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Kano Governor Reinstates Former CBN Governor, Sanusi As Emir
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Thursday, May 23, reinstated former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Lamido Sanusi as the 14th Emir of Kano. Sanusi was dethroned by the Abdullahi Ganduje-led administration that created an additional four emirates. Yusuf on Thursday dethroned Alh. Aminu Ado Bayero and four other first-class emirs in the state. He gave the sacked monarchs...
I Won’t Stop Contesting To Be President As Long As I Live — Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says he will run for the presidency of Nigeria in the 2027 election despite the challenges his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is currently facing. Atiku has ran to become Nigeria’s President for six times within three decades, his most recent attempt being in the 2023 presidential election as the PDP candidate. At his last...
Ex-Lawmaker Ezekwesiri Slams Former Abia Governor Ikpeazu Over ‘Featherweight’ Comment
A former member of Abia State House of Assembly who represented Umunneochi, Hon. Prince Ikedi Ezekwesiri has taken a swipe at the immediate past governor of the state, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu for calling those who defected from the PDP to other parties "featherweight". The former governor allegedly made the comment at a stakeholders meeting in Umuahia on Thursday. Reacting to the...
Former First Lady Of Abia Dumps PDP
Mrs. Mercy Odoji Orji, the wife of former Abia State Governor, Senator T.A. Orji, has announced her departure from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ABN TV reports. This was contained in her resignation letter dated May 21, 2024, and addressed to her Umuahia Urban Ward 1 Chairman of PDP. This development comes just two weeks after her son, Chinedum Orji, the...
VIDEO: Abians Asking God To Use PDP As Tool To Recover Our State — Ex-Governor Ikpeazu
Former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu the cry of the poor and the downtrodden in the state has reached God, claiming that they are asking God to use his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to recover the state. PDP lost the 2023 election in the state to Labour Party’s Alex Otti who was sworn-in in May 29...
Governor Yusuf Defies Court Order, Presents Appointment Letter To Emir Sanusi II
Sanusi Muhammadu Sanusi ll yesterday received an appointment letter as the 16th Emir of Kano from Governor Abba Yusuf at a grand event that took place at the Government House in Kano. The governor had on Thursday assented to the Kano State Emirates Council (Amendment number 2) Bill 2024 after it was passed by the State House of Assembly. The law dethroned all the...
“We Have Learnt Our Lessons” – PDP Tenders Apology To Abians
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abia State chapter has tendered an open apology to Abians for not meeting up with their expectations over the years. The party said this contributed to its defeat in the last gubernatorial election in the state. Addressing journalists at the PDP secretariat on Thursday in Umuahia shortly after the party’s stakeholders’ meeting, the Vice Chairman of...
Coalition Of Opposition Federal Lawmakers Urge FG To Allow Emir Sanusi To Reign Peacefully
The G-60, a coalition of opposition federal lawmakers from different political parties, has called on the Federal Government to steer clear of the chieftaincy affairs of the Kano Emirate and allow the reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, to reign peacefully. In a statement issued after a closed-door meeting, the lawmakers threw their weight behind the Kano State government's...
2027: Peter Obi Sets Condition For Merger With PDP
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has given conditions that would make him accept any merger between his party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2027 elections. Reacting to a statement by the presidential candidate of the PDP and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, on the likelihood of a merger between both parties,...
We Have Abolished ‘State of Origin’ Dichotomy In Abia, Says Governor Alex Otti
The Governor of Abia State, Dr Alex Otti has said there will be no division in Abia under his watch as indigenes and non-indigenes residents in the state will be treated equally. He said that his administration does not care where a resident of Abia comes from but was only interested in the competence and what the person can offer...
