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APC Crisis Plot To Unseat Adamu Thickens

APC Crisis: Plot To Unseat Adamu Thickens

August 15, 2022 4:23 am
The crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a new turn, after some elements in the party plotted to overthrow Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of the party recently.
Africa Daily News, New York reports that ahead of the 2023 elections, tension had emanated from the party due to leadership disagreements.
Recall that on March 26, Senator Adamu was declared as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the convention set aside to vote members of the APC National Working Committee, NWC.
It was gathered that over the weekend some APC stakeholders were
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APC Not The Cause Of Nigeria's Problems - Party's Vice Chair

APC Not The Cause Of Nigeria’s Problems – Party’s Vice Chair

August 15, 2022 4:09 am
The National Vice Chairman (North-West) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Salihu Lukman yesterday claimed that it would be unreasonable for anyone to blame the party over the innumerable predicament ravaging the nation.
This is even as Lukman stated that while not dismissing the plenitude of challenges, especially in the area of insecurity, the ruling party has been bold enough to admit its existence unlike the previous administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, which was perennially in denial.
Lukman noted that, he, however, doesn’t disregard the torrent of challenges in the nation, particularly in the aspect of insurgency; the
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Allow 7m Nigerians to Complete Voter Reg, SERAP Warns INEC

Allow 7m Nigerians to Complete Voter Reg, SERAP Warns INEC

August 15, 2022 4:08 am

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu to as a matter of urgency reopen voters’ registration to allow no fewer than seven million Nigerians that had already started their registration online to complete the process.

In a letter dated August 13, 2022, and signed by its deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP issued the demand and threatened to take the commission to court if the demand is not complied with within seven days.

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The civil society organisation …

Call Your Supporters To Order, Police Warn Tinubu, Obi, Others

Call Your Supporters To Order, Police Warn Tinubu, Obi, Others

August 15, 2022 4:01 am

The Nigeria Police Force has sent a serious warning to all politicians in the race for the Presidency of Nigeria to eschew violence and caution their supporters against sending threats to voices of dissent and people not supporting them in the run-up to the poll.

According to the police, any threat to life is a criminal offence, while also adding that the Electoral Act as amended is also clear on the appropriate punishment prescribed for election-related crimes.

The Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi made this known in an interview with reporters against the backdrop of online bullying and violent social media …

Why We Want To Break Away From Nigeria – Yoruba Group

Why We Want To Break Away From Nigeria – Yoruba Group

August 15, 2022 3:45 am
An organisation identified as the Yoruba Self-Determined (YSDM), has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari asking for a ‘peaceful break away’ of the Yoruba tribe from the country Nigeria.
Mr. Akintoye who is a History professor revealed that Yoruba leaders bade for the infusion of a secession clause in the Nigerian Constitution in the 1950s, however, the request was revoked by colonial masters of the time.
The organisation’s chairperson, Banji Akintoye, in the message pointed out that the number of Yorubas eager to break away from Nigeria due to the “worsening and painful plight” the country is currently experiencing,
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Don’t Make Us Suffer - Ekiti Pensioners Beg Gov-Elect, Oyebanji

Don’t Make Us Suffer – Ekiti Pensioners Beg Gov-Elect, Oyebanji

August 14, 2022 8:51 pm

Joel Akinola who is the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Ekiti State Branch, has openly urged the governor-elect, Biodun Oyebanji, to make sure he applies the experience he has garnered over the years in act of governance in moving the state forward.

Akinola had also urged Oyebanji to, on the assumption of office in October, make sure that he prioritises the welfare and wellness of pensioners, saying, “We want you to ensure pensioners no longer suffer at old age after service to the state during our active days.”

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Don’t Lose Hope, Elect Good Leaders In 2023 – Jonathan

Don’t Lose Hope In Nigeria, Elect Good Leaders In 2023 – GEJ

August 14, 2022 2:44 am

Former president of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has called on Nigerians not lose hope in the country despite the ugly situation of things, but use the opportunity presented by the current political cycle to take decisions that would not only help renew hope but also restore what had been lost and rebuild the country.

The former President made this known in his keynote speech at the memorial lecture which was held in honour of late Edo businessman and philanthropist, Captain Hosa Wells Okunbo in Abuja on Saturday. 

Jonathan pointed out that ahead of the 2023 elections, it is important …

LP Breaks Silence On Appointing Okadigbo As Spokesperson

LP Breaks Silence On Appointing Okadigbo As Spokesperson

August 14, 2022 2:39 am

The Labour Party (LP) has reacted to viral reports that it appointed  Mr. Charles Okadigbo as its spokesperson saying that the announcement by Professor Pat Utomi should be disregarded by Nigerians. 

The party, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, in Abuja, said that the National Consultative Front (NCF) had no constitutional power to make appointments for LP.

Abayomi explained that only the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, could do that.

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He said, “Our attention has been drawn to the news intercepted through multiple …

I Was Humbled By Warm Welcome At RCCG– Peter Obi

I Was Humbled By Warm Welcome At RCCG – Peter Obi

August 14, 2022 2:26 am

Ahead of next year’s general elections, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has reacted to the warm welcome he got at the Holy Ghost Service of the 70th convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) saying he was humbled by the gesture. 

The PUNCH reports that the former Anambra State governor got a rousing welcome on Friday at Pastor Enoch Adeboye-led RCCG convention.

Obi attended the fifth day of the convention at RCCG international headquarters along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The programme, with the theme, “Perfect Jubilee” began on Monday, August 8 and will last …

Pope Comments Lalong Sends Apology To Catholic Bishops

Pope Comments: Lalong Sends Apology To Catholic Bishops

August 13, 2022 4:05 am

The Director-General of the All Progressives Congress, Presidential Campaign Council, and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, on Friday, tendered his apology to the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria after he was accused of making alleged ‘blasphemous’ comments about the Holy Father, Pope Francis.

He pleaded for pardon and understanding from the Catholic Church via the Bishops’ conference while acknowledging that it was a mistake on his behalf to have connected the Catholic Pontiff with Nigeria’s politics.

Even as a Papal Knight of St. Gregory, the worried church members had earlier scoffed at his choice of words and requested …

Insecurity TUC Lambasts Buhari, Calls For 'Action'

Insecurity: TUC Lambasts Buhari, Calls For ‘Action’

August 13, 2022 3:56 am

The Trade Union Congress (TUC), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to as a matter of urgent national importance end his lamentations and act fast on the increasing cases of insecurity bedeviling the country.

The union also urged the Nigerian military and all security officials to act swiftly to address the problem of insecurity and stop it from getting worse.

Festus Osifo, the president of the TUC, said this on Friday in Abuja while presiding over a meeting of the union’s National Administrative Council, Central Working Committee, and National Executive Council.

Osifo was responding to Nasir El-outburst Rufai’s in …

PDP Crisis Wike Aligns With APC, Gives Tough Conditions

PDP Crisis: Wike Aligns With APC, Gives Tough Conditions

August 13, 2022 3:08 am
Despite the meeting which was held between the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),  Atiku Abubakar, and the governor of Rivers state Nyesom Wike in Abuja to resolve the party’s ongoing crisis, it appears the efforts has not yielded any fruits. 
Africa Daily News, New York reports that since the two leading opposition politicians met in the Abuja home of the former minister of information, Professor Jerry Gana, tempers appear to have flared rather than brought forth answers.
According to reports made public over the weekend, Atiku’s camp may have resorted to organising for the 2023 general
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