Russia’s emergency situations minister has died during drills, the ministry said Wednesday. Yevgeny Zinichev, 55, tragically died in the line of duty during inter-agency exercises to protect the Arctic zone from emergency situations, while saving a person’s life,” the ministry said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies. The ministry didn’t offer any details about where the incident took place or how he died. Zinichev became the head of Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry in 2018. His predecessor stepped down not long after a major fire in a shopping mall in Siberia killed more than 60 people, sending shockwaves throughout…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says INEC Voter Enrolment Device (IVED), will eliminate the possibility of voting by identity theft using another person’s Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) on election day. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu stated this while addressing media executives on Tuesday in Abuja. IVED is the commission’s new voter enrolment and voter verification device. Yakubu said that while working on the register of voters INEC was continuously innovating on how to strengthen the credibility of voter accreditation and result management process during elections in Nigeria. The innovations, according to Yakubu, include the introduction of the machine-readable Permanent…
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ebonyi State chapter, Elder Fred Udeogu yesterday said that anyone wishing Nigerians to have Muhammadu Buhari’s kind as the next President of Nigeria come 2023 needs his psyche to be reexamined. Udeogu made this known while reacting to a statement credited to Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi wherein it was alleged that the governor wished Nigerians to have a kind of Buhari as the next president of Nigeria. The party chairman inferred that it is uncalled for that President Buhari, whom his own state governor, Aminu Bello Masari, and other notable…
The Progressive Youth Vanguard (PYV), a pressure group within the All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked the Caretaker Committee Chairman, Mai Mala Buni to resign. The Yobe Governor faces multiple battles. While scores of members are in different courts to demand his removal, others have picked holes in his asset declaration form. The APC has asked members to desist from taking the party to court and explore internal dispute resolution mechanisms. The leadership announced that it would collate all cases and report to the National Executive Committee (NEC). “The party is already compiling the list. We will inform the NEC…
Benue State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Sir John Ngbede has said, the party is now stronger and more coordinated with Governor Samuel Ortom as its leader. Mr. Ngbede made this disclosure on Tuesday at the secretariat of the party when he received the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Terver Akase, who was in his office to seek the permission of the State Working Committee (SWC) to enable him commence consultations with party stakeholders ahead of the 2023 governorship election. While acknowledging the involvement of the State Working Committee in all decisions that have been taken…
A Japanese court has summoned North Korea’s leader to face demands for compensation by several ethnic Korean residents of Japan who say they suffered human rights abuses in North Korea after joining a resettlement programme there that described the country as a paradise on Earth, a lawyer and plaintiff said Tuesday. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un isn’t expected to appear in court for the October 14 hearing, but the judge’s decision to summon him is a rare instance in which a foreign leader was not granted sovereign immunity, said Kenji Fukuda, a lawyer representing the five plaintiffs. They are…
The Enugu State Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Ben Nwoye was on Tuesday arrested by the police. InfoStride News learnt that the chairman was arrested over an alleged petition by former Senate President, Ken Nnamani. The party’s crisis took another dimension after the ward congress of the party in the State, with parallel exercise conducted in the 260 wards. The development was replicated in the last Saturday local government congress. It was gathered that 20 policemen stormed the secretariat of the party in the State shortly after Nwoye held the swearing-in of the 17 local…
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has strongly condemned the unprovoked attack on its secretariat by suspected political thugs in a desperate attempt to scare party faithful from an important event scheduled to hold on the premises on Tuesday. The party, while describing itself as a major stakeholder in the affair of Osun, which is committed to maintaining law and order, stated that the assault on its Secretariat was an act of cowardice and desperation taken too far. In a statement made available by the PDP State Publicity Secretary, Ayodeji Areola, they described those who carried…
The Igbo socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has described Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the protector of people of the Southeast, who is needed to guide Nigerians in the right path of democracy. Ohanaeze’s Deputy Secretary-General, Dimm Uche Okwukwu recalled that Tinubu was a fair leader who appointed Igbos into his cabinet during his administration as Governor of Lagos State. In a statement he signed and forwarded to the media on Tuesday, Okwukwu said Tinubu is needed for the unification of the Southern bloc. Okwukwu also wished the APC National Leader a quick recovery from…
Leaders of North Central Renaissance Movement (NCRM) have appealed to the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to ensure they zone their 2023 presidential tickets to the region. They stated that the move would be in the interest of fairness and justice in the country’s political system. Speaking in a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, Chairman of the group, Dr. Nghargbu K’tso, said, “The time has come for other geo-political zones to support the North Central in its aspiration of producing the next President of the country.” He said the zone would not accept national chairmanship…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the State Department is working with the Taliban to facilitate additional charter flights from Kabul for people seeking to leave Afghanistan after the American military and diplomatic departure. Blinken was speaking on Tuesday at a joint news conference with Qatar’s top diplomats and defence officials. He said the U.S. has been in contact with the Taliban in recent hours to work out arrangements for additional charter flights from the Afghan capital. Blinken said the Taliban have given assurances of safe passage for all seeking to leave Afghanistan with proper travel documents. He said…
The Kaduna Local Government elections have come and gone, but residents have said that the experiences, setbacks, gains and lessons learnt will linger on for a while. The elections which held on Sept, 4 2021, was postponed three times. The poll which was earlier scheduled to hold on May 15, 2021, was postponed to June 5, 2021. The postponement followed a series of complaints from stakeholders that, they were not given the mandatory 90- day notice before the commencement of the election. The Acting Chairman of Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM) then, Alhaji Ibrahim Sambo said, ” the commission…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared parallel Local Government Congresses conducted in some states as futile. John Akpan Udoedehe, National Secretary of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) spoke on Monday. Noting that the APC setup committees that conducted the nationwide exercise, the scribe described the congresses as successful. He said the next step will be an appeal process that will allow anyone with issues to formally present their complaints. Udoedehe recalled that the party informed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of the schedule of APC congresses. “We wrote to INEC stating names of people to conduct the…
The Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has nominated Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, former Chief of Staff, Dr. Saka Balogun and Alhaja Bose Adedibu to serve as members of the local organising committee ahead of the party’s congresses. InfoStride News reports that the trio were announced on Monday. Also announced to serve as members of the committee were Senator Hosea Agboola, Hon. Oluyemi Taiwo, Alhaji Hamid Gbadamosi, Chief Bayo Lawal, Alhaji Kunmi Mustapha, Alhaji Wasiu Adeleke, Maruuf Atilola and Micheal Ogunsina. The committee was inaugurated on Monday at a meeting of some…
The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi has said the Southeast needs the anointing of God to produce a president in 2023. Umahi made the remark while noting that God would give the country a personality with a “good heart” like President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. He disclosed this during an interactive session with State House correspondents after a meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Umahi said members of different political parties from the South East were working within their parties to ensure that they concede their presidential tickets to the region. Umahi while responding to questions on whether…
Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid on Monday said that the war in Afghanistan is over and an announcement about the formation of the new government will be made in the next few days. “The war in Afghanistan is over, now we will work together to rebuild this country,” said Mujahid at a press conference in Kabul, as quoted by TOLO News. “A new government will be announced in the next few days,” he added. Earlier today, the Taliban had announced that Panjshir became the last Afghan province to fall under the control of the Taliban. However, resistance forces immediately rejected the…
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Local Government Congress Committee in Oyo State, Mr. Hilary Amodu, has allegedly absconded with the results of local government congresses. InfoStride News recalls that local government congresses of APC were held on Saturday. It was, however, gathered that Amodu had allegedly eloped with results of 29 out of the 33 local government areas in the state, though Amodu has refuted the claim. Secretary of the committee, Engineer Abdulazeez Usman and other members of the committee among whom are Hon. Taofeek Ogunwale Abdulsalam, Damilare Lukman Abdulkareem, Barrister Yakubu Bashir Bello, Hon. Ralph Igbokwe and…
The Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC) has released the timetable for the local council election. The election date to pick new chairmen and councillors in each of the 21 local government areas of the state is November 27, 2021, according to the timetable passed to newsmen on Monday. The timetable, released by ADSIEC Information Officer, Innocent Zira, shows that the leadership of ADSIEC will meet with representatives of political parties at the commission’s headquarters in Yola on September 13. The election schedules also indicate that the period of September 20-October 2nd is allowed for party primaries while October 4th-15th…
A crisis might have engulfed the Kano State ruling All Progressive Congress APC, as the party leadership moves to sack two of its House of Representatives members, Shaaban Ibrahim Sharada and Tijjani Abdulkadir Jobe for organizing parallel congresses on Saturday. Shaaban Ibrahim Sharada representing Kano Municipal and Tijjani Abdulkadir Jobe representing Dawakin Today/Rimin Gado Federal Constituency had organized a parallel APC Congress against the leadership of the party in Kano. Similarly, the duo also reportedly announced that their Congress was genuine and followed the party’s constitutional position. However, in a swift reaction to the Federal Lawmakers parallel Congresses, the State…
Ahead of the forthcoming November 6 gubernatorial election in Anambra State, a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Valentine Ozigbo has vowed that nobody will rig elections. Ozigbo made the vow while briefing journalists during his consultations with Anambra indigenes in Abakaliki. He vowed that his mandate will be protected during the upcoming election. He said: “The Court remains the last hope of the common man and we thank the judiciary for giving us victory and being fair in their judgement. “I am grateful for the efforts of the governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, extraction. I am a man of…