The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi has said the Southeast needs the anointing of God to produce a president in 2023. Umahi made the remark while noting that God would give the country a personality with a “good heart” like President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. He disclosed this during an interactive session with State House correspondents after a meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Umahi said members of different political parties from the South East were working within their parties to ensure that they concede their presidential tickets to the region. Umahi while responding to questions on whether…
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Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid on Monday said that the war in Afghanistan is over and an announcement about the formation of the new government will be made in the next few days. “The war in Afghanistan is over, now we will work together to rebuild this country,” said Mujahid at a press conference in Kabul, as quoted by TOLO News. “A new government will be announced in the next few days,” he added. Earlier today, the Taliban had announced that Panjshir became the last Afghan province to fall under the control of the Taliban. However, resistance forces immediately rejected the…
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Local Government Congress Committee in Oyo State, Mr. Hilary Amodu, has allegedly absconded with the results of local government congresses. InfoStride News recalls that local government congresses of APC were held on Saturday. It was, however, gathered that Amodu had allegedly eloped with results of 29 out of the 33 local government areas in the state, though Amodu has refuted the claim. Secretary of the committee, Engineer Abdulazeez Usman and other members of the committee among whom are Hon. Taofeek Ogunwale Abdulsalam, Damilare Lukman Abdulkareem, Barrister Yakubu Bashir Bello, Hon. Ralph Igbokwe and…
The Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC) has released the timetable for the local council election. The election date to pick new chairmen and councillors in each of the 21 local government areas of the state is November 27, 2021, according to the timetable passed to newsmen on Monday. The timetable, released by ADSIEC Information Officer, Innocent Zira, shows that the leadership of ADSIEC will meet with representatives of political parties at the commission’s headquarters in Yola on September 13. The election schedules also indicate that the period of September 20-October 2nd is allowed for party primaries while October 4th-15th…
A crisis might have engulfed the Kano State ruling All Progressive Congress APC, as the party leadership moves to sack two of its House of Representatives members, Shaaban Ibrahim Sharada and Tijjani Abdulkadir Jobe for organizing parallel congresses on Saturday. Shaaban Ibrahim Sharada representing Kano Municipal and Tijjani Abdulkadir Jobe representing Dawakin Today/Rimin Gado Federal Constituency had organized a parallel APC Congress against the leadership of the party in Kano. Similarly, the duo also reportedly announced that their Congress was genuine and followed the party’s constitutional position. However, in a swift reaction to the Federal Lawmakers parallel Congresses, the State…
Ahead of the forthcoming November 6 gubernatorial election in Anambra State, a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Valentine Ozigbo has vowed that nobody will rig elections. Ozigbo made the vow while briefing journalists during his consultations with Anambra indigenes in Abakaliki. He vowed that his mandate will be protected during the upcoming election. He said: “The Court remains the last hope of the common man and we thank the judiciary for giving us victory and being fair in their judgement. “I am grateful for the efforts of the governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, extraction. I am a man of…
Taliban on Monday asserted that it will not allow any country, including Pakistan, to interfere in Afghanistan’s internal affairs as it confirmed that ISI chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed met the insurgent group’s de-facto leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Kabul, amidst efforts to finalise a government in the war-torn country. The questions of interference in Afghanistan’s internal affairs were raised after the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt Gen Hameed dashed to Kabul on an unannounced visit last week. Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid said that the group will not allow any country, including Pakistan, to interfere in Afghanistan’s affairs,…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has declared that the All Progressives Congress, APC, did not manipulate the e-voting machines during the just concluded local government election in the state. El-Rufai said the Peoples Democratic Party’s victory in his polling unit in the local government elections showed that APC did not manipulate the e-voting machines. The governor, who spoke on Channels Television programme Sunrise Daily on Monday, said the election results show that people are finally making electoral choices based on the performance of their elected officials. El-Rufai said: “Those that reported that the machines were programmed were ashamed when…
The South West Coordinator of Positive Thinkers and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Sunday Akinjimi, has asked the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State and Governor Adegboyega Oyetola to bury their heads in shame for glorifying themselves despite their poor record of performance. In a statement made available to the media on Monday, Akinjimi accused the APC of blowing its own trumpet by erecting a billboard which was facilitated by the Commissioner for Education, Folorunso Bamisayemi, at Garage Olode in Ife South Local Government Area. The billboard, according to Akinjimi, carried a message…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), candidate in Jaba local government area of Kaduna State, Philip Gwada has won the Sept. 4 chairmanship election. Mr Peter Enefola Omale, the Returning Officer, declared Gwada of the PDP winner of the election on Sunday at the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM) office in the Local Government Area at about 11:pm in Kwoi, the headquarters of Jaba Local Government Area. Mr Omale explained that Mr Gwada scored 9,012 votes to defeat the closest candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr. Benjamin Jock, who polled 5,640 votes. Kaduna LG polls: Returning Officers allegedly…
The Osun Progressives (TOP), a group within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has revealed that it contested and won in 28 local governments in the just concluded local government congress of the party in the State. In a press release signed by its Chairman, Adelowo Adebiyi and made available to the media, he said delegates of the APC elected as executives in the last ward congress came out on Saturday to elect their party officials at their various local governments. Expressing happiness at the large turn out of party members for the local government congress, Adebiyi…
Fumio Kishida, a key contender to succeed Yoshihide Suga as Japan’s prime minister, said on Sunday that debate on funding economic stimulus measures he has proposed should wait until after a general election later this year. The former foreign minister’s remark underscores the rising risk of a delay in compiling the budget for next fiscal year as economic policy is in limbo during the campaign for premier after Suga’s abrupt withdrawal last week. “I’ll lay out the general direction of my stimulus package idea, but it won’t be easy for the government to boil down details of the plan,” Kishida…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said that some people do not want him to succeed. InfoStrides News recalls that Makinde was inaugurated as Governor of the State on May 29th 2019. He was elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Makinde has, however, insisted that some people do not want him to succeed. He made this disclosure while speaking at the 1443/2021 Hijrah Luncheon held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan on Sunday. Present at the event were Deputy Governor Engineer Rauf Olaniyan, his wife, Professor Amdalat Olaniyan; Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Debo Ogundoyin;…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday, condemned the killing of Olajide Sowore, a student of the University of Benin and younger brother of rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, by suspected gunmen. Olajide Sowore, a university pharmacy student was murdered by unknown gunmen last week. In a statement by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary said, the party laments the daily killing of compatriots across the nation, a situation that had turned the country into a killing field where mindless massacres of citizens have become a routine. He said the party insisted that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration…
Dissatisfied with the conduct of the July 31 ward congress in Ekiti State, a Pro-Tinubu group under the auspices of Southwest Agenda for 2023 Presidency (SWAGA), has dragged the All Progressives Congress to Court, calling for outright annulment of the election. In a Suit Number FHC/AD/CS/21/2021 filed at the Federal High Court, Ekiti State Division, the group also sought an interlocutory injunction stopping the conduct of the local government congress or an order declaring the outcome illegal. The suit deposed to by 36 SWAGA members and contestants in the ward congress on behalf of over 3,650 members of the group…
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Sunday, issued “shocking prophecies and warnings” to Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressive Congress, APC. Primate Ayodele warned that Tinubu’s political existence will soon end as he foresees his political “sons standing against him, betraying him and taking over from him.” He explained that the astute politician’s reign will not exceed 2023 due to the betrayal and uprising that will be raised against him. The clergyman issued the warning in a statement signed by his Media Aide, Osho Oluwatosin. Primate Ayodele, who warned Tinubu many months ago…
The wary China is seeking to strike a common position with Afghanistan’s key neighbour Iran to firm up its growing role in the war-torn country as it waits for the Taliban to form an open and inclusive government that makes a “clean break” from all terrorist groups. China is already coordinating its evolving policy on Afghanistan with its all-weather ally Pakistan and Russia which also share borders with Afghanistan. Beijing, which has kept its Embassy open in Kabul along with Pakistan and Russia, is awaiting the formation of a government by the Taliban to decide on recognising it amidst firm…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Saturday’s council election, Mr Mathias Siman, has been declared the elected chairman of Kaura Local Government Area, Kaduna State. The Returning Officer, Prof. Mande Hosea, said on Sunday in Manchok that Siman won the election having polled 19,505 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Mr Adamu Donatus of the All Progressives Congress who garnered 10,942 votes. “We acknowledged that voting did not take place in some polling units due to Electronic Voting Machine malfunction,” Hosea said. He stated that the rule says that the result can be declared if the total vote cast…
The leadership of the Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has stressed the need for the party at the center to reconsider the state for a ministerial appointment. This, they said, has become necessary following the removal of the former Minister of Power, Engineer Saleh Mamman. Mamman, who was the only minister appointed from the state by President Muhammed Buhari, was among the two cabinet members who were recently relieved of their appointments. Making the appeal via the party’s state chairman, Barrister Ibrahim Tukur El-Sudi, the party believed the state being an “APC state” deserves “another ministerial…
There was heavy gunshot at the Lapai Local Government area of Niger State on Saturday night following the congress of the All Progressives Congress, APC. InfoStride News gathered that the gunshots which were fired for about 30 minutes marred the congress in the local government. According to reports, the exercise turned violent when delegates supporting different candidates clashed and were engaged in physical fight. The Chairman, Niger State APC Congress Committee, Senator Domigo Obende, while speaking with reporters, called on party members to shun violence of any form during and after the congress. When contacted by newsmen, the state’s Police…