The former speaker of the Imo state House of Assembly, Ike Ibe, Tuesday said that the Southeast region has suffered marginalization politically. Ibe in his statement made available to newsmen in Owerri was delivered at a conference of South East 2023 Presidential Mandate group held in Enugu. He believed that the problem of the Igbo man was that they have been subjected to “unpardonable wrongs” in the same country which they are citizens. To end the Nigeria challenges, Ibe who is a former governorship aspirant under the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, said it was only an Igbo man that…
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Ahead of the 2023 general elections, prominent Yoruba political and opinion leaders have backed the presidential ambition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The support came yesterday in Ibadan, Oyo State, during a summit organised by Yoruba Patriots Movement (YPM) and attended by traditional rulers, political functionaries, prominent Nigerians and stakeholders from the Southwest states, as well as representatives of Yoruba people in Kogi, Kwara, Edo and Delta. In his welcome address at the event with the theme, “Yoruba Nation: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”, YPM’s National Coordinator, Oladosu Oladipo, said Tinubu had over time displayed his…
The Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Col David Imuse Rtd, says that governance in Edo state has finally grinded to a halt. He said this is at a time when there is increasing alarming number of COVID-19 cases, with many dying, and blames the sad development on infighting between the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and the Governor Godwin Obaseki administration. According to the statement signed by Victor Ofure Osehobo, the Edo APC Assistant Publicity Secretary; “Our party finds it ludicrous that in the face of the deadly second wave of the coronavirus, the PDP and the…
Yoruba Question in Nigeria Conundrum An open letter written by Alaafin Of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, addressed to his Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari reads: Your Excellency, I have never been timid or shy of my total support for the success of your administration to deliver the country to the Promised Land. My confidence had always been based on Your Excellency’s ability, fitness and competence in leading the country to the Promised Land, where Law and Order prevail, individual liberty is guaranteed, economic well-being of the citizens is assured. That my confidence in Your Excellency remains unshaken to date.…
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, Thursday said his 34 months renaissance as Governor of Anambra State was unrivalled, therefore dismissing a parody performance rating of him by Governor Willie Obiano as hogwash. Ngige in a statement by his media office insisted that Governor Obiano has failed woefully in his responsibilities to the people of Anambra State. According to the statement, “This Governor (Obiano) has taken Anambra State 20 years backwards, making the citizens wish the hand of the clock could be turned back. “The stagnation, depreciation and retrogression are mindboggling. What a wasted opportunity for a…
Ahead of the January 25 proposed commencement of membership registration and revalidation by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, a group, the Asiwaju National Students Support Organisation, ANSSO, has called on youths across the country to go and register with the party. This is as the group described the APC as a veritable vehicle that youths can use to achieve their political ambitions. The group noted that participating in party politics remains the only means of getting into elective positions in Nigeria now In a statement by the National Coordinator, Comrade Giwa Muritala, in Lagos, he expressed the organization’s concern…
Sparks are expected today when stakeholders of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Southeast meet in Awka, Anambra State, to analyse the prospects and challenges confronting the party in its resolve to win the November 6, 2021 governorship poll in the state. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recently indicated that while the collection of forms would commence on June 10, July 1, 2021 would be the deadline for the conduct of primaries and resolution of conflicts arising from the exercise. Perhaps, to ensure that it organises a seamless and rancour-free nomination process devoid of the mistakes of the immediate past,…
The Federal High Court, Lagos, will on March 1 deliver judgment in a suit on Lagos East Senatorial bye-election held on December 5, 2020. The counsels to all parties concluded their arguments on Friday. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Babatunde Gbadamosi, dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Senator Adetokunbo Abiru (the winner) and the All Progressive Congress (APC) to court. They want Abiru disqualified on the grounds of alleged double voter registration, violation of section 31 of the Electoral Act, among others. In the suit filed by Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), the PDP is seeking an order…
The Presidency has explained why pigeons refused to fly during the Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said the pigeons could not fly because they have been kept in a cage for a very long time. As a mark of peace, the president usually released white pigeons from a cage during the Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony. But during the 2021 edition of the ceremony, the pigeons refused to fly after Buhari released them from their cage. This drew negative reactions from Nigerians who described the development as a bad…
Going by the pace with which Governor Kayode Fayemi kick starts the year with monumental projects, the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Ekiti state has told people of the state to expect more dividends of democracy in the new year. “The year will be one to be remembered for good by the people of the state as new ideas innovations and monumental projects are beginning to spring up in the state.” The APC, in a statement by the Director of Media and Publicity, Elder Sam Oluwalana, said with the commissioning on a multi million naira snail factory at Okemesi, which…
Party leaders and chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Thursday, gathered in continuation of their strive to unite aggrieved members of the party ahead of 2023 elections in the state. The party stalwarts made a collective vow to work assiduously with other stakeholders to dislodge the government of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from power in the state at Ibadanland Stakeholders, Leaders and Elders Forum, held at the Ibadan Civic Centre. The forum had in attendance notable political gladiators within the progressive fold in Ibadan and all the speakers were unanimous in their…
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has debunked rumours of mass defection of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members to the All Progressives Congress (APC), including himself, insisting that he will hand over power to a PDP governor in 2023. He told stakeholders not to panic over the rumour, stating that the two party chieftains did so because he refused to promise them automatic tickets for 2023. Speaking yesterday during the first PDP stakeholders’ meeting of the year in Umuahia, Ikpeazu asserted that PDP remained the party of choice in the state; hence all hands must be on deck to consolidate on…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned against acts of sabotage during its forthcoming membership registration and revalidation exercise. Governor Mai Mala Buni, Chairman, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee. [Dailypost] Gov. Mai Mala Buni, Chairman APC Caretaker and Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee said this on Wednesday while inaugurating the party’s National Committee for Membership and Revalidation Exercise at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. He said the inauguration of the committee marked another milestone in the history of the party. He expressed optimism that at the end of the committee’s assignment, the party’s membership figure would surge into…
Trump says serving as US president has been the greatest honour of his life. Outgoing United States President, Donald Trump, kept hints of a possible future run for second term alive in his final speech on Wednesday, January 20, 2020. The 74-year-old made a final address as president at Joint Base Andrews just moments before Joe Biden is set to be sworn in as America’s 46th president. Biden beat Trump at the November 2020 election, a result Trump never accepted, and never conceded to the former Vice President. In his Wednesday address, Trump was boastful of his administration’s achievements including…
South-West PDP youths, under the aegis of PDP Youths Congress (PDPYC), has asked Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to beg President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf Buhari or Senator Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi, to come to the PDP and lead the party at the national level. The group said this while warning the Governor against moves to bring back former Governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel to the PDP. The youth group said by bringing in Tinubu and Buhari’s sons it will be clearer that the PDP is now completely sold to the APC. The PDP youths said anyone begging…
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has congratulated United States President, Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as they assume office. Biden and Kamala, victors of the November 3 presidential election, took oath of office on Wednesday at the Capitol. Reacting, Atiku in a series of tweets, said he was confident Joe Biden’s tenure will mark America’s regeneration and her reaffirmation as the beacon of democracy to the world. ”As I congratulate President Biden and @KamalaHarris, I urge them and their administration to strengthen US-Nigeria ties, and help our beloved nation’s war on terror by providing every type of support…
Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde has appealed to former Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State to return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). TheInfoStride recalls that Daniel had, in 2019, declared that he was no longer a member of the PDP or any other political party. The former Governor said he had retired from partisan politics, blaming the unending crisis in the Ogun State chapter of the PDP for his decision. But, on Wednesday, Gov Makinde visited the Asoludero residence of Daniel in Sagamu, where they had a closed-door meeting with former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun and other…
The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has petitioned the National Judicial Council, NJC, and the Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Adanma Iyaye-Laminkara over what they described as likelihood of bias and abuse of judicial discretion by some persons in collaboration with a judge in the State. The Rivers APC also alleged that it had uncovered plots by those they called political marchants to secure experte orders to restrain the party from conducting the rescheduled membership registration and revalidation exercise. The forum of Caretaker Committee Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State said the plots are part…
United States President, Joe Biden started his first day in office by erasing some actions of former President Donald Trump. In his first executive orders, Biden reversed Trump’s policies on the coronavirus pandemic, immigration, and climate change. Biden canceled the ban which restricted travel to the U.S. from mostly Muslim nations. The countries are Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Chad, North Korea, Venezuela, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania. At the Oval Office’s Resolute Desk, Biden rolled out 15 orders and two other action items. Biden has made mask wearing in all federal buildings and during interstate travel…
Former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido said the days of the All Progressive Congress APC is numbered as President Muhammad Buhari will not support Bola Ahmad Tinubu’s candidature in the coming 2023 general. Lamido stated this at the inauguration of the Jigawa State People’s Democratic Party PDP reconciliation committee in Dutse. He claimed that in the near future, there would be no more APC because the whole of APC is made of two people Buhari and Tinubu. “True of the matter very soon there would be no APC in Nigeria because it’s made up of two persons Buhari…