A chieftain of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chuks Ibegbu, has urged some Northerners aspiring to contest for the presidency to shelve their ambition. Ibegbu, the former Deputy spokesman of Ohanaeze,asked Atiku Abubakar, Bukola Saraki, Bala Mohammed, Aminu Tambuwal, and Yahaya Bello should shelve their presidential ambitions. He asked the northerners to rather support the Southeast in producing a Nigerian president in 2023. In a chat with the media, Ibegbu said the Southeast has a larger stake in Nigeria, hence will not leave the country. Ibegbu said, “Ndigbo has the largest stakes in Nigeria and will not leave it for strangers “Ndi Mbiara…
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Billionaire Nigerian businessman, Obi Iyiegbu, also known as Obi Cubana, has said he has no interest in politics or running for governorship. Obi Cubana said this on Saturday during Instagram live with Daddy Freeze. When asked if he has any ambition for politics, Cubana said: “I have zero interest in politics. I don’t have ambition to be a governor or anything, I just like being my brother’s keeper. “All I like to do is give and help people and that’s enough for me. “I am the Governor of Cubana empire. That’s enough for me, let’s leave politics.” When asked who…
Dele Momodu, a presidential aspirant, on Saturday, denied endorsing Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2023 presidency. Dele Momodu accused Tinubu’s media handlers of “fumbling” through cheap campaigns. He was reacting to the circulation of an old article he wrote in favour of the APC National Leader two years ago. In a statement he issued, Momodu, who is vying for the Presidency on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said those rehatching the article has made him their latest victim. According to Momodu: “In all honesty, I do not know who the…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has warned Nigerians of making right electoral choices in 2023. Makinde, in a post on his Twitter page, warned Nigerians to be reminded that their choices have consequences, hence should be prepared to make the right electoral choices. His tweet read: “As I take down my pinned tweet which showed my unequivocal stand against the #TwitterBan which lasted 222 days, I will like to remind us all that our choices have consequences. “With the 2023 elections around the corner, I hope we are prepared to make the right electoral choices.” In the past few…
The Pakistan government has decided to offer permanent residency to foreign investors, especially to fetch heavy investments from wealthy Afghans, Chinese and American Sikhs, Dawn reported. In a tweet late Friday night, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said: “In line with new National Security Policy, through which Pakistan declared geo-economics as core of its national security doctrine, the government has decided to allow permanent residency scheme for foreign nationals, new policy allows foreigners to get permanent resident status in lieu of investments”. The government believes it will fetch billions of dollars of foreign investment by giving Pakistani nationality and proprietary rights to…
A party chieftain and former Chief Judge of Anambra State, Professor Peter Nnanna Umeadi, has announced his intention to contest the office of President of Nigeria on the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the incoming 2023 general election in Nigeria. Umeadi in his declaration speech pledged to administer Nigeria with firmness and fairness and reposition the country to the path of progress, harmony and prosperity. He announced this in a worded statement addressed to the National Chairman of APGA, Ozonkpu Victor Oye and issued on Friday. The Anambra chieftain also disclosed that the uppermost priority of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed the conduct of six outstanding constituencies by-elections in four States for February 26 this year. Festus Okoye, the INEC’s Commissioner, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Friday evening. Okoye said that the decision was taken at the INEC regular weekly meeting held on Thursday and an extraordinary meeting on Friday, where issues that led to the vacancies and the rescheduling of some of the elections, as well as the security situation in some of the states, were discussed. According to him, the decision followed the declaration of vacancies by the…
A chieftain of the Igbo socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chuks Ibegbu has accused Bola Tinubu, a presidential aspirant, of committing a political sin against Nigeria. Ibegbu, the immediate past Deputy Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze, said Tinubu committed sin by hoisting hardship on Nigerians in 2015. In a chat with the media, Ibegbu said Tinubu aided a clueless leader into power in Nigeria. According to Ibegbu: “Bola Tinubu foisted a political harakiri on Nigerians in 2015 which has now turned to economic turpsy turvy and incalculable hardship on Nigerians. “I’m furious at the state of affairs in Nigeria today and I…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Borno State has alleged that most projects executed by the current administration of Governor Babagana Zulum are substandard. The party particularly pointed out that the much talked about N4.3 billion Customs Flyover commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari, just about a month ago, have started showing cracks. But reacting, the Borno State Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon Ali Bukar Dalori, described the allegation as untrue and baseless. A statement signed by the opposition PDP Publicity Secretary in the state, Mr Amos Adziba, alleged that: “it received with dismay calls and messages…
US intelligence officials have determined a Russian effort is underway to create a pretext for its troops to further invade Ukraine, and Moscow has already prepositioned operatives to conduct a false-flag operation in eastern Ukraine, according to the White House. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Friday the intelligence findings show Russia is also laying the groundwork through a social media disinformation campaign that frames Ukraine as an aggressor that has been preparing an imminent attack against Russian-backed forces in eastern Ukraine. Psaki charged that Russia has already dispatched operatives trained in urban warfare who could use explosives…
The newly-elected chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Ambassador Ogar Osim, has assured that his team will work assiduously towards ensuring that the general elections of 2023 will be free of violence and chaos. Osim spoke to journalists at the end of his election at INEC headquarters Calabar, venue of the exercise. “Apart from looking at establishing a functional secretariat, we will majorly engage all the active political parties in the state, so that we will have a very peaceful, free and fair general election next year. “We want to ensure that violence is not allowed and that nobody’s blood…
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has charged members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Oyo State to come together and win the next governorship election in the state to honour the late former governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala. Akeredolu gave the charge at Alao-Akala’s residence on Friday during a condolence visit to the widows, family and relative of the late APC chieftain in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. The Governor, who noted that Alao-Akala was committed to the unity and progress of the APC till end, said the party must be more united in respect of the late former Governor. Akeredolu added…
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has declared that he belongs to The Osun Progressives, a factional group of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State. The declaration comes about 183 days to the governorship election in the state. The former governor said he belongs to the group chaired by Razaq Salinsile. Recall that TOP had demanded that Governor Gboyega Oyetola resigns from the National Caretaker and Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee since he has declared his intention to contest for a second term as the state governor. Aregbesola said this on Friday during the commissioning of the Digital…
The Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle to take the path of honour and resign over his inability to free the citizens from banditry activities ravaging the entire state. According to the state chapter of the party, innocent people are being killed and kidnapped on a daily basis, pointing out that the insecurity situation in the state would make residents revolt against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). This was revealed in Gusau, the state capital, by the state spokesman of the party, Professor Kabiru Jabaka saying that the state…
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday launched the country’s first-ever National Security Policy, which articulates a citizen-centric framework, placing economic security at its core unlike the previous one-dimensional security policy where the focus was on the military. Unveiling the public version of the policy, which was separately endorsed by the National Security Committee and the Cabinet last month, Prime Minister Khan said that the previous governments had failed to strengthen Pakistan’s economy. The national security has been clearly explained in the new original 100-page document, he said, adding that the policy articulates a citizen-centric framework, placing economic security at…
The Islamic human rights organization, Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, on Friday described Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as a candidate that fits into its long-term aspiration for a Yoruba Muslim President. MURIC made the remark while noting that any party that picks a Yoruba Christian presidential candidate may lose. The group made the remark in a statement signed and forwarded to DAILY POST by its Director and founder, Professor Ishaq Akintola. Tinubu had on Monday hinted on running for the presidency in 2023. The former governor of Lagos State had disclosed that he informed President…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State, Alhaji Salisu Ahmed Barau, has advised the state governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, to stop chasing shadows and concentrate efforts on fulfilling the pledges and promises he made to the citizens of the state. Barau gave the advice while reacting to Governor Mohammed’s statement during a meeting with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ward leaders in Alkaleri Local Government Area of the State last weekend. The Governor had said that the people of the State should not vote a non-indigene as governor. The chieftain of the opposition APC in…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, scheduled its outstanding North-West Zonal Congress for the purpose of electing a new Working Committee and National Ex-Officios for Saturday, February 12, 2022. Hon. Umaru M. Bature, National Organizing Secretary of the party, stated this in a statement on Thursday. “This is part of the resolution of the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) at its meeting on Wednesday, January 12, 2022,” the statement noted. According to him, the North-West Zonal Congress is slated to hold at the Zonal Headquarters of the party in Kaduna State. He said all critical stakeholders and teeming members…
A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has accepted an offer from the Governor-elect of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, to head his transition team. Ezekwesili confirmed this via her official Twitter page on Thursday night. “Governor-elect of our Anambra State Prof @CCSoludo wants a solid groundwork for his governance and has asked me to Chair his Transition Committee. “I have accepted and will team work with my distinguished colleagues to help achieve his transition goals and competent governance,” she wrote. InfoStride News recalls that Soludo, a former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, won the November 2021 gubernatorial election in…
Sudanese security forces fired live ammunition and tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital of Khartoum as thousands took to the streets Thursday against a coup that has plunged the country into grinding deadlock, activists said. A senior police officer and a protester were killed, according to authorities and a medical group. The demonstrations in Khartoum and elsewhere in Sudan are the latest in relentless protests since the military on October 25 ousted the civilian-led government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. The military takeover has upended Sudan’s transition to democratic rule after three decades of repression and international isolation…