Category: Politics

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has been removed as the state campaign coordinator of the All Progressives Congress party by the National Working Committee of the campaign council. The decision followed the recommendation of the disciplinary committee set up by the Imo APC over allegations of anti-party activities levelled against the governor and others. The committee chaired by Mathew Omegara had earlier summoned the governor and six others to appear before it. The National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, had said the National Working Committee of the party would meet…

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Below is a statement by the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) in the wake of the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen: “The suspension of the Chief Justice of the Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen is an abuse of office taken too far. President Buhari has suspended the Constitution thereby applying fascist rule. He has no power whatsoever under our democracy to unilaterally suspend CJN without the impute of the National Assembly, especially the Senate. The Constitution under section 292 is very clear on the procedure to…

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Presidential Campaign Organisation of the Peoples Democratic Party has expressed displeasure about the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari from a debate at the time Nigerians expected him to give an account of his stewardship in office. The Director, Media and Publicity, PDP PCO, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, was at the venue of the presidential debate only to discover that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Buhari, was absent at the debate. According to him, the PDP presidential candidate has insisted on…

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Contemplations by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accommodate the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the general elections in Rivers state has been condemned by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). PDP’s position is predicated on the unacceptable and compromising suggestion by INEC, through its National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, that certain circumstances could lead to the postponement of election, in Rivers State, to accommodate the APC, which currently do not have candidates in the elections, following the quashing of its congresses in…

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Senator Dino Melaye has been granted bail by the High Court of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, yesterday, on health grounds. Until yesterday when he was finally granted bail, the senator representing Kogi West was held in a Police health facility in Abuja. He was being hunted by the Police for alleged criminal conspiracy and attempted culpable homicide. Before he surrendered to the Police earlier this month, Police personnel had laid siege to his house for over a week, within which period they cut off sources of electricity and water…

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Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has dismissed as a “cock and bull story” the allegation by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed that he has a case to answer over the collapse of Platinum Habib Bank, Bank PHB. He also condemned the bid by the Federal Government to get the United States government to deny him visa, saying with or without a trip to the US, the PDP would dislodge the All Progressives Congress (APC) at next month’s election. In…

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Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has said he has arrived in Washington D.C., United States of America. Abubakar said he was in the country for a meeting with US government officials and Nigerians. “Just arrived in Washington D. C. for a meeting with US government officials, Nigerians living in D.C. metropolis and the business community,” he wrote on his official Twitter handle on Thursday.  The former vice-president had been alleged to be involved in a corruption case which prevented him from travelling to the US…

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Supporters and viewers of President Muhammadu Buhari were shocked at the presidential campaign in Warri, Delta state, as he mistakenly called the All Progressives Congress, APC, gubernatorial candidate, Great Ogboru, the party’s presidential candidate. Buhari who repeatedly called Ogboru, the party’s presidential and senatorial candidate was corrected by an APC chieftain who flanked him while handing the party’s flag to Ogboru. His words, “I am handing over this flag of honour to our presidential candidate.” A man on the stage to his left corrected him, saying “gubernatorial”,  but Buhari responded…

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