Former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha has officially declared to contest for the presidency in 2023. Okorocha currently represents Imo West Senatorial District in the 9th Senate. While declaring his intentions to run for office of President at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, on Monday, Okorocha said uniting Nigerians across ethnic and religious divides would be his paramount goal. He pledged to create an enabling economy, where productive activities and job creation would be the order of the day. The Presidential aspirant also said he would make free education compulsory, especially from primary to secondary schools. Rochas a…
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North Korea on Sunday fired what appeared to be the most powerful missile it has tested since US President Joe Biden took office, as it revives its old playbook in brinkmanship to wrest concessions from Washington and neighbours amid a prolonged stalemate in diplomacy. Japanese officials said the missile, based on their initial assessment of its flight path, potentially reached a maximum altitude of 2,000 kilometers (1,242 miles) and travelled 800 kilometers (497 miles) before landing in the sea. The flight details suggest the North tested its longest-range ballistic missile since 2017, when it flight-tested three intercontinental range ballistic missiles…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) will face a “serious challenge” in 2023, according to a member, Victor Lar. Lar represented Plateau South Senatorial District in the National Assembly between 2011 and 2015. Advocating adequate preparation for next general elections, he mentioned ex-Borno Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, as the best national chairmanship aspirant. Lar commented on the February 26 convention in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. “The APC will face a peculiar challenge in 2023 because President Muhammadu Buhari, known to have galvanised over 12 million votes consistently, will not be on the ballot. “This…
The Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Nicholas Tofowomo, has vowed to quit politics instead of decamping to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Tofowomo, a serving senator on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who described APC as a dead party, said the ruling party will be unsellable to Nigerians in 2023. The senator stated this during the weekend at an event he organised for youths in the southern senatorial district of the state where they were trained on ICT. “Rather than join APC, I’ll leave politics because APC is a dead party in…
Salihu Lukman, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, has demanded that leaders working to undermine the February 26 convention be sanctioned. The former Director-General of Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), made the call in a statement on Sunday. Lukman has been vocal against the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) in recent months. He urged the party to return to the era when internal debates, negotiations and agreements were respected. Lukman said the APC has derailed because President Muhammadu Buhari does not meddle in affairs. The member accused some leaders of abusing the trust of both…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, of unleashing terror on innocent Nigerians. The party condemned the attack on its members and other dissenting voices in the state. A statement on Sunday by National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said Umahi “is using a heavily armed killer squad, disguising under the “Ebube Agu” security outfit, as a political weapon”. The spokesman lamented how the operatives have been “arresting and inflicting grievous bodily harm” on citizens and the opposition. “Since Gov Umahi made the error in his devastating adventure of moving from the PDP to the All…
Italian President Sergio Mattarella was elected to a second term, Lower House Speaker Roberto Fico announced late Saturday, after the parliament gathered in a joint session and concluded its eighth round of voting. Mattarella was reconfirmed with a broad majority, namely 759 votes in favor from a total of 983 lawmakers and regional representatives actively taking part in the ballot, Xinhua news agency reported. “I wish to thank lawmakers and regional representatives for the faith they have put in me,” Mattarella, 80, said in a declaration broadcast live from the Quirinale presidential palace immediately after receiving the official notice of…
The Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has held its state congress, electing Mr Basil Ejidike as the new state chairman of the party. Also elected alongside Ejidike are Ifeanyi Osegbue as Deputy Chairman, Chidi Orji as Secretary, Calista Nwachukwu as Treasurer and Chukwunonso Chinwuba as Legal Adviser among others. The congress, which was witnessed by a committee set up by the national leadership of the party, led by Hon Friday Nwanozie Nwosu, was conducted through a voice vote, affirming Ejidike and members of his immediate past executive. Nwosu said: “This is the APC congress, and today…
Senator representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District, Michael Bamidele Opeyemi has described last Thursday’s Ekiti All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election as a charade. He vowed to fight those he described as principalities and powers behind the exercise which, he said, didn’t meet the minimum standard of conducting election primaries. Bamidele, in a statement he issued on Sunday which was sent to DAILY POST in Abuja, said the APC primary in Ekiti was an ugly one which has not happened in recent times, insisting that he would take all necessary legal actions to test the viability of the results declared…
The Ogoni people have declared that any Ogoni man or woman who seeks the position of deputy governor in 2023 will be seen as an enemy of Ogoniland. The group, known as Vanguard of Ogoni Nation, said Ogoni people will not settle for anything less than the office of the Rivers governor in 2023. The leader of the group, Reuben Favour, described the position of the deputy governor as a spare tyre that has no voice and authority. He said the time they wanted the position has passed, insisting that they only want the position of Governor. Favour said, “What…
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Zagon Kataf Local Goverment Area of Kaduna State, Alhaji Muhammed Boroboro, on Sunday condemned the bandits attack and killing of several people in Atak Mawai in Zaman Dabo village, Atyap Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf. The community came under heavy attack in the early hours of Sunday by unknown gunmen, killing about 10 persons and burning about 10 houses. Speaking to the media on Sunday, Alhaji Borboro, who described the attack as babaric and inhumane expressed regret for the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, noting that its only achievement is insecurity and killing of human…
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said late Saturday she is self-isolating after coming into close contact with a person infected with the coronavirus. The exposure came on a flight from the town of Kerikeri to the largest city of Auckland. New Zealand’s Governor-General Cindy Kiro was also on the Jan. 22 flight and has also gone into isolation. Both women had been in the Northland region to do some filming ahead of New Zealand’s national day, Waitangi Day, on Feb. 6. The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern is asymptomatic and is feeling well, her office said in a statement. In…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olorunda local government, has disowned a chieftain of the party over an alleged verbal attack on Senator Ademola Adeleke. Akin Adeyi, a chieftain of the PDP in Osun State was accused of verbally attacking the former Senator whom many tout as the gubernatorial candidate of the party during a recent television programme in Abuja. The decision to disown the chieftain was contained in a statement jointly signed by Bola Ajao, the Secretary of the party in the state, Nathaniel Ojetola, Chairman of the party in Olorunda local government and Lateef Adesina, Ward 1 chairman of…
Leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Edwin Clark, has given reasons why he would support the Presidential ambition of Bukola Saraki, former Senate President. Clark vowed to support Saraki’s presidential ambition if the Southern part of the country fails to produce a consensus candidate in 2023. He spoke when the Abubakar Bukola Saraki Contact and Advocacy Council, visited him in Abuja yesterday. The PANDEF leader described the former Senate President as “the best for Nigeria.” He commended Saraki for his sterling performance as a Senate President in the 8th Senate. “We have been agitating for the presidency to be…
As the race for the 2023 elections continues, two serving governors from the Northeast under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are perfecting plans to position themselves to run as vice-presidential candidates of the party. The ambitions of the two governors to run as vice-presidential candidates is believed to be jeopardising the interest of three national chairmanship aspirants from the region, InfoStride News gathered. The two APC governors and a former governor from the Northeast, it was gathered, are keen to be picked as presidential running mates while three aspirants from the region are jostling for the national…
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has said he would reveal his intentions on the 2023 presidency to Nigerians during the Easter period. Ngige explained that he is still consulting with relevant stakeholders across the country on running for Presidency in 2023. The former Anambra State Governor spoke at the state’s office of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment in Awka at the weekend. Ngige disbursed empowerment facilities to members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State. Overwhelmed by the empowerment, Anambra women led by lady Nancy Okafor urged the minister to vie for the…
Despite my well-considered warning to Bola Ahmed Tinubu in my factual treatise on him sometime last year, and how his clinching the presidency would be bad for Nigeria, he has proceeded to formally declare his interest in the 2023 presidential election. It appears this mercantile politician whose character portrait is corrosive to democracy and who elevates self-interest over and above national interest will be taking no prisoners in the pursuit of his “lifelong ambition.” However, I am ready to shout it from the rooftops again and again, that his character attributes will engender a conflict of interest like never before…
US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and diplomats from France, Germany, Italy, and the UK during a phone call discussed written responses to Russia’s proposals on security guarantees and the Normandy format meeting, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said in a readout on Friday. “The participants discussed the US and NATO written responses to Russia, the Normandy format meeting held in Paris on January 26, and our ongoing commitment to diplomacy,” Price said. “They agreed on the importance of continued close coordination and unity in the face of Russia’s unprovoked military buildup on Ukraine’s borders and reaffirmed that any…
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has insisted that the North would produce Nigeria’s president in 2023. Bala Mohammed said the claim that power must shift to the Southern part of the country in 2023 is meant for the All Progressives Congress, APC, and not the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He said the North still has four years left, based on the arrangement of the PDP. Mohammed disclosed this when a Contact and Consultation Committee he set up for his presidential ambition submitted its report to him on Friday at the Government House in Bauchi. Mohammed said, “We are aware…
Rochas Okorocha, former Governor of Imo State, has insisted that Nigeria is passing through a difficult moment ahead of the 2023 general elections. Okorocha also charged Nigerian leaders at all levels to begin to accept responsibilities, adding that despite the present challenge, the country is not finished. The Senator representing Imo South Senatorial District stated this at the “2021 Our Nigeria News Awards “organized by Our Nigeria Magazine with the theme, “Nigeria is Our Nigeria: We Must Join Hands Together To Make It Work Or We Perish Together,” in Abuja, on Friday. Okorocha said, “I have often said to our…