Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th United States President. Biden took his oath of office on Wednesday at the Capitol in Washington D.C. Chief Justice, John Roberts Jr, administered the pledge at exactly 11:48am ET. Kamala Harris did the same before him after the national anthem rendition by Lady Gaga. Harris becomes the Vice President. She is America’s first female, first Black and Asian-American person to hold the office. As expected, former President Donald Trump was absent. Mike Pence, the former Vice President, fulfilled his promise to attend. Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George Bush Jr, Barack Obama…
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The Executive Chairman, State Independent Electoral Commission, Yobe state, Dr Mamman Muhammed on Wednesday said sixteen political parties would participate in the state’s local government election, scheduled for 27th February 2021. Dr. Mamman said voters from hard to reach areas or where violence is still ongoing will be relocated to safer places for the conduct of the election. Dr Mamman Muhammed revealed this while addressing newsmen on preparations so far made for conducting the election in Damaturu. According to him, one million three hundred and sixty-five registered voters are expected to cast their votes under normal circumstances on February 27th,…
Mai Mala Buni, the National Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has disclosed that those who undermine the party’s registration and revalidation exercise will be punished. The Yobe Governor spoke on Wednesday when he inaugurated the Committee for Membership Registration/Revalidation Exercise in Abuja. The team is chaired by Niger State Governor, Sani Bello. Buni said the process was to reposition and strengthen the party, recalling that the last membership drive was in 2014. He pointed out that APC had, in the last seven years, received millions of politicians, including the ones who left other political parties but…
A factional executive of the Ebonyi State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Ogazi Linus Ogbonnaya yesterday confessed to being sponsored by governor, David Umahi to destabilize the party in the state. Ogazi who was a member of the Onyekachi Nwaebonyi faction said he was dumping the excos to join forces with Elder Fred Udeogu caretaker committee to reclaim the structure of the party from Nwaebonyi. He vowed to never again be a part of the people destroying the party in the state. He made this known while speaking to journalists in Abakaliki, in Ebonyi State. The former assistant secretary noted…
The Honourable Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio stated that his attention has been drawn to a piece of fake news which claimed that he paid $5 million bribe to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and others to secure the appointment of a Sole Administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). A statement made available to journalists by Anietie Ekong, Chief Press Secretary to the Honourable Minister of Niger Delta Affairs categorically states: “This is a piece of malicious concoction manufactured from the pit of hell by mischief -makers. It is a figment…
The on-going shake-up in the Nigerian Police System enabling transfers of Senior Police Officers (SPOs) to various formations and offices has also hit the State criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of the Lagos State Police Command. The State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, Lagos on Friday, 15th of January 2021, witnessed the redeployment of the Officer-In-Charge of the department, DCP Yetunde Longe, to Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of DFA of the Zone 2 Command (i.e. Lagos/Ogun). Astute DCP Yetunde Longe, at different times before her deployment as Officer in-Charge of Lagos SCID, in early 2018 had served as 2iC at…
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, has backed the quit notice issued to Fulani herdsmen by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State. Omokri said Akeredolu has the right and power to issue the quit notice order to protect his people. Akeredolu had issued an ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen to vacate Ondo forest reserves. The Governor had said all unregistered herders should vacate the state’s forest reserves. But the presidency had condemned the ultimatum issued by Akeredolu. President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu had also called for restraint. However, Omokri in a tweet via his Twitter handle…
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…
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…