The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday said it has received the news of the passage of the harmonized electoral act amendment bill, which provided for direct primaries for nomination of candidates for elections by political parties. Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the party in a statement on Tuesday, noted that the party believes that it is the inalienable right of each political party, within the context of our constitutional democracy, to decide its form of internal democratic practices including the processes of nominating its candidates for elections at any level. According to him, PDP also believed that no…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
The US lifted restrictions Monday on travel from a long list of countries including Mexico, Canada and most of Europe, allowing tourists to make long-delayed trips and family members to reconnect with loved ones after more than a year and a half apart because of the pandemic. “I’m going to jump into his arms, kiss him, touch him,” Gaye Camara said of the husband in New York she has not seen since before Covid-19 brought the fly-here-there-and-everywhere world to a halt. “Just talking about it makes me emotional,” Camara, 40, said as she wheeled her luggage through Paris’ Charles de…
Police in Anambra has denied knowledge of the death of anybody during the Anambra State Governorship Supplementary Election in Ihiala Local Government Area. There were claims on social media that soldiers patrolling around the distribution/ Collation Centre at the Ihiala Local Government Headquarters reportedly shot dead a yet-to-be-identified man. When our correspondent visited the local government headquarters, those interviewed denied knowledge of the incident. When contacted on the telephone by our correspondent, the Zone 13 Police Headquarters Public Relations Officer, Nkeiru Nwode said there was nothing like that before the police. She said, “We don’t have such a report and…
The PDP Renaissance Movement has called on Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike to run for president in 2023. They made the call in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, when they met with journalists, saying going by the antecedents of the governor, he has what it takes to drive the country to economic and political stability and growth. They said the country is in dire need of a leader in the mould of Wike. Their communique, read by Gab Odu Oji, a former political stalwart in Cross River State, said “Based on his antecedents and achievements Governor Wike has what…
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Ihiala town, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State are depending on facials to accredit voters, using the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) An INEC official who spoke to journalists in Eziani Primary school, Ihiala ward one, polling unit 10 said: “The thumbprint is not functioning, but the facial verification is what we are using to issue out accreditation.” The INEC technical officer in Ihiala Local Government Area however said it takes between 30 seconds to one minute to accredit one voter, and the process is progressing speedily.
The suspended All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain in Jigawa State, Alhaji Danladi Auyo, said his main concern is the unity and progress of the party not running for any political office in the 2023 general election. InfoStride News reported that the APC chieftain was suspended for six months for allegedly attacking the Governor’s policies on a radio program. His suspension was announced by the party’s chairman in Auyo Local Government, Sale Muhammad Ganuwa, in a press conference. Auyo stated this on a radio program aired by Freedom Radio, Dutse, on Saturday monitored by Newsmen. He said his suspension was childish…
Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has dismissed reports of him accusing the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, of rigging the inconclusive governorship election in Anambra State. Reports had it that Umahi, who allegedly rejected the already announced results of the Anambra State governorship election, said the poll was tainted with irregularities. He was alleged to have accused his Anambra State counterpart, Willie Obiano, and APGA’s governorship candidate, Charles Soludo of rigging the poll. But, Umahi absolved himself of issuing any comment regarding the ongoing election. In a statement by his media aide, Nwaze Francis, the Governor denied claims of…
Uche Nwosu, a former governorship candidate on the platform of Action Alliance, AA, in Imo State during the 2019 election, has berated his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, over their poor performances in elections in the South East. Nwosu, who contested the primary election of the APC in 2019 before decamping to AA alleging that he was robbed of the ticket, described the poor performance of his party as self-inflicted. The former governorship candidate said this in an interview with select journalists in Abuja on Monday, explaining that the declining fortune of the APC in the South East is…
The UK government is under increasing pressure on Monday to review its COVID-19 vaccine protocol in place for travellers from India, after its updated rules effective from next month failed to recognise Indian vaccines under an expanded list of countries. From October 4, the current traffic light system of red, amber and green countries based on levels of COVID-19 risk will be scrapped and replaced with one red list only. The scrapping of an amber list, which is what India is currently on, means reduced PCR test cost burden only for some travellers. With an expanded list of countries whose…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has decried the inability of 40, 000 armed security operatives to ensure adequate security in the inconclusive Anambra State governorship election. HURIWA described the inconclusive Anambra State governorship election as a fairly long-distance race that must end transparently. The rights group blamed the disjointed fire-brigade sort of security strategy for the failure of nearly 40,000 armed security operatives to secure just 22 local government areas of Anambra State for a successful one-off gubernatorial poll. HURIWA said if failure to deploy electoral materials in Ihiala Local Government Area caused the delay in concluding…
The controversy surrounding the chairmanship of Langtang North Local Government Council of Plateau State has continued as Barr. Bitrus Zulfa of the ruling All Progressives Congress on Monday said neither himself nor the Council was a party to the suit and judgment obtained by Hon. Joshua Ubandoma Laven of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party. He also said such judgment cannot be enforced against people who are not parties to the suit. InfoStride News recalls that Barr. Zulfa, the immediate past Commissioner for Housing in the State, was the candidate of the ruling APC in the October 9th, 2021 LGC…
One of Femi Fourscore’s Customers Spoke: Fellow Nigerians, the terrible day, Monday, November 1, 2021, started for me like all of my regular days. It was very quickly to become the stuff of permanent nightmares. Just the day before, I had departed Abuja after the PDP National Convention. My Sunday evening was spent at the birthday dinner cum book launch of television star, Ms Kikelomo Atanda-Owo. I left the classy party looking forward to a long blissful night as I planned to be in bed till minimum 12 noon on Monday before attending the climate change event at the Italian…
A key conclave of China’s ruling Communist Party next week is widely expected to pass a resolution on the major achievements besides historical experience of the 100-year-old party and pave the way for an unprecedented third term for President Xi Jinping. Xi, 68, holding China’s all three power centres- General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, (CPC), Chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission, (CMC) the overall high command of the military and the Presidency- will attend the high-profile Party plenum of the Party on Monday, a lengthy commentary by state-run Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. Titled Xi…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State has boasted that it will take over the reins of leadership of the State from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The party made the declaration in a communiqué it issued at the end of its maiden State Executive Committee (SEC) meeting in Enugu, where it also set up three important committees, including Finance, Contacts and mobilization, and Reconciliation committees. In the communiqué signed by the Chairman, Barr. Ugochukwu Agballah and Secretary, Hon. Robert Ngwu, the APC said that the 2021 Executive of APC Enugu State…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chukwuma Soludo, and the Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, of rigging the inconclusive governorship election in the state. Basil Ejidike, the Chairman of APC in the state, made the remark while rejecting the results so far declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. In a statement he issued on Sunday night, Ejidike vowed to contest the results at the Supreme Court if INEC insists on declaring Soludo as the winner of the election. Ejidike vowed never to accept the election’s outcome because the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has blamed the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for the poor turnout of voters during the inconclusive Anambra State governorship election. INEC said the sit-at-home order by IPOB sent fear into residents, hence the low turnout during the polls. Sam Egwu, INEC’s Supervising Residence Electoral Commissioner in Anambra State, disclosed this while featuring on Channels Television. “There is a whole state of fear that has been created by the politics of agitation for a separate state in this part of the country. “IPOB has been able to enforce the sit-at-home order over time. So…
A LGBT advocacy group in China that has spearheaded many of the country’s legal cases pushing for greater rights is halting its work for the foreseeable future. LGBT Rights Advocacy China announced it was ceasing all activities and shutting down its social media accounts in an announcement on social media Thursday. We are deeply regretful to tell everyone, Queer Advocacy Online will stop all of our work indefinitely, the group said on WeChat, using the name of its social media account. It closed its accounts on WeChat and Weibo, two widely used platforms in China. A member confirmed that all…
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Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Anambra governorship election, has been declared winner in Ogabru Local Government Area, LGA. Ozigbo was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, returning officer for the local government. He polled 3445 votes to defeat APGA’s Charles Soludo who polled 3051 votes and APC’s Andy Uba who secured 1178 votes. This is the first LGA to be won by the PDP. Recall that Senator Ubah, the candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), was earlier announced as the winner of Nnewi North LGA. Ubah polled 6,485…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the postponement of the governorship election in Ihiala Local Government Area, Anambra State, following alleged irregularities discovered in most communities in the council area. The announcement was made during collation on Sunday by the officer in charge, Ahmadu Umar. According to Umar, there were 148,407 registered voters in the LGA, yet there was no election in the council area on Saturday due to the activities of some politicians who tried to rig the election. The exercise has been rescheduled to hold on Saturday, November 13, 2021, as the INEC official warned trouble…