You may recall that at our last meeting held on 17th June 2021, we focused mainly on the resumption of the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). More specifically, we discussed the schedule for the exercise as well as the Commission’s proposal for a two-tier online and in-person or physical registration of voters. We also presented to you two technology-driven innovations to facilitate the CVR exercise in the form of a portal for online pre-registration of voters as well as the new INEC Voter Enrolment Device (IVED) for physical registration. Since the resumption of the CVR online on 28th June 2021,…
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The governors elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) say they are working together for the party to present a unified force in the 2023 general elections. Chairman of PDP Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, disclosed this on Wednesday night while briefing newsmen after the forum meeting held in Abuja. Tambuwal said that the closed-door meeting on the party’s forthcoming national convention which started around 3 p.m., was very fruitful. “We have been meeting since 3 p.m., meeting for about 7hours. Very fruitful deliberation. “You must have seen that we received leaders of our party…
India and Australia on Saturday dismissed criticism that Quad was a sort of an ‘Asian NATO’ with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar asserting that it is important not to “misrepresent” the reality. The assertion came at a joint press event after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajath Singh held the inaugural ‘two-plus-two’ dialogue here with their Australian counterparts Marise Payne and Peter Dutton. Asked about Quad being referred to as an ‘Asian NATO’, Jaishankar said,”we call ourselves Quad and Quad is a platform where four countries have come to cooperate for their benefit and for the benefit…
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, has said Anambra people must rise now to rescue their state. Ozigbo, who was addressing party supporters in Anambra State, during a reception by members of his party to welcome him to the state, after his recent victory at the Court of Appeals in Abuja, which led to his name being published as the candidate of the party by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said the state has collapsed. The candidate said: “Entering Anambra, I had first-hand experience of the…
The Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has admitted that the agitations of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, would affect the chances of the Southeast producing a Nigerian president in 2023. Dimm Uche Okwukwu, Deputy President-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, said Kanu’s directive that his followers should not participate in voters registration and destroy their Personal Voters Card, PVCs, would jeopardize the chance of the Igbo producing a Nigerian president. Speaking exclusively with the media, Okwukwu, urged Nigerians not to mirror Igbos from the eye of Kanu and IPOB. Okwukwu maintained that Igbos are peace loving people…
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the state has nothing to do with the 2023 elections. Uzodinma said Buhari was simply on a working visit. The governor, who stated this while appearing on Channels Television, said Buhari commissioned projects while in the state. “Our people came out to receive the president who visited Imo State in solidarity with the governor of Imo State. It has nothing to do with the 2023 election or politics. “We only received the president who came on a working visit, commissioned projects and had an interaction with us,”…
The Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM) on Friday, declared the September 4 local government elections in some local government areas in the state inconclusive. The local governments are Jaba, Kauru Jema’a, Kachia, Soba LGAs Local Government elections were held in 19 local governments areas of Kaduna State. Four other local government areas were postponed Chairman of KADSIECOM, Dr. Saratu Binta Dikko-Audu disclosed this at a press briefing in Kaduna on Friday She said those results are inconclusive because elections could not be held in some wards. In the case of Jaba LGA however, she said that the tribunal would…
Japan’s Vaccination Minister Taro Kono has formally announced his bid to succeed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga by joining the leadership race of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Adding to former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and former Communications Minister Sanae Takaichi, Kono is the third lawmaker to declare candidacy in the LDP’s leadership race on September 29, reports Xinhua news agency. Addressing a press conference on Friday, Kono vowed that he would focus on curbing Covid-19 while “moving Japan forward”, saying that “we have to overcome this crisis. I want to create a warm society where people can lean on…
Ahead of 2023 general elections, Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, on Friday, said the All Progressives Congress, APC, is not interested in Igbo presidency. Uzodinma spoke while dismissing claims of APC zoning its presidential ticket to the Southeast. Appearing on Channels Television, Uzodinma said APC is looking for a Nigerian president. Asked if APC is committed to zoning the 2023 presidential ticket to the South-East, he responded: “We are not looking for an Igbo President. We are looking for a President of Nigeria. “We as a party APC believe what we are practicing here is partisan democracy and every…
The Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON, Abia State chapter has passed a vote of no confidence on its Chairman, Michael Ibe Nwoke over a press release alleging that there are cabals within the LG councils. However, in a statement on Friday, the association denied the allegations stating that there is no “cabalism” within the councils. The statement noted that all Local Government Councils in the State are playing their legal role, stressing that they have been partnering with the State government in delivering “good governance to the people at the grassroots. “In the Local Government system in Abia…
A chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Edo, Charles Idahosa has claimed President Muhammadu Buhari made remarkable achievements in Nigeria, amid the security crisis rocking the country. Idahosa, an ally of the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, made the claims on Friday during a news conference in Benin city the state capital He said the security challenges facing the entire nation has become an albatross to some of the achievements recorded by the President, stressing that President Buhari should not be judged based on insecurity alone. “Nigerians will not be fair to this administration if they judge based…
A Chieftain of People’s Democratic Party in Kaduna State, Lawal Adamu has alleged that the PDP won all the 23 local government areas of the state but was rigged out. The All Progressive Congress (APC) party won 17 Chairmanship positions in the 19 local government elections held in Kaduna on September 4, 2021. However, Lawal Adamu who was a PDP Kaduna Central Senatorial District candidate in 2019 said, winning eight out of 12 wards by his party was a pointer to what would play out in 2023. Adamu in a statement in Kaduna on Friday described the just concluded Local…
Dozens of foreigners, including Americans, have left Kabul on an international commercial flight, marking the first large-scale evacuation since US and NATO forces left Afghanistan late last month. Their departure on Thursday represented a breakthrough in the bumpy coordination between the US and Afghanistan’s new Taliban leaders. The Taliban have said they would let foreigners and Afghans with valid travel documents leave, but a dayslong standoff over charter planes at another airport had cast some doubt on Taliban assurances. The Qatar Airways flight is heading to Doha. A senior US official said that Americans, green card holders and other nationalities…
The People’s Democratic Party’s Kaduna Central Senatorial District candidate in the 2019 general elections, Alhaji Lawal Adamu, has noted that the deteriorating situation in the country needs urgent intervention before it reaches an irredeemable point. He said, “The economy is in tatters, naira has plunged to a sorry state, unemployment in its worst stage and the government seems unconcerned about the plights of the masses.” Speaking when he hosted PDP councillors from Kaduna North in Kaduna, Adamu lamented that, “The deteriorating situations in the country are lamentable and need urgent intervention before we find ourselves in irredeemable point.” He further…
The pan Igbo socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Friday said the Southeast needs Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, if they are to stand a chance to produce Nigeria’s president in 2023. Dim Uche Okwukwu, Deputy President-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, said Tinubu controls the votes in Yoruba land; hence the Igbos need him to produce Nigeria’s president. Speaking exclusively with the media, Okwukwu urged the people of the Southeast to show solidarity to the APC National Leader over his ill-health. Okwukwu pointed out that the former governor of Lagos State was the most benevolent Nigerian politician…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has recognised Mr Valentine Ozigbo as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Nov. 6 Anambra governorship election. INEC said it took the decision after a court order. The commission disclosed this in a statement by Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, on Thursday in Abuja. Okoye said INEC met on Thursday and considered a number of issues relating to the governorship election, including the latest court order. “The Court of Appeal has ordered the commission to recognise and publish the name of Ozigbo as…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it will win the November 6 Anambra governorship election by closing ranks. Acting National Chairman, Yemi Akinwonmi spoke on Thursday in Abuja when he inaugurated the campaign council. Akinwonmi said the party was optimistic that members selected were competent enough to deliver the state back to PDP. He said the cooperation of all and sundry is expected for the actualisation of PDP’s dream. The chairman thanked all the aspirants who contested with the candidate, Valentine Ozigbo. He appealed to them to help the flagbearer deliver Anambra to PDP. “We call on all of us…
President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke for 90 minutes on Thursday, in their first talks in seven months, discussing the need to ensure that competition between the world’s two largest economies does not veer into conflict. The U.S. side said the “proof will be in the pudding” as to whether the stalemate can be broken with ties between the superpowers languishing at their lowest point in decades. In a statement, the White House said Biden and Xi had “a broad, strategic discussion,” including areas where interests and values converge and diverge. The conversation focused on economic issues,…
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has been appointed Chairman of the National Convention Planning Committee of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A statement released on Thursday by Governor Fintiri’s Press Secretary, Mr Humwashi Wonosikou, said the decision was reached earlier in the day at the 93rd National Executive Council meeting of the party in Abuja. Governor Fintiri is to be assisted by the Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, according to the statement which explained that the Committee has 128 members. The statement added that another Committee set up to ensure zoning of party offices for the Convention is…
The coalition of Lapai youths has called for the cancellation of the just concluded APC, Local Government congress in Lapai Local Government. They also called for the conduct of a fresh election for the position of the party Chairmanship in the council. This follows various complaints of manipulations and imposition of candidates for the position of chairmanship in the just concluded local government APC congresses. The Leader of the group, Comrade Ibrahim Nuhu Muye who stated this while speaking to newsmen in Minna, alleged manipulation and imposition of candidates for the post. Muye claimed that Article 12 sub 13 of…