Overwhelmed by the spate of criticism and condemnation trailing his questioning of Nigeria citizenship of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in a law court, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has denied ever instituting legal action on the citizenship or otherwise of Atiku. Malami made the denial in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr Umar Jibirilu Gwandu which was made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday. The denial read in part “The Honorable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN…
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Prince Onu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says enemies of the APC national leader, Bola Tinubu, within the party, were working against him. The APC Senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South in 2019 raised the alarm in a statement on Wednesday. Onu said those against the former Lagos Governor were behind rumours of his alleged rift with President Muhammadu Buhari. He noted that Tinubu and Buhari were allies, recalling their formation of the ruling party ahead of the 2015 elections. Onu said the politician had kept to his principles and built bridges across Nigerian regions and states. “This…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Olumide Aderinokun, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to act urgently to save Nigeria from falling apart. Aderinokun said the unity of Nigeria under President Buhari is ‘shaky’ following the high rate of insecurity in the country A statement released by Aderinokun media aide, Taiye Taiwo, the politician condemned the insecurity menace in Nigeria, calling on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to focus more on securing lives and properties instead of politicising the recent events. “Just before the Imo State Police Headquarters and a correctional facility in Owerri were attacked by gunmen,…
The Pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Wednesday, denied supporting the presidential bid of any aspirant for the 2023 presidential election. This is coming on the heels of a viral statement by the leader of South West Agenda, SWAGA, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, purporting that his group secured the support of Afenifere for its candidate during a visit to Pa Ruben Fasoranti, erstwhile Afenifere leader on Tuesday. Afenifere, in a statement by its Director of Communications, Sola Lawal, stated that the group was still mourning the demise of its late Publicity Secretary, Mr Yinka Odumakin in whose honour the group suspended…
Ahead of Anambra governorship election scheduled for November 6, Prince Uche Secondus-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been charged to reward the party’s faithful members. The Anambra Concerned Citizens, which gave this charge in Abuja, noted that some members of the party contesting for the governorship election are there to see what they can take from the party. The Concerned Citizens in a statement by its Chairman, Paul Okeke, further noted that some members of the party like Chris Azubogu and others have been toiling for the party and refused to move even when…
As things stand, there are two factions of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), the Edozie Njoku faction and that of Victor Oye. Knowing which faction enjoys the backing of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) could make the difference in the coming poll. It is also the basis for schemes and counter schemes. The APGA national chairman, Chief Edozie Njoku, alluded to the new scheme of things, when he reacted to the attack on former Governor of Central Bank, Professor Charles Soludo, revealing that the party plans to go into the November 6, Anambra guber poll as a united…
Two Supreme Court judgments recently delivered in favour of members of the National Assembly caucus of Cross River State and their factions may have changed the political equation in the state. The first judgment confirmed the March 7 and 20, 2020 list of ward and chapter executives congresses released by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and signed by its National Organising Secretary (NOC), Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd), dated April 26, 2020, as authentic. The judgment also tends to give control of party structure at the ward and state executives level to National Assembly members…
President, Ohanaze Ndigbo Youth Wing Worldwide, Chief Arthur Obiora, has said the Southeast zone needs not to beg other ethnic groups for support to actualise its 2003 presidency seat. Obiora, who spoke to newsmen yesterday, pointed out that in the spirit of equity, justice, and fairness, other groups that have produced the president should not overheat the polity by their purported unwelcome shot at the 2023 presidency, stressing an Igbo man is prepared to take Nigerian leadership, otherwise the unraveling seeming disunity will worsen. According to him, “The North has taken their turn, Southwest and South-south zones through erstwhile presidents,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied hiring individuals or groups as consultants for staff recruitment. Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, made this known in a statement in Abuja,” NAN reports. Okoye urged members of the public to report to security agencies, individuals or group claiming to be consulting for the commission on recruitment of staff. He said the attention of INEC had been drawn to activities of some fraudsters claiming to be working for the Commission on recruitment of personnel. He said that unscrupulous elements had gone to the extent of…
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has faulted insinuations that President Muhammadu Buhari has left London for Saudi Arabia. Omokri, who described such claims as propaganda from the Presidency, insisted that Buhari was still in London. In a tweet, the former presidential aide disclosed that Buhari’s movement in London was being monitored. “General @MBuhari has not left London for Saudi Arabia. It is propaganda from the Presidency to disinform #HarassBuhariOutofLondon. “We have contacts monitoring his residence and also at London Stansted Airport. He is still in London and if he thinks we are through, he is joking,”…
The Leader of the Pan Yoruba Socio-Political organization, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, on Tuesday gave nod to the presidential ambition of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Fasonranti who endorsed Tinubu’s presidential ambition said with the former Lagos State Governor’s track records, he deserved to be president come 2023. The nonagenarian disclosed this while receiving members of the South West Agenda for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, SWAGA 23, at his country home in Akure, the Ondo State capital. SWAGA, a group comprising of political stakeholders, loyalists and supporters of the APC national leader,…
Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, on Tuesday revealed that the mentorship he received from former President Goodluck Jonathan was the secret of the successes he had recorded since he assumed office as governor. Speaking at the inauguration of 6.2 kilometre newly constructed Sabon Kauran road in Bauchi metropolis, named the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Drive, Mohammed informed that Jonathan impacted his life greatly by teaching him the art and science of leadership. The governor said on assuming office in May 2019, the administration hit the ground running and made good governance its deliberate policy for development intending to create the…
A socio-political group, Amalgamated Atiku Support Group has lambasted the Attorney General of the Federation AGF, Abubakar Malami SAN for allegedly casting aspersions on the Nigeria citizenship of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. The group accused Malami of being blinded by his ambition for the 2023 Presidency by insinuating that Atiku is not eligible to vie for the exalted office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In a statement by its Director of Media, Remi Adebayo, the group said it was laughable for a Chief Law Officer of the federation to behave the way Malami did on…
The Senator representing Enugu North Senatorial District, Chukwuka Utazi, has described as laughable the speculation in certain quarters that he was instigating Nsukka zone against Nkalu to pave way for Senator Ike Ekweremadu in the 2023 governorship election. He said such insinuation was purported to distract the people of Nsukka zone, who are united in their legitimate aspiration to produce the successor to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in the next election. Speaking on behalf of the lawmaker, his Personal Assistant, Mr. Charles Ogbuanya, faulted a social media post credited to the leadership of Enugu West General Assembly, which accused Utazi of…
The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, on Sunday, urged the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, to redeploy the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mrs. Ngozi Onadeko, accusing her of playing politics with sensitive security issues. Iba Adams, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi, also blamed the Oyo CP over her roles in the protracted detention of the three members of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, that handed over the notorious kidnap warlord, Abdullah Iskilu Wakili, to the police. He vowed to seek justice against the unjust arrest, arraignment and charges of…
Following the courtesy visit by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege to the Delta State APC leader, Olorogun Otega Emehor in his country home recently to mend fences and forge a common front for the party is a testament to the good tidings that awaits the party in 2023. It is no fallacy to say that the party, the All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta State had been factionalised and disunited these sundry years. As the popular saying goes “A house divided amongst itself cannot stand”. The APC has to go into the gubernatorial race in 2023 with a…
Atiku was born in a region of Nigeria which used to be a part of Cameroon. The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has submitted that ex Vice President and serial presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, is not eligible to contest for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria because he isn’t Nigerian by birth. Atiku was born in Jada, Adamawa State. Jada wasn’t part of Nigeria until 1961. 74-year-old Atiku was born in 1946, way before Jada was incorporated into Nigeria from Cameroon. Malami submits that this means Atiku…
A former presidential aspirant in the 2019 general elections under the platform of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Jonah Jang, has said for Nigeria to have credible and successful elections, the nation’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must be restructured. The former Governor also said the National Assembly should not be blamed for the lacuna in the country’s electoral system, since the 8th Assembly had passed the Electoral Bill but President Muhammadu Buhari has refused to sign it into law. The immediate past Senator who represented Plateau North…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo says his book on “21 political lies in Nigeria” is to educate electorate on the antics of politicians during elections. Iyiola said this on Monday in Ilorin while speaking at the presentation of the book. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 21 chapter, 140 pages book chronicled many lies told by politicians to win votes during campaigns. According to him, the book is targeted mainly to educate the electorate on how to vote for candidates seeking their franchise, adding that if the electorate votes…
A stakeholder of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Akwa Ibom State chapter, Comrade Athanasius Okon has blamed the different factions in the party on the absence of a leader in the state. Okon made the assertion yesterday in Uyo while reacting to fresh controversy in the party over a stakeholders meeting convened by Chieftain of the party, group Captain Sam Ewang (retd) on March 28, 2021, which saw the formal endorsement of Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio as leader of the party. He revealed that the poor outing recorded by APC in the state since 2014 as…