The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on members of the public to disregard attempts by a group within its rank crying foul concerning the leadership issues in the party. This is as it stated that it has also noted allegations of an attempt to bribe Justice Oke by Deji Adeleke. In an official statement made available to the media and signed by the party’s Media and Publicity Director, Oladele Bamiji, the party stated that since it is aware of the prohibition placed on subjecting matters before the law courts to public discourse, as a…
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The Labour Party has told Governor Dapo Abiodun to face his duties as the elected governor of Ogun State instead of gallivanting all over the State. InfoStride News reports that Abiodun, in the last one week, has been touring the local governments in Ogun to campaign for candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the July 24 local government elections, saying the there is no other party in the state. But, the Labour Party warned Gov Abiodun and the Ogun State Independent National Electoral Commission to desist from plans to rig the local government polls. The party charged…
Former federal lawmaker, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has accused members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Rivers State loyal to the minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, of attacking fellow members of the party who had gathered to deliberate on serious issues. The attack was alleged to have happened at the Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) of the state, when members of the party in Rivers, Cross River, Kano, Imo and Kwara States, who were unable to take part in the last registration and revalidation exercise met to prepare for the exercise. He called on members of the…
Nepal’s new Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Sunday comfortably won a vote of confidence in the reinstated lower House of Parliament. Deuba, the 75-year-old chief of the Nepali Congress, secured 165 votes in the 275-member House of Representatives, the Himalayan Times reported. As many as 249 lawmakers participated in the voting process and 83 of them voted against Deuba while one lawmaker remained neutral, it said. A total of 136 votes were required for Deuba to win Parliament’s confidence. The Nepal new Prime Minister, Deuba took the oath of office and secrecy on July 13 for a record fifth…
A man who identified himself as a former pastor of the Living Faith Church International, popularly known as Winners Chapel, Peter Godwin, says he was sacked by the church for not generating enough money in his branch. Godwin in a trending video as claimed by SaharaReporters said he was employed on the 28th of August, 2020 by Bishop Oyedepo’s Church, Living Faith Church. He claimed he was invited with about forty of his colleagues by the state pastor on July 1, 2021, and were all sacked over low income in their branches. Godwin, however, failed to mention the name of…
The Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Sunday declared its position on the decision taken by Southern governors regarding rotational presidency. Jareh Ajayi, the National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere said the group is totally in support of the governor’s decision. Speaking with newsmen, Ajayi said it would be fair and just for the Southern part of the country to produce the next president of Nigeria. According to the body’s spokesman, President Muhammadu Buhari would have spent eight years at the end of 2023, hence the need for the presidency to move to the Southern part of the country. Southern governors had…
Senator Shehu Sani has stated that the National Assembly has created three electoral bodies, which is INEC, NCC and themselves by its rejection of the electronic transmission of election results. The former Senator who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th Senate between 2015 and 2019 stated this in a radio current affairs programme in Osogbo Friday monitored by the media. Shehu Sani who expressed disappointment at the turn of events noted that it was sad, unfortunate and tragic that the national assembly can be so divided on a very important issue. According to him, “The national assembly is made up…
Former Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, has declared that the political battle line has been drawn between him and Senator Ahmed Sani Yarima over who controls the soul of Zamfara politics. The former governor maintained that Senator Yari has lost his political relevance, stressing that when the senator was the political godfather, nobody dared challenge him as his decision was final and irrevocable. He disclosed this while addressing his teeming supporters from Zamfara North senatorial zone at his Talata-Mafara residence, saying that senator Ahmed Sani Yarima finished himself politically in the state because of his anti party activities.…
Senior Afghan leaders are in the Middle Eastern state of Qatar talking peace with the Taliban, whose leader on Sunday issued a statement saying the insurgent movement wants a political settlement to Afghanistan’s decades of war. Still, there are few signs of a political agreement on the horizon, as the battles over Afghan districts continue in dozens of provinces and in the cities there are thousands seeking visas to leave. Most are frightened that the final withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops after nearly 20 years will plunge their war-ravaged nation into deeper chaos. Militias with a brutal history have…
The founding National Chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Rufai Hanga, has disclosed that there was an agreement that President Muhammadu Buhari would handover power to Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2023. Hanga disclosed that the implied agreement of Buhari to handover to Tinubu was an “open secret.” He said Tinubu would have dumped APC after Buhari’s first tenure but opted to remain with the party due to the “implied agreement.” “This is an open secret. There was an implied agreement. Even in law, there is an implied and expressed act. If…
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the votes against the electronic transmission of election results was not done by only members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) but by some People Democratic Party, PDP, senators as well. Recall that the Senate, while considering the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill, voted that “The Commission (INEC) may consider electronic transmission of results, provided the national coverage is adjudged to be adequate and secure by the National Communications Commission (NCC) and approved by the National Assembly.” However, Ahmad Lawan, while giving more reason to why the Upper Chamber voted the…
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has threatened to give his deputy, Mahdi Aliyu, “the treatment he deserves” if he dares him. The gap appears to be widening between Matawalle and Aliyu, after the governor dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Aliyu has refused to follow Matawalle to APC and even addressed a rally of the PDP, the platform that brought the two of them to power, to reaffirm his loyalty to the party. His decision has left Matawalle unimpressed. He told the Hausa Service of Deutsch Welle on Saturday, that he was…
A candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the Anambra State November 6 governorship poll, Valentine Ozigbo, has described the exclusion of his name from the list of candidates as temporary. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had on Friday released the list of candidates for the election, but failed to list a candidate for PDP, citing court order. But Valentine Ozigbo on Saturday assured the people of the state that he was still in the governorship race, and that the non-listing of his name was only a temporary setback. Ozigbo emerged the candidate of the party in a…
The UN humanitarian chief in Afghanistan appealed for USD 850 million Thursday to help the war-torn country cope with the impact of the Taliban offensive, protracted malnutrition for a third of the country, a severe drought, and the return of 627,000 Afghans this year, most of them deported from neighbouring Iran. Ramiz Alakbarov told reporters at UN headquarters after a virtual briefing from the capital of Kabul that at least 18 million Afghans are in need of assistance and the UN plan is to provide help for at least 15.7 million of them. But he said the UN’s USD 1.3…
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has told the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) to desist from linking him to the re-arrest of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Chris Ngige, in a statement by his media office on Saturday, insisted he does not have the time to involve himself with security and diplomatic matters. The Minister also described the attempt by IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, to link him with Kanu’s re-arrest as deceitful, mischievous, malicious and wicked. “Ngige is occupied, involved and engrossed with his duties as the Labour and Employment Minister, member of Federal Cabinet Committee for Economic…
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel said he can bet his certificate that if the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, is voted into power 2023 general elections, Nigeria’s past economic glory shall be restored back. Emmanuel, who stated this shortly after attending the Graduation ceremony of El Amin International School owned by late Dr. Maryam Babangida in Minna, Niger State capital, said the party had what it takes to bring the country out of its current economic challenges. “And, I can bet my certificate that the economy of this country shall return to its past glory if PDP is voted into…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, has debunked the claim by the Hope Uzodinma-led government that members of the opposition party are moving in thousands to the ruling party. The party described such news as fake and untrue. In a press release signed by the party’s Director of New Media, Collins Opuruzor, the opposition party said PDP is growing stronger and receiving more converts everyday. The release said, “Senator Hope Uzodinma has continued to embark on a wild goose chase while issues of overriding interest to Imo people are outrightly neglected. “His latest pastime is to sponsor fake…
The Southeast zone of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday in Abuja expressed optimism that its candidate would emerge victorious at the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. This is in spite of the fact that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did not include the name of the PDP candidate in the list of candidates it released on Friday. Mr Augustine Okeke, Publicity Secretary of its Caretaker Committee, said in a statement that the party was sure of victory going by the considerable public interest and commentaries that followed INEC’s action. He said the interests and commentaries…
During a phone conversation with his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged Beijing’s continued support for the “Afghan-led, Afghan-owned” principle, as well as the peace and reconciliation process in the war-torn country. The conversation took place between the two leaders on Friday, reports Xinhua news agency. Xi Jinping stressed that China firmly supports the Afghan government’s endeavour to safeguard national sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, which is in the interests of the Afghan people and countries in the region. China always believes that political dialogue is the fundamental way to achieve national reconciliation and lasting peace in…
The Nigerian Government has said that popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, is trying escape the country and is currently acquiring a new passport. The government also said it had at the moment, placed the activist on the stop-list in order to facilitate his arrest. The government said it has directed security agencies to arrest Sunday Igboho anywhere he is found. This was contained in a letter by the Nigeria Immigration Service dated July 9, 2021 and addressed to the Director-General, Department of State Services, DSS, the Inspector General of Police and the DG, National Intelligence Agency, NIA. Igboho was declared…