Leaders of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, from the North Central zone have unanimously adopted former Senate President, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, as consensus candidate for the position of National Chairman. The development is coming ahead of the Special National Convention of the party, slated for October 30th and 31st, 2021, in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, who is also the leader of the PDP in the north-central zone briefed journalists on Tuesday night after a marathon meeting of the critical stakeholders held at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Abuja. The meeting was in continuation…
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Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the November 6 Anambra State guber election, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday said he and a few other prominent Igbo Indigenes facilitated the release of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in 2017. Soludo said he led 12 prominent Igbos to Abuja for the release of Kanu in 2017, while also noting that he would continue to protect the interest of Igbos in all their endeavours and incorporate them in his administration, especially in making public policies. The former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor spoke…
The Chairman, Social Democratic Party (SDP), Delta State Chapter, Mr Oke Idawene, has said that zoning the 2023 presidency to a particular region of Nigeria is undemocratic and should be discouraged. Idawene said this in Abuja on Tuesday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that his party was opposed to zoning. According to him, the SDP wasn’t for zoning but for competence, adding that it was time we stopped “regional tendencies “in Nigeria. He explained that the country is one, saying that no matter the situation, Nigeria would not disintegrate, adding that it would be…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says credible elections have improved under President Muhammadu Buhari. The party restated support for constitutionally-permitted innovations that will improve the transparency of electioneering processes, including nomination of party candidates. A statement on Wednesday by John Akpan Udoedehe, APC Caretaker Secretary, reacted to Senate’s amendments to the Electoral Act. The revision will be forwarded to Buhari for consideration. The scribe told Nigerians to ignore the rant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Hailing the 9th National Assembly, Udoedehe said the PDP was only pretending to be an opposition. “In line with our progressive mantra, the credibility…
Samsung conglomerate leader Jay Y. Lee is set to stand trial on Tuesday charged with the unlawful use of a controlled substance, as legal woes continue to haunt the executive even after his release on parole in August following a bribery conviction. Lee’s release had raised market watchers’ expectations of a flurry of major decisions at crown jewel Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and its affiliates, including the location of a $17 billion chip factory being planned in the United States. But Lee is having to refocus on his legal troubles, with the Seoul Central District Court scheduled to hold its…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday, described the passage by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Senate of direct primary for the nomination of candidates for election, in all political parties, as a retrogressive provision that seeks to wipe off all the gains achieved in our electoral practice since 1999. In a statement on Tuesday by Kola Ologbondiyan National Publicity Secretary of PDP, said the decision by the APC-controlled Senate is a humongous blow to the development of democratic norms and a plot to introduce anarchy during internal party elections as currently obtainable in the APC. According to him, the…
Former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, has appealed to agitators in the South-East to sheathe their swords, warning that war is not child’s play. The All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain said the destruction and killings in the region should not be regarded as a challenge to the federal government only. In a chat with reporters on Tuesday in Lagos, Nnamani noted that it is better for the Igbos to remain and achieve more in Nigeria. “Most of the people who call for war are usually the first to be wiped out. They would not survive the first two weeks. “I witnessed the…
The Niger State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party ,PDP, has said continued youth restiveness in Minna, the state capital, is a clear failure, ineptitude and grandiose incompetence of the Governor Abubakar Sani Bello-led administration. It noted that the frequent clashes by the youth in the state capital shows the administration lacks ideas of dealing with the issue in the state. The party in a statement signed by the state Publicity Secretary, Suleiman Ahmed Aliyu in Minna, said for over three days there has been violence and bloodshed by the youth with no sign of abetting. According to Aliyu, “For…
The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has released a fresh prophecy on the outcome of the Anambra gubernatorial election coming up in November 2021. In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, and forwarded to DAILY POST on Tuesday, Primate Ayodele knocked the government and party candidates for being concerned about their votes without considering the safety of the voters. Ayodele advised that the government should make plans for adequate security because there will be cases of kidnapping, hijacking, killing and all sorts of misconduct on the day of the election. He noted that…
Some prominent politicians in Benue State alongside thousands of their supporters have dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC and joined the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP ahead of the 2023 general elections. Top politicians in the state who dumped the APC on Monday include, Architect Joseph Kyaagba, Chief Joe Akaakar, the Baba Jiro of Egbaland as well as Barrister Michael Gwaza, ACP John Actsu and thousands of their supporters. The defectors were received by the state Governor, Samuel Ortom at the Central Primary School Township, Vandeikya Local Government Area of the state. In a remark while receiving the defectors into the…
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has announced a plan to allow fully-vaccinated visitors from “low risk” countries and regions to visit the Southeast Asian nation without having to quarantine from next month. “I have instructed the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) and the Ministry of Public Health to urgently consider within this week to allow, as of November 1, international visitors to enter Thailand without any requirement for quarantine if they are fully vaccinated and arrive by air from low-risk countries,” Prayut said via a televised address late Monday night. The list will initially include at least 10 countries…
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, should zone its presidential ticket to the Southeast. Ikpeazu explained that the Southeast has not produced Nigeria’s president; hence PDP should give its ticket to the zone. He also noted that zoning the presidential ticket to the Southeast was the right thing to do in the spirit of fairness and justice. Ikpeazu argued that with PDP zoning its Chairmanship to the North, the presidential slot should go to the Southeast. “Our zoning options have been spelt out by the PDP and it says that the chairmanship of…
A former governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris has declared that he will contest for the office of the National Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during its national convention slated for October 30 – 31st. He made his intention known late Monday at an enlarged meeting of party members from Kogi State and North Central in Abuja, citing that PDP has been hit with a serious crisis that has made it lose many prominent members. To wrestle power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), he said, in the meeting, the PDP should be repositioned which…
The Deputy Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, Ogunka Adiele, has dumped the party for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the State. Adiele, a foundation member of the APC, hailed from Ukwa West Local Government Area in Abia South Senatorial District of the state. His sudden defection to the PDP is being greeted with outbursts from stakeholders of the APC in Ukwa West and the entire state. This was disclosed in a release made available to journalists, in Umuahia, on Monday, in respect of the unfolding political events in the party at Ukwa West chapter.…
Chief of US naval operations Admiral Michael Gilday on Tuesday held extensive talks with Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh with a focus on boosting overall bilateral maritime security cooperation in the backdrop of growing Chinese muscle-flexing in key waterways including in the Indo-Pacific. Admiral Gilday is on a five-day visit to India from October 11 to 15. Officials said a range of issues including the regional security scenario, the situation in the Indo-Pacific and ways to further expand bilateral maritime cooperation figured in the talks. After laying a wreath at the National War Memorial, the top American naval commander said…
Reactions have continued to trail last Saturday’s Local Government elections in Plateau State, as some bigwigs of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the State, on Monday said they were ready to stand against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in whatever antics they will come up with. InfoStride News recalls that the APC won all the 17 Chairmanship seats, as well as all the 325 councillorship positions at the polls. The election was without fierce contest because the PDP which is the main opposition party did not participate in the election due to the court of Appeal’s judgement which…
Akwa Ibom State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday, countered the claims that Governor Udom Emmanuel is making subtle and clandestine move to defect to the All Progressives Congress. It said people were using it to draw attention to themselves. Speculations were rife months ago in the State that Gov. Emmanuel had concluded plan to join the ruling APC at the centre but he came out to debunk the rumour assuring the people that he would remain in PDP. But just last Saturday, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Osita Okechukwu, has once again reminded the leadership of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) of the imperatives of striking a merger with APC, in what he called the Zikist Model strategy, to win the November 6, governorship poll. Okechukwu, who is also the Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) told journalists in Abuja that APGA leaders should know that it is far better to be late than to be the late, insisting that APGA was on the way to losing its first governorship contest in Anambra State after 16…
A group within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, the Concerned APC Stakeholders has raised an alarm over alleged hijack of the party’s structure by Mrs. Florence Ajimobi, wife of the immediate past Governor of the State, late Abiola Ajimobi and the acting Chairman of the party, Chief Akintola Oke. Chairman of the group, Mr. Olusoji Adelana made this disclosure while addressing journalists on Monday. Adelana told journalists that the duo of Mrs. Ajimobi and Oke have hijacked the structure of the party. He alleged that the duo hijacked the structure of the party by claiming to have…
India and China failed to make any headway in resolving the 17-month standoff in the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh with the Indian Army on Monday saying the “constructive suggestions” made by it at the latest round of military talks were neither agreeable to the Chinese side nor Beijing could provide any “forward-looking” proposals. In a strong statement after the 13th round of talks on Sunday that ended in a stalemate, the Army also said the situation along the Line of Actual Control(LAC) had been caused by “unilateral attempts” of the Chinese side to alter the status quo and…