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Friday, 12 November 2021 05:51

Nigeria’s structures, unity must be renegotiated to prevent the country from imminent collapse - Afenifere

Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday said the demeanour of President Muhammadu Buhari-led government towards activities of terrorists suggests it is complicit in the insecurity plaguing the country. It said Islamic cleric, Ahmed Gumi, who has been canvassing amnesty for the bandits is only re-echoing the same views held by Buhari before he became president. The group said this in Lagos at a press conference with the theme: ‘Fixing Nigeria, Before the Fall’, addressed by its leader, Ayo Adebanjo. It said: “The entire country is burning. The Northeast was already aflame before the coming of Buhari, its peoples rendered as pawns…

Wednesday, 10 November 2021 06:02

INEC declares Soludo winner of Anambra governorship election

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) winner of the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. Soludo polled a total of 112,229 votes to defeat his closest rival, Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 53,807 to emerge second. Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate got a total of 43,285 votes to emerge in the third position. Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) came fourth with 21,261 votes. Ubah also won in one local government, same as Ozigbo, with Soludo winning in…

Monday, 08 November 2021 06:04

INEC declares Anambra gov election inconclusive as Soludo widens lead

Anambra governorship election has been declared inconclusive by INEC. The state Returning Officer for the election, Florence Obi, vice-chancellor of University of Calabar, who made the declaration in the early hours of Monday, said this was because there was no election in Ihiala Local Government Area which has over 148,000 registered voters. Charles Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), scored a total of 103,946 votes and won the election in 18 out of the 21 local government areas of the state. His closest rival, Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party scored 51,322 and won in only…

Monday, 08 November 2021 06:03

Anambra guber: Soludo sings along as supporters crowd residence to celebrate victory

Supporters of Chukwuma Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), on Sunday, thronged his residence ahead of the election result announcement. Soludo has so far secured the majority of the votes cast in Saturday’s Anambra governorship election. The results of the election were formally announced at the INEC state collation centre in Awka, Anambra State, on Sunday. Political associates, youths and women in their hundreds thronged Soludo’s residence at Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area, on Sunday. Some of the residents, who spoke with our correspondent, said that they believed that he would emerge winner at the end of…

Sunday, 07 November 2021 06:08

Anambra guber: Soludo in early lead as APGA sweeps all 5 LGs announced so far

Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has won five Local Government Areas in the ongoing governorship election. The local governments are Awka South, Onitsha South and Enugu Anambra East, Anaocha, and Anambra East. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Sunday for the final collation of the election. There are 21 LGAs in Anambra but only the results of four have been announced at LG collation centers and it has been a clean sweep for the candidate of the ruling party in Anambra. Soludo has a total of 38,413 votes from the five LGAs and he is…

Sunday, 07 November 2021 06:07

Late arrival of materials, apathy, vote-buying mar Anambra polls

Meanwhile, the election was marred by voter apathy, vote-buying, late arrival of materials and the malfunction of the BVAS machine. Despite the efforts by INEC to ensure a hitch-free exercise, there were several complaints from voters in towns like Awka, Onitsha, Nnewi, Isuofia and some other parts of the state. Voting was expected to start by 8.30am but as of 11am voting was yet to commence in most centres in Awka, the state capital. With over two hours into the voting exercise, the people of Mgbakwu in Awka North were still awaiting voting materials, which later arrived after midday. Party…

Saturday, 06 November 2021 06:07

Anambra 2021: Roads deserted, shops shut on eve of election

Isaac Adibe sat leisurely on a pavement along Ekwulobia road in Aguata Local Government Area, Anambra South Senatorial District, watching the deserted road on Friday. The sexagenarian said he heard about the cancellation of the sit-at-home order given by separatist group, IPOB, on a radio breakfast news, but he had doubts. His scepticism was fuelled by the attacks some members of IPOB, whom he called “thugs among them,” carried out on residents who breached the sit-at-home order. Adibe does his business in neighbouring Nanka, in Orumba North LGA, and he said he would brave it, nonetheless. Asked if he would…

Friday, 05 November 2021 06:02

IPOB cancels sit-at-home order for Anambra election to hold Saturday

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has cancelled its sit-at-home order in the southeast. The proscribed group had threatened to lock down the region from November 5 to protest the detention of Nnamdi Kanu, its leader. Emma Powerful, IPOB’s spokesperson, on Thursday, said the sit-at-home order has been cancelled to allow people in Anambra participate in the governorship election on Saturday. “Following the genuine intervention of our elders, esteemed traditional Institutions/Rulers and Religious Leaders, and after a due consideration of the positive impacts of their engagement, and sequel to the fact that our elders have spoken in our terms, the Leadership…

Monday, 01 November 2021 05:56

Iyorchia Ayu emerges PDP National Chairman. Here’s the full list of other members of NWC elected along with the former senate president

Iyorchia Ayu, a former senate president, was early on Sunday elected as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ayu, who was earlier adopted as the consensus candidate for the position, won the election unchallenged with 3,426 votes. Taofeek Arapaja, a former deputy governor of Oyo state, has also emerged as national deputy chairman (south), with 2,004 votes to defeat Olagunsoye Oyinlola, former governor of Osun state, who scored 705 votes. For the position of the national deputy chairman (north), Umar Damagum, former governorship candidate of Yobe state, polled 2,222 votes to beat Inna Ciroma, former minister of…

Saturday, 30 October 2021 06:00

‘Don’t campaign for tenure elongation for me, I’ll leave in 2023’ - Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned those campaigning for tenure elongation on his behalf, stressing that he would leave office in May 2023. According to a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari gave the warning at a meeting in Makkah with a select group of Nigerians resident in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where he just ended a visit. “I swore by the Holy Qur’an that I would serve in accordance with the constitution and leave when my time is up. No “Tazarce” (tenure extension). I don’t want anybody to start talking…

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Saturday, 30 October 2021 05:57

PDP proceeds with national convention as Appeal Court dismisses Secondus’ suit

An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday dismissed the appeal of the suspended National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus seeking to restrain the party from conducting its National Convention, thus paving the way for the congress to commence today in Abuja. The three-man panel dismissed the appeal which was filed on October 14, 2021, “for lacking in merit.” With the scare that the convention might be stopped by a court over, 3,600 delegates from all over the country will today converge on the Eagles Square, Abuja, to elect a new National Working Committee for…

Friday, 29 October 2021 06:02

Anxiety as Appeal Court is set to deliver ruling today on Secondus’ application for stoppage of PDP convention

Some of the 3,600 delegates expected for the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party have started arriving in Abuja, the nation’s capital. One of our correspondents, who visited the Eagle Square, venue of the event, on Thursday, observed that the PDP flag had been hoisted in the venue, while banners and decorations adorned the area. A podium had also been assembled at the centre of the square. “I’m already in Abuja; the congress is on; it will hold,” Gombe State Chairman of the party, Mamman Kwaskebe, a retired Major general, told one of our correspondents on telephone. However, there…

Wednesday, 27 October 2021 05:28

The curse of politics: Biden, like Trump, becomes target of growing vitriol - Howard Kurtz

As they say on social media, "F--- Joe Biden" appears to be trending. When the president visited Scranton last week, a woman held a homemade sign with that very message. In Boise, a retired gunsmith hung a flag from his roof with an almost identical message, adding: "And f--- you for voting for him!" These are among the episodes compiled by the Washington Post, which says"the anger…demonstrates how a political party or cause often needs an enemy, a target of vilification that can unite its adherents — and, in this case, one refracted through the harshness, norm-breaking, and vulgarity of…

Tuesday, 26 October 2021 05:48

Northern leaders file suit to compel FG, N’Assembly allow Southeast secede from Nigeria

A group of northern elders have commenced legal process for the secession of Southeast from the Nigerian federation. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/538/2021, the plaintiffs led by Nastura Ashir Shariff, Balarabe Rufa’I, Abdul-Aziz Sulaiman and Aminu Adam are praying the Abuja division of the Federal High Court to compel the National Assembly to hasten the exit of the Southeast before the conclusion of ongoing constitutional amendment. They averred in their supporting affidavit that their action was informed by the need to stem the tide of violence and destruction allegedly occasioned by the agitation for secession championed by the Nnamdi Kanu-led…

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