The United States, US, government has said it’s paying close attention to Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State. It vowed sanctions and visa restrictions on those behind violence during and after the election. The US Embassy, in a statement on Wednesday, said the visa restrictions would be extended to family members of those who perpetrate violence. In the statement titled: ‘Statement on the upcoming Anambra elections,’ the US government urged residents, electoral officers, and political stakeholders to ensure credible, free and fair elections. The statement reads, “The United States looks forward to a gubernatorial election in Anambra State on November…
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Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has pleaded with the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to cancel the week-long sit-at-home order declared in the South-East ahead of November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. The rights held firmly that the move may lead to shutting down of millions of businesses a situation that may result in massive joblessness and high crime rates in the Igbo speaking South East of Nigeria. HURIWA asked the IPOB to withdraw the order to stave off the imminent collapse of the South East’s economy. Besides, Also, HURIWA asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Ondo State, has alleged that Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s refusal to pay the allowances of soldiers manning checkpoints in the state led to the withdrawal of operatives from the roads. The party in a statement by its publicity secretary, Kennedy Peretei alleged that the soldiers have not been paid for over four months. InfoStride News had earlier reported the exit of soldiers from checkpoints. It was gathered that there were 32 strategic locations in the state where the soldiers used to man to curb the activities of kidnappers and other criminals in the state. According to…
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has cautioned all the political actors in Anambra State against rigging the Saturday governorship election in the State. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Secretary-General of the Chidi Ibeh-led Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro. He accused the Federal Government of being responsible for the escalating tension and violence in Anambra State, and the South-East generally. Isiguzoro said the Government was paying for hastily proscribing the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as a terrorist organization in 2017. He, however, said “the recent lip services of crafty politicians who are…
The Taliban government has banned the use of foreign currencies in Afghanistan in a surprise move that could weigh on an economy struggling with a cash crunch and further isolate the country. The move came as the Taliban were pushing for the release of billions of dollars of reserves overseas, which was frozen by the U.S. and its Western allies since the group swept into the power in August. Without these reserves, Afghanistan has been effectively shut out of the international financial system. The militant group has ordered the public, including shopkeepers to businessmen, to conduct all trade in afghani…
Alhaji Sule Lamido, former Governor of Jigawa State, has blasted the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying it is a party that cannot conceive of good governance in the country. Speaking last night while featuring on Trust TV’s Daily Politics, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, explained that the All Progressive Congress (APC) was formed to only grab power in the country. He further explained that the APC lacks the character and capacity to bring the needed development to Nigerians in all spheres of life. According to Lamido, “All they (APC) say is PDP is dirty but they are poaching on…
The presidential campaign poster of former Senate President Bukola Saraki has emerged. Newsmen sighted Saraki’s presidential campaign posters at Berger roundabout in Abuja on Tuesday. The poster was tagged: “Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki for president 2023, Saraki is coming 2023- Door to Door.” Carrying the logo of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the poster was sponsored by Umar Farin Gado Kazaure, the Director General of Saraki is coming 2023. The posters emerged a few days after the PDP concluded their national convention in Abuja. Iyorchia Ayu was elected as the National Chairman of the PDP.
Former presidential candidate, Kingsley Moghalu has criticized the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State. Moghalu said the tactics used by IPOB harms the people of the South-East greatly. In a series of tweets, the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said the sit-at-home order by IPOB was a challenge. He accused the government of failing to handle the issue of IPOB properly. According to Moghalu, rather than rely on force, the government should opt for negotiation. Moghalu urged the people of the State to file out and perform their…
The Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has been advised to face governance rather than embark on needless window shopping for cheap endorsements for his second term ambition from unwilling members of the public. This advice was contained in a statement signed by Oladele Bamiji, the Director of Media of Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and made available to the media on Wednesday. The PDP wondered why Oyetola would think that harassing different unions and organisations would save him from the looming electoral disgrace out of office that will confront him in 2022. The Osun PDP accused…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has admitted conspiring for the removal of the embattled former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus. Recall that following an internal crisis that recently rocked the opposition PDP, stakeholders of the party had called for the removal of Secondus as chairman of the party. InfoStride News recalls that a High Court in Rivers on August 24 granted an interim order, restraining Secondus from parading himself as the National Chairman of the party. The move led to the recently concluded National Convention of the Party which saw the emergence of…
The Biden administration is rolling out a new initiative aimed at reducing suicides by gun and combating the significant increases in suicides by members of the military and veterans. The White House is announcing the new plan on Tuesday, which officials say is an unprecedented focus by the federal government on reducing the risk of suicide through awareness and training campaigns and new regulations to increase the availability of gun storage products. The plan calls for federal agencies, including the Defense Department, Homeland Security, the Justice Department, Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs and the Department of Transportation’s emergency medical…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned Tuesday’s attack on the University of Abuja by suspected bandits. Suspected bandits had on Tuesday, raided the UniAbjua staff quarters and abducted four staff members and some children in the institution Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the party in a statement on Tuesday, described the attack as cowardly and demanded an unconditional release of the victims. It described as shocking, the attack, and wondered why such a banditry attack should happen just within a distance of 16 kilometres from the Aso Presidential Villa, with all security operatives presence in the presidency. The…
The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has urged the residents of Anambra State to go all out and cast their ballot during the governorship election. Ohanaeze took the stand following fears in some quarters, with the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, declaring a sit-at-home beginning from the eve of the much awaited polls. Though it said its directive was not targeted at Anambra polls, it is believed that should the order stand, the election would be adversely affected. In a press statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday, Ohanaeze said Ndigbo would be doing…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus in the Anambra House of Assembly on Tuesday visited the Deputy Governor, Anambra State, Dr Nkem Okeke, who recently defected to the party. The eight-member caucus, led by Timothy Ifediora, a member representing Njikoka 1 state constituency, said they came to pay a solidarity visit to the Deputy Governor and to assure him that his choice of the party was right. Okeke while receiving the caucus members, assured that APC was better positioned to take power in the state. He thanked the members for coming to pay him a visit, saying the days when…
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakub and the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali has assured Anambra people of a credible election and security of lives and property during Saturday’s election. The duo spoke in Anambra during a stakeholders meeting held at the INEC headquarters in Awka, on Tuesday. The INEC chairman said, “When we released the timetable 11 months ago, it was as if the election would never come, but we are 4 days to the election, and the election is set to hold. “I want to urge Anambra people to go out and vote…
Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday resigned from the Congress and announced the name of his party–Punjab Lok Congress–just months before the Assembly polls. The party will be formally launched later and the Election Commission has no objection to its name, he said. The move by the former CM came days after he dismissed reports of back-end talks with the Congress, saying the time for rapprochement is over. In his seven-page resignation letter, Amarinder Singh also slammed the Gandhis for a “conspiracy” to oust him from the state government. In the letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, he…
Don Ubani, Deputy Chief of Staff in the office of the Deputy Governor of Abia State and former Commissioner for Information and Strategy, has written to Senator Iyorchia Ayu, the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This follows the election of Ayu and others as new national officers of the PDP in a well-attended national convention of the party held at Eagles Square, in Abuja, the nation’s capital, on October 30th and 31st, 2021. In a letter dated November 1st, 2021, addressed to Senator Iyorchia Ayu, and made available to journalists in Umuahia, the Abia capital, on…
The National Youth Leader-elect of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Muhammed Kadade Suleiman, has called on Nigerian youths to join the party in order to rescue and save the future of the country from imminent destruction. In a statement he personally issued after his election, he said, “I want to use this opportunity to call on Nigerian youths to come to PDP and let’s rescue Nigeria together to save our future from imminent destruction.” He assured that he is not unaware of the challenges currently bedeviling the youths in the country occasioned by the maladministration of the All Progressives…
A call has gone to the newly elected National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyorchia Ayu and other members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) to work hard in order to rescue the Nigerian nation from bad governance and the disastrous slump it suffered under the All Progressives Congress (APC). A chieftain of the party, Chief Olumide Aderinokun said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta on Tuesday. According to Aderinokun, the mission to rescue Nigeria in 2023 had commenced with the PDP’s hitch-free national convention, charging Ayu and his NWC members to…
Professor Charles Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for the November governorship election in Anambra State, has accused politicians of being responsible for the ongoing security crisis in the State. While many people mostly in government have maintained that members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, are responsible for the current crisis in the state, Soludo believes that politicians should be held responsible. He suggested that Andy Uba, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the upcoming election might have a better explanation as to why the security situation in the state has deteriorated over…