The Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has held its state congress, electing Mr Basil Ejidike as the new state chairman of the party. Also elected alongside Ejidike are Ifeanyi Osegbue as Deputy Chairman, Chidi Orji as Secretary, Calista Nwachukwu as Treasurer and Chukwunonso Chinwuba as Legal Adviser among others. The congress, which was witnessed by a committee set up by the national leadership of the party, led by Hon Friday Nwanozie Nwosu, was conducted through a voice vote, affirming Ejidike and members of his immediate past executive. Nwosu said: “This is the APC congress, and today…
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Senator representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District, Michael Bamidele Opeyemi has described last Thursday’s Ekiti All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election as a charade. He vowed to fight those he described as principalities and powers behind the exercise which, he said, didn’t meet the minimum standard of conducting election primaries. Bamidele, in a statement he issued on Sunday which was sent to DAILY POST in Abuja, said the APC primary in Ekiti was an ugly one which has not happened in recent times, insisting that he would take all necessary legal actions to test the viability of the results declared…
The Ogoni people have declared that any Ogoni man or woman who seeks the position of deputy governor in 2023 will be seen as an enemy of Ogoniland. The group, known as Vanguard of Ogoni Nation, said Ogoni people will not settle for anything less than the office of the Rivers governor in 2023. The leader of the group, Reuben Favour, described the position of the deputy governor as a spare tyre that has no voice and authority. He said the time they wanted the position has passed, insisting that they only want the position of Governor. Favour said, “What…
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Zagon Kataf Local Goverment Area of Kaduna State, Alhaji Muhammed Boroboro, on Sunday condemned the bandits attack and killing of several people in Atak Mawai in Zaman Dabo village, Atyap Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf. The community came under heavy attack in the early hours of Sunday by unknown gunmen, killing about 10 persons and burning about 10 houses. Speaking to the media on Sunday, Alhaji Borboro, who described the attack as babaric and inhumane expressed regret for the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, noting that its only achievement is insecurity and killing of human…
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said late Saturday she is self-isolating after coming into close contact with a person infected with the coronavirus. The exposure came on a flight from the town of Kerikeri to the largest city of Auckland. New Zealand’s Governor-General Cindy Kiro was also on the Jan. 22 flight and has also gone into isolation. Both women had been in the Northland region to do some filming ahead of New Zealand’s national day, Waitangi Day, on Feb. 6. The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern is asymptomatic and is feeling well, her office said in a statement. In…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olorunda local government, has disowned a chieftain of the party over an alleged verbal attack on Senator Ademola Adeleke. Akin Adeyi, a chieftain of the PDP in Osun State was accused of verbally attacking the former Senator whom many tout as the gubernatorial candidate of the party during a recent television programme in Abuja. The decision to disown the chieftain was contained in a statement jointly signed by Bola Ajao, the Secretary of the party in the state, Nathaniel Ojetola, Chairman of the party in Olorunda local government and Lateef Adesina, Ward 1 chairman of…
Leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Edwin Clark, has given reasons why he would support the Presidential ambition of Bukola Saraki, former Senate President. Clark vowed to support Saraki’s presidential ambition if the Southern part of the country fails to produce a consensus candidate in 2023. He spoke when the Abubakar Bukola Saraki Contact and Advocacy Council, visited him in Abuja yesterday. The PANDEF leader described the former Senate President as “the best for Nigeria.” He commended Saraki for his sterling performance as a Senate President in the 8th Senate. “We have been agitating for the presidency to be…
As the race for the 2023 elections continues, two serving governors from the Northeast under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are perfecting plans to position themselves to run as vice-presidential candidates of the party. The ambitions of the two governors to run as vice-presidential candidates is believed to be jeopardising the interest of three national chairmanship aspirants from the region, InfoStride News gathered. The two APC governors and a former governor from the Northeast, it was gathered, are keen to be picked as presidential running mates while three aspirants from the region are jostling for the national…
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has said he would reveal his intentions on the 2023 presidency to Nigerians during the Easter period. Ngige explained that he is still consulting with relevant stakeholders across the country on running for Presidency in 2023. The former Anambra State Governor spoke at the state’s office of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment in Awka at the weekend. Ngige disbursed empowerment facilities to members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State. Overwhelmed by the empowerment, Anambra women led by lady Nancy Okafor urged the minister to vie for the…
Despite my well-considered warning to Bola Ahmed Tinubu in my factual treatise on him sometime last year, and how his clinching the presidency would be bad for Nigeria, he has proceeded to formally declare his interest in the 2023 presidential election. It appears this mercantile politician whose character portrait is corrosive to democracy and who elevates self-interest over and above national interest will be taking no prisoners in the pursuit of his “lifelong ambition.” However, I am ready to shout it from the rooftops again and again, that his character attributes will engender a conflict of interest like never before…
US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and diplomats from France, Germany, Italy, and the UK during a phone call discussed written responses to Russia’s proposals on security guarantees and the Normandy format meeting, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said in a readout on Friday. “The participants discussed the US and NATO written responses to Russia, the Normandy format meeting held in Paris on January 26, and our ongoing commitment to diplomacy,” Price said. “They agreed on the importance of continued close coordination and unity in the face of Russia’s unprovoked military buildup on Ukraine’s borders and reaffirmed that any…
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has insisted that the North would produce Nigeria’s president in 2023. Bala Mohammed said the claim that power must shift to the Southern part of the country in 2023 is meant for the All Progressives Congress, APC, and not the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He said the North still has four years left, based on the arrangement of the PDP. Mohammed disclosed this when a Contact and Consultation Committee he set up for his presidential ambition submitted its report to him on Friday at the Government House in Bauchi. Mohammed said, “We are aware…
Rochas Okorocha, former Governor of Imo State, has insisted that Nigeria is passing through a difficult moment ahead of the 2023 general elections. Okorocha also charged Nigerian leaders at all levels to begin to accept responsibilities, adding that despite the present challenge, the country is not finished. The Senator representing Imo South Senatorial District stated this at the “2021 Our Nigeria News Awards “organized by Our Nigeria Magazine with the theme, “Nigeria is Our Nigeria: We Must Join Hands Together To Make It Work Or We Perish Together,” in Abuja, on Friday. Okorocha said, “I have often said to our…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has released its timetable and schedule of activities for the conduct of congresses in Anambra State to elect new Ward, Local Government Area (LGA) and State Executive Committee members. In a statement by Hon. Umar M. Nature, National organizing Secretary on Saturday, PDP disclosed that sale of forms would commence on Tuesday, February 1 to Friday, February 14, 2022, while the congress to elect Ward Executive and 3 Ad-Hoc delegates is slated for Saturday, February 19, 2022. The timetable also showed that Ward Congresses Appeals would take place on…
The 2023 presidential election is 13 months away and some politicians have already been mooted to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. Campaigns for the 2023 presidential election have now been set in motion. The drumbeat is getting louder as many politicians have already thrown their hats in the ring. While political parties are still planning and weighing their options ahead of the elections, campaign posters of some presidential hopefuls have started littering the country already. Those whose posters and billboards are yet to be seen anywhere have been giving us hints about their intentions to run for the highest political office…
Pakistan on Friday announced that Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit China to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics next week, reinforcing the “all-weather strategic cooperative partnership” between the two countries. During the visit, Khan will have meetings with the Chinese leadership, Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said at the weekly briefing. The visit will reinforce the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between our two countries, and further advance the objective of building a closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era, he said. The foreign office on January 13 had said that Khan…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday, demanded a full disclosure of specifics of the subsidy templates including details of the cost of importation of petroleum products into the country to warrant the additional N2.557 trillion being requested for subsidy. Mr. Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary of the party stated this in a statement on Friday. According to him, the party called on the National Assembly to stand with the people and reject what it called “scandalous N2.557 trillion addition for fuel subsidy” at this critical time as approving such would be a great and unpardonable disservice to Nigerians He…
Amid internal wranglings within the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, there are indications that stakeholders are waiting on President Muhammadu Buhari to decide the fate of the party concerning zoning. Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun gave this indication on Friday after paying a thank you visit to President Buhari for making out time to commission some landmark projects in his state recently. Owing to pressures within the party, the APC has settled for February 2022 to conduct its national convention. InfoStride News gathered that there have been bickering in the party over zoning of the National Working Committee (NWC) offices…
The Chairman of the Ekiti State Governorship Primary Election Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abubakar Badaru has revealed that all the governorship aspirants participated in the just concluded primary election in the state. Badaru insisted that media reports alleging that the exercise was boycotted were untrue. There had been reports that seven aspirants expected to participate in Thursday’s governorship primary election of the party, boycotted the race over allegations of fraud and manipulation of the process in favour of the immediate past Secretary to the State Government, Biodun Oyebanji. Oyebanji who eventually won the primary election in Ekiti…
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has praised the Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde, for his positive disposition during yesterday’s People’s Democractic Party (PDP) governorship primary election. Fayose, who also applauded all members and supporters of the PDP in Ekiti State, particularly the aspirants for the peaceful manner the primary election was conducted. He stated, “all PDP members, supporters and the entire people of Ekiti who are yearning for good governance are winners.” In a statement on Thursday, by his Spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, Fayose said Governor Makinde has proved to be a man of his words and…