugu…
Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF, Salihu Moh. Lukman has described the recent extension of the membership registration and revalidation exercise of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC as needless, saying the party leadership should instead convene meetings or relevant party organs. Lukman in a statement on Monday said part of the expectation is that the 13-member Caretaker/Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee led by Gov. Mai Mala Buni, will take steps to begin to resolve challenges facing the APC, which was difficult to achieve under the dissolved National Working Committee NWC. The exercise was initially slated to end by March…
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has frowned at the lack of strong political cohesion in the ruling All Progressive Congress, making the party to fail in some areas. He said, ” APC as a party started as a mixture of various elements who tried to make a compound, but unfortunately the party is still a mixture not graduated to make a compound.” Speaking during the party’s constitutional Town Hall event for Northwest zone in Kano, Monday, Ganduje said “Those who read sciences know that it is easier to removed a mixture but not easy to remove a compound”.…
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has urged Nigerians to use this year’s Easter celebration to imbibe the culture of living in unity, and tolerance for one another. PRP’s National Chairman, Alhaji Falalu Bello, also admonished the citizens not to despair in the face of bad governance in the country that has lasted for long. The party advised Nigerians not to succumb to what it described as divisive tendencies of those entrusted with the leadership of the country. “We are all Nigerians and citizens of one Nigeria. We should be patriotic and tolerant of fellow citizens regardless of their tribe, religion,…
The Enugu State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned politicians in the state, particularly those from Enugu North extraction (Nsukka Cultural Zone), against heating up the politics ahead of 2023. Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party in the state, Dr. Ben Nwoye, stated that it was purely a breach of the Electoral Law for political leaders to commence 2023 political campaign at this time “when the constitutional democracy recommends four years for a tenure,” adding that it was a distraction of the incumbent administration of the state for politicians to begin discussions on 2023, two clear years…
Former Governor of Adamawa State, Bala Ngilari; and the pioneer organising secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Ahmed Lawal, have declared strong support for those rooting for a Bola Tinubu presidency in 2023. Many groups have been campaigning for Tinubu, who governed Lagos between 1999 and 2007, to run for the country’s highest office, but the man known as ‘Jagaban’ has not come out officially to declare his interest in the job. Consequently, Ngilari urged northern leaders to rally round the South West for the next president in 2023, “in the spirit of equity and fair…
The South West Zonal Caretaker Committee of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has apologised to the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) over threat and insult by Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde over the zonal congress. In a statement, yesterday, by Secretary of the Caretaker Committee, Daisi Akintan, Governor Makinde’s threat that there would be dire consequences if the South-West zonal congress was not held on Saturday April 10, 2021, was described as unfortunate and unbecoming of someone who used the party’s platform to become governor despite being inconsistent as a member. Rising from its meeting in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Saturday,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with ex-National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole on his 69th birthday. The Nigerian leader advised the former Edo Governor to rededicate his life to working for the prosperity of those in need. Buhari’s message was issued on Sunday by his spokesman, Garba Shehu. He joined Oshiomhole’s family and well-wishers to thank God for a life of service to the nation, good health and opportunity to commemorate the special day. The President hailed Oshiomhole for building bridges among people of diverse backgrounds, inspiring others to be patriotic, eschewing politics of division and…