The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi State, on Thursday, accused the Chief Registrar of the Federal High Court, Mr. Emmanuel Gakko Abuja, of undermining the integrity and jurisdiction of the court. Chairman of the PDP committee in the State, Hon. Fred Udeeogu made the claims in a statement made available to the media. He said it was prejudicial for the Chief Registrar to set up an administrative panel over issues, with suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/1609/202, already before the Federal High Court for adjudication. Parties in the suit include: Hon. Fred Udeogu and ten others, (plaintiffs),…
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A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi State Elder Fred Udeogu has warned the ruling All Progressive Congress, in the state to stop forcing and giving money to citizens to register in their party. Elder Udeogu made this known while speaking with journalists in Abakaliki on Thursday. He alleged that the APC was bribing residents of the state to register with the party in the ongoing revalidation exercise. “Is there anybody registering with APC in Ebonyi? Nobody is registering with them (APC). Moving around you see what is happening there. They are forcefully trying to get PVS’s…
The Abia PDP Media Support Group,(AMSG), has criticised a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Azubuike Ihejirika, Rtd, over his recent purported defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressive Congress, APC. AMSG says Ihegirica’s alleged defection poses no threat to the ruling PDP in the state. The PDP group said retired General Ihejirika has no electoral value as he claims, stressing that the ex-Service Chief failed to deliver his Ward polling unit for the Peoples Democratic Party during the 2015 and 2019 general elections. The group reminded Ihejirika that APC as a party has only bequeathed…
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has dissolved his cabinet. The move was made ahead of the February 24 second term inauguration of the governor. The announcement was made during the valedictory meeting of the State Executive Council meeting. While appreciating the members of the State Executive Council for their support for his administration in the last four years, Akeredolu lauded them for their dedication to duty. The governor said they had worked together as one and the interest of the state had remained paramount throughout their services to the state government Details later…
Former Abia State Governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has met Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike at the Government House, Port Harcourt. Senator Kalu arrived Port Harcourt around 9pm on Wednesday to the reception of Governor Wike. This is Kalu’s first visit to the Rivers State Government House since he left as Governor in 2007. The nocturnal meeting between Governor Wike and Senator Kalu was held behind closed doors with few leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State. Details of the visit are yet to be disclosed as of the time of filing this report. On Tuesday, Senator…
Olusegun Bamgbose, a chieftain of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, has said that former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus have no choice at the moment but to defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Bamgbose claimed that Abubakar and Secondus have become helpless with the current exodus from the PDP and may have no choice but join the bandwagon soon. He noted that this was an era of defections, of which the APC has been the greatest beneficiary with the big wigs from PDP and other parties…
The member representing Owerri-west state constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly, Kanayo Onyemaechi has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the eight years tenure of former Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha and imprison him without delay. The lawmaker also known as Dele was reacting to the claim of the former Governor to have owned the Eastern Palm University (EPU) allegedly built with Imo state money. He said, “if it were in western world, people like Rochas Okorocha should be cooling off in prison for leadership rascality. “How can a man wake up one day…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said the party has not adopted a presidential candidate for the 2023 elections. Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP National Publicity Secretary said the party has not sold nomination form to any intending candidate, hence it has no flagbearer yet. Ologbondiyan made the clarification while faulting a report that PDP has adopted its former presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar as the party’s 2023 presidential candidate. The PDP spokesman also stressed that the opposition party was always ready to defend democracy. He assured that PDP will never support the imposition of candidates. “We have not started selling forms, until…
Sanity returns to the end of Ogere Lagos-Ibadan expressway as tankers and other big related vehicles parked along the road are being removed. The Ogere axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway is notorious for traffic gridlock, often as a result of tankers and trailers parked illegally on the road. The scenario suggests that there is a high level of compliance with the presidential order. Assistant Col. Commander, Oluwatoyi Ogwulano who has been leading the team-unit in the enforcement provided an update. A federal task force comprising the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Nigeria Police and other security agencies is mandated to enforce…
Former governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have promised to look into the crisis rocking the party, which had led to the defection of many members. The ex-governors made the promise on Wednesday while meeting with the Saraki-led Reconciliation and Strategy Committee established to end the party’s crisis. TheInfoStride had earlier reported that the committee members, chaired by the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki were in close door meeting with the PDP ex-governors. Saraki, while addressing newsmen shortly after the meeting, said: “Former Governors that have been elected under the platform of the PDP, they…
Members of the Reconciliation and Strategy Committee of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, are currently meeting with former Governors elected on the platform of the party. The meeting is being held behind closed-doors at the Legacy House Maitama Abuja. Saraki, the Chairman of the Reconciliation Committee, made this known via a tweet on his official Twitter handle. The tweet reads: “This afternoon, members of the #PDP Reconciliation & Strategy Committee and I are at Legacy House in Abuja, meeting with a cross-section of former Governors elected under the platform of our great party, the PDP.”
Senator representing Niger South Senatorial district, Birma Enagi, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari-led government is incompetent. He also said that the government has disappointed the citizens over poor handling of security matters. The lawmaker’s outburst followed a motion by his colleague on the reported abduction of Government Science Secondary School students, Kagara in Niger State on Wednesday morning. Senator Mohammed Sani Musa representing Niger East Senatorial district rose under order 42 and 52, disclosing that an unspecified number of school students with their teachers have been abducted. But lamenting the incessant abductions in Niger State, Enagi suggested if the…
Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Yekini Nabena, has described the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed as a total failure in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Nabena also said time has left the Minister behind in the scheme of things in APC, adding that he (Mohammed) can no longer catch up with time unless he works with his governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State. Lai Mohammed had called Yekini Nabena an impostor for advising him to work with his Kwara State Governor and allow peace to reign in the ongoing nationwide membership registration…
Simeon Eze, an ex-Personal Assistant to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Security and Protocols, has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Eze, from Echara/Isiagu Ward in Igboeze-South Local Government Area of Enugu State, joined the APC on Tuesday. NAN reports that he registered at the local government party secretariat in Ibagwa-Aka. Jonathan Zwingina, the Chairman of APC Registration and Revalidation Committee in Enugu, attended the event. Also present were Ben Nwoye, State Caretaker Committee Chairman and some executives and party chieftains. The APC also received some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youths from Unadu Ward of the LGA. “I decided to…
The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the purported defection of former Governor Gbenga Daniel to the All Progressives Congress (APC) is good riddance to bad rubbish. The PDP said it will not miss the former governor in any way, adding that his official departure would ensure peace and stability in the party. The Ogun PDP Publicity Secretary, Akinloye Bankole, on Tuesday, told newsmen that defection of Daniel was not new. Bankole asserted that the Sagamu-born politician had left the PDP two years ago when he was said to have ordered his loyalists to work…
The National Chairman, Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has disclosed that nearly 10,000 requests have been made for the establishment of additional polling units. Yakubu said the nationwide requests were 5,700 as of October 2020 but had increased by over 4,000 as of February 15. He spoke on Tuesday at the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) office in Kaduna, during consultations on additional polling units in Nigeria. Yakubu explained that INEC has been using 119, 973 polling units since 1996. ”In 1999, the country had 84 million registered voters and the number of polling units remained the same”, NAN…
The governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi and younger brother Austin Umahi, who was formerly the national vice chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, south-east zone, on Tuesday officially joined the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC. Umahi and brother officially registered in APC at his country home in Uburu polling unit in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The governor who was issued the membership card while addressing party members and supporters said the APC would completely take over the zone by 2023. The registration according to reports validated Umahi’s defection to the national ruling party after he…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan met with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Reconciliation and Strategy Committee. The meeting was part of efforts to resolve the internal crisis within the opposition. The party last year appointed former Senate President, Bukola Saraki to head its national reconciliation committee. Saraki, who disclosed this in a tweet, on Tuesday wrote: “As part of our efforts to listen to the concerns of key stakeholders across our great party, this afternoon, the @OfficialPDPNig Reconciliation and Strategy Committee is meeting with our immediate past President, H.E. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (@GEJonathan). Just a few days ago, Jonathan had dismissed…
The Kano State House of Assembly has urged the State Government to complete the abandoned road linking Ungoggo and Minjibir Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. This followed the adoption of a motion by Mr Tasi’u Zabainawa (APC-Minjibir) at plenary presided over by Speaker Hamisu Ibrahim-Chidari on Tuesday. Presenting the motion, Zabainawa explained that the project was initiated by the administration of late Gov. Abubakar Rimi, but abandoned for several years before it was resuscitated by former Gov. Ibrahim Shekarau’s regime. “The project was abandoned again for many years before it was salvaged by Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje during his…
Reactions have continued to trail the defection of Gbenga Daniels from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressive Congress, APC. Daniel who was the campaign manager for PDP’s former Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar announced his defection to APC on Tuesday. He revealed that his decision to decamp began from supporting Governor Dapo Abiodun adding that it took a speedy curve with the request of the national caretaker Chairman of the APC to visit him along with three governors. His defection has stirred reactions from Nigerians who called out Nigerian politicians for chasing after their selfish interest and not…