Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday, said Nigerians should reject the presidential ambition of Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Kanu warned that Nigeria will be doomed if Tinubu is allowed to sail through with his presidential ambition. The IPOB leader issued the warning in a statement he signed personally. In the statement, the separatist leader also insisted on referendum. “If AMOTEKUN fails to drive away this Fulani army of darkness from Yoruba forests, as #ESN is now gallantly doing in the East, the whole of Yoruba land or what…
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Ayodele Fayose, former Governor of Ekiti State, has said Nigerians would remember President Muhammadu Buhari like Americans will recall the distasteful administration of the outgoing President of the United States, US, Donald Trump. Fayose made the remark while describing Buhari as a “low budget Trump.” Trump’s tenure would expire in the next few hours as the US President-Elect, Joe Biden would be inaugurated. However, Fayose said Nigerians can’t wait to see the end of Buhari’s regime just as Americans look forward to Trump’s exit. In a series of tweets, the former governor wrote: “As Americans look forward to the exit…
INEC has urged political parties to conduct rancour-free primary elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled the 2020 Anambra governorship election for November 6. The electoral commission’s spokesperson, Festus Okoye, said in a statement on Tuesday, January 19 that a statutory notice on the timetable and schedule of electoral activities will be issued on June 9. The collection of forms commences on June 10, while the deadline for the conduct of primary elections and resolution of conflicts arising from them is fixed for July 1. INEC urged political parties to conduct rancour-free primary elections, expressing concerns about election…
The Bayelsa House of Assembly said in Yenagoa on Tuesday that there were no plans to impeach Gov. Douye Diri. “The 6th Assembly has no reason to impeach the governor; we have never contemplated that before,’’ the House Committee Chairman on Information, Hon Tari Porri (PDP-Ekeremor Constituency 1), told a news conference. He described the claim as a rumour and a distraction. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Porri was reacting to reports that the Assembly was at dispute with the Executive over the disbursement of N38 billion refunds from the Federal Government. He told a news conference…
The party appreciates Makinde for particularly putting the interest of South-West as a priority in his service. The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State has reiterated its support for Governor Seyi Makinde as the leader of the party in the South-West. The Lagos PDP Publicity Secretary, Taofik Gani, said in a statement on Monday that the chapter after a meeting with Makinde at Government House in Agodi, Ibadan, endorsed his leadership. Gani said the chapter had declared unity and commitment among her members to the revolutionary leadership of Makinde toward winning Lagos State in 2023. “The…
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr. Saleh Abduallahi Zazzaga, has accused opposition politicians and religious leaders in the state of sponsoring protests against the administration of Governor Simon Lalong to score cheap points. Zazzaga disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Jos the Plateau State Capital, on the recent strike across the state by some local government workers over the non-implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage which led to the blocking of major roads across the state as well as the state secretariat. He said investigations show that some persons in the state were the ones…
Olusegun Bamgbose, Esq., a chieftain of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, has advised a former Governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu against running in the 2023 presidential election. Bamgbose noted that although Tinubu has not actually publicly made known his intention, his body language shows he is very much interested in throwing his hat in the ring. Only recently, the Speakers of the Lagos Houses of Assembly, both past and incumbent, endorsed the former Governor, while there have been other endorsements in the recent past. Bamgbose, who had since…
A Chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, has urged former Governor, Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State to sheathe his sword against Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to strengthen the party in the Southwest. Pearse made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday. Fayose and Makinde have been embroiled in controversy over the leadership of the Southwest chapter of the main opposition party in Nigeria. “The party at the southwest level is having problems mainly because of Fayose,” Pearse said. “We aren’t saying Fayose has no right to…
The National Working Committee of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, has counselled the new President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo to use his wealth of experience as an Ambassador to bring ndigbo together as a way of further integrating them into the mainstream of the Nigerian society. APGA further charged the new leadership of Ohanaeze to build on the legacy his predecessor since the central objective is to reengineer the machinery for the overall attainment of the collective goals of the association. The APGA NWC gave the admonition in a statement signed by the National…
Imo West lawmaker, Senator Rochas Okorocha has suggested that the current administration is the way it is today because President Muhammadu Buhari did not surround himself with good people. Addressing reporters in Abuja on Monday, Okorocha said had the President done otherwise, the story would not have been the same today. The former Imo State Governor also said that the All Progressives Congress, APC, was hurriedly arranged to hijack power from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. “Political parties in Nigerian don’t have any ideology; it is just a vehicle to come to power. “So what we have is not the…
A member of the House of Representatives, Babatunde Hunpe, has urged Nigerians to throw their weight behind the projected presidential ambition of Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Hunpe, who is a member from Badagry Federal Constituency, said Nigerians should reward Tinubu with the presidency. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the lawmaker said Tinubu should be supported because he has paid his dues. He said: “So, what we should do to reward him now is to support him, if he wants to contest the 2023 presidential election. “We are doing this because of…
Barely 48 hours the result of Kano State local government election was announced by the Kano state Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) Chairman, Prof. Garba Ibrshim Sheka the new elected chairman of Bebeji local government, Hon Ali Nnamandi has been confirmed dead. According to a statement signed by the APC Publicity committee Chairman in Bebeji local government, Hon Ibrahim Adamu Tiga, made available Tuesday to pressmen in Kano, the elected chairman died early Tuesday morning after a brief illness. He disclosed in the statement that late Hon. Nnamandi drove himself to a nearest Hospital at the local government area, but was later…
Shortly after the death of Dr. Olatunde Agbato, a lot of dignitaries have taken to the web their sympathy. A very distinguished note by Adeyemi Adefulu, MFR reads: “Shakespeare once stated that when beggars die, there are no comets seen. The heavens themselves bring forth the death of princes.” In Agbato’s departure, the elephant has fallen and one huge tree that made a forest has fallen with it. Erin wo! “Dr. Olatunde Agbato was a prince and a man of sterling qualities so humble and self effacing that he often passed unnoticed. But he left hefty imprints in the sands…
Soon after the confirmation of the demise of an Animal Care General; Dr. Olatunde Aiyedun Agbato, men of different calibres have expressed their feelings over the demise of the general. Mr. Asiwaju Taiwo Olusanya Taiyelolu wrote, I start my tribute with the popular saying of Dr. Olatunde Agbato: A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle! He was a pragmatic leader who combined vision with action, this made me remember an old Japanese proverb which says: Vision without Action is a daydream, Action without Vision is a nightmare. My first encounter with Dr. Olatunde Agbato popularly called “Animal care” was…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condemned the recent abduction and killing of security operatives by terrorists, urging President Muhammadu Buhari to go the whole distance to put an end to all forms of killings across the country. The PDP gave the charge, Monday in a statement issued by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan. The main opposition party lamented that the escalated acts of terrorism in the country, “now worsened by the incessant attack on security operatives, the latest being the abduction of no fewer than 18 police operatives by bandits in Kaduna state, further highlights the failures of Mr President…
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has restated the commitment of the zonal chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC to resolve the leadership crisis afflicting the Kwara state chapter of the party, explaining how a gap in communication led to party men going for one another’s political jugular. The governor stated this on Monday after a trouble-shooting meeting with a faction loyal to the Kwara state Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazak and another loyal to the duo of Information and Culture minister, Lai Mohammed and the Minister of State, Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Saraki at the national secretariat of the party…
A group under the aegis of North Central Coalition for Leadership ( NCCL) has stated that their call on the Kogi state Governor, Yahaya Bello to contest the forthcoming 2023 presidential election is to correct the imbalance against the North Central Geo-political zone of the Country. The group who made this known on Monday in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Mr Williams Charles, noted that the North Central zone which is the unifier of the other Zones has been marginalised in the sharing of the presidential office right from the first republic to the present dispensation. The statement…
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RISEC, has bowed to pressure by chairmen of over 70 political parties in the state by accepting a date and venue for the submission party primary forms. Officials of the electoral umpire had earlier declined to receive the forms from the political parties, insisting that their names were not among the registered parties handed over to it by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. This comes after reports had it that only 18 political parties in the list of political parties recognized by INEC are to be recognized by RSIEC to participate in the…
A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon Ifeanyi Ibezi says after about 16 years in office, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) may lose Anambra State, except its members unite to win the forthcoming governorship election in the state. Ibezi, who represented the Idemili North and South federal constituency said this during a meeting with local government executives of the party at the secretariat. “We must unite to be able to keep winning Anambra. Party faithful and stakeholders of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Idemili must close ranks and prepare for the important task of electing the…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cleared all the 44 chairmanship and 484 councillorship seats at the Saturday’s Kano State local government councils poll. All Progressives Congress (APC) Logo. Prof. Ibrahim Garba-Sheka, Chairman of the state Independent Electoral Commission disclosed this while announcing the results of the election on Sunday in Kano. Garba-Sheka said that candidates of the APC emerged winners of the 44 chairmanship and 484 councillorship positions in the election. “The total votes scored by the candidates is 2,530.577 million. Work is still in progress to ascertain the total votes scored by candidates of other political parties,” he…