Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has commended his Ebonyi counterpart, Gov. Dave Umahi, for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The commendation was contained in a press release signed by Zailani Bappa, the Special Adviser to Governor Matawalle on Media, and made available to journalists on Friday in Gusau. Matawalle, who also belongs to the PDP, said he would “rather commend Umahi for his bold decision rather than condemn him “because everyone feels welcome only in a house where he feels comfortable’’. He said he had a very bad experience recently from some…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said former president, Goodluck Jonathan, is working for the current government. The ruling party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, stated this while answering questions on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday. Nabena also slammed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for not being a worthy opposition. According to him, Jonathan has been working for the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, because he is a ‘progressive’ statesman. The visit by some APC chieftains to Jonathan last Friday, who contested in the 2011 and 2015 presidential elections on the platform of the PDP, raised the stakes in…
Abdulrasheed Maina’s surety, Senator Ali Ndume got on bail on Friday after five days in Kuje Correctional Centre. Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja directed his release. The judge noted that the court exercised its discretionary powers based on Ndume’s conduct. Ndume’s temporary reprieve was on self-recognition after his legal team assured that the conditions would be met. His surety must be a responsible Nigerian, who resides in Abuja, own a landed property within the Federal Capital Territory with evidence of ownership, and would swear to affidavit of means, with two passport photographs. For Ndume, he must…
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has assured Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members of their peaceful existence in the state with no one harassing or disrupting their legitimate activities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that political tension has heightened in Ebonyi since Umahi’s defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) with resentment and bickering pervading the atmosphere. Umahi gave the assurance on Friday in Abakaliki in a broadcast to the people after a security meeting with heads of security agencies in the state. According to the governor, PDP will exist peacefully in the state provided its faithful desist from…
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma says the entire political class in the South-East needs to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor said the idea of having all politicians in the region in the ruling party in not restricted to state governors alone. He said this during an interview with State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday, November 27, 2020. While reacting to the recent defection of his Ebonyi State counterpart, David Umahi, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC, Uzodinma said, “Everybody that is not…
Former Governor of Abia State and Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, has urged people of the Southeast region to forget their agitations for restructuring of the country and quest for the presidency in 2023. Kalu spoke in Umuahia, the state capital, when he paid a condolence visit to representative of Umuahia East Constituency, Chukwudi Apugo, in the State House of Assembly, who lost his mother recently. He lampooned the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, for rejecting his proposal to work for the emergence of president of Igbo extraction, but kept dissipating their energy on restructuring. Kalu, who represents…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has enjoined the leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Presidency to seek ways of solving the problems they created for Nigerians instead of focusing on him. The former Vice President noted that the governing APC “has validated the assumption that the major reason the condition of living has been deplorable under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is on account of the fact that the party focuses more on playing petty politics than in actual governance.” The APC had speculated that the plethora of goodwill messages sent to the former Vice President on the…
The Federal High Court, Abuja, has released Senator Ali Ndume on bail. The Borno South lawmaker spent five days in Kuje Correctional Centre. Justice Okon Abang gave the ruling on Friday. The judge said the court exercise its discretionary powers based on Ndume’s good conduct. Ndume was sent to prison for failing to produce Abdulrasheed Maina. He stood surety for the former Chairman of the Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT) who is on the run.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, not to hide under the disagreements in his party to shy away from explaining how N4.6 billion public fund was diverted in his ministry. PDP described as disheartening a situation where a minister failed to explain the alleged payment of funds in 654 tranches to 21 private bank accounts in a space of two months. The party stated this in a statement by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan. According to PDP: “Fashola has failed to respond to Nigerians inquisitions on how he allegedly oversaw such a…
The Executive Chairman, Borno State Independent Electoral Commission (BOSIEC), Alhaji Abdu Usman has said that only six political parties will be participating in Saturday’s Local Government Elections in the state. Usman, who made this known on Friday in Maiduguri while briefing newsmen identified the parties as African Democratic Congress (ADC), Accord Party, All Progress Congress (APC), All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The chairman explained that only the APC fielded candidates for chairmanship and councillorship positions in all the 27 local governments and 312 wards. “APC is fielding 27 chairmanship candidates…
The Federal High Court, Abuja, will, on Friday, delivered its ruling on the application for bail filed by Sen. Ali Ndume, who represents Borno South Senatorial District. Justice Okon Abang, after taking arguments from counsel representing the parties in the case, also ordered the lawyers to make available copies of the authorities cited to back their submissions before the close of work. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the court had, yesterday, fixed today for the hearing of the bail plea of Ndume, who had been remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre over his inability to produce Abdulrasheed Maina,…
United States President, Donald Trump, on Thursday declared that he will exit the White House if the Electoral College confirms Joe Biden won the November 3 election. Trump has not conceded and insists the Democrat is not the President-elect. The latest comment is the closest to his acknowledgment of Biden’s victory and may be a sign of retreat. Trump spoke at the White House after speaking to U.S. troops during the traditional Thanksgiving Day address, Reuters reports. The American leader assured that if Biden is certified the election winner by the Electoral College, he will leave. On Tuesday, Trump endorsed…
Following the killing of a first-class monarch in Ondo State on Thursday by gunmen, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has described the incident as a sad one for the State. According to Akeredolu, who visited the scene where the incident happened, the country is indeed, in a serious security crisis beyond the ordinary. Recall that the Olufon of Ifon, Oba Israel Adeusi, was shot dead at Elegbeka area in Ose Local Government area of the State, along Benin-Owo-Akure highway by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers while returning to his domain from Akure, the state capital. In a statement issued by the Commissioner…
A member of the Northern Elders Forum and the Chairman of Maje Foundation, Alhaji Rufai Mukhtar Danmaje, has asked the Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola to honorably resign his position for failing to complete any projects since his assumption of office as Works Minister five years ago. Danmaje said it is no longer story that for example in the entire Northern region, no single project embarked upon by the Minister has been completed despite the huge tax payers money allocated to his ministry. Mukhtar Danmaje who is presenting the views of the Northern Elders Forum, said if the Minister refused…
A member of the House Representatives, Victor Mela, has been sentenced to one month imprisonment. A Magistrate Court in Wuse, Zone 6, gave the judgement on Friday. Mela of Billiri/Balanga Federal Constituency was given an option of fine. On November 10, he was found guilty of lying under oath in his CD001 INEC form submitted ahead of the 2019 general. The court found that the lawmaker lied about his citizenship. It was discovered that Mela has a British passport
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the defection of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains to its platform is not surprising. Yekini Nabena, Deputy National Publicity Secretary, said this in a statement on Thursday. The spokesman noted that the reason was because APC was accommodating and runs the party fairly. Nabena said progressive-minded members in the PDP are leaving due to its failure to act like the main opposition. The official accused PDP of pushing Nigeria into a largely one-party state. He said the APC believes in democracy and progressive politics. “We, therefore, challenge other opposition political parties to take…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has attacked former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. The ruling party accused the Wazirin Adamawa of scheming to “purchase” the PDP 2023 ticket. Atiku was the party’s presidential candidate in the 2019 general election. On Thursday, Yekini Nabena, APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, in a statement, mocked him and the opposition. Nabena noted that Atiku has commenced campaign and holding political meetings in Dubai. “The PDP and Alh. Atiku Abubakar, who has began early 2023 campaign on the PDP’s presidential candidature he is poised to purchase, are engrossed with their Dubai meetings to plot their…
The card reader would be used for accreditation while other appropriate technologies would be used to transmit results. Rep Aishatu Dukku, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Political Parties Matters, has said that the 2020 Electoral Bill if passed will further empower the commission. She said that INEC would now be validly empowered by law to use card reader and other technologies to conduct elections. Dakku, who sponsored the bill, spoke while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. She said that card reader would be used for accreditation while other appropriate technologies would be…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has congratulated former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on his 74th birth anniversary. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, the governor commended the former vice president for his outstanding commitment to the unity and economic growth of the nation through his investments and activities, including his handy counseling on national issues. He remarked that the towering role of Atiku, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2019 elections, in the defence and promotion of democracy in Nigeria remained enviable and inspirational.…
Buhari says Gambari is not your typical textbook idealist. As Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff clocks 76 on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, the president celebrated him with glowing tributes. In a statement by Garba Shehu, his Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Buhari described Gambari as one of the most brilliant public officials. The president further described Gambari as “a remarkable public servant who has put his vast experience and knowledge to the service of the world.” The statement reads, “It’s impossible to interact with Gambari without being impressed by his erudition and colossal experience…