China UN ambassador expressed hope Tuesday that President Joe Biden will translate his statement that the United States has no intention of starting a new Cold War with China into actions, saying he should avoid a confrontational approach and provocative attacks against China.” We sincerely hope the US will walk the walk by truly abandoning the Cold War mentality, Zhang Jun said in a virtual press conference following the annual meeting of world leaders at the UN General Assembly, which ended Monday. “I believe that if both sides walked towards each other, they will be able to see a healthy…
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The Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro faction of Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said the Federal Government may declare a state of emergency in Anambra State soon. Reacting to the killing of Chike Akunyili and others in the Southeast, The Ohanaeze factional scribe said the Federal Government was using the killings as a plot to install an All Progressives Congress, APC, governor in Anambra State. Chike, who is the husband of the former Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, was killed on Tuesday on his way from Onitsha to Umuoji at Eke Nkpor. Reacting, Isiguzoro said “The…
Venatius Ikem, who was on Wednesday sworn-in as Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State, has revealed that he had only N20,000 in all his bank accounts. He said this at the PDP new secretariat in Calabar where he was sworn in, adding that he merely started the campaign from his Facebook page. Ikem added that any time he had much money to delve into a political campaign, he lost, but each time he had little or no money and expressed his desire for political office, it comes effortlessly. The former national publicity secretary of the…
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to take over the conduct of elections at the third tier of government across Nigeria. President of the union, Ambali Olatunji, who disclosed this in a press conference in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, on Wednesday as part of activities marking the first NULGE National women conference, attributed the near-collapse state of local governments in Nigeria on the mode of the emergence of council chairmen, whom he said emerge through coronation, appointment and promotion, devoid of any form of credibility. He insisted…
Garus Gololo, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday, said the Governor of Ondo State, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu failed to deliver the party at the presidential election in 2019 and as such, lacked the moral justification to clamour for power shift to the South in 2023. This was, even as, Gololo threw his weight behind the resolution of the Northern Governors’ Forum, which insists that power should remain in the north. While speaking to the newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, Gololo, a former Coordinator of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, said Akeredolu, as a legal icon should…
Japan’s governing party will vote to pick its new leader Wednesday, with the presumed next prime minister facing imminent, crucial tasks such as addressing a pandemic-hit economy and ensuring strong alliance with Washington amid growing regional security risks. The new leader also needs to change the party’s high-handed reputation, worsened by the outgoing Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga who angered the public over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and insistence on holding the Olympics in Tokyo this past summer. The long-ruling conservative Liberal Democratic Party desperately needs to quickly turn around plunging public support ahead of lower house elections coming…
The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization has reacted angrily to the Northern governors rejection of power shift to Southern Nigeria in 2023. InfoStride News had reported that the governors during their meeting in Kaduna said the demand for a power shift to the South was unconstitutional and would not fly. The development has since attracted wild condemnations from their Southern counterparts and various groups. In a written statement disclosed to newsmen by the President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, he said Nigeria may cease to exist in 2023 if the Northern governors…
At last, the federal high court sitting in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, has finally put to rest the lingering crisis between the member representing Bali/Gassol at the House of Representatives, Mubarak Gambo and Garba Chede. The duo who are of the All Progressives Congress (APC) extraction, have been at each others neck on who deserves to represent the constituency at the National Assembly. Chede who was earlier declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the last election was sacked by the court, leaving the incumbent to manage the position. Garba Chede who was reinstated…
Few days to the state Congress of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje says the state is ready for the state Congress coming up on the 16th of October.” He made the disclosure at the State Executive Council meeting at the Government House, Kano, Tuesday. “The Ward Congresses took place. That was followed by the local government congresses. After the inauguration of the Wards party leadership, we are now waiting for the inauguration of the local government leaders who were elected a few weeks back,” he explained. “We are getting ready for the APC state congress.…
A governorship aspirant in Kano State under the platform of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, Alhaji Abdulsalam Abdulkadir, A A Zaura, has said that if eventually, power shifts to the south, National Leader of the party, Bola Ahmed Tunubu, is the most desirable person to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. He said, “I will fight like a lion to ensure that Bola Ahmad Tunubu Becomes President if power is agreed on principles to be shifted to the south, best on my belief that Tunubu deserves the exalted seat more than any other person,” he said. A A Zaura, who was…
When the Taliban seized power, the operator of the only women’s shelter in a northern Afghan city ran away. Left abandoned were 20 women who had fled a variety of domestic horrors, some abused by husbands or family, others forced into early marriages with older men. Soon after, the Taliban arrived at the shelter in the city of Pul-e-Kumri. They gave the women two options: Return to their abusive families some of whom had threatened them with death for leaving or go with the Taliban, recalled one of the women, Salima, who asked only that her first name be used.…
The South African chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has expressed hope that a Nigerian from the diaspora would succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Bola Babarinde, Chairman of APC in South Africa, disclosed this after Philip Idaewor, Chairman of Forum of APC Diaspora, declared his intention to run for Nigeria’s presidency in 2023. The News Agency of Nigeria. NAN, reports that Idaewor, a medical doctor and Chairman of APC in the UK, made his intention known via a zoom conference of his campaign group and media on Sunday. Babarinde, while speaking with NAN on Tuesday in Lagos, said…
A member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly from Chikun Local Government Area, Ayuba Ishaku Chasazah, has hailed Governor Nasir El-Rufai for allowing the will of the electorate to prevail in the just conducted local government elections in the state. He thanked El-Rufai for providing enough security personnel to ensure the peaceful conduct of the election in the rural areas. Chawazah expressed his feelings in Kujama after the PDP candidate in Chikun, Engineer Salasi Nuhu Musa, was declared the winner by the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM). According to him, “This is truly what the Governor, Malam Nasir…
A member of the House of Representatives from Benue State, Samuel Godday, has defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The defection was contained in a letter read by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila on Tuesday. In the letter, Godday cited a fraction in the Labour Party for his defection. The ruling party continues to enjoy defection from all the minority parties in the House including the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Last week, a member from Rivers State, Chisom Dike, defected from PDP to the APC.
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has said that he wants power to remain in the north after 2023 to teach southerners the power of unity. Omokri said this while reacting to Northern Governors’ rejection of power shift to the south. Recall that the Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) had said that the south’s insistence on producing the next president of Nigeria contradicts the provisions of the constitution. They stated their position following a meeting in Kaduna State on Monday. In a communique signed by Simon Lalong, the Governor of Plateau State and Chairman of the Forum, the…
A senior White House official has said that she cannot “predict” when President Joe Biden would make a call to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan though there has been high-level engagements between the two countries. Prime Minister Khan during recent interviews to the American media has complained that a “busy” President Biden has not bothered to speak to him though Washington was seeking Pakistan’s support in stabilising Afghanistan. Replying to a question during the daily briefing on Monday on whether there could be a call from Biden to Khan at some point soon, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said,…
A socio-political group, Ndigbo United Forum (NUF) has warned against denying the southeast region the chance to produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023. The group also asked major political parties in Nigeria to zone their presidential tickets to the southeast in the interest of justice and equity. In a statement made available to the media on Monday, by its Board of Trustees Chairman, Chief Chinedu Mba, the NUF frowned at a purported move by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to retain the position of her National chairmanship to southern Nigeria, and also, return its presidential ticket to Northern Nigeria.…
The Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Monday, disclosed that the Northern Governors’ Forum was merely exercising its rights to freedom of expression over its stance on 2023 presidency. Akeredolu, emphasised that the resolution reached by the northern governors who unanimously condemned the statement by the Southern Governors Forum that the Presidency must go to the South should be termed as a means of expressing themselves. Reacting to the resolutions of the Northern Governors’ Forum, Akeredolu said “They have expressed and indeed exercised their rights under Freedom of Expression. No one can…
The Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) has said that the South’s insistence on producing the next president of Nigeria, contradicts the provisions of the constitution. They stated their position after a meeting in Kaduna on Monday. In a communique signed by the Governor of Plateau State and Chairman of the Forum, Simon Lalong, the governors said the position of their colleagues in the south is “condemnable”. Southern governors have consistently insisted that power must shift to their region. However, Lalong said in the communique: “The Forum observed that some Northern State Governors had earlier expressed views for a power-shift to three…
Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has described free and fair elections as the catalyst for national unity and an antidote against voters apathy. Governor Ayade, who spoke at the Conference Hall of the Governor’s Office, Calabar, while playing host to the new Cross River State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Cyril Omoregbe, urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be wary of desperate lobbyists and politicians and not allow itself to be compromised. “We must go through the 2023 elections in peace under your superintendence. You must, therefore, have the moral conscience to do that which is fair as politicians…