Days after the Joe Biden administration announced an additional USD 800 million in military assistance to Ukraine, Russia warns the United States of “unpredictable consequences” if the country continues to transfer weapons to Ukraine. Washington Post reviewed a diplomatic note that Russia sent the US this week and said that the note warned that US and NATO shipments of the “most sensitive” weapons systems to Ukraine could bring “unpredictable consequences,” reported Aljazeera. “We call on the United States and its allies to stop the irresponsible militarization of Ukraine, which implies unpredictable consequences for regional and international security,” said the note.…
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The Senior Pastor of Awaiting the Second Coming of Jesus Christ Ministry, Pastor Adewale Giwa has disclosed that the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo was the brain behind the failed 2015 manifesto of the All Progressives Congress, APC. According to the pastor, it was surprising that Osinbajo declared to run for presidency despite his contribution to the current quagmire Nigeria is facing. Giwa, who stated this in Akure, the Ondo State capital, over the weekend, stressed that the Vice President has nothing to bring to the table following what he described as woeful performance of the APC-led government since 2015. “It’s…
A former commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the administration of former Governor Rauf Aregbesola in Osun State, Barrister Kolapo Alimi has revealed that he has plans to decamp to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former commissioner, however, stated that no specific date has been fixed yet for his formal defection. This is coming as there seems to be no end in sight to the crisis between the Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola and his predecessor and now Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. It was also gathered that apart from Alimi, other loyalists of the Minister of…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extended the closing dates for the purchase and submission of Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms ahead of the 2023 general elections. According to a statement signed by PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, this is to enable the Party to make up for the two days public holidays during Easter. The last day for the purchase of all forms was Thursday, April 14, 2022, while the last day for the submission of all forms was April 17, 2022. The initial dates for screening of aspirants for State House of Assembly: April 19, 2022,…
The United States wants China to pay a “greater price” for Beijing’s actions around the world, including its alleged support for Russia and cyberattacks on Taiwan, US Senator Lindsey Graham said on Friday. Graham is currently visiting Taiwan as part of a delegation of six US lawmakers, headed by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez. The delegation arrived in Taiwan on an unannounced visit for talks with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and National Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng, reported Sputnik. “We’re going to start making China pay a greater price for what they’re doing all over the world. The support…
The Ex-President of the Nigerian Senate and presidential hopeful on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Bukola Saraki, has disclosed that he and other aspirants of the party are currently working towards coming up with a consensus presidential candidate that has the capacity to address the prevailing insecurity in Nigeria. He stated this after a closed-door with the Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu at his country-home Umuobiakwa community in Obingwa Local Government Area of the state, alongside other notable presidential aspirants of the PDP. His statement was contained in a press release made available to newsmen on…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, a Presidential aspirant, has faulted the influence cabals have on leadership. Wike said leadership should not be a cabal thing. He stressed that leadership should not be about secret alliances that make people disconnected from the government. The PDP Presidential aspirant spoke while meeting some stakeholders of the party in Edo State, NAN reports. Wike vowed to retrieve power from the All Progressives Congress, APC, if given PDP’s presidential ticket. According to Wike: “If you’re running in an election, power isn’t given for free; it is taken. I have come out and I’m going…
A stalwart of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Abayomi Nurain Mumuni has enjoined supporters of both the national leader of the party, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo not to inherit enemies because of the duo. Mumuni also advised supporters of the two politicians to desist from name-calling and inciting comments in the interest of the party. Recall that Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State had a few weeks ago declared his intention to contest the 2023 Presidential election on the platform of APC. Osinbajo, who had worked as a Commissioner under…
Less than a year to the 2023 general elections, a Pan Igbo Socio-cultural group known as Izu Umunna Cultural Association an affiliate of Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo has called on the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone its presidential ticket to the South-East. The Group said Igbos have over the years continued to give the PDP support since the return of democracy and it will be in the spirit of fairness that the zone be considered to produce the next President of the country under the party. Izu Umunna in a press statement jointly signed by the President Dr.…
Russia’s Defence Ministry on Friday promised to ramp up the scale of missile attacks on Kyiv in response to Ukraine’s diversions on the Russian territory. The statement comes a day after Russian authorities accused Ukrainian forces of launching airstrikes on residential buildings in one of the country’s regions on the border with Ukraine, in which seven people sustained injuries. According to Russian officials, some 100 residential buildings were damaged in Thursday’s attack on the Klimovo village in the Bryansk region. The Defense Ministry said that the Russian forces in Ukraine’s Chernihiv region shut down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter that was…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has revealed that an emergency National Executive Committee meeting (NEC) will be held on Wednesday, 20th April 2022. The maiden post-National Convention meeting of the ruling party will be held in Abuja. The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka in a statement said all members of the NEC are expected to attend the meeting. He said: “Pursuant to Article 25.2.ii of the Constitution of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the National Working Committee (NWC) hereby invites members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of our great Party…
Former Kano Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has said he controls votes and has what it takes ahead of the 2023 election. Kwankwaso made this known while speaking with Chude Jideonwo. According to the ex-governor, he worked for President Muhammadu Buhari after he was convinced not because of his tribe or money. Kwankwaso urged presidential aspirants to come to him adding that the presidency is not an appointment but by who is capable. The former Governor said, “My former colleagues in government met in Lagos and said the presidency has to go to them, how? Come and talk to me, we…
An Anambra lawmaker, Dr Timothy Ifedioranma (APC-Njikoka – I) on Friday charged Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and Bola Tinubu to give up their presidential ambitions for the Southeast. Ifedioranma told newsmen in Awka that giving up their ambition was the way to the path of justice, equity and fairness. He said, “Both Tinubu and Vice-President Osinbajo are citizens of this country and they are qualified to contest and occupy that position in this election. “But I urge them as elder statesmen to toe the path of justice, equity and fairness by giving up that position for a South easterner to emerge.…
Chairman of the House Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development, Hon. Adewunmi Onanuga, has been accused of poor representation. A business expert, Segun Olusola, said the woman, who is representing Remo Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives in Ogun State, is performing “below the bar”. Olusola, who is the Gbolugboye of Isara Remo, in an interview withthe media, described Onanuga’s representation as being absolutely “embarrassing and ridiculous.” According to him, the majority of elected lawmakers are in Abuja to do their biddings instead of representing the constituents that elected them to be their ears and eyes in the…
Russia, contesting elections to four UN committees, lost all of them, including one to Ukraine, a verdict being seen as Moscow’s isolation on the global stage. Elections were held in the United Nations Economic and Social Council on Wednesday to fill various vacancies in subsidiary and related bodies. Russia was contesting elections to the Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations, UN Women Executive Board, UNICEF Executive Board and Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Russia competed in 4 elections to @UN committees today. It lost in all of them. The UN membership is isolating Russia and stands with Ukraine, the United Kingdom Mission…
The All Progressives Congress Zonal Youth Leader (North-West), Abdulhamid Umar Mohamed, has urged the National leadership of the party to reduce the Intent Forms Fees by 50 percent, to allow youths chances of full participation in politics. The youths on Thursday asked the National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu to quickly grant 50% discount on intent forms for youths seeking to contest elective positions under the platform of the party if the APC genuinely wants youths’ active participation. Muhammad who made the call in a statement said such a gesture would encourage youth participation in governance and make them…
As the preparation for the 2023 general election is gathering momentum, the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has urged members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to play politics with decorum and not to see the forthcoming general elections as a matter of do-or-die. The governor who stated this on Wednesday while addressing the party faithful at a Ramadan Iftar organized for members from the three senatorial districts, held at the Presidential Lodge, Abeokuta, declared the party would follow its constitution to the letter without prejudice in selecting people that will represent the state at all…
The Leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Thursday, released a fresh prophecy concerning the Ogun State 2023 gubernatorial election. In a statement signed by his Media Aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele revealed that Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State will have a second term, although it will not be rosy. He said the challenges Abiodun will face are within the All Progressives Congress, APC, and that there is no serious person in the camp of former governor Ibikunle Amosun that can take the seat away from him. The man of God noted that Governor Abiodun…
The All Progressive Congress, (APC) Political Alliance (APA) group has warned Governor Yahaya Bello to jettison the idea of imposing unpopular candidates on the people of Kogi State ahead of the 2023 general election. The group, while lamenting the recent political wrangling in the Kogi State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress said the alleged imposition of unpopular candidates by Governor Bello could make the party lose all elective seats in the state to opposition parties. Speaking with newsmen on Thursday, the group’s spokesman, Shehu Mustapha stressed that, Governor Bello’s recent stand to force unpopular candidates on the people will…
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday urged China to use its special relationship with Russia to persuade Russia to end the war in Ukraine. Beijing cannot expect the global community to respect its appeals to the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity in the future if it does not respect these principles now, Yellen said at the Atlantic Council, a nonpartisan think tank. Yellen’s speech at the Atlantic Council comes a week before the world’s finance ministers and central bank governors convene in Washington for the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group Spring Meetings. Her direct appeal to China underscores…