Politics

Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance has garnered more votes than his main challengers in Saturday’s governorship election, winning all the 16 out of 18 local government areas results announced so far by the electoral office INEC. The state has 21 local government areas and the candidates of APC and PDP are the runners-up so far.

Mr Soludo, 61, has been locked in a close contest with Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress, Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party and Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressives Party. The candidates are seeking to replace Governor Willie Obiano, …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is representing Nigeria at the ongoing third Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community Of West African States, ECOWAS, in Accra, Ghana.

A statement on Sunday by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, said the meeting is aimed at accessing the political situation in the republics of Guinea and Mali following the previous resolutions.

Recall that the VP had on September 16, participated at the 2nd ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit on similar agenda in the same Accra, the capital of Ghana where he stated Nigeria’s position on the activities of the military in Mali.

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Professor Chukwuma Soludo, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra election has won six Local Government Areas, in the results declared by INEC.

He won Anaocha, Aguata, Njikoka, Awka South, Onitsha South and Enugu Anambra East.

Since there are 21 LGAs in Anambra, results from 15 LGAs are still being awaited.

Mr Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Senator Andy Uba of the APC are neck and neck in the race for second.

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Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola said many Nigerian presidents are loved by citizens only when they are no longer alive.

Fashola blamed this on the poor understanding of the powers of a president.

He also said lack of proper interaction between the president and citizens was responsible Nigerians not loving their presidents while alive.

The former Governor of Lagos State spoke as a guest speaker at the Yoruba Tennis Club public lecture, with the theme, ‘What can the President do for me?’

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He said, ‘Some say …

Ahead of the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria, the President of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Yerima Shettima, has ruled out the possibility of supporting any presidential aspirant who is above the age of 60.

Yerima said, the youths in the northern region would go with the suggestion of a former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), that Nigerians should look inward for a younger person as their president come 2023.

Yerima, who spoke in Kaduna during an interactive session with journalists said categorically that, only presidential aspirants who are in their 40s and 50s would be supported …

Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has asserted that those blaming President Muhammadu Buhari for the rising insecurity in the country are getting it wrong, saying that the president inherited a rotten security system.

The governor, speaking at a national security summit organised by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Abuja, said that Nigerians should blame the political elite for the country’s insecurity situation.

The summit, among other things, was part of the means to engage with stakeholders on the alarming spate of insecurity being witnessed across the country, particularly as it affects the education sector and youth development.…

Former Deputy National Chairman of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has condemned the recent invasion of the Rivers home of Justice Mary Odili of the Supreme Court of Nigeria by yet-to-be-identified security officials, pointing out that it is a proof that no one’s safety is guaranteed.

Speaking at an event which took place at his Lugard office in Ikoyi, Lagos, to mark the successful conduct of the party’s national convention, George said in a democracy, such an occurrence ought not to happen, pointing out that the sanctity of the jurist’s home should never be violated.

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President Muhammadu Buhari has read the riot act to ministers, permanent secretaries and other top officials including heads of agencies.

The warning was issued after the two-day performance retreat organized by Secretary to Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha.

In a brief sighted by Africa Daily News, New York, Buhari directed that conclusions reached at the recent ministerial performance review be effected by all concerned officeholders.

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On security, the Federal Government de-emphasized the dependence on foreign supply of military weapons to fight security challenges.

Buhari instructed the Ministry of Defence …

The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano was among the first voters to cast their votes in the ongoing gubernatorial election in Anambra State.

Obiano was accompanied by his wife, Chief Mrs Ebelechukwu to Otuocha Ward 4 polling station where they both went through a rapid registration before casting their votes in the polling booth.

Addressing the press shortly after casting his vote, Governor Obiano appealed to Ndi Anambra to come out quickly and perform their civic duties explaining that the voting exercise was expected to last for only a few hours.

He commended the voting process, saying it …

Police officers deployed for Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State on Friday protested the alleged non-payment of their feeding allowance by the federal government.

Speaking on Friday, the officers demanded that the N10,000 approved for their feeding should be paid immediately.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the cops, many of whom arrived Anambra during the week, were not given accommodation.

According to a video sighted by Africa Daily News, New York on Friday, the officers gathered at Idemili Ogidi Police Division, chanting ‘pay us our money.’

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Ondo State governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, has declared that grazing routes would not work in Nigeria because the country can no longer continue to live in the past.

He stressed that the country needs a multi-levelled policing with special attention to state police to effectively secure the lives and property of the citizens.

The governor stated that many states in the country have signed the anti-open grazing laws to protect the people and their means of livelihood. Akeredolu declared that the Western Nigeria Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps was effectively filling the vacuum created by the overstretched conventional security …