The senator representing Anambra South senatorial zone, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, has won his local government area, Nnewi North. Senator Ubah, the candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) was announced the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, returning officer for the local government, Prof Joachim. Ubah polled 6,485 votes to beat the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, which polled 3,369. INEC has so far announced 10 local government areas, out of the 21 in the state, with nine already won by APGA and her candidate, Prof Chukwuma Soludo. Nnewi North LGA is the first to be won by…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
The US economy was supposed to help President Joe Biden and Democrats, but as of late it’s been hurting them with voters. Biden on Friday praised the U.S. economy for performing better than the rest of the world, saying it’s largely because of his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package and plans for additional spending of roughly $2.75 trillion on infrastructure, families, schools, health care and climate change. Yet Americans have turned pessimistic about the economy as inflation has persisted. On Tuesday, voters in Virginia rewarded Republican Glenn Youngkin with a win in the governor’s election in part based on a…
As results continue to trickle in from several polling units across Anambra State, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) is currently in an early lead. Results already collated from various polling units in the state showed that the ruling party is ahead of other tough contenders including the All Progressives Congress, APC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. InfoStride News observed that as of 12 am on Sunday morning, most wards in Awka South, Awka North, Aguata, Anambra West, Njikoka and other local governments had completed their election with Soludo of APGA leading in most of the polling units. Major…
Former presidential candidate, Kingsley Moghalu has decried the low turnout of voters at the Anambra State governorship election. The presidential aspirant who also decried the spate of vote-buying said the low turnout was due to the longstanding election boycott campaigns by non-state actors and violence in the lead-up to the election. In a series of tweets, the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, claimed that the purchase of influence from the clergy and traditional rulers is a massive and disheartening corruption of Nigeria’s democratic process. He wrote, ”Glad Anambra State governorship election has been peaceful so far…
Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has defeated his opponents in their Local Government Areas, LGA. Soludo polled 9,136 votes in Aguata LGA, to defeat Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress, APC and Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The three major contenders in the Anambra governorship election are from Aguata. Andy Uba came a distant second after securing 4,773 votes while Valentine Ozigbo of the PDP followed closely with 3,798 votes. Slim Ajake, the LGA returning officer, who announced the result on Sunday said the election did not hold in some…
Former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, who is the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra election has won four Local Government Areas. The results published so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, showed that the former CBN boss has comfortably won Anaocha, Awka South, Onitsha South and Anambra East. However, Anambra State is made up of 21 Local Government Areas and INEC officials are still collating for the remaining 17 LGAs. The results from the four LGAs also indicated that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate, Valentine Ozigbo is…
Pakistan’s opposition leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif has slammed the Rs 120 billion “relief package” announced by Prime Minister Imran Khan and called it a “pack of lies”, reported a local media. “Like promises and budget the so-called relief package of the incumbent government is also a pack of lies,” Dawn quoted Sharif as saying. “Had it not been claimed while announcing the [federal] budget that it’s a tax-free budget? Now it’s being confessed in the [prime minister’s] address to the nation that petrol prices will have to be raised,” said Sharif, who is also president of the Pakistan…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that collation of results from local government areas for the Anambra governorship election held on Saturday will begin on Sunday by 10am. Resident Electoral commissioner of INEC, Nkwachukwu Orji, who briefed journalists at the commissions headquarters on Saturday night, said the commission is satisfied with the progress of the election, despite the earlier glitches posed by the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine. He said: “I’m happy to report to you that the technical glitches we experienced with our BVAS were largely solved. We thank the voters and candidates for patiently waiting…
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum of contestants in Taraba sState, have finally broken their silence on why they decided not to reach out to the state congress appeal committee with their petitions and complaints. The Secretary of the Forum, Abdullahi Sani Tulu, who spoke with DAILY POST on Saturday in Jalingo, the state capital, saw no reason members of the Forum should reach out to the committee with their complaints or petitions when they are already in court. Not comfortable with the way and manner the just-concluded ward, local government as well as the state Congresses were…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended voting exercise in the Anambra governorship election. The Resident Electoral Commissioner for INEC in Anambra State, Dr Nkwachukwu Orji announced the extension of voting by one hour, from the previous 2:30pm to 3:30pm. He also added that voting will continue on Sunday, insisting that an hourly briefing of the media will help to update all as the election progresses.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo has expressed worry over the poor internet connectivity experienced by voters in the use of the Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine. Mr. Ozigbo decried that it took him over 20 minutes to casts his vote and wondered what other voters would experience in various parts of the state. Ozigbo had cast his vote at Social Centre, Unit 010, Amesi, Aguata Local Government Area, where he spoke to journalists. He seized the opportunity to call for an extension of voting period, especially as voting is said to be ending at 2:30pm.…
Terming the recent incursion by Chinese warplane into Taiwan air defence identification zone (ADIZ) as ‘destabilizing’, Pentagon said Beijing’s increasing military activities in the vicinity of the island increase the “risk of miscalculation”. On Tuesday, Taiwan witnessed the largest daily incursion as over two dozen Chinese military planes flew into the island’s ADIZ on Tuesday, A Pentagon spokesman told The Japan Times that China’s “increasing military activities conducted in the vicinity of Taiwan are destabilizing and increase the risk of miscalculation.” Twenty-eight Chinese military planes entered Taiwan’s ADIZ on Tuesday. It was the largest incursion since the self-ruled island began…
Hours after the endorsement of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate in Anambra, Valentine Ozigbo, the African Action Congress (AAC) has disowned its candidate, Chidozie Nwankwo. In a statement made available to newsmen Friday night, Nwankwo explained that he took the decision “after consultations with top aides, friends and family”. In a rejoinder sent to the media Saturday morning, Femi Adeyeye, National Publicity Secretary, said the National Working Committee (NWC) saw the publication on Nwankwo stepping down. AAC distance itself from the “disgraceful endorsement”, noting that at no time did the party recognize “Nwankwo and his cohorts as members of…
At 9am, INEC officials have arrived in some polling units visited by our Correspondent. At polling unit 009, Ebe Ezimezi, Amawbia in Awka South Local Government Areas, INEC officials were seen setting up their materials, while voters have started arriving. The INEC officials were led by polling officer, Mr Abdulahi.
A few hours to the commencement of the Anambra State governorship election, former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has charged residents to vote for Valentine Ozigbo of the PDP. He disclosed that Ozigbo’s victory signifies the beginning of PDP’s effort to rescue Nigeria. In a series of tweet, Saraki urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and security agencies to ensure a free, fair, and credible election. He said: “As the great people of Anambra State prepare to go to the polls, I urge all of them — young and old — to unite behind our candidate, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, as…
Today, November 6, eligible voters in Anambra State will hit polling units across the 21 local government areas of the state to elect a new governor that will take over from the incumbent, Willie Obiano. Obiano is expected to take the exit door from the government house, Awka next year, having successfully completed his two terms as enshrined in the constitution. InfoStride News observed that the state is already charged with heavy security presence, just as the euphoria of going out to elect a leader is very high among the electorates. Though 18 candidates are jostling for the number one…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has disclosed that, a total of N7bn would be expended to conduct governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States. Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Commission, during the budget defence before the joint Committee of Senate and House of Representatives on INEC, on Friday, explained that the sum of N2.6bn would be required for Ekiti election, which has 16 local government areas, while Osun State with 30 local government areas would be needing N4.6bn. The electoral body, had in June this year, announced that governorship elections would hold in Ekiti State on the 18th…
Amid ongoing tensions with Beijing over Taipei, the US lawmakers on Friday introduced a resolution to support Lithuania’s efforts to strengthen its ties with Taiwan. “Two ranking US senators introduced a resolution to support Lithuania’s efforts to strengthen its ties with Taiwan at a time when China has stepped up pressure against the Baltic state for treating Taipei in a way that offends Beijing,” Focus Taiwan reported. US Republican Senator Jim Risch, also a ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen, chair of the Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, jointly proposed the…
The National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu, has said Imo State, South East and Nigeria in general will be witnessing another political tsunami that will mark the end of All Progressives Congress, APC, reign in few days from now. Anyanwu, who represented Imo East in the 8th Assembly, said the PDP in Imo State is set to receive over 30,000 APC members into the party in the offing. He said that the decampees are made up of elected, and appointed political office holders in the state and beyond with their supporters. The erstwhile Senate…
Governor Willie Obiano has requested registered voters in Anambra State to turn out not only in large numbers for the Saturday gubernatorial election in the state, but do so early. In a statement on behalf of Governor Obiano this evening, the Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr C. Don Adinuba, quoted Governor Obiano as explaining that an early turnout has become necessary because voting will close at 2.30pm. Governor Obiano assured the people that the voting will be peaceful, free and fair. Governor Obiano reminded the people that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has not only…