Senator Samuel Anyanwu, who represented Imo East Senatorial district, has berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) as having only succeeded in creating hunger and starvation in the country. Anyanwu disclosed this while addressing Ikeduru PDP leaders at his country home, Amaimo in Ikeduru Local Government of Imo State on Saturday. He expressed the need for members of the main opposition party to come together to look for urgent solution to the menace. The PDP chieftain said, “today, our revered leader, Chief (Dr) Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu is retiring from active politics having attained 79 years of age. It will be a thing…
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Pakistan’s powerful intelligence chief has made a surprise visit to the Afghan capital of Kabul. That’s according to two Pakistan officials who asked not to be named because they are not authorised to speak to the media. It wasn’t immediately clear what Gen. Faiez Hameed had to say Saturday to the Taliban leadership but the Pakistani intelligence service has perhaps the greatest outside influence over the Taliban. The Taliban leadership had its headquarters in Pakistan and were often said to be in direct contact with the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency. Although Pakistan routinely denied giving the Taliban military aid, the…
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State took another dimension on Saturday when two factions of the party organised parallel congresses. InfoStride News reports that local government congresses of the party were held across the country on Saturday. It was, however, gathered that two factions of the party held parallel congresses in some parts of Ibadan, the state capital. The parallel congresses of APC were held in Ibadan North local government area. Our correspondent gathered that a faction of the party held its congress at Oke Apon in Yemetu area while another faction held their’s at…
Some results of the APC Kwara State local government congress elections held on Saturday have started trickling in. The results showed that those elected as chairmen through consensus arrangement include, Suleiman Tejidini (Ilorin West), Shehu Yahaya (Asa), Ambali Hakeem Jaji (Ilorin South), Lawal Habeeb (Ilorin East) and Olumide Ibitoye (Irepodun). Reports reaching newsmen in Ilorin from Baruten, Irepodun, Patigi, Edu, Moro, Kaiama and Offa, showed that the exercise was hitch-free as party delegates affirmed their consensus lists. Muhammed Kabir, an official of INEC, who monitored the process in Ilorin, described the exercise as peaceful. Also reacting, the state chairman, caretaker…
Irregularities have allegedly marred the local government congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held across Adamawa State on Saturday. Complaints of how election materials were handled characterised the exercise in the municipal local government areas of Yola North and Yola South, with party members crying foul and alleging that the materials fell into the hands of people who should not have them. The Chairman of the local government congress committee, sent to conduct the sharing and dispatching of sensitive materials, in the state, Professor Umar Katsayal and his team were almost lynched as angry youths demanded election materials for…
Five out of 25 local government areas of Niger State have disagreed over the adoption of consensus candidates as proposed by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC for the Chairmanship position in the state. The state APC Congress Committee Chairman, Senator Domingo Obende who disclosed this to newsmen in Minna, said elections would be conducted in the affected councils at 10am on Sunday. However, he said five Local Governments have agreed on consensus for other positions in their LGAs. He also ruled out the imposition of candidates on the people, since stakeholders in the state have already agreed to zone…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the India-Russia friendship has stood the test of time and asserted that the two countries together can help bring stability to the global energy market. In his virtual address at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) being held in the Russian city of Vladivostok, Modi noted the “robust” cooperation between the two countries during the Covid-19 pandemic, including in the vaccination programme. Lauding President Vladimir Putin’s vision for the development of the Russian Far East, he said India will be a reliable partner for Russia in realising the vision. Noting…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Kaduna State chapter, on Thursday evening condemned the postponement of elections in 4 Local Government Areas of the State. Recall that less than 12 hours to the conduct of elections in the 23 LGAs of Kaduna State, KAD-SIECOM announced the postponement of elections in four Local Governments (Birnin Gwari, Chikun, Kajuru and Zangon Kataf) areas of the State. KAD-SIECOM cited security threat as the main reason for the postponement. However, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in a statement by Abraham Alberah Catoh, State Publicity Secretary, PDP, wondered “why the Commission has decided to deceive the…
Governor Gboyega Oyetola has said that stakeholders of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State have adopted consensus for the local government party congress in the state. Recall that the APC, according to the timetable released, will have its local government congress across the nation on Saturday. According to Governor Gboyega Oyetola, Congress is to pick officers of the party which should not be a battleground. He assured the party members of adequate security in the state during the congress and urged them to shun violence. “As all the speakers have said, we have adopted consensus in our party for…
The Ogun State All Progressives Congress (APC) Local Government Congress Committee has warned members of the party against conducting parallel congress in the state on Saturday. The Chairman of the five-member committee, Wale Ohu, disclosed this when the committee met with the local government congress electoral committee members, who would conduct the congress across the 20 local government areas of Ogun. Ohu warned that the party would not hesitate to sanction anybody engaging in anti-party activities. According to him, the list of the ward executive members were given to the committee by the from Abuja, saying the committee would work…
Chairman APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has charged officials that would be handing the local governments’ congress to be free, just and fair to all aspirants. The Caretaker Chairman in a statement through his spokesman, gave the charge on Friday as the party prepares to elect local government officials across the country on Saturday. Buni equally charged aspirants across the 774 local government areas to respect the rules of the game and embrace the spirit of sportsmanship in the outcome of the congress. He noted that the exercise, which is a family…
Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar will lead a new Afghan government set to be announced shortly, sources in the Islamist group said on Friday, as its fighters battled forces loyal to the vanquished republic in the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul. Baradar is one of the three deputies of the Taliban’s Supreme Commander Haibatullah Akhundzada, and was the main signatory of the peace deal with the Trump administration in February 2020 that laid out the roadmap for the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan. He also held secret talks with Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns late last month…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has released its timetable and schedule of activities in early preparation for the June 18, 2022 Ekiti Governorship Election. In a statement on Thursday by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of PDP, said, besides the timetable, the National Working Committee (NWC) has approved the Sales of Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms from Monday, September 13 to Thursday, September 30, 2021. He said October 5, 2021 is the last date for the submission of forms. According to the statement, the NWC has also fixed the Screening of Aspirants for Monday, October 11, 2021. He added…
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Friday inaugurated 171 executives of the All Progressive Congress, APC, who was elected during the ward congress of the party that took place at the 13 local government areas of the state. InfoStride News gathered that the inauguration took place ahead of the forthcoming APC local government congress slated to hold in the 13 LGA of the state on Saturday. The inauguration, which took place at the Christian Ecumenical Centre, Abakaliki, witnessed in attendance, all prominent stakeholders of the party including former federal lawmakers, among others. The governor, however, charged the newly-elected wards executives…
Senator Clever Ikiukpo, the local government congress committee chairman for Taraba State has called on party members to close ranks in order to triumph in the 2023 general elections. The chairman, alongside his committee members, said plans to ensure free and fair local government congresses slated for Saturday have been mapped out by the party. Reiterating that “as a committee, we are for all of you and not for any individual the members are in the state to make sure that the All Progressives Congress (APC) move to greater heights.” Optimistic that the Congress will not only be successful but…
Rabiu Kwankwaso, former Governor of Kano State, has cautioned members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, against the lingering crisis within the party, stressing that he has no hands in the internal rancour. Kwankwaso warned that the present crisis would weaken the PDP and possibly tear the party apart. Speaking with BBC Hausa on Friday, Kwankwaso said he is particular about the party returning to power in 2023. He lamented that the crisis rocking PDP was inflamed by those “after leadership” of the party. Kwankwaso speaks on dumping PDP for APC According to Kwankwaso: “Now the strength of the party…
The crisis in Afghanistan in the aftermath of the Taliban toppling the US-backed government in Kabul is expected to be discussed during the BRICS summit scheduled this month, China indicated on Friday. The 13th BRICS summit will be held virtually under the chairmanship of India. BRICS is an important platform for cooperation between emerging markets and developing countries. It is a positive stabilising constructive force in international affairs, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a media briefing here when asked whether the upcoming BRICS summit will discuss the situation in Afghanistan. BRICS countries have a fine tradition of maintaining…
The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Itu Judicial Division of the state has upheld the ward congress held by the All Progressives Congress(APC) in the 329 wards of the state on 31 July 2021. Justice Ntong Ntong upheld the election pending the outcome of the suit brought before the court by Obong Imo Akpan, counsel to the claimants/applicants. The claimants, Uwakmfon Idara Dan, Emmanuel Sunday Nnah and others, on behalf of themselves and all elected persons as ward executives of the APC filed a suit against the defendants, the National Chairman, Caretaker Extra Ordinary Convention Planning Committee of…
The Nigeria Diaspora for Asiwaju (NDA), a support group, says support for former governor of Lagos State, Sen. Bola Tinubu, to run for presidency in 2023 is a collective task. It said everyone should support Tinubu to become president, irrespective of tribal or religious sentiments. Dr Akin Badeji, Director-General of the newly inaugurated support group, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. Badeji, a UK -based chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said this after inaugurating the group. “Tinubu stands out as one politician with the best résumé…
Crisis looms within the All Progressives Congress (APC) family in the Ganye Local Government Area (LGA) of Adamawa State over the Local Government Congress of the party scheduled for this Saturday, September 4. House of Representatives member from Ganye, Hon Abdulrazak Namdas is up against a self-proclaimed super political heavyweight, Muhammad Sadiq who is popularly called Walin Ganye, both presenting aspirants for the chairmanship position of the party in the LGA. The sign of likely a possible crisis is coming from the camp of Muhammad Sadiq, a famous politician around whom an air of supreme political clout has been built.…