The United States, US, President-Elect, Joe Biden has reacted to the violent riot at the country’s Capitol. Biden called on the outgoing President, Donald Trump to fulfil his oath on national television and defend the country’s constitution. Recall that a violent protest had erupted at the US Capitol after Trump addressed his followers vowing “never to concede” defeat. During the protest, a woman was shot dead. Reacting, Biden said the incident was not a representation of who Americans are. In a series of tweets on his verified Twitter handle, Biden insisted that Americans practice a lawful and respectful democracy. He…
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Olusegun Bamgbose, National Coordinator, Concerned Advocates for Good Governance, CAGG, has advised Igbo leaders against neglecting the popularity of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in their quest to produce the next President of Nigeria come 2023. Igbo leaders met at Igbere, Abia State recently and declared their readiness to prevail on the two major parties, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to field candidates from the South East. Bamgbose, who is also eyeing the position, described this as no doubt a tall dream, but added that the earlier the Igbo…
The Kwara State government has denied sacking Mr Bolaji Edun, the Director-General (DG) of Bureau of Lands, as being reported by a section of the media. Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Ilorin. Rather, Ajakaye said that Edun was redeployed to another government office since the bureau of lands had been merged with the newly created Geographic Information Service (GIS). Edun said, “There is a cessation of the office of the DG Lands in the State. The bureau of lands is now a department under the recently-created…
Former President Barack Obama has declared that President Donald Trump incited Wednesday’s attack on the United States Capitol. Obama called the incident a great dishonor and shame for America. A violent protest erupted after Trump addressed his followers, vowing “never to concede”. The former leader said history will remember the incident “incited by a sitting president who has continued to baselessly lie about the outcome of a lawful election, as a moment of great dishonor and shame for our nation”. “We’d be kidding ourselves if we treated it as a total surprise”, Obama’s statement read. He noted that for two…
The Edo State High Court sitting in Benin has nullified Audu Ganiyu, the All Progressives Congress deputy governorship candidate in the September 19, 2020 gubernatorial election in the state. The court voided Ganiyu’s candidacy in the election on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Kadiri Oshoakhemhe, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had in a suit No: B/358/20 filed a case against Ganiyu and two others. While delivering judgement on Wednesday, the presiding judge, Justice H. A Courage-Ogbebor said the deputy governorship candidate presented false information to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in his Form EC9, Punch reports. Ganiyu…
The former PDP member said they defected to the APC because they are not satisfied with the current PDP leadership in the state. A group of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) supporters in Kungurki Ward in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara has defected to All Progressives Congress (APC). The group announced its defection at a ceremony on Wednesday in Sabongarin Kaura in Kaura-Namoda. Speaking on behalf of the group, Malam Bala Ayuba said that the former PDP members under three different groups decided to leave the party for APC. “We decided to defect to APC because we are…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Elders’ Forum in Ekiti State has called on all communities in the state to raise Census Committees ahead of the forthcoming National Population Census. Rising from its end of the year meeting held in Igbara Odo, Ekiti Southwest Local Government Area, the Ekiti APC elders urged the people of the state to participate actively in the ongoing enumeration area demarcation exercise being conducted by the National Population Commission (NPC). A communique issued at the end of the meeting made available to DAILY POST on Wednesday and signed by the Chairman, Asiwaju George Akosile and the…
A chieftain of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, in Abia State, Chief Chris Nkwota, on Wednesday, announced the resignation of his membership to the party. Nkwota, two time Abia South Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, in Abia State, announced this in a letter dated 28th December 2020 and addressed to Akwete Ohandu Ward PDP executive. A copy of the letter was made available to newsmen in Umuahia on Wednesday afternoon. He cited irregularities and other ugly events that allegedly took place in APGA before, during and after the 2019 general elections as reasons for dumping the…
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) not to fight when they have to hand over to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023. Governor Wike also emphasised that Nigerians were earnestly waiting for the PDP to return to power. The governor’s assistant on media,Kelvin Ebiri, disclosed this in a statement after the inauguration of some state projects. He said: “Eleme people, I want to sincerely thank you for the support that you’ve given to me and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “Do not relent. Continue because the hope of this country depends…
Former Governor of Kano State and incumbent senator representing Kano Central, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, in this encounter, spoke on why Nigerians cannot have the desired change they want to see. This was as he said Nigerians are not doing the right thing to elect the right leaders from the ward level to the top to bring about the leadership that would change the narrative of the nation. The Senator also said ahead of the 2023 general elections, common sense should prevail on the choice of who becomes the President as quality leadership should be the watchword. The Senator while reeling…
The institution says Obaseki graduated from there and was awarded a certificate. Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo opened his defence on Tuesday at the Federal High Court Abuja, calling two witnesses one of whom was the Deputy Registrar, Legal, University of Ibadan, Mr Abayomi Ajayi. Ajayi told the court that the fact that some parts of Obaseki’s original degree certificate were missing in the photocopy he attached to his INEC form EC9 and 001 did not amount to forgery. The witness, who was led in evidence by Mr Ken Mozia (SAN), Obaseki’s counsel, explained that Obaseki’s photocopy was incomplete due…
Peter Obi, former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential running mate, has observed a tough battle for the party ahead of the upcoming Anambra State governorship election. Obi said though PDP has the potential to win the Anambra State governorship election, it will be tough. He made the observation at the party’s South East zonal working committee in Anambra State. The former governor urged members of the party to embark on a vigorous mobilisation of support for the party at the grassroots level, ahead of the election. “PDP has the potential to win the governorship of Anambra State, but the potential…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Hon Justice Salisu Garba as Acting Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory. Buhari gave Justice Garba the appointment following the retirement of Hon. Justice Ishaq Bello on Tuesday. Garba will be sworn-in on Wednesday by Hon. Dr Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, by 2 pm. A statement by Mr Soji Oye, the Director of Information, National Judicial Council, NJC, indicated that the inauguration of Garba would be performed at the Supreme Court, Abuja. Justice Garba hails from Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State. He was…
Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi has accused those he described as desperate politicians of sponsoring banditry with the sole aim of destabilising Nigeria. Umahi, Chairman of the South East Governors Forum, said this on Tuesday after a virtual meeting with the five governors of the region in attendance. “There are so many desperate politicians in all the political parties that are so desperate for power and they have aligned with some bandits in the southeast to destabilise the nation,” the Governor, who recently dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC, said. He expressed worries…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tuesday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC to clear the air on the alleged stealing of over N15 trillion public funds in the last few years. This is even as the main opposition party flayed the APC for engaging in what it called diversionary tactics “as more revelations continue to emerge on how its leaders and some presidency officials pillaged our national treasury and stole over N15 trillion naira.” In a statement signed by its spokesman Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP said it has uncovered plots “by current APC leadership to…
Notable Igbo leaders yesterday urged all the major political parties in the country to cede their presidential tickets to south east geopolitical zone in 2023 in the interest of justice, equity, and national unity. Rising from a cross-party meeting of the Southeast leaders in Igbere, the home country of the Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate and former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzo Kalu, the leaders said that the south west and the south-south zones which made up the entire south had respectively produced Nigeria’s presidents in Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, leaving them behind. In…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, 16 years government in Nigeria as a disaster and misadventure. APC was reacting to a statement by the PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, where he claimed that Nigerians want them back in power. PDP had said Nigerians were fed up with the Buhari-led administration. However, National Secretary of the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Sen. John Udoedehe, insisted that PDP’s 16 years was a misrule. A statement by Udoedehe reads in part: “It is our belief that Nigerians should be spared the trauma of a reminder…
An ex-Governor of Ogun state, Olusegun Osoba, has said the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has the right to contest for the Presidency in 2023. Osoba stated this while appearing on Arise TV on Tuesday morning. “Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as an individual has the right to put himself forward, but we have not zeroed in on an individual. “Zeroing in on any individual will destroy our efforts now. But Tinubu has a right to pursue his own agenda,” he said. Osoba also claimed there is a gentleman’s agreement in the All Progressives Congress (APC), that…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ebonyi State has said Governor David Umahi should be blamed for the total collapse and alleged death of the Ebonyi State University. The caretaker chairman of the party, Chief Fred Udogu made this allegation while speaking with journalists at his office in Abakaliki. Udogu accused Governor David Umahi of running the government as his family business. “The government of Ebonyi State is run as a private business of one man and his immediate family. If you people look at what is happening in the state today, you will see that nobody who contributed to David…
Mr Barth Ugwuoke, National Director, Research and Strategy, All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed happiness in the decision of party members in Enugu North Senatorial District to bury their differences and work in unity for party progress. Ugwuoke, who is from the district made the commendation in Nsukka on Monday during the one-day retreat organised by concerned members in the district for party executives and stakeholders tagged “Unity is Strength, United We Will Win”. He said the decision of members to unite marked a new beginning in the history of APC in Enugu North as it would move the district…