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…
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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…
Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello on Tuesday said he would succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Bello claimed he had all the qualities to succeed as President considering the way he fixed Kogi State. Featuring on Arise TV programme, Bello assured Nigerians of relief when he succeeds Buhari. The governor disclosed that he inherited a state divided along ethnic and religious lines but said his administration had been able to resolve the issues. He said: “By the grace of God when I would have [been] sworn in as the president and commander-in-chief taking over from Buhari on May 29, 2023, Nigeria…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has refuted reports that its ad-hoc staff resigned over threats by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Anambra State, Nwachukwu Orji, said the Commission is still recruiting ad-hoc staff members. Reports had it that ad-hoc staff of INEC terminated their appointment en mass over IPOB-linked threats ahead of the governorship election in the state. However, Orji described such reports as false and without substance. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Orji said: “INEC is still in the process of recruiting the Adhoc workers, in fact we just…
An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Tuesday fixed Thursday, 28th of October, 2021 to hear and rule on a motion for an interim order of injunction brought by suspended National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus against the PDP and others. Secondus through his lawyer, Payo Oyetubo is asking the court to suspend the October, 30th and 31st National Convention of the PDP and allow him the right to preside over the convention. When the matter came up in court, six other members of the PDP drew the attention of the court on their application…
A chieftain of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Oyo State, Engineer Oyedele Hakeem Alao, has asked Governor Seyi Makinde to explain his role in the attack of some members of his party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), during a parallel congress. InfoStride News recalls that the state chapter of PDP had penultimate Saturday, organised two parallel congresses. The congresses were organised by two factions battling to control the party in the state. The two factions are one loyal to Governor Makinde and the other loyal to some aggrieved members of the party. The Governor’s camp had its congress at Lekan…
Bukola Saraki, a former Senate President, has dismissed the possibility of returning to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Saraki assured that he would remain in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2023. He spoke while responding to a question on Arise News on Tuesday on the possibility of defecting to APC if he fails to clinch the opposition party’s presidential ticket. Describing himself as a team player, Saraki said it would be unfair to think he would join APC in 2023. According to Saraki: “On the question that if I decide to run and don’t get the ticket, would I…
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi testified in court for the first time Tuesday in one of several cases against her, but details of what she said were not available because of a gag order on her lawyers. Since last week, all defense lawyers in Suu Kyi’s cases have been barred from providing details of the court proceedings. The action was taken under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, a broadly worded statute from British colonial times intended to deal with emergency situations that threaten public safety. There have been no signs of unrest related to any…