The Speaker of Bauchi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abubakar Sulaiman, on Saturday night, announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Abubakar, who is the chairman, Conference of Speakers of State Houses of Assembly, made this known during the Ramadan Iftar (breaking of fast) hosted by the State governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, for PDP stakeholders from Ningi, Toro, Warji and Dass Local Government Areas of the State at the Government House, Bauchi. The Speaker said that his decision to defect to the PDP was in recognition of the exemplary…
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Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, on Friday, said it won’t support the presidential ambition of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and All Progressives Congress National Leader, Bola Tinubu. Ohanaeze National Publicity Secretary, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, who stated this in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH, emphasised that it was the turn of the South-East to produce Nigeria’s next President and not the South-West. He added that separatist agitations would increase in the South-East if the zone does not produce the next President. Ogbonnia urged both Osinbajo and Tinubu to drop their 2023 ambition and back a competent aspirant from…
Engr. Joseph Tegbe has confirmed his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State. The former governorship aspirant of the opposition party made this known in a statement issued on Thursday and made available to journalists. The State Affairs NG reports that the technocrat cum politician has left all WhatsApp groups of his former party. The statement reads: Many years ago, I made a commitment to always contribute to the development of our society in whatever God-given capacity. In 2018, after serving government in different non-political capacities, I offered to serve…
Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State, has netted a big fish, his biggest in close to three years in office. The crisis in the All Progressives Congress, APC, claimed its first casualty its first casualty, it has lost an influential member. Joseph Tegbe, Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU-trained engineer, management consultant, tax advisor and senior partner and head, technology advisory and markets for KPMG in Nigeria, is no longer a member of the opposition party in the state. Like a typical Ibadanman, he will move from Ibadan South East in Oyo South to his village in Ona-Ara local government in…
The essential currency of a politician is trustworthiness! Gov Seyi Makinde works hard at creating the image for the public that he is trustworthy, that he keeps his promises, that he can be trusted. Alas, this is nothing but a front and a prentention, the political class discovered too late, the good people of Oyo State should not suffer the same. When a man who pretended to be humble and trustworthy, to obtain the platform of a political party, PDP from her custodians and the support of a Coalition to come to power, turns his back on the Coalition immediately…
[OPEN LETTER] If I Die, Hold Makinde-led PDP Govt Responsible – Ex PDP Youth Leader Open Letter To The Good People Of Oyo State: Hold The Present Government In Oyo State Responsible For My Life. I have received several warnings from friends and fellow politicians that the present government in Oyo State are perfecting plans to silence me by death or bodily harm. Democracy is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. During late Governor Ajimobi 8 years tenure, the opposition was not silenced by threat to life and bodily harm. I was only charged…
The Osi Basorun of Ibadanland and a leading Governorship Aspirant in the All Progressive Congress (APC) has pleaded with members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State ,to unite for the party to win the 2023 governorship election and other elections in the state. Adeduntan, -a renowned international Cardio Vascular Surgeon ,made this appeal in a release by his media office in Ibadan on Wednesday morning. This release is an immediate reaction to a publication by an online newspaper crediting some chieftains of the party disparaging the reconciliation and harmonization moves made to forge unity among members by…
Nigeria’s Vice President,Professor Yemi Osinbajo has declared, Monday, his interest to run for the office of the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria. In a short video and via his verified Twitter handle, the Vice President told Nigerians his intention to rule them come 2023. He wrote, “I am today, with utmost humility formally declaring my intention to run for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the platform of APC.” For the past seven (7) years, I have served as Vice President under a true Nigerian patriot, President Muhammadu Buhari. In these 7 years, while…
2019 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Adelabu on Friday visited former chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bisi Olopoeyan. Olopoeyan recently left PDP for NNPP. See Pictures
The campaign council of Senator Bukola Saraki has dismissed a newspaper report that the former Senate President and some other presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have stepped down for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. An online newspaper had on Monday, March 29, 2022 reported that the trio of Saraki, Governors Aminu Tambuwal and Bala Mohammed of Sokoto and Buachi states respectively, had stepped down for the former vice president, who is also a presidential hopeful on the platform of the PDP. But in a statement Wednesday in Abuja, the Director-General of the Saraki Campaign Council, Earl Osaro…