All Progressives Congress (APC), Zamfara state chapter has described the recent statements by the first civilian governor of the state, Senator Ahmed Sani Yarima blaming ex-governor Abdul-Aziz Yari Abubakar as a ploy to regain lost political relevance.
Speaking on behalf of the party at a press briefing in Gusau on Saturday, the Secretary, Zamfara state APC Publicity Committee, Alhaji Ibrahim Maigandi GidanGoga said the recent statements by senator Ahmed Sank Yarima was nothing but an attempt to seek political sympathy having lost all his integrity due to his cunning character which the people have found out.
“Yarima has no more …
Chileans are to vote on whether they want a new constitution in a referendum in April next year, representatives of the conservative government coalition and the opposition said.
The text of a new constitution is then to be put to the voters in another plebiscite.
“We want a peaceful and constructive way out of the crisis,’’ Senate President Jaime Quintana asserted.
“We will for the first time have a 100 per cent democratic constitution.’’
It is quite obvious, after all, that public office holders in Nigeria, especially those, who hold high offices of state, perceive the country’s treasury as one massive grilled Ostrich delicatessen at their culinary disposal that must be cut into palatable pieces to satiate their gluttonous appetite.
It is no more mind numbing or conscience searing in most homes in Nigeria to hear and read of unspeakable heist of the country’s economic patrimony by office holders; it has become the accepted tale.
In his analysis of the relationship between prebendal politics and federal governance in Nigeria, Mr. Rotimi Suberu opined that, …
History was made yesterday in Yenagoa, when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and all the 45 political parties that nominated candidates for next weekend’s Bayelsa election, signed a peace accord.
In attendance to witness the epoch-making event include Chairman, Bayelsa State Council of Traditional Rulers, Diete-Spiff, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Adamu Abubakar, the Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig-General Ibrahim Shauibu and Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) from Adamawa, Anambra, Delta, National Commissioners Festus Okoye, Okey Ibeanu, representatives of Nigeria Immigration Services, Nigerian Correctional Services, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps among many other stakeholders.
In …
Twitter is to ban all political advertising worldwide, saying that the reach of such messages “should be earned, not bought”.
“While internet advertising is incredibly powerful and very effective for commercial advertisers, that power brings significant risks to politics,” company CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted.
Social media rival Facebook recently ruled out a ban on political ads.
News of the ban divided America’s political camps for the 2020 election.
Brad Parscale, manager of President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, said the ban was “yet another attempt by the left to silence Trump and conservatives”.
But Bill Russo, spokesman for the campaign to …
Facebook came under fresh criticism Tuesdayfor its hands-off approach to political speech, as a group of employees and US lawmakers called on the social network to apply fact-checking for politicians spreading misinformation.
A letter from Facebook employees urged the company to crack down on “civic misinformation,” saying the spread of debunked claims is a “threat” to what the company stands for.
“We strongly object to this policy as it stands. It doesn’t protect voices, but instead allows politicians to weaponize our platform by targeting people who believe that content posted by political figures is trustworthy,” said the letter first
A former Minister of State for Information and stalwart of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki Nakande, has berated politicians who have begun campaigning for the 2023 elections, describing them as political jobbers.
Nakande said such persons were neither governors nor the President himself but political gossips trying to be relevant in the scheme of things or those who have been schemed out in other dispensations, especially in the areas of their ambitions and aspirations.
“These are the people trying to bring the issues of politics to the front burner just barely eight months after the last …
Plan by the Senate to deregister some political parties and reduce the number to five through an amendment of the existing Electoral Act has elicited condemnations.
Pioneer chairman of the Young Democratic Party and its 2019 governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom State, Nya-Etok Ezekiel, said instead of deregistration of parties, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should put measures in place to ensure only serious political parties are displayed on the ballot.
Nigeria Community Movement Party (NCMP) on the other hand, warned that it would be counter-productive.
Ezekiel told journalists in Abuja that reduction of political parties was not a …
Executive Secretary, Mandate for Good Governance (MANGOV), Chief Donatus Enendu, has said that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) should not be blamed for embarrassing the former deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu in far away Nuremberg, Germany.
Chief Enendu, a former President-General, Uke community, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, said that although the action of IPOB members was unfortunate, he cautioned the nation’s political office holders who lived in affluence to the detriment of the poor masses to learn from Ekweremadu’s experience.
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He said that political elite …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) shunned Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) organised parley with political parties.
There were about sixty political parties were in attendance.
PDP and it’s presidential candidate in the 2019 poll, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar are already in Court challenging the outcome of the election.
The parley is meant to review the Conduct of the 2019 general elections.
Otunba Niyi Adebayo represented the All Progressive Congress (APC).
INEC had announced that it will commence a National dialogue on the last general elections with the aim of improving on the shortcomings identified in the last Feburary and March 2019 …
By Odumodu Gbulagu
When in 2013 during the run up to the gubernatorial elections in Anambra state, and shopping for former Governor Peter Obi’s successor, a certain man who parted his hair and wore dark shades and chains on his neck, who was not even known in the polity surfaced, we were all happy and thought he was perform wonders.
We were rather caught up in the frenzy that we had seen a man who would key into the developmental strides of Peter Obi who laid a solid foundation for Anambra state.
Though we knew that it would be hard …
Gov. Emeka Ihedioha of Imo on Wednesday made more appointments into his cabinet for the administration of the state.
The names and portfolios of the appointees are contained in statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Chibuike Onyeukwu, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Owerri.
The new appointees are Prof. Chudi Uwazurike – Special Adviser (Diaspora), Mr Jones Onyereri – Special Adviser (Political), and Mr Jeff Ojinika – Special Adviser (Inter-party).
Others are Dr Sonny Ogulewe – Senior Special Assistant (Admin), Secretary to State Governments (SSG’s) Office, Mr Richmond Osuji – Senior Special Assistant (Rural …
