APC Sweeps Katsina LG Seats
The ruling All Progressives Congress has won all chairmanship and councillorship seats in the Katsina State local government elections held on Saturday. As results trickled in, the state chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, Salima Boyi, congratulated the winners during a press briefing on Sunday. “While we may have had our differences and concerns, we have conceded defeat and acknowledged the...
How Orji Kalu’s Agricultural Vision Could Have Transformed Abia — Ex-SSG Eme Okoro
Former Secretary to the Abia State Government (SSG), Dr. Eme Okoro, has revealed how former Governor Orji Uzor Kalu made significant efforts to promote agriculture during his administration, lamenting the continued neglect of the sector by Nigerian leaders. In an exclusive interview with Vanguard, Dr. Okoro expressed deep disappointment with both federal and state governments, stating that they had failed...
PDP Suspends Secretary Of South-South Zone
Chief Felix Omemu, the Zonal Secretary of the PDP South-South Zonal Executive Committee, has been suspended for a month due to allegations of misconduct and unapproved media statements that cast doubt on the ZEC meeting that was held in Benin on Saturday. Omemu had earlier issued a statement in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, declaring the meeting convened by the party’s South-South...
Buhari Votes In Katsina Local Government Election
In the ongoing local government election, former President Muhammadu Buhari has cast his ballot at his polling station in Daura, Katsina State. Buhari voted at Polling Unit 003, Sarkin Yarn Ward A. He voted alongside the Commissioner for Special Duties, Adnan Na-Habu Daura, around 11:09 am. Governor Dikko Radda, his wife, Zulaihat, and his deputy, Faruk Jobe, have also voted in the...
Ex-Speakers Warn Of Imminent Defections To PDP
The Forum of ex-Speakers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised Nigerians to expect the return of numerous politicians who have departed the party in recent years to join other political organizations. The Forum described the PDP as the most widely accepted, well-organized, and best-positioned political party to address the nation’s challenges. This statement was made on Friday following a...
S’South Leaders Oppose Benin Meeting, NWC Splits Over Anyanwu
The Peoples Democratic Party is facing deepening internal strife as key figures challenge the authority of party leadership. In Abuja on Thursday, the embattled National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, defied directives from governors, the Board of Trustees, and the National Working Committee to vacate his position, for Sunday Ude-Okoye. In the South-South, the Zonal Secretary of the party, Chief Felix Omemu, rejected...
Chikwe Udensi Urges Governor Otti To Pay Pension Arrears, Honor Campaign Promises (Video)
Security expert Sir Chikwe Udensi has waded into the ongoing pension crisis in Abia State, condemning the government's handling of unpaid pension arrears and the protests by retirees. A group known as Concerned Abia Pensioners has accused the state government of failing to honor a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed with the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), fueling tensions...
“Never Again Will Bad Roads Define Our State” – Abia Gov. Otti
Governor Alex Otti has declared an end to the era of bad roads in Abia, assuring citizens that his administration is committed to delivering world-class road infrastructure across the state. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony for the reconstruction and dualisation of the 5.5-kilometre Owerrinta-Umuikaa Road, the Governor reiterated that every road within Abia, whether federal or state-owned, is a priority...
Tinubu’s Reelection: ACF, Others Disagrees Over Ganduje’s No-Vacancy Comment
Pro-North social-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum, and some prominent voices from the northern region of the country have said the region cannot be forced to re-elect President Bola Tinubu in 2027. The ACF and other northern leaders declared that no individual could claim to be the mouthpiece of the North and, as such, it was wrong for the Chairman of...
Abia PDP Chapter Defies NWC Order, Ortom, Anyanwu Face Panel March 4
The Peoples Democratic Party Abia State chapter, on Wednesday, has insisted on suspension of the chairman of the Board of Trustees, Senator Adolphus Wabara. Countering the party’s National Working Committee’s declaration of the suspension as illegal, the Abia PDP leadership insisted that there was no going back. The Abia State Working Committee of the party had on Tuesday announced Wabara’s suspension...
