More than 200 Palestinians were injured on Friday in clashes with Israeli servicemen near the city of Nablus in the West Bank, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. “227 Palestinians have been injured in clashes with the Israeli military in the districts of Beita and Bayt Dajan near the city of Nablus in the West Bank,” the organization said in a statement. The Red Crescent that the clashes left one journalist injured. Over the last six months, the area of Beita to the south of Nablus has been witnessing clashes between Palestinians and the Israeli forces. According to media reports, the…
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Saraki said he’s happy most people in Lagos are aware of the Lagos4Lagos movement. Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has received hundreds of disgruntled members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos state to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The APC faction known as the ‘Lagos4Lagos Movement’ under the leadership of Olajide Adediran defected to the PDP on Saturday, December 4, 2021, at the Liberty Place, Ikeja, Lagos. Recall that the Adediran faction held a parallel local government congress at different locations in the state in September. Following the faction’s congress, which was disregarded by the Mai Mala…
The opposition party advised party leaders, stakeholders and members nationwide to note the change of date accordingly. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed the swearing-in of its newly elected National Officers from Thursday, December 9, to Friday, December 10, 2021. Governor of Adamawa State and Chairman, National Convention Organizing Committee (NCOC), Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri announced this in a statement on Saturday, December 4, 2021. In the statement titled “Change of Date for the Presentation of Certificate of Return and Swearing-In Ceremony of the Newly Elected PDP National Officers”, the opposition party advised party leaders, stakeholders and members nationwide to…
Former Borno State Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, has promised to unite the All Progressives Congress, APC, if elected as the party’s National Chairman. Modu Sheriff assured that he would unite all aggrieved APC members and treat them with respect if he becomes National Chairman. He gave the assurance during his visit to the Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, where he declared his intention to run for the seat of APC National Chairman. The former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Chairman, said Bello was a high-ranking APC member, hence his visit. “If I become the chairman, this party will be…
A former governorship running mate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2019 election in Cross River State, Ekpo Okon has dumped the party. Okon is returning to PDP where he was state chairman up till 2015 when Senator Liyel Imoke was governor. He held sway as commissioner in two different ministries during the administration of ex-Governor Donald Duke. PDP chairman in the state, Venatius Ikem confirmed that they will hold formal reception for Okon and others on Monday at the party secretariat in Calabar. Ikem also confirmed that former APC stalwarts like former deputy speaker at the state House…
A senior US Senator in a meeting this week urged Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal to remove tariffs and barriers to trade on pulse crops. Republican Senator Steve Daines represents the state of Montana in the US Senate. Montana is a leading pulse-growing state of the United States and certain tariffs imposed by India, Daines says has been hurting farmers from his state. “With Montana being the number one producer of pulse crops in the nation, and India being the largest consumer of pulse crops in the world, it’s a critical market to open for Montana,” he…
Senators Jibrin Barau representing Kano North Senatorial District and Ibrahim Shekarau representing Kano Central Senatorial District have alleged that the attack on campaign office of the 2023 governorship hopeful, Jibrin Barau by thugs on Wednesday night was politically motivated. They alleged that the factional Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano, Ganduje’s Commissioner for Local Government and three Chairmen of LGAs were behind the attack. In a 3-page petition dated 2nd November, addressed to the Inspector General of Police, Baba Usman Alkali, which was made available to newsmen in Abuja on Friday, the petitioners drew the attention…
Mr Francis Nwaze, Special Assistant to the Gov. David Umahi on Media and Publicity, has described the reports making the rounds that his principal is making contacts to return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as fake. Nwaze made this known in a press statement he singed on Friday. He noted that the publication that Umahi wants to return to PDP is fabricated false report and should be disregarded. “The attention of Ebonyi State government has been drawn to a mischievous publication made in some sections of the media that Gov. Umahi is making contacts to return to PDP. “Ordinarily,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday, mourned the death of elder statesman and former President of the Senate, Senator Joseph Wayas. Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the party described the late Wayas death as a monumental national loss. He said, Wayas was a very courageous democrat, an exceptional statesman, who made personal sacrifices in standing for justice, equity, rule of law and true federalism in our country, both as a political leader and a private individual. Kola noted that as a commissioner in the old southeastern state, member of the Constituent Assembly and later the President of the…
The Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has berated the All Progressives Congress-led federal government for allegedly failing in all three promises made to Nigerians including fighting insurgency, corruption and fixing the economy. The Governor expressed his disappointment on Friday at the presentation of the 2022 appropriation bill to the Rivers State House of Assembly. Governor Wike said the country has never had it worse than it is today since the Nigerian civil war in 1967. He said, “under their watch, we have witnessed two economic recessions in quick successions with devastating economic consequences on the states and living standards of…
The United States and the European Union are increasingly on the same page in countering China’s growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region, said US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Friday. This comes after Sherman met European External Action Service Secretary-General Stefano Sannino in Washington for two days in a row for talks that separately focused on China and the Indo-Pacific, discussing issues including Beijing’s human rights abuses, Taiwan and the coordination on infrastructure development projects in the region, Kyodo News reported. “We see our approach and the EU’s approach to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as complementary…
Moghalu says Buhari should be considered an ‘enemy of democracy’ if he fails to sign the bill. 2023 presidential hopeful, Kingsley Moghalu, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill as a sign of good faith to citizens. A final version of the bill was passed last month by the National Assembly with high-stakes amendments including electronic transmission of election results, and mandatory direct primaries for political parties to elect candidates. Moghalu, a 2019 presidential candidate, said in a series of tweets on Thursday, December 3, 2021 that Buhari should be considered an ‘enemy of…
A member of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers, Mr Karibi Bobmanuel, says Nigerian youths are more interested in following leaders than taking up leadership. Bobmanuel told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Friday that the complacency of youths to happenings in the country was of serious concern. “We have a situation where, youths or young leaders pretend or behave as if all is well and foolishly follow political leaders without a rethink. “We act like a bought over, subdued and hopeless generation of youths that are always remotely controlled, like robots on what to do,’’…
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ebonyi State chapter on Friday said Governor David Umahi and former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu can never defect to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the 2023 general election approaches. The Party gave the assurance in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Ogbuatu Chidi Simbad and made available to journalists in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. The statement reads in part, “The former governor of Abia State Chief Orji Uzor Kalu and governor of Ebonyi State Chief David Umahi is not desperate to return to PDP” The APC leadership…
Former Chairman, Kaduna South Local Government, Dr. Usman Bello on Friday, has condemned the early Friday morning bandits attack that led to the killing of two people and kidnapping of others in Ungwan Gimbiya Community of Sabo in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Bandits had in the early hours of Friday invaded Ungwan Gimbiya Community of Sabo in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and abducted over 50 people and killed two persons. Dr. Usman Bello, a PDP Chieftain urged the federal and state governments to find lasting solutions to the incessant killings in Kaduna State and…
The Taliban decreed on Friday they were banning forced marriage of women in Afghanistan, a move apparently meant to address criteria the international community consider a precondition to recognising their government and restoring aid to the war-torn country. The move was announced by the reclusive Taliban chief, Hibatullah Akhunzada, a cleric chosen as the group’s supreme leader who is believed to be in the southern city of Kandahar. It comes as poverty is surging in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover in August amid the withdrawal of US and NATO troops. Since then, foreign governments have halted funds that had been…
A Former Chairman of Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, has urged Nigerians to be hopeful and watchful for the rebirth of a new Nigeria. Ohuabunwa who is hopeful of a presidential nod from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stated that the chances of his party in 2023 are high, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) has failed woefully compared to the 16 years reign of PDP. Ohuabunawa spoke at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport Lagos, when a political group, Coalition of All Nigeria Support Groups (COANG), led by its national chairman, Comrade Mark Iheanyi and members of…
It is not getting any better. The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State appears to have bitten more than it can chew and there is therefore, no peace in the party. The October 16 state congress was expected to bring cohesion in the state chapter, but it has deepened the crisis. There are three factions currently claiming leadership and control. The third faction was the creation of the October 16 state congress. In April this year, a festering leadership crisis had been resolved after the members came together at the state secretariat and pledged total loyalty to the leadership…
A former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuff has insisted that the 2018 Osun gubernatorial election was rigged and the agents used in carrying out the act had been duly compensated with plum positions in the current administration. Speaking on a radio current affairs programme in Osogbo on Friday, Yusuff revealed that regarding the statement he made in Abuja during the purchase of his gubernatorial nomination forms at the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretariat, Abuja, he was not a violent man. He explained that by insisting that “no man born of a woman can rig him…
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain from Abia State, Dr. Isaac Nkoke, has warned the party leadership against re-admitting a former Governor of the state and Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, into the party. This was coming against the recent visit to the former Abia State Governor by the national leaders of the main opposition PDP in Nigeria led the National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, at his Abuja residence on Thursday. Orji Kalu had posted in his official Facebook account said, “Received and held a luncheon with leaders of the opposition party Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…