Former governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have promised to look into the crisis rocking the party, which had led to the defection of many members. The ex-governors made the promise on Wednesday while meeting with the Saraki-led Reconciliation and Strategy Committee established to end the party’s crisis. TheInfoStride had earlier reported that the committee members, chaired by the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki were in close door meeting with the PDP ex-governors. Saraki, while addressing newsmen shortly after the meeting, said: “Former Governors that have been elected under the platform of the PDP, they…
Author: Ifeanyi N.
Members of the Reconciliation and Strategy Committee of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, are currently meeting with former Governors elected on the platform of the party. The meeting is being held behind closed-doors at the Legacy House Maitama Abuja. Saraki, the Chairman of the Reconciliation Committee, made this known via a tweet on his official Twitter handle. The tweet reads: “This afternoon, members of the #PDP Reconciliation & Strategy Committee and I are at Legacy House in Abuja, meeting with a cross-section of former Governors elected under the platform of our great party, the PDP.”
Senator representing Niger South Senatorial district, Birma Enagi, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari-led government is incompetent. He also said that the government has disappointed the citizens over poor handling of security matters. The lawmaker’s outburst followed a motion by his colleague on the reported abduction of Government Science Secondary School students, Kagara in Niger State on Wednesday morning. Senator Mohammed Sani Musa representing Niger East Senatorial district rose under order 42 and 52, disclosing that an unspecified number of school students with their teachers have been abducted. But lamenting the incessant abductions in Niger State, Enagi suggested if the…
Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Yekini Nabena, has described the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed as a total failure in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Nabena also said time has left the Minister behind in the scheme of things in APC, adding that he (Mohammed) can no longer catch up with time unless he works with his governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State. Lai Mohammed had called Yekini Nabena an impostor for advising him to work with his Kwara State Governor and allow peace to reign in the ongoing nationwide membership registration…
Simeon Eze, an ex-Personal Assistant to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Security and Protocols, has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Eze, from Echara/Isiagu Ward in Igboeze-South Local Government Area of Enugu State, joined the APC on Tuesday. NAN reports that he registered at the local government party secretariat in Ibagwa-Aka. Jonathan Zwingina, the Chairman of APC Registration and Revalidation Committee in Enugu, attended the event. Also present were Ben Nwoye, State Caretaker Committee Chairman and some executives and party chieftains. The APC also received some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youths from Unadu Ward of the LGA. “I decided to…
The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the purported defection of former Governor Gbenga Daniel to the All Progressives Congress (APC) is good riddance to bad rubbish. The PDP said it will not miss the former governor in any way, adding that his official departure would ensure peace and stability in the party. The Ogun PDP Publicity Secretary, Akinloye Bankole, on Tuesday, told newsmen that defection of Daniel was not new. Bankole asserted that the Sagamu-born politician had left the PDP two years ago when he was said to have ordered his loyalists to work…
The National Chairman, Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has disclosed that nearly 10,000 requests have been made for the establishment of additional polling units. Yakubu said the nationwide requests were 5,700 as of October 2020 but had increased by over 4,000 as of February 15. He spoke on Tuesday at the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) office in Kaduna, during consultations on additional polling units in Nigeria. Yakubu explained that INEC has been using 119, 973 polling units since 1996. ”In 1999, the country had 84 million registered voters and the number of polling units remained the same”, NAN…
The governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi and younger brother Austin Umahi, who was formerly the national vice chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, south-east zone, on Tuesday officially joined the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC. Umahi and brother officially registered in APC at his country home in Uburu polling unit in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The governor who was issued the membership card while addressing party members and supporters said the APC would completely take over the zone by 2023. The registration according to reports validated Umahi’s defection to the national ruling party after he…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan met with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Reconciliation and Strategy Committee. The meeting was part of efforts to resolve the internal crisis within the opposition. The party last year appointed former Senate President, Bukola Saraki to head its national reconciliation committee. Saraki, who disclosed this in a tweet, on Tuesday wrote: “As part of our efforts to listen to the concerns of key stakeholders across our great party, this afternoon, the @OfficialPDPNig Reconciliation and Strategy Committee is meeting with our immediate past President, H.E. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (@GEJonathan). Just a few days ago, Jonathan had dismissed…
The Kano State House of Assembly has urged the State Government to complete the abandoned road linking Ungoggo and Minjibir Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. This followed the adoption of a motion by Mr Tasi’u Zabainawa (APC-Minjibir) at plenary presided over by Speaker Hamisu Ibrahim-Chidari on Tuesday. Presenting the motion, Zabainawa explained that the project was initiated by the administration of late Gov. Abubakar Rimi, but abandoned for several years before it was resuscitated by former Gov. Ibrahim Shekarau’s regime. “The project was abandoned again for many years before it was salvaged by Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje during his…
Reactions have continued to trail the defection of Gbenga Daniels from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressive Congress, APC. Daniel who was the campaign manager for PDP’s former Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar announced his defection to APC on Tuesday. He revealed that his decision to decamp began from supporting Governor Dapo Abiodun adding that it took a speedy curve with the request of the national caretaker Chairman of the APC to visit him along with three governors. His defection has stirred reactions from Nigerians who called out Nigerian politicians for chasing after their selfish interest and not…
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Chukwuemeka Eze have condemned the alleged smear campaign and blackmail by the Prince Uche Secondus-led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, against Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi. Eze, in a statement made available to the media on Tuesday, said it is widely obvious that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in Ebonyi State is still reeling from the pains inflicted on them by the cogent exit of Governor Umahi from their fold. He admonished the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to employ…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has described Yekini Nabena, a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as an impostor. Mohammed made the remark in response to a statement credited to Nabena on the ongoing membership revalidation exercise of the APC in Kwara State. The minister had called for the cancellation of APC revalidation in Kwara State over alleged irregularities. Mohammed had said the revalidation exercise did not meet guidelines laid down by the national body of APC. However, Nabena countered the stance of the minister. Nabena charged Mohammed to submit to the…
Otunba Gbenga Daniels has finally broken silence on news over his defection to APC on PDP WhatsApp Platform. Otunba Gbenga Daniel’s message to PDP in the party’s WhatsApp platform reads in full: “Dear friends and colleagues pardon my short notice in informing you of my route to the APC which as you might have suspected started with my supporting Governor Dapo Abiodun during the last election. I have since experienced an avalanche of encouragement to come on board. “However, in the last 48 hours, things took a dizzying speed with the decision of the APC National Chairmans request to visit…
Following reports that Senator Musiliu Obanikoro and Senator Iyiola Omisore had allegedly retrieved their passports back from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and travelled to America, the former aviation minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, Sunday said he does not blame them for joining the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in order to avoid being persecuted and vowed that he (Fani-Kayode) would rather die than bow to President Muhammadu Buhari or join APC. Disclosing this via his official Facebook handle, Fani- Kayode urged Nigerians to stay strong and focused, noting that time has come for Nigerians to enthrone justice, fair…
Former Governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC. Daniel who was the campaign manager for PDP’s former Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar made his defection known on Tuesday. He said his decision to decamp became necessary following his support for Governor Dapo Abiodun, adding that it took a speedy curve with the request of the national caretaker Chairman of the APC to visit him along with three governors. ”Dear Friends & Colleagues, pardon my short notice in informing you of my route to the APC which as you might…
Governors of Sokoto and Zamfara states Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, and Dr. Bello Matwalle respectively, have commended their Akwa Ibom State counterpart, governor Udom Emmanuel for the existing peace in the State. The duo gave their commendations last Sunday in Uyo, during their visit to commiserate with governor Emmanuel over the demise of prominent sons and stakeholders of the People’s Democratic Party, including late, Air Commodore Idongesit Nkanga (rtd), late Chief of Air State, Air Marshall Nsikak Eduok and state Chairman of the PDP, Udo Ekpenyong. Speaking, Chairman of PDP Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal described Governor Emmanuel as a jewel that…
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, announced this in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, his appointment is subject to the confirmation of the Senate. “President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). “In a letter to President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, the President said he was acting in accordance with Paragraph 2(3) of Part1, CAP E1…
Senate Chief Whip and former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, Monday, revalidated his membership of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The revalidation exercise was carried out at Senator Orji Kalu’s Igbere Ward A, in Bende Local Government Area of the State and was witnessed by the Abia APC National Registration and Revalidation committee, chaired by Ambassador Bala Mohammed Maigairi. The State, Local government and ward executives members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), were also on ground during the revalidation exercise at Igbere Bende. Speaking after revalidating his membership of APC, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu commended the…
Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, has called for the immediate cancellation of the ongoing membership registration and revalidation exercise in Kwara State. He also asked the party’s national leadership to put in place a process to ensure the conduct of a credible and fair exercise that will enjoy the support and confidence of all. Addressing a press conference at his residence, Oro town, Irepodun Local Government of the state, on Monday, shortly after his registration exercise, Mohammed also demanded: “the immediate disbandment of the Senator John Danboi led membership registration team for Kwara.” He said, “A vast majority of the APC…