Politics

The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Youth Development, Mr. Otobo Ibarakumo, has resigned his appointment with the Seriake Dickson administration with immediate effect.

A former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has described former President Goodluck Jonathan as a hero of democracy in Nigeria.

‎A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Dayo Adeyeye, has described the employment forms being distributed to unemployed youths by the Ekiti State Government as a scam.

The Nigeria Intervention Movement, NIM, led by Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, has said it will determine the winner of the July 14 gubernatorial election in Ekiti state by engaging candidates and throwing its support behind a preferred candidate.

Rivers State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Felix Obuah, has charged newly sworn-in local government chairmen and their Councillors, to embark on aggressive campaigns aimed at winning more members for the party.

Former Vice President and a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has declared that he was ready to confront anti-democratic forces ahead the 2019 elections.

Mr. Pascal Agubuzo, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) and House of Representatives aspirant for Udi-Ezeagu federal constituency in Enugu State, has described the approval rating of President Muhammadu Buhari in the Diaspora as high.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday called at Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State in Yenagoa, assuring the people of the Niger Delta that their desire for a restructured Nigeria would become a reality in 2019 when he is voted in as the country’s next president.

The senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has identified two hotbeds in the state, where members of Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram, carry out their attacks. To this end, the lawmaker has called on security agencies to intensify efforts on the two identified black spots of Boko Haram.

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, says the party’s candidate in the Ekiti governorship election, Kayode Fayemi, is smarter and more intelligent.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, assured Ekiti voters that the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kayode Fayemi, will attract projects from the Federal Government as democracy dividends if voted into office.

The former deputy governor of Central Bank of Nigeria and Young Progressive Party presidential flagbearer, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has promised to improve businesses and create jobs in the country through massive investment in technology, entrepreneurship and education reform.

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said the All Progressives Congress, (APC) remains the only party capable of liberating the people of Ekiti state from their current challenges.

Ahead of the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scheduled for Saturday, a member of the publicity sub-committee of the National Convention Organising Committee, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said there will be no ‘unity list.’

Protesters have gathered at the national office of the All Progressives Congress demanding the removal of the John Odigie-Oyegun-led national working committee of the ruing party.

As the 2019 general elections approach, there seems to be a renewed battled between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State.

The scheduled mega rally of Mr. Kayode Fayemi, the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) for the July 14 election in Ekiti state, on Tuesday witnessed tight security.

Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) Secretary in Lagos State, Mr. Olumide Oguntoyinbo, has warned against imposing high nomination fees on aspirants in their respective primaries for the 2019 elections.