Press statement from the PDP The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) condemns, in its totality, the unrelenting attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-controlled federal government to cage the media as being witnessed in the ferocious attacks on Africa Independent Television (AIT) by government agencies, particularly the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The party says it is evident that the attack on AIT is targeted at intimidating and gaging the media, repress constitutionally guaranteed freedom of speech and stifle public opinion, particularly as related to the determination by Nigerians to retrieve the stolen Presidential mandate at the tribunal. This clamp down on AIT as well as earlier siege on other media houses and journalists under the APC administration, ostensibly point to a plot to frighten and asphyxiate the media, shut down outlets perceived to hold dissenting views and ultimately foist a siege mentality on our citizenry to restrain their demand
Here are strong indications that the economy may slide back into another round of recession, given the apparent stagnation of government activities and the uncertainties surrounding its policy direction and priorities. It could be recalled that the 2019 presidential election was held on February 23 and the incumbent, President, Muhammadu Buhari, was declared the winner within a couple of days after the election. On May 29, he was formally sworn in as President for his second four-year tenure. However, there are apprehensions that the economy is currently at a standstill following the prolonged absence of ministers to drive government’s policies and programmes. In 2015 when President Buhari was first elected into office, he spent six months before appointing a cabinet, a situation that was largely responsible for plunging Nigeria into a recession the following year. Experts fear that the nation may be headed on a similar path as the President does not seem to be in a hur
Tunde Ajibulu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State at the weekend said Governor Yahaya Bello lacks a deep knowledge of the history and intricacies of politics in the state. Reacting to a statement by the governor that he would defeat any opponent from Kogi East in the November 16 governorship election, Ajibulu who was a member of the Logistics Directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Council in the just-concluded general elections, said Kogi East had always produced the governor since the formation of the state in 1991 because it constitutes 50 percent of the voting population. According to him, even the incumbent governor was only a beneficiary of the votes of the people of Kogi East as he was chosen to replace the late Abubakar Audu who was leading in the governorship election before his unfortunate demise. “I am not sure someone of his caliber made this statement, but if he actually did, then the governor doesn’t seem to have deep knowl
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