It was complaints galore as aggrieved members of the Lagos State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) recounted their harrowing experience during last Saturday’s council primaries of the party. Party faithful are now looking towards APC leadership in the state to see how they will redress the aftermath of violence, thuggery and intimidation that characterised the poll conducted across the entire 377 wards and 57 local councils of the state. From events preceding the primaries, which were to select the party’s standard-bearers for the July 24, 2021, local government poll, there were pointers to the possibility of mayhem…
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A stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former senatorial candidate for Bayelsa Central Senatorial District in the 2019 general election, Barr. Festus Daumiebi, has dismissed as untrue the claims that the relationship between the current Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, and the former gubernatorial candidate of the party, Chief David Lyon, has turned sour, adding that both leaders are still close. Daumiebi, also described as “misguided and malicious,” insinuations among a section of the party faithful in the state that Timipre Sylva, a former governor of Bayelsa State, allegedly traded with the party’s governorship…
Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday derailed a bipartisan inquiry into the deadly assault on the Capitol by former President Donald Trump’s supporters, despite a torrent of criticism the lawmakers were playing down the violence. Democrats and some moderate Republicans had called for a commission to probe the events up to and including Jan. 6, when hundreds of supporters of Donald Trump, a Republican, stormed the Capitol, fighting with police, urging violence against lawmakers and delaying the formal certification of President Joe Biden’s election victory. The violence left five people dead including a Capitol Police officer. The measure mustered…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has vowed to resist any attempt by politicians from Abuja to impose anybody as next governor in the state. He spoke at a special thanksgiving church service on Sunday to mark the second anniversary of his administration’s second tenure at St Paul’s Cathedral, Diobu, Port Harcourt, the state capital. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, the governor said: “Let me say it again, I have never sat with anybody to say I will make you governor. “But, as a governor, nobody from anywhere, be it in the party, in…
The Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Professor Abdul Hafiz Oladosu, has warned Nigerians not to fall in the hands of politicians who will renege on the promises made to the electorate in 2023. Oladosu gave this warning during a stakeholders’ summit organised by Political Awareness Group (PAG), an association of Muslim professionals and technocrats for good governance held in Ibadan, at the weekend. The don, who spoke on the lecture entitled, “Corruption, Recession and Insecurity, The bane of Nigerian Democracy”, urged Nigerians to watch out for the kind of politicians who seek their votes. Oladosu, who noted that…
Former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Chukwuemeka Eze, has said maladministration by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State is responsible for the mass defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Eze said this while reacting to the defection of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State from the PDP to the All Progressive Congress (APC). He posited that Ayade has always displayed the carriage and common traits of a good progressive and expressed confidence that his entrance will place his people on a better pedestal and add weight to the cause of a…
The 196 councillor candidates of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River State have handed over party flags in their possession to the new leader in the state, Governor Ben Ayade. Handing over the flags, which is the symbol of the party, the Cross River State APC Councilor Candidates Forum, led by Comrade Effiom Raymond Yellow-Duke, said the divisions in the party had caused them to remove all the flags from the factional offices in the state. “The disparaged division in the CRS APC necessitated the formation of CRS APC Councilor Candidates Forum by the 196 councillor candidates of…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a secret ceremony in Westminster Cathedral on Saturday, according to reports by the Sun and Mail on Sunday. Downing Street declined to comment on the reports to Press Association and other newspapers. Last April, Boris Johnson, 56, announced the birth of his son with Symonds, 33. They were the first unmarried couple officially to live together in Downing Street when he became prime minister. Johnson has been married twice before. Asked whether he was planning a wedding, Johnson told The Sun in March that “the wedding industry is certainly…
Those leaving the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to other parties have failed to keep up with the party’s pace of development and prosperity, says Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde. He taunted them that they would cry back to the party with more tears in 2023. Speaking yesterday in Yola, Adamawa State, while commissioning seven township roads, Governor Seyi Makinde said that PDP governors meant business and believe in infrastructure development. “Those that cannot keep up with our work pace are going over to the other side. They offer excuses and shed tears. We know they will shed more tears…
Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, yesterday, assured his people of his resolve not to relent in the reconstruction and provision of critical infrastructure across the state. Giving account of his six years in office, the governor implored the people to look forward to 500 kilometres of roads that would be constructed across the state in the next two years, with each of the 17 local councils getting a minimum of 20 kilometres. He debunked the insinuations that he was waiting for an auspicious time to decamp from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said at…
Recently some Southwest leaders in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) met in Lagos and implored groups involved in agitations for self-determination to desist forthwith. Their position have, however, triggered several reactions form concerned Yoruba groups and individuals. In the second of nine resolutions arrived at the meeting, convener, Chief Bisi Akande expressed strong opposition to separatist agitations and hate speeches. The leaders directed those indulging in such to desist forthwith while expressing their belief in the unity, stability and sustainability of the country. But there have been mixed feelings that the Southwest leaders failed to engage the separatists groups…
Bishop Ayodeji Ipinmoroti, the General Overseer of Christ Revelation Church of God (Holy Promise), says former Lagos Governor Bola Tinubu will be president in 2023. The cleric said God showed him that the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. Ipinmoroti spoke at a sermon to commemorate the Children National, The Nation reports. Noting that Tinubu will emerge victorious, he predicted many of the politician’s associates would betray him before the elections. “I do not see Nigeria breaking apart. Bola Tinubu is a right peg in the right hole in the 2023 presidential election.” Ipinmoroti described…
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned Israel’s settlement expansion, saying that authorities in the Jewish state recently approved the construction of 560 new settlement units south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. “Construction of new units aims at expanding the settlements that were built on Palestinian citizens’ lands in the area,” the Ministry said in a statement sent to Xinhua news agency on Friday. The statement warned that the expansion of settlements in the area of Bethlehem in the West Bank “will isolate Palestinian towns and villages from each other and turn them into isolated islands in…
Following violent clashes in some 377 wards, security operatives on Saturday, stormed the party Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Acme, Ikeja, to forestall any form of attack by aggrieved party supporters. InfoStride News noticed that the battle-ready security personnel were seen at the entrance and within the premises of the secretariat to maintain peace and order. Several patrol vehicles and armoured personnel carriers were seen also stationed at the access roads leading to the secretariat. As a result of the situation, the entire area of Acme was cordoned off by the security men, forcing other motorists to make…
Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set up an 11-man advisory committee to fully resolve party matters ahead of the 2023 general elections. The decision was taken after reconciliation meetings reached a positive note at the weekend. Deji Doherty, PDP Chairman made the announcement in a statement he signed. In a communique, elders of the party after a parley with the National Reconciliation and Strategy Committee (NRSC), resolved to “bury the hatchet in the interest of the party”. Those who signed were former PDP National Deputy Chairman (South), Olabode George; ex-member of the Board of Trustees,…
The governor of Akwa Ibom Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel says the state deserves a competent leader who would consolidate on the peace, industrialisation and other legacies put in place by his administration as his successor in 2023. Governor Emmanuel stated this in Uyo on Saturday in his broadcast, tagged, “God is doing a new thing in Akwa Ibom State” to mark marking his sixth anniversary as governor. He said the state has gone too far to be moved backwards by bad leadership, praying that the state would no longer be plunged into an era where the common patrimony was frittered…
Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Saturday reacted to the viral video of him meeting with Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President in Abuja. Tinubu cautioned Nigerians making an “issue” out of the meeting with Atiku. The APC National Leader explained that he only exchanged pleasantries with the former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the airport. Tinubu had met and exchanged pleasantries with Atiku, a chieftain of the PDP at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja on Friday. Atiku had arrived from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), at the same time…
A U.S. federal judge on Friday ordered an independent review of evidence from electronic devices seized in recent raids of Rudy Giuliani’s home and office, rejecting Giuliani’s effort to block it. U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken in Manhattan said appointing a special master would “ensure the perception of fairness” in reviewing the 18 devices, including cellphones and computers, taken during the April 28 raids. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have been examining Giuliani’s dealings in Ukraine, including whether he violated lobbying laws by acting as an unregistered foreign agent while working as a lawyer for then-U.S. President Donald Trump. Robert Costello,…
The former Vice Presidential Candidate urged stakeholders in Imo state to come together as a matter of urgency, irrespective of their political affiliations. Mr Justice Ughuegbu, a former Vice Presidential Candidate of the National Action Alliance, has advised Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo to embrace dialogue in tackling insecurity in the state. Ughuegbu gave the advice during an interactive session with newsmen in Owerri on Friday. He urged stakeholders in the state to come together as a matter of urgency, irrespective of their political affiliations, to proffer solutions to the lingering security challenges in the state. “We have come to…
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has congratulated the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors on their administration’s anniversary. Bukola Saraki in a tweet on Saturday congratulated Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State, Governor Udom Gabriel Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, Governor Bala Muhammed of Bauchi State, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State and Governor Bello Mattawalle of…