Serious underground tussle is ongoing within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the control of the chairmanship ticket of the party which was made vacant by the dissolution of the Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee. The power play is being propelled by permutations over the issue of 2023 presidential succession by various influential forces within the party. As the National Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) settles down to grapple with its assignment to reposition the party, some plots are being perfected to rezone the chairmanship outside the South-South. Until his ouster, Comrade Adams Oshiomole held the…
Author: Dr. Emeka Nwosu
As the National Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) prepares to commence the process of picking its flag-bearer for the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Ondo State, party stakeholders in the State have called for the adoption of direct primaries as the mode for the selection of the candidate. They contended that the choice of direct primaries would give every registered member of the party in the State the opportunity to participate in the selection process. A party stakeholder in Akure, Chief Olutayo Adeyanju, stated that the direct primaries would guarantee a level playing ground for all the APC…
Science and Technology Minister, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has stated that any nation that seeks development must pay adequate attention to science and technology. Dr. Onu stated this at a lecture he delivered yesterday at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos. He was addressing participants of Senior Executive Course No. 42. In the expository lecture, Dr. Onu highlighted the achievements of the ministry under the Buhari administration and the synergy between the ministry of science and technology and NIPSS as the think-tank for policy in Nigeria, as well as the ubiquity of science and technological innovation…
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has refuted media report linking him with lobbying for the vacant position of Chief of Staff to the President. Onu described the purveyors of the story as peddlers of fake news who thrive in false speculations. Sources close to the Minister told newsmen in Abuja that there was no iota of truth in the story, describing it as an absolute falsehood. According to the sources, the Minister is fully engaged with a lot of activities in the Ministry which are intended to assist the President actualize the next level agenda of…
