Nigeria Talks

                               Photo credit: Google By Oyekan Oluwatobi, Abuja The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention has been slated for March 26, there are strong signal that the new Peoples democratic Party faction in the legacy parties that paved the way for the merger into the APC may dominate in the new look National Working Committee (NWC) of the party, which will come up on Saturday. It was gathered that the nPDP have been ahead in the number of aspirants who have put across their interest to lead the APC at the National Working Committee level. Recall that while the then major opposition parties, the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Action Congress pf Nigeria (ACN), Congress for Progressives Change (CPC), faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the Democratic Party of Nigeria (DPN) had merged to form the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2014, the merger was late...

By Oyekan Oluwatobi The National Youth Movement of Nigeria says it has received entries from over 100,000 support groups across ethnic, religious and political lines to attend the presidential declaration of Gov Yahaya Bello. According to its National Publicity Secretary, Gideon Unazi, many of the groups boast at least 500,000 registered voters in their database and are solely out to lead Gov Bello to the Aso Villa come 2023. Although yet to officially declare his intention to run for the country’s most coveted position, Governor Bello has received massive support from Nigerians. Several interest groups have beckoned on the governor to join the presidential race based on his exploits in Kogi, especially in terms of security. However, Governor Bello has promised to make his intention public after the All Progressives Congress’ national convention on Saturday. Still, hundreds of thousands of groups have gone ahead of the governor as they believe his leadership qualities, pragmatism and d...

…Makes economy, job creation, security, education a priority By Oyekan Oluwatobi, Abuja As the curtain draws down for the 2023 general election,  Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has promised to turn around the fortunes of Nigeria if elected President of the country in the 2023 election. The Waziri of Adamawa said that rebuilding the economy as well as job Creation, education and security will be a priority for his government. Atiku made the declaration on Wednesday at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, during the Speech heralding  his formal declaration of interest into the Presidential race on the Platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Shedding more light on some of the things that will define his administration, Atiku said, “Under my Presidency, I want to focus on five key areas: Unity of Nigeria, security, economy, education and devolution of power to the federating units. Addressing the  mammoth crowd that made the International Conference Cent...

  By Oyekan Oluwatobi In the face of the endless crisis that has rocked the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), ahead its planned March 26, National Convention, President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has the capacity to resolve its differences bordering on the forthcoming national convention. President Buhari, who left Abuja on Sunday to London, the United Kingdom for what the presidency described as “routine medical checks” also said that going by the constitutional provisions, Vice President Yemi will take charge of governance in his absence. The APC has been enmeshed in internal wrangling over zoning of political positions which is threatening to tear it apart. It was reported that President Buhari has endorsed Senator Abdullahi Adamu, a former governor of Nasarawa state as a consensus candidate for the party’s chairmanship position but other aspirants for the seat have allegedly kicked against what they described as imposition co...

By Oyekan Oluwatobi The Lagos State Government has close down the Eko Bridge for an unspecified period of time after the fire incident which gutted some makeshift shops and containers under the Eko Bridge at Oke Arin, Apongbon on Wednesday. The Punch  had reported that the early morning fire affected some sections of the bridge and caused gridlock in the area The Special Adviser to the Governor on Central Business Districts, Mr. Gbenga Oyerinde, gave the notice at the commencement of the removal of containers and makeshift shops affected by the fire incident to forestall spreading to other parts of the area. He also said that the issue of fire outbreak under the Eko Bridge at Oke Arin may become endemic if adequate steps are not taken to forestall future occurrence due to negligence and non-adherence to safety protocols by traders, leaders of the market associations and CDAs after several engagements on the need to take issues of safety seriously. Highlighting the alternative ...