Politics

Dogara, Bankole, Omisore get APC appointments Barely two weeks after former Speaker of House of Representatives Dimeji Bankole dumped the Action Democratic Party (ADP), the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed him to serve on its 61-man contact/strategy committee. The committee, which will be inaugurated on Tuesday by the Chairman Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Governor Mai Mala Buni, has Jigawa Governor Abubakar Badru as chairman while Dr. Ikechi Emenike will serve as secretary. Though details of the terms of reference of the committee were not made available, sources told THE NATION it is expected to establish constructive engagement…

Prince Udensi appointed Media Aide to Hon. Uko Nkole with immediate effect. Following the re-engineering of the HON UKO NKOLE Media Team for a more efficient media coverage with a target for ensuring the removal of media blind spots to the unprecedented democratic dividends attracted by the pragmatic, people-oriented leadership style of Nkole which are spreed from the grassroots to the top. 2. The process which commenced on Sunday March 07,2021 has culminated in the appointment of Prince Udensi, a politcal Science Graduate of the University of Calabar, as the new media aide to the Member Representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency…

OH NO! Aba North/Aba South: This type of politics is now outdated, Rep Abonta to Senator Kalu A member of the National Assembly, Hon Uzoma Nkem Abonta has lashed out at Senator Orji Uzor Kalu who represents Abia North for misleading the public by falsely claiming that the infrastructure currently being executed in Aba is being done by the federal government. In a video he circulated on Sunday, Rep Abonta who representing Ukwa East/Ukwa West St House of Representatives, wondered why Orji Kalu should turn a campaign for elective position to a campaign of calumny, deceit, falsehood and wicked propaganda.…

“Thunder fire you!” – Wike tells Governor Ayade The Governor of Rivers State, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has reacted to a statement made by his Cross River State counterpart, Prof. Ben Ayade. Ayade had threatened to quit the PDP over what he called unnecessary interference by external forces with the affairs of the party in Cross River State. Wike in a statement in Port Harcourt at the weekend said he challenged Ayade to come and commission projects and not bringing out fraudulent and unrealistic budgets for a poor state like Cross River. “If you want to talk about us, come out…

Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal has predicted that in a the All Progressives Congress (APC) will collapse. This, he said, will pave way for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to offer Nigerians the much-needed leadership. He spoke during the inauguration of the party’s eastern zone councils poll campaigns in Gwadabawa town, headquarters of Gwadabawa local government where no fewer than 12,000 APC decampees were received . He said the opposition party had since lost focus and the confidence of Nigerians for not been able to deliver its mandate as promised. The governor said the opposition party has nothing to offer in…

Abia by-election:  Obingwa Clergy warns INEC REC , Prof Illoh against taking bribes  Abia State's resident electoral commissioner ; Prof Chuks Illoh has been issued a stern warning by revered cleric and General Overseer of the Life Believers Assembly Int'l, Pastor  Chukwujekwu Mkpa to refrain from engaging in any form of bribe taking  in the Aba North / South election scheduled to hold on March 27th. This is even as the  in his emotional sermon also alleged that Prof Joshua Illoh received kickbacks in form of financial inducements from both the People's Democratic Party(PDP) and the All Progressive's Grand Alliance…

Abia APC leaders unite for Mascot, intensifies campaign with focus on infrastructure, welfare Ahead next week’s House of Representatives by-election for the vacant seat of Aba North/South federal constituency the All Progressive's Congress (APC) in Abia State have escalated it's campaign for emergence of its candidate Hon. Mascot Uzor Kalu, the party also resolved to centre it's campaign on infrastructure and overall welfare of its people while stating that it won't be distracted by what it described as "campaign of calumny" by the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The decisions were made at the expanded caucus of the…

If zoning presidential ticket to North will make PDP win 2023 election, I will back it - Gov Wike Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says if zoning the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket to the North will cause the party to win the 2023 general election, he will support the decision. The governor has meanwhile ruled out the possibility of him supporting any All Progressives Congress presidential candidate even if the person is of Rivers State or Southern Nigerian extraction. Governor Wike shared this view during an interview with BBC Pigin at the Government House, Port Harcourt.…

Resentment is growing in the All Progressives Congress (APC) over alleged plot by some party chieftains to further extend the tenure of the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the party. Consequently, some interest groups are said to be warming up for a showdown should the Buni-led committee renege on its mandate to conduct a national convention in June, about three months away. The committee was set up in June 2020, following the dissolution of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), led by a former Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, with a six-month mandate to…

Ahead of the party primaries for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, stakeholders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are drumming support for one of the contestants, Mr Godwin Ezeemo. During a meeting of the stakeholders in Awka at the weekend, they urged the PDP delegates to ensure emergence of Ezeemo as the gubernatorial candidate of the party. The reason, they said was because Ezeemo, had invested in all sectors in the state, including agriculture and publishing. They said the aspirant was the only one with a capacity to dislodge the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) from the…