Politics

Trouble Looms In APC As Reconciliatory Moves Suffer Setback Ahead 2023 Elections The moves by the rul­ing All Progressives Congress (APC) to reconcile its mem­bers ahead of the 2023 gen­eral elections appear to have hit the rocks following unresolved issues and lat­est upheavals in some state chapters of the party. President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the APC in February 2020 named Chief Bisi Akande, the former Interim National Chairman of the party as the Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee of the party. The initial chairman, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, was dropped after some party members, espe­cially in…

First Republic politician and PDP founding member dies in Kano Dauda Dangalan, a First Republic politician, has died in Kano on Saturday. He was 95. Family sources said late Dangalan died after protracted illness, spanning from two years ago. The source said the deceased died at his residence in Fagge Local Government area of the state at around 2:00 pm. The late politician, who was an active member of the Northern Elements Progressives Union, NEPU in the 50s, served as commissioner for Local Government in 1983 during Sabo Bakinzuwo administration. He was also a founding member of Peoples Democratic Party,…

The Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Honorable Abdulsabur Oladimeji Bankole has officially decamped from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The former lawmaker has met with the Acting National Chairman of the Party who is also the Governor of Yobe State Alhaji Maimala Buni, allong with the Jigawa state Governor Alhai Muhammad Badaru Abubakar in Abuja. In 2002, Bankole was elected to the House of Representatives on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) ticket to represent the Abeokuta South Federal Constituency of Ogun State. He was Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Finance…

Race For Abia Government House Intensifies As Group Plans Rally In Support Of Abia Governor of Ohafia Extraction A Think Tank group from Ohafia, under the aegis of Mben Political Assembly (MPA), is planning to hold a massive awareness rally in support of their push to have a governor of Ohafia extraction succeed Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State. According to a statement jointly signed by MPA President, Arch. Lucas Uche Eme and Prince Henry Okpere Udo, Chairman, MPA Easter Homecoming Committee explained that  the rally  is to educate the populace  and awaken the consciousness within and outside Ohafia about…

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, says he has taught the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, a lesson in politics. In a statement issued on Wednesday, his Special Assistant (Media), Kevin Ebiri, quoted the governor as saying despite Amaechi’s opposition to his political ambition, he has been able to get elected twice as governor. “They said we will not be Governor, we taught them a lesson in politics. In 2015, they said over their dead body will we be Governor, I’m looking for the dead body. 2019 they said we will not be Governor, that they are in power.…

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu is in a Special Town Hall Meeting with the Abiriba Community in Aba. Deputy Governor Sir Ude Oko Chukwu, son of Abiriba and Minority Leader of the Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. Abraham Oba, Abiriba son and Member representing Ohafia North in the State Assembly, Hon. Mandela Obasi, Honorable Commissioner for Information and Abiriba son, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, Executive Chairman of Ohafia LGA and Abiriba son, Dr. Okorafor Okorafor Ukiwe, Chairmen of Aba South and Aba North LGA, Hon Clinton Emmanuel Ebere and Hon. Prince David Ikonne, etc are here. Details to follow shortly.

SEE FULL LIST of Constituted Adhoc Committee of PDP Youth Directorate after meeting with Bukola Saraki led Reconciliation Committee As a fallout of the zoom meeting with the Bukola Saraki led reconciliation committee with the PDP Youth Directorate, the PDP National Youth Leader constituted the following committee to deliberate and submit a report that will be forwarded to the Saraki Committee. YOUTH SUB COMMITTEE MEMBERS A. THE BLUEPRINT COMMITTEE (Role: to develop a working blueprint for the formation of a PDP Youth Wing)_ 1. Anthony Ehilebo - Chairman 2. Chindebere Egwu - Deputy Chair 3. Bode Oriade - Secretary 4.…

Ekiti PDP Stakeholders meeting in Lagos with the leadership of the two groups (Osoko Political Assembly (OPA) and Repositioning Group). In furtherance to the truce meeting held in Abuja two weeks ago, another meeting was held today at The Providence Hotel, Lagos with the following leaders in attendance: Governor Ayodele Fayose, Senator Abiodun Olujimi, Senator Duro Faseyi, Chief Dipo Anolisulowo, Otunba Oluyinka Akerele, Rt.Hon Tunji Odeyemi, Barrister Gboyega Oguntuase, Alhaji Lateef Ajijola, Hon Deji Ogunsakin, Mrs. Funmi Ogun. The meeting resolved as follows: 1. That the unity of the party in Ekiti State is sacrosanct, uncompromisable and long needed. 2.…

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, has said about four million people have so far registered as members of the All Progressives Congress in the ongoing membership registration /re-validation exercise in the State. This was contained in a press statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Abba Anwar, in Kano on Monday. He quoted the governor as saying this during the Sixth APC Stakeholders meeting, in Kano. The statement quoted Ganduje, as saying, “The registration of members has hit between three and four million members, as the state has already exhausted all the registration slips, issued to…