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Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, sacked Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, and his Deputy, Dr Eric Kelechi Igwe, over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Congress (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo held that the total number of 393,042 votes Umahi secured at the March 9, […]
Continue ReadingKabiyesi means ‘we dare not question him.’ The nearest to its meaning is what my Hausa friend does with effusive ‘Ranka dede’ at the feet of his lord. The above headline should actually be ‘Nigeria’s Kabiyesi politics.’ That is what the Nigerian president plays. He is big and powerful and he is beyond query whatever […]
Continue ReadingFormer Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Tuesday announced the formation of Third Force, under the aegis of The National Movement (TNM), thereby lightening the political temper of Nigeria towards the 2023 Presidency. Others in the team with him include Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi of Kaduna State; former Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Solomon […]
Continue ReadingThe APC was birthed out of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s resilient appetite for presidential power. Its victory in the 2015 presidential election was a product of both his regional cultic followership and a nationwide rejection of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s bumbling presidency. Seven years afterwards, Buhari’s appetite for apex power has been fulfilled and arguably squandered. His […]
Continue ReadingFormer Ekiti State Governor and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in the state, Engr. Segun Oni, has accused former Governor Ayo Fayose, of selling out the party’s candidate to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Oni also knocked the PDP National Working Committee led by Iyorchia Ayu for having hurriedly ratified the outcome of the […]
Continue ReadingThe communique of a recent meeting attended by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar; Elder statesman, Edwin Clark; Muslim Cleric, Sheik Gumi and representatives of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Middle Belt Forum; CAN and several other groups, can be summed up as follows: ‘The existential challenges being faced […]
Continue ReadingThe popularity and credibility of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration seemed to have started to wane almost from its inception; and six and a half years later, one and a half years to the end of the administration, it may almost be an impossibility to redeem its image – its ratings and that of the APC […]
Continue ReadingIndications are very strong that the All Progressives Congress (APC) may adopt consensus arrangement to pick its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections. According to Punch, top chieftains of the APC, who confided in newspaper on Tuesday, said stalwarts of the party had started reaching out to members nursing presidential ambition on the need […]
Continue ReadingIn an interview aired on BBC News Pidgin on Friday, the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has appealed to former Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to remain in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and not join the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor said, the PDP is a better political platform for the ex-President to […]
Continue ReadingEbonyi state Governor, David Umahi has countered former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode over his claim that he played a role in his (Umahi) defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Fani-Kayode who announced his defection to the APC on Thursday, had listed Umahi of Ebonyi state; Ben Ayade of Cross River, and Bello Matawalle […]
Continue ReadingFormer Special Assistant to Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s ex-President, Reno Omokri, has accused former Nigerian Aviation Minister, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode of betraying Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, and his Biafran agitator counterpart, Nnamdi Kanu. He made the allegation in a series of tweets reacting to the redefecting of Fani-Kayode to APC […]
Continue ReadingIt is no longer news that Femi Fani-Kayode has for the second time defected to Muhammadu Buhari’s APC. The news is that three more governors are warming up to join him in APC and that he played a major role in making governor Umahi defect from PDP to APC. Asked whether he had friends from […]
Continue ReadingIf you don’t want to go mad or crazy, please don’t think about the Nigerian politicians especially members of the APC and PDP. They are the same type of beer but coming out in different labels. Considering all Femi Fani-Kayode has written about Muhammadu Buhari and his Fulani background and tribe, it is almost unthinkable […]
Continue ReadingYobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has been sacked from his position as the National Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC). The court also sacked other members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Caretaker/ Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). A High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State, on Wednesday, September 1, restrained […]
Continue ReadingFormer Minister of Aviation and senator representing Anambra North, Stella Oduah has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress party (APC). Her defection was announced during a meeting with the caretaker national chairman of the party, Mai Mala Buni on Thursday August 26. Others at the meeting were the chairman […]
Continue ReadingCross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has presented 3 Toyota Land Cruiser SUVs to Cross River National Assembly members in the APC. Gov Ayade, through his Chief of Staff, Hon Martin Orim made the car presentation to the NASS members at the Cross River State Liaison Office, Abuja on Monday, July 19. Beneficiaries of the […]
Continue ReadingOpposition governors are being lured, or intimidated – according to Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku – to decamp, APC chieftains are making a hash of trying to ‘turn’ a once despised former President; the legislature is looking, more and more, like the Executive’s Siamese twins, eagerly working towards achieving a national Press for which the […]
Continue ReadingOpposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the amended Electoral Act as passed by the National Assembly, calling it the “murder of democracy.” Uche Secondus, the National Chairman of the party, said this in Abuja on Friday during a media briefing. According to Secondus, the National Assembly has turned its back on Nigerians by putting […]
Continue ReadingTreasurer of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sumbo Ajose, has passed away. Ajose reportedly died in the United States of America on Tuesday, 13th July, 2021. According to information, she had been battling for her life with an undisclosed illness for a while and was on a sickbed receiving treatment […]
Continue ReadingAs the country plunges deeper into chaos, Nigerians are watching Politicians and the ruling class actively causing, partaking and fuelling anarchy in Nigeria. Defections to the APC I was extremely amused when I heard President Buhari’s comment that Zamfara Governor, Dr Bello Matawalle, defected to the APC (All Regressives Congress) because of their exemplary performance […]
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