A U.S.-based Mechanical Engineer, Mr Godswill Nwankwo, has declared his intention to contest the seat of the country’s president in the 2023 election. Nwankwo made his intention known on Monday in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He said that his intention was borne out of concerns to build on existing structures and improve the standard of living in the country. According to the intending presidential aspirant, the country needs to be repositioned economically to retain its status of Africa’s best economy and “Giant of Africa’’. Nwankwo, who hails from Ukwa East Local Government…
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The leadership of the All Progressives Congress Governors’ Forum (PGF) has urged APC Caretaker Chairman and Yobe Governor, Mala Mai Buni to roll out a timetable for the party’s congresses. Salihu Lukman, PGF Director-General, said it was high time the party held its national convention. Lukman described the extension of the ongoing membership registration, revalidation and register update exercise as unnecessary. TheInfoStride reported the disquiet in the party over the purported plan by the Buni-led committee to stay longer in office. The National Executive Committee (NEC) had extended the tenure of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) till June. On…
The All Progressive Congress (APC) Governors Forum has donated the sum of N50 million to the Zamfara State government to assist in rebuilding the Tudun Wada market that was gutted by fire last week. The forum led by its chairman, Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State donated the money at the Government House in Gusau, saying the gesture was made not considering that Zamfara is now a PDP state. Governor Bagudu noted that the forum came to Zamfara State from Katsina where they visited they inspected a recent fire incident which also consumed a market. In his response, Governor…
Serving overseer of The Citadel Global Community Church, formerly Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Easter Sunday, expressed worry over the challenges bedevilling the country, saying this was not the Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari and he dreamt to create in 2011. While he declared that those opposing the restructuring of Nigeria are enemies of the country, Bakare urged President Buhari to take decisive steps in tackling insecurity, the dwindling economy and anti-corruption. Besides, he warned that illegitimate regional actors plan to hijack governance and control the political economy of the regions. He said this during a state of…
Abia State youths have expressed dissatisfaction over the politics of the state, alleging exclusion of youths in governance. The youths who met in Umuahia on the platform of Maduforo Youth Movement vowed to take their destiny in their hands and correct the imbalance in the 2023 polls. They set 35 to 55 years as the age bracket for governorship candidates, declaring that any candidate above the age bracket will not get the support of Abia youths. The bi-partisan youth movement called on all political parties to cede slots in both elective and appointive positions to youths so they could be…
The Enugu state Caretaker Committee Chairman of All Progressive Congress APC, Dr Ben Nwoye, has disclosed that there will be no zoning for the post of governorship in the state for the purpose of the 2023 general election. According to Nwoye, the ongoing formal and informal debates in the state about which senatorial zone would produce the next governor of the state was needless since nobody in the history of the state was prevented from the contest on the basis of zoning. Nwoye made the statement in reaction to Senator Chuka Utazi’s viral video where he claimed that the Enugu…
Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF, Salihu Moh. Lukman has described the recent extension of the membership registration and revalidation exercise of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC as needless, saying the party leadership should instead convene meetings or relevant party organs. Lukman in a statement on Monday said part of the expectation is that the 13-member Caretaker/Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee led by Gov. Mai Mala Buni, will take steps to begin to resolve challenges facing the APC, which was difficult to achieve under the dissolved National Working Committee NWC. The exercise was initially slated to end by March…
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has frowned at the lack of strong political cohesion in the ruling All Progressive Congress, making the party to fail in some areas. He said, ” APC as a party started as a mixture of various elements who tried to make a compound, but unfortunately the party is still a mixture not graduated to make a compound.” Speaking during the party’s constitutional Town Hall event for Northwest zone in Kano, Monday, Ganduje said “Those who read sciences know that it is easier to removed a mixture but not easy to remove a compound”.…
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has urged Nigerians to use this year’s Easter celebration to imbibe the culture of living in unity, and tolerance for one another. PRP’s National Chairman, Alhaji Falalu Bello, also admonished the citizens not to despair in the face of bad governance in the country that has lasted for long. The party advised Nigerians not to succumb to what it described as divisive tendencies of those entrusted with the leadership of the country. “We are all Nigerians and citizens of one Nigeria. We should be patriotic and tolerant of fellow citizens regardless of their tribe, religion,…
The Enugu State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned politicians in the state, particularly those from Enugu North extraction (Nsukka Cultural Zone), against heating up the politics ahead of 2023. Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party in the state, Dr. Ben Nwoye, stated that it was purely a breach of the Electoral Law for political leaders to commence 2023 political campaign at this time “when the constitutional democracy recommends four years for a tenure,” adding that it was a distraction of the incumbent administration of the state for politicians to begin discussions on 2023, two clear years…
Former Governor of Adamawa State, Bala Ngilari; and the pioneer organising secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Ahmed Lawal, have declared strong support for those rooting for a Bola Tinubu presidency in 2023. Many groups have been campaigning for Tinubu, who governed Lagos between 1999 and 2007, to run for the country’s highest office, but the man known as ‘Jagaban’ has not come out officially to declare his interest in the job. Consequently, Ngilari urged northern leaders to rally round the South West for the next president in 2023, “in the spirit of equity and fair…
The South West Zonal Caretaker Committee of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has apologised to the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) over threat and insult by Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde over the zonal congress. In a statement, yesterday, by Secretary of the Caretaker Committee, Daisi Akintan, Governor Makinde’s threat that there would be dire consequences if the South-West zonal congress was not held on Saturday April 10, 2021, was described as unfortunate and unbecoming of someone who used the party’s platform to become governor despite being inconsistent as a member. Rising from its meeting in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Saturday,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with ex-National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole on his 69th birthday. The Nigerian leader advised the former Edo Governor to rededicate his life to working for the prosperity of those in need. Buhari’s message was issued on Sunday by his spokesman, Garba Shehu. He joined Oshiomhole’s family and well-wishers to thank God for a life of service to the nation, good health and opportunity to commemorate the special day. The President hailed Oshiomhole for building bridges among people of diverse backgrounds, inspiring others to be patriotic, eschewing politics of division and…
President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari would later this month submit a supplementary budget to the National Assembly to request for more funds to tackle insecurity across parts of the country. The President of the Senate who has also raised the alarm that some elites are planning to divide the country, said that those behind the minority agitations were disgruntled elites bent on satisfying their self-serving interest to the detriment of majority of Nigerians. Lawan who underscored the importance of unity in national development, said those clamoring for the break-up of the country were…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, says he will soon expose the people politicising security issues in the state. Makinde stated this on Sunday while addressing the congregation at the St. Peters Anglican Cathedral Church, Aremo, Ibadan. The governor who admitted that the state was experiencing security challenges, however, said it was not peculiar to the state but nationwide. He said security ought not to be politicised, “but if they are politicising issues of security because they want to be in power in 2023, it means they are making mistake. “If there’s no Oyo State or Nigeria by 2023 because…
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public, Senator Ayo Akinyelure, has absolved the National Assembly of blames over what he described as the lopsidedness in the several appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari during the five years of his administration. Senator Akinyelure lamented that federal appointments are not evenly distributed in line with the principle of federal character under the present administration. He said this in Akure, the Ondo state capital. According to him, “the National Assembly members should be absolved from the blatant disregard of Buhari to the federal character principles in appointments into key positions in…
The Kaduna based popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Sunday had a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. A source present at the meeting told newsmen that the choice of Chief Obasanjo by Gumi was based on the fact that the former president is a critical stakeholder and a respected elder statesman to discuss with. Gumi briefed Obasanjo on his recent peace advocacy visits to the Fulani bandits in the North with the hope that government will understand the situation better and adopt his suggestions as the best…
A foremost Yoruba leader, Prof. Banji Akintoye, has said that anyone who says Nigeria is better together wants the Yoruba people to perish. Akintoye said people who did not understand fully the enormity of the danger that faced the Yoruba nation and those who want to benefit from Nigeria at all costs and detriment of their people, are those against self-determination but instead pushing for restructuring. Akintoye, who is also the chairman of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS), stated this during an interview with The Guardian in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. He said: “We are insisting…
Ozonkpu Victor Oye, National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Sunday, prayed for the power of the resurrection of Jesus Christ to cover the nation and shield it from destruction. In his Easter message issued by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Barrister Tex Okechukwu, the APGA National Chairman, expressed great optimism that the inherent power behind the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ would have an extensive impact on Nigeria, especially at this time of critical challenges. Oye said that the 40 days of fasting, prayer and almsgiving by christendom would touch the heart of God…
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Enugu State chapter, Dr. Ben Nwoye, weekend, waded into the zoning controversy in the State ahead of the 2023 general elections. TheInfoStride reports that political tension is heightening in Enugu State by the day with people with different interests canvassing for all forms of zoning formula for the governorship position. The current holder of the office, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwunayi is from the Enugu North Senatorial Zone. Before Ugwuanyi took over in 2015, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani from Enugu East Senatorial zone served for 8 years and handed over to Ugwuanyi’s predecessor, Barr. Sullivan Chime…