The Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District in the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Nicholas Tofowomo, has attributed the rift between Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose as mere individual interest that will soon be over. Tofowomo on Thursday emphasized that what is currently being perceived as a political feud between the two leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was just a clash of interests ahead of the convention of the party in February. Tofowomo further stated that by virtue of being a sitting governor, Makinde is the leader of…
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Barely two years to the next general elections, the Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Prince Mathew Kolawole is wooing legislators across the country to support Governor Yahaya Bello’s ambition to be Nigeria’s President come 2023. The Speaker also said they as lawmakers in the state have found Governor Bello to be suitable “as he has performed creditably well”. Kolawole, accompanied by his Deputy and other Kogi lawmakers were in Jos on Thursday, to solicit the support of Plateau Speaker, Abok Ayuba and his colleagues. According to him, “Our mission to Plateau is to congratulate the Speaker, Plateau House of…
The former secretary to the government of the federation Senator Anyim Pius Anyim on Thursday denied being the mastermind of the 2023 presidential campaign poster bearing his picture and currently in wide circulation in the social media. Anyim, who was a former President of the Senate, disassociated himself from the campaign poster, stressing that such campaign poster is capable of distracting President Mohammadu Buhari who had just spent only one year and seven months in his second tenure. Anyim made the assertions in a press statement signed and forwarded to newsmen in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State. He said…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said his government was doing its best on insecurity in Nigeria. Buhari called on citizens to be fair in their criticism of his administration. He spoke on Thursday in Abuja when he received Reverend Yakubu Pam, Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC). On killings, abductions and other challenges, especially in the Northeast, the President reminded Nigerians of the previous state. “What was the situation when we came? Try and ask people from Borno or from Adamawa for that matter and Yobe.” Buhari admitted there are still “occasional Boko Haram problems”. He, however, stressed…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday disclosed how its zoning formula, ahead of the 2023 presidential election will be decided. Yekini Nabena, former National Publicity Secretary of APC said the party would decide on its zoning formula for 2023 elections after critical stakeholders meet. Nabena, in an exclusive chat with DAILY POST, said: “Definitely there is going to be zoning, but the critical stakeholders will meet in every zone before the final decision will be taken. Mind you some people are just heating up the polity because of what they stand to benefit. “I know that before anything will…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ebonyi State chapter on Thursday petitioned the new commissioner of police, Department of State Security, DSS, and other security outfits in the State to investigate the threats and attack meted on its chairman, Elder Fred Udeogu by thugs purportedly loyal to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The party, in six paragraph petition signed by Fred Udeogu and forwarded to the state police command, DSS office, and other security outfits in the state, and obtained by DAILY POST, in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi state, tasked the police to immediately arrest and prosecutes the said thugs…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to save the Party’s state chapter from destruction. The Party was reacting to the removal of the state’s Chairman, Bashir Omoloja Bolarinwa. Bolarinwa was said to have been removed, following a complaint from the state Governor, Abdulrahaman Abdulrazaka who alleged he can’t work with him. However, a faction of APC said the Party was on the pathway of destruction. The party stated this in a statement signed by Sunday Oyebiyi, Oyoola Oyedepo and others. The statement reads in part: “We have resolved to reject the verdict of…
The United States House of Representatives has impeached President Trump for incitement of insurrection. The resolution followed the debate on the article of impeachment. Democrats in the House moved the article of impeachment following the invasion of the Capitol hill during the certification of 2020 presidential election on January 6th. Prior to the invasion, Trump who is yet to concede the Nov 3rd election which Joe Biden won, addressed a rally of his supporters to “take their country back.” According to reports on US media, several Republicans vowed to vote in favour of the impeachment. Wyoming Representative, Liz Cheney, the…
Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has described ex-Military Administrator of Lagos State, Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu as a rare breed for his singular consistency and unwavering commitment to social justice, democracy and federalism in Nigeria. Tinubu lamented that Kanu who so “loved this country and its many people” passed from us on Wednesday in Lagos State at 77. He stated this in a statement signed by his Media Aide, Tunde Rahman. Tinubu said: “I’m deeply saddened by the passing of former military administrator of Lagos and Imo states, Real Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu. “He was my…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Reconciliation Committee in Southwest is in Ogun State. The committee met with former Governor Gbenga Daniel and some PDP leaders on Tuesday. It met other party chieftains in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Wednesday. The body is chaired by former Osun State Governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola. Members are ex-Lagos Deputy Governor, Koforola Akerele -Bucknor; ex-Nigerian High Commissioner to Uganda, Omolade Oluwateru; top stalwart, Saka Balogun; and Monsuru Kukoyi, the secretary. The stakeholders, drawn from the three senatorial districts, urged the committee to do its job without fear or favour. They told the PDP national leadership to…
The Benue State Government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Ukum and Katsina-Ala Local Government Areas. The curfew was imposed as part of measures to address insecurity there. The north-central state’s Deputy Governor, Mr Benson Abounu, who disclosed this at the end of a security council meeting on Wednesday said the curfew will be from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily. ”It is part of our efforts to tackle banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery and general insecurity in the two local government areas,” Abounu told newsmen after the meeting. He added that the Security Council also resolved to ban the use…
National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Umar Tsauri, has described All Progressives Congress, APC, as a political club that has nothing to offer heavyweights such as Yakubu Dogara and Dave Umahi. The PDP scribe made the description in an interview with Vanguard, where he expressed optimism that, ahead of the 2023 polls, Umahi (Ebonyi State governor) and Dogara (ex-Speaker, House of Representatives), and others who quit the party for APC, will return “in the interest of Nigeria”. Tsauri told Vanguard that Umahi and Dogara needed to join the PDP in its quest to salvage Nigeria and reposition…
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi says the All Progressives Congress (APC) will triple its membership ahead of the 2023 general elections. Bello, who is the chairman of the newly inaugurated APC Women and Youth Sensitisation and Mobilisation Committee for the membership registration and revalidation exercise, stated this on Tuesday in Abuja. Bello assured that the committee would move to the field immediately, adding that it would liaise with every stakeholder within the party and across its lines. He said the committee would create the desired awareness to ensure that it tripped the party’s present membership. The Kogi governor said the…
The January 16 local government election in Kano has polarized the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). On Wednesday, the Kwankwasiyya faction restated its decision to boycott the poll. The Chairman, Shehu Sagagi, told newsmen that the party had sued Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) for contempt of court. The politician said the KANSIEC Chairman “is either ignorant of the extant laws or he is just behaving like a politician”. Sagagi recalled that the faction set to participate in the election “had earlier gone to court and we won the case.” He noted that only the National Executive Committee (NEC) has…
Mr Valentine Ozigbo, a former President of Transcorp has lamented the high debt profile of Anambra State under the leadership of Governor Willie Obiano. Ozigbo who spoke in a press conference Tuesday night said what was more annoying was that the infrastructure on the ground in the state was not commensurate with the humongous sum already borrowed by the state government since 2014. The ex-banker said, “Anambra’s debt profile under this government has risen by 1,600 percent since this administration came in 2014. For bankers like us, we like to make meaning off numbers.” Ozigbo who is also a governorship…
The Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday said the party would take a decision on the issue of zoning of the presidential election at the fullness of time. PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan spoke while appearing on Arise Television. Ologbondiyan said the ongoing discussion on the zoning of the 2023 presidential ticket in the All Progressives Congress, APC, is an indication of President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure. He insisted that some APC chieftains who worked towards Buhari’s emergence are afraid that the party’s agreement won’t be reached. According to Ologbondiyan: “There are conversations in the APC over where to choose their…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed a legal action challenging the validity of the primary election that produced Mr Rotimi Akeredolu as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State in the last gubernatorial election Justice Iyang Ekwo in a judgment held that the suit instituted by one Mrs. Olajumoke Anifowose was statued barred having been filled outside 14 days allowed by law for a pre-election matter. TheInfoStride reports that Mrs Anifowose in the suit filled on her behalf by her counsel Mr Adesina Oke had challenged the indirect primary election that produced…
A fierce battle has erupted for the soul of Kwara State All Progressives Congress, APC, as claims and counter claims continue over the purported removal of the State caretaker committee chairman, Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa by a faction of the party. TheInfoStride reports that, on Monday, a faction of the party reported that Bolarinwa, who was appointed by the national body of the party led by Buni led committee, had been removed and replaced by Abdullahi Samari Abubakar, the deputy chairman. However, on Tuesday, January 12, 2021, another group of stakeholders, denounced the purported removal of Bolarinwa, “warning of dire consequences.”…
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has boasted that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will continue to win the presidential election in the country. Bello said APC would continue to win due to the party’s ability to mobilise Nigerians at the grassroot level. He spoke at the inauguration of the Party Women and Youth Sensitisation and Mobilisation Committee by the Yobe State Governor and Chairman Caretaker/ Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Governor Mai Mala Buni, on Tuesday. The governor disclosed that APC will liaise with stakeholders across party lines to actualise the party’s election goals. He said: “This is yet another…
Prof. Lara Brown has predicted that the Republican Party will break up due to President Donald Trump’s actions and utterances. Brown is the Director of the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University. The political scientist spoke on Tuesday at a virtual news briefing on the January 20 presidential inauguration. NAN reports she chided Trump for insisting that the November 3 election was rigged. Brown recalled that the Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council Executive Committee (GCC) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) declared it the most secure in history. “His actions are dividing the Republican Party,…