The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, on Thursday, urged the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to reconsider its stand towards the Anambra State election scheduled for November 6, 2021. The appeal followed a declaration of a one-week sit-at-home beginning from November 4 to November 10 by the IPOB over the non-release of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Speaking at a special prayer rally in Enugu, the Enugu State Chairman of PFN, Bishop Goddy Madu said that any attempt to stop the election would throw up anarchy and would not be in the best interest of the people. He also took…
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Amid the rising tensions between the United States and China, Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on Tuesday (local time) said that the threat from Beijing is growing “every day,” and confirmed the presence of American troops on Taiwanese soil for training purposes. In an interview with CNN, Tsai said Taiwan, which is located fewer than 200 kilometers (124 miles) away from China’s southeastern coast, was a “beacon” of democracy that needed to be defended to uphold faith worldwide in democratic values. Beijing claims full sovereignty over Taiwan despite the island’s self-governance for over seven decades. Meanwhile, Taipei continues to counter the…
The Akwa Ibom State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has commenced its electronic membership registration and revalidation exercise in the state. The Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, who flagged off the exercise at Ibom Hall, Uyo, the state capital, urged the party faithful to take advantage of the exercise which he said would put an end to rigorous procedure posed by the analogue method. He appreciated the party for introducing the innovation to ease registration of members and announced the donation of smart phones to all the wards in the state to assist those without smartphones in the registration…
The Osun State House of Assembly has charged the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) to be more tolerant and up-and-doing during the conduct of local government elections. This charge was given by the Chairman, Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Taiwo Olodo on Wednesday at the ongoing budget defence at the House of Assembly. While appreciating the efforts of the commission and its members in the discharge of their civic obligations and undertakings, Olodo assured that the Assembly would give the necessary support for their success. He added that it was the responsibility of everyone to play their part actively…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has insisted that its planned national convention would hold. PDP’s Chairman Board of Trustees, BoT, Walid Jibril, said the convention would hold despite the suit challenging the event by the party’s suspended National Chairman, Uche Secondus. The Rivers State High Court restrained Secondus from parading himself as the party’s chairman. But, Secondus vowed never to withdraw the suit challenging his removal from office. He had challenged PDP to stop all forms of preparation for the convention pending the hearing of his case in the Court of Appeal. However, Jubril urged Secondus not to make the…
Some National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members in Anambra State have vowed to steer clear of the forthcoming governorship election over constant threats from the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. InfoStride News reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, often relies on corps members for the conduct of elections in all parts of the country. They are often used as Presiding Officers, PO and Assistant Presiding Officers, APO 1, 2 and 3 in most polling units during elections. But sequel to the tension currently rocking Anambra State following moves by IPOB to halt the election, corps members serving in…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a telephone call with his Sudanese counterpart asked what action the United States can take to support the transition to a civilian-led government following the military takeover by Sudanese armed forces, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a press release. “Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi to solicit her views about what steps the United States can take to support the Sudanese people in their call for a civilian-led transition to democracy in accordance with the Sudanese Constitutional Declaration,” Price said in the release…
Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the commission is ready for the Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra State. He said this at a meeting with the Joint National Assembly Committee INEC and Electoral Matters to engage with the commission over the forthcoming election in Abuja on Wednesday. Yakubu said, “We have recovered from the series of attacks on our facilities and I am happy to say that we have deployed all the non-sensitive materials to all the local government areas. “As far as INEC is concerned, we are good to go on Nov.…
The Bauchi State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the state Chief Judge, Justice Rabi Talatu Umar and the state governor, Bala Mohammed, to make a complaint to the National Judicial Council (NJC) to investigate Justice Aliyu Baba Usman and the circumstances that led him to hear and grant reliefs over a case concerning the removal of Uche Secondus as the the national chairman of the party. The state chairman of the party Hamza Akuyam made the call in a press release issued to DAILY Post on Wednesday where he alleged that the case was neither…
The Ogun State Congress Appeal Committee set up to review the recent parallel congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State has concluded its sitting with no petition received. Our correspondent reports that the two major factions battling for the soul of the party are led by Governor Dapo Abiodun and his predecessor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun. The two factions had on October 16 conducted parallel congresses amidst violence. Some hoodlums had disrupted the Ake palace, where the Amosun supporters had their congress, with heavy gunshots, while the Dapo Abiodun faction’s congress held at the MKO Stadium, Kuto was…
The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof, Mahmood Yakubu on Wednesday, confirmed to the Senate, the body’s readiness to conduct governorship polls in Anambra. His invitation to appear before the Senate Committee on INEC came amid heightening insecurity and threats of election boycott in Anambra State. Yakubu revealed that INEC required 14 activities preparatory to the election, out of which 12 have been concluded. He said INEC had recovered from attacks on its facility in the zone, adding that ad-hoc staff have been adequately trained with sensitive materials already deployed. He said: “We required 14 activities to conduct Anambra…
Thousands of demonstrators from a banned Pakistani Islamist group clashed with police outside Lahore on Wednesday, killing and wounding several, police and the group said, in a row about a French magazine’s cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad. The clash broke out at a rally of the banned Tehrik-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) on a highway in Sheikhupura, just outside the eastern city of Lahore, a spokesman for the Punjab police said on Wednesday. “TLP activists used SMG, AK-47 and pistols to target police officials as the result of which several officials were martyred,” the spokesman said. The interior minister told reporters that…
The factional chairman of the Osun State All Progressives Congress (APC) Rasaq Salinsile has inaugurated problems solving and reconciliation committees in all strata of the party organisation. During the inauguration of the committee, which took place in Osogbo, Salinsile stated that the constitution of the body became essential for the reenactment of the good fortunes of the party, adding that the committees will work assiduously for the goodness of the party. In a press release signed and made available by Abiodun Agboola, the Publicity Secretary, to the media immediately after the Osun APC State Executive Council meeting, Salinsile noted that…
Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has stated the condition under which the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, can win the next month’s governorship election in Anambra State. Saraki said the PDP can only win the election if the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, ensures a free, fair, and credible election. Featuring on Arise News Tuesday, the former Governor of Kwara State urged INEC to ensure the transmission of electoral results during the Anambra State governorship election. According to Saraki: “I think what is most important is to ensure that the election holds, it’s free and fair, INEC ensures that the results…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Accreditation Sub-Committee, on Tuesday, said efforts are ongoing to resolve litigations regarding the delegates’ list to the October 30 national convention of the party. Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, the Chairman of the Sub-committee and Governor of Delta, disclosed this during the sub-committee’s meeting held in Abuja. Okowa said that the party and its various committees for the convention were putting everything in place to ensure that the national convention was hitch-free. He assured that all issues regarding some states in court over conflicting delegates list would be amicably resolved. “We are also trying to look at…
Few days to the Anambra State governorship election, the All Progressives Congress, APC, says it will not be a party to any rigging plot. There have been claims that the APC was planning to use the instrumentality of the Federal Government to take over the State. But one of the media coordinators of the APC in Anambra State, Mr. Igboeli Arinze, who is also the Zonal Publicity Secretary, APC, representing Anambra Central, said the party was not plotting any form of rigging. He said the people of the State were desirous of change and were ready to cast their ballot…
Two powerful US Senators on Tuesday urged President Joe Biden not to impose provisions of the punitive Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) against India for buying the S-400 surface-to-air missile system from Russia. In a letter to Biden, Senators Mark Warner of the Democratic Party and John Cornyn of the Republican Party urged the president to grant a national interest waiver to India as provided under CAATSA as this is in America’s national security interest. We strongly encourage you to grant a CAATSA waiver to India for its planned purchase of the S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile system. In…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said that 81,778 newly printed Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were ready for collection in Anambra State. INEC disclosed this in a statement titled “ Update on Preparations for the Anambra State Governorship Election”, signed by Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, on Tuesday in Abuja. Okoye said that the new printed PVCs included newly registered voters and those who applied for replacement or transfer of their cards in the state during the just concluded first phase of the Continuous Voter Registration in the state. He said that…
The factional Executives of the Niger State All Progressives Congress, APC, were barred from submitting their complaints before the state party Congress Appeal Committee. The committee was constituted to receive petitions and complaints of aggrieved members. However, after waiting for several hours without any of the committee members on ground at the party secretariat to receive their complaints, the group resolved to submit their 7- page petition to the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. Speaking to newsmen in Minna, the Treasurer of the group, Eli Ndache decried the non-appearance of the Appeal Committee mandated to receive complaints and petitions in…
The Anambra State Government has assured electorates in the state of their safety during the November 6 election, saying it has been talking with relevant persons to ensure a hitch-free process. This was contained in a press release by the Anambra government, signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr Don Adinuba. Adinuba said, “Anambra State government hereby assures all persons in the state that the November 6, 2021, governorship election will be free and fair. “Robust arrangements have been made to secure the life and asset of every person before, during and after the election. There…