The ruling APC in Cross River State has commenced a reconciliation meeting with members of the party who aspired for different offices but controversially lost at the primaries. At a news event, the chairman of the party, Alphonsus Ogar Eba confirmed that one of the key aspirants who eyed the governorship seat was a former Senator who represented the Central Senatorial District, John Owan-Enoh. Owan-Enoh had expressed bitterness over the way he lost the guber primary to Senator Prince Bassey Otu, now the party’s candidate. He had consolidated on the controversy over Otu’s educational qualifications which were under dispute, petitioned…
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French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne survived a no-confidence motion on Monday in Parliament brought by an alliance of left-wing lawmakers shortly after the June elections and termed the no-confidence vote as ‘political tactics’. This non-confidence vote is just political tactics The motion required an absolute majority of 289 votes for the government’s fall, however only 146 lawmakers voted in support of the motion, Al Jazeera reported. Calling the no-confidence vote a political tactic, Borne urged the parliament to switch to a culture of compromise ahead of the vote. While the outcome was slightly doubtful, it was meant as a show…
Ahead of the governorship election in Benue State, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, may have to buckle up as the Social Democratic Party goes into an alliance with the Labour Party. State Chairman of SDP, John Enemari disclosed the development while speaking with journalists in Makurdi, the state capital, on Monday. According to the Chairman, the leadership of the party has directed its members in the 2023 local government and the 276 electoral wards in the state to work with the Labour Party. The SDP chairman lamented that the crisis at the national…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Osun State, Professor Abdulganiy Olayinka Raji, has assured that the results of the Osun gubernatorial election will be announced within 12 hours. Prof. Raji made this known during his welcome address at the INEC Osun election stakeholders meeting on the governorship election on Monday in Osogbo. Raji, while unveiling steps taken by the Commission to ensure a free, fair, inclusive, and conclusive election on Saturday, July 16, 2022, added that measures put in place include ensuring adequate security, distribution of non-sensitive materials in readiness for the poll, provision of…
The Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Abdulganiy Raji revealed on Tuesday that non-sensitive materials have already been batched to the Polling Unit Level and are ready to be conveyed to the Registration Area Centres (RACs) for the conduct of the state governorship election. He said this during an election stakeholders’ meeting held in Osogbo for the Osun gubernatorial poll coming on Saturday. Prof Raji continued that sensitive materials would arrive in Osun state on Tuesday. “Production of Maps of all Polling Units in the state both electronically and hardcopy for ease of movement and location of Polling Units…
A former governorship aspirant under the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prince Tonye Princewill has become the latest member of the party to leave. Princewill announced his resignation in a letter he personally signed and addressed to the ward chairman of the APC in Ward 3 in Buguma Asari Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. The former APC chieftain identified the choice of the “Muslim-Muslim” presidential ticket by the party as his reason for resigning, adding that he cannot defend the choice of a Muslim to deputize another Muslim “, especially at a time like this, against all protestations from…
Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the development of bilateral economic cooperation and the situation in Ukraine during a telephone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Both leaders “focused on tasks to further promote economic cooperation, including measures to improve the contractual legal framework, boost trade and use national currencies in transactions, as well as to ensure uninterrupted supplies of Russian energy,” the Kremlin said on Monday. “The two leaders agreed on close interaction in these areas at the level of the co-chairs of the bilateral intergovernmental commission and the leaders of relevant agencies,” it added. Putin and Erdogan also…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Northeast zone has commended the party’s presidential candidate, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, for his choice of running mate from the region. Senator Kashim Shettima, who hails from Borno State, has been announced as the running mate to the APC presidential candidate. Though his emergence, as noticed by DAILY POST, was received with mixed feelings due to his religious background and that of his principal, this seems not to have bothered the party’s leadership in the zone. Describing Tinubu’s choice as the best thing that has happened to the region in recent times, his action, they believed,…
Former Borno State Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff has commended the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu for picking an ex-governor of the State, Kashim Shettima as his running mate. Sheriff vowed to ensure that Tinubu and Shettima win 2023 presidential election with a landslide victory. In a statement released by his aide, Cairo Ojougboh, he urged APC chieftains to line up behind Tinubu and Shettima to ensure victory for the party in 2023. He disclosed that Sherriff notified him of his nomination as the running mate to Tinubu. The statement reads: “I, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff on behalf…
Barely 24 hours after the Brass Local Government Chairman, Hon Victor Isaiah, dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), another chieftain of the party in the state, Barr. Alex Dumbo, has also dumped the ruling party. InfoStride News gathered that the former Deputy Chief of Staff, Deputy Governor’s Office, Barr. Alex Dumbo, who just left the party had earlier resigned his appointment to contest the Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency PDP primaries. Some of his supporters who brief our correspondent, insisted that a last minute directive to all delegates to deliver Dr. Fred Agbedi, who is an incumbent in the election didn’t go…
The Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has described the choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as the running mate of the Presidential Candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as a wise decision. Gbajabiamila expressed delight that Tinubu settled for one of the best hands for the job of Nigeria’s Vice-President. According to him, Shettima has over the years proved his mettle as a shrewd and progressive politician whose eight years as governor of Borno State – from 2011 to 2019 – was a defining moment for the state. “Asiwaju is widely known as the biggest talent…
The House committee investigating the Jan 6 riot is returning to prime time with a Thursday evening hearing that will examine the three-hour plus stretch when Donald Trump failed to act as a mob of supporters stormed the Capitol. The committee is racing to gather newly emerging evidence and the session could be the final one in a series of public hearings that began in early June. A lawyer for former Trump strategist Steve Bannon, who faces criminal charges after months of defying a congressional subpoena, told the committee over the weekend that Bannon may now be willing to testify,…
Borno Central Senator, Kashim Shettima has reacted to his emergence as the Vice Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Recall that Bola Tinubu, APC presidential candidate had announced Shettima as his running mate. Writing on his Facebook page on Monday, Shettima who met Tinubu in Abuja, thanked him for picking him as his running mate. He said he was visiting children orphaned by Boko Haram in Borno when news of his selection broke. “Thank you for the trust Sir Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Prior to the official announcement of my nomination as the running mate to Asiwaju…
Senate President, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan on Monday hailed the choice of Kashim Shettima as running mate to Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election. Lawan said Shettima, who was Governor of Borno State for eight years, has a combination of private and public sector experience that would help him. In a statement he issued on behalf of himself and the All Progressives Congress (APC), North East caucus, he said Shettima was well prepared for the job. The statement read: “On behalf of myself and the North East Caucus of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), I…
A former governorship aspirant in Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye has mocked the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, over the choice of its vice-presidential candidate. InfoStride News reports that the social media space has been flooded with reactions since Sunday over the announcement of former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima as the running mate of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Tinubu, a Yoruba Muslim had picked Shettima another core Muslim as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election. Reacting to the development, Dino Melaye in a few seconds video posted on his social media handles, said the ruling…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Mustapha Aliyu, has said the choice of a Muslim as running mate to the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential flagbearer, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is to divide Nigeria along religious lines, disorganise the people and raise tension among the poor. Speaking to the media in Kaduna on Monday, Aliyu noted that no religion is superior to others, hence the practice of Muslim-Christian tickets since the beginning of Democracy in Nigeria. “It’s practically clear that some people want to declare this country, as a Muslim country. In as much as we have qualified…
Japan’s governing party and its coalition partner scored a major victory in a parliamentary election Sunday, possibly propelled by sympathy votes in the wake of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Early results in the race for the parliament’s upper house showed Abe’s governing party and its junior coalition partner Komeito securing a majority in the chamber and adding more. The last day of campaigning on Saturday, a day after Abe was gunned down while delivering a speech, was held under heightened security as party leaders pledged to uphold democracy and renouncing violence. Also Sunday, police in western…
The youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, OYC, has reacted to Bola Tinubu’s choice of former Borno Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate. InfoStride News had reported that the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate on Sunday announced Shettima, a fellow Muslim as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election. But at a press briefing in Enugu on Monday, the Ohanaeze youths said the choice of Shettima was against the law of natural justice. The National President of OYC, who is also the National Organizing Secretary of National Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders’Council, Mazi…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu and President Muhammadu Buhari are meeting behind closed-doors. The meeting, which has the Katsina State Governor, Bello Masari in attendance, is holding in Daura, Buhari’s home town in Katsina State. Masari had earlier received Tinubu at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport enroute Daura. This is coming at a time Tinubu was widely reported to have picked former Borno State governor, Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate. Tinubu had submitted the name of Kabiru Masari to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as a place holder ahead of the deadline…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has received knocks in Taraba State after its presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, named former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, as his running mate. Tinubu is a Muslim from the South West while Shettima is also a Muslim but from the North. The Christian Association of Nigeria, Taraba chapter, has openly condemned the Muslim-Muslim ticket, saying it would ensure its members do not vote for the pair. The state body of the association, led by its chairman, Isaiah Magaji Jirapye, said the Muslim-Muslim ticket is capable of causing disunity among religious groups in the country.…