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The Senator representing Adamawa Central Senatorial District in the 9th National Assembly, Distinguished Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed a.k.a Binani has commiserated with the immediate family of late Mama Fibi Nancy Nada who died at the age of 87 in Jimeta, Yola north local government area of Adamawa state. In a release Wednesday, Binani lamented that “Mama Fibi who was a Teacher, a school Principal in many schools and the first woman Commissioner in the then Gongola state lived a life of service and mentorship to the good people of both Adamawa and Taraba states. “During her lifetime, late Mama was one…

Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, has reacted to the strongly-worded letter which Governor Charles Soludo wrote about his 2023 presidential ambition. The letter, which was released on Monday afternoon, literally set the internet on fire. In the 4008-word piece, Soludo dismissed Obi, one of his predecessors as a joker in the 2023 race, saying he would only deplete the votes of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and widen the chances of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Tracing the multiple defections of Obi from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)…

Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has dismissed the chances of Peter Obi, Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 Presidential election. This serves as a big blow to Obi, who is an indigene of Anambra. In a piece entitled, “History Beckons and I will not be Silent (Part 1)”, Soludo likened Obi’s ambition to a joke, saying he is only brightening the chances of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Taunting Obi, Soludo said if he were Tinubu, he would give the Labour Party Presidential Candidate money for making things easier for him. Soludo…

Whenever I see a paragon, champion of transparency and accountability, I remember Muhammadu Buhari, retired military officer and gentleman, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. Whenever I hear that a man has shunned greed, avarice, rapacity, I remember Buhari. Whenever I see anyone pay scant attention to the ephemeral things of this life, I remember Buhari. Whenever I see disdain for filthy lucre, cupidity, Muhammadu Buhari comes to mind. You don’t have them more spartan, austere, and abstemious than that. But we are not talking about Muhammadu Buhari today. Rather, our object is…

Immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has been sacked as candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District by the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja. Delivering Judgement, a three-member panel of justices led by Justice Danlami Senchi, held that Akpabio failed to file a proof of arguments within the time provided by the rules. The panel further ruled that Akpabio, being a presidential aspirant of the APC, could not participate in the valid primary of the party held on May 28 and monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission…

The Periscope Global editorial There was the APC governorship primary election, duly and dutifully conducted in Adamawa state. This is undeniable. What could be considered for a critical conversation is the question that would there have been any need for the court judgement if it would have been known that the party rather than a candidate so challenged would be totally banned from participating in the governorship race? From the beginning, there was the allegation of planned imposition of a candidate over and above other governorship contestants. Some of the contestants who earlier rejected the idea of the party fielding…

By Hon Ahmad Sajoh Today the 14th of November 2022, the Court of Appeal sitting in Yola listened to the submissions of parties to the case that sought to deny APC a candidate in the 2023 gubernatorial election. Expectedly the Appeal has generated interest nationwide for several reasons, among them being the fact that the main appellant is the only woman to secure the ticket of a major political party in Nigeria in this main season election circle. That therefore gave the case a celebrity status, especially considering the fact that nationwide the person in question has been portrayed as…

The Federal Court of Appeal sitting in Yola, Adamawa state has reserved judgment in the appeals separately filed by the winner of the APC governorship primary election, Distinguished Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed, a.k.a Binani, Malam Nuhu Ribadu who earlier challenged his defeat at the poll before a Federal High Court and the All Progressives Congress, APC that conducted the party’s primaries as endorsed by the INEC. The panel of Appeal, led by Justice Tani Hassan Yusuf, after the hearing Monday, said the date for judgment would be communicated to the parties. The counsels to Binani, Ribadu and the APC separately…

The police authorities in Taraba have arrested the Cameroon Ambazonia commander terrorizing some communities bordering the Republic of Cameroon for years. The Commissioner of Police, Abimbola Sokoya disclosed this during a press conference in Jalingo to sensitize political party leaders on the need for violence-free polls in the state. Sokoya said the arrest of the Ambazonia leader, popularly known as General Bazil, is a sequel to intelligence gathering over the years on his nefarious acts. “It is a fact that the Commander of Ambazonia separatist warlords was arrested here in Nigeria,” the CP said. “The antecedent was that he will…

By Gimba Kakanda Last Sunday, the Benue State governor had a grand stage to perform for the nation and it was an electrifying show. He was hosting the quartet of Governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu in Makurdi, the capital, and the media documented the rage of the PDP chieftains for posterity, especially their controversial partisan war with their party’s presidential flag-bearer, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Governor Samuel Ortom, along with his four guests, has boycotted the PDP presidential campaign and that meeting seemed like an occasion…