The chairman of the south-east governors’ forum and governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi at the weekend endorsed Mr. George Moghalu to be the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in the forthcoming governorship election taking place in Anambra state. Recall that the Anambra gubernatorial election is scheduled to hold in November 2021. Umahi made this known while addressing supporters of Moghalu who paid him a consultation visit at his Uburu Country home. Umahi who described Moghalu as a saleable commodity expressed hope that the All Progressives Congress APC would clinch victory in the November poll. According to…
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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has urged Nigerians to make it a priority to end what he called the crisis of division. Makinde made this call during the inauguration of the 8th President of Christ Apostolic Church Worldwide, Pastor Samuel Oladele. The event was held at All Saints Chapel, C.A.C. General Secretariat, Bashorun, Ibadan on Saturday. It was attended by Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, who was represented by Chaplain of Aso Rock, Rev. Seyi Malomo, Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu in attendance. Akeredolu and Chief of Staff to the governor of Osun State, Dr. Charles Akinola, who…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has warned the Federal Government against conspiring to assassinate the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom. TheInfoStride reports that unknown gunmen suspected to be Fulani militia attacked Governor Ortom in his farm along Gboko-Makurdi road on Saturday afternoon. Ortom while briefing journalists at the Benue Peoples House after the incident said he was inspecting his farm when the militia attacked. Reacting, in a statement issued by Kelvin Ebiri, Special Assistant to the governor on Media, the Rivers Governor warned that a civil war may emerge if anything happens to his Benue State counterpart. According to…
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said he will only support former President Goodluck Jonathan if he accepts the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket for the 2023 election. Wike insisted he would snub the former President if he opts to contest under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He stated this while speaking to BBC Pidgin at the weekend in Port Harcourt. Governor Wike explained that even Jonathan understands that he would work against his ambition if Jonathan joins the APC and clinches the party’s ticket to run for President in 2023. He said:…
The National Prosperity Movement, (NPM) under the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) has urged Nigerians to elect competent politicians with visions that will ensure good governance for the country. The Kogi State Coordinator of NPM, Dr Major Musa Abutalib disclosed this while inaugurating Local Government coordinators of the movement in Lokoja on Saturday. Abutalib noted that democracy has come to stay in Nigeria hence a reliable and youthful person should be elected to rule the country in 2023. According to him, leaders must have a compassionate heart in his conduct and moral justification to rule the country, adding that the…
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has insisted that his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and President Muhammadu Buhari, have failed to deliver all the campaign promises to Nigerians. Fayemi said APC leaders should take responsibility for the failure to deliver on their campaign promises, insisting that some of the country’s issues were on ground before Buhari’s government. He pointed out that the party failed to deliver on its promises made to Nigerians in the areas of security, anti-corruption, and economic growth. Featuring on Channels Television yesterday, Fayemi said: “I’m not going to shy away from the expectations people…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kaduna State Chapter, has condemned in strong terms the rising spate of insecurity in the state. The party noted that it is no longer news that the state has become the hotbed of Kidnappings, armed banditry and other social vices in the country today. The State Publicity Secretary of the party, Abraham Alberah Catoh, in a statement, explained, “The recent abduction of 39 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna by bandits (kidnappers), the foiled Government Science Secondary School, Ikara attack and that of aviation staff quarters, the kidnap of 3 teachers…
Doyin Okupe, a former aide to Ex-Presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan respectively, has given one major reason the North will not support Igbo presidency come 2023. In a series of tweets on Saturday, Okupe explained that the North are yet to forgive the Igbo over the incidences of 1966 of which one of the high points was the killing of Sardauna of Sokoto in what until today is believed by many people to be an Igbo coup. The former presidential aide, who has declared his interest to run in the 2023 presidency, pointed out that if the Igbos reach…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on party members to submit inputs for the ongoing constitution review excercise aimed at taking the party to greater heights The Chairman of APC Constitution Review Committee, Prof. Mammam Tahir, made the call on Friday in Abeokuta while addressing party members during the South-West stakeholders’ meeting of the party. Mammam, who led other members of the committee to the meeting, explained that the national leadership of the APC had decided to review the party’s constitution. He explained that the meeting became necessary to receive contributions at the grassroots level in order to come…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Adedeji Zacch as the Executive Secretary of National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) for an initial term of four years. Buhari made the announcement in a statement on Thursday by Mr Willie Bassey, Director of Information, office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. The statement said that Zacch’s appointment was in accordance with the provision of Section 5 (1) of the National Sugar Development Council (Establishment Act, 1993). The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Zacch holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Accounting and Masters degree…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to provide viable opposition instead of making baseless corruption allegations against the government. The APC gave the advice in a statement by Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary of its Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) on Thursday in Abuja. The statement was APC’s reaction to a fresh allegation by the PDP of a 2.5 billion dollars arms scandal under the Buhari-led administration. “We truly hope the PDP can wake up to its responsibility of providing a viable opposition which our democracy needs, instead of engaging Nigerians with…
The Peoples Democratic has unanimously agreed that Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke will be the Governorship candidate of the party (PDP) in the 2022 gubernatorial election in Osun State. The recommendation was part of the highlight of resolutions arrived at a reconciliatory meeting of the Osun PDP, mediated by the national reconciliation team, headed by its chairman and a former Senate President and two-term governor of Kwara State, Dr. Olubukola Saraki. In the meeting attended by both interest groups from the Osun State Chapter of the PDP, it was also agreed that Sunday Bisi will be the validly recognised chairman of…
Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has appealed to Nigerians to support the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the 2023 general election. The former governor of Kwara State, made the appeal on Friday while inaugurating some projects executed by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State in Asaba the state capital. Saraki who lamented the current security situation of the country expressed hope that the opposition party would do better in the fight against insurgency if given the opportunity again. The former senate president who lauded governor Okowa over the projects, said there are still remnants of PDP faithful who has…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has rejected the Bala Mohammed-led committee report of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which recommended that the 2023 presidential ticket of the party should be thrown open to all sections of the country. Ohanaeze said that the Mohammed-led committee report was capable of impugning the unity of the country and asked for the withdrawal of the report that it described as unconscionable. The Igbo parent body noted that it was committed to Nigeria producing a President of Igbo extraction in 2023, adding that it will willingly identify with any group that is ready for the bargain. In…
Walter Onnoghen, former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, on Friday opened up on why the Federal Government removed him from office in 2019 unceremoniously. Onnoghen said he was removed from office due to rumours from the Executive that he had a meeting with former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, preparatory to the 2019 general elections. The former CJN said the rumour was thick and spread fast but he decided not to react to it because he never travelled to Dubai or held any meeting with anybody, including Atiku. Speaking at a book launch titled ‘Fundamental…
The Chairman House Committee on Public Procurement, Oluwole Oke has spoken out in favour of the call for constituency delimitation by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to the lawmaker from Osun State representing Obokun/Oriade federal constituency in the House of Representatives, the need for INEC to begin constituency delimitation in the country is long overdue. Oke who in a social media post called for the need to look at this issue brought forth by the electoral umpire with passion encouraged his colleagues to stand up for equity and justice. He reminded his colleagues that a letter INEC had…
The presidency has said that the fight against banditry, terrorism and other forms of criminality currently ravaging the entire nation, is everybody’s business. The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, made the assertion in this week’s edition of Fridays With Adesina, titled, ‘WE ARE ALL TOGETHER’. Adesina said the insurgents do not target a particular category of persons but rather attack whoever they see whenever they strike in a targeted community. “For anybody to think that the severe security challenges facing the country are Buhari’s cup of tea, or just the business of APC,…
The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari has advocated for a Southern presidency in 2023. Masari said it would be unfair for the Southern part of the country not to produce Nigeria’s next president in 2023. He stated this while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today. The Governor also noted that the APC has a very bright future because it had impacted Nigerians more than any other political party. According to Masari: “Of course, by all means, let everybody come with a balance sheet of what they got yesterday and what we get today and compare notes. “With regards to zoning,…
Former Governor Of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel (OGD) writes on the leadership, responsibility of followership and future of Nigeria. Below is his writ in full: “The Burden Of Leadership And The Responsibility Of Followership Seeks to take us through memory lane and clear doubts as much as possible. “Let me start that from my own vantage observatory tower no one in Nigeria today (not even our dear President) can correctly with any high degree of certainty predict where our country is headed. The parameters keep varying and the goal post keep changing. In such an environment of uncertainty, the burden…
The crisis that has lingered on for the past ten years between the groups led by late Buruji Kashamu and Honourable Ladi Adebutu which had each of them instituting different court cases, obtaining injunctions and dissolving executive committees has been successfully resolved. These actions have combined to weaken the party in the state and made many people to believe that the differences would never be resolved. In fact, the crisis is responsible for the loss of the PDP in the state during the past three general elections. Today, both parties have resolved to work together and withdraw all pending court…