Category: Politics

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, said he was all out to provoke Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State into making mistakes.   Wike made the comment on Saturday in Ogu-Bolo LGA of Rivers at an event to honour George Sekibo, a former senator who has spent 36 years in public service.   Addressing Anorld Davids, a lawmaker representing Ogu-Bolo constituency in the assembly, Wike said: “Let me say this clearly, Arnold, don’t be frightened that anybody would remove you as an assembly member.   “Nobody will…

A group under the aegis of Concerned Rivers Citizens CRC has described the purported election of a new speaker of Rivers State as another mockery of democracy depicting Africa magic series in Nigeria. In a statement issued and signed by the convener of the group Emmanuel Chibuzor late Tuesday night described the move by two lawmakers to elect a speaker as mockery of democracy that should not be taken seriously by any sane Nigerian. The group said”We have read in the social media networks how the two lawmakers visited the…

A major contender in the recently concluded Edo APC Guber primaries ,Senator Oserheimen Osunbor has updated his teeming supporters on latest developments over Senator Monday Okpebholo the state’s gubernatorial candidate in the September 21 election.   In a message he personally signed and tagged: ‘A MESSAGE TO MY SUPPORTERS AND WELL-WISHERS (2)’ Osunbor gave a vivid account of what transpired when Okpebholo visited him on May 2.   Hear him:   Ladies and Gentlemen,   “You will recall that on 1st March 2024, I issued a message to you, in…

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has been dragged before a High Court of Justice of the Federal Capital Territory over alleged illegal stay in office as party chairman.   Also joined in the suit alongside Ganduje as respondents are APC, National Executive Committee of APC and the National Working Committee of APC   The plaintiff, Mohammed Saidu Etsu, a former national chairmanship aspirant of the, party is praying the court for an, order restraining Ganduje from parading himself as the chairman of the…

Thousands of All Progressives Congress (APC) members gathered today in Abuja for a mass rally in solidarity with the party’s National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, amidst recent controversies surrounding his position.   Former Commissioner of Lands and Urban Development, Nasarawa State, Hon. Prof Salihu Ahmad Alizaga, led the rally, emphasizing the unity within the party and dismissing claims of internal strife fueled by external interests.   Alizaga denounced what he described as orchestrated attempts to destabilize the party, pointing fingers at the Kwankwasiyya Movement and former governors from the…

A former deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).   In his resignation letter addressed to the PDP chairman in Mbutu Ward, Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of the state, Ihedioha cited a misalignment between his personal beliefs and the current trajectory of the main opposition party.   He also copied the chairman of PDP Board of Trustees (BoT), PDP Acting National Chairman, and Chairman of PDP in Imo State.   His resignation was coming barely days…

Amidst protest over the conduct of the All Progressives Congress, APC, primary election in Ondo State, Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa was early on Monday morning declared winner.   The Chairman of the party’s Primary Election Committee for Ondo State and Governor of Kogi, Usman Ododo said that Aiyedatiwa having satisfied the requirement of the law and scored the highest vote was the winner.   The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 171,922 members of the party were revalidated to vote in 203 wards in the 18 local government areas of…

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno on Sunday enjoined politicians in the state to jettison partisan politics and face governance saying campaigns have since finished.   A statement by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the President of Senate, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh said Gov Eno, made the call at a bipartisan meeting ofup former and serving National Assembly members from the state across party lines, which he convened in Uyo, the state capital on Sunday.   The governor sought the cooperation and support of the lawmakers saying “We…

The Senator representing Benue South Senatorial District who is also the Senate Minority Leader, Comrade Abba Patrick Moro on Saturday stated that the survival of Amb. Umar Lliya Damagum as Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was not a victory or defeat for anybody but a decision that was unanimously agreed on by the relevant stakeholders for the party to forge ahead. Senator Moro’s reaction was against the backdrop of rumor in some quarters that Amb. Damagum’s survival, against call for his resignation, was victory for the…