Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has said that she has never failed in any leadership role she found herself. Tonto Dikeh emerged as the deputy governorship candidate in Rivers State under the African Democratic Congress (ADC). InfoStride News had earlier reported that the ADC governorship candidate, Tonye Ibraye, confirmed the thespian as his running mate in a statement posted on Instagram on Friday. “I have never failed in leadership,” says Miss Dikeh, when she featured on Channels Television Politics Today on Sunday. Speaking further, the actress said she believes “the time is now for the youths to take over leadership.” She…
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The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said he is still searching for his running mate ahead of the 2023 presidential election. He disclosed this while speaking at an event held to mark the 60th birthday celebration of the Speaker of the House of Representative, Femi Gbajambiamila in Abuja on Sunday. Tinubu, while commending the unity between the Speaker and his deputy, Idris Wase, said politicians need to learn how the duo have maintained a stable relationship since they started their reign. “You are a very good symbol of unity and honesty. “Thank you…
Pakistan on Friday said it would like to have a “result-oriented” dialogue with India but the environment for such parleys was not conducive. Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, responding to a query about National Security Adviser Ajit Doval’s recent remarks, said: We would like to have normal relations but tolerance threshold for terrorism is very low. Can’t have peace and war at the choice of our adversary, we will decide when, with whom and on what terms.” The spokesperson said that it was Pakistan’s official position to have friendly cooperative relations with neighbours including India and to resolve all…
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has boasted of victory in the coming July 16 governorship election, saying defeat is never an option for him in the contest. Oyetola said that various efforts his administration had put into the development of the state would make the victory at the poll a landslide one. He said this while addressing members of Nigerian Incorporated Electronic Practitioners, Osun State Chapter during an engagement meeting organised by the Civic Engagement Office on Sunday in Osogbo. Oyetola, who was represented at the meeting by his Special Adviser on Civic Engagement, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, noted that the alleged…
Former governor of Kano State and presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for the 2023 election, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has called on the citizens of the country to reject the candidates of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party. He said they have failed the nation over the years. The former governor noted that the two major political parties have failed over the years to provide succour for Nigerians across all sectors of governance, adding that all indices of socio-economic development are daily rising in the negative side. Kwankwaso, who spoke on Sunday in…
Lauretta Onochie, President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide on social media, has dismissed claims that Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate has no certificate. Onochie described the news that Tinubu has no primary and secondary school certificate as fake. In a post on Facebook, she recounted how President Muhammadu Buhari was accused of being an illiterate who was cloned. She linked the accusations against Tinubu to those campaigning for other presidential candidates. Reports had it that Tinubu informed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that his certificates were stolen by unknown persons during the military era. Tinubu, however, noted…
The Bola Ahmed Tinubu Presidential Campaign Organisation on Saturday accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of recruiting agents. The team described the allegations by the Centre for Reform and Public Advocacy against the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate as untrue. The group gave the police an ultimatum to arrest and initiate criminal prosecution against Tinubu for “false” academic qualifications to secure nomination. The Legal Adviser, Kalu Agu alleged that Tinubu supplied false information on oath in his Form EC9 submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He said in 1999, Tinubu claimed to have attended Saint Paul Aroloya…
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the country’s new landmark multipurpose ‘Padma Bridge’ on Saturday. This is the longest bridge in Bangladesh that will significantly reduce the distance between the capital city of Dhaka to the Mongla sea port, which is important for regional and international trade. “The completion of the Padma Bridge is a dream come true for the 170 million people of Bangladesh. It is a unique infrastructural initiative of the Government of Bangladesh led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,” the Bangladesh government told ANI. “Our Money, Our Bridge, Our Pride- Padma Bridge,” posters with Slogans are decorated…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the alleged incitement by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, cannot save the incumbent Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola from defeat in the governorship election slated for July 16. Adamu, while inaugurating APC National Campaign Council for the Osun State Governorship election, last week had directed members of the council to go back to the trenches and do everything possible within the law to win. Reacting, the PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, Saturday, described the statement by APC National Chairman…
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has warned against alleged plans by some terrorists to assassinate the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi. A statement issued on Saturday by the President-General of the coalition, Goodluck Ibem, alleged that some terrorists told their kidnapped victims who were freed recently that they have concluded plans to assassinate Obi over his decision to run for the presidency in 2023, saying Obi is a threat. Replying to the threat, COSEYL said Peter Obi has the constitutional right as a bonafide citizen of Nigeria to run for any political office…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said he would not quit active politics, despite losing his bid to emerge as the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate. Osinbajo explained that he would continue to contribute his quota in active politics that would bring about real change. Speaking with “representatives of the Diaspora Professionals for PYO” during a virtual meeting, Osinbajo said he would continue to push for a better Nigeria. A statement by his media aide, Laolu Akande, quotes Osinbajo as saying: “I intend to stay very actively engaged in the politics of our country, because I believe strongly that, if…
There are indications that the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, may lose its strongholds and voter base in Rivers State in the 2023 general elections. The imminent upheaval is premised on the expressed dissatisfaction with the outcome of the just concluded PDP presidential primaries and the controversial selection of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as its vice-presidential candidate. Consequently, many PDP stalwarts and supporters are reportedly demoralized and negotiating conditions for defection to either the All progressives Congress, APC, or Labour party. Findings in Rivers State uncovered ongoing political horse-trading to occasion a radical collapse of the existing PDP structures into…
Owing to greater opportunities with cheaper prices over land purchasing rights, labour wages, and operational expenses for factories and warehouses, Vietnam may replace China as the factory of the world in near future. As Omicron flare-ups in China’s manufacturing hubs, like Guangdong Province and Shanghai, disrupted supply chains, Vietnams Q1 economic figures appear to show promising outlook amid the pandemic, reported Global Times. According to Vietnams General Statistics Office, Vietnams economy expanded by 5.03 per cent in Q1 of 2022, compared with the same period of last year, surpassing China which grew 4.8 per cent. Whats more, Vietnams foreign trade…
A former Deputy Speaker in the House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuff has revealed that the anticipated defeat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Osun gubernatorial election will result in the political death of many politicians. Yusuff, who is the Labour Party gubernatorial candidate in the election also revealed that APC chieftains in the state were human haters who were not interested in developing young politicians. Making this revelation while featuring on a radio current affairs programme in Osogbo on Thursday, Yusuff who served as Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives under the banner of the APC explained that most…
Last week, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) won the Ekiti State Governorship election in a landslide. The party won 15 out of 16 local governments, breaking a 23years jinx in the state. With the victory, that is the first time transition will be happening within the party. At the return of democracy in 1999, Niyi Adebayo of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) candidate emerged as governor of the state. He was defeated in 2003 by Ayodele Fayose. But Fayose’s tenure was truncated by the impeachment of 2006. In 2007, Segun Oni was declared the winner but was sacked by…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe has criticized the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi over his anti- infrastructure comment. Igbokwe said Obi was an overrated presidential candidate. He recounted a recent comment by Obi where he condemned President Muhammadu Buhari’s system of stimulating the economy through infrastructure. The former Anambra State governor had said: “You can’t use infrastructure to drive economic growth. “You invest in education and the SME (Small, Medium Enterprises) sector instead to deal with poverty.” Recalling the comment, Igbokwe stressed that the LP presidential candidate was…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vice presidential candidate, Ifeanyi Okowa, has lambasted his critics. Okowa has been facing criticisms from some quarters since his emergence as the running mate of PDP flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar. On Friday, he fired back at his critics after inspecting ongoing projects at the Dennis Osadebey University, Asaba. The Delta Governor told them to visit the state to assess the level of infrastructural development. “People in Lagos and Abuja say that they are not seeing what we are doing. “It is either that they don’t come or that they just want to be wicked in their ways”,…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has denied meddling in an investigation into the 2020 mass shooting, the worst the country’s history. Brenda Lucki, head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), has been accused of pressuring local officers to help advance Trudeau’s gun control plans, the BBC quoted the Halifax Examiner as saying, which was the first to report on the development. According to the Halifax Examiner, the accusation stemmed from notes made by a local RCMP officer, released as part of a public investigation into the mass shooting on April 18-19, 2020, during which a gunman posing as a…
Benue State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday said it read with a mix of pity and amusement, a press statement by the All Progressives Congress (APC) raising the alarm over a purported plot by PDP to sponsor protests under their name. A statement issued by Benue PDP Publicity Secretary, Bemgba Iortyom, described the statement as ‘nebulous, bathetic and totally unintelligent. Lortyom said, “If the purported protests were to be a form of sabotage against APC, wouldn’t such amount to flogging the dead since the opposition party has already hanged itself by its failure to conduct lawful…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has listed two conditions for political parties to change nominated candidates or running mates of their presidential candidates. INEC’s Commissioner on Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, disclosed this while appearing on Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today, on Friday. “A political party cannot substitute a nominated candidate, except in two instances: if the nominated candidate dies. Or if the nominated candidate withdraws from the race. “Any withdrawal must be accompanied by a letter written by the nominated candidate to the political party, indicating he has withdrawn from the race, along with a sworn affidavit…