Would the membership revalidation exercise, which began yesterday at various units, wards, local government and state levels of the All Progressives Congress (APC) usher in a new beginning for party faithful or create impetus for the emergence of new owners? The unique selling proposal of the membership registration, which endeared it to the National Executive Committee (NEC) members, revolved around democratising the running of the party and sorting out some encumbrances that dogged its formation. Although some foundation members of the amalgam, including Tom Ikimi and Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, among others were displaced from the party in the buildup to…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
Boasts Of Reclaiming The State If there is anything the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wants to prove to Nigerians, it is that the party still remains the preferred choice of the people of the Southeast zone. The party intends to win the Anambra governorship election in November to clear all doubts. However, a look at developments in the recent past indicates a serious question mark on the PDP’s claim of zonal dominance. The party had sprinted ahead by winning elections in the five states at the 1999 general elections. That victory gave it unassailable edge over others in the zone.…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, Chief Iyiola Oyedepo, has disclosed that the letter purportedly issued to Alhaji Ibrahim Samari replacing Hon. Bashir Bolarinwa as state chairman of the party was given in error. Oyedepo made this known in Ilorin on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said APC leaders from both feuding factions in the state had met in Abuja with the Chairman of the North Central Governors’ Forum and governor of Niger, Sani Bello, who was appointed by the National Secretariat of the party to resolve the crisis.…
A South-West women’s group, Yoruba Women in Government, YWIG, on Tuesday, slammed the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, for working to create enmity among the peoples of the country and creating a bad image for the people of the South-East. The group, in a statement in Akure, by its Chairperson, Chief Fumilayo Adesanwo, harped on the need for unity and mutual understanding among the peoples of the country and within the South-West. YWIG said: “We feel very sorry for the people who listen to the sermons of Mr. Nnamdi Kanu. “Nnamdi Kanu’s statements portray him…
The committee says the Act will guarantee credibility to Nigeria’s electoral process. The Joint Technical Committee on repeal of Electoral Act 2010, on Tuesday, submitted its report to the National Assembly Joint Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Electoral Matters. Chairman of the joint technical committee, Mr Festus Okoye, made the presentation to the committee at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja. Okoye is also INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee. Presenting the report, Okoye said that the report was a product of some level of consensus. “We are not perfect; but we believe with…
PDP asks Biden not to extend a friendly relationship towards the Buhari-led government. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the new United States president, Joe Biden, to crack down very hard on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, and his All Progressives Congress (APC). Biden was sworn in as the 46th U.S. president on January 20, 2021, and almost immediately overturned a policy of the previous Donald Trump-led administration that prevented Nigerians from applying for immigrant visas. The PDP praised his action in a statement released on Sunday, January 24, but urged him not to extend a friendly relationship…
The Presidency on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari changed Service Chiefs because he felt the time was right to rejig the country’s security system. Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina was reacting to remarks that Buhari replaced the Service Chiefs following calls by Nigerians. Featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Adesina said: “The President knew the time to do it and I believe the time has come and that is why it has been done. “I don’t think it is a matter of right or wrong, it is just a matter of doing what is best for…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the former Nigeria Service Chiefs had remarkable achievements while in office. John Akpan Udoedehe, Secretary of the National Caretaker Committee, made the remark in his statement on Tuesday. Udoedehe hailed the appointment of new top shots by President Muhammadu Buhari. “We are confident that the new service chiefs will consolidate on the remarkable achievements of their predecessors in keeping the country safe and peaceful”, he said. The party scribe appealed for support for the new military heads and urged increased synergy within the Armed Forces. “As a nation, our strength remains in our diversity…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue says he is not nursing any presidential ambition. Ortom made the clarification in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr Terver Akase on Monday in Makurdi. He appreciated his supporters and groups across the country, who were calling on him to join the 2023 Presidential race. The governor said that he was concentrating on delivering governance to Benue people at the moment. “I sincerely appreciate my supporters and interest groups who have taken to social media to call on me to join the 2023 presidential race. “However,…
Moghalu says an important criteria for choosing Nigeria’s next president should be competence. A former presidential candidate, Kingsley Moghalu, says he’s making consultations on a second run for the presidency in 2023. As a candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), the former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) contested in the 2019 presidential election but won less than 22,000 votes. The 58-year-old promptly left the YPP and partisan politics to focus on electoral reform and voter education with a non-partisan platform called To Build A Nation (TBAN). Moghalu said in a statement on Tuesday, January 26,…
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for sacking the Service Chiefs. Buhari on Tuesday announced the sack of the Service Chiefs. His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina said the President appointed Maj Gen LEO Irabor, CDS, Maj Gen I Attahiru, Army, Rear Adm AZ Gambo, Navy, AVM IO Alao, Air Force as new security chiefs. Reacting, Fayose on his Twitter page urged the new Service Chiefs to learn from their immediate predecessors and remember nothing lasts forever. He also called on the International Criminal Court, ICC to investigate the sacked Service Chief…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to the resignation of Service Chiefs, stressing that the senior security officers listened to the party’s voice. PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said the Service Chiefs outlived their usefulness, hence their resignation. Speaking with DAILY POST, Ologbondiyan said the incoming Service Chiefs should put an end to the spate of insecurity in the country. The spokesman of the opposition party insisted that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari was ineffective. According to Ologbondiyan: “The Chief of Army Staff and his colleagues listened to the voice of eminent Nigerians and PDP that if…
Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, the hitherto sole aspirant of the ticket for the Young Progressives Party (YPP) for the forthcoming Anambra governorship election has got a challenger. A former Commissioner in Anambra State, Chief Emma Nkwocha who declared his intention to run for the governorship seat of the state on the platform of the YPP will be slugging it out with Ubah for the ticket of the party. Ubah, the senator representing Anambra South Senatorial zone had earlier boasted that he was the sole aspirant of the party and was sure of clinching the party’s ticket for the November governorship election.…
Sunday Igboho has denied the claims by former Senator, Femi Ojodu that he worked with Bola Tinubu during the Ekiti State rerun election. Ojodu in an Op-ed posted on his Facebook page claimed that Bola Tinubu prevailed on Sunday Igboho not to disrupt the election after he was paid by some politicians to disrupt the election. Igboho, whose House in Ibadan was set ablaze spoke to journalists on Tuesday in Ibadan where he denied the claims by Mr. Ojodu who is also the Special Adviser to President Muhamadu Buhari. He stated that contrary to claims by Ojodu that he worked…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and ex-Deputy Chairman of Umuahia North LGA of Abia State, Chief Chinedu Obilor has threatened to dump the party if current leadership fails to resolve internal wranglings rocking APC in the state. The APC stalwart gave the leadership of his party one-month notice within which to put its house in order or risks losing him to another political party. Obilor, a close associate of Nigeria Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Uchechukwu Ogah, made his position known in an interview with newsmen in Umauhia, on Tuesday. He posited that APC in…
The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, Enugu State chapter, on Monday, described as fraudulent, an award said to have been given by the organization to the Chairman of Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, Hon. Pedro Nwankwo. Our correspondent reports that the said award to Nwankwo as the best council chairman in Enugu State, has been an object of controversy, creating disaffection among members of the IPAC in the State. However, addressing journalists shortly after their emergency meeting, both the chairman and the Secretary of IPAC, Barr. Ken Ikeh and Dr. Ben Nwoye, respectively, disowned the award. The umbrella body…
The crisis in the Ogun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took a new twist as loyalists of former Governor Segun Osoba have rejected the list of the state APC caretaker committee. The Osoba loyalists are alleging that the group loyal to Government Dapo Abiodun had tampered with the harmonised committee list of the party in Ogun. Recall that the Osoba loyalists in December 2019 disagreed with Gov Abiodun over his list of commissioner nominees, accusing him of sidelining them. It appears the governor has not done much to pacify the aggrieved party members, who claimed they worked…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has tactically backed Bola Tinubu for the 2023 presidency. In a statement Monday night by the Director, Ishaq Akintola, MURIC said the South-West has a big opportunity of gaining political power in 2023. “Fortunately the Yoruba do not have to search too far as a former governor of Lagos State and leader of the ruling party has shown interest. Here is a candidate that brandishes impeccable pedigree”, he wrote in a veiled reference to Tinubu. “Nobody can deny his political dexterity. He is known to have fought and won several political battles. The best the…
Atiku says Nigeria must stop operating from the same unitary foundation it has for decades. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has reiterated his call for the restructuring of Nigeria as the country’s saving grace. The 2019 presidential candidate is one of the most prominent advocate for the devolution of power from the central government to sub-nationals. In an article published on Monday, January 25, 2021, the 74-year-old said Nigeria is at risk of becoming a failed state if it does not resolve foundational challenges that make it difficult for the central government to effectively discharge its responsibilities. He said, “It…
The Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on crisis-ridden Orlu LGA and neighbouring communities including Nkwerre, Ideato-south, Ideati-north, Njaba and Isu. The Governor, who took aback at the increasing level of killings in the areas, has immediately deployed military men to arrest the situation. According to the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Print Media, Modestus Nwamkpa, “the Governor has deployed security agencies for a 24-hour patrol to control the situation. “He has, therefore, warned that any individual or group of individuals caught fueling crisis will be arrested by the military. “So, residents in…