A Civil Society Organization, YIAGA Africa have identified network connectivity as one of the factors that initially affected the ongoing voter registration exercise in Rivers State. The CSO members are serving as observers for the exercise in the twenty-three Independent National Electoral Commission registration centres in Rivers State. The group identified poor network connectivity particularly within the first two weeks of commencement of the in-person registration as part of challenges encountered The coordinator of the group, Obinna Ebogidi, during an interview in Port Harcourt, however, observed an improvement in accessing the portal and the speed with which it now takes…
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The Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State and former member of the state House of Assembly, Nze Ray Emeana has lambasted Governor Hope Uzodimma for saying there is no law in Imo State banning open grazing. Emeana in this interview with the media said it was most embarrassing and shameful for Uzodinma to say there is no anti-grazing law in Imo State when there is one. The former university teacher said, come 2023 governorship position must come back to the Owerri zone adding that it is not negotiable. ”No amount of intimidation, harassment and arrest will…
The Taliban on Saturday sealed off Kabul airport in order to prevent large crowds from leaving the war-torn country as final NATO evacuation flights left Afghanistan. New layers of checkpoints sprang up on roads leading to the airport, some manned by uniformed Taliban fighters with Humvees and night-vision goggles captured from Afghan security forces, reported Euronews. The massive US-led airlift wound down ahead of an August 31 deadline of the Taliban. Britain too began bringing its troops home from Afghanistan, as a Royal Air Force plane carrying soldiers landed at the RAF Brize Norton airbase northwest of London. The troops…
Adams Oshiomhole, former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says Nigeria will hold hitch-free polls in 2023. In a chat with reporters in Abuja, the ex-Edo governor expressed optimism about the general elections. “God will not forsake a nation of 200 million people in 2023”, the former Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) leader said. Oshiomhole stressed that although not perfect, democracy in Nigeria will flourish. The politician prayed that God will help and guide the country’s civil dispensation. “Nigeria is much bigger than the total sum of the problems bedevilling it. I am an optimist, ” he noted. Recall…
Benue Governor, Samuel Ortom has reacted to reports by the state chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, that it will no longer take part in stakeholders meetings organized by the state government. A statement by Ortom’s, Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase on Sunday said the Governor has no problems with the decision of the party to stay away from government events. Akase said, when Ortom took the mantle of leadership, he promised to be the Governor of every Benue person and he has kept the promise in the last six years. He stressed that the sentiment APC raised on the…
Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, has said he joined the party to form an alternative platform capable of kicking PDP out of power. Oshiomhole who stated that his objective was achieved added that he has no regrets in spite of his removal from office. The former APC National Chairman said he was still an active member of the party. He also expressed optimism that Nigeria would hold a hitch-free general election in 2023. “ I accepted what happened in good faith and I remain committed to doing whatever I can to support the…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Youth Wing, has called on the party’s leadership to explore all possible avenues to find a solution to the crisis rocking the party before the 2023 general elections. The PDP National Youth Movement said with all that Nigerians are going through in the hands of the All Progressive Congress (APC), they would not forgive the PDP if it by any means it allows the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) win the 2023 general elections as a result of avoidable and resolvable crisis. The President, PDP Youths Movement, Salaudeen Lukman in a statement alleged that the…
It called the loneliest job in the world for a reason. Surrounded by everything a superpower can offer and watched by all, President Joe Biden wore the weight of a lonely man as he came to grips in recent days with the deadly end of the American effort in Afghanistan and tried to keep the focus on what, to him, is the bottom line. Ladies and gentlemen,” he said as the death toll mounted in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, “it was time to end a 20-year war. The need for crisis-driven leadership comes to all presidents. Now, on several fronts at…
Governor Gboyega of Osun State has said that those parading themselves as members of The Osun Progressives, TOP, are not speaking the mind of his predecessor, Rauf Aregbesola who is now the Minister of Interior. Oyetola during a live interview during the week stated that he and Aregbesola are brothers and “he (Aregbesola) wants my success because I worked very hard for eight years for his own success as well.” Specifically, the Governor was asked regarding the activities of some chieftains of the party parading themselves as TOP and claiming to be Aregbesola’s loyalists. The group had in recent times…
A group has emerged from the members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State to strategize victory for PDP candidates in the 2023 elections at the state and national levels. The group, known as People’s Mandate, has inaugurated its officials for the three senatorial zones and the 21 local government areas of the state. In his inaugural speech on Saturday, the state coordinator of the group, Hon Charles Hebron said the group is on a strategic mission to ensure that the PDP captures Aso Rock at the national level and Dougeri Government House in Yola, at the state…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Executive Council on Saturday ratified the October 30th Convention date agreed by the National Caucus during its meeting InfoStride News learnt that the meeting while deliberating on the recommendations of the National Working Committee draft time table for the 2021 Elective National Convention on Saturday, also approved Abuja as venue for the Convention. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan said the meeting also agreed to meet on September 9th to review and adopt the zoning of National Offices and to announce membership of the Convention Planning Committee. In their separate messages,…
Mike Okonkwo, the presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), has said the Southeast should not produce a presidency on the grounds of pity. He pointed out that the Southeast should not allow themselves to produce a president so they can be appeased. Speaking with journalists in Lagos, the TREM founder stressed that a presidency produced under such a condition would not succeed. According to Okonkwo: “To the best of my knowledge, the easterners are not asking for anything other than live and let live. “They are not saying, ‘give us everything’. For me, to be honest with you,…
Iraq hosts a regional conference Saturday aimed at easing tensions in the Middle East and emphasising the Arab country’s new role as mediator. Among the invitees are archenemies Iran and Saudi Arabia, whose rivalry has often played out in Iraq and other countries, including Yemen and Lebanon. Saudi Arabia has said it would be represented by its foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan. It was not clear what kind of representation Iran would have at the conference. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Jordan’s King Abdullah were expected to participate, as well as French President Emmanuel Macron, who arrived in…
Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has released the guidelines for its wards and local government areas congresses slated to hold across the State. A statement by the state party Chairman, Engr. Kola Shittu, said the guidelines were unanimously agreed upon to be followed strictly in choosing the wards and local government areas officials. According to the guidelines, any executive member at the ward and local government levels, who has spent a cumulative period of eight years and above in the executive position capacity, should step aside to enable new party members contest for the available positions…
The leadership crisis currently rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has taken a new twist as another court ruling has emerged. A High Court in Cross River State, sitting in Calabar, the State capital has granted another ex parte motion stopping the embattled Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus from parading himself as the national chairman. InfoStride News recalls that barely two days after the Rivers State High Court gave an order stopping him as Chairman of the party, Justice Nusirat. I. Umar, a vacation Judge of the Kebbi State High Court, on Thursday, ordered Secondus to return to…
A public commentator, Alhaji Ahmed Bakare, has sent a red signal to the Zamfara State Governor, Hon. Bello Mohammed, saying that the call for state of emergency in the north would not solve the security problems in the north. The commentator stated that the Governor has forgotten that the government pays the military and other security operatives in the north, lamenting that the Governor wants to end their jobs so as to increase insecurity in the north. According to him, there is nobody that is above the power of the government unless the government does not want to act. He…
The raging crisis hitting the major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has become one day, one drama. The latest being the court pronouncement restating Uche Secondus as the Chairman of the PDP. On Thursday, a High Court in Kebbi State granted an experte motion sought by Yahaya Usman, Abubakar Muhammed and Bashir Suleiman, that there should be a stay of execution on an earlier experte motion. It would be recalled that a High Court in Rivers State had order Mr Secondus to stop parading himself as the Chairman of the party. The conflicting court order has created a…
The US on Friday evacuated approximately 12,500 people from war-torn Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, the White House said in a tweet. “Update: From 3 AM ET on 8/26 to 3 AM ET on 8/27 a total of approximately 12,500 people were evacuated from Kabul. 35 US military flights carried approximately 8,500 evacuees, and 54 coalition flights carried approximately 4,000 people,” the tweet said. “Since August 14, the U.S. has evacuated and facilitated the evacuation of approximately 105,000 people. Since the end of July, we have re-located approximately 110,600 people,” the White House informed in a series of tweets.…
Senator Stella Oduah dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday. Oduah, a former Aviation Minister, represents Anambra North in the National Assembly. A statement by APC Director of Publicity, Salisu Dambatta quoted Oduah as saying she defected to co-change the “political narrative” in the Igbo-speaking States. “She said during the occasion that she joined the APC family as part of the process of the changing political narrative in the South-East”, the spokesman noted. Oduah announced that she moved along with her multitude of supporters “who have been jubilating in Anambra State”. The leadership…
A group, Southern Nigeria Youth Assembly (SNYA), Imo State chapter, has called on the ruling All Progress Congress, APC , opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and other political parties in the country to zone their presidential ticket to the Southern region for the sake of equity and fairness. The group made this call on Friday during the inauguration of their state executive in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Speaking on behalf of the group, the Coordinator of SNYA in the state, Barr Stephen Nnadi, maintained that since the north has taken her turn with Late Alhaji Musa Yar Aduà and…