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…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
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…
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…
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.…