US Vice President, Kamala Harris will visit Southeast Asia later this month aiming to bolster US engagement in the region in an effort to counter China’s growing influence globally. In an early preview of the goals for her trip to Singapore and Vietnam, Harris deputy national security adviser Phil Gordon said the vice president will emphasize the Biden administration’s commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region, with a focus on reinforcing regional security in the area. The vice president, Kamala Harris will meet with government officials, leaders, people in the private sector and civil society, and she’ll focus on…
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Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State, has called for greater dedication to the unity of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from party members and stakeholders in the State, reiterating his commitment to the party’s growth and sustained influence in the state and even beyond. In a statement made available by the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Funke Egbemode, at the end of the week’s State Executive Council meeting, Mr. Oyetola said only commitment to the party will ensure its growth both in number and influence. Oyetola also commended party members across the 332 wards of the State for the…
Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Niger State have declared that they are prepared for elective congress for delegates to freely pick their leaders devoid of any form of hindrance. This was their resolution from separate meetings held in the three Senatorial Zones of Niger East, Niger North and Niger South on Tuesday in Bida, Minna as well as Kontagora areas of the state. They resolved that all politics is local, therefore, every leader should fall back to his locality. Also, the PDP Stakeholders thanked the National Working Committee for approving and fixing the 7th of August 2021…
Some members of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, including the Deputy National Financial Secretary, Deputy Legal Adviser, Deputy National Auditor, Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Deputy Women Leader, and Deputy Organising Secretary, have resigned from their various positions. The party’s National Organising Secretary, Colonel Austin Akobundu (retd), reportedly confirmed this to the Nation on Tuesday. The resigning NWC members, numbering about seven, however, promised to remain loyal to the main opposition political party. They, according to the report, will no longer continue to work with the current NWC led by Prince Uche Secondus.
The Engr. Mohammed Jibrin Iman-led faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Niger State has described last Saturday’s congresses to elect party leaders as illegal. Iman, who stated this in Minna, the state capital, said since due process was not followed in its conduct, they are null and void and can be challenged in the court of law. He explained that his faction is the authentic executive of the party since their suspension and removal did not conform to the party’s constitution. Against this backdrop, the embattled chairman cautioned that whoever was elected to any elective office of the…
Washington has urged 24 Russian diplomats to leave the US by September 3 due to visa expiration, the Russian ambassador to the US informed on Sunday. Almost all the diplomats will leave the US without replacements as Washington has abruptly tightened visa issuing procedures, Xinhua reported citing Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov. “We have received a list of twenty-four diplomats who are expected to leave the country before September 3, 2021, last December the US State Department unilaterally established a three-year limit on the assignment period for Russian personnel in the United States that, as far as we know, is not…
Former Governor of Jigawa State and a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain Dr. Sule Lamido says he is confident his party will form Government after the 2023 General Election. He, however, said the party may be worse than the All Progressives Congress, APC. Sule Lamido, who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen, said the APC had proven to Nigerians to be a failed party because of its inability to fulfill all campaign promises. He expressed confidence that PDP would bounce back to power in 2023. He said the ruling APC will collapse before the 2023 election, because the main…
The Chairman of the Osun State National Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ward Congress, Gbenga Elegbeleye has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the congresses held over the weekend, describing it as a huge success. Elegbeleye also reiterated that the exercise was carried out in line with the principles and guidelines of the party as enshrined in its Constitution and in accordance with the directive of the national leadership of the APC. While addressing a press conference in Osogbo, Monday, at the state party secretariat, the Committee Chairman disclosed that only candidates who collected nomination forms, passed through…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega not to infuriate Nigerians amid this alleged bad government they are facing under the APC. PDP in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan warned Jega not to infuriate Nigerians by attempting to dry-clean the rudderless and inept of the All Progressives Congress (APC), despite the unbearable devastation the ruling party has brought to the nation in six years. Recall that Jega had earlier warned Nigerians not to vote for the APC and PDP in 2023. The…
Governor Dapo Abiodun was said to have assented six bills in six months, from January to June, 2021. The State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Akingbolahan Adeniran, disclosed on Monday that 25 bills passed by the State Assembly were assented to by Abiodun, while two others were still under consideration. Adeniran, while presenting the 2021 budget performance of the Ministry before the State lawmakers at the Assembly complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, stated that five Executive Orders establishing State Safety Commission, Waste Management Authority, State Skills Funds, Lagos/ Ogun Joint Development Commission and Framework for Responsible and Inclusive Land Intensive…
The Afghan president on Monday blamed the American troops’ speedy pullout for the worsening violence in his country and said that his administration would now focus on protecting provincial capitals and major urban areas in the face of the rapidly advancing Taliban. Ashraf Ghani also urged lawmakers to back a national mobilisation drive against the Taliban amid an intensifying war between the Taliban and Afghan government forces over the past few months as U.S. and NATO troops complete their pullout from the war-torn country. An imported, hasty peace process a reference to Washington’s push for negotiations between Kabul and the…
A former Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (lNEC), Professor Attahiru Muhammad Jega has called on Nigerians not to vote for the ruling All Progressives Congress ( APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) for failing to develop the country. According to him, the two major political parties were like siamese twins of corruption and have woefully failed the nation, stressing that it is high time Nigerians looked for a credible alternative. Speaking in a BBC Hausa programme monitored in Kaduna, the University don said, “Nigerians should dump the two parties because of their bad antecedents over the last…
The Kaduna State lndependent Electoral Commission (KAD-SIECOM) has again postponed the local government election for the third time to 4th September, 2021. According to the Chairman of the Commission, Dr Saratu Binta Dikko-Audu, the reason for the last postponement is due to late arrival of the China battery that would power the electronic voting machines. Making the announcement on Monday at a meeting with leaders of political parties and other stakeholders, she regretted the latest postponement, which she said is inevitable. Recall that the election was slated to take place on 14 August, 2021 until the latest postponement was announced,…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) led government in the state of using the Southeastern security outfit, Ebubeagu, to attack and kill its members. The opposition party made the allegation in a communique issued at the end of its meeting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. The communique, which was signed by former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim; the three senators – Sam Egwu (Ebony North), Obinna Ogba(Ebonyi Central), Ama Nnachi(Ebonyi South) – and other party stakeholders, alleged that the state government sponsored attacks on…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is taking out its frustration with the Supreme Court judgment in Rotimi Akeredolu vs Eyitayo Jegede over the Ondo State governorship election on the ruling platform. John Akpan Udoedehe, National Secretary, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), called the PDP an old and hungry hyena wandering aimlessly in the jungle of political wilderness. The scribe, in a statement on Monday, noted that Nigerians know PDP antecedents and will never take its comments seriously. He condemned the opposition for interpreting the laws of the nation in an “ignorant” manner. Udoedehe said…
Philadelphia election officials on Friday voted to reject a Republican lawmaker’s request for access to the city’s voting machines as part of a “forensic investigation” into the 2020 election, setting the stage for a possible legal battle. The board of commissioners, composed of two Democrats and one Republican, voted unanimously not to comply with the request from state Senator Doug Mastriano, an ally of former President Donald Trump who has promoted his false stolen-election claims. After the vote at a public meeting, Chairwoman Lisa Deeley signed a letter to Mastriano saying the city’s 2020 election and 2021 primary were “secure,…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, ward congresses held in Enugu State on Saturday has been described as a success. This was made known in a press statement made available by the election committee members, led by their Chairman, Dr. Ijeomah Arodiogbu. He commended the state members of Enugu APC for the success of the ward congress exercise which he said was due to the maturity and cooperation exhibited by the members. He described his committee’s performance as satisfactory, while announcing that the committee had toured the whole of Enugu monitoring the exercise which was free and fair. Arodiogbu stated that…
A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has claimed that there was no difference between President Muhammadu Buhari; National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu and International fraudster, Hushpuppi. Explaining further, Reno Omokri alleged that while Hushpuppi defrauded unsuspecting people and used the proceed to bride a deputy commissioner of police, Abba Kyari, the source of the billions of Naira Tinubu spent to enthrone Buhari in 2015 and 2019 is yet unknown. Recall that the United States Department of Justice had said an ongoing investigation showed that Hushpuppi allegedly bribed Kyari to arrest one Kelly…
The National leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of Saturday Ward Congress in Kaduna State, describing the exercise as transparent and rancour-free. Speaking to newsmen at the Kaduna APC secretariat on Sunday, Chairman of the Congress Committee for the State, Abubakar Adamu Madibbo said, the Ward Congress which took place in all the 255 wards of the state was free and fair. Madibbo said, “The state adopted a consensus model for the congress and it was excellently carried out without any form of violence.” He added, “On our arrival in Kaduna State…
The Niger State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed August 7 to conduct its state congress to elect state officials that will man the affairs of the party for the next four years. Arising from broad stakeholders meeting at the party’s secretariat in Minna, the North Central Vice-chairman of PDP, Mr Dakas Shan, who is also the caretaker committee chairman overseeing the activities of the party in Niger State explained that a Local Organizing Committee (LOC), has been constituted to prepare grounds for a smooth Congress on Saturday. He said members were drawn from the contending parties…