The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State Philip Shaibu has resumed office and has directed his staff to follow suit. He is also warning banks carrying out transactions with the Office of the Deputy Governor of Edo State without his express consent about the illegality of such transactions. In a video broadcast, Shaibu mandated those … [Read more…]
The ruling All Progressives Congress has begun consultations with the leadership of the Senate to facilitate the reinstatement of Senator Ali Ndume as the Chief Whip. The move comes one month after Ndume, representing Borno South Senatorial District, was relieved of the position for repeated public criticisms of President Bola Tinubu and the ruling APC. … [Read more…]
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the federal government under the All Progressives Congress (APC) to immediately review its anti-people policies that are suffocating the people and making life unbearable. PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, PDP said the nationwide protest by Nigerians would not have come if the … [Read more…]
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has come out in support of Kenneth Okonkwo, his ex-Presidential Campaign Council spokesperson, after Okonkwo’s resignation from the party. Okonkwo had cited internal strife and leadership crisis as reasons for his departure. Obi cautioned party members and supporters against attacking Okonkwo, stating that differing opinions do not make … [Read more…]
Reinstated Edo State Deputy Governor, Phillip Shaibu, who was elected under the umbrella of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said that he is an unofficial member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as his spirit left the PDP a long time ago. The newly reinstated deputy governor said this in an interview with ARISE … [Read more…]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday descended on governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying they were morally and politically unfit to point accusing fingers to its government. The ruling party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka said the PDP Governors accusing the APC of destroying the country’s economy … [Read more…]
…We can’t allow a national drift to anarchy – Bala Mohammed Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have gone into a closed-door meeting at the Government House Enugu. In his opening remark Wednesday morning, governor of Bauchi State and Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Senator Bala Mohammed, said it … [Read more…]
The National Working Committee, NWC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has written the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, to ask the Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) to resign from the party and join either the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, or any of the opposition party. In a letter from the … [Read more…]
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, voided the impeachment of Phillip Shuaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo State. Justice Omotosho, while delivering judgment in the suit, ordered that Shaibu be reinstated to office because the Edo State House of Assembly failed to comply with due process in impeaching … [Read more…]
The 13 governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are already converging on Enugu for a meeting of the PDP Governors Forum holding in Enugu on Wednesday. Among the governors received by the host and governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, as they came to register their presence at the … [Read more…]
A former president of the Nigerian Senate, Pius Anyim, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Anyim formally joined the APC on Saturday at Pa Oruta Ngele Township Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, during the final campaign rally ahead of local government elections in the state. The APC National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, posted … [Read more…]
Pearl Acho-Osueke, Abakaliki Following his appointment as the Chairman of the 15-member Ebonyi State Peoples Democratic Party Caretaker Committee, Barr. Steve Oruruo has vowed to position the PDP to win further elections in the state. Oruruo made this known during a courtesy visit to the Ebonyi State Commissioner of Police, Augustina Ogbodo, recently, having made … [Read more…]