Politics

Isaiah Eka Uyo, Nov. 13, 2018 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said 2,045 Permanent Voter  Cards (PVCs) had been stolen from its office in Akwa Ibom. INEC’s National Commissioner in charge of Akwa Ibom, Delta and Cross River, Dr Mohammed Lecky, made this known at a news briefing in …

David Amusa,Port Harcourt Supporters of former Governor and Transportation Minister, Chief Rotimi Amaechi and Senator Magnus Abe had another opportunity to clash at the Ken Saro-wiwa memorial lecture organized by the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP),at the weekend in Port Harcourt. It all began when the chairman …

Former Governor of Anambra State and the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has described as sad, the continued reverse movement of Nigeria from better to worse rather than the other way round. Obi spoke on Saturday at the inauguration of Prof. Chike Obi …

Senate Minority Leader, Senator Biodun Olujimi, has advised the Presidency to desist from playing politics with sensitive issues like the budgeting process. Senator Olujinmi noted that a recent statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari, blaming the National Assembly for the annual delay in the passage of the Appropriation Act was …

Former Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 polls, Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed surprise at the claim of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, who recently in his Twitter account referred to Obi as “a tribal bigot”. El-Rufai alleged …

Two politicians from Bauchi State, Alhaji Ibrahim Yakubu Lame and Alhaji Bala Jibrin, have been dismissed as serial political losers who cannot speak for the people of Bauchi State. Reacting to a press conference granted by the duo in Abuja where they made allegations against the State Governor, Barrister M. A. …

The Bayelsa State Government on Wednesday called on all eligible voters in the state to go to their various polling units and check their names on the displayed voters register. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson made the announcement in Yenagoa, following the commencement of the display …

Abuja, Nov. 7, 2018 The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday announced minor changes in the leadership of four standing committees. By this development, Sen. Lawal Gumau (APC-Bauchi), who was elected into the Senate in August, is now the Chairman of the Committee on Federal Character. Gumau took …

By Peter Okolie Awka, Nov. 6, 2018 Some aggrieved aspirants of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra state have called for the resignation of the party’s national chairman, Chief Victor Oye. They made the call on Tuesday in Awka during a meeting with members of the Re conciliatory …

Three former Commissioners of Police (CPs) in Anambra State during the tenure of Mr. Peter Obi as Governor, have exonerated him from the mischievous allegation of demolition of mosques and the sacking of non-indigenes, particularly northerners from the State being propagated by the opposition against him on social media. Speaking …

Abuja, Nov. 5, 2018 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Federal Government to give clarification on the alleged diversion of N378 billion Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) dividends. PDP made the demand in  a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiayan, on Monday in Abuja. He said …

Abuja, Nov. 1, 2018 Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo has dismissed rumours that he is mulling defecting from the All Progressives Congress(APC) over the fallout of the party’s governorship primaries in the state. Okorocha spoke with State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday …

By Ismaila Chafe, Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, Oct. 31, 2018 National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has dismissed the call for the resignation of the national chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, saying party supremacy must be respected. Tinubu made his position known when he fielded …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Oct. 31, 2018 President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the party’s National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu, who …

 Robert Awokuse A sociopolitical group in the southwest known as the Yoruba Youth Council (YYC) has said the region, especially the youth, would not make the mistake of voting President Muhammadu Buhari in next year’s general election. The group’s position followed a statement credited to the Minister of Power, Works …

Ariwodola Idowu noblearistotle2@yahoo.com Ado Ekiti, Oct. 28, 2018, Barely a week after the Bishop of Ekiti Catholic Diocese, Rt. Rev. Felix Ajakaye criticised  the administration of former governor Ayodele Fayose, another Bishop again on Sunday described the ex-governor’s  four-year second term as a waste. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) …

    By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, Oct. 26, 2018 Dr Uche Ogah, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Abia, on Friday in Abuja expressed optimism that the party would take over the state in 2019. Ogah spoke with State House correspondents after he and former Senate President, Ken …

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 polls, Mr. Peter Obi, has charged his supporters not to attack or insult anybody on his behalf, distancing himself from any such undemocratic conduct. He gave the charge in a statement issued by his Special Adviser, Mr. Valentine Obienyem in …

The allegation by the Northern Youths Leaders Forum (NYLF) that the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, is anti-North and a major sponsor of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been described as diversionary and “an attempt to give …

The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. Dave Umahi, has said that the leaders of the South-East were never unhappy or opposed to the choice of Mr. Peter Obi as the running mate of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and blamed the social media for getting …

Many analysts think Mr Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the PDP made a wise choice by picking Mr Peter Obi as his running mate. I think so too considering the poor shape of our economy today. We are thick in debt; unemployment is high and so is extreme poverty which …

Umuahia, Oct. 19, 2018 Emmanuel Kanu, the younger brother to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, said on Friday that his brother was alive. Emmanuel said that Kanu was spotted at a worship place in Israel. He made the disclosure in a telephone conversation …

By Alexandra Oladipo Abuja, Oct. 19, 2018 The Ekiti State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal on Friday in Abuja admitted as exhibits, electoral materials used in 11 Local Government Areas and 109 Wards for the July 14, governorship elections. The materials were tendered by Prof. Olusola Kolapo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) …

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has dismissed the allegation of ethnic bias in the Onitsha Bridge Head clean-up currently trending in internet chat rooms of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The clean-up exercise, which hitherto received much commendation, …