The factional chairman of the Osun State All Progressives Congress (APC) Rasaq Salinsile has inaugurated problems solving and reconciliation committees in all strata of the party organisation. During the inauguration of the committee, which took place in Osogbo, Salinsile stated that the constitution of the body became essential for the reenactment of the good fortunes of the party, adding that the committees will work assiduously for the goodness of the party. In a press release signed and made available by Abiodun Agboola, the Publicity Secretary, to the media immediately after the Osun APC State Executive Council meeting, Salinsile noted that…
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Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has stated the condition under which the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, can win the next month’s governorship election in Anambra State. Saraki said the PDP can only win the election if the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, ensures a free, fair, and credible election. Featuring on Arise News Tuesday, the former Governor of Kwara State urged INEC to ensure the transmission of electoral results during the Anambra State governorship election. According to Saraki: “I think what is most important is to ensure that the election holds, it’s free and fair, INEC ensures that the results…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Accreditation Sub-Committee, on Tuesday, said efforts are ongoing to resolve litigations regarding the delegates’ list to the October 30 national convention of the party. Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, the Chairman of the Sub-committee and Governor of Delta, disclosed this during the sub-committee’s meeting held in Abuja. Okowa said that the party and its various committees for the convention were putting everything in place to ensure that the national convention was hitch-free. He assured that all issues regarding some states in court over conflicting delegates list would be amicably resolved. “We are also trying to look at…
Few days to the Anambra State governorship election, the All Progressives Congress, APC, says it will not be a party to any rigging plot. There have been claims that the APC was planning to use the instrumentality of the Federal Government to take over the State. But one of the media coordinators of the APC in Anambra State, Mr. Igboeli Arinze, who is also the Zonal Publicity Secretary, APC, representing Anambra Central, said the party was not plotting any form of rigging. He said the people of the State were desirous of change and were ready to cast their ballot…
Two powerful US Senators on Tuesday urged President Joe Biden not to impose provisions of the punitive Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) against India for buying the S-400 surface-to-air missile system from Russia. In a letter to Biden, Senators Mark Warner of the Democratic Party and John Cornyn of the Republican Party urged the president to grant a national interest waiver to India as provided under CAATSA as this is in America’s national security interest. We strongly encourage you to grant a CAATSA waiver to India for its planned purchase of the S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile system. In…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said that 81,778 newly printed Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were ready for collection in Anambra State. INEC disclosed this in a statement titled “ Update on Preparations for the Anambra State Governorship Election”, signed by Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, on Tuesday in Abuja. Okoye said that the new printed PVCs included newly registered voters and those who applied for replacement or transfer of their cards in the state during the just concluded first phase of the Continuous Voter Registration in the state. He said that…
The factional Executives of the Niger State All Progressives Congress, APC, were barred from submitting their complaints before the state party Congress Appeal Committee. The committee was constituted to receive petitions and complaints of aggrieved members. However, after waiting for several hours without any of the committee members on ground at the party secretariat to receive their complaints, the group resolved to submit their 7- page petition to the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. Speaking to newsmen in Minna, the Treasurer of the group, Eli Ndache decried the non-appearance of the Appeal Committee mandated to receive complaints and petitions in…
The Anambra State Government has assured electorates in the state of their safety during the November 6 election, saying it has been talking with relevant persons to ensure a hitch-free process. This was contained in a press release by the Anambra government, signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr Don Adinuba. Adinuba said, “Anambra State government hereby assures all persons in the state that the November 6, 2021, governorship election will be free and fair. “Robust arrangements have been made to secure the life and asset of every person before, during and after the election. There…
Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello on Tuesday said he would succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Bello claimed he had all the qualities to succeed as President considering the way he fixed Kogi State. Featuring on Arise TV programme, Bello assured Nigerians of relief when he succeeds Buhari. The governor disclosed that he inherited a state divided along ethnic and religious lines but said his administration had been able to resolve the issues. He said: “By the grace of God when I would have [been] sworn in as the president and commander-in-chief taking over from Buhari on May 29, 2023, Nigeria…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has refuted reports that its ad-hoc staff resigned over threats by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Anambra State, Nwachukwu Orji, said the Commission is still recruiting ad-hoc staff members. Reports had it that ad-hoc staff of INEC terminated their appointment en mass over IPOB-linked threats ahead of the governorship election in the state. However, Orji described such reports as false and without substance. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Orji said: “INEC is still in the process of recruiting the Adhoc workers, in fact we just…
An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Tuesday fixed Thursday, 28th of October, 2021 to hear and rule on a motion for an interim order of injunction brought by suspended National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus against the PDP and others. Secondus through his lawyer, Payo Oyetubo is asking the court to suspend the October, 30th and 31st National Convention of the PDP and allow him the right to preside over the convention. When the matter came up in court, six other members of the PDP drew the attention of the court on their application…
A chieftain of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Oyo State, Engineer Oyedele Hakeem Alao, has asked Governor Seyi Makinde to explain his role in the attack of some members of his party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), during a parallel congress. InfoStride News recalls that the state chapter of PDP had penultimate Saturday, organised two parallel congresses. The congresses were organised by two factions battling to control the party in the state. The two factions are one loyal to Governor Makinde and the other loyal to some aggrieved members of the party. The Governor’s camp had its congress at Lekan…
Bukola Saraki, a former Senate President, has dismissed the possibility of returning to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Saraki assured that he would remain in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2023. He spoke while responding to a question on Arise News on Tuesday on the possibility of defecting to APC if he fails to clinch the opposition party’s presidential ticket. Describing himself as a team player, Saraki said it would be unfair to think he would join APC in 2023. According to Saraki: “On the question that if I decide to run and don’t get the ticket, would I…
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi testified in court for the first time Tuesday in one of several cases against her, but details of what she said were not available because of a gag order on her lawyers. Since last week, all defense lawyers in Suu Kyi’s cases have been barred from providing details of the court proceedings. The action was taken under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, a broadly worded statute from British colonial times intended to deal with emergency situations that threaten public safety. There have been no signs of unrest related to any…
China continues to bully its neighbours to try to coerce them into behaviour that is more in keeping with its national security or economic interests, the Pentagon said on Monday. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby was speaking to reporters at a news conference. “China continues to bully its neighbours to try to coerce them into behaviour that is more in keeping with China’s national security or economic interests. And we don’t believe that that is conducive to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” Kirby said. The Biden administration, he said, has put a real premium on bolstering and reinforcing its alliances…
The wrangling in the Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has further deepened as the State Congress committee has been accused of conducting the exercise in the farm of a party chieftain. The accusations came from some critical stakeholders of the party and the party’s Forum of contestants on Monday. They said they could not fathom why the Congress slated for last Saturday did not hold but was rather secretly held on Sunday in a farm on the outskirts of Jalingo. Pondering on the lack of inclusivity, the Forum vowed not to rest until justice prevailed. Speaking…
The appeal committee set up at the national headquarters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to listen to complaints emanating from its congresses in Bauchi State on Monday barred lawyers from participating in its sittings, declaring that issues relating to its sittings are family affairs. This is according to the chairman of the committee, Mohammed Mabo Kassim. He told journalists in Bauchi at the commencement of the committee’s sittings in the state that all grievances in the party will be settled within. Kassim revealed that a lawyer was at the party secretariat on Monday with a petition but the committee…
An Igbo socio-political organization, Nzuko Ndigbo, has warned against the manipulation of the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State. InfoStride News recalls that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had announced November 6th, 2021 for the conduct of the Anambra poll. Major Candidates of the political parties for the forthcoming polls are Professor Charles Soludo (All Progressives Grand Alliance), Valentine Ozigbo (Peooles Democratic Party), Dr. Godwin Maduka (Accord Party) and Senator Andy Ubah (All Progressives Congress). In a statement by its Convener, Mazi Chuks Ibegbu, Nzuko Ndigbo disclosed that it has constituted an election monitoring team and will send poll…
A coalition of civil society organizations in the South-East has urged the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to immediately withdraw the sit-at-home order it issued ahead of the Anambra State governorship election. The election, scheduled for November 6, is now under threat with the IPOB ordering a sit-at-home from November 5 to November 10. At an international press conference in Enugu, on Sunday, the CSOs said should the order be carried out, the Federal Government would have no option other than to impose a state of emergency on the state and the citizens would be the ultimate losers. Although the…
US President Joe Biden said the US was committed to defending Taiwan from a Chinese attack, in some of his strongest comments yet as the administration faces calls to clarify its stance on the democratically ruled island. Biden answered “yes” when asked during a CNN town hall Thursday whether he could pledge to protect Taiwan. “I don’t want a Cold War with China — I just want to make China understand that we are not going to step back, we are not going to change any of our views,” Biden told host Anderson Cooper in Baltimore. A White House spokesperson…