The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross River State, Venatius Ikem, has said he has no confidence in the police to do their job efficiently during the general election starting tomorrow. He spoke soon after the Assistant Inspector General of Police for Zone Six, Jonathan Towuru, cautioned all political leaders and their supporters in the state ahead of the commencement of the general election to refrain from violence, assuring that the police are ready to provide security. Two days ago, the country home of the PDP chairman in Obudu town was vandalised, riddled with bullets and an…
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Ahead of the forthcoming presidential election, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has pledged to pursue 40% affirmative action for women in political appointments. Obi also said he would encourage the same for women in the corporate sector. The former Anambra State governor, who disclosed this in a post via his verified Twitter handle on Thursday, also said he would strive to ensure that Nigerian youths are adequately represented in governance. He wrote: “One of my major policy planks is inclusivity: accordingly striving for gender parity remains a priority. We are presently committed to 40% affirmative action…
A coalition of six senatorial candidates from Kano North senatorial zone declared unwavering support for Senator Barau Jibrin of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The candidates, Aliyu Idris Zakirai of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Sunusi Ahmad Baffa of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Shehu Nuhu Abdullahi of National Rescue Movement (NRM), Muhammad Shuaibu of Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Ashiru Ahmed of African Action Congress (AAC) and Abdulkarim Isah Jarma of Action Democratic Party (ADP) made the announcement on Thursday. Sanusi Ahmad Baffa who delivered an address on behalf of others at an emergency press briefing said their decision is a…
Prof. Pat Utomi has insisted that Nigeria has made politics too attractive for criminally minded people. Utomi said this while reacting to the killing of the Labour Party senatorial candidate for Enugu East Senatorial District, Mr Oyibo Chukwu. Speaking on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Thursday, the Convener of BIG-TENT, a coalition of Political Parties, Social Movements and Civil Society Organisations for Peter Obi-Baba-Ahmed Datti, said the Nigerian states had become almost a criminal enterprise. Utomi said: “We have made politics too attractive for criminally minded people, and so the Nigerian states have become almost a criminal enterprise. “The most…
Ukraine’s foreign minister has urged the world’s nations as the anniversary of Russia’s invasion nears to prove they stand for the United Nations Charter and vote in favour of a UN resolution calling for a peace that ensures his war-ravaged country’s sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity. Dmytro Kuleba told an emergency special session of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that despite Moscow’s empty calls for negotiations, Russia still wants to destroy Ukraine as a nation. He said the resolution, to be put to a vote Thursday in the 193-member world body, will contribute to our joint efforts to…
President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in his hometown of Daura in Katsina State on Thursday evening fully prepared to perform his civic duty as a voter in the 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections. According to Garba Shehu, his spokesman: “President Muhammadu Buhari at 5:25 pm arrived in Daura, Katsina State preparatory to the elections on Saturday in which he will participate, not as a candidate as he had done since 2003, but as a voter. “Knowing the importance of every single vote, the President makes sure that all members of his family, members of the entourage, including security, protocol and…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faithful in Benue South Senatorial District rose from a stakeholders meeting in Otukpo on Thursday to formally endorse the candidature of Atiku Abubakar as the preferred candidate for the plum position in 2023. The meeting was held in the Otukpo country home of former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark. In a statement by the Special Adviser to the former Senate, President, Paul Mumeh, said, the PDP stakeholders resolved to vote for Abubakar on the premise that their interest will be better served under his presidency. They distanced themselves from those campaigning for candidates of…
The National Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Israel Dayo, has urged Nigerians to discountenance his principal’s weak point and focus more on the great things he has in stock for Nigerians. Dayo spoke on Thursday while featuring on Arise Television’s Morning Show program. He said disputing Bola Tinubu’s credentials is irrelevant, arguing that his track record speaks for his capacity. He said: “Tinubu was the governor of Lagos [responsible for] transforming the economy, rebuilding the city. [He] turned around Bar Beach and turned it to Eko Atlantic City. “He transformed the Ahmadu Bello Way axis. He built…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has raised the alarm over plans by elements in the All Progressives Congress (APC) to cause violence in some states. The former Vice President said the plot is to force the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone Saturday’s election. Atiku added that the alternative plan was to hold a staggered election whereby elections would not be held simultaneously across the country. A statement Thursday night by Special Assistant on Public Communications, Phrank Shaibu warned that failure to hold elections on the same day nationwide “be an invitation to…
Turkey has launched a temporary salary support scheme and banned job cuts in southern provinces hit by the devastating February 6 earthquakes that killed over 42,000 people in the country as well as in Neighbouring Syria, an official gazette said. The government will provide salary support for employers in provinces under the state of emergency to partially cover the wages of their workers. Employers will be able to benefit from the allowance if their workplaces are “heavily or moderately damaged”. In addition, the government also banned layoffs in the earthquake zone, except for reasons of not complying with the rules…
The presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, said on Thursday that his “imminent victory” in the upcoming presidential election would be a deliverance for Nigerians. Atiku spoke through the spokesman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Momodu. A statement by Momodu said Atiku’s recent interactions with all classes of Nigerians in the course of his nationwide campaign confirmed to him that Nigerians needed deliverance. The statement reads: “Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s hustlings across all parts of Nigeria confirmed further to him how grievously Nigerians are suffering and how desperately they desire and pray for deliverance.’’ The statement quoted…
Ahead of Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the distribution of sensitive and non-sensitive election materials to the 20 local government areas of Ogun State. The Ogun State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Niyi Ijalaye confirmed this to newsmen in Abeokuta Thursday. He said INEC in Ogun took delivery of the materials, which include result sheets and ballot papers in the early hours of Thursday. Speaking while inspecting the materials kept inside the Abeokuta branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Ijalaye disclosed that the materials would be accompanied by armed security…
Ahead of Saturday’s presidential election in Kaduna State, the Inspector General of Police has deployed three Commissioners of Police (CP) and four Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) for election duty. A statement issued by the Kaduna State Police Command spokesperson, DSP Mohammed Jalige, noted that the officers are headed by CP Sunday Babaji, the newly posted Commissioner of Police. Babaji, according to the statement, assured the people of the state and all political actors of absolute neutrality and a level-playing field in the Saturday general election, adding that the deployment is meant to provide watertight security before, during and after…
If American intelligence is right and China really is about to arm Russia in its genocidal war against Ukraine, we may be entering a new era in international relations. An even more dangerous one? That remains to be seen. In effect, Chinese military support for Russia would finally turn the Ukrainian conflict into a proxy war between two hostile blocs, with a third trying to stay out of the fray. The US, the European Union and the geopolitical “West” — from Canada to Japan and Australia — would be supplying Kyiv. China, Iran, North Korea, Belarus and a few other…
The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said all the recently released polls in favour of Peter Obi of the Labour Party were meant to prepare grounds for unrest by giving false hope of winning to his supporters, otherwise referred to as ‘Obidient’. The Special Adviser on Media and Strategic Communications, Dele Alake, stated this Wednesday while addressing a press conference in Abuja. He said the polls will only lead to despair, despondency, utter shame and disappointment because the pollsters only took a flight of fancy. Alake stressed that there was no evidence and reality…
Ahead of Saturday’s presidential election, the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus has said the alleged move by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to canvas votes for the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, would end in futility. Speaking during Arise Television program on Wednesday, Secondus declared that Rivers people have rejected the former Lagos governor. There have been reports that Wike, who is the leader of the aggrieved governors elected under the platform of PDP, is working for Tinubu to emerge winner of the presidential poll. But Secondus countered the move,…
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Kalu, has said the G5 governors would work for Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu in the February 25th presidential election. He disclosed this on Wednesday in a Channels Television interview monitored by the media. He said, “The G5 Governors came together and realized they must work together. And they are working together. I don’t believe the Governor of Benue State is working for the Labour Party; he wants to use that to win the election. “The G5 Governors have made up their minds that they will not work for any other person other than…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday drew the curtain on his campaign rally in Lagos State, with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo not attending any of them. InfoStride News observed that Osinbajo did not attend any of Tinubu’s presidential campaign rallies across the country. This might not be unconnected to their differences prior to the APC presidential primaries in 2022. Osinbajo had endured a frosty relationship with Tinubu during the APC presidential primaries in 2022, as followers of the latter believed that the Vice President should have backed his political godfather. During the APC…
As the general election beckons, the electorates in Ondo State are already warming up to storm the 3,933 polling units across the 18 local government areas of the state, where they will cast their votes for the candidates of their choice. However, with Ondo State being among the few states in the country that will not be having governorship elections in the 2023 elections, voters within the state’s 203 political wards will be at the polls on February 25 to elect the president and National Assembly members, as well as on March 11 to cast their ballots for the 26…
Ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections, the Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege has dropped 19 reasons for Deltans to remember before casting their votes in the presidential election slated for Saturday, February 25. Sen. Omo-Agege gave the reasons on his Facebook page, DAILY POST reports. According to him: “Before you vote on Saturday, remember not to forget that: For eight years, Okowa could not fix Effurun-Sapele Road from Effurun Roundabout to Enerhen Junction. For eight years, Okowa could not fix Udu Road down to Express Junction. For eight years, Okowa could not fix Enerhen Road from…