Over 500 ZLP Members Defect To PDP In Ondo Community
Less down 3 weeks to the general elections, over 500 members of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), led by it's Chairman, Mr. Smart Olonimoyo, on Wednesday, defected to the People's Democratic Party (PDP), in Idanre Local Government of Ondo State. Some members of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), also defected to the opposition PDP. The defectors said there was no need for Idanre Local Government to dissipate energy but instead, should work together at this point for the success of all PDP candidates at the polls. Mr. Olonimoyo who spoke on behalf of the defectors said apart from the
It’s Ridiculous Claim For Anybody To Say I Did Not Trust Atiku
* No VP acted in presidential capacity more than Atiku – Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said no Nigerian vice president acted in the stead of his principal as much as former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. The Punch reports that Obasanjo, who was the guest speaker at the Island Club Quarterly Business Lecture, which held Wednesday, stated that, contrary to popular belief, Abubakar presided over several Federal Executive Council meetings under his 1999-2007 administration. The former President took a jibe at President Muhammadu Buhari, who spent 104 consecutive days on medical vacation, and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, who was appointed as
Sultan Says Nigeria In Hard Times, Urges Muslims To Pray
The leadership of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam headed by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad lll, on Tuesday cautioned Nigerian politicians against making hate speech ahead of the general elections. The religious group also called on the Muslim community to pray for hitch-free elections in the country. The JNI Secretary-General, Dr Khalid Aliyu, in a statement on behalf of the Sultan, noted that the country had fallen into hard times and required prayers of all Muslims. JNI said, “Therefore, to Muslims, Du’a (prayers) is paramount in all circumstances of our lives, most especially in trying times like what we
Re-elect Buhari If You Got Better Life In The Past Four Years, Atiku Tells Youths
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has asked young Nigerians to re-elect President Muhammadu Buhari if they got new jobs and a better life in the last four years. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications, Phrank Shuaibu, the former Vice-President urged Nigerians to vote for the PDP if their lives had gone worse in the last four years of APC government. The Punch reports that Atiku said after Buhari worsened the level of poverty in the country, he (Buhari) does not deserve to ask Nigerians for another chance. The statement read in
Onnoghen: Lawyers Ask NBA To Derobe Malami, Danladi Umar, Others
Lawyers under the aegis of Lawyers In Defence of Democracy and some civil society groups opposed to last Friday’s suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen,by President Muhammadu Buhari ,took to the streets of Abuja, yesterday to register their grievances. Vanguard reports that before pouring into the streets,the protesters marched to the national office of the Nigerian Bar Association,NBA,and the American Embassy, in Abuja to register their displeasure over the president’s action. The developement caused traffic gridlock in some major streets of the Central Business District area of the FCT,thus giving the police personnel deployed to monitor
Don’t plunge Nigeria into constitutional crisis, Atiku tells Buhari
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday warned the ruling All Progressives Congress against plunging Nigeria into a constitutional crisis and in the process derailing the country’s democracy. According to the former Vice-President, the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, is “an attack on the judiciary”. Addressing a press conference in Abuja, Atiku accused the Muhammadu Buhari government of “executive lawlessness”. He said, “I must warn the APC government to desist from taking actions that may push us further down the slippery slope towards a major constitutional crisis that could derail
I Have Not Resigned, Says Suspended CJN Onnoghen
— As NBA Orders Lawyers to boycott court for two days in protest of Onnoghen’s removal The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, who was suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari last Friday, has debunked the rumour gaining traction online on Monday that he has resigned. Onnoghen, whom President Muhammadu Buhari replaced with the next most senior Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Tanko Mohammed, as Acting CJN, debunked the rumour in a statement on Monday. The statement was signed by his media aide, Awassam Bassey, who described the CJN’s rumoured resignation as “fake news circulated by mischief makers.” “Mischief
APC Won Osun Governorship Election With ‘Remote Control’- Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, while appealing to traditional rulers in Osun State to support his reelection to enable his administration consolidate on its achievements, revealed that APC was able to win the state’s governorship election held months back with the aid of “remote control”. Buhari, who failed to provide details of what he meant by remote control, said: “I know how much trouble we had in the last election here. I know by remote control through so many sources how we managed to maintain the party (APC) in power in this state.” The Guardian Newspaper reports Buhari made this known
Ekiti Election Petition Tribunal Fixes Judgement For Tomorrow
The Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja will on Monday deliver judgment in the petition by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and one other. The PDP and its candidate in the last governorship election in Ekiti State, Kolapo Olusola are, by their petition, challenging the decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kayode Fayemi, winner of the election. The Nation learnt on yesterday that parties to the petition, marked: EPT/EKS/GOV/01/18. – PDP, Olusola, INEC, APC and Fayemi, have been informed about the date of judgment via
Onnoghen’s Removal Worst Than Rigging On Election Day- Abuja Protesters
Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have staged a protest in Abuja, asking the United States of America and the United Kingdom to "activate their warning by placing visa restrictions and prosecute those who participated in the illegal and unconstitutional suspension of Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria". The organisations also called for the prosecution of President Muhammadu Buhari at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The protest took place in front of the US Embassy, and attracted the presence of several activists and youth groups, who described the suspension of the CJN by as "a threat to democracy and
