The People’s Democratic Party, Ondo State chapter has described the attack on the residence of an Ondo State-based journalist, Mr ‘Tosin Ajuwon as barbaric and condemnable. While calling on the Commissioner of Police in the State, Bolaji Salami to fish out those behind the dastardly act, the party maintained that the perpetrators must be brought to book. The residence of Mr Ajuwon who is also the Secretary of the NUJ Correspondents Chapel was burgled by suspected hoodlums who carted away vital documents and other valuables The PDP in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Kennedy Peretei, said journalists who…
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The wife of the late Biafran leader, Mrs Bianca Ojukwu has lauded the Anambra people for keeping faith with her husband’s legacy by voting for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) at the just concluded governorship election in the state. Bianca, who had on the eve of the election invoked the spirit of her late husband to lead APGA into victory, expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the election, commending residents for making it violence-free. She said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Awka, thanking party supporters and the entire…
Former US President Barack Obama says he believes that President Biden’s climate package will be historic and he welcomed the efforts of all US politicians, Democrats and Republicans, in working toward slowing down global warming. Obama spoke Monday on the sidelines of the UN climate conference in Glasgow. I believe President Biden’s Build Back Better bill will be historic. But I know Joe Biden wanted to do even more,” Obama said. Both of us have been constrained by the fact that one of our two major parties have decided to not only sit on the sidelines, but express hostility towards…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has assured that President Muhammadu Buhari would ensure concord between the executive and legislative arms of government and the All Progressives Congress, APC. Osinbajo disclosed this during the expanded tripartite consultative committee of the executive, legislative, and APC leadership at the State House on Tuesday. He pointed out that the committee was set up by the president to ensure a cordial and beneficial relationship between the branches of the government and the party. According to Osinbajo: “The Tripartite Committee as we know was conceived by his Excellency, the President, as a way of ensuring a cordial…
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has debunked news making the rounds that he released prophecies concerning the Ekiti State governorship election in 2022. Primate Ayodele said he is yet to issue any statement or prophecy concerning who replaces Governor Kayode Fayemi in Ekiti State. In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, on Wednesday, the popular prophet made it known that some political groups have been circulating statements credited to him about governorship aspirants in the state. He warned that they should desist from twisting his prophecies by making it a tool for…
Former presidential candidate, Kingsley Moghalu has congratulated the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo for emerging victorious at the 2021 governorship election in Anambra State. Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission Commission (INEC) headquarters, on Wednesday declared Soludo, winner of the election. APGA scored a total of 112,229 votes, PDP had 53,807 votes, APC secured 43,285 votes while YPP had 21,261 votes. Reacting, the presidential aspirant on his Twitter page said Anambra people spoke with one voice. He expressed hope that Soludo will work hard for the development of the state. “I congratulate Prof. @CCSoludo on his…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State. The returning officer for the election and Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi announced the final result at about 1:50 am on Wednesday. Obi announce the result after adding the figures garnered by each of the political parties in the Tuesday supplementary polls to those already declared on Sunday from the 20 Local Government Areas of the state. She announced the votes polled by the political parties…
Chancellor Angela Merkel asked Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to intervene with Belarus over the migrant situation on that country’s border with Poland. The chancellor’s office said Merkel spoke with Putin by phone and underlined the fact that the instrumentalisation of migrants against the European Union by the Belarusian regime is inhuman and completely unacceptable, and asked the Russian president to exert his influence on the regime in Minsk. Russia is a close ally of the government in Belarus. Germany is a favoured destination for migrants who arrive in the European Union. The readout of the call released by…
The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA has won Tuesday’s supplementary governorship election in Ihiala Local Government Area. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC had on Sunday, after announcing 20 out of the 21 Local Government Areas of the State scheduled a supplementary election in Ihiala, after being unable to deploy materials to the area on Saturday. Announcing the result, Dr German Anagbogu of the University of Calabar, who worked as the returning officer for the local government stated that: “12, 298 is the total number of accredited voters in the area.” He said, the All Progressives Congress, APC polled 343…
Even as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) the winner of the 2021 Anambra gubernatorial election, the Osun State Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr Oluwatosin Odeyemi has expressed the hope of obtaining victory at the next year’s Osun gubernatorial election. Reacting to the sterling performance of APGA in the election of Saturday, November 6, and Tuesday, November 9, 2021 supplementary election, Odeyemi hinted that the NNPP was confident of snatching victory in the Osun gubernatorial election which is slated for Saturday, July 16,…
Nigerians have called out Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, asking him to explain how the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra, Andy Uba, polled over 230,000 votes in the party’s primary election. The reaction was coming on the heels of Uba’s poor outing in the just concluded Anambra governorship election. During the APC primary election in Anambra in June, Gov Abiodun had announced that “Uba polled 230,201 of the 348,490 total votes cast, to defeat 13 other aspirants.” Though the result was rejected by other aspirants and leaders of the APC in the state, the national…
The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has hailed former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim over his declaration of interest for the 2023 presidential election. InfoStride News reports that Anyim, a former Senate President, is the only politician from the South-East who has announced interest to seek the office of the President in 2023. In a statement issued on Wednesday by the President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, OYC, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, he said Anyim had demonstrated courage and clear political vision. While noting that power is not…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday said it has received the news of the passage of the harmonized electoral act amendment bill, which provided for direct primaries for nomination of candidates for elections by political parties. Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the party in a statement on Tuesday, noted that the party believes that it is the inalienable right of each political party, within the context of our constitutional democracy, to decide its form of internal democratic practices including the processes of nominating its candidates for elections at any level. According to him, PDP also believed that no…
The US lifted restrictions Monday on travel from a long list of countries including Mexico, Canada and most of Europe, allowing tourists to make long-delayed trips and family members to reconnect with loved ones after more than a year and a half apart because of the pandemic. “I’m going to jump into his arms, kiss him, touch him,” Gaye Camara said of the husband in New York she has not seen since before Covid-19 brought the fly-here-there-and-everywhere world to a halt. “Just talking about it makes me emotional,” Camara, 40, said as she wheeled her luggage through Paris’ Charles de…
Police in Anambra has denied knowledge of the death of anybody during the Anambra State Governorship Supplementary Election in Ihiala Local Government Area. There were claims on social media that soldiers patrolling around the distribution/ Collation Centre at the Ihiala Local Government Headquarters reportedly shot dead a yet-to-be-identified man. When our correspondent visited the local government headquarters, those interviewed denied knowledge of the incident. When contacted on the telephone by our correspondent, the Zone 13 Police Headquarters Public Relations Officer, Nkeiru Nwode said there was nothing like that before the police. She said, “We don’t have such a report and…
The PDP Renaissance Movement has called on Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike to run for president in 2023. They made the call in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, when they met with journalists, saying going by the antecedents of the governor, he has what it takes to drive the country to economic and political stability and growth. They said the country is in dire need of a leader in the mould of Wike. Their communique, read by Gab Odu Oji, a former political stalwart in Cross River State, said “Based on his antecedents and achievements Governor Wike has what…
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Ihiala town, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State are depending on facials to accredit voters, using the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) An INEC official who spoke to journalists in Eziani Primary school, Ihiala ward one, polling unit 10 said: “The thumbprint is not functioning, but the facial verification is what we are using to issue out accreditation.” The INEC technical officer in Ihiala Local Government Area however said it takes between 30 seconds to one minute to accredit one voter, and the process is progressing speedily.
The suspended All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain in Jigawa State, Alhaji Danladi Auyo, said his main concern is the unity and progress of the party not running for any political office in the 2023 general election. InfoStride News reported that the APC chieftain was suspended for six months for allegedly attacking the Governor’s policies on a radio program. His suspension was announced by the party’s chairman in Auyo Local Government, Sale Muhammad Ganuwa, in a press conference. Auyo stated this on a radio program aired by Freedom Radio, Dutse, on Saturday monitored by Newsmen. He said his suspension was childish…
Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has dismissed reports of him accusing the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, of rigging the inconclusive governorship election in Anambra State. Reports had it that Umahi, who allegedly rejected the already announced results of the Anambra State governorship election, said the poll was tainted with irregularities. He was alleged to have accused his Anambra State counterpart, Willie Obiano, and APGA’s governorship candidate, Charles Soludo of rigging the poll. But, Umahi absolved himself of issuing any comment regarding the ongoing election. In a statement by his media aide, Nwaze Francis, the Governor denied claims of…
Uche Nwosu, a former governorship candidate on the platform of Action Alliance, AA, in Imo State during the 2019 election, has berated his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, over their poor performances in elections in the South East. Nwosu, who contested the primary election of the APC in 2019 before decamping to AA alleging that he was robbed of the ticket, described the poor performance of his party as self-inflicted. The former governorship candidate said this in an interview with select journalists in Abuja on Monday, explaining that the declining fortune of the APC in the South East is…