The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that there are heaps of Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) dating back to 2017, yet to be collected by their owners in Cross River State. Head of Voter Education and Publicity for INEC in the state, Mrs Anthonia Nwobi made the disclosure during an appearance on a radio programme in Calabar. She said INEC is still conducting sensitisation campaigns to encourage people to collect their cards, stressing that people do not need to go to any other INEC registration centres to register again. “Double registration is an offence, and we guard against it…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday said it only recognises the Labour Party faction that produced the former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi as its presidential candidate. InfoStride News recalls that Jude Ezenwafor, a former chairman of LP in Anambra State, was declared the winner of the presidential primary organised by a faction of the party on Wednesday. But a statement issued by the National President of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba said that faction is not recognized. The statement reads in part, “The leadership of the NLC and TUC recognize the leadership of the Labour Party led by Barr.…
Since Moscow launched its ongoing invasion of Kiev on February 24, the Ukrainian Air Force has carried out more than 1,100 strikes against Russian targets. In a statement on Wednesday, the Air Force Command said: “As of today, more than 1,100 group air strikes on columns of equipment, positions, manpower and logistics centres belonging to the Russian occupiers have been carried out by attackers and bombers of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.” Earlier on Wednesday, the attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force conducted missile and bomb…
The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu has declared that it would be the end of the political careers of the flagbearers of the leading political parties, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar respectively, come 2023. Moghalu said he would send the two heavyweight politicians on permanent retirement by defeating them in next year’s election. Moghalu said this in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Wednesday, during the ADC’s presidential primary. Moghalu said, “I am here to offer myself to you not because I am better than…
Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has mocked Vice President Yemi Osinbajo after former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, emerged as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Sani claimed that Osinbajo would now be called a ‘gulder boy’ after losing the APC presidential ticket to Tinubu. According to him, prior to the APC presidential primary, Osinbajo was called a star boy, adding that failure is an orphan. He disclosed this in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Wednesday. Sani tweeted, “Before the elections, Osinbajo was called a StarBoy. Now he may be called a Guinness…
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has reacted to the emergence of Bola Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Aregbesola was a political godson of the national leader of APC before a political feud tore them apart. Aregbesola congratulated Tinubu in a statement on Wednesday after what he called “hard fought victory at the just concluded Presidential Primary election of our great party”. The minister said Tinubu has “demonstrated once again that you are a dogged fighter and in your quest for the establishment of a democratic society, you are willing to go the whole hog.”…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, has written to Bola Tinubu. The former Lagos State Governor won the presidential ticket at the primary in Abuja. Adamu had announced Senate President Ahmad Lawan as the preferred candidate of the party. In a letter Wednesday night, the former Senator extended the compliments of members of the National Working Committee (NWC). Adamu said his letter on behalf of all APC members was to congratulate Tinubu on “the sterling victory recorded”. The chairman said his emergence has vindicated the party’s nationalistic outlook and patriotic posture as the choice for every Nigerian.…
Sri Lanka’s former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa has decided to step down from his parliamentary seat, as the 21st Amendment to the Constitution that seeks to bar dual citizens from holding any top public office is ready to be tabled in Parliament, according to media reports on Wednesday. Basil Rajapaksa, the younger brother of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, is a dual American and Sri Lankan citizen and the 21st Amendment (21A) seeks to bar dual citizens from holding parliamentary seats or contest future elections. Ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party (SLPP) MP Basil Rajapaksa has…
Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, on Wednesday, made obvious her displeasure over the emergence of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The First Lady refused to join her husband at the podium for the handing of the party’s flag to Tinubu despite several pleas. Aisha rejected every effort to make her move from her seat in the VIP section of the Eagles Square even when officials of the Presidency came to inform her she was called to the podium. Tinubu was, however, handed the flag by President Muhammadu Buhari as Aisha’s space…
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has reacted to the emergence of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Tinubu was declared winner of the APC presidential primary after he polled 1271 votes to beat his closest rival, Rotimi Amaechi and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, who polled 316 and 235, respectively. In a statement by Ohanaeze Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, he said the refusal of the leading political parties to give presidential ticket to the South-East would come with consequences. DAILY POST reports that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar earlier emerged the presidential candidate of the…
The National Leader and the standard-bearer for the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu has commended the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo for his support to President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking during his acceptance speech at the Eagles Square, the venue of the APC Presidential primary, Tinubu said he would have been a little upset with the Senate President, Ahamad Lawan. According to Tinubu: “I thank Osinbajo for being a good support for our president, I thank the legislature, Ahmad lawn; I would have been a little upset because you compete with me, but I thank you for your cool-headedness in the…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed anger at those who wished the party death. Speaking during his acceptance speech on Wednesday, the former Lagos State Governor, Tinubu accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP of plotting to destroy APC. He said the main opposition party had wasted 16 years of the country when it was in power. He said, “Shame on those who already bought coffins for APC, our party is still alive. We are here very confident and courageous. “They called themselves PDP 16 years of misery and failure we…
Angela Merkel defended her approach to Ukraine and Russia during her 16 years as Germany’s leader, saying Tuesday that a much criticised 2015 peace deal for eastern Ukraine bought Kyiv precious time and she won’t apologise for her diplomatic efforts. In her first substantial comments since leaving office six months ago, Merkel said there was no excuse for Russia’s brutal attack on Ukraine and it was a big mistake on Russia’s part. Merkel, who dealt with Russian President Vladimir Putin throughout her chancellorship, rejected a suggestion that she and others engaged in appeasement that ultimately enabled the invasion. I tried…
Pastor Tunde Bakare of The Citadel Global Community Church has made it clear that he will not step down for any aspirant in the race to be the presidential flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bakare stated this at the ongoing special convention of the ruling party at the Eagles Square in Abuja. “I respect every aspirant here, including Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. “But I am not stepping down for anyone. “I am here by the grace of God to step up and contest to become the 16th president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” the cleric said. His…
Governor of Ekiti State and chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, John Feyemi, has stepped down from the presidential race. Fayemi asked his supporters to vote for Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Fayemi announced his withdrawal during the party’s national convention and presidential primaries in Abuja on Tuesday. Fayemi, who was one of the five presidential aspirants submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari by the ruling party’s governors, said the decision was to ensure that a Southerner won the 2023 presidential election. Details later…
Former Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, has also stepped down for the National Leader of the All Progressives Congressive, Bola Tinubu. Amosun stated this at the ongoing presidential primary at the Eagles Square in Abuja. According to him, Tinubu can do the job. He also urged delegates from Ogun state to vote for the former Governor of Lagos state. Amosun follows in the footsteps of Akpabio, who also stepped down for Tinubu. More to follow…
Former Governor of Akwa Ibom, Godswill Akpabio, has stepped down for the National Leader of the All Progressives Congressive, Bola Tinubu. Akpabio stated this at the ongoing presidential primary at the Eagle Square in Abuja. “As I withdraw now, vote for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I am ably qualified to be your President. “But I have stepped down for Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” Akpabio said.
Ukraine will fight to recover all its territory occupied by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday, as his troops battled street-to-street in Sievierodonetsk in one of the bloodiest land battles of the war. “We have already lost too many people to simply cede our territory,” Zelensky said by video link at an event hosted by Britain’s Financial Times newspaper. Stalemate was “not an option”, he said. “We have to achieve a full deoccupation of our entire territory.” Zelensky’s remarks responded forcefully to suggestions that Ukraine must cede territory to Russia to end the war, now in its fourth…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday stormed the Eagle Square venue of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Special Convention in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the officials went around the convention venue before finally taking strategic positions. However, the officials declined to comment when approached by a NAN correspondent at the convention. NAN reports that EFCC officials had made a similar appearance at the PDP Special Convention in Abuja on May 28, without making any arrest. The visit might not be unconnected with recent social media reports indicating that delegates were…
The lawmaker representing the Kano South, Senator Kabiru Gaya has revealed that three presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, APC stepped down for the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. He said the former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani and two others took the decision to enable the party arrive at a consensus candidate. Speaking with Channels TV at the Eagles Square, Federal Capital Territory Abuja, venue of the APC convention, the lawmaker said the party has succeeded in reducing the aspirant in line for consensus to two. He named them to include the former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu…