South East Revival Group (SERG) has chastised former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, over his comment on Peter Obi, ex-Anambra State governor. Kwankwaso and Obi are the presidential candidates of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the Labour Party (LP). Kwankwaso said the proposed merger with the LP did not work because he could not be Obi’s running mate. The ex-lawmaker added that accepting the vice presidential position would induce the collapse of the NNPP. Kwankwaso informed the public that his political profile and experience garnered in various capacities helped him to bring the platform to limelight. The former…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday, admitted that he lost his original West Africa School Certificate (WASC) certificate. Okowa, however, disclosed that he has a printout of the result. He disclosed this while addressing journalists in Ozoro in Isoko North Local Government Area, and was contained in a statement issued by the Press Unit, Delta State Government House, Asaba. The Delta State Governor said he had a good result. Okowa said he was less than 22 years old when he finished medical school at the University of Ibadan. The statement reads: “Yes, I lost…
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has denied media reports suggesting that Chinese President Xi Jinping refused to visit Russia. “This is not true. This is completely untrue. The fact is that certain Covid restrictions in China continue, and this is absolutely normal, and this should be treated with understanding,” RT quoted Peskov as saying. “And as all these relaxations of these restrictions allow, of course, all visits will be carried out,” he said. Earlier, the media reported that the Chinese President refused to visit Moscow in response to the invitation from his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. As reported, the Russian leader…
The former secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, Dr. Ntete Bassey Duke has deserted the party. He, alongside other APC chieftains in the state and 50 supporters, has now registered with Labour Party. Bassey Duke and his supporters were received by the state chairman of LP, Ambassador Ogar Osim in the presence of other members of the state executive. Ntete, a former Buhari Campaign Director-General in 2015, said APC is steadily collapsing and it is impossible to resuscitate the party. “I had to look elsewhere from APC because as it is that party is…
Former Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, said he would stand with President Muhammadu Buhari and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, in spite of the “injustice” meted out to his camp. Amosun said he would not stop any of his followers from achieving their political ambitions in any political party of choice. However, he pleaded that he should be left out of the negotiations as he remains focused on ensuring Tinubu wins the 2023 presidential election. Amosun also maintained that the President remains his friend, no matter what happens; promising to stay with him…
The Kogi State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the attack on its members in the Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The PDP, in a statement on Tuesday, signed by Dayo Onibiyo, Director of Communication, warned against the attack, saying “it will allow the police to conclude their investigation before taking action.” InfoStride News had earlier reported that several persons were injured and properties destroyed after suspected thugs invaded the venue of a meeting of the PDP youths in Ologba, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State on Monday. The party in the statement said…
A socio-political analyst, Deji Adeyanju, has suggested why Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, APC, is trying to pick a Northern Muslim as his running mate. Adeyanju said most Northerners don’t consider Tinubu a Muslim. In a tweet, the Abuja-based activist noted that Tinubu is trying to gain the trust of Northerners by picking a Muslim as his running mate. He noted that this is the real reason the APC presidential candidate wants to ignore the accepted norm of balancing a joint ticket with a Christian. “Many people in the North don’t see Tinubu as a Muslim. This…
Breakfast food giant Kellogg Co. lost a legal bid on Monday to block new anti-obesity measures in England banning the promotion of sugary cereals. The US company that makes Coco Pops, Frosted Flakes, Frosties and Rice Krispies had challenged the UK government over regulations taking effect in October restricting the promotion of foods high in fat, sugar or salt. A High Court judge rejected the company’s argument that the regulations don’t take into account the nutritional value of milk added to cereal. Judge Thomas Linden said that mixing a breakfast cereal that’s high in sugar with milk does not change…
The State Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State has suspended its Chairman, Tochukwu Okorie, over alleged gross misconduct. The party’s Deputy State Chairman, Emmanuel Nworie, told newsmen after the committee’s emergency meeting in Abakaliki on Monday that the suspension was for a period of one month. Nworie explained that Nworie was suspended over his failure to organise executive meetings for a period of four months since he was reinstated as chairman by the Court of Appeal in Abuja. He added, “At the emergency SWC meeting, we reviewed the activities of our chairman, Tochukwu Okorie and…
The crisis rocking the Borno chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took another twist on Monday with a faction suspending the state Deputy Chairman, Bunu Satomi and the legal adviser, Mr Abdu Jidda, from the party. A faction led by Satomi had last week suspended the state chairman, Zannah Gaddama, for anti-party activities. But Mr Amos Adziba, the state publicity secretary of the party, said in a statement in Maiduguri on Monday that the action was null and void. Adziba said an extraordinary meeting of the party had also suspended Satomi and Jidda from the party. “The meeting today…
Ahead of next year’s general election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged youths and women to get their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) to vote out the All Progressives Congress (APC) PDP Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagu who made the call, Monday, when he addressed journalists in Abuja alleged that the APC-led federal government is plotting to rig the 2023 election. Damagu also disclosed that the party’s National Campaign and sensitization will hold in Abuja on Tuesday. PDP acting National Chairman lamented that most youths are idle because the APC has failed to create job opportunities. He appealed to youths…
The Governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Akwa Ibom State, Ezekiel Nya-Etok has asked Nigerians to look beyond political party or zone and consider a candidate who has the capacity to turn around the fortunes of the nation. The Governorship candidate stated this in a press briefing over the weekend ahead of the unveiling of the ADC centre in Uyo which he said would be made available free of charge to members of the society irrespective of party preferences. He, however, wondered why people still vote party instead of the credibility of a candidate and what the person…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared victory in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, one day after Ukrainian forces withdrew from their last remaining bulwark of resistance in the province. Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Putin in a televised meeting Monday that Russian forces had taken control of Luhansk, which together with the neighbouring Donetsk province makes up Ukraine’s industrial heartland of Donbas. Shoigu told Putin that the operation was completed on Sunday after Russian troops overran the city of Lysychansk, the last stronghold of Ukrainian forces in Luhansk. Putin, in turn, said that the military units…
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has urged the people of the South-East zone to prepare for what it called ‘a ballot box revolution in the zone’. This formed part of the communique made available to the media on Monday by the group after its meeting in Enugu. The ADC also condemned in totality the increasing state of insecurity in the South-East, characterized by banditry, kidnapping, ritual killings and other forms of criminalities, attributing it to collapse of governance. The communique was signed by the National Vice Chairman of the Party South-East, Chilos Godsent, and its Zonal Secretary, Agumadu Frank. The…
The presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, has said that the Labour Party, LP, cannot win any election with the present realities. Kwankwaso, a former Kano State Governor, totally ruled out the possibility of the LP winning the presidential election in 2023. The LP has former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi as its presidential candidate and the media reports that most people, especially the youths, are looking at the individual and not the political party. The NNPP presidential candidate, who spoke during his appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, said, “I believe it is in the interest…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar said agitation within the party provides them with an opportunity to come together stronger and united. Atiku stated this in a statement on Sunday amid agitation by some PDP governors led by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike over his choice of Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa as running mate. He noted that when PDP gets better, the hope is higher than Nigeria’s rescue is near. The former Vice President said he admires democracy because it is a system with an intrinsic asset of crisis management. He explained…
The Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria, VON, Osita Okechukwu, on Sunday predicted that the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, would win the 2023 elections. Okechukwu said Tinubu would win the presidential election by 60 percent. The founding member of APC made the prediction while addressing journalists at APC National Secretariat in Abuja. He noted that APC has more lawmakers at the National Assembly, adding that they would work towards Tinubu’s victory. Okechukwu stressed that APC members in the National Assembly would not betray Tinubu in 2023. He insisted that the chances of the APC presidential candidate…
The United States is rallying its allies against forced labour as it begins implementing an import ban on goods from China’s Xinjiang region, where it says Beijing is committing genocide of the Uyghur population. US Customs and Border Protection (CPB) on 21 June began enforcing the Uighur Forced Labour Prevention Act, which US President Joe Biden signed into law in December. As per new rules all goods from Xinjiang, where Chinese authorities established detention camps for Uighurs and other Muslim groups, are made with forced labour and barred from import unless it can be proven otherwise. “We are rallying our…
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Senator Walid Jibrin, on Sunday, in Kaduna, appealed to aggrieved party members over the choice of Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa as the party’s vice-presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Jibrin advised that members should allow the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku, and its chairman, Iyorcha Ayu to return to the country. In a statement in Kaduna on Sunday, he maintained that as soon as the party chairman and its presidential candidate returned, the process of reconciling all aggrieved members shall commence with Atiku Abubakar to head the…
As debates concerning the vice presidential candidacy of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) continue to occupy central stage of Nigeria’s polity, a coalition of stakeholders from the North East region, has demanded that the party picks the VP candidate from North Central. This, according to the stakeholders, would afford the party to win the 2023 presidential elections and positions it as a party known for fairness, equity and justice. This was the major resolution of the North East APC Stakeholders Coalition in Abuja on Sunday, at a well attended emergency meeting. Stakeholders from the North West had clamoured for…