Mr Agboola Ajayi, the governorship candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), was absent at the Ondo State governorship debate held on Sunday in Akure. The debate, titled “2020 Ondo Governorship Election: Face the Voters” was organised by media organisations, labour unions, civil societies, religious bodies and other critical stakeholders in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Agboola, who is the present deputy governor, decamped to ZLP from All Progressives Congress...
The Ondo State House of Assembly on Saturday sensitised residents of Ondo South Senatorial District of the state to the need to ensure peaceful conduct of Oct. 10, gubernatorial election. Speaking to newsmen during the sensitisation tour, Mr Bamidele Oloyelogun, the Speaker of the Assembly, said that the residents needed to be reminded of their roles in making the state to remain peaceful before, during and after the election. Oloyelogun added that the legislature had...
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has expressed proud giant strides Adamawa State recorded under the stewardship of Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, describing Fintiri’s leadership qualities as unique and exemplary. Atiku made the comment in a letter he wrote to Fintiri, congratulating the government and people of Adamawa State on the occasion of Nigeria’s Diamond Jubilee anniversary celebration. “Governor Fintiri has exhibited the highest qualities of leadership for the diverse ethnicities in Adamawa that...
By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Amid political realignments ahead of 2023, Former Senator representing Adamawa central zone, Senator Abdul’ Aziz Nyako , has denied claims that he was awarded contract by the Fintiri’s led PDP government to supply patrol Toyota Hilux vehicles. In the recent times, there were hullabaloos in Adamawa political circles that the former senator has benefited in the ruling the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) government in the state. Senator Nyako, a former...
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum has congratulated Gov. Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State over the Court of Appeal judgment in his favour. The appeal court set aside the judgment of the Bayelsa State Election Tribunal which nullified his election. Chairman of the PDP Governor’s Forum, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, congratulated Diri in a statement issued by the Director-General of the Forum, C.I.D. Maduabum, in Abuja on Friday. Tambuwal said that the news...
Religious leaders in Adamawa State, Northeast Nigeria have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to improve the present security situation in the country and bring relief to the citizenry. In separate interviews, the religious leaders noted that some parts of the country are battling with insecurity. The state chairman of the Christian Association in Nigeria CAN Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza and the State Chairman Muslim council Alhaji Gambo Jika in an interview explained that the security...
By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese and chairman Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), in Adamawa State Rev. Dr. Stephen Dami Mamza, has spite fire alleging that Nigeria has never been divided like it is under the current leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari. Mamza, accused that the insensitivity of the Buhari led the government to maintain religious and ethnic balance in its appointments” has further widened the gulp of suspicion between...
The Appeal Court has upheld the election of Diri Duoye as the Bayelsa state governor, putting aside the Bayelsa state governorship petition that nullified his election. The verdict of the Appeal Court which favoured the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) was declared on Friday. Reacting to this, PDP applauded the decision of the Appeal court to validate the election of Duoye as Bayelsa state governor. In a statement, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP National Publicity Secretary, described...
The former emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi has said representatives of the country’s geopolitical zones are only interested in enriching their pockets. He pointed out that politicians who refer to themselves as advocates of the southern and northerner citizens only seek personal gain. The former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), who spoke at The Platform, an annual conference organised by Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos, on Thursday stated that Nigerian elites are the...
Aside from the ruling class in the north, south, west, and east of the country, nobody else is benefitting from the country. ―Ebuka Onyekwelu Sixty years is too long, but apparently, too short a time within which Nigeria can decide the identity it wants to take on. For six decades after Nigeria’s independence, basic questions of nationhood remain unanswered; Nigeria is yet to resolve issues surrounding its identity. Most recently, the recurrent question remains if...
