In the latest twist of the internal crisis polarizing the Labour Party (LP), the leadership of the party has threatened to sack any of its elected officials and members who join the suspended National Vice Chairman, Lamidi Apapa and his group. Recall that Apapa and some other suspended members of the party had convened a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Bauchi State on Wednesday and invited the presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi and other NEC members. However, on Wednesday, Deputy National Chairman, Ladi Iliya, at a press conference in Abuja threatened that “Whoever we find dining with these people…
Author: Victor Fola
The Labour Party National Executive Council has suspended 12 members including the Acting National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Obiora Ifo and one of the spokespersons for the Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo over anti-party behaviours. The 12 members were suspended for alleged anti-party activities and unruly behaviour against Alhaji Bashiru Lamidi Apapa led-Labour Party leadership, which include issuing a statement without the authority of the party. Their suspension is contained in a communique issued at the end of its National Executive Council meeting held on Wednesday in Bauchi State, North Central Nigeria. It partly read, “That the NEC in session also…
…praises Wike for infrastructural achievement, political support President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised to work evenly for the country without marginalising any part in areas of development. Asiwaju Tinubu, who is due to be inaugurated as president on May 29, said this Wednesday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The president-elect is on a two-day visit to the state to inaugurate projects executed by the Nyesom Wike administration. “I will not marginalise any region, but will leave legacy projects across the length and breadth of Nigeria,” he said at the opening of Rumuokwuta/Rumuola Flyover Bridge. Tinubu praised Governor…
President–elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has hailed Rivers state governor, Nyesome Wike as ‘a man of great integrity’ whose support was ‘structural’ to his victory in February presidential election. Tinubu said this while speaking during the commissioning of the Raumuokwuta/Rumuola flyover bridge in Port Harcourt. He commended Wike for prioritizing the interest of the nation in spite of the oppositions that stood in his way to derail such ‘courageous’ decision. The President-elect said, “I went through a gruesome campaign, fought hard, supported by many of you and I won. Fair and square. Nyesom, I say thank you for your contribution to…
President-elect, Bola Tinubu has landed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, to commission some projects in the state. Tinubu was received by Governor Nyesom Wike, his entourage and a mammoth crowd of supporters at the Port-Harcourt International Airport. Recall that Wike on Tuesday declared a holiday on Wednesday to welcome Tinubu to the state. The jet that conveyed the President-elect touched down at the airport at about 10:03 am on Wednesday.
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Wednesday depart for the UK to attend the coronation of King Charles III. This was disclosed in a statement released by the President’s special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adeshina. Ahead of the coronation, the Commonwealth Secretariat will take advantage of the gathering of leaders in London to host a Commonwealth Summit for Presidents and Heads of Government of Commonwealth countries on Friday, May 5,” the statement reads. While in the UK, the president will also take part in a summit for presidents and heads of government of Commonwealth countries on Friday. Accompanying the…
Ebonyi State Governor and senator-elect, David Umahi, on Tuesday, in Abuja, met with President Muhammadu Buhari and made a case for a South-east presidency for the 10th Senate. Umahi, speaking after meeting with the President at the Aso Rock Villa, stressed that “justice, equity and fairness” must guide the All Progressives Congress when zoning the principal offices of the 10th National Assembly. The meeting trails that of two other Senate presidential aspirants, Abdul’Aziz Yari and Godswill Akpabio who recently visited Buhari to declare their intentions to become the next Senate President. Yari had met Buhari on Sunday evening where he…
In what has become a hackneyed pattern of Peter Obi, the Labour party presidential candidate has again been found culpable of making irreconcilable statements. Obi, in an interview with Arise TV on Monday, had admitted to owning a property in the UK, saying that aside from that, he does not own any other property anywhere outside Nigeria. This latest revelation from Obi contradicts a claim he made during his campaign for the seat of presidency — a bid that ended with him finishing a distant third in the eventual election. Speaking during a presidential town hall prior to the 2023…
Ahead of the planned visit of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu to Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike has declared Wednesday, May 3 a public holiday. The Governor made this known in a state broadcast on Tuesday. Wike revealed that Tinubu will be in the state for a two-day visit to commission some projects in the state on Wednesday and Thursday He listed the projects to include the Rumuokwuta-Rumuola flyover and the newly built Magistrate Court Complex in Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government Areas, respectively Wike described it as an honour to host the president-elect on what will be his first…
President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to confirm the re-appointment of Abike Dabiri-Erewa as the Chairman/Chief Executive of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) for a second term. This was contained in a request letter from Buhari read at plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. Buhari said the nomination of Daniel-Erewa for a second term is in accordance with the provision of section 2 sub section 2 of NIDCOM Establishment Act 2017. Buhari also urged the Red Chamber to confirm six nominees for appointment as Federal Commissioners for Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). He said the request…