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Saturday, 26 June 2021 04:14

APC, again, extends caretaker committee’s tenure

All Progressives Congress (APC) has extended the tenure of Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee. Mamman Mohammed, Director-General, Press and Media Affairs to Buni, confirmed this in a statement on Friday. Buni had earlier visited President Muhammadu Buhari at Aso Rock, where he presented a report of the committee to him. Speaking after receiving the report, Buhari said the APC has been revived, energised and repositioned for its national convention and future elections. He commended the Buni committee. “With the work done by the committee the party has bounced back to life.’’ “I have listened with great…

Thursday, 24 June 2021 05:10

Unlike Igbo, Yoruba agitatators, North won’t ask for separate country – Northern leaders

Northern mouthpiece, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), yesterday, said it would not ask for a separate country out of Nigeria like the Igbo and Yoruba are doing with agitation for Biafra and Oduduwa Republic. ACF also said it would not be part of agitation for the break-up of the country as canvassed by Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and some Yoruba youths, led by Sunday Igboho. However, the forum tasked northerners to unite and fight against activities of kidnappers, bandits and other criminal elements in the region. In their separate remarks at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the forum,…

Sunday, 20 June 2021 05:59

Khamenei protege wins Iran election amid low turnout

Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline judge who is under U.S. sanctions for human rights abuses, secured victory as expected on Saturday in Iran’s presidential election after a contest marked by voter apathy over economic hardships and political restrictions. With all 28.9 million ballots counted, Raisi was elected with a tally of 17.9 million, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on state TV. Turnout in Friday’s four-man race was a record low of around 48.8% and there were 3.7 million invalid ballots that were likely to have been mostly blank or protest votes. Appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to the…

Monday, 14 June 2021 05:48

Israel's Netanyahu pledges 'we'll be back' as record 12-year run as prime minister ends

Israel's parliament voted narrowly to approve a new government Sunday, with Naftali Bennett becoming the new prime minister, ending Benjamin Netanyahu's record 12 years in the office. Bennett, representing the Yamina party, leads a coalition alongside the Yesh Atid party’s Yair Lapid. As part of the arrangement, the two men would split the term as prime minister, with Lapid expected to take over in two years, the Jerusalem Post reported. "Thank you Netanyahu for a long service with many achievements for the State of Israel, for strengthening Israel's diplomatic status and security," Bennett said in Hebrew before the Knesset on…

Saturday, 12 June 2021 05:45

Lagos mention in Buhari lnterview not references to Tinubu - Presidency

PRESS RELEASE President Muhammadu Buhari’s reference to Lagos while speaking on the future of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has nothing to do with party stalwart Bola Tinubu, the Presidency said last night. During his interview with Arise TV, when the President was asked on his desire for the APC after his tenure, he said: “The hope of this administration is to see APC last beyond it. Therefore, we should allow the party to decide. You cannot sit there in Lagos, for instance, and decide on the fate of APC on zoning. The restructuring of the party has begun from…

Friday, 11 June 2021 05:51

‘No one will sit in Lagos and determine what the party will do’, Buhari says in broadside against Tinubu

President Muhammadu Buhari says the issue of zoning in the All Progressives Congress will be determined by the party and not any single individual. He added that no one will for instance sit in Lagos and determine what the party will do. The President said this during an interview with Arise Television which aired on Thursday. Buhari added that the caretaker committee of the APC led by Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State was working to reposition the party. He said, “I told the acting chairman and a committee to give me the report by the end of the…

Thursday, 03 June 2021 05:31

Israel's opposition declares new government, set to unseat Netanyahu

Israel’s opposition leader moved closer to unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he officially told the country’s president that he has reached agreements with political allies to form a new government. About 35 minutes before a Wednesday midnight deadline, the centrist Yair Lapid told President Reuven Rivlin in an email: “I am honored to inform you that I have succeeded in forming a government.” Rivlin, attending Israel’s soccer cup final at the time, congratulated Lapid by phone, according to his office. Lapid’s main partner is nationalist Naftali Bennett, who would serve as prime minister first under a rotation between the…

Wednesday, 02 June 2021 05:49

Constitution review: Govs, others suggest sweeping amendments

The Zonal Public Hearing on the review of the 1999 constitution kicked off across the six geopolitical zones, yesterday, with a flurry of demands and proposals. Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, faulted the 1999 constitution, describing it as substandard and product of hurried national compromise. Gbajabiamila said during the zonal public hearing on the review of the 1999 constitution in Lagos, yesterday, that the Constitution falls below standards because it was put in place to ensure that the military returned to the barracks. “A nation’s constitution is the foundation of its existence. It is supposed to set the…

Thursday, 27 May 2021 05:48

Condemnation as Remi Tinubu calls woman ‘thug’ at Lagos meeting

Remi Tinubu, senator representing Lagos central, was involved in an altercation with some Nigerians who attended the southwest zonal public hearing of the constitution review on Wednesday. The event held at Marriott Hotel in Lagos, with residents queuing to register before they were allowed entry into the hall. While residents waited on the queue, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, came in and was ushered in through the backdoor, after which the front door was shut. The ushers then informed those on the queue that registration had closed for the day. However, the development did not sit well with those who…

Thursday, 27 May 2021 05:44

Donald Duke announces return to PDP

PRESS RELEASE Dear Friends, a lot is being said about my return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Truth is, I reunited with the party almost a year ago now, but in spirit never left the ideals for which the party was founded upon. It is rather unfortunate that Governor Ben Ayade who constantly egged me to rejoin the party has himself had cause to leave. A rather unfortunate decision for which I neither support nor condemn, as I’m not privy to the details except his complaints of being stifled and unappreciated by the leadership of the party and certain…

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Wednesday, 26 May 2021 05:51

‘Southern govs building ethnic monsters and hiding behind them’ - Northern elders

Northern Elders’ Forum has accused governors in the Southern region of building “ethnic monsters” and hiding behind them to whip up sentiments. The forum also alleged that the governors, who swore to protect the constitution and defend the unity and integrity of Nigeria, have surrendered to the secessionists. In a statement made available to journalists by its spokesman, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, the forum berated Southern leaders over the ban on open grazing, saying they are making a desperate but futile attempt to split the north. “It is now clear that elected people who swore to protect the constitution and protect the…

Monday, 24 May 2021 05:49

Akeredolu, Fayemi shun Southwest APC leaders meeting attended by Tinubu, others

Leaders of All Progressives Congress in Southwest, including Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and three governors in the region, on Sunday reinforced the call for true federalism and ban of open grazing in the country. The party leaders, who met in Lagos, backed some of the decisions of the Southern governors in Asaba, Delta State, saying there was need for the Federal Government to address insecurity in the country. Also at the meeting were National Leader of the APC, Bola Tinubu; governors of Lagos, Ogun and Osun states, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Dapo Abiodun and Adegboyega Oyetola, respectively; a former…

Sunday, 23 May 2021 05:53

Akintoye to Southwest APC govs: 'It's time to stand with the Yoruba nation’

PRESS RELEASE We welcome the meeting of significant leaders of Southwest APC in Lagos on Sunday May 23rd 2021 to discuss the unsavoury state of Nigeria. By the grace of God your political party APC is the strongest political party in the Yoruba southwest. It is the party of the most important Yoruba political leader of today. Of the six states of the Yoruba southwest your party controls five of the state Governorships and State Assemblies. In this party also are most Yoruba high officials in the Nigerian federal government. Therefore the APC is the party that is in charge…

Thursday, 20 May 2021 14:43

Cross River gov, Ayade, decamps to APC

Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade, has formally defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after months of speculations that he would do so. Ayade announced his departure from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday while hosting six APC governors who visited him in Calabar, the state capital. The visiting governors were Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, Hope Uzodinma of Imo, Simon Lalong of Plateau, Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa and Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti. It is not exactly clear why the Cross River governor left the platform that brought him to power…

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