Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia to hold talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin from March 20 to 22, the foreign ministry here announced on Friday. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying in a brief announcement said “at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation, President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Russia from March 20 to 22. This will be Xi’s first visit after getting endorsed for an unprecedented third five-year term as the President and head of the military early this month by the National People’s Congress, (NPC). Speculation is rife that…
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Looking at the whole picture, it will appear that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State may struggle at the March 18 governorship poll. This is not unconnected with the growing clout of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which over the past two years invested considerably in its effort to reclaim power in the state. Many are also quick to point out that APC has never won a governorship election in the state. Should APC prevail at the poll, this Saturday’s Election is going to be the first time the party would win the governorship…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked reports circulating on social media on purported zoning of key positions of the incoming 10th National Assembly as misleading. The party, therefore, called on the public to disregard the report in its entirety. The National Publicity Secretary of APC, Barr. Felix Morka in a statement issued on Friday described the report indicating that the positions have been zoned as false, misleading, and should be disregarded in its entirety. He said: “The attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to a report circulating on social media on purported zoning of key…
Less than 24 hours to the governorship and House of Assembly elections, the Ebonyi State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Tochukwu Okorie has rejected its party’s gubernatorial candidate, Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii and instead backs the rotation of power to Ebonyi North senatorial zone. InfoStride News recalls that Odii and Governor David Umahi the incumbent governor who is completing his eight-year tenure, both hail from Ebonyi South senatorial zone. “It has been generally agreed that it is only fair that Ebonyi North should produce the next governor in the spirit of equity. I hereby lend my voice in…
With 24 hours to the governorship election, a former Kogi west Senator, Dino Melaye, has accused Senators of the All Progressives Congress, APC, of electoral malpractice. Melaye accused an APC senator participating in the governorship election of printing ballot papers. He also alleged that another APC Senator printed result sheets ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. In a series of tweets, Melaye wrote: “APC senator printed ballot papers, another APC senator printed result sheets. How can this election be credible, fair and transparent? Yahoo Yahoo election indeed. SDM “How can a person who is participating in an election be the one…
Mrs Ibim Semenitari, Director, New Media, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Rivers Governorship Campaign Council, has denied conniving with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rig the March 18 Governorship election. Semenitari, who said this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, described the allegations of conniving with INEC and security agencies to rig the election in Rivers as unfounded. According to her, the PDP has consistently followed the rules and regulations of the electoral process, and there is no evidence to suggest that they have been involved in any impropriety. She said though the opposition parties had been making…
Atiku Abubakar has mocked the Presidential Campaign Organisation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for “seeking endorsements” after the February 25 election in Nigeria. The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) accused the APC of begging United States President Joe Biden to congratulate Bola Tinubu. The APC PCC Director of New Media, Femi Fani-Kayode, said though the U.S. State Department had greeted Tinubu, there was a need for Biden to do the same. “It’s time for Joe (Biden) to pick up the phone and add his voice. We are a big nation, we deserve no less,” Fani-Kayode tweeted. In…
Bola Tinubu, the President-elect, has said his focus is to form a government of national competence rather than that of national unity to address Nigeria’s challenges. Tinubu said this in a statement personally signed on Thursday in Abuja. The statement read in part, “As your incoming president, I accept the task before me. There has been talk of a government of national unity, my aim is higher than that. I seek a government of national competence. “In selecting my government, I shall not be weighed down by considerations extraneous to ability and performance. The day for political gamesmanship is long…
Ahead of the Saturday gubernatorial and state assembly elections, the Ebonyi State chapter of the Labour Party has endorsed the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru. Nwifuru is the anointed candidate of the incumbent governor, Dave Umahi who is expected to leave office in May 2023. In a communique issued by the Ebonyi State Labour Party chairman, Godwin Jioke, the party explained that it does not have any candidate in the governorship race owing to “protracted legal tussles.” The party called on its supporters and all Obidients across the state to come out en masse and…
Barely 48 hours to the March 18 gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections, Reno Omokri, a social media influencer and former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan said Lagosians should vote other parties other than Labour Party. On his official Twitter handle on Thursday, Omokri faulted the performance of the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi during his eight years reign as Anambra State governor. He listed world class railways and solid roads as achievements of Sanwo-olu. “Love him or hate him, Sanwoolu built world class railways and solid roads. What does Obi have to show for his 8 years…
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan accused the federal government of planning his arrest saying this is all part of a “London plan” to finish all cases against the country’s former premier Nawaz Sharif. In a video message, Imran said, “This is part of the London plan and an agreement has been signed there to put Imran in jail, make the PTI fall and finish all cases against Nawaz Sharif.” He further stated that he doesn’t understand the reason behind the attack on people as he had already assured that he will be present in court…
The Labour Party, LP, presidential flag bearer in the just concluded February 25 election, Peter Obi, has arrived in Anambra State to campaign for his party’s candidates for the State House of Assembly election. Obi, who disclosed this in a post via his verified Twitter handle on Thursday, said he was in the State to thank Obidients and seek support for LP candidates. The former Anambra State governor called on the people to put an authoritative seal on the broad mandate that the party received during the presidential election. He wrote, “I arrived in Anambra State this morning. This is…
The Allied Peoples Movement, APM, has affirmed Innocent Ekwu as its candidate in Rivers State for Saturday’s governorship election. The National Chairman, APM, Muhammad Musa, in a statement, sent to the media, on Thursday urged members of the public to discountenance claims by one Prince Atuma, that he was the authentic governorship candidate of the party. Musa said he was not aware of any meeting or congress where Atuma was elected as the governorship candidate of the party in Rivers. “I am not aware of any such meeting or congress where Prince Atuma was elected unopposed nor affirmed as our…
The Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, has upgraded its “fallacious and shameless pastime to the national level.” It accused the party of smearing the image of the APC guber candidate in the state, Sen Emmanuel Bwacha, saying the PDP is “in a dire and miserable situation.” The party’s spokesperson, Aaron Artimas, said this on Thursday while reacting to recent publications in some national dailies, where the PDP claimed that Bwacha’s name is not on the ballot papers and hence should not be voted for. The…
The North Central All Progressives Congress, APC, Forum has called on the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to pick the Director-General of his Presidential Campaign Council, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). The Forum said Governor Lalong, who is also the Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, has done a lot for the APC, the emergence of Tinubu in the presidential election, the Northern region and the nation at large. Speaking on behalf of the forum in Jos, the Plateau State capital, the Chairman of the Forum, Saleh Mandung Zazzaga, made the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it did not remove the names of Igbo and South South people from the list of ad hoc staff for Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that rumours making the rounds on social media has it that the electoral umpire in Lagos removed all Igbo and South-South staff from sensitive election duties for March 18 elections. Reacting, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lagos State, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, in a statement on Wednesday evening by Mrs Adenike Tadese, Head of…
As the people of Taraba State troop out on Saturday to vote their next governor, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday, said the All Progressives Congress, APC, has no valid candidate for the election. PDP made the declaration in line with the Supreme Court judgment of February 1, 2023 in suit No SC/CV/1564/2022. The Supreme Court had ruled that any political party that failed to comply with the provisions of the electoral act over selection of a candidate, shall not be included in the election. In line with the judgment, PDP said the APC can’t field any valid candidate…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State has reacted to claims that it is working in cahoots with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to rig Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections. In a statement made available to DAILY POST on Thursday by the Director of Publicity & Communications, Rivers PDP, Ogbonna Nwuke, he described the allegation as baseless. He said, “The banter of half-wits who are busy quarrelling with even the air they breathe while they quarrel with their tools.” He also alleged that some parties planned to bomb INEC offices in the State ahead of the…
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has debunked claims that he was being pushed to run for the position by some godfathers. The LP governorship candidate was responding to the claim by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship candidate Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor, who on Tuesday said that his LP counterpart is being backed by godfathers such as Chief Bode George. Appearing on Arise Television on Thursday morning, Rhodes-Vivour said, “In the Labour Party, there’s no godfather. I have no godfather. “I had no godfather in PDP. I only had…
Weeks after the presidential election, many Nigerians have kept hopes alive, believing that their preferred candidate can still be declared winner, this time, not by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, but by the court- the last hope of the common man. According to the laws of the land, INEC has done its job by conducting, concluding and declaring the winner of the presidential election. The electoral umpire is also bound by the law to review some of its decisions as demanded by some political parties during the collation of results. The election was said to have witnessed cases of…