Two Supreme Court judgments recently delivered in favour of members of the National Assembly caucus of Cross River State and their factions may have changed the political equation in the state. The first judgment confirmed the March 7 and 20, 2020 list of ward and chapter executives congresses released by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and signed by its National Organising Secretary (NOC), Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd), dated April 26, 2020, as authentic. The judgment also tends to give control of party structure at the ward and state executives level to National Assembly members…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
President, Ohanaze Ndigbo Youth Wing Worldwide, Chief Arthur Obiora, has said the Southeast zone needs not to beg other ethnic groups for support to actualise its 2003 presidency seat. Obiora, who spoke to newsmen yesterday, pointed out that in the spirit of equity, justice, and fairness, other groups that have produced the president should not overheat the polity by their purported unwelcome shot at the 2023 presidency, stressing an Igbo man is prepared to take Nigerian leadership, otherwise the unraveling seeming disunity will worsen. According to him, “The North has taken their turn, Southwest and South-south zones through erstwhile presidents,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied hiring individuals or groups as consultants for staff recruitment. Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, made this known in a statement in Abuja,” NAN reports. Okoye urged members of the public to report to security agencies, individuals or group claiming to be consulting for the commission on recruitment of staff. He said the attention of INEC had been drawn to activities of some fraudsters claiming to be working for the Commission on recruitment of personnel. He said that unscrupulous elements had gone to the extent of…
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has faulted insinuations that President Muhammadu Buhari has left London for Saudi Arabia. Omokri, who described such claims as propaganda from the Presidency, insisted that Buhari was still in London. In a tweet, the former presidential aide disclosed that Buhari’s movement in London was being monitored. “General @MBuhari has not left London for Saudi Arabia. It is propaganda from the Presidency to disinform #HarassBuhariOutofLondon. “We have contacts monitoring his residence and also at London Stansted Airport. He is still in London and if he thinks we are through, he is joking,”…
The Leader of the Pan Yoruba Socio-Political organization, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, on Tuesday gave nod to the presidential ambition of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Fasonranti who endorsed Tinubu’s presidential ambition said with the former Lagos State Governor’s track records, he deserved to be president come 2023. The nonagenarian disclosed this while receiving members of the South West Agenda for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, SWAGA 23, at his country home in Akure, the Ondo State capital. SWAGA, a group comprising of political stakeholders, loyalists and supporters of the APC national leader,…
Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, on Tuesday revealed that the mentorship he received from former President Goodluck Jonathan was the secret of the successes he had recorded since he assumed office as governor. Speaking at the inauguration of 6.2 kilometre newly constructed Sabon Kauran road in Bauchi metropolis, named the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Drive, Mohammed informed that Jonathan impacted his life greatly by teaching him the art and science of leadership. The governor said on assuming office in May 2019, the administration hit the ground running and made good governance its deliberate policy for development intending to create the…
A socio-political group, Amalgamated Atiku Support Group has lambasted the Attorney General of the Federation AGF, Abubakar Malami SAN for allegedly casting aspersions on the Nigeria citizenship of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. The group accused Malami of being blinded by his ambition for the 2023 Presidency by insinuating that Atiku is not eligible to vie for the exalted office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In a statement by its Director of Media, Remi Adebayo, the group said it was laughable for a Chief Law Officer of the federation to behave the way Malami did on…
The Senator representing Enugu North Senatorial District, Chukwuka Utazi, has described as laughable the speculation in certain quarters that he was instigating Nsukka zone against Nkalu to pave way for Senator Ike Ekweremadu in the 2023 governorship election. He said such insinuation was purported to distract the people of Nsukka zone, who are united in their legitimate aspiration to produce the successor to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in the next election. Speaking on behalf of the lawmaker, his Personal Assistant, Mr. Charles Ogbuanya, faulted a social media post credited to the leadership of Enugu West General Assembly, which accused Utazi of…
The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, on Sunday, urged the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, to redeploy the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mrs. Ngozi Onadeko, accusing her of playing politics with sensitive security issues. Iba Adams, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi, also blamed the Oyo CP over her roles in the protracted detention of the three members of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, that handed over the notorious kidnap warlord, Abdullah Iskilu Wakili, to the police. He vowed to seek justice against the unjust arrest, arraignment and charges of…
Following the courtesy visit by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege to the Delta State APC leader, Olorogun Otega Emehor in his country home recently to mend fences and forge a common front for the party is a testament to the good tidings that awaits the party in 2023. It is no fallacy to say that the party, the All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta State had been factionalised and disunited these sundry years. As the popular saying goes “A house divided amongst itself cannot stand”. The APC has to go into the gubernatorial race in 2023 with a…
Atiku was born in a region of Nigeria which used to be a part of Cameroon. The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has submitted that ex Vice President and serial presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, is not eligible to contest for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria because he isn’t Nigerian by birth. Atiku was born in Jada, Adamawa State. Jada wasn’t part of Nigeria until 1961. 74-year-old Atiku was born in 1946, way before Jada was incorporated into Nigeria from Cameroon. Malami submits that this means Atiku…
A former presidential aspirant in the 2019 general elections under the platform of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Jonah Jang, has said for Nigeria to have credible and successful elections, the nation’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must be restructured. The former Governor also said the National Assembly should not be blamed for the lacuna in the country’s electoral system, since the 8th Assembly had passed the Electoral Bill but President Muhammadu Buhari has refused to sign it into law. The immediate past Senator who represented Plateau North…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo says his book on “21 political lies in Nigeria” is to educate electorate on the antics of politicians during elections. Iyiola said this on Monday in Ilorin while speaking at the presentation of the book. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 21 chapter, 140 pages book chronicled many lies told by politicians to win votes during campaigns. According to him, the book is targeted mainly to educate the electorate on how to vote for candidates seeking their franchise, adding that if the electorate votes…
A stakeholder of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Akwa Ibom State chapter, Comrade Athanasius Okon has blamed the different factions in the party on the absence of a leader in the state. Okon made the assertion yesterday in Uyo while reacting to fresh controversy in the party over a stakeholders meeting convened by Chieftain of the party, group Captain Sam Ewang (retd) on March 28, 2021, which saw the formal endorsement of Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio as leader of the party. He revealed that the poor outing recorded by APC in the state since 2014 as…
A U.S.-based Mechanical Engineer, Mr Godswill Nwankwo, has declared his intention to contest the seat of the country’s president in the 2023 election. Nwankwo made his intention known on Monday in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He said that his intention was borne out of concerns to build on existing structures and improve the standard of living in the country. According to the intending presidential aspirant, the country needs to be repositioned economically to retain its status of Africa’s best economy and “Giant of Africa’’. Nwankwo, who hails from Ukwa East Local Government…
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress Governors’ Forum (PGF) has urged APC Caretaker Chairman and Yobe Governor, Mala Mai Buni to roll out a timetable for the party’s congresses. Salihu Lukman, PGF Director-General, said it was high time the party held its national convention. Lukman described the extension of the ongoing membership registration, revalidation and register update exercise as unnecessary. TheInfoStride reported the disquiet in the party over the purported plan by the Buni-led committee to stay longer in office. The National Executive Committee (NEC) had extended the tenure of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) till June. On…
The All Progressive Congress (APC) Governors Forum has donated the sum of N50 million to the Zamfara State government to assist in rebuilding the Tudun Wada market that was gutted by fire last week. The forum led by its chairman, Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State donated the money at the Government House in Gusau, saying the gesture was made not considering that Zamfara is now a PDP state. Governor Bagudu noted that the forum came to Zamfara State from Katsina where they visited they inspected a recent fire incident which also consumed a market. In his response, Governor…
Serving overseer of The Citadel Global Community Church, formerly Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Easter Sunday, expressed worry over the challenges bedevilling the country, saying this was not the Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari and he dreamt to create in 2011. While he declared that those opposing the restructuring of Nigeria are enemies of the country, Bakare urged President Buhari to take decisive steps in tackling insecurity, the dwindling economy and anti-corruption. Besides, he warned that illegitimate regional actors plan to hijack governance and control the political economy of the regions. He said this during a state of…
Abia State youths have expressed dissatisfaction over the politics of the state, alleging exclusion of youths in governance. The youths who met in Umuahia on the platform of Maduforo Youth Movement vowed to take their destiny in their hands and correct the imbalance in the 2023 polls. They set 35 to 55 years as the age bracket for governorship candidates, declaring that any candidate above the age bracket will not get the support of Abia youths. The bi-partisan youth movement called on all political parties to cede slots in both elective and appointive positions to youths so they could be…
The Enugu state Caretaker Committee Chairman of All Progressive Congress APC, Dr Ben Nwoye, has disclosed that there will be no zoning for the post of governorship in the state for the purpose of the 2023 general election. According to Nwoye, the ongoing formal and informal debates in the state about which senatorial zone would produce the next governor of the state was needless since nobody in the history of the state was prevented from the contest on the basis of zoning. Nwoye made the statement in reaction to Senator Chuka Utazi’s viral video where he claimed that the Enugu…