Ahmed Bakare, a public commentator in Zamfara State has alleged that the APC Governor’s Forum has a hidden agenda, considering their constant sympathy visit to the state. In an exclusive interview with the media in Gusau, Bakare explained that there have been many occurrences in some APC controlled states but the APC Governors Forum has not cared to visit those states. “It is not surprising that since 1999 that Nigeria regained democracy from the military, Zamfara State belonged entirely APC. The PDP did not form a government there except through the Supreme court intervention in 2019″. Bakare said the ”APC…
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A member of the Anambra House of Assembly, Hon Nonso Okafor says it is untrue that Governor Willie Obiano endorsed an aspirant for the party’s ticket in the November governorship election. Okafor, a chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) stated this yesterday, during an interactive session with journalists at the Godwin Ezeemo Press Centre, Awka. The lawmaker was reacting to insinuations that the governor has endorsed the former Central Bank Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo for the party’s ticket. Okafor said, “I don’t understand what people mean by body language. People should stop dropping the name of the governor…
The Pan Nigeria Presidency of Igbo Extraction Coalition (PANPIEC) has advocated for all political parties to zone their 2023 Presidential seat ticket to the southeastern part of the country. The coalition said shifting power to the east would engender confidence, a sense of belonging, as well as erase the agitations in the southeast. The socio-political organization called on all stakeholders to work towards the realisation of Nigeria Presidency of Igbo extraction. PANPIEC made its position known in a statement jointly signed by its Director of Planning and Strategy, Pat Anyanwu and Assistant Director, Contact and Mobilization, Prudence Uchebuakor and made…
The Noble Youths Mass Support Association (NYMSA) has endorsed former presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, for the 2023 presidency. The Coordinator, Godwin Onmonya, told NAN that the group believes in hope in the ex-National Publicity Secretary of the National Republican Convention (NRC). Okupe worked with former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan. Onmonya described Okupe as a reliable and credible choice for the office of the president. NYMSA said Okupe will create an enabling environment for businesses, restore respect for the rule of law and provide job opportunities. “He is a thoroughbred grassroots politician, who understands Nigeria, Nigerians’ challenges and can…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is reported to have registered about 2.5 million members during its just concluded registration and revalidation exercise in Lagos. The exercise, which started in February ended on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Dr Muhammad Bashiru Ruwangodiya, Chairman of the APC Lagos Registration Supervisory Committee, said about 2.5 million registered during the exercise across the 20 local governments in the state. Ruwangodiya said, “So far, so good; members were registered and it was a complete success. We have no record of assault or wherever. It was a fruitful and wonderful exercise that I will live to…
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi is an outspoken monarch who has been criticised for his position on many issues. In this interview he discusses issues ranging from politics, traditional institutions, secession and the 2023 general elections. Excerpts: There have been agitations for secession and self-determination. IPOB in the South-East is calling for the Biafra Republic, while the South-West wants Oduduwa Republic. What is your take on these agitations? My take is that there should be devolution of powers; the center has to be weak, and the states given more responsibilities. State Police should be allowed. With the…
In response to the worsening Insecurity in the Southeast zone, governors, political, religious, traditional and other leaders from the region are currently in a closed-door meeting. The meeting is believed to have been convened as a response to Saturday’s attack on the hometown of Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma. On the same day in Imo State, the commander of the IPOB’s Eastern Security Network, ESN, Ikonso, was also killed by a combined team of security operatives. TheInfoStride reports that the meeting is ongoing at the Enugu Government House. Already in attendance are the Chairman of the Forum and Ebonyi State…
A chieftain of Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Oyo State, Engineer Oyedele Hakeem Alao has said that the demolition of the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS) staff quarters was an indication that the present administration in Oyo State lacks direction. Alao who contested the gubernatorial election on the platform of AD in 2019, made this disclosure via a statement signed by his Media Aide, Omotayo Iyanda. TheInfoStride reports that Makinde had a few days ago ordered the demolition of the staff quarters despite public outcry by the Oyo State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and other labour…
The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the government of Governor Dapo Abiodun and the All Progressives Congress (APC) represented unlimited agony in the state. This was contained in a statement made available to the media by the State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Akinloye Bankole, on Saturday. Bankole, who said the Ogun APC was pained with the growing wave of stability and harmony in the PDP in recent time, told the party that Ogun people are still awaiting all the “electoral eldorado” it promised during the campaigns. According to Bankole, Ogun government under Abiodun “should…
In his own argument, an Igbo leader of thought, Chief Abia Onyike stated that the emergence of a President of Igbo extraction in 2023 would be possible if the kingmakers agreed to make it a reality. According to him: “On the issue of Igbo disunity and Igbo presidency in 2023, if the kingmakers want to make an Igbo man president in 2023, I don’t see how it will not work. When Obasanjo was picked from prison in 1999, the Nigerian system was mobilised to instal him, not because of Yoruba unity. “After all the Yoruba never voted for Obasanjo. The…
In the South-Eastern part of the country, some youths, backed by IPOB, attempted to replicate Amotekun by establishing the Eastern Security Network, ESN. But last week, the five governors announced their regional security outfit which they called Ebube Agu. This, however, did not enjoy the overwhelming support of the people of the South East as it happened in the South West. There were discordant tunes everywhere and the opposition to the formation of Ebubeagu was so fierce that IPOB threatened that whoever joined it could be on the way to join their ancestors. Following this seeming disunity, not unusual among…
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has dismissed a news report in an online media that he was on Wednesday detained and questioned by operatives of the Economic and Financial. Fumes Commission EFCC after an attempt to bribe its chairman with $350,000. Akpabio in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Anietie Ekong on Saturday in Abuja said he was the one who sought an audience with the anti-graft agency boss on issues bordering on the transfer of funds belonging to the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC in respect of the 3% statutory remittances from Oil and Gas…
On June 26, 2021, two major rival opposition political parties in Anambra State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will conduct governorship primary election to nominate their standard bearers for the November 6, 2021 gubernatorial poll in the state. The decision to hold the crucial straw polls on the same day underscores the subsisting mutual suspicion between the two parties that moles and marginal aspirants were planted to grab the ticket for transactional purposes. Politics and elections in Anambra do not follow or flow on a predictable pattern. The only state in the country that shadows…
The factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Bayelsa State, Hon. Ebierien Fala Itubor, has raised the alarm over the gale of defection of party members to the main opposition party in the state, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying all is not well with the party and no pretence about it. Hon. Itubor, who lamented over the mass defection of members of the APC, including the recent defection of a serving lawmaker in the state representing the Minister of state for Petroleum, Hon. Daniel Charles, called on the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led National Caretaker Committee, to intervene or…
The war of words between members of the House of Representatives over Ali Pantami saga has continued. On Saturday, the Spokesperson of the House, Benjamin Kalu in a statement, insisted that the Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu used the wrong order in his legislative intervention. The statement was in response to a press statement by the Spokesperson of the Minority Caucus, Francis Agbo, who said on Friday that Mr Kalu erroneously misrepresented legislative proceedings on the point of order raised by Elumelu. It would be recalled that Mr Elumelu had on Wednesday raised a point of Order on Privilege. Elumelu in…
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has given Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, conditions to support him if he opts to contest the 2023 presidential election. National President of AYCF, Yerima Shettima said the North would study his relationship with Nigerians from other regions before deciding to support Tinubu’s presidential ambition. In an exclusive chat with the media, Shettima said that the former Lagos State governor’s ability to maintain a good relationship with other regions would be a deciding factor for the North. According to Shettima: “If Tinubu decides to contest, there is a way…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has flayed the President Muhammadu Buhari-led presidency for defending Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, amid alleged links to terrorist organisations. PDP said the Buhari-led Presidency confirmed its sympathy for terrorism by defending Pantami. Pantami was accused of being sympathetic to terrorist organisations like Al-Qaeda and Taliban. The allegation had irked Nigerians who called for Pantami’s sack and prosecution. Following the backlash, Pantami had denied links to the terrorists organisations but admitted making some remarks sympathetic towards them. He, however, declared that his perception has changed for good. Despite the backlash, the…
The plan by the Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to unseat the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 has been brushed aside by the ruling party. The Ogun APC described the PDP’s threat to take over the Ogun governorship seat in 2023 as “daydreaming, infantile fancy and political grandstanding devoid of practical reality.” TheInfoStride reported Wednesday that the PDP had during a reunion of Kashamu and Adebutu factions, vowed to ‘snatch’ power from the APC in 2023. But, the APC, in a statement by its spokesperson, Tunde Oladunjoye, described the reunion as “a charade meant for…
Senator Ayo Akinyelure (PDP – Ondo Central) says the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede will get a favourable judgement at the Court of Appeal. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the October 10, 2020 election. The petition tribunal declared him winner this week. Akinyelure, in a statement by his spokesman, Charles Akinwon, predicted that the verdict will be overturned. The lawmaker advised PDP members in Ondo not to be discouraged by tribunal judgment. “Members of our party should be hopeful because I have the assurances that Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) will still…
The Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress, on Friday, inaugurated a committee to work out the modalities and preparation of guidelines for the smooth conduct of forthcoming local government elections in the state. The 15 member committee is chaired by the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat and Mr Lanre Ogunyemi, Secretary, who is also the serobe of the state chapter of APC. Recall that Chairman of Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, Justice Ayotunde Phillips (retd), had on Wednesday, released the Statutory Notice of the commencement of political activities kicking off on Friday, April 30, by political…