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  • APC expels ex-gov over alleged anti-party activities

    APC expels ex-gov over alleged anti-party activities

    The Gombe State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expelled former governor, Sen. Danjuma Goje over alleged anti-party activities during the 2023 general elections.

    It will be recalled that Mr Tanimu Abdullahi, Chairman, APC Kashere Ward of Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State, had on March 22, inaugurated a five-man committee to probe the alleged anti-party activities levelled against Goje.

    Briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Kashere, Abdullahi said the expulsion of the senator was based on the outcome of the committee’s investigation.

    The chairman stated that the committee invited Goje to defend himself in the spirit of fair hearing but the senator failed to honour their invitation.

    According to him, the failure of Goje to honour the invitation extended to him by the committee was a conduct that was deemed unbecoming of a loyal party stalwart.

    The ward chairman explained that the five-man committee deliberated exhaustively on the allegations against the senator and listed some of the allegations to include the absence of Goje from all APC campaigns in the state.

    “Goje also hobnobbed with opposition parties and their candidates with the intent to undermine the success of the APC in Gombe State and Nigeria in general.

    “He openly supported opposition party candidates by hosting the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) governorship candidate, Mr Khamisu Mailantarki and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Akko House of Representatives candidate, Mrs Aishatu Ahmed, in his residence.

    “He offered them his support against the interest of his party the APC,” said Abdullahi.

    He said Goje was also accused of surreptitious membership of the PDP which led to the appearance of his photo and name on the ballot papers of the PDP senatorial primary election in 2022.

    He noted that it was unfortunate for the likes of Goje to have engaged in activities aimed at undermining the success of the party in the general elections in spite of what he had benefitted through the platform of the APC.

    Abdullahi said upon review of all allegations, the 27 executive members of the APC in Kashere Ward resolved to expel the senator in line with the provisions of the party.

    The chairman pointed out that the numerous anti-party activities of Goje were a breach of the APC Constitution as contained in Article 21, Section A Subsection II, III, VI and VII.

    Attempts to get reaction from Sen. Goje through his aides proved abortive as calls and text messages sent to Lilian Nworie, a media aide to Sen. Goje by NAN correspondent were not returned as at the time of filing this report.

    Also, NAN correspondent contacted the senator’s senior legislative aide, Saidu Muazu, who promised to call the senator and get back to NAN but was yet to do so as at the time of filing this report.

  • SAD! Ex- governor of Osun, Colonel Obi is dead

    SAD! Ex- governor of Osun, Colonel Obi is dead

    Ex-military governor of Osun state, Colonel Anthony Uzoma Obi (rtd), is dead.

    His passage was announced via a statement by his family on Monday.

    According to the statement, Uzoma died around 6 pm. on Sunday, January 1, 2023.

    The statement reads: “We, the Family of His Excellency, Rtd Colonel Anthony Uzoma Obi, humbly announce the gentle passing of our Patriarch and head of the family on Sunday, 1st of January, 2023

    “Our father was a Lion, a warrior, a brave soldier who served the Nation Nigeria as a Two Time Military Administrator as Governor of Osun State and Abia State Nigeria

    Anthony Uzoma Obi was a loving husband first and a devoted father who instilled love, discipline, and humility in all he did on his time on earth.

    “He shared with us a love deeply portrayed all through his life, and he, most importantly, was the bravest man we ever knew.

    “We ask that in this time of our grief, that prayers and goodwill are directed towards our family in this trying moment.

    “Adieu Colonel A. U. Obi, your whole family will forever keep your memory alive, through the mercy of God”.

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  • 2023: Ex-Kano Gov tells APC to zone Presidency to South, knocks southern governors for ‘gang up’

    2023: Ex-Kano Gov tells APC to zone Presidency to South, knocks southern governors for ‘gang up’

    Former Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, on Monday said there is nothing wrong if a Nigerian from the southern region succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

    Shekarau urged hi s party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone the presidency to the South.

    The former governor believes rotating the office of the President between the North and South will give citizens the sense of belonging necessary for the development of the nation.

    “I have said it before (that) as far as the party I belong to is concerned – the APC, my proposal is that now that President Buhari is from the northern part of the country, he has done his eight years, let’s beam the searchlight to the southern part of Nigeria.

    “Not because we don’t have enough competent people up North. If you say ‘let the other part of Nigeria produce the leader,’ that does not mean you are throwing to the dogs the issue of competence, the issue of credibility, and so on.

    “While I agree we should go for the best and, therefore, throw it open regardless of which side of the country, we should also be mindful of aspect of the sense of belonging. You see, we must be mindful of the perception to give some sense of belonging to every part of Nigeria,” he said on Monday on a monitored Channels Television programme.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the debate over the zoning of the presidency to the South has been ongoing for a while, and state governors are not left out of the controversy.

    By the time President Buhari completes his second term in office, the Southern Governors’ Forum wants his successor to come from the region.

    The Northern Governors’ Forum, in its reaction, says the provisions of the constitution have nothing to do with rotating the office of the President between the two regions.

    Although the northern governors are not against the call to zone the presidency, they faulted the approach by their colleagues in the South.

    “I subscribe to the view that we should be talking of the North and South, but where I disagree with the southern governors is coming together to gang up and say ‘it must be’; I think this is purely the party affair,” the ex-governor explained.

  • PANDEF chairman, Idongesit Nkanga is dead

    PANDEF chairman, Idongesit Nkanga is dead

    Chairman, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and a former military governor of Akwa Ibom State, Otuekong Idongesit Nkanga has been reported dead.

    Though no official statement has so far been released to confirm the demise of the 68 year old two-time Director General of Divine Mandate Campaign organisation of Governor Udom Emmanuel, he is widely rumoured to have died of Covid—19.

    Nkanga, who according to sources has had a long battle with Covid-19, died on Thursday (Christmas eve).

    The late Nkanga was Akwa Ibom governor from September 1990 to 1992 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida, handing over to an elected civilian Governor at the start of the Nigerian Third Republic. Ufot Ekaette, who later became the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, was his deputy.

    He retired as an air commodore in the Nigerian Airforce.

    As the chairman of PANDEF, Nkanga was very vocal in the campaign for the restructuring of Nigeria and the development of the country’s Niger Delta region.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that neither the late Nkanga’s family, nor the Akwa Ibom State Government and PANDEF have released statements confirming his death.

    More details later…

  • Kwara Assembly orders probe of ex-governor, director over failed power project

    The Kwara State House of Assembly has asked the state government to probe the immediate past governor o the state, AbdulFatah Ahmed and the Director General, KP3, Yomi Ogunsola over their alleged handling of the “Light Up Kwara project.

    The house accordingly urged the executive to hand them over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for further investigation.

    The House also directed the state government to hand over Investment One that handled the Infrastructure Fund Kwara (IFK), Reccofortezza-A Steven and Rubitec, contractors that handled the Light-Up Kwara Project over the same reason.

    These were part of the resolutions of the House plenary on the report of an Ad-hoc Committee on the investigation into the Light-Kwara project executed by the last administration in the state.

    Reading the resolutions of the House, the Speaker Yakubu Danladi Salihu , said the state government should review the terms and conditions of contract for the project and direct the contractors to complete all outstanding work on the project.

    Hon Salihu further urged the government to transfer all the activities of Light-Up Kwara project to the supervision and monitoring of the State Ministry of Energy in the interest of accountability and transparency.

    The state legislature also resolved that the state government should repeal the Kwara State Bureau of Public, Private Partnership (KP3) Law to allow respective ministries to take charge of statutory responsibilities handled by KP3.

    The speaker added that the state government should order the then Director General of KP3 to return to Nigeria to shed light on the grey areas of the project.

    The legislature had 3rd October , 2019 plenary set up the Ad-hoc committee to probe the activities of the Light- Up Kwara roject of the immediate past administration in the state.