A former President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has expressed his support for the Lagos4Lagos movement, a major block within the All Progressive Congress, to join the Peoples Democratic Party....CONTINUE READING THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
Saraki spoke on Saturday after he was received by the Lead Visioner of Lagos4Lagos, Olajide Adediran, 20 local government and 245 ward chairmen of the group and others at the group’s secretariat in Ikeja.
The former Senate president said, “I want to assure you that until that day, May 29, 2023, I am going to stand with you because this journey is a journey that is not only for the interest of Lagos4Lagos, but also for Nigeria at large.
“When we hoist the flag at the centre in 2023, we also want the same flag in Lagos State; then the people will see the difference when we, as the PDP, are at the centre as we are in Lagos State.
“As I stand here, I only have one request and I only have, hopefully, one answer. Lagos4Lagos; it is time. It is time for me to be able to take your message back today to our National Chairman, to our leaders across PDP, that Lagos4Lagos has moved into PDP.”
I learned great lessons while in Kuje prison – Orji Kalu
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu has revealed lessons he learned from the Kuje correctional centre Abuja when he was incarcerated over alleged fraud while serving as governor of Abia State.
DAILY POST recalls that Kalu was convicted by the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court on December 5, 2019, and sentenced to 12 years in prison over alleged N7.65 billion misappropriation.
However, Justice Mohammed Liman of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court on June 2, 2020, ordered the former governor’s release, leading to his freedom after six months.
In a statement on his verified Facebook page on Sunday to the mark two years of his ordeal, the lawmaker said his perception of life changed while in the prison.
Nigeria needs unifiers, not just achievers – Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria needs not just achievers, but more importantly men and women who are bridge-builders and unifiers, who see the country’s ethnic diversity as a source of strength, and not as a point of difference.
Osinbajo said this on Saturday during the turbaning ceremony of some prominent persons in Bida emirate, Niger State.
The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice-President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement titled ‘Nigeria needs unifiers, Osinbajo says at Bida Emirate turbaning ceremony’.
Earlier, the Etsu Nupe and Chairman, Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Dr Yahaya Abubakar, conferred on the Vice-President the ‘Garkuwan Yamma Nupe’ which means ‘the Defender of Nupe Kingdom.’
2023 presidency: Igbos will kneel, prostrate, beg – Ezeife
A former Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has said that the South-East was ready to kneel down, even prostrate and beg in order to get the opportunity to become Nigeria’s President come 2023.
Ezeife said this at the United for Better Nigeria Initiative National Convention in Abuja on Saturday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the elder statesman said it was the right time for Ndigbo to produce the next President of the country.
He, however, pointed out that Presidency is not given to anyone but people have to work and show that they really merit the position.
Ezeife noted that one of the ways to put a South Easterner in power come 2023 was for the region to swallow its pride and start begging every other region for the presidential seat.