Author: Ifeanyi N.

The House of Representatives says it is broke and cannot afford to carry out its constitutional mandate effectively. Rep. Benjamin Kalu (APC-Abia), the spokesman for the House, said this when he spoke with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. The lawmaker said the budget of the National Assembly should be reviewed upward to enable it to cope with the situation. “Yes the house is broke, I have said it before and I am saying it again and I am not afraid of saying it. “This is the fact until Nigerians believe that the appropriation that was made for the running of…

The National Chairman of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) says it has no plans to merge with any group or political party to form the proposed Mega Party ahead of 2023 poll. Mr Falalu Bello, National Chairman, PRP said this when he spoke at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. According to Bello, the party is not merging with any group. “We are not. That is not to say that we have not been invited. About 10 days ago, their secretary got across to me and advised me of the fact that we are invited to belong to the committee.…

Amaechi appreciates officials of the APC in charge of the exercise for revalidating his membership. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and his wife, Dame Judith Amaechi, have revalidated their membership of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers. Amaechi and his wife revalidated their membership at unit 14, ward 8 in Ubima, Ikwerre Local Government Area (LGA) of the state on Monday. Mr Kola Omotinugbon, Chairman of the state APC membership registration/revalidation committee, commended the leadership of APC for its maturity and peaceful disposition in carrying out the exercise. He said while presenting APC membership slip to Amaechi, that he and…

The Abia State chapter of the Action Alliance (AA), has adopted Dr. Okey Prestige as its flag-bearer in the upcoming March bye-election for the vacant position of Aba North/Aba South federal constituency seat in the House of Representatives. The AA Flag-bearer is the younger brother of the former occupant, Late Hon Ossy Prestige, who was elected on the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) and died in Germany last month. The adoption of Dr. Okey Prestige as Candidate of Action Alliance, AA, for the coming bye-election was unanimously agreed by the party leaders, stakeholders and supporters in a…

The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has slammed the Peoples Democratic Party PDP for its lame attempt at returning to power in 2023, describing the opposition party’s ambition as ‘incredibly delusional’. National Secretary, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC of the APC, Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe stated this on Tuesday in Abuja. The statement reads; “The All Progressives Congress (APC) has no intention to trade words with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its governors and leaders on the propriety of infrastructure projects undertaken by the current administration and which state deserves a federal government project. “From previously abandoned to new projects,…

Women Affairs Minister, Pauline Tallen, said a female President of Nigeria was achievable. Tallen cited the feat in Liberia and Malawi in a chat with reporters at the All Progressives Congress (APC) national secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday. She led a delegation to submit a memorandum to the party’s Constitution Review Committee. The document was received by the Committee Chairman, Prof. Tahir Mamman. Tallen complained that women had been marginalised in the country and in the ruling party. She demanded affirmative action, noting that women give the highest votes in elections. Tallen expressed dissatisfaction about the absence of women in…

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, on Wednesday, accused the Federal Government of Nigeria of shielding the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, from prosecution for purportedly misappropriating proceeds from the sales of some of the state’s assets. Wike said it was awful that the FG had continued to protect the minister from prosecution for his alleged inability to account for $308million from the sales of the state-owned power plant and other critical assets when he was Rivers Governor. The governor spoke during the inauguration of 6.1km long, 7.3m wide Omuihuechi-Omuoko-Omokiri link Road in Aluu Ikwerre Local Government Area. This was…

The promoters of the mega party being planned ahead of the 2023 are reaching out to stakeholders. There are speculations that some of the proponents are members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The new platform, it was gathered, plans to register with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before the end of 2021. The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) says it has no plans to merge with any political party. The National Chairman, Falalu Bello, confirmed that the mega party planners had started inviting prospective allies. Bello told reporters in Abuja on Wednesday…

Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has advised youths of the state to stay off politics until the succeed in the pursuit of their dreams. The governor made the assertion on Wednesday during an Ebonyi State EndSARS Summit hosted by the state government in Abakaliki. According to him: “Remove your minds from politics and succeed first. Those who are manipulating politics are the wealthy men and women. “That man that made every one of us be a councillor, go and find out his situation. Has he made any progress? The answer is no.” The governor, who advised the youths to…

All the nominees served in one capacity or the other during Akeredolu’s first term in office. Ondo State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, screened and confirmed the four commissioner-nominees sent to it by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akeredolu had, on March 3, sent the names of the nominees to the assembly for confirmation, through his Chief of Staff, Olugbenga Omole. The commissioner designates are Mr Wale Akinterinwa, Mr Raimi Olayiwola, Mr Donald Ojogo, and Charles Titiloye. NAN also reports that all the nominees had served in one capacity or the other during Akeredolu’s…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-South geopolitical zone has elected a new executive committee. The party has also vowed to reclaim power at the centre in 2023. During the election which took place at Obi Wali Conference Centre, Port Harcourt, Chief Dan Orbih, who ran unopposed, emerged as the National Vice Chairman of the party in the geopolitical zone. Other elected officers, who also emerged unopposed, were Felix Omenu, Zonal Secretary; Anthony Ikuenobe, Financial Secretary; Evelyn Weke, Treasurer; George Turnah, Legal Adviser; Lloyd Owonaru, Youth Leader and Tessy Toru, Woman leader. The election was conducted by an electoral…

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State on Wednesday said he would confirm his interest to run for the presidency in 2023 at the right time. Bello made the remark while reacting to a report alleging that he disclosed his decision to run for the presidency in 2023. The governor, who spoke with the media through his Chief Press Secretary, Onogwu Muhammed, said his immediate attention was delivering his electoral promises to his people. He noted that Nigerians have been calling on Bello to run for the presidency due to his good works in the state. Bello was said to have…

Destiny Akaraka Nwagwu has emerged the flag bearer of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the coming bye election for the vacant seat of Aba North/Aba South federal constituency. This is following the demise of the former occupant, Hon Ossy Prestige, who was a member of APGA and died in Germany last month from undisclosed illness. In a well attended party primaries held in Aba, on Monday, Destiny Nwagwu, who also was the House of Assembly candidate of APGA during the 2019 election, polled a total votes of 658 to emerge the party’s standard bearer, defeating Hon Obinna Ichita,…

Rochas Okorocha, Imo West Senator, has said 2023 is the right time for the Southeast to produce Nigeria’s President. Okorocha said the mood of the country was ripe for a president of Igbo extraction. The former Imo State governor made the remark yesterday in Abuja while playing host to a pressure group, Ndi Igbo Good Governance Initiative (NGGI). He pointed out that denying Igbos presidency in 2023 would amount to injustice. “It was morally just for the country to support the Igbos to produce the next president. “The mood of the nation has changed and there is so much division,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed satisfaction with the way and manner the February 20 run-off presidential election was conducted in Republic of Niger. The president, who made his feelings known after he was briefed on the elections in the neighbouring country by former Vice-President Namadi Sambo, on Monday at State House, Abuja, said Nigeria was concerned about security in Republic of Niger. Sambo is ECOWAS Head of Mission on the election in Republic of Niger. The Nigerian leader said: “We are concerned about their stability, and I am glad the elections went well. I am happy it was transparent, as…

Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, said the All Progressives Congress (APC) was making moves to get the Oyo helmsman to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Adisa, in a statement, noted that the “plot to lure Makinde to the APC” did not come as a surprise. According to him, the opposition was scared of a woeful performance in Oyo in the 2023 governorship election. The spokesman said the governor’s “unprecedented achievements” have surpassed the opposition’s imagination. “Rather than claim that Makinde wants to defect, the truth the APC elements should tell the world is that their…

The Nigerian Youths Movement for Tinubu (NYMT), on Tuesday, urged the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu to join the 2023 presidential race. The organization declared that Tinubu was the perfect fit to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari. Mukhtar Mukhtar, Director General, NYMT, told reporters in Abuja that he has been the rallying point for progressives in the country. NAN reports that the North-West coordinator, Mustapha Abdrahman, urged the former Lagos State Governor to run. He described Tinubu as a political phenomenon, an astute administrator and successful businessman. “Tinubu has been a vanguard of true federalism…

A High Court sitting in Rivers State has restricted the People Democratic Party (PDP) from conducting the party’s South-South Zonal Congress in Port Harcourt. The court granted the interim injunction restraining the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from going ahead with its South-South zonal congress slated for Port Harcourt today, March 9, 2021. The order was consequent upon a suit instituted against the party by four aggrieved members – Kingsley Ntuisong, Raphael Stephen Ntui, Ogar Solomon Aloho and Odama Thomas Odama. The applicants stressed that they were suing for themselves and also on behalf of some members who emerged PDP chapter…

A group, Recover Nigeria Project has said that it would disrupt the conduct of the Anambra governorship election, scheduled for November 6, 2021. The group said it is unhappy that the Anambra State Government has failed to conduct local government election, thereby denying the people at the grassroots of quality representation. In a letter of notice sent to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), signed by its leader, Comrade Osita Obi and made available to the media, the group said its members are determined to stake their lives to ensure that the governorship election did not hold, until that of local…

The All Progressives Congress, APC in Oyo State, yesterday, took a swipe at Governor Seyi Makinde over his alleged denial of clandestine plans to cross carpet from the Peoples Democratic Party for known political reasons describing the development as shameful, immoral, and regrettable. The social media platforms were awash, on Monday, by speculations about Gov. Makinde perfecting plans to join the APC has reached out to some powerful stakeholders within and outside the southwest but the report was denied by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, who claimed in a statement that Oyo APC was the…