APC Senators Rejects Bill Seeking Power Rotation Among Geopolitical Zones

NewsPoliticsAPC Senators Rejects Bill Seeking Power Rotation Among Geopolitical Zones

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 30, 2022

Senators under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Tuesday kicked against the legalisation of power rotation among the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria. A Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) lawmaker representing Benue South, Patrick Moro, had sponsored a bill titled ‘A bill for an Act to Provide for the Rotation of Power and for other related matters therein 2022’, which seeks to legalise the rotation of power across the various geographical divides in the...

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2023: Economist Intelligence Unit Predicts Victory for Tinubu

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023: Economist Intelligence Unit Predicts Victory for Tinubu

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 26, 2022

…says 2023 general elections would be the most fairest and credible polls since the return to democratic rule in 1999 The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), an arm of The Economist of London, has predicted that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will win the 2023 presidential election. EIU made the prediction in its latest report ahead of the next year’s presidential election, Business Day reports. The global insights...

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APC Receives Defectors from PDP, SDP in Oyo

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAPC Receives Defectors from PDP, SDP in Oyo

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 26, 2022

Scores of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Social Democratic Party (SDP) members in Oyo State have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The defectors were received by the APC governorship candidate, Sen. Teslim Folarin and the Oyo Central Senatorial Candidate, Dr. Yunus Akintunde, on Saturday during a local meeting of the party held at Elekuro High School, Ogbere in Ona-Ara area of the state. The PDP defectors were led by Mogaji Akinjide, while Elder...

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PDP Crisis: PDP Youth Movement Stages ‘Ayu Must Go’ Protest in Kaduna

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPDP Crisis: PDP Youth Movement Stages ‘Ayu Must Go’ Protest in Kaduna

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 25, 2022

The Coalition of the Northern Nigeria Peoples Democratic Party Youth Movement on Friday protested at the PDP Secretariat in Kaduna, demanding the resignation of Senator Iyorchia Ayu, the national chairman of the party. The protesters carried placards with inscriptions reading: ‘Ayu must go’, ‘Ayu must step down’, ‘We need justice, and fairness for all. The demand is coming following the crisis that the party has been facing since former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, clinched the ticket...

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One Million March: Abuja, Kwara, Rivers, Niger Stand Still for Peter Obi

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOne Million March: Abuja, Kwara, Rivers, Niger Stand Still for Peter Obi

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 25, 2022

Rallies in support of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, continued on Saturday in major towns and state capitals with his supporters marching through the streets of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT); Illorin, Kwara State; Eleme, Rivers State; and Minna, Niger State. In Abuja, the crowd of supporters made up of a coalition of support groups as well as other well wishers began their walk from the famous Unity Fountain, Central...

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All Progressives Congress releases 422-Member Presidential Campaign Council

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAll Progressives Congress releases 422-Member Presidential Campaign Council

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 25, 2022

Ahead of the commencement of the party’s 202, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has released a 422-member Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) presidential campaign to be headed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Presidential Campaign Council with its directorates would be inaugurated next week at the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Office in Abuja. According to the list released in Abuja on Saturday, Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau is the Director General with James Faleke as secretary. Sen. Bola...

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Over 345 Million People Faces Acute Food insecurity In 82 Countries

NewsUnited NationsWorldOver 345 Million People Faces Acute Food insecurity In 82 Countries

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 25, 2022

The Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme David Beasley, on Thursday told the UN Security Council that 345 million people are facing acute food insecurity in the 82 countries. The Security Council was focusing on conflict-induced food insecurity and the risk of famine in Ethiopia, northeastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen. Beasley also said 70 million are pushed closer to starvation by the war in Ukraine, noted where the agency operates is more than twice the...

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Matters Arising from the Bus and Keke Operators’ Protest in Awka

NewsNigeriaRegionsMatters Arising from the Bus and Keke Operators’ Protest in Awka

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)September 24, 2022

Upon assumption of office six months ago, the Governor of Anambra State Prof. Charles Soludo, announced a new tax regime for the informal sector of Anambra State. The new tax regime essentially is an automation of the informal sector levies and taxes. For the transport sector, the tax regime required intra state transporters like keke and bus operators, to pay monthly operational levy, against the daily levies they used to pay. Before now, in the...

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Obi has the support of three northern governors says Kayode Ajulo

NewsNigeriaPoliticsObi has the support of three northern governors says Kayode Ajulo

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 24, 2022

Kayode Ajulo, a human rights lawyer, has said three northern governors have indicated an interest in supporting Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). Ajulo said this on Friday in an interview with NAN in Abuja. He, however, did not list the names of the governors. “I am aware of three governors from the north who have given indications to support him. “I will still say Peter Obi is not ready to...

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Tinubu advised me to go for senate after PDP presidential primary loss — Wike

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu advised me to go for senate after PDP presidential primary loss — Wike

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 24, 2022

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has said Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had advised him to contest for a seat on the senate after the outcome of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary. Wike said this on Friday in an interview with Channels Television. According to him, he rejected the suggestion because he did not contest the PDP primary to settle for a vice-presidential or senatorial ticket. “Let me...

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