Among those that left the meeting midway in anger were the National Organising Secretary of the party, Senator Osita Izunaso; former governorship candidate in Imo State, Senator Ifeanyi Araraume; and Senator Benjamin Uwajiumogu
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The governor told journalists while reacting to the senator’s position on his endorsement for a second term, that the lawmaker has never seen anything good in any leadership or government.
The group at a media briefing by its Director-General, Henry Ejiofor Asogwa, in Abuja on Sunday, noted that the Governor has shown commitment to job creation and poverty alleviation programmes, leading to increased economic activities in the state in the last three years.
Speaking with newsmen on Friday in Abuja after his presentation at a workshop on: “Religious Freedom, Interfaith Relations and Civil Society in Africa,” jointly organised by the Kukah Center and Yale University, USA, Obi stressed the need for Nigerians to constantly engage the political class.
The party said the presidency and the APC are not being sincere with the IDPs by providing cover for those who have been frittering away billions of naira donated for the well-being of victims of insurgency.
The move followed the decision of the National Executive Council of the party to conduct a nationwide continuous membership registration exercise to enable all prospective eligible persons register as members of the party.
This information was contained in a statement by Mallam Naseer Kura on behalf of the Summit Organising Committee on Sunday in Abuja.
He said they must also stop encouraging their followers to do so
Speaking in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, as Guest Speaker at the 5th Olalekan Olomide Platform for Development, held at the Nigerian Union of Journalists secretariat Iyaganku, Ibadan, Sani said the revelation should also cover all those working in the Presidential Villa.
Buhari had withheld his assent to a bill seeking to amend the act after it was passed by both chambers of the National Assembly.
Hundreds of Ekiti State youths were recently enlisted by the Federal Government to benefit from its employment scheme targeted at removing unemployed graduates from the job market.
He disclosed this while speaking on Saturday at the 5th Olalekan Olomide Platform for Development held at the Nigeria Union of Journalists Press Centre, Iyanganku in Ibadan.
The party said after a thorough analysis of the circumstances and events preceding the attack, there are crucial pointers that the APC and the Kogi state government have very serious questions to answer.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the constituency were in attendance to declare total support for Ambode’s second term.
Ubah disclosed his intention during a stakeholders’ meeting of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Anambra South zone at Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area on Saturday.
The N-Power beneficiaries, who were initially invited to a walk from Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti to a popular event centre at Adebayo area of the town where a programme to be attended by Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Kayode Fayemi was scheduled, were led by former Senior Special Assistant to Fayemi on Mobilisation, Hon. Tope Osatoyinbo.
The News Agency of the Nigeria reports that members of the group in the division, led by Primate Charles Odugbesi, endorsed Ambode at a special assembly in Ikorodu.
The senator died in his Abuja home on Saturday morning.
In a unanimous judgment of the Court of Appeal, delivered by Justice T. O. Awotoye, the appellant court dismissed Melaye’s appeal for lacking in merit as it disclosed no cause of action
After the first known offensive use of such a weapon in Europe since World War II, May pointed the finger squarely at President Vladimir Putin and gave the 23 Russians, who she said were spies working under diplomatic cover at the London embassy a week to leave.