A former councillor of Ipokia Ward 1, Hon. Wale Agbetokun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared winner of Saturday’s chairmanship election in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State. This is as the APC defeated other political parties to claim all the 20 chairmanship seats in the Gateway State. According to the Chairman of the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC), Babatunde Osibodu, Agbetokun polled 22,607 votes to emerge winner of the council poll in Ipokia. Agbetokun, who is fondly addressed as Onikoyi, had no opposition in the election. InfoStride News reports that the Publisher of Uhuru…
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A former Rivers State governorship candidate of the African Action Congress, Biokpomabo Awara, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Awara announced his defection to the APC at the commissioning of the new state secretariat in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Recall that the former AAC candidate was adopted by the APC as its candidate after the latter was disqualified by the Supreme Court from fielding candidates during the 2019 general election in Rivers State. Addressing the crowd at the event on Saturday, the former governorship candidate thanked the Minister of Transportation Rotimi Ameachi for giving him the “privilege”…
On Monday, when Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be on his way to India, his deputy, Wendy Sherman, will be in China representing the interests of the US and its allies during talks with Beijing’s top diplomats delivering a tough US message that it will act to defend its interests, according to senior administration officials. “The deputy secretary is going to represent the US interests and values and those of our allies and partners. We’re going to do it honestly and directly,” a senior official said on Saturday. “We’re redefining this relationship… not going to be afraid to take…
A caucus group in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Osun State chapter, the Osun Progressives (TOP) has proclaimed that the current state leadership of the party as presently constituted will make “nonsense” of the laudable intention of the National Secretariat to have consensus arrangement in the coming Congress. The group comprises loyalists of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who is the former governor of the state for two terms. The chairman of the group, Reverend Adelowo Adebiyi made this observation in a press release on Saturday. He claimed that only a political novice will believe that the good intentions…
Ahead of 2023 general elections, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, has disclosed that only God would decide his successor. Ikpeazu assured people of the state that he would be neutral in the decision of who succeeds him as governor. The governor, however, pointed out that he would prefer a successor with passion, humility and selflessness. Speaking in Aba, the state capital, the governor explained that such qualities would enable him to create a platform that will engender participation from all kinds of people including the youth, women, disabled and downtrodden. He recalled how nobody gave him a chance in…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State has disclosed that there will be no automatic ticket for any aspirant for the party’s ward congress. The Abia APC said every member of the party is eligible to contest for any position of his choice in the forthcoming ward congress, adding that no member of the past executive is exempted from participating in the forthcoming exercise. Hon Donatus Nwankpa, the Chairman of the party in Abia State disclosed this in Umuahia, the state capital, insisting that the party leadership will not zone its governorship ticket to any bloc or senatorial zone…
The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has derided the State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, for celebrating the inauguration of cemetery as his only achievement after almost four years in office, claiming that the governor wants to provide enough burial space for the victims of his bad policies. The Ekiti State PDP Publicity Secretary, Raphael Adeyanju in a statement made available to journalists in Ado Ekiti on Friday, said that the government wants to profit from the high mortality rate occasioned by insecurity and bad economic policy of the APC controlled administration, both at the state and the…
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called for “a new coexistence” of all the countries of the Americas after stating that the model imposed more than two centuries ago “is exhausted; it has no future”. The Mexican President on Saturday proposed that Latin American states do “something similar to the European Union, but attached to our history, our reality and our identities”, reports Xinhua news agency. Lopez Obrador made his comments on the 238th anniversary of the birth of Simon Bolivar at Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City, during the 21st Foreign Ministers meeting of the Community of Latin American and…
A youth group, Youths Off The Street Initiative (YOTSI), has said that the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the Anambra governorship election, Mr Valentine Ozigbo is being victimized by corrupt judiciary officials. The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), led by its coordinator, Mr Kennedy Iyere in a press statement he signed, based his submission on the recent court judgment ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to enlist Senator Ugochukwu Uba as candidate of PDP, against Ozigbo, who was elected by the party. Uba and Ozigbo had emerged as candidates of the PDP for the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State from…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Emeka Kalu, has slammed the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, over comments on ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. Recall that Governor Nasir El-Rufai had severally criticized Jonathan’s administration for being incompetent and weak in tackling terrorism. The Kaduna Governor also adduced that all the technical advice given to Jonathan was refused. In a statement sent to newsmen on Sunday, Kalu, a former governorship aspirant in Abia State, opined that under Jonathan, insurgency was resisted with all apparatus within the reach of the government to tackle the ugly trend. He lamented that…
A political party, Action Alliance (AA), has condemned the position of the 9th Senate for standing against electronic transmission of election results. It said the decision by the senators concerning the recent move is anti-people and will cost most of the senators, who voted against the reform, their seats come 2023 general election. Senators, majority of the All Progressive Congress (APC), had voted against the transmission of election results electronically last week, against senators from the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party(PDP) who voted in favour of the reform. Hon Adekunle Rufia Omeaje, National Chairman of AA, made this assertion in Benin…
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to redeem itself by recognizing ‘legitimate’ candidate of the party in the November 6 governorship election. National Chairman of the party, Mr Victor Oye, who made the call Saturday while briefing newsmen in Abuja, said that there was only one APGA, which was led by him, with Labaran Maku as National Secretary. INEC had originally received the names of Charles Soludo and his running mate, Mr Onyekachi Ibezim as candidates of APGA. However, citing a court ruling, the electoral umpire dropped the names and replaced them…
Departing from Pakistan’s declared policy on Kashmir, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that Islamabad would let the people of Kashmir decide if they want to join Pakistan or become an “independent state”. India has asserted that Jammu and Kashmir “was, is and shall forever” remain an integral part of India. Addressing an election rally in Tarar Khal area of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) ahead of the polls on July 25, Khan also rejected claims by a leading Opposition leader that his government was working on a plan to make Kashmir a province of Pakistan. The response came after Pakistan…
Ahead of the forthcoming ward congress of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Ebonyi State, Governor David Umahi has opened up on a consensus candidate to avert any crisis. InfoStride News gathered that Governor Umahi and the minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu spoke on the need of foster peace and unity in APC, especially at the Congress approaches. Recall that the Governor and the Minister reportedly had a perceived feud recently which allegedly factionalized the party into two groups. Investigations revealed that the governor and the minister at the meeting resolved their alleged difference and vowed to…
Governor Dapo Abiodun has mocked the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for boycotting the local government elections held on Saturday. Governor Dapo Abiodun addressed newsmen after casting his vote at his polling unit in Iperu, Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Governor, who commended the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) for what he called a hitch-free election, mocked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for withdrawing from the election. Abiodun maintained that the PDP could not have boycotted a process it did not take part in. Abiodun said, “I’m not aware of any party boycotting this election. I…
The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has announced July 28, 2021 for the formal commencement of its membership registration exercise in Anambra State. In a statement sent to newsmen on Saturday by Chukwuemerie Uduchukwu, Media Executive (Publicity Directorate) of YPP, the party disclosed that the forthcoming registration exercise involves old and new members, urging the people of Anambra to avail themselves for the exercise as it was on a divine mission in working for the actualization of a greater Anambra under its governorship flag bearer for the November 6 poll, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah. The party’s National Working Committee also disclosed that…
Some commercial tricycle operators in the Liasu area of Ikotun, Lagos State, disregarded the movement restrictions put in place for the Saturday Local Government Elections in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that one of the operators, Mr Saheed Eniola, told newsmen that he decided to work in order to provide food for his family. “I can’t stay at home till 3:00 p.m. because of the election; what will my family eat? Nobody will give me money to feed my children if I don’t work. “Besides, I am not voting and I don’t know any of the…
China on Friday imposed sanctions on seven US individuals and entity, under Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, in response to the US penalties imposed on the Hong Kong officials over crackdown of democracy in the semi-autonomous region. This action comes in response to the US’ recent warning to companies about the risks of doing business in Hong Kong. Last week, the United States had imposed Hong Kong-related sanctions on seven individuals and warned companies of the risks of doing business in the territory. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson said that “US has concocted the so-called ‘Hong Kong Business Advisory’ to groundlessly smear Hong…
Some of the polling units within Otto Awori Local Council Development Area are having a difficult time as the card readers are malfunctioning and unable to recognize the fingerprints of voters who want to cast their votes. For instance in Ward B unit 005 and unit 008 card reader failed. The have resulted to manual voting. As at 9am few voters were at the polling unit. At polling unit 008 Vertification began at about 9:46 Voting began at about 10am. At about 10:30am when newsmen got to polling ward B unit 008, only three voters has voted as the card…
The local government elections in Ogun State recorded low turnout on Saturday, InfoStride News reports. Our correspondent reports that there was serious voter apathy in many polling units across the 20 local government areas of the state. In many polling units, it was observed that there are no queues of voters waiting to cast their votes. Instead, officials of the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) were seen idle as they waited for voters, who appeared at different intervals to vote. In Iperu, the hometown of Governor Dapo Abiodun in Ikenne Local Government Area of the state, residents violated the…