Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to restructure Nigeria and convene an emergency meeting on insecurity. This was contained in their communique after a meeting on Monday in Ibadan, Oyo State. The parley reviewed the state of the nation, steps to advance the conversation on the worsening security situation and the economy. The governors advised Buhari to immediately send an Executive Bill to the National Assembly to amend the constitution to devolve more powers to states. They said this would help states work out modalities for proper policing and also help to improve general security architecture.…
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President Joe Biden expressed optimism on Thursday that a deal could be reached on infrastructure spending after he held a meeting with a handful of Republican senators in a quest for a bipartisan compromise on his more than $2 trillion plan. Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito, who led a group that floated a smaller $568 billion infrastructure bill, as well as Senators John Barrasso, Roy Blunt, Mike Crapo, Pat Toomey and Roger Wicker met with the Democratic president in the Oval Office. “We had a very, very good meeting,” Biden told reporters at the White House after the talks concluded.…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied releasing a timetable for its Congresses and National Convention. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) said this in a statement on Monday. “Our attention has been drawn to obviously coordinated and syndicated misinformation being circulated in some sections of the media on purported plans and timetable for Congresses and National Convention of the APC. “This is the handiwork of political jobbers parading themselves as media sources. “The media, party members and indeed the general public should be wary and completely disregard the misinformation, antics and schemes of…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said the jubilation by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over the defection of some members of the People Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) means he is politically irrelevant. The Governor made the claims in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri. The APC in Rivers State on Sunday received some defectors from the PDP and the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Some of the defectors include: the immediate past Commissioner for Urban Development and Rural Planning, Reason Onya, and former Commissioner for Agriculture, Charles Nworgu. Both served…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has denied announcing interest to contest the 2023 presidential election. On Monday, his office disowned a website calling on Nigerians to join a volunteer organization mobilizing support. A statement by Presidential Aide, Laolu Akande, said solicitation by the group is trending on WhatsApp with a suggestion that the Vice President “quietly” declared intention to run. Akande said the VP was not in any way connected to the said website or the group behind it and considers such an enterprise an unnecessary distraction. “Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has not declared any interest whatsoever in the 2023 election”, the…
Thirteen governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have started their scheduled meeting in Ibadan. The number include twelve governors and a deputy governor. They are presently in a closed door session at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). The governors in attendance include: Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (Sokoto), who is the Chairman of the forum and Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) who is also the Vice Chairman of the forum. Others present are: Ahmadu Fintiri (Adamawa), Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), Duoye Diri (Bayelsa), and Samuel Ortom (Benue). The attendees also include: Ben Ayade (Cross Rivers),…
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is working within its timelines for the nationwide resumption of continuous voter registration (CVR) on June 28. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner, and Chairman of, Information and Voter Education Committee, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. Okoye said that the commission was on course, especially with the development of an online portal to be deployed for the exercise. “The online registration portal is almost ready and will be rolled out for the continuous voter registration slated to commence on June 28. “The…
The governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 6 election in Anambra State, Chief George Moghalu and Dr. Chiedozie Nwankwo, have said that they would give governance a new meaning if voted into power. Speaking during the formal inauguration of his mainstream political support group tagged ‘George’s Likeminds’ at his Awka campaign headquarters at the weekend, George Moghalu, however, cautioned the electorate to remain vigilant and be wary of empty political promises by desperate aspirants. The Chief Executive of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) said that youth welfare and empowerment would be his priority as governor.…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State has said that it will adopt consensus, direct and indirect primaries to choose its chairmanship and councillorship candidates for the forthcoming local council elections in the state. Publicity Secretary, State Caretaker Committee of the party, Tunde Oladunjoye, disclosed this to newsmen shortly after the party’s stakeholders’ meeting, held at the weekend inside the Presidential Lodge, Abeokuta, the state capital. The party’s spokesperson said that the party, having agreed on consensus names with party leaders for positions in some local councils, would then activate either the direct or indirect primaries for other local…
Eric Adams, a leading New York City Mayoral candidate, has assured the Nigerian community of a place in his government if elected the mayor in November. New York City’s leading Mayoral Candidate, Eric Adams, addressing the Nigerian community in New York at a debate on Sunday in New York Adams gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York on the sidelines of a debate convened by The Nigerian Forum. The forum is a coalition of the Organisation for the Advancement of Nigerians (OAN) and the Nigerian-Americans Public Affairs Committee (NAPAC), a political…
A youth group, under the aegis of Youths Earnestly Demand for Goodluck Jonathan 2023, have called on former President Jonathan to consider contesting the presidency in 2023, because of his qualities as a true democrat and nation builder. The group made the call in a statement jointly signed and issued by the Chairman, Mr Teddy Omiloli and its National Director Operations, Mr Douye Daniel on Sunday, in Abuja. It described Jonathan as a nation builder and a solution to the country’s problems, saying that it would fund his electioneering campaign should he accept the call to return to power in…
Despite a ban, tens of thousands of people gathered in Paris for a pro-Palestinian demonstration, during which police used tear gas and water cannon to try to disperse the demonstrators. Around 4,200 police officers were deployed in the French capital ahead of the protest on Saturday afternoon, dpa news agency quoted Franceinfo as saying in a report. By 7 p.m., 44 people had been arrested, and one policeman was injured, according to authorities. People demonstrated in the capital to mark Nakba Day, especially in Paris’ 18th district, where the police had previously ordered shopkeepers to close their businesses. According to…
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has called for urgent measures to stave off further attacks on its facilities across the country, lamenting that in less than two weeks, three of its offices in the Southeastern part of Nigeria have come under attacks by arsonists. “The spate of fire incidents involving the facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in some States of the Federation has unfortunately persisted”, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Barr. Festus Okoye disclosed this in a statement on Friday. According to him, the attack this time around, is…
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, and the Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, have disagreed over the security challenge in the state. Amaechi, the former governor of the state, while receiving some defectors from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, into the All Progressives Congress, APC, said the curfew imposed in the state by Wike was a sign that his (Wike’s) administration has failed. The minister blamed the level of insecurity in the state to alleged high level of unemployment, saying that he (Amaechi) led every operation to chase criminal elements out of the state Amaechi said the state…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sunday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government to address what it called the worsening food insecurity now threatening millions of Nigerians under his watch. This is even as the main opposition party noted that under Buhari, “over 82.9 million Nigerians can no longer afford their daily meals due to the failure of the administration to take practical steps to grow and protect the food sector, thereby leading to severe food scarcity with prices soaring beyond the reach of Nigerians.” In a statement signed by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP…
The PDP Governors’ Forum is scheduled to meet on Monday to review the current state of the nation. The Director-General of the forum, Hon. C.I.D. Maduabum, said that the forum would deliberate on issues on national security and the economy. Maduabum said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the governors elected under the platform of the PDP would meet in Ibadan, Oyo State. “The meeting will further review the current state of the nation, especially issues of national security and the economy, and also fine-tune strategies to support PDP as a viable and necessary alternative to the All…
Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who has announced she will not seek a second term in office, gave no clear reason on Friday but said the decision was a long time in the making and it was clear it was time to “pass the baton on to someone else.” “This is not something I woke up and decided yesterday, this is something I’ve been thinking about for a very long time,” she told a news conference a day after announcing her decision in a letter she shared on Twitter. Bottoms, 51, was elected mayor in 2017 and is the second…
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant in the November 6, governorship election in Anambra State, Chidi Onyemelukwe, has pledged to complete all viable projects abandoned by successive administrations if voted as governor. She disapproved the development where each administration abandoned projects of their predecessors and embarked on fresh ones and vowed to change the narrative. Onyemelukwe, who stated this yesterday at Umueze–Anam at a meeting with Anambra West Council statutory delegates of the party, argued that governance at the centre and state levels had been hobbled by inconsistent implementation of master plans. She argued that since governance was a continuum,…
Senator Biodun Olujimi has called on the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to reconcile contending groups in Ekiti State or risk losing the 2022 Governorship election. Olujimi, a former Minority Leader in the Senate, gave the warning Sunday in Omuo-Ekiti, Ekiti East Council area while commissioning blocks of classrooms and distributing fertilizers and other inputs to farmers in Ekiti South. She said the party has no luxury of time and should expedite action to settle the disputes among party members in the state. Olujimi maintained that the Uche Secondus-led National Working Committee should commence genuine process of…
Hon. Shaeed Akinade-Fijabi, former member of House of Representatives, has warned the All Progressives Congress, APC, against denying its National Leader, Bola Tinubu presidential ticket in 2023. Akinade-Fijabi warned that a third party will emerge if APC fails to field Tinubu as its presidential candidate. The former lawmaker warned that the third party in favour of Tinubu would counter both the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He spoke on a live radio program in Ibadan, yesterday on the possibilities of the former Lagos State governor emerging as Nigeria’s next president. Fijabi, who represented Ibadan Northwest/Southwest under APC, at…