Lt. Col. Yusuf Dodo is the new Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari picked him from a list of three nominees recommended by outgoing ADC, Col. Mohammed Abubakar, NAN reports. Abubakar, 48, was given the task of nominating three seasoned and trustworthy army officers. The President selected Dodo, an Academy Adjutant of the Nigerian Defence Academy. Dodo will fully occupy the position mid-February. For the next three weeks, he will understudy Abubakar. The colonel will commence a five-month course in Santiago, Chile, from March 8 to July 30. The course is a prerequisite for his promotion to the rank…
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit instituted against the National Judicial Council, NJC and Imo State governor, Chief Hope Uzodimma to challenge the suitability of Justice Ijeoma Agugua as the substantive Chief Judge of Imo State. TheInfoStride reports that the court action instituted by one Hon Justin Brown Amadi who claimed to be a taxpayer was struck out by Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo on the ground that the plaintiff has no locus standi to file the suit. Amadi had joined Imo State Judicial Commission, the Imo State governor, Imo State Attorney General, Imo State House…
At least, five of former US President, Donald Trump’s lawyers defending his impeachment have left his team, CNN reports. The trial is set to begin on February 9, 2021. The five lawyers, including two who were thought to be leading the team, have dumped Trump after they disagreed over his legal strategy. Trump had wanted them to continue with his claims of mass election fraud and not focus on the legality of convicting a president after he has left office. The report says the former US president was “not receptive” to discussion. The lawyers including Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to encourage more participation and ownership of the party at grassroots, by adopting bottom-up processes of registration and revalidation at ward, local government, state and federal levels. Buhari, who hosted Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, some governors and APC members in Daura, his country-home, yesterday in Katsina State, after his registration, said a continuous sense of ownership by members will strengthen the party structure, guarantee better prospects in elections and insure its future. He said: “I want to thank you for coming all the way for the flag-off of…
Lagos Caretaker Chairman of the APC says many members of opposition parties have shown interest in the ruling APC. The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos says some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and others have indicated interest to join the party in the ongoing membership registration and revalidation. Alhaji Tunde Balogun, Lagos APC Caretaker Chairman, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Balogun said the APC was prepared to register all members of opposition parties who had shown willingness to join it. “Our doors are open to all members of…
Buhari wants the elite to be ‘reflective’ in assessing his administration. President Muhammadu Buhari has on Saturday, January 20, 2021, accused Nigerian elites of harassing his person and administration despite his performance. The president said his critics often don’t take into consideration where the country was before he assumed office in 2015. While speaking in his hometown, Daura in Katsina State after revalidating his membership of the All Progressives Congress, the president urged the elite to be ‘reflective’ in assessing his administration. He said, “The problem is that I will like especially the elite to please be reflective. When we…
Reno Omokri said ex-President Goodluck Jonathan lost the 2015 election because former Lagos Governor Bola Tinubu “made a deal” with President Muhammadu Buhari. Omokri, a former aide at the State House, made the claim on Saturday in his reaction to an article on Jonathan by Ike Abonyi. Abonyi is the Special Assistant on Media to People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Uche Secondus. In his piece, “Jonathan’s 2023 selfish gamble”, Abonyi noted that “political players tend to reason selfishly when it comes to domiciling political power.” The author said he expects the former Bayelsa State Governor “to be forthright and…
President Muhammadu Buhari has revalidated his membership of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Buhari revalidated his membership status at his Sarkin Yara polling unit in Daura, Katsina State. He was accompanied by some APC governors, the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and the party national leaders. Buhari had on Friday left Abuja for Daura, his hometown, at the start of a four-day official visit. During his stay in Daura, Buhari is expected to participate in APC membership registration and validation exercise, among other engagements.
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for Daura, Katsina State, his home town, to participate in the national membership registration and revalidation exercise of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president left Abuja after performing the weekly Juma’at prayer at the Aso Rock Mosque. The president had earlier hosted Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau, who later informed State House correspondents that he was in villa to brief President Buhari on issues pertaining to security, New Nigeria Newspapers, and the Jos Main Market. While in Daura, President Buhari would on Saturday at Sarkin…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee (CTC) Chairman in Rivers, Mr Isaac Ogbobula, has said the party will not participate in the forthcoming local government council elections in the state. Ogbobula, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Port Harcourt, alleged that the “electoral process is faulty’’. He further alleged that the constitution of the membership of the Rivers Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) was faulty because some of the members were card-carrying members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “The electoral process is already faulty with the constitution of the commission’s membership, so…
Chief Olagunsoye Oyinlola, a former governor of Osun state, and chieftain of the main opposition party in Nigeria, PDP, has said former President Obasanjo impeded Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a former Lagos governor, and current National leader of the APC from becoming President Muhammadu Buhari’s vice-presidential candidate in 2015. Tinubu and other political party chieftain had formed a mega political merger to wrestle power from the PDP, led by the former president, Goodluck Jonathan. Buhari who had contested for the presidency three times before 2015 and lost, However, won the presidential ticket to contest on the platform of the All Progressives…
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP may have recently touched the tiger’s tail with its advisory to the ruling All Progressives Congress APC to throw in the towel and agree that it has failed Nigerians. But the APC would have none of it as it noted that the PDP has lately been engrossed in concocted tales and ramblings on the polity, advising that Nigerians be spared the trauma of a reminder of the disaster of the PDP’s years of misadventure in government. “The party should allow Nigerians forgive it for the numerous transgressions and agony it had put Nigerians through…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Anambra State has condemned Imo State Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma, over comments credited to him, in which he stated that the All Progressives Congress, APC, would use seen and unseen forces to take the state in the next governorship election. Uzodinma reportedly made the comment in Awka during a programme of the South-east zone of the party, meant to fire up activities that would lead to the governorship contest in the state, which was tagged; Anambra APC Kickstart programme. But reacting to the comment, the state chairman of PDP, Mr Ndubuisi Nwobu, while receiving…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it plans to challenge the result of the December 5, Imo North senatorial by-election at the tribunal. This was contained in a statement by the state PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr Ogu Nwadike in Owerri on Friday. Nwadike said that the party’s decision was borne out of its dissatisfaction with the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner without a bonafide candidate. According to him, a party should not be allowed to participate in an election without a candidate. He said that in the event of…
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Garus Gololo, has advised President Muhammad Buhari, whom he described as a “gentleman”, to continue with the overhauling of the country’s security architecture. Gololo said National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, should be removed. He also called for the sack of Secretary of the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha and all members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). Gololo made the call in reaction to the nation’s insecurity and the latest Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index on Nigeria. Nigeria was ranked 149 out of the 180 countries worldwide. At a briefing, Gololo hailed…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says all is not well with Nigeria’s democracy under President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). National Chairman, Uche Secondus, spoke on Friday when he received the British High Commission’s Political Counsellor on Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Jonathan Bacon, at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja.. Secondus lamented the state of the nation, noting that electoral reforms achieved by the PDP prior to the 2015 elections have been destroyed. The opposition leader said for five and half years, democracy has been under “”severe stress” and critical institutions of democracy brutalized.…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condoled with Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, over the death of his father, Arthur Okowa. Governor Mai Mala Buni, APC Caretaker Chairman, signed the party’s condolence message on Friday. The retired educationist was a community leader in Owa-Alero, Ika North-East Local Government Area. Buni said Delta and Nigeria would miss the deceased wisdom, patriotic deposition and elderly counsel. “The exemplary character of the Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa is clear testament of the sound mentoring the late Chief Arthur Okowa bequeathed to his son and other children. “Undoubtedly, the late Chief Arthur Okowa…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has slammed those who dragged him to court over his support for the Judiciary. Governor Wike, who restated his commitment for the development of the judiciary while performing the formal opening of a legal firm; L. A. Mitee and Company in Port Harcourt, said he will not be distracted. He said an ill-informed lawyer does not have a grasp of how budgets function and what the role of government is in creating a conducive environment for the administration of justice. According to Wike, “Just this morning, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice came…
A former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) no longer has any unifying factor potent enough to make it retain power beyond the eight- year tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari. Besides, Lamido, a chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), predicted that the political contract, with regard to APC, between Buhari and Bola Tinubu would terminate by the end of 2023, signaling end of APC government in Nigeria. The former Foreign Affairs Minister made the comments while reacting to political permutations ahead of 2023 general election. During an interaction with journalists in Kano,…
Convener of the Lagos4Lagos movement, Mr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, Thursday, expressed optimism that the membership registration/revalidation exercise embarked upon by the All Progressives Congress, APC, will curb intra-party rigging and put the party on a solid footing ahead of 2023 general elections. Adediran, who is also known as Jandor, who spoke at the press conference, said the registration exercise will boost the membership base of the party ahead of the next general elections. His words: “Most of the party membership register you see in Lagos is manipulated. What you have on most of the registers are fictitious names that will…