PDP Should Prepare To Lose Edo If I’m Not Accepted As Governorship Candidate
The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shuaibu, has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that failure to accept him as its candidate in the Edo State governorship election will spell doom for the party in the state. While Asue Ighodalo was declared as the winner of the PDP primary at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City on Thursday,...
I Ran Against Powerful Forces In Abuja, Not Binani — Fintiri
The incumbent Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has claimed powerful individuals in Abuja were bent on imposing a new governor on the people of the state. He made this claim while speaking on Channels Television’s political programme, Politics Today, on Tuesday night. Fintiri who spoke via Zoom from Yola said he did not contest against Aishatu Dahiru (Binani) of...
Another House Of Reps Member Dies
The member representing Gwaram Federal Constituency of Jigawa, Hon. Yuguda Kila is dead, ABN TV reports. The 70-year-old died at the National Hospital from an undisclosed illness. He was chairman of the House Committee on Customs and Excise. His deputy in the House Committee on Customs and Excise, Hon. Leke Abejide, had informed members and officials of the Nigeria Customs Service earlier...
We’ll Resist Reopening Of Enugu Airport Without Night Landing Facilities, Ohanaeze Youth Warn
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) Worldwide has cautioned that any attempt to commence flight operations at Akanu Ibiam International Airport will be resisted. ABN TV reports that This is even as the group states that lack of night facilities robs the airport of international status, maintaining that the June date resumption of flight operations is not feasible unless night landing...
How Kwankwaso Betrayed Me, My Supporters — Shekarau
Senator Ibrahim Shekarau has accused Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso of disappointing him and his supporters who joined the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). Shekarau, who dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the height of the rift with Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, spoke when he met with his supporters and associates in Kano on Monday. He accused Kwankwaso of neglecting the request submitted...
Abia Speaker Transforms Woman He Met On Street, Directs Her Immediate Medical Care, Invites Her To His Residence (PHOTOS)
Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji has directed proper medical attention for a woman and her child with immediate effect. This came after the Abia number one lawmaker came in contact with the woman whose identity ...
APC, PDP Clashes Over Adeleke’s Defection Plan
The Osun State chapters of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party have traded words over the aborted defection plan of Governor Ademola Adeleke. The APC said Adeleke was rejected because he would be a liability and would hurt the integrity of the party. But the PDP, which insisted it would not join issues with the opposition party, said...
Chekwas Okorie Seeks Political Solution To Secessionist Agitation, Calls For Nnamdi Kanu’s Release
A former national chairman of the United Progressives Party (UPP) and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Chekwas Okorie, has tasked the Federal Government to pursue a political solution to resolve the secessionist agitations by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu and that of the Yoruba Nation, Sunday Igboho. Okorie, who spoke when...
Sen. Abaribe Dumps PDP, Quits As Senate Minority Leader
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has dumped the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Abaribe equally resigned from his position in the national assembly as the Senate Minority Leader. Recall that he withdrew from the PDP governorship primaries schedul...
Supreme Court Ruling Provoked Imo Attacks – Ex-INEC Commissioner
A former National Commissioner with the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Lai Olurode, has said that the Supreme Court ruling of January 2020 provoked the attacks on some INEC offices in the state. According to him, it is antithetical for the courtroom to take the position of the electorate which is an expression of the popular will of the people. The...
