The national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has urged for caution in the handling of the explosive issue of herders versus farmers conflict. Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, maintained that as Nigerians, “we must move in unison, but decisively to end the spiral of death and destruction,” which ensue from the crisis. The APC strongman’s position, which is about his first public intervention on the raging matter, was made known in a statement he personally signed and made available to The Guardian. Tracing the root of the imbroglio, Tinubu noted that although there have been…
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Senator-elect for Cross River North Senatorial District, Mr. Agom Jarigbe, has cried out over alleged delay by Senate President, Ahmed Lawan to swear him into office. Recall that the Supreme Court, on February 25, 2021, declared Jarigbe as the duly-elected Senator for the senatorial district in place of Senator Stephen Odey, who is still holding on to the seat. Jarigbe, who is a serving member of the House of Representatives, representing Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency, blamed his ordeal on antics of some unidentified National Assembly staffers, who stopped his file from getting to the Senate President to adhere to the apex court’s decision.…
The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, yesterday, disclosed that Southeast governors would soon converge on Owerri, the state capital, to deliberate on suitable security outfit for the region. While interacting with journalists at the Government House, he maintained that it was government’s primary responsibility to protect lives and property of its people. He said: “In the next couple of weeks, governors of the Southeast will hold a security summit in Owerri, with a view to fashioning out modalities for setting up a security outfit for our region. “It’s necessary for every zone to be vigilant and have a security outfit,…
Rumpus Over Mistimed Boycott There was an admixture of fear, fair access, protests, thuggery, boycott and vote buying. But, amid all those contrasting qualities, the major opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) crashed out of the recent Local Government Council poll in Delta State. On March 6, 2021, when the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, (DSIEC), conducted election for Chairmanship and Councillorship positions into the 25 Local Government Councils of the state, expectations were high. Deltans anticipated that the two major political parties, APC and the governing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), would test their popularity at the grassroots. The outcome of…
The Senate has resolved to expunge provisions of the law as contained in the Police Act, Federal Character Law, Electoral Act, Labour Act, Political Parties Constitutions, that infringe on the rights of women in Nigeria. Senate’s resolution was hinged on the adoption of a motion on the 2021 International Women’s Day with the theme: “Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-l9 world #Choose To Challenge”. The motion was sponsored by Senator Betty Apiafi (PDP-Rivers) and co-sponsored by seven other Senators. Apiafi rising under Order 42 and 52 of the Senate Standing Rules, said the International Women’s Day…
Nigerian youths, under the aegis of Nigeria Youths Movement for Tinubu (NYMT), have urged the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to join the race for the 2023 presidential election. The group said the former Lagos State governor is the best person to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari to consolidate on the gains of the APC administration. Director-General of the group, Mukhtar Hussein Mukhtar, in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja, yesterday, noted that Tinubu made huge sacrifices for the democracy the country is enjoying today. According to the statement, the support of…
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rose from a five-hour meeting in Abuja, yesterday, to plead for financial aid from President Muhammadu Buhari. The fund, according to them, will help them tackle some teething governance issues. They equally declared support for the Federal Government’s efforts at addressing insecurity and engendering peace across the country. Addressing journalists after the meeting, Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum (PDPGF), Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, disclosed that the meeting also received interim report from the Bukola Saraki-led PDP Reconciliation Committee on efforts made to address the grievances among…
Few months after tension and restiveness in the Uche Secondus-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC), reprieve came its way yesterday. The party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) rose from an emergency meeting in Abuja, declaring full support for the NWC.It assured members that the working committee would be supported fully in all its operations, particularly the preparation for the planned December 2021 national convention during which PDP would elect its next national officers. Secretary to the Board of Trustees and former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara, who presided over the meeting said it was convened because of heightened political…
The House of Representatives ad hoc Committee on purchase of arms and ammunition on Friday insisted that the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Attahiru Ibrahim must appear in person to clarify issues on purchase of arms by Nigerian Army. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Bede Eke (PDP-Imo) at a public hearing in Abuja. Ibrahim has sent a team of officers led by Maj.Gen. Charles Ofoche to represent him at the event. Rep. Ifeanyi Mouma (APGA-Anambra) while raising a point of order at the hearing said that a written invitation was sent to COAS by the…
Gani Adams, has said Nigeria’s system of government is just civil rule and not the democracy he and other activists fought for. Aare Adams said this in an exclusive interview with Vanguard, during which he also noted that 80 percent of the problem of the Yoruba is caused by Yoruba themselves. Asked if he has regrets about the trajectory his life took, Iba Adams said no, but that the challenge is the lack of unity among the Yoruba. Aare Gani Adams: “When we were in school, our friends from the South would say ‘we fought a civil war. You Yoruba…
A coalition of northern groups, comprising North Eastern Patriots, (CONEP),North Central Development Cycle (NCDC), Northern Youths in Politics (NYP), Public Awareness on Societal Change (PASCHI) and Arewa Supporters of Ndi-Igbo have thrown their weight behind Senator Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha to declare his interest in the 2021 Presidential election. Speaking on behalf of the groups in Bauchi on Thursday, Chairman of the Coalition, Alhaji Suleiman Usman pointed out that it is the turn of Southeast geopolitical region to produce the next president since other regions have had a someone from their region at the helm of affairs of the country.…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, on Friday, stated that no funds released for arms were mismanaged by former military chiefs. Retired Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno, the National Security Adviser, had raised the allegation of missing money. But the presidency boasted that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is not the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Buhari probed arms procurement after he assumed office in 2015. In January 2021, he finally removed ex-Chiefs of Defence, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Army – Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai; Navy – Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; and Air – Marshal Sadique Abubakar. They were replaced by General Leo Irabor…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, on Friday, upturned a Port Harcourt High Court judgement on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Cross River State chapter chairmanship tussle. The Presiding Judge of the Court of Appeal Calabar, Justice M S Owoade, who delivered the judgement in suit CA/C/386/2020, between Venatius Ikem and others versus PDP and Alphonsus Eba, held that the PDP rules and guidelines on election of its officials override whatever interferes with the election process. “Section 147 of the PDP Constitution has explicitly spelt out the qualification for anyone to contest for any position in…
Former House of Representatives Speaker, Dimeji Bankole, is on his way to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Ogun-born politician met with Yobe Governor and Chairman APC Caretaker Committee, Mai Mala Buni, on Friday. Also at the meeting was Jigawa Governor, Abubakar Badaru. The trio discussed a wide range of political issues, including the entry of the former Speaker and his supporters into the party. The APC is strengthening its grip in Ogun State. The ruling platform witnessed a split before the 2019 general elections. During the grand rally for President Muhammadu Buhari’s in the state, Bola Tinubu, APC National…
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has taken a swipe at the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, for accusing governors in the region of mismanagement of 13 percent derivation fund. He said it was disingenuous for Akpabio who as Governor of Akwa Ibom State to act like a demi-god, to accuse incumbent governors of financial recklessness just because they did not attend the inauguration of Niger Delta Development Commission ((NDDC) headquarters building in Port Harcourt on Thursday. The governor took a swipe at the minister during the inauguration of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) Secretariat Building,…
Barely 24 hours after it demanded gender parity in party administration and control, women in the ruling All Progressives Congress APC have intensified lobby to get at least 108 members in the House of Representatives ahead of the 2023 general elections. There are, at present, 11 women in the 360-member House of Representatives, but the women representative in the party’s Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC, Stella Okotete, said the women are working towards having a platform that would produce at least three women federal representatives in each state in 2023. Consequently, the APC women wing has inaugurated a lobby…
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Thursday, pledged support to federal government’s effort to stem the tide of growing security concern in the country. Sokoto state governor and chairman of PDP Governors’ Forum, Aminu Tambuwal stated this at the end of a meeting of the governors held at the Sokoto Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. The meeting which had in attendance almost all the PDP governors, followed quickly on the heels of a similar one held by the party’s Board of Trustees at the party’s secretariat in Abuja. Addressing journalists at the end of the meeting…
The Senator representing the Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha on Thursday, said he will succeed president Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. The former governor of Imo State, stated this when a group of youth under the umbrella of ‘Forward with Anayo Rochas Okorocha (FOWARO 2023)’ visited him in Abuja, the nations capital. Okorocha who stated that he had contested for the office three times but failed at the primary level, expressed optimism of winning the race in 2023. He said he aspired to become president of Nigeria long ago, stressing that the first time he picked the presidential ticket was…
Despite the court judgment ordering the swearing in of Hon. Daniel Ojata Enefola of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the elected lawmaker representing Ibaji State Constituency, the Kogi State House of Assembly has failed to honour the court ruling. Recall that Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, 29th January, 2021 ordered the removal of Mr Atule Egbunu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and directed that he be replaced with the candidate of the party with the next highest votes in the December 5, 2020 by-election in the constituency. TheInfoStride findings revealed that Hon.…
The Women Aid Collective, WACOL, has urged for more inclusion of women in the decision making process. WACOL, a leading organization championing the rights of women and other vulnerable members of the society is unrelenting in its push against gender-based violence, even as it pursues economic justice and empowerment for women. Speaking in Enugu during a consultative meeting organized in collaboration with Action Aid, the founder and director of WACOL, Prof. Joy Ngozi Ezeilo said women deserved more than their present position in the scheme of things. Ezeilo, represented by the programme manager on CBOs engagement, Mrs. Anuli Ezennia said…