With 20 days to the 2023 elections, there are insinuations that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar might win the poll. Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political activist, said the disorganisation within the APC might lead to Atiku’s victory. Lately, there have been claims of crisis within APC following remarks by the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Tinubu had accused some people in President Muhammadu Buhari’s government of attempting to sabotage his ambition. In some of his campaign rallies, Tinubu said the naira policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and fuel scarcity was aimed at…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
Secretary of State Antony BlinkenStar gazing is nothing unusual in Montana, where skies go on forever. But as Chase Doak left work on a Wednesday and looked up on a cold winter day he saw a mysterious round white object that was clearly neither the moon or a star. He began to film something that could come straight out of a movie where science fiction meets the Wild West. Within 48 hours the strange thing that went on to confound the residents of Billings was revealed to be a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon. “Not gonna lie,” tweeted Doak as his…
Less than five weeks to the governorship election in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress, APC, Akwa Ibom State has inaugurated its governorship campaign council christened Akan Udofia/Victor Antai Governorship Campaign Council. This is coming after a long legal battle with Senator Ita Enang, one of the governorship aspirants who dragged the party’s candidate to court challenging his membership of the party. In a statement signed by the Director, Electronic and Print Media of the Campaign Council, Anietie Ekong, the governorship candidate, Akanimo Udofia admitted that the journey ahead of them would not be easy but expressed hope that with members’…
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to continue campaigning for the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. The president disclosed this while addressing Nigerians during APC presidential campaign rally in Nasarawa State. “I congratulate you and I can assure you we are going to win through and through; I’ll continue to campaign for Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He’s a committed Nigerian and I believe he’ll give all he has to this country and to you Nigerians. I thank you very much,” Buhari said. The president’s remark is coming amidst claims of a rift between Tinubu and certain elements within the…
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…
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.…