Politics

Revealed: Why Abia State needs “Mr Fix It” Prof. Greg Ibe (Part 1) He isn't a passive spectator in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). He is one of the pioneers of the four pillars (Peace and Security, Developing Infrastructure, Policy harmonisation and Good Corporate Governance) on which the organisation effectively functions. He is also a sounding board for new ideas for the United Nation (UN), an international organisation that preserves international peace and security and also promotes cooperation among states and international development. The Congo Brazzaville and Central African Republic governments fall head over heels for this…

APC Collapses In Anambra As Leading Governorship Aspirant Decamps To ADC The leader of AFAMATION MOVEMENT, Hon Afam Ezenwafor has just defected to ADC where he declared to contest for the Anambra state November 6 governorship election. In a message sent to AIF Media, AFAMATION said, 'Today, I left APC to pursue my Governorship ambition in another platform. I joined African Democratic Congress , ADC and have declared for Governorship in ward, Aguata LGA and Anambra South." Hon Afam Ezenwafor contested for Anambra state House of Assembly, Agauta I state constituency in 2019. It is on record that among all…

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.…