Gbajabiamila has urged Nigerians to fully participate in the constitutional amendment process. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has stressed the importance of a constitutional amendment by slamming the 1999 constitution as a compromise for the sake of democracy. The constitution was handed down from the military when Nigeria transitioned back to a democratic system of government in 1999. The document has for decades been termed as fraudulent for its origin and blamed for many of Nigeria’s recent problems, especially in the areas of power imbalance between the Federal Government and subnational governments. The National Assembly has…
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The appointees will fill vacancies following the retirement of three permanent secretaries and death of one other. Kaduna State Government has announced the appointment of five new permanent secretaries and redeployment of others to various ministries. A statement issued on Tuesday in Kaduna by Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser on Media and Communication to Governor Nasir El-Rufai, said those appointed include: Abubakar Abba-Umar, Yusuf Sale, Adamu Atama, Balarabe Wakili, and Ya’u Y Tanko. The statement said the new appointment was to fill existing vacancies following the retirement of three permanent secretaries and death of one other. Those who retired were…
The Osun Progressives (TOP), a caucus of All Progressives Congress, APC on Tuesday, stated that the group was formed to strengthen the party but not otherwise has been tagged by “enemies”. The group asserted that the caucus was formed by progressives minded people whose objectives are noble with motives pure and not a splinter group within the Osun APC. Stating the mission of the group, the chairman of the APC caucus, Revd Adelowo Adebiyi during a press conference held at the Oranmiyan building, Osogbo, declared that TOP exists to correct the observed anomaly in APC, which according to him, other…
Prof. Kpamor Orkar, the Caretaker Deputy Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State, has said an Idoma indigene should be considered for the governorship position in the state in 2023. Orkar told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday that he does not believe that only Tiv people should continue to produce governors of the state without considering the minority tribes. NAN also reports that since the creation of Benue in 1976, only Tiv people have been elected governor, while Idoma and Igede people occupy the deputy governor’s position. He stressed that Benue people need to…
A year ago, protests over police brutality and racial injustice rocked cities across the country. Cries of “defund the police” and calls for reform echoed throughout the Democratic Party. But New York’s mayoral contest suggests a different political reality is taking hold among Democrats as urban areas nationwide dig out from the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic triggered massive job losses, left streets deserted, strained local budgets and contributed to a national rise in violent crime. The murder rate in U.S. cities jumped 25% or more in 2020, FBI statistics show, and is continuing to escalate this year. Last week, the…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s ally and a former National Chairman of the Buhari Organization TBO, Abdulmajid Danbilki Kwamanda has created a new APC Akida splitting the party into two factions in Kano. Abdulmajid Danbilki Kwamanda who has been championing the President Muhammadu Buhari ideologies since 2003 when the President first contested under the APP, said Governor Ganduje and the APC State caretaker Chairman Abdullahi Abbas should be held responsible for the crack in the party. He said, “the actions of the Governor as well the party caretaker Chairman for vehemently blocking some party loyalists who wish to contest the state gubernatorial…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, on Tuesday, distanced itself from Saturday’s outcome of its primary election currently circulating on some social media platforms. The APC described the results as fake and urged the general public, especially party members, to disregard them. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some unverified results of the APC primary election are circulating in some sections of social media. Reacting to the development, the APC Spokesman, Seye Oladejo, told NAN who sought authenticity of the results presently circulating on the social media, that the results were fictitious and misleading. Oladejo…
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has dismissed the congratulatory message from the former chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, and the party candidate of the September 2020 governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. While addressing a large gathering in Benin City, the state capital, on Tuesday as part of the celebration to mark Friday’s Supreme Court victory he said, if the opposition party leaders were serious about their congratulatory letter, they would have printed it on a letterhead paper with signature rather than posting it on the internet. According to him, Edo will never fall for such cheap…
The 2019 presidential candidate of Young Progressive Party (YPP), Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has declared to run for presidency again in 2023. Kingsley Moghalu, who earlier said he had resigned from the YPP and had also quit partisan politics, said he changed his mind. According to him, his decision to re-contest is due to concern for the youth and to seek a clearer alternative to the status quo that would tackle challenges currently facing the nation. Moghalu advises APC on credible guber primaries in Anambra He further stated that he would decide on a party to join in the next few…
President Joe Biden on Thursday chided Republican lawmakers who voted against his $1.9 trillion economic stimulus and COVID-19 relief bill before lauding its benefits in their political districts. Speaking at an event in Ohio, Joe Biden drew laughter from the crowd when he held up a list with names of Republican lawmakers who he said had touted the law, called the American Rescue Plan, after it was passed with only Democratic support. “Even my Republican friends in Congress, not a single one of them voted for the Rescue Plan. I’m not going to embarrass any one of them, but I…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has insisted that it stands by its findings and declaration that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its leaders are responsible for the killings, bloodletting and acts of terrorism in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement on Monday by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the party. According to the opposition party, “The PDP asserts that the resort to blackmail, threats and attack on the PDP and other well-meaning Nigerians as witnessed in APC’ statement today, in which it attempted to trivialize, politicize and dismiss the alarming violence in the country, cannot deter the…
Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has described the killing of Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, the ex-Political Adviser to the former President, Goodluck Jonathan, as politically-masterminded. The Governor, at a press briefing Monday in Owerri, said the manner with which politician was killed was unconnected to a political assassination. According to the Governor, “Ahmed Gulak was in Imo State for a national assignment. He came to Owerri with the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendment. Being a humble man, he chose to travel incognito according to his friend who was with him. “Someone must have trailed him from the hotel to the…
The Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Gani Adams, on Monday, declared that there is no going back on agitation for the Yoruba nation. Gani Adams accused some politicians in South West region of suppressing Yoruba interest due to their political ambition ahead of 2023. He vowed that no amount of antics by “selfish” people would stop the secessionists. Adams spoke to journalists at the 2021 Odun Aje (Wealth) Festival, held at Orile Agege in Lagos. He said the ongoing constitution review was a plot to stop the agitation for the Yoruba nation and it would not work. “The Yoruba are…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP in Abia State has asked the All Progressive Congress (APC) to stop chasing shadows and hide its face in shame for causing pain and agony to Nigerians. The party said the APC lacked moral justification to query Governor Okezie Ikpeazu for non-composition of the full State Executive Council, warning it to desist from casting aspersions on the leadership styles of the PDP but rather apologize to the citizens for misleading them with their inhuman and draconian policies that has given rise to terrorism, banditry, killer herdsmen menace, kidnapping and unknown gunmen attacks in every nooks…
China has announced that it will allow couples to have up to three children, after census data showed a steep decline in birth rates. China scrapped its decades-old one-child policy in 2016, replacing it with a two-child limit which has failed to lead to a sustained upsurge in births. The cost of raising children in cities has deterred many Chinese couples. The latest move was approved by President Xi Jinping at a meeting of top Communist Party officials. It will come with “supportive measures, which will be conducive to improving our country’s population structure, fulfilling the country’s strategy of actively…
Deputy Senate President and the lawmaker representing Delta Central Senatorial District, Ovie Omo-Agege, yesterday, visited Delta Ijaw at Bomadi, Delta State, in his bid to lead Delta state in 2023 with a pledge to provide better service delivery in Ijaw land. Omo-Agege, leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the South-South, stormed the riverine enclave, which is Sen. James Manager’s stronghold in Delta South, who is an ardent gubernatorial hopeful under the ruling PDP in the state. In a consultative/interactive meeting with Ijaw APC leaders/stakeholders, who came from Burutu, Patani, Warri Southwest, Warri North, and Warri South council…
Will the riverine part of Rivers State produce Governor Nyesom Wike’s successor in 2023? How far would the two major political parties, the governing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) go in accommodating the agitation by the Ogoni’s to produce the governor of Rivers State in 2023? Those are some of the issues defining Rivers politics as the next election cycle draws nearer. In the past, the zoning of governorship position played a crucial role in the state. However, it appears the zoning formula is losing its appeal as a factor to determine the 2023 poll.…
It was complaints galore as aggrieved members of the Lagos State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) recounted their harrowing experience during last Saturday’s council primaries of the party. Party faithful are now looking towards APC leadership in the state to see how they will redress the aftermath of violence, thuggery and intimidation that characterised the poll conducted across the entire 377 wards and 57 local councils of the state. From events preceding the primaries, which were to select the party’s standard-bearers for the July 24, 2021, local government poll, there were pointers to the possibility of mayhem…
A stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former senatorial candidate for Bayelsa Central Senatorial District in the 2019 general election, Barr. Festus Daumiebi, has dismissed as untrue the claims that the relationship between the current Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, and the former gubernatorial candidate of the party, Chief David Lyon, has turned sour, adding that both leaders are still close. Daumiebi, also described as “misguided and malicious,” insinuations among a section of the party faithful in the state that Timipre Sylva, a former governor of Bayelsa State, allegedly traded with the party’s governorship…
Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday derailed a bipartisan inquiry into the deadly assault on the Capitol by former President Donald Trump’s supporters, despite a torrent of criticism the lawmakers were playing down the violence. Democrats and some moderate Republicans had called for a commission to probe the events up to and including Jan. 6, when hundreds of supporters of Donald Trump, a Republican, stormed the Capitol, fighting with police, urging violence against lawmakers and delaying the formal certification of President Joe Biden’s election victory. The violence left five people dead including a Capitol Police officer. The measure mustered…