Moghalu says an important criteria for choosing Nigeria’s next president should be competence. A former presidential candidate, Kingsley Moghalu, says he’s making consultations on a second run for the presidency in 2023. As a candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), the former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) contested in the 2019 presidential election but won less than 22,000 votes. The 58-year-old promptly left the YPP and partisan politics to focus on electoral reform and voter education with a non-partisan platform called To Build A Nation (TBAN). Moghalu said in a statement on Tuesday, January 26,…
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Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for sacking the Service Chiefs. Buhari on Tuesday announced the sack of the Service Chiefs. His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina said the President appointed Maj Gen LEO Irabor, CDS, Maj Gen I Attahiru, Army, Rear Adm AZ Gambo, Navy, AVM IO Alao, Air Force as new security chiefs. Reacting, Fayose on his Twitter page urged the new Service Chiefs to learn from their immediate predecessors and remember nothing lasts forever. He also called on the International Criminal Court, ICC to investigate the sacked Service Chief…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to the resignation of Service Chiefs, stressing that the senior security officers listened to the party’s voice. PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said the Service Chiefs outlived their usefulness, hence their resignation. Speaking with DAILY POST, Ologbondiyan said the incoming Service Chiefs should put an end to the spate of insecurity in the country. The spokesman of the opposition party insisted that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari was ineffective. According to Ologbondiyan: “The Chief of Army Staff and his colleagues listened to the voice of eminent Nigerians and PDP that if…
Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, the hitherto sole aspirant of the ticket for the Young Progressives Party (YPP) for the forthcoming Anambra governorship election has got a challenger. A former Commissioner in Anambra State, Chief Emma Nkwocha who declared his intention to run for the governorship seat of the state on the platform of the YPP will be slugging it out with Ubah for the ticket of the party. Ubah, the senator representing Anambra South Senatorial zone had earlier boasted that he was the sole aspirant of the party and was sure of clinching the party’s ticket for the November governorship election.…
Sunday Igboho has denied the claims by former Senator, Femi Ojodu that he worked with Bola Tinubu during the Ekiti State rerun election. Ojodu in an Op-ed posted on his Facebook page claimed that Bola Tinubu prevailed on Sunday Igboho not to disrupt the election after he was paid by some politicians to disrupt the election. Igboho, whose House in Ibadan was set ablaze spoke to journalists on Tuesday in Ibadan where he denied the claims by Mr. Ojodu who is also the Special Adviser to President Muhamadu Buhari. He stated that contrary to claims by Ojodu that he worked…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and ex-Deputy Chairman of Umuahia North LGA of Abia State, Chief Chinedu Obilor has threatened to dump the party if current leadership fails to resolve internal wranglings rocking APC in the state. The APC stalwart gave the leadership of his party one-month notice within which to put its house in order or risks losing him to another political party. Obilor, a close associate of Nigeria Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Uchechukwu Ogah, made his position known in an interview with newsmen in Umauhia, on Tuesday. He posited that APC in…
The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, Enugu State chapter, on Monday, described as fraudulent, an award said to have been given by the organization to the Chairman of Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, Hon. Pedro Nwankwo. Our correspondent reports that the said award to Nwankwo as the best council chairman in Enugu State, has been an object of controversy, creating disaffection among members of the IPAC in the State. However, addressing journalists shortly after their emergency meeting, both the chairman and the Secretary of IPAC, Barr. Ken Ikeh and Dr. Ben Nwoye, respectively, disowned the award. The umbrella body…
The crisis in the Ogun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took a new twist as loyalists of former Governor Segun Osoba have rejected the list of the state APC caretaker committee. The Osoba loyalists are alleging that the group loyal to Government Dapo Abiodun had tampered with the harmonised committee list of the party in Ogun. Recall that the Osoba loyalists in December 2019 disagreed with Gov Abiodun over his list of commissioner nominees, accusing him of sidelining them. It appears the governor has not done much to pacify the aggrieved party members, who claimed they worked…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has tactically backed Bola Tinubu for the 2023 presidency. In a statement Monday night by the Director, Ishaq Akintola, MURIC said the South-West has a big opportunity of gaining political power in 2023. “Fortunately the Yoruba do not have to search too far as a former governor of Lagos State and leader of the ruling party has shown interest. Here is a candidate that brandishes impeccable pedigree”, he wrote in a veiled reference to Tinubu. “Nobody can deny his political dexterity. He is known to have fought and won several political battles. The best the…
Atiku says Nigeria must stop operating from the same unitary foundation it has for decades. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has reiterated his call for the restructuring of Nigeria as the country’s saving grace. The 2019 presidential candidate is one of the most prominent advocate for the devolution of power from the central government to sub-nationals. In an article published on Monday, January 25, 2021, the 74-year-old said Nigeria is at risk of becoming a failed state if it does not resolve foundational challenges that make it difficult for the central government to effectively discharge its responsibilities. He said, “It…
The Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on crisis-ridden Orlu LGA and neighbouring communities including Nkwerre, Ideato-south, Ideati-north, Njaba and Isu. The Governor, who took aback at the increasing level of killings in the areas, has immediately deployed military men to arrest the situation. According to the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Print Media, Modestus Nwamkpa, “the Governor has deployed security agencies for a 24-hour patrol to control the situation. “He has, therefore, warned that any individual or group of individuals caught fueling crisis will be arrested by the military. “So, residents in…
Frank Ugboma, Oguta constituency representative at the Imo House of Assembly, has condemned the amendment of some portions of the House Rules. Ugboma told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Owerri on Monday that the act was a “flagrant abuse of legislative process”. At the last sitting, Deputy Speaker Amarachi Iwuanyawu (APC Nwangele), moved a motion to relax Order 11 and Rules 61, 62 and 63. “Any member who misbehaves will be suspended for that sitting, if the offence is not considered serious. But where the said offence is considered serious, the offender will be suspended for a period…
A former aide to ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has demanded the whereabouts of First Lady, Aisha Buhari. Omokri also questioned Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, for saying Nigeria’s security situation under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari was better than 2015. Mohammed had boasted that the present government under Buhari is winning the war against insecurity in the country. The Minister said this while speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Monday. Mohammed said: “I can say without hesitation that, though Nigeria is facing security challenges, the situation is far better than what we met…
The Nigerian government has boasted of winning the war against insecurity in the country. Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, said security agents are working towards protecting Nigerians. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, the Minister insisted that Nigeria’s security situation under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari was better than 2015. Mohammed also recounted some of the successes security operatives recorded in the course of their duties. He said: “I can say without hesitation that, though Nigeria is facing security challenges, the situation is far better than what we met in 2015. “I can tell you…
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ebonyi State has raised alarm over an alleged plot by thugs suspected to be loyal to the state government to set its Secretariat ablaze. The Caretaker Committee Chairman of PDP, Elder Fred Udeogu, made this known on Monday while speaking to newsmen in Abakaliki. Udeogu alleged that the Chairman of a faction of the PDP, Chief Onyekachi Nwebonyi, had on Sunday night, led a crowd to the state Secretariat in Abakaliki, in an attempt to burn it down, adding that they were resisted and repelled by party members. He said: “We had…
Senator Rochas Okorocha has declared that he and his followers do not recognize the All Progressives Congress (APC) State Executive in Imo State backed by Governor Hope Uzodinma. The former governor of Imo State vowed that the ongoing APC membership registration will be null and void if carried out without the duly elected party officials in the state. According to a statement by Okorocha’s Special Adviser on Media, Sam Onwuemeodo, he made these remarks in Owerri during a meeting with Daniel Nwafor’s led executive. The State chapter of the APC in Imo State has been a leadership crisis between the…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has revealed that his preoccupation at the moment is delivering good governance to the people of Benue State. The Governor, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, on Monday, said that he had no intentions to join the 2023 Presidential race. Ortom further revealed that he still has two and half years to complete his mandate as Governor and is committed to greater service of the State. “I appreciate my supporters and interest groups who have taken to social media to call on me to join the 2023 Presidential race. “However, I…
Dan Nwafor, a factional chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Imo State, has accused the National Caretaker Committee of the party led by Malam Buni of attempting to use the new registration of members to divide the party. Nwafor raised the alarm while briefing journalists in Owerri last weekend. He disclosed that his leadership in the State had sued the National Caretaker Committee over plans to embark on fresh registration of party members across the country, in a bid to sideline some integral members of the party. Nwafor showed journalists a copy of the court paper dated January 20,…
Aare Gani Adams says they are putting his efforts in the past 28 years in the struggle to test. The Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, and the Leader of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams on Sunday described the Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF) and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) as jokers. Speaking against the backdrop of the threats by the Northern group, and the Herders Association to attack the southwest in a reprisal mission, Aare Adams announced that any attempt by the north against the southwest will fail. Adams in a statement released by his…
The former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has warned against any attempt to arrest Sunday Adeyemo, a youth activist popularly known as Sunday Igboho. He told Oyo governor Seyi Makinde and Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, that arresting Igboho would escalate tension in the South-West region. He tweeted, “Governor Seyi Makinde should rather use dialogue and persuasion instead of escalating tension in his own State by calling for the arrest of Sunday Adeyemo or anyone at this time. “Any attempt to arrest anyone will cause a further threat to the already fragile peace in the West and the country…