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New prospects in Kwara

I want to congratulate the effective governor of Kwara State on his appointment as the new head of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. This is significant, historic, and has broad ramifications for the standing and reputation of Kwara State. This selection is evidence of his inclusive and transformative leadership abilities. The governor has remained a background player who is more concerned with producing results and creating legacies for the following generation. I think a new Kwara...

Kogi Guber polls: Two PDP Assembly candidates join APC

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidates for Lokoja I and II State Constituencies in the last general election, Hon Ahmed Shehu Yabagi and Hon. Ishaiku Kashim Musa, have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the November governorship election. Alhaji Yahaya Bello, the Governor of Kogi State, welcomed them. Governor Bello expressed delight at the politicians’ decision to join the ruling party. He insisted that his administration respects and values ability, not...

Marafa: Tinubu remains committed to changing reward system in APC

Senator Kabir Garba Marafa, the Zamfara State Coordinator of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, has stated that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is putting machinery in place to strengthen the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) reward system. Marafa stated that with Tinubu at the helm of the country’s affairs, the era of’monkey de work baboon de chop’ is over, emphasizing that those who genuinely worked for Tinubu’s victory in the February 28 election would be rewarded....

Nigerians are in difficult situation over fuel subsidy removal, says Adamu, APC chair

Abdullahi Adamu, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has admitted that the removal of fuel subsidies is putting Nigerians in a difficult and challenging situation. He spoke yesterday at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja during a meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) and governors under the umbrella of the APC Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), led by its newly elected Chairman, Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State. Imo, Uzodimma, Yobe, Mai...

Tinubu, APC, INEC oppose admission of Atiku’s documents in evidence

President Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) objected on Wednesday to the admission of some documents sought to be tendered in evidence by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku. At the resumed hearing of Atiku and the PDP’s petition challenging President Tinubu’s election at the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja, counsel to the petitioners, Mr Chris Uche, SAN, said the team had...

Prepare for defeat, ANPP gov candidate tells Uzodimma

Uche Odunze, the New Nigeria People’s Party’s candidate for governor in the Imo State election to be held on November 11, has boasted that his group will defeat the incumbent Governor Hope Uzodimma. In Owerri, during the public introduction of his running mate, Godstime Samuel, Odunze said the ANPP would significantly reduce insecurity in the state if given the opportunity to govern. He claims that the state has been poorly managed by the Uzondimma-led All...

Tinubu, EFCC chairman meet in Presidential Villa

On Wednesday, May 31, President Bola Tinubu met behind closed doors with the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The agenda of the meeting could not be determined at the time of filing this report, but there are indications that it may be related to the altercation between the DSS and the EFCC on Tuesday, May 30. On Tuesday, May 30, the DSS and...

Transition committee requests Governor Mbah to trim MDAs, digitise land registry

Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah’s transition committee has advised him to implement impactful programmes from his campaign manifesto. The committee urged Governor Mbah to reduce the number of ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) and to digitise the state’s land registry. It suggested a 365-day plan, which would be a sector-by-sector target for his government over the next year. Concerning water resources, the committee requested that Mbah create rehabilitated distribution systems/20,000m storage terminal tank, ensure the...

Tribunal adjourns until Thursday at Obi’s request in petition against Tinubu

On the request of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) adjourned the hearing from Wednesday to Thursday. The adjournment was granted at the request of the petitioner by the presiding Justice of the five-member panel, Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani. At the resumption of hearings on Wednesday, counsel for the petitioner, Awa Kalu, SAN, told the court that Obi’s legal team’s initial plans were to present documents to the...

Cross River: ‘You are not governor of APC’ – IPAC, LP set agenda for Otu

The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, and the opposition Labour Party, LP, have advised Prince Bassey Otu that he is now the Governor of Cross River State, not the All Progressives Congress, APC. This was stated in a message of congratulations signed by IPAC’s chairman, Anthony Bissong Attah. It reminded him that he ran for governor alongside other well-meaning sons of the state who were equally qualified. “Your election as governor should thus be viewed as...