Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told the head of Unilever on Tuesday that Israel will “act aggressively” against Ben & Jerry’s over the subsidiary’s decision to stop selling its ice cream in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and contested east Jerusalem. British consumer goods conglomerate Unilever acquired the Vermont-based ice cream firm in 2000. Ben & Jerry’s stated on Monday that it had informed its longstanding licensee — responsible for manufacturing and distributing the ice cream in Israel — that it will not renew the license agreement when it expires at the end of 2022. Bennett’s office stated that he spoke…
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Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, to President Muhammadu Buhari, has told members of the People Democratic Party to stop daydreaming about the nation’s number one office. He disclosed this in an interview session with some selected journalists at President Buhari’s residence in Daura, Katsina State, shortly after returning from the Eid-el-Kabir prayer. According to him, President Muhammadu Buhari has a formidable front politically and cannot be wished away by anyone in the country. While examining the mammoth crowd that turned out to catch a glimpse of President Buhari and the warm reception accorded him in…
The national leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stop three political parties from participating in the Anambra governorship election. The national chairman of the party, Mr Ralph Okey Nwosu who briefed journalists in Awka on Tuesday said the three political parties breached the law by not conducting primary elections or conducting within the guidelines of the electoral body. He gave the three political parties as All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC). “What these parties held is not primary elections and they should…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ekiti State, Otunba Demola Popoola(ODEP) has congratulated Muslims in Ekiti State on the occasion of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir. In a felicitation message in Oye Ekiti, Otunba Popoola expressed happiness that despite the various challenges in the country, Muslim faithful still has the opportunity to show gratitude to God for His benevolence. He stressed the need for faithful to use the celebration to show love to the needy through sharing of food and other things that would make the less privileged enjoy the day. Otunba Popoola while appealing to Muslims to imbibe the…
A member of the House of Representatives from Ekiti State, Hon. Femi Bamisile, has tasked the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on aggressive spread of telecommunication networks across the country to accommodate electronic voting in the 2027 general elections. The former Ekiti Speaker, Bamisile, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), clarified that over 37 million Nigerians will be disenfranchised if electronic voting is adopted for the impending 2023 polls, which he said was not in tandem with the spirit of democracy. The lawmaker, representing Gbonyin/Emure/Ekiti East Federal Constituency of Ekiti State, said these in Ado…
South Korea’s prime minister has offered a public apology over a large-scale coronavirus outbreak on a destroyer on an anti-piracy mission off East Africa. Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said Tuesday the government is very sorry for failing to carefully take care of the health of our soldiers who are devoting themselves to the country. The Defense Ministry says 247 of the destroyer’s 301 crew members have been infected. It’s the largest cluster for South Korea’s military since the pandemic began. South Korea sent two military planes to bring back all 301 sailors. On Tuesday, South Korea reported 1,278 new virus…
A pro-democracy group, Democracy Vanguard has stated that the setting up of local government caretaker committees in Osun State by the state governor, Adegboyega Oyetola remains an aberration to the Nigerian Constitution. It also cited that it was illegal, unconstitutional and to the extent of its inconsistency with the Nigerian constitution, remained null and void. In a press release signed by its Osun Coordinator, Olowu Emmanuel and made available to the media on Monday, it stated that it has become necessary to correct and caution some government officials on their deliberate misinformation over the unlawful setting up of the local…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has said that he has no intention to run as the Vice presidential candidate to former President Goodluck Jonathan. There have been reports making the rounds that Jonathan and Malami will contest the forthcoming 2023 presidential election as President and Vice President. But speaking through his media aide, Dr Bashir Gwandu on Monday, Malami described the rumour as pigment of some person’s imagination who are bent on distracting him from his current official duties. The AGF said he never discussed such aspirations with anybody and had not shown…
The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has engaged the State Governor, Dapo Abiodun in exchange of words, accusing him of inciting political violence across the State with his comments at the campaign rallies of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a press statement made available to newsmen on Monday, the party’s Publicity Secretary, Akinloye Bankole, claimed that the “Governor’s words of deliberate incitement has enabled destruction of banners, posters and several other campaign materials of the PDP candidates in the areas visited by the governor since the inception of the local government election campaign.” But, the…
Chief Emeka Kalu, a former Governorship Aspirant from Abia and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has frowned at the recent rejection of the electronic transmission of election results in the electoral reform bill. He stated that the rejection of the electronic transmission of election result by the both chambers of the national Assembly has exposed and interpreted the level of political decay and backwardness in Nigeria. The party stalwart also regretted that the nation’s electrical body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is gradually fading away its independence on the altar of party sentiment and gross selfishness of…
Washington’s point man in talks aimed at ending decades of war in Afghanistan made a brief visit on Monday to Pakistan as relations between Islamabad and Kabul reached a new low. Zalmay Khalilzad’s visit came just hours after Afghanistan withdrew its ambassador from Pakistan late Sunday after the diplomat’s daughter was brutally attacked last week. The US envoy met with Pakistan’s army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa but nothing was immediately known of their discussions. Khalilzad arrived in Islamabad from Qatar where the Taliban and Afghan government representatives have held two days of talks that ended late Sunday, with…
A Federal High Court sitting in Awka State, the Anambra capital, has affirmed Charles Soludo, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) ahead of the governorship election in the state. Recall that Soludo, who belongs to the Victor Oye-led faction of APGA had secured 740 votes to defeat Ezenwankwo Christopher, who polled 41 votes, while ThankGod Ibe had four votes, and Okolo Chibuzor got seven votes. However, a list published on July 16, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) picked Michael Umeoji over Soludo as the standard-bearer…
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, on Monday, had a closed-door meeting with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and National Chairman of the party, Uche Sekondus at Benue Peoples House, Makurdi as part of efforts to rebuild Peoples Democracy Party, PDP, continues. Speaking during an interview with newsmen at the end of the meeting, Governor Ortom said the meeting was held to discuss how to sustain the confidence Nigerians have in the PDP with a view to winning the forthcoming 2023 general election. He explained that the realignment had been ongoing within the party with several meetings held in…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo has kicked against the suspension of two of its lawmakers by the party’s caucus in the state House of Assembly. InfoStride News reports that six members of the Imo House of Assembly were suspended by the Speaker, Paul Emeziem, for alleged unparliamentary conduct. Of the six lawmakers, four are members of the ruling APC while the other two are members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The suspension led to a rowdy session as the suspended lawmakers reacted violently over the action. Reacting, a statement signed by Imo State PDP Chairman, Mr Charles…
An ex-senatorial aspirant for Imo East Senatorial District, Ugochukwu Harry Nwachukwu, has described the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state as a habitat where the bigger fish eats the smaller fish. The politician, popularly known as Ugo Sly, said that “it is only in Imo PDP that internal politics is played with serious interest.” Ugo Sly spoke to journalists in Owerri, the state capital, during the defection ceremony of George White Iwuamadi from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC) held at Uzoagba community in Ikeduru LGA. The Mbaitoli-born politician, who recently decamped to the ruling APC, further…
President Joe Biden’s administration has proposed the first in-person “Quad” meeting with leaders of India, Japan and Australia in late September. This meeting would mark unity among the four Indo-Pacific democracies amid China’s growing assertiveness, President Biden is seeking to build “a position of strength” to directly engage with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as reported by Kyodo News. This meeting is scheduled to take place after the general debate of the UN General Assembly, which is to be held in September in New York City. But Japan’s political schedule is unclear, with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga facing two key tests…
Justice Obiora Egwatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the impeachment move against Zamfara State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mahadi Aliyu Mohammed Gusau. The judge stopped the Zamfara State House of Assembly members from taking any further step in the impeachment process targeted against the deputy governor over his refusal to decamp from the People Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressive Congress, APC, along with Governor Bello Matawalle. Justice Egwatu issued the order on Monday in his ruling in an ex-parte application filed by the PDP. After listening to the arguments canvassed by a Senior Advocate of…
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on members of the public to disregard attempts by a group within its rank crying foul concerning the leadership issues in the party. This is as it stated that it has also noted allegations of an attempt to bribe Justice Oke by Deji Adeleke. In an official statement made available to the media and signed by the party’s Media and Publicity Director, Oladele Bamiji, the party stated that since it is aware of the prohibition placed on subjecting matters before the law courts to public discourse, as a…
The Labour Party has told Governor Dapo Abiodun to face his duties as the elected governor of Ogun State instead of gallivanting all over the State. InfoStride News reports that Abiodun, in the last one week, has been touring the local governments in Ogun to campaign for candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the July 24 local government elections, saying the there is no other party in the state. But, the Labour Party warned Gov Abiodun and the Ogun State Independent National Electoral Commission to desist from plans to rig the local government polls. The party charged…
Former federal lawmaker, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has accused members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Rivers State loyal to the minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, of attacking fellow members of the party who had gathered to deliberate on serious issues. The attack was alleged to have happened at the Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) of the state, when members of the party in Rivers, Cross River, Kano, Imo and Kwara States, who were unable to take part in the last registration and revalidation exercise met to prepare for the exercise. He called on members of the…