Onunkwo says he wants to run for governorship to provide answers to the leadership question in Anambra State. Chief Johnbosco Onunkwo, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared his intention to contest for the Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra on the platform of the party. Onunkwo made the formal declaration at a meeting with the State Working Committee of the party at its office in Awka on Friday. He said he was at the party Secretariat to inform them that he would join other aspirants in the APC primary election and expressed hope that he would…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
The US Senate has finally reached a decision on the commencement of impeachment trial of ex-President, Donald Trump. The opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial will begin on February 8, 2021. Trump will not just be the first President to be impeached twice in recent American history, but also the first US former president to face trial after leaving office. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the schedule for Trump’s impeachment trial Friday evening after reaching an agreement with Republicans, AP reports. Some Republicans had pushed for a delay to allow Trump who just departed the White House on…
Chief Patriot Patrick Eholor, a human right activist has threatened to drag Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki to court over the insecurity situation at various parts of the state, especially Benin City, the state capital. He said it is becoming worrisome that inhabitants of the state are now living at the mercy of hoodlums over robbery, kidnapping and cult clashes which has led to loss of lives since October last year. According to the president of one love foundation; ”Edo as a state is now being hijacked by hoodlums who have continued to operate freely as robbers, kidnappers or…
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has said that the dissolution of the State Executive Council does not affect the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Barr Uche Ihediwa, Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, and the Commissioner for Health, Dr Joe Osuji. Recall that Ikpeazu had approved the immediate dissolution of the State Executive Council on a Saturday. He had also ordered all those affected by the dissolution to hand over all government property in their possession as well their handover notes to their respective permanent secretaries. The Governor also approved the recall from suspension of his Chief…
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma and the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu have said there is no possibility that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would lose the Anambra State government house in 2021. Both men spoke yesterday during a stakeholders meeting in Awka, organised to receive some politicians who recently joined the party. Uzodinma in his address to the people said, “We will win Anambra State in the November election. At the appropriate time, the forces will be mobilised to do the battle. “We are working on reconciliation of aggrieved members and in the end, victory shall…
The Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Nicholas Tofowomo on Saturday lauded Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State over the order directing herdsmen to quit forest reserves within seven days. According to Tofowomo who is a member of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, the governor’s move will not only curb the rising cases of banditry and kidnapping in the state but will also allow the government to identify law-abiding herdsmen from those on a criminal mission in the state. In a statement signed by the Senator’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Akinrinlola Olumide, Akeredolu was…
A socio-political group, World Igbo Peoples Assembly, (WIPAS), has said that Ndigbo has the largest stake in Nigeria and will not leave it for anybody. The Igbo organization noted that Igbo nationalists led the independence and that Nigeria owes a lot of debt to Ndigbo especially on political, structural and infrastructural fronts. WIPAS in a statement signed by its Chairman, Board of Trustees, Mazi Chuks Ibegbu and issued to DAILY POST on Saturday, asked all politicians from other geopolitical zones nursing presidential ambitions to think twice in the interest of Nigeria. The group noted that what Ndigbo needs today is…
The Principal Private Secretary (PPS) to Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, Professor Mohammed Musa Kirfi on Friday resigned his appointment. TheInfoStride learnt from reliable sources that Professor Kirfi has tendered his resignation letter to the governor, though it is not immediately clear why he resigned from the post. Kirfi’s resignation brought to four the number of the governor’s appointees who have resigned their appointments since the inception of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)-led government in the state. The former Chief of Staff to the governor, Alhaji Abubakar Kari; former Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Nura Manu Soro and the Special…
Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, held a closed-door meeting in Ibadan, at Chief Nureni Akanbi’s house, a chieftain of the party, as part of their consultation and strategies ahead of the forthcoming Southwest PDP Congress. Vanguard learnt that leaders of the party in the state at the meeting resolved to support Eddy Olafeso in the forthcoming congress as zonal chairman of the party has agreed at a recent meeting with the zonal leaders of the party. Though the above was not reflected in the communique issued after the meeting, the communique indicated that leaders of the party…
The former speaker of the Imo state House of Assembly, Ike Ibe, Tuesday said that the Southeast region has suffered marginalization politically. Ibe in his statement made available to newsmen in Owerri was delivered at a conference of South East 2023 Presidential Mandate group held in Enugu. He believed that the problem of the Igbo man was that they have been subjected to “unpardonable wrongs” in the same country which they are citizens. To end the Nigeria challenges, Ibe who is a former governorship aspirant under the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, said it was only an Igbo man that…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, prominent Yoruba political and opinion leaders have backed the presidential ambition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The support came yesterday in Ibadan, Oyo State, during a summit organised by Yoruba Patriots Movement (YPM) and attended by traditional rulers, political functionaries, prominent Nigerians and stakeholders from the Southwest states, as well as representatives of Yoruba people in Kogi, Kwara, Edo and Delta. In his welcome address at the event with the theme, “Yoruba Nation: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”, YPM’s National Coordinator, Oladosu Oladipo, said Tinubu had over time displayed his…
The Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Col David Imuse Rtd, says that governance in Edo state has finally grinded to a halt. He said this is at a time when there is increasing alarming number of COVID-19 cases, with many dying, and blames the sad development on infighting between the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and the Governor Godwin Obaseki administration. According to the statement signed by Victor Ofure Osehobo, the Edo APC Assistant Publicity Secretary; “Our party finds it ludicrous that in the face of the deadly second wave of the coronavirus, the PDP and the…
Yoruba Question in Nigeria Conundrum An open letter written by Alaafin Of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, addressed to his Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari reads: Your Excellency, I have never been timid or shy of my total support for the success of your administration to deliver the country to the Promised Land. My confidence had always been based on Your Excellency’s ability, fitness and competence in leading the country to the Promised Land, where Law and Order prevail, individual liberty is guaranteed, economic well-being of the citizens is assured. That my confidence in Your Excellency remains unshaken to date.…
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, Thursday said his 34 months renaissance as Governor of Anambra State was unrivalled, therefore dismissing a parody performance rating of him by Governor Willie Obiano as hogwash. Ngige in a statement by his media office insisted that Governor Obiano has failed woefully in his responsibilities to the people of Anambra State. According to the statement, “This Governor (Obiano) has taken Anambra State 20 years backwards, making the citizens wish the hand of the clock could be turned back. “The stagnation, depreciation and retrogression are mindboggling. What a wasted opportunity for a…
Ahead of the January 25 proposed commencement of membership registration and revalidation by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, a group, the Asiwaju National Students Support Organisation, ANSSO, has called on youths across the country to go and register with the party. This is as the group described the APC as a veritable vehicle that youths can use to achieve their political ambitions. The group noted that participating in party politics remains the only means of getting into elective positions in Nigeria now In a statement by the National Coordinator, Comrade Giwa Muritala, in Lagos, he expressed the organization’s concern…
Sparks are expected today when stakeholders of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Southeast meet in Awka, Anambra State, to analyse the prospects and challenges confronting the party in its resolve to win the November 6, 2021 governorship poll in the state. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recently indicated that while the collection of forms would commence on June 10, July 1, 2021 would be the deadline for the conduct of primaries and resolution of conflicts arising from the exercise. Perhaps, to ensure that it organises a seamless and rancour-free nomination process devoid of the mistakes of the immediate past,…
The Federal High Court, Lagos, will on March 1 deliver judgment in a suit on Lagos East Senatorial bye-election held on December 5, 2020. The counsels to all parties concluded their arguments on Friday. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Babatunde Gbadamosi, dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Senator Adetokunbo Abiru (the winner) and the All Progressive Congress (APC) to court. They want Abiru disqualified on the grounds of alleged double voter registration, violation of section 31 of the Electoral Act, among others. In the suit filed by Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), the PDP is seeking an order…
The Presidency has explained why pigeons refused to fly during the Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said the pigeons could not fly because they have been kept in a cage for a very long time. As a mark of peace, the president usually released white pigeons from a cage during the Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony. But during the 2021 edition of the ceremony, the pigeons refused to fly after Buhari released them from their cage. This drew negative reactions from Nigerians who described the development as a bad…
Going by the pace with which Governor Kayode Fayemi kick starts the year with monumental projects, the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Ekiti state has told people of the state to expect more dividends of democracy in the new year. “The year will be one to be remembered for good by the people of the state as new ideas innovations and monumental projects are beginning to spring up in the state.” The APC, in a statement by the Director of Media and Publicity, Elder Sam Oluwalana, said with the commissioning on a multi million naira snail factory at Okemesi, which…
Party leaders and chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Thursday, gathered in continuation of their strive to unite aggrieved members of the party ahead of 2023 elections in the state. The party stalwarts made a collective vow to work assiduously with other stakeholders to dislodge the government of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from power in the state at Ibadanland Stakeholders, Leaders and Elders Forum, held at the Ibadan Civic Centre. The forum had in attendance notable political gladiators within the progressive fold in Ibadan and all the speakers were unanimous in their…