Southeast Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the Court of Appeal Abuja judgment of December 16, 2020, which quashed its former National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh’s conviction renewed hope for the PDP and all Nigerians, who believe in constitutional democracy. National Vice Chairman of the party in the Southeast, Chief Ali Odefa, in a statement, yesterday, stated that a careful examination of the High Court processes and judgment that sentenced Metuh to a seven-year jail term was a predetermined decision from Justice Okon Abang’s innermost recess to please some undemocratic forces. “In building a progressive democratic society, patriots pay heavy…
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The leadership crisis bedeviling the major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Southwest, took a new twist recently as the fight for supremacy between former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, hit Ondo State badly. In a development that shocked many members, five party chieftains, including a former PDP state chairman and a current House of Assembly member, Ebenezer Alabi and Rasheed Elegbeleye respectively, were suspended last Tuesday, shortly after the rebuilt party secretariat was commissioned in Akure. Their suspension is deemed an aftermath of a visit to the Lagos State residence…
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the death of Senator Saido Umar Kumo, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Gombe State. Buhari described Kumo’s death as “a major loss to the APC”, adding that the deceased was the pillar of strength in Gombe State. Kumo defected to the ruling party in 2019 and Buhari noted that his move had energized the supporters for change. Buhari said this in a condolence message made available to TheInfoStride in Abuja on Sunday, signed by his Spokeman, Garba Shehu. “I have received the news of the death of Senator Kumo with…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Sunday insisted that Nigeria is not a failed state. APC said despite the challenges facing the country, Nigeria is nowhere closed to a failed state. Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe, Secretary, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the ruling party stated this in a statement he issued. According to Akpanudoedehe: “While naysayers and opposition partisans chorus their doomsday wishes for Nigeria; our dear country is nowhere close to becoming a failed state. “The President Muhammadu Buhari government is not oblivious to the country’s challenges and is visibly and frontally addressing them. “From the economy to security,…
Timothy Oyasodun, All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman in Bariga Local Council Development Area of Lagos, is dead. The politician, a reverend, passed away on Saturday. Senator Tokunbo Abiru, in a statement, described the loss of Oyasodun, popularly known as ‘Iyo’, as heart-breaking. The lawmaker noted that the deceased was a committed progressive. Abiru recalled the role Oyasodun played in his emergence as winner of the Lagos East Senatorial by-election. “We all submit to the decision of God, our Creator, to call him home at the early hour of Dec. 26, 2020,’’ he noted. Abiru condoled with the family, APC leaders,…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and one of his former commissioners (Chieftaincy and Community Affairs), Dr. John Bazia, were taking no prisoners in interviews with TheInfoStride, when the governor called him a thief, and he promptly responded that the governor was the biggest thief. Bazia defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, which Governor Wike attributed to his refusal to reappoint him (Bazia) into his cabinet, wondering who would appoint a thief. Governor Wike said Bazia stole the ‘kola’ a presidential candidate brought for Rivers monarch, but Bazia told Vanguard that he didn’t…
Elder statesman and Second Republic Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has upbraided the National Assembly over its rubberstamp posture towards President Muhammadu Buhari. Mohammed wondered why the National Assembly did not drag President Buhari to the Supreme Court over his refusal to offer explanations about the appalling security situation in the country. Mohammed’s position was reinforced by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) and the Human Rights Writers Association (HURIWA), which predicted that hard days await Nigerians due to the National Assembly selling out on their constitutional mandate of making Buhari accountable to the…
Dr Festus Adedayo’s column in the Nigerian Tribune of Sunday, December 20, 2020, titled ‘Tinubu, Please Run, Run From The SWAGA Gang’ makes interesting and most times amusing reading. Although he admits that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State and one of the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), “has not told anyone he is interested in the presidency”, Dr Adedayo goes on to adumbrate at length not just on why Tinubu is unqualified to run for Nigeria’s presidency in 2023 but why the South West should not support his aspiration if he decides to…
Ikpeazu says he would rather be a conductor in a moving vehicle than be the driver of a stationary vehicle. Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has refuted the claim that he plans to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling party. The governor in a radio programme recently said he has not seen any reason why he should leave the PDP There have been rumours that the governor and his loyalists would defect to the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) before the end of the year. While reacting to a question on the claim during the programme,…
A source said House has decided to drop the invitation because of the body language of the presidency. The House of Representatives is no longer interested in inviting President Muhammadu Buhari to address a joint session of National Assembly on the security issues in the country, TheNation reports. The initial invitation extended to the president was reported to have assumed ethnic and political dimension. Some of the lawmakers behind the motion to invite the president have also reportedly apologised to the presidency, saying they did not intended to embarrass the president. Recall that following the killing of 48 farmers in…
Passes 18 Bills, 10 Motions, Resolutions In 2020. The Leadership of Sixth Bayelsa State House of Assembly has rendered account of its leadership in the second session of 2020, declaring that a total of 18 bills were passed into law with 10 motions and resolutions. The Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Tari Pori said despite the challenges faced during COVID-19 lockdown, flood disaster that sacked legislators from their homes and the # EndSARS protest nationwide, Bayelsa Assembly had been pro-active under the leadership of Abraham Ingobere, as Speaker. Pori said 18 bills passed into law are expected to…
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Bauchi State Chapter has suspended Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi, representing Bauchi Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, over alleged anti-party activities, insubordination to the party’s leadership and inability to give good representation in line with its manifestos. Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi, its lone member at the House of Representatives, according to the party leaders, stands suspended for a period of 12 months. The State Publicity Secretary, Usman Muhammed, stated that at a time his colleagues were busy debating on issues of national importance, including but not limited to debate in the amendment of electoral act, he…
The Group Managing Director, CFL Group, Mr. Lai Omotola has said Nigerians have lost hope in the two dominant parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratice Party (PDP), reason they are waiting for a third force. According to Omotola, governments at various levels have failed to display capacity to confront the country’s daunting challenges. Insisting that governments have been more reactive than proactive, he pointed out that 2020 has seen businesses shut more than ever, just as there have been massive jobs losses and infrastructure decay, with businesses facing unprecedented challenges. Speaking during a press briefing on the state…
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Saturday, paid a condolence visit to former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabi’u Kwankwaso over the death of his father, Alhaji Musa Sale Kwankwaso. Lawan was in accompany of the Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni and the Senate Deputy Minority Whip, Senator Sahabi Yau Kaura during the condolence visit to Kano. Alhaji Musa Sale Kwankwaso died and was buried on Friday. The Senate President and the Yobe State Governor and their entourage held prayers with Senator Kwankwaso at his Kano home at…
There were three grievous aspects of the recent mass abduction of 334 students of Government Science School, Kankara, Katsina State: The bandits fetched that number of boys with minimal resistance. They ferried the students across the state boundary without Nigeria’s security intercepting them. Thereafter, officials of the state government went into negotiation for the boys’ release. Earlier in an interview with State House Correspondents, Katsina State Governor, Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, said although the bandits terrorizing the Northwest geopolitical zone started small, they have grown big in size. What the governor did not add was that the so-called bandits have grown…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Nigerians to emulate the progressive traits of Gov. Atiku Bagudu, Chairman, Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), who turned 59. Similarly, the party felicitated with former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara on his 53rd birthday. In a statement by Mr John Akpanudoedehe, Secretary of the Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) in Abuja, the APC noted that Bagudu had contributed to its growth and that of the PGF. Akpanudoedehe said the Kebbi state governor had displayed uncommon vision and participatory leadership, which positively impacted the human capital development of the state while strengthening…
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has reiterated that he has no plans of dumping the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Ikpeazu in an interview on Friday said he believed that people from Abia State are comfortable with PDP. According to him, the aspirations of the state will be met under the leadership of the PDP. He said, “I don’t begrudge those who jump political platforms but for me, I have not seen any reason why I should leave PDP. “The music of politics as it plays differs from one day to another. Here in Abia, I think that ndi Abia are…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent messages to two state governors, Engineer Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, and the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, describing them as superheroes. Buhari, in his special birthday greetings to them, a copy of which was made available to TheInfoStride on Saturday, described them as being “among the superheroes of the nation’s democracy.” “On the auspicious occasion of your birthdays, I wish you good health and happiness,” statement signed by Garba Shehu, Buhari’s Spokesman said. “We will continue working closely with all of you…
The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) on Saturday condoled with ex-Kano Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, over the death of his father, Musa Saleh Kwankwaso. The deceased was the District Head of Madobi in Kano. The Chairman and Plateau Governor, Simon Lalong, described the demise as a great loss to the traditional institution. Lalong’s message was signed by his spokesman, Makut Macham. “Though his demise is painful, his legacies of service, love and compassion remain indelible as he has impacted the younger generation to continue in his footsteps. “We sympathise with the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, the government and people of the…
A chieftain of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Dr. Olu Agunloye, has said that the nation needed to be retooled, restructured or re-engineered to engender justice, equity and progress. Agunloye, a former minister in a special message to Nigerians and his party members made available to Vanguard in Akure lamented that “all is not well in our country”. “The people and governments of Nigeria have been under severe pressures by misrule, effects of Covid-19, and especially the recurring widespread insecurity and violent unrests. “The repercussions of these have had significant negative effects on the progress and stability of the nation.…