Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Friday inaugurated 171 executives of the All Progressive Congress, APC, who was elected during the ward congress of the party that took place at the 13 local government areas of the state. InfoStride News gathered that the inauguration took place ahead of the forthcoming APC local government congress slated to hold in the 13 LGA of the state on Saturday. The inauguration, which took place at the Christian Ecumenical Centre, Abakaliki, witnessed in attendance, all prominent stakeholders of the party including former federal lawmakers, among others. The governor, however, charged the newly-elected wards executives…
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Senator Clever Ikiukpo, the local government congress committee chairman for Taraba State has called on party members to close ranks in order to triumph in the 2023 general elections. The chairman, alongside his committee members, said plans to ensure free and fair local government congresses slated for Saturday have been mapped out by the party. Reiterating that “as a committee, we are for all of you and not for any individual the members are in the state to make sure that the All Progressives Congress (APC) move to greater heights.” Optimistic that the Congress will not only be successful but…
Rabiu Kwankwaso, former Governor of Kano State, has cautioned members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, against the lingering crisis within the party, stressing that he has no hands in the internal rancour. Kwankwaso warned that the present crisis would weaken the PDP and possibly tear the party apart. Speaking with BBC Hausa on Friday, Kwankwaso said he is particular about the party returning to power in 2023. He lamented that the crisis rocking PDP was inflamed by those “after leadership” of the party. Kwankwaso speaks on dumping PDP for APC According to Kwankwaso: “Now the strength of the party…
The crisis in Afghanistan in the aftermath of the Taliban toppling the US-backed government in Kabul is expected to be discussed during the BRICS summit scheduled this month, China indicated on Friday. The 13th BRICS summit will be held virtually under the chairmanship of India. BRICS is an important platform for cooperation between emerging markets and developing countries. It is a positive stabilising constructive force in international affairs, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a media briefing here when asked whether the upcoming BRICS summit will discuss the situation in Afghanistan. BRICS countries have a fine tradition of maintaining…
The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Itu Judicial Division of the state has upheld the ward congress held by the All Progressives Congress(APC) in the 329 wards of the state on 31 July 2021. Justice Ntong Ntong upheld the election pending the outcome of the suit brought before the court by Obong Imo Akpan, counsel to the claimants/applicants. The claimants, Uwakmfon Idara Dan, Emmanuel Sunday Nnah and others, on behalf of themselves and all elected persons as ward executives of the APC filed a suit against the defendants, the National Chairman, Caretaker Extra Ordinary Convention Planning Committee of…
The Nigeria Diaspora for Asiwaju (NDA), a support group, says support for former governor of Lagos State, Sen. Bola Tinubu, to run for presidency in 2023 is a collective task. It said everyone should support Tinubu to become president, irrespective of tribal or religious sentiments. Dr Akin Badeji, Director-General of the newly inaugurated support group, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. Badeji, a UK -based chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said this after inaugurating the group. “Tinubu stands out as one politician with the best résumé…
Crisis looms within the All Progressives Congress (APC) family in the Ganye Local Government Area (LGA) of Adamawa State over the Local Government Congress of the party scheduled for this Saturday, September 4. House of Representatives member from Ganye, Hon Abdulrazak Namdas is up against a self-proclaimed super political heavyweight, Muhammad Sadiq who is popularly called Walin Ganye, both presenting aspirants for the chairmanship position of the party in the LGA. The sign of likely a possible crisis is coming from the camp of Muhammad Sadiq, a famous politician around whom an air of supreme political clout has been built.…
Aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, on Thursday, stormed the South-East zonal office of the party protesting the non-invitation of some stakeholders to the party’s meeting. InfoStride News reports that the meeting was attended by selected chieftains of the party from the five South-East States. However, the Enugu State Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party, Dr. Ben Nwoye and other Chieftains of the party were not invited to the meeting. Those not invited include the Director General of Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, a major financier of APC, Emperor Baywood Ibe, Enugu state Governorship…
The US needs to closely watch China as it might try to take over the Bagram air force base in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover of the war-torn country and use Pakistan to get stronger to go against India, a former senior American diplomat has warned. America’s former envoy to the United Nations Nikki Haley said President Joe Biden has lost the trust and confidence of American allies after his hasty decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. She said there are many challenges in front of the US. The US needs to make sure that Americans are protected and the…
A political group within the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State, the Ekiti South Senatorial District Leadership, has directed people of the South Senatorial District to boycott any election contrary to the resolution to present a person from the zone as governorship candidate. According to the communiqué at the end of its meeting at Ikere Ekiti, headquarters of the South District on Thursday, the PDP leaders “ordered delegates from the district “to remain firm and refrain from honouring anybody that is not from the district with their votes”. In the communiqué signed by a former Acting Governor, Hon Tunji Odeyemi;…
Femi Adesina, President Muhammadu Buhari’s media adviser, has revealed why Nigerians still have reasons to thank God regardless of the spike in security issues witnessed in the country. Adesina, while appearing on a Channels TV programme on Thursday morning, said things are lot better under the Buhari regime. According to him, “As challenging as security is, even now, we are still not where we were.” “You would look at some areas of security, if you are true and dispassionate and you will have cause to thank God that things are better in this area. “There some areas of security where…
Former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) will takeover South-East states by 2023. He made the declaration in Enugu on Thursday during the APC South-East Zonal Stakeholders meeting. Nnamani warned those frustrating the party’s efforts to win positions, and portraying it APC as anti-Igbo to desist. The former lawmaker said the APC had the capacity to dethrone the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). On Ben Nwoye, former caretaker chairman in Enugu, Nnamani stressed that his suspension subsists. He accused Nwoye of swearing-in ward executives without approval of the Electoral Committee.…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned its members against court cases ahead of congresses and the national convention. John Akpan Udoedehe, APC National Secretary, Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) met the party’s local government congresses committee on Thursday in Abuja. The scribe announced that members who instituted legal action against the party would be severely sanctioned. He said the leadership was determined to carry out President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to rebuild the ruling platform. Udoedehe assured the committee members that their assignment and the ward congresses were legally protected. “The CECPC ratifies and adopts the results of…
Saudi opponent has spoken of the alleged role of Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman in supporting the ISIL elements during the August 26 Kabul airport attack, Iran’s Mehr News reported. According to the opponent, sources close to the Saudi government in Bin Salman’s offices and ministries have confirmed the Saudi Crown Prince’s support for the ISIL terrorist group in the Kabul airport bombing, the report said. As he described, Bin Salman sought to show that the Taliban are incapable of ensuring Afghan people’s security and prove that under the Taliban, Afghanistan will be a hub of terrorism, the report said.…
The recently conducted ward congresses of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) may have just exposed the weak links in the party as the crisis may further push the national convention into 2022. With some party stakeholders gearing up for a fight to finish for the control of the soul of the party ahead of the 2023 general elections, the ward congresses were the starting point for the battle for who controls the party ahead of the planned national convention. Findings reveal that on one hand, governors, who are currently calling the shots in the party, are scheming to hijack…
In line with the purported plan of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Party to hold its local government congress nationwide on Saturday, 4th September 2021, the Katsina APC has invited all its stakeholders to a meeting to forge a common front to ensure that the exercise is free of rancour across the 34 Local government of the state. Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari while speaking at the event disclosed that a total of 27 party officials will be elected via consensus in each of the local governments, amounting to 918 officials across the 34 Local Governments. Governor Masari said…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expelled a chieftain, Sulaiman Adamu for saying he wished Vice President Yemi Osinbajo replaced President Muhammadu Buhari. Adamu was the Caretaker Chairman of the party in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State. A statement on Thursday by John Akpan Udoedehe, APC National Secretary said the expulsion takes immediate effect. The scribe said it was part of the resolutions reached at the 16th meeting of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) held at the National Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday. He disclosed that the party received and deliberated on the report of Adamu’s…
Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State and other members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Caretaker/ Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC have been sacked. A Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba, Wednesday, restrained Governor Mai Mala Buni and the others from parading themselves as Chairman and members of the APC CECPC until the determination of a substantive suit before the court. Justice Onome Marshal Umukoro, who presided over the matter, also stopped the Party’s scheduled LG Congress in Delta State slated for September 4, 2021. Olorogun Elvis Ayomanor, who is the APC Deputy Chairman in the state had…
President Joe Biden vigorously defended the chaotic withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan after nearly 20 years of conflict, describing it as the best and the right decision for America which ended an era of major military deployments to rebuild other countries. In his address to the nation from the White House on Tuesday, Biden also said that the US must now confront challenges from powerful adversaries such as Russia and China. “My fellow Americans, the war in Afghanistan is now over,” Biden said. “I give you my word: With all of my heart, I believe this is the right…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed the first week of September 2021 for the conduct of local governments’ congress. This was disclosed at the State Working Committee (SWC) held on Tuesday, where a review of the last wards’ congress was made with members of the committee adjudging the exercise to be rancour-free throughout the 178 political wards of the state. Presided over by the State Deputy Governor, Idi Barde Gubana, who doubles as the Chairman State Working Committee, the meeting was held to map out strategies with a view to conducting credible, transparent and participatory APC congresses at the…