The Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in December 5, 2020 Cross River North Senatorial by-election, Mr. Joe Agi (SAN) has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had no candidate for the election. Agi petitioned the candidacy of Dr. Stephen Odey (first respondent) and that of Mr. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe (second respondent) as PDP candidates at the By-election Petition Tribunal for the by-election, in which Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) eventually declared Odey as winner. Odey was also issued certificate of return by INEC and was subsequently, inaugurated by the Senate. But in a twist of event, Jarigbe…
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Philip Shaibu, the Deputy Governor of Edo, said that a president from the South South in 2023 would balance the political equation of the country. Chief Dan Orbih, the National Vice Chairman, South South, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has pledged to reposition the party and make it stronger ahead of the 2023 general elections. Orbih made the pledge on Saturday in Benin, at a victory reception organised for him by his party members and friends.. Orbih, who was returned unopposed at the congress held at the Obi Wali International Conference Centre, had polled 960 votes out of the…
Yiaga Africa has described the violence that rocked that Ekiti East State bye-election, which was held on Saturday as despicable and antithetical. While condemning the violence the election, the group in a statement on Sunday, said that electoral impunity must be addressed in order to frontally curb the menace. According to the Director of Programs, Yiaga Africa, Cynthia Mbamalu, the unleashing of mayhem during the electoral process, which resulted in the death of Nigerians performing their civic duty and gunshot wounds sustained by an NYSC member and a female police officer at their duty post, was an assault on democracy…
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has disclosed that a corps member sustained a gunshot injury during the Ekiti State bye-election on Saturday. NYSC said the affected corps member, who worked as an ad-hoc staff during the election, sustained the injury when hoodlums attacked a polling unit during the poll. The scheme’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Adenike Adeyemi, also revealed that the Corps member was responding to treatment. Adeyemi called for the protection of Corps members because they are apolitical. According to Adeyemi: “NYSC Management wishes to announce that a Corps Member who was part of the adhoc…
Wike says Jonathan knows he won’t support him if he defects to the APC. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that former President Goodluck Jonathan won’t get his support if the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) gives him the 2023 presidential ticket. The governor said his party’s interest is more important to him, adding that he won’t engage in anti-party activity. He, however, affirmed that the people of Rivers State would support the ex-president if the ruling party presents him. According to a statement by his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri, the governor said this while speaking to the BBC…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said as a statesman, he would live the rest of his life serving humanity. NAN reports that Obasanjo spoke on Saturday in Abeokuta at the 20th anniversary of the Communion Faith Assembly and new chapel dedication. The head of the church is Bishop Tunde Akin-Akinsanya, the chairman, Ogun chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Obasanjo told the gathering that he arrived from Sudan on Friday night and would be travelling back to the United States on Sunday. “I am committed to global peace and service to humanity and I am here to play my…
The chairman of the south-east governors’ forum and governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi at the weekend endorsed Mr. George Moghalu to be the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in the forthcoming governorship election taking place in Anambra state. Recall that the Anambra gubernatorial election is scheduled to hold in November 2021. Umahi made this known while addressing supporters of Moghalu who paid him a consultation visit at his Uburu Country home. Umahi who described Moghalu as a saleable commodity expressed hope that the All Progressives Congress APC would clinch victory in the November poll. According to…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has urged Nigerians to make it a priority to end what he called the crisis of division. Makinde made this call during the inauguration of the 8th President of Christ Apostolic Church Worldwide, Pastor Samuel Oladele. The event was held at All Saints Chapel, C.A.C. General Secretariat, Bashorun, Ibadan on Saturday. It was attended by Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, who was represented by Chaplain of Aso Rock, Rev. Seyi Malomo, Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu in attendance. Akeredolu and Chief of Staff to the governor of Osun State, Dr. Charles Akinola, who…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has warned the Federal Government against conspiring to assassinate the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom. TheInfoStride reports that unknown gunmen suspected to be Fulani militia attacked Governor Ortom in his farm along Gboko-Makurdi road on Saturday afternoon. Ortom while briefing journalists at the Benue Peoples House after the incident said he was inspecting his farm when the militia attacked. Reacting, in a statement issued by Kelvin Ebiri, Special Assistant to the governor on Media, the Rivers Governor warned that a civil war may emerge if anything happens to his Benue State counterpart. According to…
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said he will only support former President Goodluck Jonathan if he accepts the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket for the 2023 election. Wike insisted he would snub the former President if he opts to contest under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He stated this while speaking to BBC Pidgin at the weekend in Port Harcourt. Governor Wike explained that even Jonathan understands that he would work against his ambition if Jonathan joins the APC and clinches the party’s ticket to run for President in 2023. He said:…
The National Prosperity Movement, (NPM) under the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) has urged Nigerians to elect competent politicians with visions that will ensure good governance for the country. The Kogi State Coordinator of NPM, Dr Major Musa Abutalib disclosed this while inaugurating Local Government coordinators of the movement in Lokoja on Saturday. Abutalib noted that democracy has come to stay in Nigeria hence a reliable and youthful person should be elected to rule the country in 2023. According to him, leaders must have a compassionate heart in his conduct and moral justification to rule the country, adding that the…
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has insisted that his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and President Muhammadu Buhari, have failed to deliver all the campaign promises to Nigerians. Fayemi said APC leaders should take responsibility for the failure to deliver on their campaign promises, insisting that some of the country’s issues were on ground before Buhari’s government. He pointed out that the party failed to deliver on its promises made to Nigerians in the areas of security, anti-corruption, and economic growth. Featuring on Channels Television yesterday, Fayemi said: “I’m not going to shy away from the expectations people…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kaduna State Chapter, has condemned in strong terms the rising spate of insecurity in the state. The party noted that it is no longer news that the state has become the hotbed of Kidnappings, armed banditry and other social vices in the country today. The State Publicity Secretary of the party, Abraham Alberah Catoh, in a statement, explained, “The recent abduction of 39 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna by bandits (kidnappers), the foiled Government Science Secondary School, Ikara attack and that of aviation staff quarters, the kidnap of 3 teachers…
Doyin Okupe, a former aide to Ex-Presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan respectively, has given one major reason the North will not support Igbo presidency come 2023. In a series of tweets on Saturday, Okupe explained that the North are yet to forgive the Igbo over the incidences of 1966 of which one of the high points was the killing of Sardauna of Sokoto in what until today is believed by many people to be an Igbo coup. The former presidential aide, who has declared his interest to run in the 2023 presidency, pointed out that if the Igbos reach…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on party members to submit inputs for the ongoing constitution review excercise aimed at taking the party to greater heights The Chairman of APC Constitution Review Committee, Prof. Mammam Tahir, made the call on Friday in Abeokuta while addressing party members during the South-West stakeholders’ meeting of the party. Mammam, who led other members of the committee to the meeting, explained that the national leadership of the APC had decided to review the party’s constitution. He explained that the meeting became necessary to receive contributions at the grassroots level in order to come…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Adedeji Zacch as the Executive Secretary of National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) for an initial term of four years. Buhari made the announcement in a statement on Thursday by Mr Willie Bassey, Director of Information, office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. The statement said that Zacch’s appointment was in accordance with the provision of Section 5 (1) of the National Sugar Development Council (Establishment Act, 1993). The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Zacch holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Accounting and Masters degree…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to provide viable opposition instead of making baseless corruption allegations against the government. The APC gave the advice in a statement by Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary of its Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) on Thursday in Abuja. The statement was APC’s reaction to a fresh allegation by the PDP of a 2.5 billion dollars arms scandal under the Buhari-led administration. “We truly hope the PDP can wake up to its responsibility of providing a viable opposition which our democracy needs, instead of engaging Nigerians with…
The Peoples Democratic has unanimously agreed that Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke will be the Governorship candidate of the party (PDP) in the 2022 gubernatorial election in Osun State. The recommendation was part of the highlight of resolutions arrived at a reconciliatory meeting of the Osun PDP, mediated by the national reconciliation team, headed by its chairman and a former Senate President and two-term governor of Kwara State, Dr. Olubukola Saraki. In the meeting attended by both interest groups from the Osun State Chapter of the PDP, it was also agreed that Sunday Bisi will be the validly recognised chairman of…
Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has appealed to Nigerians to support the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the 2023 general election. The former governor of Kwara State, made the appeal on Friday while inaugurating some projects executed by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State in Asaba the state capital. Saraki who lamented the current security situation of the country expressed hope that the opposition party would do better in the fight against insurgency if given the opportunity again. The former senate president who lauded governor Okowa over the projects, said there are still remnants of PDP faithful who has…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has rejected the Bala Mohammed-led committee report of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which recommended that the 2023 presidential ticket of the party should be thrown open to all sections of the country. Ohanaeze said that the Mohammed-led committee report was capable of impugning the unity of the country and asked for the withdrawal of the report that it described as unconscionable. The Igbo parent body noted that it was committed to Nigeria producing a President of Igbo extraction in 2023, adding that it will willingly identify with any group that is ready for the bargain. In…