Politics

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it has submitted names of its nominees to replace the sacked Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and his Deputy, Dr Eric Kelechi Igwe to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja had sacked Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and his Deputy, Dr Eric Kelechi Igwe, following their defection from the PDP to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). Addressing a world press conference at the PDP National Headquarters, Wadata Plaza, Abuja, National Chairman, Senator Dr Iyorchia Ayu disclosed that the party’s National Working…

The Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) Senator John James Akpanudoedehe has resigned. The Nation learnt the embattled Secretary submitted his resignation letter to Caretaker Committee Acting Chairman, Governor Abubakar Sani Bello during a routine meeting of the committee at the party Secretariat in Abuja.

A coalition of youth groups in the 19 Northern States, have called on Nigerians to pray for the electoral victory of the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. The group under the aegis of Arewa Summit International urged citizens all over the world to pray for the peace and unity of the nation, noting that only "a united and peaceful Nigeria can attain developmental advancement and progress". According to a statement signed by its Director General, Dr. Bashir Lamido, Tuesday in Yola, urged Nigerians to commit the former Abia state governor into God's hands as He prepares…

THE AFTERMATH: Buni displaced as APC chairman — can Jonathan’s ‘salesman’ recover from the blow? Mai Mala Buni, governor of Yobe state, was compelled to step aside as the national chairman the All Progressives Congress (APC) caretaker committee even as he had fiercely held on to the position. If his ouster is described as a “palace coup”, it will not be far from the truth. With heavy security surrounding APC headquarters in Abuja on Monday, a leadership change was forced with Buni many miles away on medical leave in Dubai. Before the axe fell on the caretaker chairman, John Akpanudoedehe,…

The immediate-past Governor of Abia State and Senator representing Abia Central, Chief Theodore Orj, has declared his total support for power shift to Abia North come 2023. This has put paid to the growing tension across the state over which zone will produce the next governor as some individuals, groups and various political blocs are making case for the number one seat. According to Vanguard, Senator Orji invited some key political stakeholders from the 17 Local Government Areas in the state to his Umuahia-country home on Sunday “where he told them in a plain language” that power has to rotate…

The Governor of Yobe State and embattled Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Mai Mala Buni, deliberately planned to disrupt the party's national convention scheduled for March 26, TheCable has learnt. The ruling party had been engulfed in crisis since last year crisis over who emerges its national chairman and convention date. Buni has been intentionally foot-dragging on preparations and issues for the convention to remain as the national leader of the party. It was revealed that the governor and John Akpanudoedehe, national secretary of the APC caretaker committee, used a third party to obtain a court order temporarily restraining…

After the sack of the Chairman of Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Mai Mala Buni, by President Muhammadu Buhari, his Niger state counterpart, Abubakar Sani-Bello, has taken over the affairs of the party. APC governors appeared to have left Buni in the cold as Babagana Zulum of Borno, Babjide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, Yahaya Bello of Kogi, Hope Uzondinma of Imo, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe, and AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara state stormed the national secretariat of the party to show support for Bello. In his first official assignment as the acting…

Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has warned against harassment of it's members over the burnt house of parents of the former member who represented Bende Federal Constituency in the lower legislative chamber of the National Assembly, Hon Nnenna Ukeje. Part of the country home of the parents of the former lawmaker at Alayi in Bende Local Government Area was set ablaze last week by hoodlums. It was alleged that some supporters of the APC in the area were arrested by security agents over the incident at the behest of some People Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains. In…

CHIEF EMEKA KALU ON THE EAGLE WINGS CANVASSING FOR A PRESIDENT OF IGBO EXTRACTION, 2023. In any political setting, Equity is a seedling of necessity, when properly sown on a rich soil, it is bound to sprout a nipple of hope and then germinates the seed of excellence, fairplay, balanced democracy and inclusive government. On this drive has this USA based Nigeria prominent political leader spot his advocacy and campaigns for equity and rotational Presidential power .He is vehemently building capacities on changes in the system , creating an enabling environment for democratic efficency in the land .   This…

Facts regarding recent events within the ruling All Progressives Congress have revealed why the erstwhile caretaker Committee Chairman Mai Mala Buni was removed by President Muhammadu Buhari. Impeccable sources within the ruling party and the Nigerian Presidency told PBA that the Yobe State Governor was removed because the highest echelon of the party found some ”uncomfortable malfeasance and tendencies in his style of administration. ”Buni did not actually want to leave as chairman and was doing everything to perpetuate himself by obstructing plans to ensure that the March 26 National Convention of our great party did not hold. There have…