Category: Politics

Former National Chairman of PDP, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo has said ex vice president Atiku Abubakar is the only candidate that can implement restructuring, improve Nigeria’s economy and education standards, create jobs and solve poverty and killing issues in the country. “Atiku loves Christians same as Muslims. He has the capacity to stop killings and bloodshed. He will turn us round on the path of development. He is the man who will rescue PDP and Nigeria,” Nwodo said. Responding on behalf of the state party structure, state PDP Vice Chairman, Chief…

  Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said that it is true that President Muhammadu Buhari has health challenges and also accused a cabal of running Buhari”s government. Tambuwal also declared that he had been under tremendous pressure to join the 2019 presidential race. Addressing thousands of youths and students who stormed the Governor’s Office in appreciation of his involving the youths in his administration, Tambuwal said, “We supported Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 to become President unconditionally and we admit that Buhari has integrity but that’s not the only…

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of deliberate witch-hunt as the anti-graft agency asked for minutes of the state’s security meetings. The governor, reacting to EFCC’s demand for minutes of Benue State Security Council meetings between 2015 and 2018, decried the level of harassment and intimidation of officials of his government by the anti-graft agency since he dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the PDP. He stressed that the commission had not relented in persecuting him since his defection. In a…

Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Caretaker Committee Chairman, Ahmed Makarfi has insisted that the level of corruption under the All Progressives Congress, APC-led administration was worst than PDP’s 16 years. The former governor of Kaduna State and a presidential aspirant said the current level of corruption will not be known until APC leaves power. Speaking with PDP leaders in Enugu, he claimed that the anti-graft war was weak under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration because it has been politicised. Makarfi said, “By the time APC is kicked out in 2019,…

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom said Friday that those plotting to overthrow the leadership of the National Assembly were enemies of the country’s democracy. In a press statement issued by the governor’s spokesman, Terver Akasa, the governor urged the persons behind the plot to take a close look at the country’s constitution as well as Senate rules to be properly guided. The governor stated that though the election of a President of the Senate requires simple majority, removing the holder of the office takes two-thirds of the entire Senate members.…

SENATOR Godswill Akpabio says Akwa Ibom State now belongs to the All Progressive Congress, (APC). Mr Akpabio stated this on Wednesday when he officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC. “I want you to know that from today Akwa Ibom is now an APC state,” the lawmaker who is a former governor of the state said. He said his defection to the APC is for the interest of the state. “I am in APC to link the state to the centre,” Akpabio added. The former governor…

In a press statement by the Press and Public Affairs Officer at the British high commission, Mr Joe Abuku, the Commission on Tuesday said it was monitoring the situation at the National Assembly and other political developments ahead of the 2019 general elections. The high commission said the British government would continue to support only the rule of law and democratic ethos. The statement read, “We are aware of media reports of a situation at the National Assembly this morning. We are closely monitoring the situation and other political developments…

  Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria vice president, has sacked the Director-General of the Department of State Service, Lawal Daura in what appears to be a twist to the siege on the National Assembly by security operatives on Tuesday. The DSS and the Police had locked down the National Assembly on Tuesday, even as the Senate leadership had scheduled a meeting to hold in the chambers in the afternoon. Lawmakers who came with the hope of attending the meeting were denied entry into the Assembly by the security operatives. Lawmakers elected on…

  Senator representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani has been suspended by the All Progressives Congress, APC. The Senator was suspended in the Tudun-Wada North chapter of the party. In a statement signed by its chairman, Ibrahim Salisu Togo, Tudun-Wada North chapter of the APC insisted that their decision was based on the constitution of the party. The statement reads, “We, the Tudun Wada North (Ward 6) Exco of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kaduna South Local Government Area wish to affirm our decision on the…