Nigerian Senate, on Monday declined Lauretta Onochie’s nomination as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Onochie’s non-confirmation followed the report by the Senate Committee on (INEC), Senator Kabir Gaya who said her nomination breaches Federal Character principles. Kabir Gaya cited Section 14 (1) 3 of the Constitution, stating that somebody was already a Commissioner from her zone, and the law remains clear about that. Details later…..
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Abuja-based right activist, Deji Adeyanju, has exposed an alleged plot by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to create a faction within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In a tweet, the convener of Concerned Nigerians Group wrote: “APC will soon create a faction in PDP if care is not taken. You heard it here first.” This is coming at a time several top chieftains of the PDP defected to APC. PDP, in the last six months lost some governors and lawmakers to the APC. Governor of Ebonyi, Dave Umahi; Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, and Bello Matawalle of Zamfara…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has called on members of the National Assembly (NASS) to enact laws regarding electronic transmission of votes during elections. Tambuwal, who made the appeal at a news conference on Monday in Sokoto, stressed that the lawmakers should leave a good legacy that would strengthen the nation’s democratic processes. According to him, he speaks in his capacity as former Speaker of 7th House of Representatives and a Nigerian citizen, to add his voice based on his leadership experiences and political activities in the country. Tambuwal expressed his belief in the national interest to bequeath to…
China military said on Monday it “drove away” a US warship that illegally entered Chinese waters near the Paracel Islands on Monday, the anniversary of an international court ruling that Beijing has no claim over the South China Sea. The USS Benfold entered the waters of the Paracels without the approval of the Chinese government, seriously violating China’s sovereignty and undermining the stability of the South China Sea, the People’s Liberation Army’s Southern Theatre Command said. “We urge the United States to immediately stop such provocative actions,” the Southern Theatre Command said in a statement. The U.S. Navy did not…
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has promised that all those who obtained the nomination forms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the July 24 local government elections would be compensated by his administration. Abiodun assured that chairmanship or councillorship aspirants who lost out in the primaries “would be given something” at the end of the day. The Governor made this known on Monday while addressing party faithful at Ayetoro, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State. Abiodun said he was aware of the fact that many people aspired to be chairmen, councillors and others, saying however that…
Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, on Monday disclosed that he had the go ahead of the state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to run for the 2023 presidential election. The governor made the disclosure at the Government House, Bauchi, when he received a coalition of groups, including the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), National Union of Bauchi State Students (NUBASS), Bauchi State Traders and Artisans Association and Association of Achaba and Keke NAPEP, which visited him to present a letter of endorsement to contest the next presidential election…
Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike has accused the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government of plotting to rig the 2023 general elections by nominating presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The Governor, who made the accusation in Port Harcourt during the presentation of his scorecard as Governor for six years, said despite the protest by Nigerians against the nomination of Onochie, the National Assembly appears determined to confirm her nomination. He said the move is a plot of the grand design of the APC to rig the 2023 elections. Governor Wike therefore…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday in Abuja kickstarted its move to unseat Zamfara State Governor, Bello Muhammad Matawalle, at the Federal High Court over alleged unlawful defection. Also slated for removal from office is the Deputy Governor of the state, Alhaji Mahadi Aliyu Gusau, over the same issue. The party asked the court to sack the Governor and his Deputy over their unlawful defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The request forms part of the reliefs being sought in a suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/489/2021, filed in the names of two PDP members from Zamfara State, Alhaji Sani Kaura…
It is no more business as usual as the Lagos State House of Assembly has passed a bill stopping the parade of suspects before the media. The amended Criminal Justice Law of Lagos state, newly passed on Monday, now bars police, henceforth from parading suspect. Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni on behalf of the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, passed the bill. Here are five major things all Lagos residents and visitors should know about the new law. No more parading of suspect by police Unlike the case of Chidinma Ojukwu and other suspects in the…
Nepal’s Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the dissolved House of Representatives for a second time in nearly five months, delivering a major blow to Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli who is currently heading a minority government after losing a trust vote in the House. A five-member Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday also ordered appointment of Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba as prime minister within two days. The bench led by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana had concluded hearings in the case last week. The bench comprised four other senior most justices — Dipak Kumar Karki,…
Prof. Attahiru Jega, a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has kicked against the nomination of presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, as INEC’s National Commissioner. Protests have greeted the nomination of Onochie as commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by President Muhammadu Buhari. Although she admitted that she was a member of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) before the 2019 general elections, Onochie during her screening by the Senate Committee on Thursday, denied being a member of any political party in Nigeria at the moment. However, Jega in an interview with Channels TV on Sunday,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed the Governors of Lagos and Kwara, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman to lead reconciliation efforts in Anambra. This followed the dispute over the outcome of the June 26 primary election which took place at Golden Tulip Hotel, Agulu Lake in Awka. Ogun Governor Dapo Abiodun chaired the committee. Andy Uba defeated 13 other aspirants to emerge as the flagbearer. In a statement, APC National Secretary, John Akpan Udoedehe said Sanwo-Olu and Abdulrazaq were tasked to unify and strengthen the party ahead of November 6 election. They are to bring together all the aspirants…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State has claimed that Lauretta Onochie, Social Media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, is not a card carrying member of the party. The party further asked the Senate to ignore the protests and plethora of petitions against Onochie’s nomination. Protests have greeted the nomination of Onochie as commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by President Mohammadu Buhari. The APC described as fictitious and frivolous petition from a senatorial district in Delta State which has vehemently opposed her nomination because she is Anioma daughter. In a communiqué at the end of a…
President Xi Jinping, who assiduously built the image of being “core” leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), is frustrated with the officials for waiting for his instructions before acting, according to a recently published book by the ruling party. The book, published by the CPC Central Party Literature Press last month, for the first time made public Xi’s angry remarks, providing a rare glimpse into his meetings which otherwise were shrouded in secrecy. Xi, 68, had expressed frustration over the lack of initiative among officials at an internal meeting in January and complained that too many waited for…
The caretaker committee chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi State, Fred Udeogu, at the weekend vowed that the forthcoming PDP Congresses will be conducted without rancour, crisis or sidelining of chieftains of the party. Udeogu made this known while interacting with newsmen in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi state, wherein he said the Congresses of the party will be free, fair and credible. According to him: “By November last year, the governor defected to APC and national organ of PDP dissolved the entire structure of the party in Ebonyi and constituted a caretaker committee to hold on the…
Zamfara State Deputy Governor, Barrister Mahadi Aliyu Gusau, on Sunday, held a closed-door meeting with the leaders of the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) across the 14 Local Government Areas of the State. The meeting, which was held at the deputy Governor’s residence in Gusau, the state capital, focused on how to strengthen the party in the State following the recent defection of the State Governor, Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle and his cabinet members to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Briefing newsmen shortly after the meeting, the Deputy Governor said the meeting became very imperative in order…
A socio-political group, the Peoples Democratic Party Coalition (PDPCO), has written to the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, for an urgent need to constitute a harmonization drive to address the pressing problems confronting the party with particular reference to mass exodus of members to the All Progressive Congress (APC). In a letter signed by its National Coordinator, Chief Emeka Kalu, and addressed to Chief Uche Secondus, the PDP Coalition stated that the party leadership needs to take swift action to save the party’s successfully achieved blueprints from hitting the wall due to misguided happenings…
A member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Grace Folashade Jackson Bent was on Saturday formally received into the opposition party in Adamawa State, the All Progressives Congress, APC. The female Senator was welcomed by the National Chairman, extraordinary caretaker committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), His Excellency, Mai Mala Buni, represented by a former Senate President, Chief Ken Nnamani. The APC Chieftain from the South-East said Bent was the first female Senator to formally decamp to the APC because she considered the party to be a moving train. Nnamani said, “APC…
US President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as his ambassador to India. If confirmed by the Senate, Garcetti, 50, would replace Kenneth Juster, who served as India’s Ambassador to the US during the Trump administration. Early this week, Juster was appointed as distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Announcing the nomination along with several other ambassadors, the White House said Eric M Garcetti has been the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles since 2013, following 12 years as a member of the City Council, including six as Council President. As Mayor, Garcetti…
A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Chief Chukwuemeka Eze, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to penalize Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State for allegedly turning project commissioning into an unlawful campaign. In a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday, Eze, a former national spokesman of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), said Wike has continued to carry on with political rallies round the state inviting national figures and using the avenue to speak ill of President Mohammadu Buhari and the ruling APC in disregard for the law regulating political and electoral activities. He opined…