” Obiano must not play on the sidelines in determining who succeeds him. It will later prove to be a most expensive political mistake.” ―Ebuka Onyekwelu In a few months, the governor of Anambra state Willie Obiano will be fully occupied with the politics of who takes over from him. Effectively, governor Obiano has less than two years to complete his two terms of eight years as governor, and in March 2022 will hand over...
The former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, says he regrets his mistake of supporting Mr Godwin Obaseki for governorship in 2016. Oshiomhole said this on Sunday in Benin while addressing some members of the APC. He disclosed that he supported the governorship aspiration of Obaseki in 2016 to ensure the continuity of his projects and programmes. “I have made my honest mistakes. Only God is perfect. I am 68...
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has revealed the names of the members of the National Assembly who are linked to some contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission. However, Akpabio failed to reveal whether the lawmakers were directly awarded the contracts or they nominated the projects under their Zonal Intervention Project, which is also referred to as constituency project. The former Chairman of House of Representatives Committee on the NDDC, Mr....
The Agboola Ajayi Campaign Organisation has urged its supporters to remain loyal to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), notwithstanding the inability of the deputy governor to clinching the party’s ticket. The News Agency of Nigeria reports Agboola Ajayi did not clinch the ticket of the PDP, losing to Mr Eyitayo Jegede, who became the party standard-bearer in the Oct. 10 governorship election. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Akure by the Director-General of...
The Presidency says the call by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign due to ongoing investigations of corrupt practices clearly indicates that the party is gripped by undemocratic pandemic and life-threatening sickness. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. According to him, at a time when the whole world is unifying to confront a common enemy, Nigeria’s opposition party, the PDP,...
Yoruba Summit Group on Thursday, warned that any attempt to hold 2023 general elections without first addressing the issue of restructuring would end Nigeria in doom. The group also expressed displeasure that Nigeria is at the edge of political substance. This was made known in a communique issued at the end of the meeting of the Yoruba Summit Group on the state of Yoruba Nation in Nigeria. The communique was signed by Mogaji Gboyega Adejumo...
The occasion was to highlight matters of security in Anambra state, but politics was not far from the surface. And so it all played out on July 23, when oil mogul and philanthropist, Prince Arthur Eze, suggested that electing Nnewi person as next governor of Anambra state might just be the tonic to engineer massive industrial development and job creation in the state. Eze’s reasons for visiting the palace of Igwe Keneth Orizu III of...
Aspirants who lost at the just concluded Peoples Democratic Party primary election in Ondo State have accepted defeat. The West African Pilot News had reported that Eyitayo Jegede defeated 7 other aspirants to win the ticket to fly the flag of the PDP at the governorship election by polling 888 votes. He beat Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi who scored 657 votes. But Mr Ajayi, who recently defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to...
The former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Ondo State, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede has become the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the state governorship election scheduled for October 10. Jegede polled 888 votes to defeat the state deputy governor, Mr. Agboola Ajayi, who polled 657 votes to become second; and the PDP National Vice Chairman, Mr. Eddy Olafeso, who came third with 175 votes. Other candidates who participated in the election include...
The Ministry of Labour, Employment, and Productivity on Wednesday rejected the resolution of both the Senate and the House of Representatives calling for the removal of its Minister of State, Festus Keyamo, from supervising the recruitment of 774,000 Nigerians for the Special Public Works programme. The rejection of the resolution was made known by the ministry’s Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, Mr. Charles Akpan, while speaking to journalists in Abuja, said “nothing has changed.”...
