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Gov Umahi: Why I left PDP for APC

Nov 18, 2020 topnews

Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi says his defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC was not as a result of the People’s Democratic Party not zoning the Presidency to him as being speculated in some quarters, but because of injustice. According to the Governor, his defection to APC is because he believes that the ruling party is amenable to working with the South East region than the PDP. Governor Umahi insisted that he would continue to agitate for the interest of the South East in or out of office…

69 former councillors, 14 secretaries defect to PDP in Zamfara

Nov 18, 2020 topnews

Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP has recorded another set of members as 69 former Councillors and 14 local government council secretaries have announced their defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. A statement signed by Jamilu Iliyasu, the Press Secretary to the state governor, Gov. Bello Matawalle says the defectors, who had served as elected councillors between 2012 and 2019, moved from the APC to the PDP under the auspices of the state chapter of the Ex-councillors…

Gov. Sanwo-Olu to abolish pension for Tinubu, Fashola, Ambode, others

Nov 10, 2020 topnews

Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced his intention to Tuesday to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former Governors and their Deputies. He made this known while presenting the 2021 budget to the Lagos State House of Assembly. In his word, he said: “Mr. Speaker and Honourable Members of the House, in light of keeping the costs of governance low and to signal selflessness in public service, we will be sending a draft executive bill…

INEC: Yakubu hands over to Mu’azu pending Senate confirm as chairman

Nov 9, 2020 topnews

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday, handed over to Air Vice Marshall Ahmed Mu’azu (retired) to run the affairs of the commission. Mu’azu would oversee the INEC pending the confirmation of Yakubu by the Senate. Yakubu said, “You may recall that the current Commission was inaugurated in three batches. The Chairman and five Commissioners were sworn-in on 9th November 2015, followed by another six Commissioners on December 7, 2016, and one more Commissioner on July 21, 2018. “The commission is a constitutional body whose…

US election: Joe Biden promises unity in victory speech

Nov 8, 2020 topnews

America’s presidential election winner, Joe Biden has said it is “time to heal” the US in his first speech as president-elect, vowing not to divide but to unify the country. “Let’s give each other a chance,” he said at an event in Delaware addressing those who did not vote for him. Biden defeated incumbent President Donald Trump following a cliff-hanger vote count after Tuesday’s election. President Trump has yet to concede and has not spoken publicly since his defeat was announced while he was playing golf. The result makes Mr…

Ladoja to OBJ: “Your comment has absolute disregard for truth”

Nov 7, 2020 topnews

The book launch of an autobiography of former Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala in Ibadan, Oyo State was well attended, but the controversies that trailed some comments by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and Akala’s predecessor, former Governor Rashidi Ladoja is not something to forget in a hurry. Obasanjo, who attended the book launch personally while making some comments from the book, had said that, Ladoja’s inability to manage the late Chief Lamidi Adedibu and Chief Yekini Adeojo were responsible for his impeachment. Barely 24-hours after Obasanjo’s comment, the former governor, Senator Ladoja, yesterday…

Two Nigerians win in US election

Nov 5, 2020 topnews

The United States of America’s general elections have recorded two Nigerian-Americans that won the respective positions they contested for. Although, about nine Nigerian-Americans vied for different positions in the election, but two have been declared winner. At the federal level, Oye Owolewa, whose father is from Kwara and mother from Oyo, is aiming for a ‘shadow’ (non-voting) seat in the House of Representatives. The 31-year-old politician Wednesday won the election. Similarly, Esther Agbaje, has been elected into the Minnesota House of Representatives. She pulled a total of 17,396 votes, which…

Desmond Elliot apologises for referring to Nigerian youths as “children”

Oct 30, 2020 topnews

Desmond Elliot, popular actor turned Lagos House of Assembly member representing Surulere constituency, yesterday apologized to the Nigerian youths after heavy backlash from a video of him speaking during a plenary session at the House of Assembly where he referred to Nigerian youths as children. Elliot who was speaking on why Nigeria needs a social media regulation called on the speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly to “address certain things” like “the Nigerian youth, the social media, the social influencers.” Elliot referenced the recent #EndSARS protests in the…

Ondo 2020: Akeredolu defeats Jegede again, wins second term as governor

Oct 11, 2020Oct 11, 2020 topnews

The incumbent, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress(APC) has been declared winner of the just concluded Ondo State Governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) . He defeated his main challenger and candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede, and his Deputy Governor and candidate of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Agboola Ajayi, to emerge the winner. The incumbent governor won 15 of the 18 Local Government Areas results declared by INEC while his closest rival, Jegede, won in three local government areas…

Ondo 2020: SDP crumbles as chieftains abandon party for APC, PDP

Oct 7, 2020Oct 7, 2020 topnews

As the Ondo State gubernatorial election draws near, the real political players and jokers are being identified in the race for the governorship seat. Political experts that predicted that it’s going to be a two horse race between the incumbent, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Peoples’ Congress, APC and the Peoples’ Democratic Party ((PDP) candidate, Prof. Eyitayo Jegede were not wrong after all. In less than a week to election, the party chairman of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Mr. Dele Ogunbameru, led the chairmen of 10 other political…