2023: Count Me Out Of Plans To Float New Political Party — Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says he is done with partisan politics, noting that claims making the rounds in the media that he is planning to float a new political party ahead of the 2023 general elections are false. “I’m done with partisan politics but by my position in Nigeria and in Africa and without being immodest and indeed in the...
BREAKING: We Want Southern President Or Nothing — Governors Insist
Southern governors have jointly agreed that Nigeria’s next president should emerge from the southern region. Southern governors made the announcement on Monday after a closed-door meeting in Lagos State. The governors also set September 21, 2021, as the deadline for the promulgation of anti-open grazing law among its member states. Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, said this while addressing...
I’ll Die In Politics, I’ve No Plan To Retire — Kano Senator, Shekarau
Senator Ibrahim Shekarau has said he will not retire from politics until he dies. Addressing reporters after inaugurating the Shura Consultative Assembly in Kano, Shekarau said, “I have no time to retire from politics until death.” A two-term governor, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Shekarau Minister of Education in the buildup to the 2015 election. He currently represents Kano Central Senatorial District. “In fact,...
Don’t Include Ijaw In Your Biafra, Ijaw Far Older Than Igbo, Asari Dokubo Tells Nnamdi Kanu (VIDEO)
Leader of Movement For Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND Asari Dokubo has faulted the Nnamdi Kanu's method of agitation, warming him not to include Ijaw land in his Biafra. While accusing Nnamdi Kanu, leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB who was recently arrested by the federal government of not respecting all Biafrans in the fight for secession on an...
Stop This Show Of Shame Now, Ikpeazu Cautions Aba South LG Chairman, Deputy
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has cautioned the chairman of Aba South local government area and his deputy to refrain from what he called a show of shame. The Governor in a statement signed by his Chief Of Staff, Prof. A.C.B. Agbazuere, and made available to ABN TV expressed disappointment over the action of the council boss and his deputy,...
Supporting Abdulrazaq To Become Kwara Governor Was Like A One Chance — Lai Mohammed Cries
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Saturday in Ilorin, Kwara State, noted that they were warned not to support the governor of the state, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq during the 2019 governorship election in the state. The Minister who was in the state capital to commission the All Progressives Congress new secretariat of the Bashir Bolarinwa led faction disclosed...
2023 Presidency: We Won’t Back Down, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Ezeife Vow
The apex Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has advised the Federal Government to support the emergence of an Igbo president in 2023 to quell the agitations in the South-East region “to the barest minimum.” Elder statesman and former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife; Chairman, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Elders Council, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu; and Publicity Secretary, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Alex Ogbonnaya,...
Nigerians Enjoy Hearing Negative Things About Parliamentarians, Senate President Lawan Laments
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has expressed concern over what he called false narratives against serving federal lawmakers in the country. The Senator representing Yobe North expressed his disaffection while presenting his keynote address at the ongoing Conference of Presiding Officers of the Nigerian Legislature. Senator Lawan claimed Nigerians are always anxious to pick negative and false narratives about the...
Activist Deji Adeyanju Blasts Igbo Leaders For Not Speaking Up For Nnamdi Kanu
Activist and former PDP spokesperson, Deji Adeyanju has criticised Igbo leaders for failing to speak up against the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Adeyanju made this comment on Saturday via his Twitter page. It will be recalled that Kanu was arrested arraigned in court by the DSS on Tuesday where he was...
2023: PDP Has Outlived Its Usefulness In Abia, APGA Taking Over — Okogbuo Vows
A chieftain of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and deputy Chairman (South) of the party, Engr. Uchenna Okogbuo has said the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Abia state has outlived its usefulness, insisting that people no longer have confidence in it, ABN TV reports. He noted that APGA will take over power to replicate the success they have recorded...
