Leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the South-South have passed a vote of confidence on President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The decision was taken at a meeting held in Abuja on Tuesday night, where the decision was reached. The meeting also resolved to work together in harmony in the interest of party faithful. A communique issued at the end of the meeting commended Buhari for his tremendous work despite the difficult situation. The communique signed by the Secretary of the Party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Sen. James Akpanudoedehe harped on the “need for the South South to meet periodically…
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The Caretaker, Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed a former National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, as the chairman of its South-South reconciliation committee. The decision was announced in a communique signed by Lucky Imasuen, the Secretary of the committee and made public on Wednesday, following a meeting of party leaders from the geo-political zone in Abuja on Tuesday. Other members of the committee include Chief Sunny Jackson, Senator Clever Ikisikpo, Dr. Mrs. Maryam Ali, Dr. Sam Jaja and Chief Emmanuel Nsan. APC leaders at the meeting also reiterated the resolution…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to his cattle ranch while ignoring parents of students kidnapped from Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State. PDP said Buhari places more premium on the welfare of his cattle than the protection of Nigerians. The party described as insensitive the action of Buhari to visit his cattle ranch while ignoring Kankara where the students were abducted. Boko Haram had last week abducted some students of Government Science Secondary School in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. The students were abducted while Buhari was on a private…
A former People’s Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant in Anambra State, Kodilichukwu Okelekwe, has dumped his party for the All Progressives Congress, APC. Okelekwe told newsmen in Nibo, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra that one of his reasons for dumping the PDP was because the interest of Igbo could be better served in the APC. According to him, Igbo gave the PDP hundred per cent support when the party was in power for sixteen years, no meaningful project was attracted to the South East. “The party promised to build 2nd Niger Bridge under Public-Private Partnership, PPP, but under…
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Adamawa State has inaugurated a new caretaker management committee. The committee comprises 57 members who are to serve in an interim capacity for the next six months. The new committee consists of 36 at the state level and 21 as chairmen of the party at the 21 local government areas of the state. The new EXCO is headed by Alhaji Ibrahim Bilal as state chairman, Wafarniyi Theman as Secretary and Mohammed Abdullahi as Public Relations Officer (PRO). The three held the same offices in the previous EXCO. The new committee is mandated to conduct…
Former senators, political leaders and loyalists of former Lagos State Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, stormed Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to launch a campaign movement, tagged: “The South West Agenda (SWAGA ‘23),” for him ahead of the 2023 presidency contest. The loyalists of Tinubu, who said that they launched the campaign movement in a bid to support his candidature, said that the former governor towered over others who may be interested in the bid. It would be recalled that the loyalists had on Monday visited the palaces of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji and Alaafin of…
Former U.S. First Lady and Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, on Monday renewed her call for the abolition of the country’s Electoral College. She made the call in a tweet shortly after voting as an elector alongside her husband and former President Bill Clinton in New York. “I believe we should abolish the Electoral College and select our president by the winner of the popular vote, same as every other office. “But while it still exists, I was proud to cast my vote in New York for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris,” the tweet reads. The news Agency of the…
Rep. Aliyu Yako (PDP, Kano) and Rep Danjuma Shiddi (APGA, Taraba), have defected to the APC. Announcing their defection on Tuesday in Abuja, Rep Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, said the duo attributed their defection to divisions in their former parties. Gbajabiamila said that Yako confirmed that he was leaving the PDP because of leadership crisis and division in the party in Kano and in his local government. He added that Shiddi in his own case said his defection was due to uncertainty propelled by division in the party, adding that such division would not allow him…
Recall, the APC is asking the court to disqualify Obaseki’s candidacy for the September election he won. The Federal High Court, Abuja adjourned indefinitely, a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking an order to disqualify Governor Godwin Obaseki as governor of Edo. In a short ruling on Tuesday in Abuja, Justice Ahmed Mohammed adjourned the suit indefinitely on the grounds of an appeal filed by Obaseki at the Court of Appeal. RECOMMENDED ARTICLES News Osinbajo-led council approves 5-year plan to curb hunger and malnutrition in Nigeria News NNPC boss Kyari says AKK gas pipeline has reached 15%…
The Senate, on Tuesday, condemned in very strong terms the attack on Government Science School, Kankara, Katsina State which led to the abduction and disappearance of over 300 students. Islamic extremist group, Boko Haram, has since claimed responsibility for the attack. During Tuesday’s plenary, the Senate also rejected a prayer seeking to invite the Minister of Defence, Major-Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd); Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar; the Director-General, Department of State Security Service, Yusuf Magaji Bichi; and the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu to brief the Senate on…
The former Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly, Abdulaziz Garba Gafasa and 13 other members loyal to him have described speculations that they are moving out of the APC to PDP in protest of what happened to them as a baseless cooked up story. Gafasa said there was no place or time he spoke about what happened to him or discussed plans to decamp from the ruling APC. “You can see that enemies are at work speculating that I’m moving out of APC to PDP, this is nothing but a baseless lie created to tarnish my name and reputation”. He…
The only member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives from Kano State, Aliu Detti has decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmaker announced his defection to the ruling party in a letter read on the floor of the House. Detti, in a re-run election, defeated Abdulmummin Jibrin of the APC in January 2020, following a court judgement that nullified Abdulmummin’s election. According to Detti, he is leaving the party because of the leadership crisis facing it in Kano State. “I would like to notify the House and the general public that I have…
The Senator representing Niger East in the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani Musa, on Tuesday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the current Service Chiefs. Musa said the Services Chiefs should be sacked because they have done enough. The lawmaker made the remark on the floor of the senate while contributing to a motion on the recent kidnapping of students at the Government Science School in Kankara, Katsina State. He lamented that Nigerians are dying daily due to insecurity. “Every day, people are dying and nothing is happening, and we continue to talk, we continue to go and console them.…
Member of the House of Representatives, Danjuma Shiddi (APGA, Taraba) has defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Announcing his defection on Tuesday in Abuja, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep Femi Gbajabiamila, said Shiddi attributed his defection to division in his former party. According to Gbajabiamila, Shiddi’s defection was because of uncertainty propelled by division in the party. He, however, said that such division wouldn’t allow Shiddi to further his political aspiration. Shiddi represents Ibi/Wukari Federal Constituency of Taraba.
Alhaji Salihu Lukman, Director-General, Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) has called for sanction against traditional and community leaders where kidnappings and banditry occur to serve as a deterrent to others. He made the call in a statement dedicated to the recent abducted of over 300 students of Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Kankara in Katsina State. Lukman said that security personnel deployed to the areas must also face severe sanction for negligence, describing the abduction as painful and shameful. “Such national security embarrassment must be brought to an end,” he said. Lukman, however, prayed that God would protect and return the…
Following the decision of four of the six chairmanship aspirants to throw their weight behind the aspiration of Mr. Justice Iyasere, the incumbent Vice Chairman of Udu Local Government Council, Delta State, Udu elders and leaders have resolved to endorse his candidature, urging Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and the state leadership of the party to listen to the position of the leaders for the peace and unity of the party. In a letter to Governor Okowa shortly after the meeting of the College of PDP Elders and Leaders on Friday, and signed by Chief Eddie Ono-Sorhue, Chairman, and J. E. O.…
The Elders Caucus of Kwara state chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the newly constituted Caretaker Committee of the party under the leadership of Hon Bashir Bolarinwa, saying that a Caretaker committee cannot succeed another one. Recall that Hon Bashir Bolarinwa was among the newly sworn-in caretaker committee by the caretaker committee, national leadership of the party in Abuja last week Friday The party’s elder caucus which comprises Rev Bunmi Olusona, Senator Oyewo, Senator Ahmed Ahmed, Hon Ayinla Folorunsho, and Senator Makanjuola Ajadi among others said this at a press conference in Ilorin on Sunday. According…
Joe Biden of the Democratic party was confirmed as the next US president on Monday by the Electoral College. The Electoral College formalized his victory over Republican Donald Trump, killing every hope of the Republicans overturning the election results. Biden, who scored over 270 electoral college votes, will take over the White House on January 20. Meanwhile, President Trump has sacked Attorney General Bill Barr after he contradicted his (Trump) claims that the presidential election was marred by fraud. He announced on Twitter, “Our relationship has been a very good one. Bill will be leaving just before Christmas to spend…
U.S. President-elect, Joe Biden, on Monday said it was time for outgoing President Donald Trump to concede defeat. Addressing the nation shortly after the Electoral College confirmed his victory in the Nov. 3 general polls, Biden said the “will of the people prevailed”. He said Trump’s refusal to accept defeat after his several lawsuits failed up to the Supreme Court was an “unprecedented assault on our democracy”. According to him, “The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago, and we now know that nothing, not even a pandemic or an abuse of power can extinguish…
The Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Abdulaziz Garba Gafasa and the House Majority Leader, Kabiru Hassan Dashi, have resigned their positions. Member representing Doguwa, Salisu Ibrahim Riruwai, confirmed the resignation of the duo. No specific reason has been given for the decisions. The resignation letters were received at 1:08am Tuesday by the Kano Assembly. “The speaker resigned on his own personal reason, according to his resignation letter sent to the 9th Assembly platform at 1:08am, while the majority leader did not give reason for his resignation,” Ibrahim said. A new speaker and a majority leader, according to…