The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike on Thursday revealed reasons why he is still a member of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Wike said the hopes of Nigerians rests on no other party but the PDP. The Governor spoke during the commissioning of the reconstructed Aker base road in his state. Wike, who described himself and others he didn’t mention, as men of character, said if he was that kind of Governor, he would have joined the APC. “I know how many times people have tried to woo us. We say no, we cannot be wooed. We…
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Ayo Fayose, a former Governor of Ekiti State, has reacted to the release of Olisa Metuh, ex-spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Referring to Metuh’s release, Fayose said tough times don’t last. In a tweet, the former governor wrote: “Welcome back home Olisa Metuh, tough time don’t last. “And to Justice Okon Abang, you will one day reap the rewards of the hardship and suffering your miscarriage of justice has made many Nigerians to go through.” Recall that the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja had on December 16 nullified the seven years jail term imposed on Metuh by…
Zamfara State Governor, Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle yesterday at the chamber of the State Government House, signed the 2021 budget into law. The Governor noted that the budget remains the life wire of political, economical and social development of any society. According to him, the budget which has been passed into law by the State House of Assembly would assist his administration to confront the political, economic and social challenges bededevelling the State. Matawalle commended the State lawmakers for giving the appropriation bill accelerated passage within two weeks of presentation at the chamber of the House. Earlier, while presenting the…
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja reiterated the promise of his administration to remain unyielding in confronting Boko Haram. He also vowed that all forms of criminality that have bedevilled Nigeria will be crushed. Buhari spoke at the induction and commissioning ceremony of the newly acquired NAF MI-171E Helicopter and two reactivated Alpha Jets and one L39ZA aircraft. “On our part, we will continue to support you in any way we can to help you become more effective in the execution of your mandate for the safety and security of our country”, he said. Buhari noted that his administration has…
An Abuja High Court presided over by Justice K. N. Ogbonnaya has issued a garnishee order against the Benue state government funds in all the state accounts and those of its parastatals over a judgement debt of N1.148billion. Affected by the order were 23 bank accounts being operated by the state government and its parastatals in seven commercial banks. Briefing newsmen Thursday in Makurdi about the development, Commissioner for Information, Mrs Ngunan Addingi, and his counterpart in the Ministry of Justice, Micheal Gusa said the order had crippled all activities in the state. The order was a sequel to an…
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has advised supporter groups to shun politics of bitterness and violence and to desist from insulting any of his critics or opponents. Fintiri gave the advice during an interactive session with socio-political groups and their roles in good governance and state building held on Thursday in Yola. His representative, Mr Dogo Victor, Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Social Mobilisation, said Gov. Fintiri assumed power with the mission and vision to bring change and development to the people of Adamawa. “The importance and role of socio-political groups in ensuring good governance and state building…
Over the past week, the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives, Kingsley Chinda from Rivers State has repeatedly called for the impeachment of President Muhamadu Buhari. He hinged his decision on the security situation in the country. Chinda in a statement on the 7th of December had called on the Federal Executive Council to invoke section 144(1) by declaring the President incapacitated to discharge the duties of his office and also called on Nigerians to compel their representatives to commence impeachment process. On the 17th of July, Mr Chinda again called for the…
Members of the Niger State House of Assembly have sacked the Majority Leader in the House, Abba Bala Mohammed and his Deputy, Binta Mamman. The lawmakers were impeached by their colleagues over alleged negligence of duty. However, the sack of the Deputy Leader, Binta Mamman was later reversed as she was said to still be in isolation recovering from coronavirus. The Legislators accused the majority leader of abandoning plenary during an important matter of the presentation of the Report of the 2021 budget estimate. The impeachment motion was moved by the member representing Bida 1, Hon. Bako Kasim Alfa and…
A member of the House of Representatives from Rivers State, Rep. Doctor Farah Dagogo, has faulted threats by the leadership of the House, to sanction Rep Kingsley Chinda over his call for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari. Kingsley Chinda, a Lawmaker from Rivers State, had urged the National Assembly to commence impeachment moves against the President over rising cases of insecurity across the country, especially in the North, and the failing state of the Country’s economy. However, the leadership of the House, through the Majority Leader, Rep. Alhassan Ado Doguwa, had threatened to take disciplinary action against Kingsley Chinda…
Mr Uche Secondus, National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday, commissioned developmental projects executed by the administration of Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state. Speaking at the ceremony in Sokoto, Secondus lauded Tambuwal for striving hard to execute the projects, in spite of limited resources. He said that the execution of the projects has demonstrated the commitment of the governor towards fulfilling his campaign promises to the people. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the projects included rural water supply scheme, teaching hospital, diagnostic centre and roads. Secondus said that the provision of…
The December 5, 2020 Lagos East bye-election continues to generate negative impact within the Lagos chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The party’s senatorial candidate, Mr. Babatunde Gbadamosi, lost to Senator Tokunbo Abiru, candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), who was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The loss led to the the controversial suspension of the state’s chairman, Mr. Adedeji Doherty, last Friday. The Secretary, Mr. Muiz Shodipe and the Publicity Secretary, Mr. Taofik Gani, alleged that the chairman is guilty of financial mismanagement and anti-party activities. Doherty’s suspension followed a vote of no…
The recent foundation laid by the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to reconcile aggrieved members in Taraba State and also woo new members from other parties has begun to yield positive results. The party is now perfecting plans to receive decampees from opposition parties. It would be recalled that a member of the party’s national Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (NCECPC), Professor Mohammed Tahir, had earlier visited the state to engage aggrieved members in a roundtable. He urged them to beat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the next election. PDP has presided over the affairs of the…
The serving overseer of Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly (LRA), Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, used his political dexterity to win elections for the party in 2015 and 2019. Bakare stated this while speaking at the church’s recently unveiled Citadel in Lagos. According to him, God does not need anyone’s permission to put Tinubu in His hall of fame. The fiery cleric likened Tinubu to Jephthah in the Bible, who delivered his people despite the circumstances of his birth. “Hear me loud and…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the 29th virtual Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja. Physically present at the meeting which is expected to be the last council meeting in 2020 were Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha and the National Security Adviser, NSA, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd). Also present at the Council Chamber were 12 Ministers, Alhaji Lai Mohammed (Information and Culture), Abubakar Malami, (Attorney General of the Federation, AGF and Minister of Justice), Mr Babatunde Fashola (Works and Housing), Hadi Sirika (Aviation),…
Former Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Sir Roland Owie, yesterday, called on former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to forget his 2023 presidential ambition positing that in the event that the major political parties agree to zone the presidency to the southern part of Nigeria, it would be turn of the south-east to produce the next president of Nigeria. Owie while speaking on the emergence of a group, Justice and Peace Forum in Nigeria (JPFN) which he said would be launched early next year said but in his opinion…
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Anambra State has warned officers of the party at all levels not to campaign for any governorship aspirant for the 2021 election in the state, warning that officers who flout the directive stood the risk of being sanctioned. The state chairman of PDP, Chief Ndubuisi Nwobu, who handed the warning at the party’s state secretariat in Awka while welcoming a governorship aspirant, Mr. Wilson Ude, said the campaign for PDP candidate would commence fully once the party’s flag bearer was known. He said: “For now, we should see all aspirants as…
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Wednesday, effected a minor reshuffle of his cabinet and also created a new Ministry of Industry and Cooperatives. The Governor who announced the shake up in Makurdi also assigned portfolios to two newly appointed Commissioners who two days ago took the oath of office and allegiance. According to Governor Ortom, the two newly appointed Commissioners, Comrade Ojotu Ojema took over from Mrs. Ladi Ajene-Isegbe at the Ministry of Youth and Sports as Commissioner while Dr. Joseph Ngea took charge of the Ministry of Health and Human Services following the demise of his predecessor, Dr.…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has challenged the Nigeria Governors Forum to stop mincing words and speak against the heightened insecurity in the country. Governor Wike said this during the commissioning of the Obagi-Woji Street in GRA, Port Harcourt. The Governor, who said his administration is committed to developing the state, added that it was wrong for the Governors forum to sit on the fence in a matter that is ravaging the country. “Everything has collapsed in the country. Security has collapsed, the economy has collapsed, there is nothing working in Nigeria. “People should know that we are not just…
The fight over the soul of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South West between the former governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, and the governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde, has torn apart the Ondo state chapter of the party. A statement by the state party’s publicity secretary, Kennedy Peretei, announced the indefinite suspension of a former party state chairman, Hon. Ebenezer Alabi; former party state secretary, Chief Oyedele Ibini; a former national assembly member, Hon. Lad Ojomo; former Zonal publicity secretary of the party in the south west, Mr Ayo Fadaka; and the minority leader in the…
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Barrow had on December 3 met with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where the two leaders engaged in bilateral talks. The 53-year old Gambian leader later told State House correspondents that his country still needed Nigeria’s stabilising support. “Things would have been very difficult for us without the invaluable support you gave,” Barrow said. Meanwhile, in a brief interview with State House correspondents at the end of the closed door meeting, Jonathan said he briefed Buhari about the outcome of his mission to the Gambian capital Banjul. Jonathan, who is the…