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How Jonathan Lost Second Term Bid For Sacking me – Oyinola

21Feb

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

How Jonathan Lost Second Term Bid For Sacking me – Oyinola

Prince Olagunsoye Oyinola, former National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has claimed that the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 presidential election was due to his ouster as the party secretary. He disclosed this in an interview with Punch on Saturday, noting that his decision to leave the PDP and challenge his removal was informed by Jonathan’s believe that governors that were threatening to leave the PDP over the internal issues were of no electoral value. President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressive Congress, APC, later defeated Jonathan in the 2015 election by N2,571,759 votes. The APC hierarchy was bolstered by the defection of five governors into the then newly formed party. Among the defectors were former governor of Rivers State, Rot...

16Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Former Ogun Gov Gbenga Daniel joins APC

Former Ogun Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has joined the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). He served as campaign manager of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in 2019 Abubakar Atiku. The Nation gathered Daniel will pick up the membership card of APC on Tuesday. In a statement, Daniel apologised to his former party for the short notice, stating that his support for Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, was a pointer. He explained the decision took a speedy curve after request of the national caretaker Chairman of APC to visit him along with three governors. He wrote: “Dear friends & colleagues, pardon my short notice in informing you of my route to the APC which as you might have suspected started with my supporting Governor Dapo Abiodun during the...

16Feb

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

I Haven’t Left PDP – Goodluck Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has refuted reports making the rounds that he has dumped the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, reaffirming that he remains a member of the opposition. Jonathan described the PDP as a friend that carries people along. The PDP stalwart disclosed this when he spoke at the supreme court/thanksgiving service of Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, held at the State Ecumenical Centre, Yenagoa, Weekend. Jonathan said, "PDP has been a very friendly party. I am a PDP member, and I know from the beginning till today that it has been a very friendly party. PDP is a party that carries everybody along. Let us work together for the interest of our people. "We should learn to play politics as politics and not as a...

Fani-Kayode Has Defected to APC – Yahaya Bello

11Feb

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Fani-Kayode Has Defected to APC – Yahaya Bello

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has said that a former minister of aviation and prominent opposition voice, Femi Fani-Kayode, has joined the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC. Bello in a video filmed during an APC event in Kogi and circulated on Wednesday said Fani-Kayode’s defection from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, was made possible by his drive as the head of youth mobilisation committee for the APC’s membership registration and revalidation. He said, “Our brother and friend, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has joined our party in good faith. He is joining our party to come and add his own positive energy and make contributions to ensuring that APC is a party to beat. “Remember, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode is a foundation member of the All Progressives Congress… Now he has dec...

Why I Met With APC Governors – Fani-Kayode Explains

9Feb

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Why I Met With APC Governors – Fani-Kayode Explains

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation has explained the rationale behind his meeting with some governours of the opposition All Progressive Congress, saying it was to discuss the state of the nation, national issues, party politics and way forward. Fani-Kayode, a prominent opposition voice had met with the National Chairman of the APC, Governor Mai Buni of Yobe State and Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello. The meeting sparked speculations that Fani-Kayode, was planning to join the APC which he has frantically criticised. Reacting to the speculation, the former minister in a post on his Twitter handle on Tuesday said the meeting with the APC leadership was to build bridges, join hands across political divides and regional lines to save Nigeria from drifting into civil war. ...

Nigerians will Vote out APC in 2023 – WIke

5Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, Nigeria, Power, Press Statement

Nigerians will Vote out APC in 2023 – WIke

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said the inability of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to tackle insurgency, banditry, and corruption will compel Nigerians to vote out the party in 2023. But, the Secretary, Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling APC, Senator John James AkpanUdoedehe, dismissed the governor’s submission. A statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, quoted Wike as speaking on Thursday shortly after inspecting the Greater Interchange and Underpass being constructed by Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri in Yola. Wike said: “Are Nigerians happy? The answer is no. If Nigerians are not happy, what is the expected result that you intend to get? Obviously, Nigerians would want APC government not to gov...

31Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Nigeria, Press Statement

Your Failures, Not Elite are After You, PDP tells Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party had said the allegations by the Presidency, that certain Nigerians, particularly the elite, are waging a smear campaign against the President Muhammadu Buhari, shows that the Buhari regime “is being haunted by the shadows of its own failures”. The PDP in a statement titled ‘Smear campaign: Nobody but your failures are after you, PDP Mocks Buhari Presidency’, by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, advised Buhari to stop his “new-found pleading with Nigerians to award him an unmerited pass mark”. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, made the claim in a statement titled “Unrelenting plot to wage smear campaign against President Buhari.” The fresh alarm is Adesina’s second in about one month having issued a similar st...

PDP, Afenifere, Others Enraged as 10 APC Governors Accompany Buhari to Daura

31Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

PDP, Afenifere, Others Enraged as 10 APC Governors Accompany Buhari to Daura

Following the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to his hometown, Daura, Katsina State on Saturday to revalidate his membership of his party, All Progressive Congress, accompanied by 10 governors of the party, the Peoples Democratic Party and the Yoruba Socio-political group, Afenifere; and some concerned individuals have expressed shock that the governors could abandon their official duties to their states for such function. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity in a statement titled, “We have nothing to hide, our books will always be open – President Buhari,” disclosed the details of Buhari’s entourage. Among them was also the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan. The statement partly read, “The President’s registration exercise in Daura ...

24Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria

I Have No Plans To Dump APC – Okorocha

Former Imo Governor Senator Rochas Okorocha has said he is still a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Imo West Senator also asked the public to disregard the speculation he has plans to leave the party. Okorocha, who gave the clarification while addressing the State Working Committee (SWC) members, zonal, LGA and ward executives of his faction of the party in the state at the weekend, stated nobody has stake in APC more than himself. According to him: “I have not left APC. I am still in APC. Nobody has stakes in APC more than me. The worst insults I had in Imo and in the South-East in 2015 was because of APC and President Muhammadu Buhari. “APC was formed by President Buhari, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, myself and few other people. But those on congratulation trip have...

APC Weighs in on US Controversy, Asks Trump to Emulate Buhari

10Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria, United States of America

APC Weighs in on US Controversy, Asks Trump to Emulate Buhari

The All Progressive Congress has asked US President Donald Trump to emulate his Nigerian counterpart, President Muhammadu Buhari after losing an election. This was contained in a statement issued by the Secretary of the party’s Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee, John Akpanudoedehe. Akpanudoedehe in the statement titled “The integrity of a leader is as important as strong institutions,” condemned the invasion of the Capitol Hill by pro-Trump protesters and faulted Trump’s refusal to concede defeat in the presidential poll. The party said President Buhari contested and lost elections a couple of times and followed the process through to the Supreme Court on all accounts, lauding his example as ‘an outstanding credential of a true democrat’. The statement ...