A senior US diplomat urged the U. Security Council on Thursday to press Myanmar’s military to stop violence and restore democracy, warning that with COVID-19 surging and hunger increasing, the longer we delay, the more people die. Deputy US Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis said Myanmar is reeling from a surge in COVID-19 cases and faces a burgeoning health catastrophe as a direct result of the military’s brutality and administrative failures since its coup six months ago. The violence and military crackdown that followed have also displaced hundreds of thousands of people, and up to 2.8 million additional people may be facing…
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Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello has revealed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in his state has recorded significant growth because the party is an all-comers affair coupled with its open door policy. He said the people believe in APC administration in the state, hence, the party grew after the 2019 governorship election, according to a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mohammed Onogwu, sent to the media. The governor commended party members across the 239 wards of the state over what he described as peaceful and orderly conduct of party ward congress. The statement said…
The former secretary to the government of the federation, Senator Pius Anyim Pius, former governor of Ebonyi State, Sam Egwu and other leaders of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi at the weekend alleged plots by Governor David Umahi to launch an attack on its supporters in the state. The PDP chieftains alleged that the party’s teeming supporters in the state have continuously been attacked and harassed by the Ebubeagu group formed by the state government. The party in a communique signed by the former senate president Anyim Pius Anyim, ex-governor Sam Egwu and 35 others and forwarded to…
About 5,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) and the Action Alliance (AA) have decamped to the All Progressive Congress (APC), in Imo State. The defectors were received into the APC fold by the apex leader of the part in the Owerri zone, Prince Lemmy Akankem. This was contained in a statement sent to the media on Sunday. Speaking while receiving the defectors, the APC leader in the Owerri zone, Pince Akankem, attributed the mass defection to the shared prosperity of Gov Hope Uzodimma’s government. He said, “Your defection and registration into our party…
Reports reaching InfoStride News from Ogbomoso, Oyo State, say the All Progressives Congress (APC) held parallel congresses in some parts of the town on Saturday. Our correspondent recalls that the APC ward congresses were held across the country yesterday. The ward congress in the state is headed by Alhaji Gambo Lawan. It was however learnt that parallel congresses were held in some wards in Ogbomoso North Local Government Area and other parts of the town. Sources told the media on Sunday that the parallel congresses were held by loyalists of a former Governor of the State, Chief Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala,…
India’s development partnership with Afghanistan includes more than 550 Community Development Projects covering all its 34 provinces and is aimed at strengthening the country, said Counsellor in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, Pratik Mathur. During a debate on peace-building and sustaining peace on Thursday at United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Mathur said: “Our development partnership with Afghanistan includes more than 550 Community Development Projects. It is aimed at strengthening Afghanistan.” He also said that India has always played a constructive role in peace-building processes, especially in its neighbouring countries. “As a democracy, India is conscious of the need to…
The Kogi State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Wemi Jones, has said the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) is waxing stronger on a daily basis as the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been rejected by the citizens of the state. Jones, who stated this at the APC Ward Congress in Kabba, Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of the state, maintained that PDP is dead and buried in Kogi State. Expressing optimism that the APC will win massively in the forthcoming general elections in the country, Jones stated that the party has continued to grow stronger at the grassroots,…
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Peace, Reconciliation and Outreach Committee met with Bianca Ojukwu on Saturday. Ojukwu, the wife of late party national leader, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu was formerly Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain. The delegation led by an ex-APGA chairman Victor Umeh, included the Anambra House of Assembly Speaker, Victor Okafor. Umeh said that the visit was to reconcile with Bianca ahead of the Anambra election. “We are invoking the spirit of Chief Chukwuemeka Ojukwu as well as his fatherly guidance and blessings as we embark on this journey”, NAN quoted him as saying. “Bianca has contributed to the wellbeing…
Bukola Saraki, a former Senate President has broken his silence on his repeated invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, stating that as a free citizen, he has nothing to hide. Saraki in a statement by his Media aide, Yusuph Olaniyonu said he visited the office of the EFCC on his volition to clarify an issue that the commission may have to raise with him. He clarified that he was not arrested but he made himself available to show he has nothing to hide. Reports not InfoStride News, had claimed that Saraki was arrested for money laundering. The…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has clarified the reason for having the former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki in its custody. Reports on Saturday had it that EFCC allegedly arrested the former Senate President. But EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Saraki was invited for questioning over allegations of corruption and money laundering. He stated that the immediate past Senate president was in the commission’s custody for continuation of interrogation. Meanwhile, Saraki in a statement explained that he was not arrested but on his own volition went to the EFCC’s office.…
On the eve of China’s Army Day, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday asserted that it is the ruling Communist Party that commands the gun and asked the military to make resolute efforts to become the world’s best army by 2027, on par with that of the US. A key conclave of the Communist Party of China (CPC) headed by 68-year-old Xi last year finalised plans to build a fully modern military on par with that of the US by 2027. By the year 2027, which marks the centennial of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), China will…
Ahead of 2023 general elections, Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, has stressed the importance of All Progressives Congress (APC) ward congress as foundation for election victory in Delta State and Nigeria in general. He expressed delight in the peaceful conduct of congresses across the entire local government councils in Delta State, describing conduct of participants as most responsible. In a statement which he personally signed and made to the media in Abuja, the lawmaker noted that there was a mass turnout of people, which he believes, was signal to the party becoming a dominant party in Delta State within a…
The political war between Governor Dapo Abiodun and his predecessor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun, took a new twist on Saturday as the two factions held parallel congresses across the wards in Ogun State. It was gathered that one person was injured when loyalists from both camps clashed at Ward 11, Abeokuta South Local Government Area. It was observed that both Abiodun and Amosun camps used separate venues in some wards, to avoid a clash between the two political groups. In ward 14, Abeokuta South Local Government, it was noticed that Amosun’s loyalists held their congress at St Louis Secondary School, Onikoko,…
Plateau State Governor and Chairman of Northern Governors’ Forum, Barr. Simon Bako Lalong, has commended members of the All Progressives Congress in Plateau State for their peaceful conduct and maturity during the Ward Congresses of the party which held throughout the state on Saturday. Lalong, who went round some wards in Jos North Local Government alongside the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Idris Wase, Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, Secretary to the Government of the State Prof. Danladi Abok Atu, state party officials and other political leaders, witnessed a peaceful exercise. The Governor’s first…
The ward congress of the Akwa Ibom State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was held despite the protests that rocked it. The party secretariat located at Ikot Ekpene Road Uyo, the State capital, were lit with a bonfire and protesters were seen displaying placards with inscriptions such as: “Udoedehe cannot decide for us in Akwa Ibom”, “The list cannot stand”, “We reject this shambolic manipulation by one man”, “This congresses cannot hold” and “Enough of one man dictatorship in Akwa Ibom APC.” It was gathered that the protesters were alleged supporters of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs,…
The Biden administration announced new sanctions on Friday against Cuba’s national revolutionary police and its top two officials as the US looks to increase pressure on the communist government following this month’s protests on the island. The Police Nacional Revolcionaria and the agency’s director and deputy director, Oscar Callejas Valcarce and Eddie Sierra Arias, were targeted in the latest sanctions announced by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. The police are part of Cuba’s interior ministry, which was already the subject of a blanket designation by the Trump administration back in January. “We hear the cries of freedom…
The Kwara State ward congresses of the All Progressives Congress, APC, will hold on Saturday despite rumoured postponement of the exercise. A statement by the spokesman of the party, Tajudeen Aro, in Ilorin on Saturday, asked party members to disregard the rumour of suspension of the exercise in Kwara and two other states, describing it as fake and malicious. “We wish to state categorically without any fear that ward congresses shall hold in Kwara state simultaneously with other states of the country today as scheduled. “We are aware of the source of the discredited contents and not willing to beat…
The North Central Youth Lobbying Committee on increase in youth participation in politics has demanded 60 percent leadership positions in elective posts in the All Progressives Congress, APC, ward congresses in the country. A member of the committee and Niger State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Mr Emmanuel Umar, who stated this when he led members on a visit to the State Chairman of APC in Minna, said the request cuts across other subsequent elections. He insisted that the youth over time have been relegated to the background, hence the need to give them the opportunity to contest and…
A group within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, The Osun Progressives (TOP) has charged members of the party to turn out in large numbers for Saturday’s scheduled ward congress in the State. The Chairman of the group, Reverend Adelowo Adebiyi gave the charge at a weekly meeting of the caucus in Osogbo, on Friday. Adebiyi, who is the pioneer chairman of the APC in Osun, emphasised the need for members to be of exemplary character during the congress. He urged them to shun actions which could cause disruption of the election proceedings and asked them to resist…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has emphasised on the use of electronic components as a sure way the Commission can deliver free and fair elections. He spoke while hosting the visiting Chairperson of the National Electoral Commission, Davidetta Browne Lansanah (NEC) of Liberia in Abuja. Yakubu said the world was steadily moving away from the manual way of conducting elections and Nigeria is also convinced that the use of appropriate technology is one of the best guarantees for a credible election. He said, “the truth is that…