A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Jude Idimogu, on Friday insisted that the political future of people of South-East Nigeria lies in the APC. Idimogu an APC, Oshodi-Isolo Constituency II chieftain and Deputy Apex Leader, Ndigbo in Lagos APC, stated this while reacting to Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi’s defection from the PDP to the APC. The two-term lawmaker explained that it was time politicians from the South East embraced the ruling party to actualise their hopes and aspirations for the region. “Our party is a great party; APC is the hope. I thank God that one…
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A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has declared that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress, APC, government has failed. The Abia South Senator said this on Friday when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. Abaribe said the President Muhammadu Buhari government has failed the country, adding that “The PDP has its position and the position is very simple: this government has failed. “You don’t have any other way of trying to cover it. You can say all the rhetoric, you make all the propaganda. You can go ahead and try to pull the…
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, fixed December 14 for judgment in a suit challenging the validity of the primary election that produced Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the October 10 election. The Judge, Justice Okon Abang fixed the date following arguments from all parties in the suit with number: FHC/ABJ/CS/886/2020 filed on August 3 by Dr Nath Adojutelegan, an APC governorship aspirant in the state election. NAN reports that in the suit, Akeredolu, the APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are 1st to 3rd respondents respectively. Adojutelegan,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the pioneer Executive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu, on his 60th birthday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ribadu will mark the occasion on Saturday. The president said this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Friday. Buhari joined the family and friends of Ribadu to celebrate the milestone “marked with years of diligence and service to the nation’’. He felicitated with the former EFCC Chairman, who also served as Chairman of Petroleum Revenue Task Force. The president…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan says the National Assembly will pass the 2021 budget of N13. 08 trillion by the second week of December. Lawan made this known while declaring open a retreat for members of National Assembly Management and National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) in Abuja on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Senate had in October, adjourned plenary for budget defence by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). “We are working to pass the 2021 budget by the second week of December and we are working very assiduously, we will ensure there is…
A former commissioner of Information and State Orientation in Ebonyi State, Senator Emmanuel Onwe, said that Governor David Umahi’s statement that “I offered this movement (from PDP to APC) as a protest against the injustice being done to the southeast by PDP,” is without foundation. Onwe, who represented Ebonyi Central Senatorial District in the 7th National Assembly remarked that although there are a number of perfect justifications that the governor could have advanced for his decampment from the PDP to the APC in pursuit of the presidency of Nigeria, “grounding his reason on the purported ‘injustice’ meted out to the Southeast…
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Thursday, dismissed reports that he has made all necessary arrangements to decamp from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rejoin the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ortom, in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Terver Akase, also said that he was contacted by some notable persons to defect from PDP, but he declined the invitation. He said, “We have read some mischievous statements by members of the opposition in Benue State insinuating that Governor Samuel Ortom plans to rejoin All Progressives Congress, APC. “Those involved in the impish…
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday. Umahi was at the Presidential Villa with some All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwarts after announcing his exit from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). APC Caretaker Chairman and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni formally presented him to Buhari. In attendance were former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, Govenors Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa), among others. Hours earlier, the governor told his supporters not to castigate federal legislators and others who did not defect with him. National Assembly members of Ebonyi origin had distanced themselves from his desertion.…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said Atiku Abubakar’s choice of Peter Obi as his running mate in the 2019 got his Ebonyi counterpart, Dave Umahi upset with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike said with Umahi’s defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), he should be mindful of the political future of the South-East. The governor, in a Live broadcast on Thursday, said Umahi has shown that he is an ungrateful man. He recalled that after the 2018 PDP convention that produced Atiku, the former Vice President consulted widely and selected Obi, a former Anmabra Governor. Wike said: “Umahi…
The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has insisted that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the presidency in 2023. According to him, the ruling party has impressed Nigerians with their development strides since they came into power. “APC has come to stay. We are developing the country, the people are happy with our programmes, we are touching lives and we are securing the nation,” Bello said on Thursday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today. “Why won’t they (Nigerians) give us a chance once again to produce the president of this country? “APC by the grace of God…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will in the days ahead, set up a committee to review its manifesto to align with current realities. This was part of the resolution reached at the end of the party’s caucus meeting which ended in the early hours of Thursday in Abuja. The party, Vanguard gathered, is also looking at registration of new members nationwide as well as reaching out to those who left the party for one reason or the other in a bid to swell up to its ranks. Similarly, the Bala Mohammed Committee set up…
Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Minister of Science and Technology, has said that leaders of the party in the South-East are doing their best to rebuild the party in the zone. He said this after a closed-door meeting of the party’s leaders from the zone which lasted for over two hours and held in Abuja on Monday night. According to Onu, the leaders met to review the situation of the party in the South-East. “Leaders of APC in the South-East met in the residence of our governor, governor of Imo. “We have representation…
President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, for his dedication to the Nigerian cause. Buhari, 77, congratulated Jonathan on his 63rd birthday, according to a statement signed by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, on Thursday, November 19, 2020. Buhari said Jonathan’s life of service has brought honour and goodwill to Nigeria. The president also hailed Jonathan’s ‘peculiar and remarkable climb’ on Nigeria’s political ladder, noting that his dedication has kept him working most recently as ECOWAS envoy to bring peace to the Republic of Mali. “As the former Nigerian President turns 63, President Buhari prays that the Almighty God…
Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, as he clocks 63 on Friday, November 20, 2020. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State congratulates ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan as he clocks 63 on Friday, November 20, 2020. In a statement on Thursday, November 19, 2020, by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, the governor commended the former president for his unique statesmanship and graceful disposition to issues. He said that Jonathan’s bourgeoning role in entrenching democracy across Africa through his observer-mission activities was impactful and laudable. He recalled the former president’s role in…
The Ebonyi Lawmakers of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the National Assembly say no member of the caucus is cross carpeting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Chairman of the Lawmakers of Peoples Democratic Party, Ebonyi Caucus, Sen. Sam Egwu. (PDP) The Chairman of the Caucus, Sen. Sam Egwu, in company of three other senators and Five House of Representatives members from Ebonyi said this at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. The PDP Lawmakers in NASS were reacting to recent cross carpeting of the Ebonyi Gov. Dave Umahi from the PDP to the APC. Egwu, who spoke…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has challenged Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State to a debate over the reasons he (Umahi) gave for defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Wike, during his appearance on Channel Television’s Politics Today, threw the challenge, adding he never stopped Governor Umahi from running for the 2023 presidency. The Rivers Governor expressed disappointment over Governor Umahi’s actions in the build-up to his dumping the PDP and his claims that injustice reigns in the main opposition party and that there are more opportunities for consultations in the APC, among…
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has responded to Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi’s earlier warning to him. There have been exchanges of verbal blows between Wike and Umahi ever since the Ebonyi Governor announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Umahi had during an interview on Wednesday warned Wike to focus on the party and stop demonstrating dictatorship traits by attacking him. Umahi warned that it would be dangerous if they take on themselves, saying, “Wike has called the PDP committee all kinds of unprintable names, and I…
Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi has criticised his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike, describing him as a dictator. Umahi in an interview with Arise TV, revealed that Wike is single-handedly controlling the affairs of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, autocratically which has made governors on the platform unhappy with him. “Wike must know he is a dictator; he must know that one person cannot be called a crowd. “Wike must know that a lot of governors in the PDP are very sad with him,” Umahi added. According to Umahi, Wike single-handedly made Secondus the PDP Chairman and tried to…
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the defection of Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Nigerian leader described it “as a bold move driven purely by principle rather than opportunistic motives”. Buhari noted that he knows people will call him names, but that is the price men of principles have to pay for acting according to their conscience and conviction. His reaction was contained in a statement Wednesday night by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu. Buhari said: “I am proud of Governor David Umahi for taking this bold decision in accordance with his conscience and principles…
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Duoye Diri, has reacted to the Supreme Court judgement which affirmed him as the duly elected governor of the State. The apex court, in a unanimous judgement delivered by a seven-man panel led by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, dismissed the six appeals filed against Diri and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. In his judgement, Justice Ngwuta predicated the dismissal on the withdrawal of the six appeals by lawyers of the appellants. Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja, Diri said they don’t need further distractions from politicians. According to him, the Supreme Court ruling has ended attempts by the…