Lagos State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed satisfaction with the leadership of Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State. In a statement yesterday, the party’s spokesman, Mr. Taofik Gani, said the party declare full support for Makinde’s leadership style in the South West. The decision is coming the heels of the suspension of Lagos PDP chairman, Mr. Adedeji Doherty, by some members of the party allegedly led by Gani last week on charges of anti-party activities. But Doherty told The Guardian that his suspension was a joke taken too far by some desperate members of the party’s executive…
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There are fears that APC leaders in the North might renege on the alleged zoning agreement made in 2014. In the midst of the controversies over the zoning arrangement of the ruling All Progressives Congress for the 2023 presidential election, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has said that the founding fathers of party will speak on the issue next year. While some founding members left the party during the build up to the 2019 general election, Ngige said nine among the founding fathers are still in the ruling party. According to Punch, the minister said those still…
A former governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda, has said that an Igbo presidency will strengthen Nigeria. Ahead of the next general election in 2023, certain groups and individuals have been asking that the South-East produce the next president. Disagreeing with the calls for restructuring, Yuguda, speaking with The Sun, stressed that the Southeast be allowed to take a shot at the presidency. “The east should be given a shot for the presidency, but should not be seen as a right, but comfort in the minds of our brothers and sisters. That as a region, they have had it too.…
The leader of the youths says the current political permutation among elites in the country is not in their favour. Ahead of 2023 general elections, some Nigerian youth are regrouping under the banner of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), in a bid to seek alternative solution to their problems, including taking political power from the elites. The YPP is a social-democratic political party in Nigeria, created to challenge the two major parties, the ruling the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Leicester deal blow to Spurs’ title hopes as Man Utd brace for Leeds test Mr…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) On Saturday won all the chairmanship and council seats in Gombe local government polls conducted in the state. NAN reports that the result was confirmed by the Gombe State Independent Electoral Commission (GOSIEC). The Executive Chairman of GOSIEC and chief presiding officer at the polls, Mr Saidu Awak, said the results of the election, as returned and declared by returning officers, were in accordance with section 26, sub-section 1 and 2 of the GOSIEC law 2013, as amended. Awak stated that the APC won all the 11 chairmanship and 114 council seats in the state…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the 17 local government areas of Abia State in the Local government chairmanship election conducted on Friday, December 18, in the state Announcing the results on Friday at the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission headquarters Umuahia, the ABSIEC chairman, Prof. Mkpa Agu Mkpa, said in Umunneochi, Ifeanyi Madu of the PDP polled 6,971 votes to beat the APC candidate who garnered 188 votes Umuahia South, Benson Humphrey of the PDP polled 11,480 votes to defeat the APC candidate who garnered 58 votes only. In Umuahia North Ugochukwu Njikonye of PDP polled 29,931…
Abia State Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, has congratulated the Chairman-elect of Ohafia LGA, Dr Okoroafor Ukiwe, on his victory at the recently concluded Abia State Local Government polls and urged him not take the vote of the people for granted. Chief Okiyi who was speaking with newsmen in Umuahia after the announcement of the result of the election by the Chairman of Abia State Independent Electoral commission (ABSIEC), Prof Mkpa Agu Mkpa, described the election as fair and credible and expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the polls and thanked Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and his wife, Mrs…
The state caretaker chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Edo State, Col David Imuse Rtd. has called on Gov Godwin Obaseki to immediately resign from office over security challenges in the state. In a statement, Col Imuse alleged that Obaseki had run out of ideas on how to govern the state. According to him, the call has become necessary because the Governor is failing in his duty of protecting the lives of Edo people, he has shown gross disregard for the rule of law and his personal interest is clashing with his official interest. ‘He has failed in duty…
The Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Hon. Paul Omotoso, has said the party members will force Governor Kayode Fayemi to contest 2023 presidency if he refuses to willingly join the race. Omotoso spoke in Ayede Ekiti, Oye Local government on Saturday during a Christmas programme organised by a chieftain of the party, Dr Olusegun Osinkolu for 1,000 APC members in Ekiti North Senatorial District. Omotoso, represented by the APC Caretaker Publicity Secretary, Hon Ade Ajayi, said: “We can say boldly that APC will win the Ekiti governorship election in 2022, because Governor Fayemi has…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has chided the Governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde, for mocking the immediate-past Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, by what it called his politically motivated trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a statement on Saturday, by the state’s Publicity Secretary of the party, Raphael Adeyanju, the Ekiti State PDP advised the Oyo State governor to display maturity expected from somebody occupying his exalted office and rise above childishness and pettiness. The party said: “It is rather unfortunate that someone like Governor Makinde, who was never a stable…
Following the security challenge in the country, Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has said some politicians were frustrating the war against insecurity by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, claiming they were politicising insecurity for selfish political and economic gains. Governor Bello said this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, where he also congratulated the President, Kastina State government, parents and families of the recently released kidnapped schoolboys, and the Nigeria Army for their swift response. Bello charged heads of security agencies in the country to act professionally and expose these persons sabotaging security efforts so they can face…
Uche Seconds, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday, called for President Muhammadu Buhari’s resignation. Secondus said Buhari should resign for admitting that his administration has failed to protect Nigerians. Recall that Buhari had yesterday lamented over his inability to achieve his responsibility of ensuring the protection of Nigerians. The president had spoken in Daura, Katsina State, following the release of the abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara. However, Secondus said Buhari should give way for fresh ideas because he can’t live up to his responsibilities. The PDP National Chairman, in a statement by…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday alleged a plot by the Governor Mai Buni-led All Progressives Congress (APC) National Caretaker Committee to heighten insecurity in the Northwestern part of the country. PDP alleged that the APC plans to use an “impostor to destabilize the Northwest states, particularly Zamfara state, create space for violence and blame it on Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle.” The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan made the allegation in a statement he signed and issued. According to Ologbondiyan: “Our party has also noted series of devious statements against Governor Matawalle by the APC, a party that…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to do the honourable thing and resign after he admitted failure of his administration on insecurity. Prince Secondus who was reacting to the President’s admittance that a lot needs to be done to improve security and that security chiefs were not measuring up to expectations, said that the buck stops on the table of the Commander-in-Chief who kept them ignoring all advisories to change them. The PDP boss said in a statement from his media office that rather than the belated lamentations after…
A few months from now, Anambra State will welcome a new governor of the state. Aspirants for the 2021 governorship election are using the Christmas celebrations to ready their arsenal for the exercise expected to hold in November. As the shadow political campaigns continue before the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) blows the whistle, the legion of aspirants are already spending mouth-watering amounts of money to pull voters to their side. But, recent experience has shown that election spending does not determine capacity or reflect the character of the candidate, which are the two crucial legs upon which the race is…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has tendered an unreserved apology to the kidnapped and released students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. The party assured the schoolboys that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would ensure that their learning environment is safe and secure going forward. The party said this in a statement signed by the Chairman, Caretaker / Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the APC, Mai Mala Buni, on Saturday, December 19, 2020. In the statement titled ‘APC Welcomes Release, Commends Security Agents and Demands For Pre-Emptive Measures against Reoccurrence,’ the party said it received the release…
The Ogbobula Isaac-led Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State on Saturday, suspended Sen. Magnus Abe, Hon. Igo Aguma, Barr. Wogu Boms and Livingstone Wechie They were suspended for alleged anti-party activities. The State Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the party, Isaac Abbot-Ogbobula, announced that the suspension of Abe, Aguma, Wogu Bom, was based on a communication from the wards and local government. Isaac also recommended the expulsion of Sen. Abe and others from the party. The ruling party also expelled persons, who were inaugurated as caretaker committee leaders in wards and local government areas by Igo…
The main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday formally received many prominent people leaving other parties into its fold. Among the new APC members are Sen Ishaku Abbo from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Governor Bala Ngillari also from PDP, Chief Emmanuel Bello from Social Democratic Party (SDP), and Sen Abdulaziz Nyako from African Demicratic Congress (ADC). The Unity Forum meeting of the APC at which the aforementioned personalities and their followers were officially received at the APC state Secretariat on Saturday, may have marked the conclusion of a merger talk between the APC and the ADC, effectively erasing…
On Saturday November 28 this year, Nigerians woke up to very disturbing news. In Zabarmari community in Jere Local Government of Borno state, Boko Haram terrorists stormed the rice farms where farmers were harvesting, tied them up and slit their throats. According to the state governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, more than 70 farmers were slaughtered, but 43 bodies were recovered and buried on Sunday November 29. Outrage greeted this barbaric act both from local and the international community. In his immediate response to the massacre, President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the killing but declared that he had given all the needed…
ElectHER, a non-partisan women’s political advancement organisation, has vowed to ensure that the poor representation of women in politics experienced in 2019 will not be the case in 2023. “We will ensure that women ‘Decide, Run and Win. We are on a mission to support 1000 women to run for office in 2023,’ said its co-Founders, Abosede George-Ogan and Ibijoke Faborode, during a media brief ahead of the organisation’s one-year anniversary celebration holding Saturday, December 19th, 2020, in Lagos. Asserting that policy outcomes will remain poor and ineffective, and that nation-building and socio-economic progression cannot be attained without equal representation,…