Sack All Your Cabinet Members, Aides, They’ve Failed, Okorocha Tells Buhari
Former Governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack all the Ministers and presidential aides he appointed to help him run the government as they have failed to perform their duties. He made the call Wednesday in Lafia when he paid a condolence visit to Governor Abdullahi Sule in Government House and the...
BREAKING: Buhari Has Agreed To Address Reps – Gbajabiamila
President Muhammadu Buhari has agreed to address the House of Representatives as requested by the lawmakers. According to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, a date had been agreed on and it will be communicated soon. He stated that the president is more concerned than most on the insecurity of the nation and will speak to the Nigerian people through...
Umahi’s Defection To APC Has No Value – Peter Obi
Sequel to the defection of the governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, reactions and counter-reactions have continued to trail the governor’s move. The Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, yesterday, also reacted to the defection, saying such political dramas should not form the...
Ohanaeze, Afenifere, NCF Ask Buhari To Honour Reps’ Summons
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation; Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere; National Consultative Front (NCF), and Prince Tony Momoh, chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have thrown their weight behind the House of Representatives, asking President Muhammadu Buhari to honour the House invitation following the killing of farmers in Borno on Saturday by Boko Haram Insurgents. The House of...
It Is Unconstitutional For Buhari To Ignore Reps Summon – Adegboruwa
Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), Lagos-based human rights lawyer has said President Muhammadu Buhari must honour the invitation of the House of Representatives to explain what he is doing about the security situation in the country, saying it will be unconstitutional for him to ignore it. He said Nigerians can no longer leave the issue of insecurity which has collapsed in the...
Abia LG Polls: You Must Obey Court Order, Days Of Lawlessness Over, APC Tells PDP
All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State has applauded an ex parte order restraining the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC) from conducting the local government election scheduled to take place December 18. The APC in a statement issued by the State Publicity Secretary, Comrade Benedict C. Godson says the days of lawlessness in the state is over, warning the...
Reps To Summon Buhari Over Security Situation In The Country
The House of Representatives has passed a resolution to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to brief the house on the true state of the security situation in the country. The decision to summon President Buhari was taken at Tuesday’s plenary when the House considered a motion moved by members from Borno State on the recent massacre of 43 rice farmers in...
“I Was Forced To Borrow N5bn To Fund PDP Campaign” – Umahi
Governor David Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi State yesterday said he was forced to borrow N5bn to fund the presidential campaign of the PDP in 2015. Umahi who decamped to the APC recently stated this during an enlarged stakeholders meeting of the APC) in the state. Umahi: “When I was deputy governor, someone in a high position from the South-east went and...
2023: Zoning Should Be Respected — Amaechi Backs Fashola
Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says the zoning arrangement for political offices should be respected ahead of the 2023 elections. Amaechi, who spoke during a Channels TV programme on Sunday, said the arrangement, which is usually between the north and south, should remain the same. In Nigeria, political offices — especially the presidency — are rotated on the basis of geographical...
Senate Confirms Yakubu As INEC Chairman
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the second term of five years. The confirmation followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on INEC, led by Senator Kabiru Gaya, which submitted its report at plenary and recommended Yakubu for confirmation. READ ALSO: 2023: Zoning...
