Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said Nigeria is bleeding under the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government. Governor Wike stated this on Monday during a visit to former Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi at his residence in Kaduna. Wike said Nigerians were yearning for the Peoples...
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The Zamfara House of Assembly has formally served the state’s Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mahdi Aliyu-Gusau, with notice of impeachment for alleged gross abuse of office. Alhaji Shamsudeen Bosko, the Chairman, House Standing Committee on Information, confirmed this at a news conference in Gusau on Monday. Alhaji Bosko said the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kebbi State has swept all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in Saturday’s Local Government elections conducted across the state. This is contained in a statement signed by Alhaji Aliyu Mohammed-Mera, the Chairman, Kebbi State Independent Electoral Commission (KSIEC), issued to newsmen in Birnin...
The Africa Polling Institute (API) has tipped Dr George Akume, Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs as the most suitable aspirant for national chairmanship of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Prof. Bell Ihua, Executive Director, API said this in a statement in Abuja. He said that the pronouncement...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, for allegedly stoking and inducing violence in the state by orchestrating and manipulating the State House of Assembly to commence an illegal and undemocratic process of impeachment against the democratically elected Deputy Governor of Zamfara State,...
The Eggon stakeholders of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State have urged the people of the state to re-elect Gov. Abdullahi Sule for a second term in 2023. The stakeholders drummed their support during an inaugural meeting of Eggon Movement for APC, Nasarawa state, on Sunday in Nassarawa...
Bank records obtained by Peoples Gazette have exposed connections between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s law firm SimmonsCooper Partners to Bola Tinubu’s money-laundering front, Ocean Trust Limited. The records show that on April 26, 2013, Ocean Trust Limited transferred N25,001,050 into SimmonsCooper Partners bank account with UBA, contradicting SimmonsCooper’s categorical...
The former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to call the EFCC to order, appealing that the president intervenes by stopping the EFCC from constantly harassing and intimidating him over allegations of a N2.9 billion fraud case. In a chat with State House correspondents...
A group, called Igbos for Progressive and United Nationhood (IPAN) has urged the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, not to blackmail presidential aspirants from other zones. The National President of the group, Mr Lawrence Onuzulike, made the call on Thursday at a news conference in Awka. Onuzulike said that...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially informed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of its decision to hold the convention on February 26, 2022. The Chairman of APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni disclosed this...
Dr Kayode Ajulo, a constitutional lawyer and Coordinator, Progressive Lawyers For Osinbajo, says the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo’s declaration to run for President in 2023 is non-negotiable. Ajulo stated this in Abuja, while reacting to the 30 days ultimatum given to Osinbajo by a pro-APC group, National Coalition...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Councilors from Bakassi Local Government Legislative Council have impeached its leader, Emmanuel Effion for failure to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), ahead of the by-election for Akpabuyo State Constituency It was gathered that the leader of Bakassi LG legislative council, who represent...
File photo of elder statesman, Edwin Clark Ahead of the 2023 general elections, elder statesman Edwin Clark has asked the North to allow the South to produce Nigeria’s President. Although two dominant political parties – the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
The National Reconciliation Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday submitted its report, three months after inauguration. The committee was inaugurated on October 12, 2021, by the party’s National Chairman and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mal Buni, to reconcile, harmonise and integrate members of the party in...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – In a bid to cushion the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on the people, The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has distributed hundred bags of rice to over 10,000 Cross River youths, women and physically challenged in Central and Northern Senatorial District of the state. The...
The leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Sen. Bola Tinubu, has hosted Mr Ade Omole, leader of the United Kingdom (UK) chapter of the party and the Nigeria Diaspora for Asiwaju (NDA) team in London. Alhaji AbdulRasaq Danjuma, Omole’s Personal Assistant, announced this in a statement made available...
Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has cautioned members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to shun acts of bitterness, destruction of political posters and banners of opposition candidates in the state. Governor Mohammed, who made the call at a PDP stakeholders’ meeting, on Saturday in Bauchi. warned that his...
By OLA MODUPE, Ado-Ekiti – The wife of Ekiti Governor, Mrs Bisi Fayemi, has dismissed the report making the rounds that she is interest in contesting for a Senatorial seat in the state. Mrs. Fayemi, who made this known in a statement issued on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti, said she...
The Senator representing Imo South Senatorial District, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, says the fact that Nigeria is passing through difficult moment does not mean that the nation is finished. Okorocha stated this on Friday in Abuja at the “2021 Our Nigeria News Awards“ organised by Our Nigeria Magazine with the...
In the last three years, the alleged hostilities between Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State and Rauf Aregbesola, his predecessor in office, stayed only in the realm of speculations. But, in a week or two ago, the cat was eventually let out of the bag when the Minister of...