US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China early next month and the details of his visit are being worked out, an official spokesperson said. The challenge that North Korea poses to the Indo-Pacific region and beyond will be on the agenda when the secretary of state visits Beijing, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said at his daily news conference on Wednesday. “The Secretary has said for a number of weeks now that he will travel to the PRC (People’s Republic of China) early this year. Now that we are in early 2023, I would expect that the…
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Former peoples Democratic Party PDP Chairman of Dabaza ward in Kazaure Local Government, Jigawa State, Abubakar Sani alongside other party executives have decamped to the All Progressives Congress. Chairman, Kazaure local government council Muhammad Mukhtar Zanna stated this while receiving the defectors in Jigawa. He said the APC is the only political party built upon national patriotism, love for humanity, justice, equality and selfless commitment. Zanna, however, assured the new members that they will enjoy all the benefits other old members of APC are benefitting from. He said, ” Your efforts and commitment towards the victory of the party determine…
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar said he will not descend to the level of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Atiku who said he is committed to his contract with Nigerians, claimed Tinubu resolved to personal attack to cover his character. In a statement Thursday, PDP’s Presidential candidate said when elected, his administration will assemble a team of some of the brightest and best Nigerians that abound within the country and in the Diaspora to assist in rebuilding the country. The statement read in part “I have…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State has slammed Governor Okezie Ikpeazu for alleged resort to falsehoods in an attempt to lure the electorates to vote him into National Assembly. The party leadership frowned at Ikpeazu’s latest use of free school feeding programmes initiated and implemented by the APC-controlled federal government as a strategy to garner undeserving support and votes of Abia people to become a Senator in Nigeria. Offor Okorie, the APC Publicity Secretary in Abia gave the knocks while addressing journalists in Umuahia on Wednesday. He insisted that it amounts to a big shame for the governor…
One of the spokespersons for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Ndi Kato, has called out the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for engaging in what she described as “shady dealings.” The statement was contained in a post via her Twitter handle on Thursday. Kato alleged that the Electoral Commission had secretly changed its deadline for the submission of party agents from 20 January to 18 January 2023. She said the development was noticed after INEC had shut down its website Wednesday night. Kato also warned the commission not to engage in shady dealings capable of costing Nigerians…
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has raised an alarm alleging that some lawyers without legal briefs and authorisation appear in court periodically to represent the party. Also, the party said it would not hesitate to take stringent measures following any infractions in this regard. It even disclosed that the unnamed lawyers had filed court processes on behalf of the party claiming to be duly consulted. The PDP National Working Committee, NWC, said after thorough deliberation, disapproves and dismisses the legal actions as misleading, questionable and fraudulent in content and purpose of known legal norms and practices. The spokesperson for…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has given conditions for members of the party to get appointments or contracts from his government when elected. According to him, individuals eyeing any position in the coming government must win their polling units during the 2023 elections. Atiku spoke on Wednesday during a stakeholders meeting held in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. For the party to emerge victorious in the coming elections, the former Vice President said members must go back to their constituencies and work for the party to win the election. He said following party candidates…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad, has tackled famous Nigerian movie star, Anayo Modestus Onyekwere, popularly known as Kanayo O. Kanayo, over a video clip in which he directed the Igbo living outside the Southeast to remain where they are. Kanayo in the viral video, urged Nigerians of Igbo extraction not to return to South East during the coming elections, alleging that there are plots to reduce the number of Igbos living outside South East. Reacting, Bashir in a tweet on his official handle wrote: “Bashir Ahmad @BashirAhmaad I just watched a video from one Kanayo…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso has identified those responsible for the biggest problem confronting Nigeria. Kwankwaso disclosed this while speaking about his vision for Nigeria at Chatham House. He also noted that NNPP is the only party that penetrated the grassroots. Kwankwaso said his party is working to penetrate the Southern part of the country. According to Kwankwaso: “Forget about the big people, who are actually the problem of our country. “In Northern Nigeria today in terms of votes and support. Now we are working in the Southern part of the country.”
Oluremi, the wife of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to ‘drive out’ her husband if he fails to perform if elected president. She gave the charge at the South-East women’s rally for Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign in Owerri, Imo State. The former Lagos State governor said February’s election should be centred around performance with the fear of God and not religion. He urged Nigerians to give the APC Muslim-Muslim a chance after voting for Christian-Christian. “Let’s leave religion aside; I am a Christian. Have you ever thought that one day a Christian-Christian candidate would…
A helicopter crash in a Kyiv suburb on Wednesday killed 17 people, including Ukraine’s interior minister and two children, Ukrainian authorities said. Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, his deputy Yevhen Yenin and State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yurii Lubkovych were among those killed, according to Ihor Klymenko, chief of Ukraine’s National Police. Nine of those killed were aboard the emergency services helicopter that crashed in Brovary, an eastern suburb of the Ukrainian capital, Klymenko said. There was no immediate word on whether the crash was an accident or a result of the almost 11-month war with Russia. A…
Governor Simon Lalong, on Tuesday, appealed to Nigerians to allow Bola Tinubu to become the next President. He stated that it’s the turn of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate to “chop” (slang for eat). The Plateau helmsman made the remark at the party’s presidential campaign rally in Ilorin, the Kwara capital. Lalong is the Director General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). “If you do me good, I’ll do you good. If you do good on the other side, we’ll do good on this side. That is Emi Lokan. Is that not Emi Lokan?”, he asked party…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has responded to a recent claim by Dr Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education, under the former President Olusegun Obasanjo administration, that Atiku Abubakar was not in charge of the economy when he was vice president. Ezekwesili had called on Atiku, the presidential candidate of the PDP, to stop misleading the public by saying he headed the Economic Management Team during his time as Vice president. Ezekwesili’s statement is coming on the heels of the claim by Atiku that he was instrumental in designing a private sector revival strategy and opening the economy for…
Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, the spokesperson for Atiku, Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation, Daniel Bwala, has slammed the opposition for making allegations he described as baseless against the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The statement was contained in a post via his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday. Bwala’s statement is coming on the heels of recent verbal altercations between the camps of Atiku and the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Bola Tinubu. The duo had traded words on corruption and each other’s health status. Both also called for the disqualification of each other as well. However,…
Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Thursday described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship candidate in the state, Titus Uba as the best candidate to succeed him. The governor who lauded the vision of Uba after promising to promote agriculture and strengthen security of lives and property when elected as governor, also asked the people to vote him as Senator to represent Benue North-West in the National Assembly, Governor Ortom spoke Tuesday, when he addressed teeming party supporters at the ongoing statewide campaign rallies held in Naka, Gwer West and Makurdi Local Government Areas.…
President Joe Biden is set to host Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for talks as the US administration looks to persuade the Netherlands to further limit China’s access to advanced semiconductors with export restrictions. Tuesday’s wide-ranging talks are also expected to cover the countries’ efforts to thwart Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and an upcoming democracy summit, according to the White House. The Biden administration has been trying to get the Netherlands on the same page since the US Commerce Department announced in October new export controls aimed at China. The restrictions are intended to limit China’s ability to access…
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Tuesday, slammed the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC and his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar over campaigns of calumny against each other. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement said both parties’ candidates are two sides of the same coin since both sides are claiming that their opponent has been found to have allegedly committed the same offence of money laundering they are accusing each other of. The group said instead of throwing childish campaigns here and there that do not advance Nigeria or benefit…
Kenneth Okonkwo, a Spokesperson to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi has revealed why the party could not produce candidates to contest for various positions in the forthcoming general elections. Peter Obi has taken a relatively small Labour Party into national limelight but despite its popularity, the party failed to get candidates for a number of Senatorial and House of Representatives seats, particularly in areas that are not his stronghold. According to the list released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Labour Party has only 78 candidates out of the 109 seats available. Okonkwo, who…
The National Chairman Action Alliance (AA) party, Adekunle Omo-Aje has expressed dismay over the alleged refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission to obey court judgment. The Action Alliance Chairman threatened to petition foreign embassies and write the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami over the alleged failure of INEC to recognise its candidates for the 2023 general elections despite valid court orders. Omo-Aje who spoke on the sidelines of a programme to mark his 69th birthday organised by party members on Monday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to call INEC to order in for…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday berated a former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili for being petty. On Monday, Atiku, while speaking at an event organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG, claimed he played a major role in designing a private sector revival strategy and opening the economy for private sector investments in several sectors. But Ezekwesili, who served along with Atiku during the administration of former president Olusegun Obasanjo described the ex-Vice President as a liar. However, speaking through his spokesman, Paul Ibe, Atiku accused the former minister of resorting…