Judiciary Should Not Be Allowed To Select Our Political Leaders – Jonathan
Ex-President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has stated that the Judiciary should not be given the power to select political leaders to govern the nation. Dr. Jonathan addressed patrons at a youth foundation programme hosted by the founder of TOS Foundation, Osasu Igbenedion in Abuja. According to him, it is not the best to see the judiciary select leaders as it does...
Youths Who Engage In Thuggery Shouldn’t Ask For Democratic Dividends — Sen. Kalu Declares
Chief Whip of the Senate and Senator representing Abia North, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has asked youths who make themselves available for thuggery and election manipulation to stop asking for democratic dividends, saying they lack the moral justification to demand such. While accusing some youths of constituting a challenge to democracy, the former Abia governor while addressing constituents in Arochukwu...
Gunshots As Ex-Ekiti Governor Fayose Leaves Southwest PDP Congress
There was pandemonium at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Southwest zonal congress on Monday evening in Osogbo, capital of Osun State. The incident occurred around 6:45 pm when some suspected hoodlums advanced towards the gate of the WOCDIF Event Centre where the congress was taking place in an attempt to invade the premises. Ex-Ekiti Governor Ayodele Fayose was about to leave...
Respite In PDP As Fayose Declares ‘Makinde Is My Leader’
The embers of disagreement between former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose; and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, seemed to be permanently quenched on Monday when the former declared his submission to the leadership of the latter. Speaking at the Wocdiff Centre, Osogbo, venue of the Zonal Congress of the Peoples Democratic Party, Fayose acknowledged, “The Governor of Oyo State, Governor...
Akwa Ibom APC Stakeholders Reject Akpabio As Party Leader
Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State have again rejected Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio as party leader in the state. A group within the party led by a former military administrator of Rivers and Ogun states, Group Captain Sam Ewang (retd), had last month endorsed Akpabio as APC leader in the state. But in...
Protest In Aba Should Be About Nonpayment Of Workers, Bad Roads — Sen. Kalu
Former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has said those who staged a protest against him in Aba, the commercial nerve centre of the state should have instead protested that civil servants, teachers and pensioners have not been paid by the state government for months. ABN TV reports that the Senate Chief Whip also demanded that they should...
We Are Fulfilling Our Campaign Promises To Abians, Says Gov. Ikpeazu
Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie lkpeazu says his administration is gradually fulfilling all its election promises to Abians. The Governor stated this while featuring live on a Channels Television programme Sunday night. He said Abians were happy with him over what he has done in Aba in terms of road infrastructure which are there for people to see. He further...
There’s Hope For Ndigbo In APC, Says Chekwas Okorie
The founder of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Chekwas Okorie, on Saturday, said there is hope for Ndigbo in the APC. Speaking in Awka, the state capital, when scores of members of the United Progressives Party joined the APC, Okorie said, “I entered the APC long ago in spirit. In 2018, the National Executive Council of the UPP held...
Sen. Kalu: I Don’t Believe In Politics Of Sharing Money, Tasks Leaders On Development
Senator representing Abia North and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has said he does not subscribe to the politics of sharing money to the people but initiating impactful projects that will stand the test of time, ABN TV reports. Speaking at the commissioning of 2km Road in Atan Ihechiowa in Arochukwu local government area of the...
We’re Worried Nigeria May Become A Failed State Under APC Govt, Says PDP Governors
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP under the aegis of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum, PDP–GF, have expressed concern over the state of the country under the leadership of APC federal government, warning that Nigeria may become a failed state if urgent steps are not taken to put it on the right track,...
