There was a carnival in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State yesterday as virtually all the leaders and stakeholders of the council, including the traditional rulers, clergymen, other indigenes, and supporters of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi converged on Premier Primary School, Ukpabi, to reaffirm their unanimous support and resolve to vote massively for the governor at the poll to represent Enugu North Senatorial District in the National Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The people of Uzo-Uwani LGA also rallied support for the PDP governorship candidate, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, the party’s candidate for Igbo-Etiti/Uzo-Uwani Federal…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, Kwara State, on Saturday conducted a mock accreditation of eligible voters for the 2023 general elections in the state, using the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, in preparation for the elections in six selected local government areas of the state. A statement by the Public Affairs Officer INEC, Kwara State, Abdulkadir Bolaji Ibrahim, said the exercise took place in selected polling units in the state’s three senatorial districts. According to the statement, the exercise occurred in Irepodun local government headquarters in Omu Aran local, Ayetoro Ijomu Oro, Market Centre Eruku, and Magistrate Court Osi, in…
A year ago, President Joe Biden used his first State of the Union address to push top Democratic priorities that were sure to face a battle in the narrowly divided Congress but he also laid out a four-pronged unity agenda that would be an easier sell. Biden’s unity goals would be hard for anyone to argue against: improving mental health, supporting veterans, beating the opioid epidemic and fighting cancer. The president is still pushing for some of those big Democratic goals, like an assault weapons ban, but he’s fared better on the unity goals. Susan Rice, the president’s domestic policy…
In a bid to test the efficacy of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Saturday carried out a mock accreditation exercise ahead of the 2023 general elections. InfoStride News reports that the mock accreditation exercise conducted in six local governments recorded a low turnout. The exercise was conducted in Abeokuta South, Abeokuta North, Ado Odo/Ota, Ogun Waterside, Sagamu and Egbado South local governments. The exercise started at 8:30 am and residents were attended to promptly as each accreditation took an average time of 90 seconds. At Olowu’s Palace in Oke-Ago Owu, one of…
Dr Adeniran Tella, Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Oyo State, says the success of Saturday’s mock accreditation in the state is an affirmation that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, has come to stay. Tella made the assertions while monitoring the conduct of the exercise in 12 polling units across the state’s three senatorial districts. He led other management staff of the commission alongside the State Director of the National Orientation Agency, Mr Kayode Odedokun; representatives of security agencies and para-military agencies to monitor the exercise. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the mock accreditation witnessed a huge…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday assured the All Progressives Congress, APC, party supporters that he will continue to campaign for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the ‘next president of Nigeria.’ According to a statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Buhari spoke before a mammoth crowd at the presidential campaign rally in Lafia square, where he endorsed Tinubu and Shettima’s candidature and the second-term bid of Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State. He thanked party supporters for defying the hot weather and standing in the sun for hours to express their support for…
The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has taken his campaign rally to Ogun State. Obi landed in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Saturday afternoon for the rally scheduled to hold at the Ake Palace Square, where his followers had gathered to receive him. Obi is expected to hold a town hall meeting with various stakeholders in the Gateway State before his departure. InfoStride News learnt that he would also visit former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who had earlier declared support for him, at his residence in the OOPL. In a post, Obi announced his arrival…
The National Association of Ogun State Students (NAOSS) has called out the former Governor of the State, Ibikunle Amosun for supporting and endorsing a candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Biyi Otegbeye for the 2023 gubernatorial election in the state. The students in a statement signed by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Ogun State Chairman, Damilola Kehinde Simeon and Ogunrombi Oluwagbemileke, National President of NAOSS on Saturday maintained that the ex-governor would not be allowed to foist a candidate who would be his stooge on the state They claimed that Governor Abiodun would be re-elected to continue…
The dream of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of producing a governorship candidate for Taraba State in the forthcoming general elections has become a reality. This is as the National Secretariat of the party schedules to organise fresh gubernatorial primaries for the state on Friday 10th February 2023. In a statement made available to newsmen in Jalingo, the state capital, the state party’s Publicity Secretary, Aaron Artimas, said “all concerned are advised to prepare themselves for the exercise.” In a similar development, the party’s National Organizing Secretary, Suleiman Muhammad Argungu, in a letter to the party’s state chairman, Ibrahim Tukur…
The Director General, Labour Party campaign council in Kaduna State, Tsahiru Bako has said the candidate, Jonathan Asake is the missing link that the state needs to ensure equity, fairness and justice in the state. He said the gubernatorial candidate has shown in all his endeavours that he is ready to ensure quality leadership that has eluded the state and brought it to the present challenge it is facing. He lamented that the present situation in the state is so pathetic that it requires an honest leader that would carry every citizen and resident in the state along to work…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Akwa Ibom has asked Governor Udom Emmanuel to account for the billions refunded by the Buhari administration. The party asked the government to atone the state over alleged financial recklessness and plundering of resources. A statement on Saturday by APC Chairman, Stephen Ntukekpo accused authorities of trying to twist the comments of its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Information Commissioner in Akwa Ibom, Ini Ememobong had alleged that Tinubu called Emmanuel “a boy” and condemned the aspirant’s “unwarranted and uncharitable” attack on Udom at a rally in Uyo. The government demanded that the former Lagos…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar said he has completed his plan for Nigeria’s restructuring. The former Vice President assured the country would be restructured within six months if he’s elected. He gave the assurance on Friday at the PDP Presidential Diaspora Campaign Grand Finale in Abuja, NAN reports. Represented by former National Chairman Okwesilieze Nwodo, Atiku disclosed sufficient research work on restructuring had been concluded. Nwodo is the Deputy Director, Research and Strategy, PDP residential Campaign Council (PCC). Atiku stressed that Nigeria would be better when every region controlled its natural resources. The flagbearer recalled existing…
Amidst a wave of terror attacks in Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday acknowledged the failure to avert the Peshawar carnage that killed over 100 people and called for “national unity” to tackle the menace. Addressing an apex committee meeting at the Governor House here on the mosque attack and the overall emerging terrorism situation in Pakistan, Sharif also expressed frustration at the criticism levelled against the federal government from opposition parties in the wake of a series of terror attacks. “There is a need for unity across the political spectrum. This act of terrorism managed to breach the…
Ahead of the 25 February presidential election, a group known as Exalt Nigeria has unveiled an app to woo voters and supporters for the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Yusuf Baba-Ahmed. In a statement on Friday, the group’s initiator Dr Idu Nwapa Nwadiaro disclosed that this use of technology would enable voters to register by location and support group affiliation. The app, according to her, will boost Obi-Datti’s chances in the forthcoming election, especially at the grassroots level. “Elections are won polling unit by polling unit, and what you measure is what you have done. How…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has urged Google and Meta, owners of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, to checkmate the spread of fake news and disinformation on their platforms ahead of the 2023 general elections. The minister made the call in Abuja on Friday during a meeting with representatives of Meta and Google, which owns YouTube and other platforms, in his office. “It is no longer news that the use of social media is now a critical factor in national elections, and no nation, including Nigeria, is immune,” he said. “With a predominantly youthful population, Nigeria ranks…
The Action Democratic Party (ADP) Presidential candidate, Mr Yabagi Sani has described joblessness and insecurity as clogs in Nigeria’s wheel of progress. The opposition party Presidential candidate made the remarks while flagging off his campaign in Owerri, Imo State. He promised to address the challenges associated with joblessness and insecurity in Nigeria. Sani, who described the Igbo people as “very enterprising”, said he chose to kickstart his campaign in Owerri because he always placed a high premium on Imo and Igbo people in general. This, he said, informed his choice of an Igbo man, Mr Okey Udo, as running mate.…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has suspended his campaigns ahead of the 2023 elections. Makinde made the announcement on Friday. Our correspondent reports that the suspension is coming a few hours after protests rocked Ibadan over the scarcity of new naira notes and petroleum. Makinde said he suspended his campaign activities over the unending fuel and new naira-note crisis. He added that the suspension is in solidarity with the people over anti-people economy policies of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government. Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, in Oyo, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun, in a statement made available…
China said Friday it was looking into reports that a Chinese spy satellite has been flying in US airspace and urged calm. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning also said she had no information about whether a planned trip to China by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken would proceed next week as scheduled. China is a responsible country and has always strictly abided by international laws, and China has no intention to violate the territory and airspace of any sovereign countries. As for the balloon, as I’ve mentioned just now, we are looking into and verifying the situation and hope…
The Young Progressives Party, YPP has urged the Nigeria Police, the Department of State Services (DSS), the Directorate of Defence Intelligence (DDI) and the International Observers to investigate what it described as an “electoral misdemeanour” going on in Akwa Ibom State ahead of the February/March general election. Speaking to journalists at a press conference, the YPP state chairman, Nyeneime Andy alleged that agents of the Peoples Democratic Party in collusion with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC were neck deep into the purchase of Permanent Voter Cards from unsuspecting members of the public to rig the elections. He claimed that…
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal instituted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ahiazu Mbaise Ezinihitte Federal Constituency of Imo State. The Apex Court on Friday threw out the appeal on the ground that APC has no legal right to dabble in the candidate selection process of the PDP. In a judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Akomaye Agim, the Supreme Court held that the APC acted like a busybody and meddlesome interloper in the ways and manners it got involved in the PDP matters. A chieftain of the APC in Imo State,…