The US does not have a central body to conduct elections and the task is left to a chaotic patchwork of state and local authorities with their own rules and methods. The Federal Election Commission is only in charge of enforcing federal election campaign laws and not running the elections. There isn’t even a common voting machine for the country and within a state, the machines could vary: In New York state, the city uses machines from a company called Election Systems & Software, while elsewhere machines from Dominion Voting Systems, a company founded in Canada and has headquarters in…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
The Biden administration is privately encouraging Ukraine’s leaders to signal an openness to negotiate with Russia and drop their public refusal to engage in peace talks unless President Vladimir Putin is removed from power, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. The paper quoted unnamed people familiar with the discussions as saying that the request by American officials was not aimed at pushing Ukraine to the negotiating table, but a calculated attempt to ensure Kyiv maintains the support of other nations facing constituencies wary of fueling a war for many years to come. It said the discussions illustrated the complexity of…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun has issued a warning to Olasoji Adagunodo to withdraw the pending court case on the Osun PDP chairmanship tussle. In a statement signed by the Osun PDP caretaker chairman, Akindele Adekunle in Osogbo on Saturday, the party in the warning, alleged that the case has been hijacked by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adagunodo, was a former PDP chairman in Osun before he was removed and his removal threw the state chapter of the party into uncertainty with two factions arising before peace was finally restored in 2021. Adagunodo is now the PDP…
Mysterious bees on Saturday disrupted a rally by the ruling All Progressive Congress, (APC), in Kogi State. The bees seen in a video circulating on social media chased away many supporters of the APC. The incident happened at a political rally in Ihima, under the Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State. Supporters of the APC were spotted running for dear lives when the mysterious bees invaded the rally. The development has continued to generate mixed reactions in the social media space.
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday, inaugurated the Electoral Logistics Committee (ELOC). The team has the responsibility to ensure hitch-free logistics ahead and during the 2023 general elections. Yakubu stressed that the committee was critical to the successful conduct of the polls. Yakubu recalled how flights that conveyed essential election materials in the 2019 poll couldn’t land in some airports due to poor visibility. He urged the team to submit periodic reports through the chairman of the committee, an INEC National Commissioner. Section 27(3) of the Electoral Act 2022 empowers INEC to request…
The Zamfara State Council of Ulama of Nigeria has called on politicians to concentrate on issues that will bring peace and unity to the country for the successful development of democracy and the nation entirely. The chairman of the council in the state, Sheik Ahmad Umar Kanoma made the call at a peace dialogue meeting organised for party chairmen and other stakeholders in Gusau, the state capital. He noted that politics of bitterness cannot help the country to move forward, saying that the politicians are supposed to be guiding youths on the issue of unity. “The Council is not in…
Pakistan’s electronic media watchdog on Saturday prohibited television channels from broadcasting or rebroadcasting ousted premier Imran Khan’s speeches or media talks, saying airing such content would likely to create hatred among the people and endanger national security. The Pakistan Electronic Media and Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) warned that it will suspend the broadcasting licence in case of any violation. In case of any violation, the observed licence may be suspended without any show-cause notice in the public interest along with other enabling provisions of law, it said in a notification. It also said that Khan during his long march speeches and…
PDP governorship candidate in Ogun State, Hon. Ladi Adebutu has asked the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike and others who could not accept Iyorchia Ayu as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to leave the party. InfoStride News recalls that Wike and four other governors of the PDP have insisted that Ayu should resign as the Chairman of the party or they would not support the presidential candidacy of Atiku Abubakar. According to them, Ayu had promised that he would resign his position if a northerner emerged as the presidential candidate of the PDP. After Atiku emerged…
The Peoples Democratic Party has lambasted a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, over comment projecting the vice presidential candidate of the ruling party, Kashim Shettima as a godly man. The former aviation minister, who is a staunch supporter of the APC presidential flag bearer, Bola Tinubu, had in a recent outing, referred to Shettima as a refined godly man ready to help the country. But PDP in a statement issued on Saturday by its Spokesperson for the Presidential Campaign Management Committee, Senator Dino Melaye, said Shettima was rather preparing to help his “Bandits’ Empire” not Nigeria.…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Alhaji Sahabi Bojo-Bodinga, one of the prominent elders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State, had defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bojo-Bodinga was received by the APC leader in the State, Senator Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North), at his residence in Sokoto on Friday. This was contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Sokoto on Saturday by the Special Adviser, New Media to Wamakko, Bashar Abubakar. Abubakar explained that the event was witnessed by the Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi, the APC governorship candidate in the state, Alhaji…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, Prof. Martin Ike-Muonso has decried what he called disturbing level of poverty in the State. The party chieftain, who addressed journalists on Friday, claimed that the State had about 53 percent poverty rate. He spoke after the APC guber candidate in the State, Chief Uche Nnaji held an interactive session with the business community at the ECCIMA House, Abakaliki road, GRA. While analysing Nnaji’s presentation at the meeting, Ike-Muonso said, “Enugu State can only break away from the stranglehold of poverty and unemployment through solid collaborative governance with the…
South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired four short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, adding to its barrage of weapons demonstrations this week that has raised tensions in the region. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Saturday that the missiles flew around 130 kilometers (80 miles) toward the North’s western sea. North Korea this week launched dozens of missiles into the sea, including an intercontinental ballistic missile that triggered evacuation warnings in northern Japan, and flew warplanes inside its territory. North Korea has described its military actions as an appropriate response to a combined U.S.-South Korea aerial drills,…
Three National Assembly candidates of the Labour Party in Rivers State have been disqualified by a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt. The candidates disqualified include Obio/Akpor, Port Harcourt City 1 and Port Harcourt City 2 Federal constituencies. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the State had gone to court arguing that the LP did not comply with the new Electoral Act in their selection of candidates. PDP had pleaded with the court to void the primary in which the trio were elected and direct the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to disqualify the candidates. Justice Stephen Daylop-Pam, the…
Three National Assembly candidates of the Labour Party in Rivers State have been disqualified by a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt. The candidates disqualified include Obio/Akpor, Port Harcourt City 1 and Port Harcourt City 2 Federal constituencies. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the State had gone to court arguing that the LP did not comply with the new Electoral Act in their selection of candidates. PDP had pleaded with the court to void the primary in which the trio were elected and direct the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to disqualify the candidates. Justice Stephen Daylop-Pam, the…
Former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has commended the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu for fixing his campaign in Imo and Anambra States on Mondays. InfoStride News earlier reported how the APC presidential flagbearer dared the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, by fixing his campaign rallies on a day the secessionist group observes a sit-at-home in the region. Reacting, Shehu Sani, expressed confidence on the doggedness of Tinubu and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, saying the country needs leaders who can defy terrorists, bandits and separatists. The PDP Chieftain…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State is facing a fresh crisis that is threatening the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu. This time, there is sharp disagreement between some members of the House of Representatives, led by the Majority Leader, Ado Doguwa, and the Deputy Gubernatorial candidate of the party, Muritala Garo. DAILY POST recalls that during the week, Garo had alleged that he was assaulted by the majority leader, who he claimed disrupted an ongoing meeting by some stakeholders in the State. However, Doguwa had also countered the claim, stating that Garo is leading the capturing…
President Joe Biden on Thursday told supporters we’re gonna free Iran after audience members appeared to call on him to address the ongoing protests that have spread through that country in the aftermath of the death of a young woman in the custody of its security forces. Don’t worry, we’re gonna free Iran,” Biden said in an aside during a campaign rally for Democratic Rep. Mike Levin. He added, They’re gonna free themselves pretty soon. Biden made the comments as supporters in the crowd held up cellphones displaying the message FREE IRAN. The Biden administration has faced growing criticism from…
An Ibadan-based broadcaster, Alhaji Abolade Salami, has asked the Oyo State Government to count him out of the re-election campaign committee of the state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde. Salami made this disclosure via a statement issued Thursday evening and made available to journalists in Ibadan, the state capital. Makinde was elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019. The governor who is seeking another term in office had constituted a media committee for his re-election, DAILY POST gathered. Some online medium had reported that Salami was named as a member of the media committee of the re-election…
The Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, in Cross River State, Ambassador Ogar Osim said his party’s popularity is derived from Nigerians’ perception that it is the only party capable of reforming the country’s body politics. He made the disclosure during his reaction to the speculation that the candidate of his party for Cross River Southern Senatorial District, Daniel Asuquo, has been disqualified by the court and is no longer in the race. Ogar expressed surprise at the news, arguing that any attempt to deprive Asuquo of his candidature for the senate is already a lost battle as the party…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has downplayed the role of a cabal in his government if elected president in 2023. Atiku assured Nigerians that he would be in charge of his government because there would be no room for any cabal. He gave the assurance while speaking with Voice of Nigeria, VON, Hausa Service in the United States, US. Stressing that he would not allow any clique to hijack his government if elected, Atiku said no group of people would manipulate him. He said: “You won’t find any cabal in my government. It is me: Waziri…