Walter Onnoghen, former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, on Friday opened up on why the Federal Government removed him from office in 2019 unceremoniously. Onnoghen said he was removed from office due to rumours from the Executive that he had a meeting with former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, preparatory to the 2019 general elections. The former CJN said the rumour was thick and spread fast but he decided not to react to it because he never travelled to Dubai or held any meeting with anybody, including Atiku. Speaking at a book launch titled ‘Fundamental…
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The Chairman House Committee on Public Procurement, Oluwole Oke has spoken out in favour of the call for constituency delimitation by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to the lawmaker from Osun State representing Obokun/Oriade federal constituency in the House of Representatives, the need for INEC to begin constituency delimitation in the country is long overdue. Oke who in a social media post called for the need to look at this issue brought forth by the electoral umpire with passion encouraged his colleagues to stand up for equity and justice. He reminded his colleagues that a letter INEC had…
The presidency has said that the fight against banditry, terrorism and other forms of criminality currently ravaging the entire nation, is everybody’s business. The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, made the assertion in this week’s edition of Fridays With Adesina, titled, ‘WE ARE ALL TOGETHER’. Adesina said the insurgents do not target a particular category of persons but rather attack whoever they see whenever they strike in a targeted community. “For anybody to think that the severe security challenges facing the country are Buhari’s cup of tea, or just the business of APC,…
The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari has advocated for a Southern presidency in 2023. Masari said it would be unfair for the Southern part of the country not to produce Nigeria’s next president in 2023. He stated this while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today. The Governor also noted that the APC has a very bright future because it had impacted Nigerians more than any other political party. According to Masari: “Of course, by all means, let everybody come with a balance sheet of what they got yesterday and what we get today and compare notes. “With regards to zoning,…
Former Governor Of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel (OGD) writes on the leadership, responsibility of followership and future of Nigeria. Below is his writ in full: “The Burden Of Leadership And The Responsibility Of Followership Seeks to take us through memory lane and clear doubts as much as possible. “Let me start that from my own vantage observatory tower no one in Nigeria today (not even our dear President) can correctly with any high degree of certainty predict where our country is headed. The parameters keep varying and the goal post keep changing. In such an environment of uncertainty, the burden…
The crisis that has lingered on for the past ten years between the groups led by late Buruji Kashamu and Honourable Ladi Adebutu which had each of them instituting different court cases, obtaining injunctions and dissolving executive committees has been successfully resolved. These actions have combined to weaken the party in the state and made many people to believe that the differences would never be resolved. In fact, the crisis is responsible for the loss of the PDP in the state during the past three general elections. Today, both parties have resolved to work together and withdraw all pending court…
The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has described as unfounded and baseless, allegations of a $2.5 billion arms scandal under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, made by the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, saying only the PDP would believe its own deviant tales. National Secretary, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC of the APC, Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe stated this Thursday night in Abuja. The statement reads; “Our earlier statement on the unfounded and baseless corruption allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party PDP stands. “It is increasingly clear that only the PDP believes its deviant tales. Under President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria…
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has said there is evidence that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defeated President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2019 presidential election. APC candidate for the presidential election and incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Buhari defeated his closest challenger and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The opposition headed to the court after the polls and challenged the results from the tribunal up to the Supreme Court, but could not upturn the…
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has defeated the All Progressives Congress, APC, at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The court, on Thursday, dismissed the alleged University of Ibadan degree certificate forgery filed against the Governor by the APC. According to the court, the suit by the governor’s former party lacked merit as it awarded N250,000 cost in favour of Obaseki The presiding judge, Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Abuja had on January 9, 2021, threw aside the case of university certificate forgery against the governor. The FHC judge, in his ruling, had said that…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been directed to declare Ifeanyi Ararume of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of the December 5, 2020, bye-election conducted for Imo North Senatorial District, Imo State. In a ruling on Thursday, Justice Taiwo Oladipupo Taiwo held in a judgment that Ararume remained the authentic candidate of the APC in the election and should be declared the winner of that election. The Judge also ordered INEC to issue a Certificate of Return to Ararume within 72 hours from the delivery of the judgment for him to be formally inaugurated by the…
The member representing Arochukwu constituency in Abia State House of Assembly, Hon Mike Onyekwere Ukoha has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the state. Ukoha was elected on the platform of APGA in the 2019 general elections across the state of Abia. His resignation from APGA was announced in a letter, read by the Speaker, Rt. Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, during plenary session of the State Assembly. In the letter, the Abia lawmaker, cited deep internal and irreconcilable crises that have rocked the party (APGA) for years in the state. He further said that there…
Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has urged the National Assembly to fast-track legislation that would permit Nigerians in the Diaspora to vote in the 2023 general elections. Moghalu said allowing Nigerians in the diaspora to vote would give them a higher sense of belonging. The 2019 Presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) disclosed this in a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday. According to him, Nigerians must have the ability to vote from abroad, as was the case in Ghana and many other countries. He explained that fast-tracking the…
Some leaders of Yoruba ethnic group have urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to with immediate effect, suspend the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Those who addressed a press conference in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital Wednesday evening also called for the suspension of the 1999 constitution. Spokesman of the group under the auspices of Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination, (NINAS), Professor Banji Akintoye, noted that the call was necessary because Nigeria cannot progress under the current political structure. Akintoye noted that the 1999 constitution was the cause of major problems the country was currently…
Barely two weeks after his impeachment as the Deputy Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Oludare Kadiri has headed to court to challenge his removal. TheInfoStride had earlier reported that Kadiri was removed over alleged gross misconduct and insubordination. But, the lawmaker, who has since been replaced by Hon. Akeem Balogun, debunked the allegations, saying his removal did not follow due process. Kadiri in a suit marked FHC/ AB/ FHR/ 35/ and dated March 10, dragged the Assembly before a Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, asking the court to quash his removal. The embattled lawmaker also…
The decision by former Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Ambassador Taofeek Oladejo Arapaja, and erstwhile National Vice Chairman, southwest zone, Dr. Eddy Olafeso, to contest the national vice chairmanship position in the planned Southwest zonal congress Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is worsening the division among the party faithful. Antagonists of Arapaja, who are mainly loyalists of former Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, have said the former Oyo State deputy governor has no moral justification to lead Southwest PDP. They noted that Arapaja once left the party and could not just return to take the reins. On the other hand,…
The All Progressives Congress APC has challenged the opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP to always argue with facts whenever it wants to accuse the ruling party of corruption. APC in a statement on Wednesday by the National Secretary of its Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC, Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe noted that in the past weeks, “the PDP has laboured to canvass tales of a phantom stolen N15 trillion public funds in the media”. According to the ruling party, “it is not surprising that the generality of discerning Nigerians have ignored the unfounded and baseless allegation because it is clear…
Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has reacted to the death of Tanzanian president, John Magufuli. Recall that Magufuli died of heart condition on Wednesday night. His death was announced in a state-wide broadcast by his deputy, Samia Suluhu Hassan. Hassan said there would be 14 days of national mourning while flags would fly at half mast. The deceased, aged 61, passed on weeks after there were speculations that he had contracted coronavirus. Reacting, the former president in a statement he personally signed, said “a bright star has been plucked from the African continent”. GEJ noted that his frequent visit…
President of the United States of America, Joe Biden has described Vladimir Putin, Russian president, as a ‘killer.’ According to Biden, Putin will “pay a price” for interfering in the presidential election held in November 2020 in the U.S. On assumption of office in January, the Biden administration had vowed to take a hard line against Russia over its history of attempting to assassinate and imprison dissidents and political opponents. A report released on Tuesday by the U.S. intelligence said that the Russian leader authorized election influence operations aimed at denigrating Biden’s candidacy. According to the report, Russia backed former…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, declared that he would exit the office if the people made the demand. Makinde said he was not bothered about the title, adding that it was the reason he vowed to take decisions in the best interest of the state and Yorubaland. The governor made the comment at the Pan Yoruba Congress held at Mapo Hall, Ibadan. Noting that the administration had a duty to ensure lives and property are secured, Makinde said the state will incorporate the non-state actors into the new security architecture. “By virtue of my office, I can see…
The Peoples Democratic Party has beratesd the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership over its despicable attempt to cover APC leaders who siphoned and frittered over N15 trillion from the national coffers, instead of advising President Muhammadu Buhari to go after them and recover the looted funds. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by Kola Ologbondiyan National Publicity Secretary of the party According to the statement, “Our party holds that this is a classical case of corruption in the APC fighting back and justifying its loathsome activities.” The statement further added that, “The PDP asserts the shameful attempt…