(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 28 February, 2022) Kabiyesi means ‘we dare not question him.’ The nearest to its meaning is what my Hausa friend does with effusive ‘Ranka dede’ at the feet of his lord. The above headline should actually be ‘Nigeria’s Kabiyesi politics.’ That is what the Nigerian president plays. He…
Setback for APC in FCT Council Election
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, shared the stakes equally in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT area council election held Saturday, February 12, 2022. In the results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Sunday, PDP snatched three area councils: Abuja Municipality Area Council, AMAC, the most densely…
PDP Loses Members to APC in Edo
Defectors Attribute Decision to Achievements of Federal Lawmaker A gale of defections has hit the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Edo State as hundreds of its members on Monday dumped the party to pitch their tent with the main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. Announcing their resignation from the PDP, the defectors, led…
Edo PDP Tackles APC Over Call for State of Emergency
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Edo State, and the major opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, are throwing verbal punches over the latter’s call for the declaration of a state of emergency in the state over security concerns and other governance issues. The APC had on Thursday called on President Muhammadu Buhari…
Obaseki’s Govt Greatest Scam in Edo’s Political History – Imuse
…Says APC’ll Soon Return to Power The new executive of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Edo State led by David Imuse, said it would soon expose why Governor Godwin Obaseki’s administration is the greatest scam that has ever happened in Edo’s political history. Imuse, a medical doctor and retired army colonel, described Obaseki as…
Anambra Guber Polls: APC Excited About Oduah’s Defection to Party
The National Campaign Council the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC for the Anambra State Governorship Election, is upbeat about the defection of former aviation minister and senator representing Anambra North in the National Assembly, Stella Oduah, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the APC. It describes it as a “political masterstroke”. The Council…
“No Place For Violence, It’s Time to Move Forward Abe
Magnus Ngei Abe, former senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, has appealed to members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State to denounce violence and resist the temptation of being provoked to attack anyone. Abe, in a statement he personally signed, said that a political disagreement does not amount…
Peterside, APC Chieftain Fault Wike’s Stewardship Account
A former Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dakuku Peterside, and a former Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Chris Finebone, have dismissed the account of stewardship rendered by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday as incomplete and misleading. Both Peterside and Finebone, who were responding to…
Call for Resignation: PDP Mocks Buhari, APC, Fr. Mbaka
Says Quarrel Family Affair We’ll Expose You to Vatican, Pope – APC Mbaka Asked for Contract as Compensation for Support – Presidency Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is getting the kicks out of the ongoing bickering amongst the ruling All Progressives Congress, the presidency, and the controversial Catholic priest and spiritual director…
Certificate Forgery: APC’s Attempt to Swindle Edo People Through Back Door, Says Obaseki
….Hails Appeal Court Judgment Exonerating Him. [responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has hailed the Appeal Court judgment which cleared him of allegation of certificate forgery preferred against him by the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the Edo 2020 gubernatorial election describing it as “a victory for democracy, equity, fairness and justice”. The Appeal…