PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that he would not betray the trust reposed in him by Nigerians no matter the challenges on ground. He made the vow when he hosted traditional rulers and religious leaders from across the country to breaking of Ramadan fast at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. He also vowed that […]
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FORMER Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday formally bowed out of office with a special valedictory session held in his honour. President Muhammadu Buhari led other members of the Federal Executive Council to bid the Ekiti State governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, farewell at a brief […]
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THERE were indications on Tuesday that aggrieved members of the Unity Forum of the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, may defect to another party soon after the National Working Committee recognised Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s candidate, Chief Akin Oke, as the chairman of the party on Monday. Oke was among the state […]
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The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos, Alhaji Tunde Balogun, on Tuesday night, denied any directive from the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun stopping state party chairmen from inaugurating their executive members. Balogun told newsmen in Ikeja that news reports that Oyegun gave the directive at the inauguration of 33 […]
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The trigger-happy mobile policeman who shot a former President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, and ex House of Representatives member, Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele and three other members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, on Friday, has been dismissed. The dismissal was announced by the state police […]
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By Akanimo Sampson BEYOND the surface political mobilism, a silent revolution of sorts is taking place in Akwa Ibom State, Southern Nigeria. The Revolutionary-in-Chief is Governor Udom Emmanuel. Udom, as he is popularly called across the state, is fast emerging as a populist. For those who know better, populism is a political philosophy that […]
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By Akanimo Sampson BOKO Haram/Herdsmen rampage… Hardship… Parallel Congresses … Persecution … Unemployment … Worsening poverty … With these signposts, one can easily trace a path through the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. The All Progressives Congress (APC) came to power in 2015 through a massive electoral victory that saw the then dominant Peoples Democratic Party […]
Continue ReadingCard Reader will be mandatory in the conduct of the 2019 election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has ruled. A top official of the commission said on Sunday that card reader helps the Commission in three ways to confirm that the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) was issued by INEC, that the biometrics of […]
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The appointment of former Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, as the Director General, DG, of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, has been described as a ray of hope for the future of Nigeria, by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Youth Rebirth Forum. has former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, […]
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Former Vice President and presidential hopeful of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has appointed former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, as Director-General of his 2019 presidential campaign. The unveiling of Daniel was disclosed in a statement by the Atiku Media Office on Monday in Abuja. Daniel, popularly known as OGD, […]
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