Peter Obi, former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential running mate, has observed a tough battle for the party ahead of the upcoming Anambra State governorship election. Obi said though PDP has the potential to win the Anambra State governorship election, it will be tough. He made the observation at the party’s South East zonal working committee in Anambra State. The former governor urged members of the party to embark on a vigorous mobilisation of support for the party at the grassroots level, ahead of the election. “PDP has the potential to win the governorship of Anambra State, but the potential…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Hon Justice Salisu Garba as Acting Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory. Buhari gave Justice Garba the appointment following the retirement of Hon. Justice Ishaq Bello on Tuesday. Garba will be sworn-in on Wednesday by Hon. Dr Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, by 2 pm. A statement by Mr Soji Oye, the Director of Information, National Judicial Council, NJC, indicated that the inauguration of Garba would be performed at the Supreme Court, Abuja. Justice Garba hails from Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State. He was…
Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi has accused those he described as desperate politicians of sponsoring banditry with the sole aim of destabilising Nigeria. Umahi, Chairman of the South East Governors Forum, said this on Tuesday after a virtual meeting with the five governors of the region in attendance. “There are so many desperate politicians in all the political parties that are so desperate for power and they have aligned with some bandits in the southeast to destabilise the nation,” the Governor, who recently dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC, said. He expressed worries…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tuesday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC to clear the air on the alleged stealing of over N15 trillion public funds in the last few years. This is even as the main opposition party flayed the APC for engaging in what it called diversionary tactics “as more revelations continue to emerge on how its leaders and some presidency officials pillaged our national treasury and stole over N15 trillion naira.” In a statement signed by its spokesman Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP said it has uncovered plots “by current APC leadership to…
Notable Igbo leaders yesterday urged all the major political parties in the country to cede their presidential tickets to south east geopolitical zone in 2023 in the interest of justice, equity, and national unity. Rising from a cross-party meeting of the Southeast leaders in Igbere, the home country of the Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate and former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzo Kalu, the leaders said that the south west and the south-south zones which made up the entire south had respectively produced Nigeria’s presidents in Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, leaving them behind. In…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, 16 years government in Nigeria as a disaster and misadventure. APC was reacting to a statement by the PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, where he claimed that Nigerians want them back in power. PDP had said Nigerians were fed up with the Buhari-led administration. However, National Secretary of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Sen. John Udoedehe, insisted that PDP’s 16 years was a misrule. A statement by Udoedehe reads in part: “It is our belief that Nigerians should be spared the trauma of a reminder…
An ex-Governor of Ogun state, Olusegun Osoba, has said the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has the right to contest for the Presidency in 2023. Osoba stated this while appearing on Arise TV on Tuesday morning. “Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as an individual has the right to put himself forward, but we have not zeroed in on an individual. “Zeroing in on any individual will destroy our efforts now. But Tinubu has a right to pursue his own agenda,” he said. Osoba also claimed there is a gentleman’s agreement in the All Progressives Congress (APC), that…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ebonyi State has said Governor David Umahi should be blamed for the total collapse and alleged death of the Ebonyi State University. The caretaker chairman of the party, Chief Fred Udogu made this allegation while speaking with journalists at his office in Abakaliki. Udogu accused Governor David Umahi of running the government as his family business. “The government of Ebonyi State is run as a private business of one man and his immediate family. If you people look at what is happening in the state today, you will see that nobody who contributed to David…
Mr Barth Ugwuoke, National Director, Research and Strategy, All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed happiness in the decision of party members in Enugu North Senatorial District to bury their differences and work in unity for party progress. Ugwuoke, who is from the district made the commendation in Nsukka on Monday during the one-day retreat organised by concerned members in the district for party executives and stakeholders tagged “Unity is Strength, United We Will Win”. He said the decision of members to unite marked a new beginning in the history of APC in Enugu North as it would move the district…
The lawmaker says the president should overhaul his cabinet so as to have an all-inclusive government. Senator Ali Ndume, (APC-Borno) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to establish a Budget Implementation and Impact Assessment office so that he could monitor the releases of funds and performance of his cabinet members. Ndume, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Nigerian Army, made the call while fielding questions from journalists on Monday, in Maiduguri. “Buhari is a good leader but quite a number of his cabinet members are not doing enough to reposition the country as enshrined in the President’s Agenda. “I am…
Two University Professors, Emmanuel Dele Balogun and Maikano Asekomhe have testified against the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki. The Professors tendered exhibits, which include their original Degree Certificates to court. Obaseki is in court defending an alleged certificate forgery suit instituted against him by his former political party, the All Progressives Congress APC. The Professors, who graduated at the University of Ibadan along with the Governor, submitted the certificates for the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to compare and contrast in order to arrive at a just conclusion in the suit. While Balogun graduated from the Agricultural Economics Department…
Chimamanda Adichie, an award-winning Nigerian author, has condemned those from the Southeast pushing for the actualization of Biafra, yet cannot work towards the actualization of an Igbo presidency. Adichie said it is ironical that people of the Southeast who can’t unite to ensure a Nigerian president of an Igbo extraction, are pushing for Biafra actualization. Speaking with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the popular writer insisted that there is no Biafra at the moment. She maintained that people of the Southeast need to restrategize politically to achieve Biafra. According to Adichie: “There is no Biafra. There are new movements. But for me, it’s…
United States’ president-elect, Joe Biden, has maintained that politicians cannot seize power in the country, because power has to be given by the people. “In America, politicians can’t assert, take, or seize power. It has to be given by the American people. We can’t ever give that up. “The will of the people must always prevail,” Biden tweeted on Tuesday. The 78-year-old Democratic candidate emerged winner in the November presidential election. Biden’s comment comes as Georgians take to the polls for two closely-watched US Senate runoffs. The polls could shape the first years of the new Democratic presidency. US President,…
Mass defection of political officeholders across the major political parties in Nigeria appears imminent in the House of Representatives ahead of the 2023 general election, TheInfoStride has learnt. The defection is a mad rush for politicians who are realigning and repositioning themselves for more political victories. It will be recalled that the twilight of 2020 legislative year in the national assembly witnessed a gale of defections with many of the main opposition lawmakers from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, leaving to join the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. On December 15, 2020, two members of the House, Hon. Datti Yako…
Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, has declared that ‘doomsday predictions about Nigeria will not work. There have been several predictions by church leaders and other individuals concerning Nigeria in the New Year, most of which have been negative. The Minister also lambasted the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, accusing the party of playing a very poor opposition role. Lai Mohammed said this at a press conference in Lagos State on Monday where he berated the PDP for bad-mouthing the government of the day. “Let me also take this opportunity to condemn the constant infantile press releases…
Former representative of Rivers South-East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has condemned in strong terms Sunday’s attack on members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Asari Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State led by Hon. Ben Horsfall. In a statement he personally signed, Abe stated that Nigerians are aware that armed youths led by Mr. Ibisobebor Daminabor Wokoma, a known member of the party and an associate of Hon Ojukaye Amachree, an acolyte of the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi invaded the venue of a peaceful gathering of APC members in…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied rumours making the rounds that another governor from the Southeast was making moves to leave the party. The National Vice Chairman of the party in the zone, Ali Odefa stated this on Monday in Awka, during a stakeholders meeting of the party, asking members to discountenance the rumour. Reporting on the state of the party in the zone, Odefa said, “Anambra is fully a PDP state, with two senators and six House of Representatives members from the state, you will know that Anambra is a PDP state. “Enugu is PDP, Abia is fully…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has ordered its members in Anambra State to withdraw all litigations ahead of the November governorship election. NAN reports that Vice Chairman, South-East, Ali Odefa, issued the directive on Monday in Awka during a meeting of the Zonal Working Committee. He said the decision was to give way for peace and unity to reign. Odefa warned that court cases would cause distraction and disaffection. The chieftain appealed to aggrieved members to forward their complaints to the zonal leadership for amicable resolution. He assured that the PDP zonal leadership would ensure that the primary election produced…
A federal lawmaker, Sylvester Ogbaga, has said the Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, remains “a friend” of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Umahi joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) last November. Ogbaga, who represents Abakaliki/ Izzi federal constituency in the House of Representatives, spoke at Isu, Onicha Local Government Area on Sunday. The lawmaker noted that although Umahi was now in the APC, he rose to political stardom via the PDP. ”We have no two governors in Ebonyi, and we expect him as our leader to address the threats to PDP members and the general insecurity in the state. ”It…
A commissioner with the Anambra State government, Dr Christian Madubuko has resigned his appointment, alleging threat to life and sabotage. Madubuko who last worked as the Commissioner for Art, Culture and Tourism turned in his resignation letter, saying that the sabotage he has seen while working as Commissioner in Anambra is the reason it is difficult for Nigeria to develop. Madubuko, a Canadian trained Nigerian was first appointed as Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Commerce, the Commissioner for Road, Rail and Water Transportation and finally as Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, Indigenous Artworks, Culture and Tourism. He was known to have…