Dr Salihu Lukman, Director- General, Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has accused the former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode of manipulating the leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to gain membership of the party. This was contained in a statement he issued on Friday in Abuja. “The issue of Fani-Kayode’s move to join the APC is a clear instance of attempts to manipulate some of our leaders into accepting membership of someone who ought not to have been considered a member of our party. “If that was the case in the past, it is better late than never to correct…
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The Senator representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District, Opeyemi Bamidele and a former lawmaker representing Ekiti North at the Senate, Ayo Arise, have justified the membership revalidation exercise being undertaken by the APC. The duo said the deft political move by the Mai Mala Buni-led APC Caretaker Committee would help in fortifying the party and give Nigerians an unfettered opportunity to join the party. Bamidele, who spoke, on Friday, in Iyin Ekiti Ward B after revalidating his membership, said the all-inclusive registration and revalidation exercise would bolster the party’s chances ahead of 2023. He said: “The issue of registration or revalidation…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Anambra State has accused the Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano and his party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, of interfering in the party’s registration exercise. The party said Obiano was doing so through some of his aides, adding that Thursday’s interference was the height of it all, as some of the aides sought to take possession of some registration materials meant for particular local government areas of the state. A press release by the state publicity secretary of APC in Anambra, Mr Okelo Madukife warned Obiano to desist from such interference. It…
All may not be well within the ranks of Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the ongoing membership revalidation exercise. The exercise runs from February 2nd to February 16, 2021 all over the country. Though the exercise is seen by many as a routine, reports and findings by TheInfoStride suggest that there may be some undercurrent factors playing out that may lead to crisis. It would be recalled that the former interim National Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande had faulted the exercise, describing it as a waste. Akande, who spoke to journalists when he went…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has inaugurated a 17-man committee to review its operational plan for the next five years. Speaking at the ceremony yesterday in Abuja, the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, explained that the review would form the basis for the full formulation of the election project plan for the 2023 ballot. According to him, it will also help the commission to identify all events, programmes and actions that needed to be implemented before the election. Yakubu recalled that INEC’s first strategic plan, within which general elections were anchored, was developed…
INEC declared in Abuja on Wednesday that management of large crowds at many polling units remained a challenge at elections. Its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the declaration at INEC’s first quarter meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) for this year. Yakubu said that with only 119,973 Polling Units serving a voter population of more than 84 million, Nigeria faced an acute problem of voter access to polling units. He noted that it was more worrisome as the number of eligible voters would increase when fresh registration resumed, “The management of large crowds at many polling…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged security operatives to maintain the same level of professionalism displayed in last year’s governorship polls in Edo and Ondo states for the Anambra State and subsequent elections. Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the charge during Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) meeting at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja yesterday. Despite few skirmishes, stakeholders had commended the electoral umpire and the role of security operatives in the Edo and Ondo governorship polls last year. “Let me express the appreciation of the commission for the roles played by the members of…
The leadership rumpus in the South-West geo-political zone of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a dramatic turn as majority of the members in the six states endorsed Dr. Eddy Olafeso as the National Vice Chairman. Aside supporting Olafeso for a second term against the camp of Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, they also backed the candidacy of Rev. Bunmi Jenyo as Zonal Secretary. A meeting was held in Akure, yesterday, at the Alagbaka residence of Olafeso in preparation for the PDP zonal congress in the South-West under the leadership and tutelage of former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose.…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State says no governor has surpassed or come near the achievements of late Lateef Jakande as first civilian governor of the state. The PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr Gani Taofik, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, while reacting to the death of Jakande on Thursday in Lagos. “What a very wrong time for such a man to die! We still need him very greatly, especially in this democracy. “He was the kind of person that should be on ground to really guide all leaders in the…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman in Anambra State, Fief Ejidike, says Igbos can produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023. He said this was possible if the people of South-East moved into the APC en masse. Ejidike spoke on Thursday when a former Police DIG, Celestine Okoye, joined the party at his polling unit in Awka. “APC has done so much for the South-East and Anambra in areas of infrastructure, the South-East has never had it like this”, NAN quoted him as saying. “The only way we can get more is to join the mainstream and 2023 will be…
Immediate past Interim Executive Director of Project, EDP on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, has said the All Progressives Congress, APC has a better prospect to win Delta State in 2023 if the leaders of the party could cooperate, began to be less cantankerous and do not match their ambition with hostility with other party members. Ojougboh who stated this while speaking on the sidelines of sensitisation of party members in Ika South on the registration/revalidation exercise of the party said the APC remained the most popular party in Delta but lamented that…
Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has said that in view of the depleting revenue base of the country, the parliament would henceforth back down on establishment laws to create more institutions of government. He, however, called for the reforms of the existing ones and removal of those no longer useful to the economy. The Speaker gave the disclosure in his remarks to welcome the members of the House from their 2020 Christmas and New Year holidays on Wednesday plenary. He said “In the 2021 legislative year, we will focus the attention of the House of Representatives on bills and…
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the 33rd virtual Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja. Physically present at the meeting that started by 10 am are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha and Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari. Ten Ministers who are physically attending the meeting are the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Attorney General of the Federation, AGF and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr…
Deputy Whip of the House of Representatives, Rep. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, has warned that future elections in the country, may still not be credible, even with a new Electoral Act. The principal lawmaker from Abia state, in an exclusive chat with the media on Tuesday, opined that “unless there is a character change by a majority of Nigerians, a new Electoral Law, will still not guarantee credible elections in 2023”. The legislator on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was fielding questions on the delay in the passage of a clean copy of the Bill for presidential assent.…
National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, has said the party is the country’s option to rally forces for unity, stability and development, given the quality of its human resources at all levels. Metuh stated this while playing host to members of the party’s National Working Committee who paid him a courtesy visit at his Abuja residence following his return from the United Kingdom where he had gone for medical treatment. “At this point, the PDP remains the viable option to restore hope in the polity, revamp the faith Nigerians have in our nation and save…
Olusegun Bamgbose, a chieftain of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, has lambasted a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, over reports of his move to dump the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC. It’s no longer a rumour that Fani-Kayode is about to defect to APC any moment from now. Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello on Wednesday claimed that Fani-Kayode had already joined APC. This was after the former Minister told reporters that he had a fruitful discussion on how to move Nigeria forward during his meeting with Bello over the weekend Fani-Kayode also…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State has announced the suspension of the ongoing membership registration/revalidation exercise in the State. This was contained in a statement, on Thursday, by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Mr Sylvester Imonina, in Asaba the State capital. The statement reads: “The Delta APC Chapter hereby formally announces to teeming party faithful that following pockets of complaints, the National Caretaker Committee of the party has deemed it necessary to suspend membership registration/revalidation exercise in the state. “Though, the party is aware that members of the public and party faithful were in high spirits and were looking…
The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commenced the registration and revalidation of members across the state, saying that its members have been cautioned to obey the guidelines of the party. Addressing newsmen at the party’s secretariat in Gusau, the state capital, the state committee chairman of the party, Hon. Lawali Liman Kaura said that the registration and revalidation exercise was expected to be hitch free as security operatives would be on top of security issues that may arise. “The registration and validation exercise would help us to know the actual number of our registered members…
Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister has visited ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. Fani-Kayode and his team met with Jonathan on Wednesday evening in Abuja. Disclosing this in a tweet, the former minister wrote: “My team and I had the honor and privilege of spending a wonderful evening with President Goodluck Jonathan in his Abuja home last night. None like him.” This is coming amid rumour over his defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Recall that Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State had disclosed that the former minister had dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to APC. Bello had said the former…
Prosecutors in Georgia have commenced a probe of former President Donald Trump’s alleged attempt to overturn the state election results. In January, Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s Republican top election official said the White House pushed him to take a from Trump. U.S. media outlets published the recordings wherein the President told Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, to “find” enough votes in his favour. On Wednesday, The New York Times said an inquiry has commenced. Its report revealed prosecutors in Fulton County have initiated a criminal investigation. The probe will cover the phone call Raffensperger “in which Mr Trump pressured him to…