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…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
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…
All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, Bola Tinubu has declared that Nigeria needs a courageous leader like him. Tinubu described himself as the most qualified for the position of Nigeria’s President in 2023. The former Governor spoke at a parley in Lagos attended by former and serving All Progressives Congress (APC) Speakers and their Deputies. “We have the brilliance, the resources, the focus. We don’t just know how to run the race and take care of the gear of progress. “Just as I need Nigeria, Nigeria needs me”, he said at the event hosted by Lagos Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa. Tinubu…
Some aspirants, under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, on Wednesday, staged a protest at the Party’s secretariat on Aba road, Port Harcourt over alleged failure to issue them with nomination forms. The protesters, who were mainly aspirants for the State House of Assembly seats, were at the State secretariat of the PDP with their receipts of payment for party nomination forms. One of the protesters, Isreal Agbasi, who spoke on behalf of others, said they were asked to pick their forms at the State party secretariat after making payment at the national party office…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the registration of 88,630 new voters in Osun State as invalid. The development comes weeks to the gubernatorial election in Osun. The polls will be held on Saturday, July 16, 2022. According to data presented by the commission at a media briefing on Wednesday, 218,142 new voters have been registered in Osun, out of which 129,512 were valid, 88,630 were invalid. This number, the electoral umpire stated, represents 40.6% of the new voters who completed their registrations. Speaking at the briefing, Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, said invalid registration was recorded in all…
The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned, in strong terms, what it called “the blatant refusal of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) government in the State to pay the 20 months outstanding workers’ cooperative deductions.” The PDP described as a huge shame that the APC government, instead of “swallowing its empty pride, still has the balls to hoodwink Ogun State workers by attempting to change the conversation that the unremitted cooperative deductions were owed by the last administration.” In a statement made available to the media on Thursday, the Publicity Secretary of the PDP…
Annual inflation in Russia accelerated to 17.49 per cent as of April 8, its highest since February 2002 and up from 16.70 per cent a week earlier, the economy ministry said on Wednesday, as the volatile ruble sent prices soaring amid unprecedented Western sanctions. Prices on nearly everything from vegetables and sugar to clothes and smartphones have risen sharply since Russia’s February 24 invasion of Ukraine. The central bank warned on Wednesday that consumer inflation in Russia will keep on accelerating in annual terms due to base effects, saying that ruble volatility will lead to upside inflationary pressure. Weekly inflation…
Nine gubernatorial aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from Kwara North Senatorial District, have resolved to pick a candidate for the 2023 general elections in the state without any rancour through consensus arrangement. InfoStride News reports that the party had earlier zoned the governorship ticket to the senatorial district for the general elections. The resolution was contained in a communique issued at the end of a meeting held in Abuja with the national leader of the party, Dr Bukola Saraki on April 12, 2022, at his Maitama residence, in the Federal Capital Territory. Part of the communique made available…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said his decision to run for the Presidency is not to negotiate the Vice Presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Wike disclosed this while addressing PDP delegates and leaders in Calabar, Cross River State capital, on Wednesday. The PDP presidential aspirant said he was in the state to meet party members and signify his seriousness to be Nigeria’s next president. Wike also dismissed claims of picking the Senatorial forms like other aspirants of the party have done secretly. He said: “I am here to introduce myself to you. We have started…
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has asked Nigerians to ignore one Olugbenga Olaoye, Co-Convener, ‘Osinbajo Think Thank’ over his comments during an interview. Olugbenga while reacting to the presidential ambition of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu in an interview with Arise TV said Nigerians do not want another sick president who would be embarking on foreign medical trips. He said Nigeria needs a capable person like the Vice President who formally declared on Monday to run for the top political office in the 2023 elections. He said, “We cannot afford another sick President who…
To mark the exit of Senators Abdullahi Adamu, Abubakar Kyari and Hassan Muhammad Nasiha from the Senate, the upper legislative chamber on Wednesday held a special session for them. Senator Abdullahi Adamu was the former governor of Nasarawa State and a three-time Senator representing Nasarawa West Senatorial who emerged the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Senator Abubakar Kyari also emerged Deputy National Chairman of APC (North), while Senator Hassan Muhammad Nasiha was appointed the Deputy Governor of Zamfara State. They all resigned their Senatorial seats for the new assignments. The session which commenced at 11.45 started…
Russia’s defence ministry said on Wednesday that 1,026 soldiers of Ukraine’s 36th Marine Brigade, including 162 officers, had surrendered in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. Mariupol, which has been encircled by Russian troops for weeks, has seen the fiercest fighting and the most comprehensive destruction since Russia invaded on Feb. 24. The main Sea of Azov port is the biggest target in the eastern Donbas region that Moscow now calls the focus of its campaign, and if captured would be the first major city to fall since the war began. Its capture would help secure a land passage…
Osun West Youths and Women Forum (OWYWF) has stated that there is a need for stakeholders within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to give a female the opportunity to represent Osun West Senatorial District in the 2023 General Elections. Making the statement on Tuesday during a chat with journalists in Osogbo, the convener of the group, Lekan Ojasope revealed that with the current political situation in Osun West Senatorial District, there is need for a woman to represent the senatorial zone. Ojasope, who held that they were optimistic that a woman would bring resounding development to the people of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has revealed that a 62-year-old man, Kola Adewusi, a GCE holder is the running mate for the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke. Adeleke, a 61-year-old man, was facing issues about his result until 2021 when he reportedly bagged a degree in criminal justice at a College in the United States of America. Adeleke, a former Senator, who represented Osun west Senatorial District at the National Assembly between 2017 and 2018 – had according to his profile on the National Assembly website, claimed he had bagged a Diploma in…
Ahead of party primaries, two prominent aspirants for senatorial and governorship tickets in the All Progressives Congress, APC, Cross River State have raised the alarm over the processes of selecting the party’s flagbearers. They said that if a level-playing ground was not allowed for all the contestants, the party would face troubles. Speaking separately, former special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla and Senator John Owan-Enoh, who represented Cross River Central Senatorial District in the Senate, said every attempt to cause internal fight in the party should be avoided. Obono-Obla said, “Not giving a level-playing ground…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released the final list of candidates and the parties that would partake in the 2022 Osun gubernatorial poll. The list which was released on Tuesday contained the names of the candidates, deputies and their other details. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Festus Okoye Esq in the release said the list is in compliance with the Electoral Act 2022, the commission. He notified any party that observes that the name of its candidate is missing from the list to “notify the commission in writing, signed by its…
Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif may take some time to appoint a new Cabinet as he knows the fragile nature of the ruling alliance and wants to take along all his allies, according to a media report on Wednesday. Sources in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) told Dawn newspaper that the leadership of both parties had decided to accommodate all allied parties in the federal Cabinet and give them the ministries of their choice. They said the ruling coalition comprised eight political parties and four independents, and since Sharif had become the prime…