The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the harassment of its Deputy National Secretary, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, by the Department of State Security (DSS), describing as a shameful overkill the storming of his home in Abuja by armed DSS operatives on Friday, without showing any arrest warrant. . In a statement inn Abuja, Friday, by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party expressed shock that the DSS was seeking to arrest El-Rufai for merely exercising his constitutional right of free speech. . It said there was nothing inciting or extraordinary in the statement credited to Malam…
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10 people have been murdered by boko haram insurgents in Njaba village of Damboa Local Government on Tuesday while 8 others were also killed in Kaya village of the same Local Government area on Wednesday when the boko haram attacked the two villages setting houses and shops ablaze. . This is even as over 20 communities of Limanti, Yahuri, Goskari Gana and Ngawo Fate among others in Konduga Council Area were sacked by Boko Haram insurgents who are currently taking refuge at the federal training centre, Maiduguri. . According to Wadai Mutah resident of Njaba village who brought five of…
Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, on Friday asked to partner with the Bauchi State Government to improve youth development. . Al- Mustapha, who is the President, Unity and Development Initiative (APUDI), an NGO, made the plea when he led members of the management team of the organisation on a courtesy call to the Bauchi State Governor, Malam Isa Yuguda, in Bauchi. . He said that the organisation was creating new opportunities that would promote the well being of the younger ones. . “We will channel their request through some…
Dr Ayuba Wabba, Chairman, Joint Health Workers Union (JOHESU) has described the three-day nationwide warning strike embarked upon by members as ‘A Success’. . Wabba told journalists in an interview in Abuja on Friday, “there was 100 per cent compliance by members across the country. . “ Though, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and some others were on strike before we sent the notice, they still complied,’’ he said. . Wabba said that the warning strike was aimed at solving the crisis in the sector as it would ginger the government to do the needful concerning all agreements signed…
A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr Osita Okechukwu, has said the party’s directive to its lawmakers to block all executive bills and proposals was to draw President Goodluck Jonathan’s attention to developments in Rivers. . APC had on Jan 23 directed its members in the two chambers of the National Assembly to block all proposals or bills sent in for consideration by the President. . Okechukwu on Friday in Abuja said that the directive should not be seen as an attempt by the party to destabilise the polity, but one taken to ensure quick resolution to the crisis…
Bishop Milla Maza, the Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in Nasarawa State, yesterday, commended President Goodluck Jonathan for signing the same-sex marriage prohibition bill into law. . Maza told The InfoStride, in Lafia that signing the anti-gay law would go a long way in saving the country from the health and moral implications of same-sex marriage. . He said: “To us, it is devilish, there is no place in the scriptures that says man can marry a man or a lady can marry a lady. . Also, the National Council ofm Muslim Youth Organisation, NACOMYO, yesterday lauded President Jonathan…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday, applied for leave of the Federal High Court in Abuja to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and IG of Police to prosecute the governor-elect of Anambra State, Obiano Maduabuchi Willie, for the offence of multiple voters registration. . APC, in an quick affidavit filed before the court, said it had secured three separate voters’ cards issued to Obiano prior to the November 16 governorship election in Anambra State. . Specifically, APC alleged that Obiano was issued a Voter Registration Number (VIN) 90F5B88377091121 at 2:18pm on August 21, 2013, and another Voter…
Abia State governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has expressed immense confidence about the come back of his colleagues who opted for All Progressives Congress, APC, from peoples Democratic Party, PDP. . According to him, efforts are in progress to ensure that they returned to the rulling party. . Governor Orji also expressed confidence that the new PDP chairman would re-engineer the crisis–ridden ruling party and ensure that it remained first among equals. . Orji, who spoke to journalists at Government House, shortly after returning from Abuja where the new PDP national chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, was inaugurated, said he had confidence…
Members of Edo State House of Assembly, yesterday, pursued the member representing Oredo Constituency II, Mr Patrick Osayimen, over his alleged improper dressing. . The action led to a shouting bout between Osayimen and the Majority Leader of the House, Mr. Philip Shaibu, who told the lawmaker that his dressing contravened the rules of the House and so, he should exit the chambers. . But Osayimen, who wore coral beads on a French suit, argued that there was nothing wrong with his dressing, saying that the Majority Leader lacked sufficient powers to discuss the issue of dress code with him.…
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has commanded Force headquarters to take over investigations into the torture of two women accused of pilfering pepper in a market at Ejigbo, Lagos State days ago. . Recall that one of the women died from injuries sustained from the torture. . Consequently, crack detectives from the Force Criminal Investigations Department have been deployed from Force Annex to commence fresh investigation into the worrisome incident. . Confirming the IG’s directive in a statement yesterday, Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Frank . Mba said: “In a decisive resolve geared towards ensuring the speedy delivery…
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday begged the Senate to approve an increase in the amount to be raised through the Diaspora Bond from the international capital market from the existing $100 million to a maximum of $300 million. . According to him, this is to allow for allotments to be made to more Nigerians in Diaspora than would have been possible with smaller amount. . The President said from the engagements he had with Nigerians in Diaspora and from enquiries received since the publication of the request for the proposal, there was a high level of interest in the Diaspora Bond…
The Labour Party in Ogun State, yesterday, urged members of the state House of Assembly to commence impeachment process against the state governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun over the political crisis in Abeokuta and Ewekoro. . The party which said Amosun had demonstrated his irresponsible tendencies through the political recklessness of terror to scare opposition parties, claimed that the governor had failed the people of the state in the area of protection of lives and property. . The Labour Party in its statement jointly signed by the state Chairman, Olabode Simeon and Secretary, Sunday Ogini accused the governor of allegedly sponsoring…
Three persons have been reportedly killed while several have been declared out of sight in a clash that erupted Sunday morning between Fulani herdsmen and Tiv natives in Adeke village, which is less than four kilometres from the heart of Makurdi town. . When The InfoStride visited the troubled community, yesterday, the people living in the village had fled their homes for fear of being murdered by the rampaging herdsmen. . It would be recalled that crisis broke out in Adeke, weekend, after suspected Tiv youths allegedly killed over 30 cows belonging to some herdsmen residing in the area, leading…
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu said, yesterday, that he would reconcile all warring factions in the party, adding that PDP remains a reality. . He spoke, yesterday, during a short meeting with journalists at national secretariat of the party. . According to Mu’azu, PDP is the only party in Nigeria that was alive. . He added: “This is an election period and very critical; PDP is a reality, the only party with continuous life; we may have our internal crisis, it is the only detribalised party in Nigeria. . The lost ground will be…
DETECTIVES in Ondo State have arrested. a quark nurse over the murder of an 18-year-old girl, Omolayo Afolabi, who she helped to abort a two- month pregnancy in Iju/Itaogbolu area of the state. . Also arrested by the police was Joseph Endurance, the late girl’s lover said to have been responsible for her pregnancy. . The quack nurse, Favour Adebiyi, was reportedly approached by the deceased to help her abort the pregnancy. . The InfoStride gathered that the deceased, who was introduced to the quack nurse by one of her friends, informed her to help them terminate the pregnancy since…
A teenage girl said to have been locked up in a wooden cage for about 30 months by her parents over alleged strange ailment attributed to witchcraft has finally been released by members of a foundation. . The rescued victim, a twin, identified as Blessing Olokumo, an indigene of Ayibatari quarter, Opokuma, in Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, according to investigation conducted by the group, was diagnosed with a strange illness. . According to the acting President of the foundation, Comrade Tonyon Ebitei Robert, the strange illness led to the isolation of the girl by her parents due…
The seven months old strike by Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, took a dramatic dimension yesterday at a meeting to resolve issues at stake as the union and Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, got entangled in a verbal war over invitation of students and the media for the talks. . While ASUP accused the minister of inviting students to the meeting to undermine it, the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom, said the students and media were invited to know how far government had gone in resolving the lingering crisis. . On his part, National President of National Association…
Former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, yesterday, called for the arrest and prosecution of ex- President Olusegun Obasanjo, alleging that he started active corruption in Nigeria’s political circle. . Speaking at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Dr. Kalu pointed out that he wonders why former President Obasanjo was still walking the streets free, stressing that after the reply of his letter by President Goodluck Jonathan, he (Obasanjo) should have been arrested and prosecuted. . According to him, the $16billion power sector fraud was done under ex-President Obasanjo, affirming that he could not even show good leadership…
OGONI area of Rivers State is the new theatre of war in battle for the soul of the state between Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s camp and those against him. . Weekend’s advertised rally by by the two camps was another reason for the latest news of violence that visited the state. Uncomfirmed reports said that two people lost their lives in the shootings that dazed the residents. . While the rally organised by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, at Degema in the state was peaceful, that of the Save Rivers Movement, SRM, was aborted by suspected thugs and ceaseless shootings from…
17 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP senators are to quit to the All Progressives Congress, APC, within days after resumption tomorrow, Senator Bindowo Jibrilla, one of the senators defecting, has said. His assertion was, however, countered by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who in an interview said the PDP was bent on defending its majority in the Senate and winning back what it lost in the House of Representatives. . Senator Jibrilla, PDP, Adamawa North, who talked about the defection plans in a BBC Hausa Service interview at the weekend, said the defecting senators will communicate their…