Politics
Just in: Anambra assembly lawmaker slumps, dies in S’Africa
The Majority Leader in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Nnamdi Okafor, has been reportedly dead.
He was said to have slumped and died in the early hours of Wednesday in a Hotel in Sandton City, Johannesburg, South Africa, and was confirmed dead hours later.
Okafor, popularly called Akajiugo Awka, represented the Awka South Constituency 1 in the state assembly before his death.
He was said to have gone for a legislative retreat in South Africa with other state lawmakers.
Some members of the House who confirmed the death described the news as heart-breaking.
One of them was quoted by an online news portal, Global Upfront Newspaper as saying, “The news of the death of one of the most active, vibrant, and resourceful lawmakers in the Anambra House of Assembly, Hon Nnamdi Okafor, the majority leader, came to everyone as a rude shock.
“Friends and colleagues are deeply saddened and grieved by this painful and untimely exit of one of them. This is unbearable. He was a patriotic, selfless, and hardworking lawmaker who gave his best for the service of Anambra State House of Assembly, his constituents, and indeed the entire people of Anambra State.”
Another lawmaker said, “We just lost a bridge-builder, a man of peace, and a gentleman par-excellent. He will be sorely missed by every one of us.”
Politics
BREAKING: LP Re-elects Julius Abure As National Chairman
BREAKING: LP Re-elects Julius Abure As National Chairman
The Labour Party (LP) has re-elected Julius Abure as its National Chairman for a second term in office.
Abure was re-elected by a unanimous affirmation of delegates at the party’s National Convention in Nnewi, Anambra State.
The Chairman of the National Convention and Deputy Governor of Abia State, Ikechukwu Emetu declared him the winner during the event attended by party leaders and members.
More to come…
Politics
El-Rufai set to dump APC, visits Gowon after meeting SDP leaders
El-Rufai set to dump APC, visits Gowon after meeting SDP leaders
There are talks that a former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, may quit the All Progressives Congress (APC) and move to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for the second time.
The rumour is coming after the APC chieftain had held meetings with SDP leaders.
El-Rufai also visited ex-military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, at his residence in Abuja on Tuesday.
His second visit to SDP stalwarts on Tuesday has further fueled speculations that the former governor is planning to dump the APC.
El-Rufai lost his bid to become a minister in the President Bola Tinubu as he was screened out by the Senate over a damaging petition written against him.
He was however pictured at the Abuja residence of Senator Abubakar Gada, along with SDP chairman Shehu Musa Gabam and other party leaders.
Also reported to be present at the meeting were Senator Teslim Folarin, APC governorship candidate for Oyo State in the 2023 general elections, and Senator Nazif Suleiman, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party from Bauchi State.
The meeting at Gada’s home in Abuja on Sunday night came after El-Rufai hosted a Ramadan iftar at his Abuja residence.
Those at the Ramadan iftar include the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Kashim Ibrahim-Imam and Shehu Musa Gabam.
El-Rufai also visited Gabam at the SDP secretariat.
Last Friday, a former spokesperson for the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation, Daniel Bwala, said the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 Presidential Election, Peter Obi, was planning to leave the Labour Party and join El-Rufai in the SDP.
Bwala, in a post on his X handle, said Obi was planning to leave the Labour Party following the current crisis in the party with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) threatening to take over the party.
Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State, joined the Labour Party in May 2023 in the buildup to the 2023 general elections following his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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Happening now: Senator Idiat Adebule distributes massive palliatives to Lagos West residents (photos)
Happening now: Senator Idiat Adebule distributes massive palliatives to Lagos West residents (photos)
Hundreds of people mostly the poor and members of the All Progressives Congress in the Lagos West Senatorial District are currently gathered at the Ikeja Police College where the senator representing the area, Idiat Adebule, is dolling out palliatives to the downtrodden, among others.
Adebule said 10,000 packs were given out to the vulnerable in the senatorial district.
She listed the items as rice, semovita, beans, pasta garri, vegetable oil and cloths.
Even as she said the package was a tip of the iceberg, stressing that people should expect bigger and better packages, not necessarily food items.
Newstrends captured the event in photos
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