The All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) has announced the timetable for its national convention. The schedule of activities was adopted in Abuja on Wednesday at a meeting of national leaders. A statement by John Akpan Udoedehe, the national secretary of the party said the Interim Report of the National Reconciliation Committee will be received on January 31. “Consideration and adoption of Reports of State Congresses – 02/02/2022; Inauguration of the State Executives – 03/02/2022”, it read. “Sales of forms to aspirants vying for national offices will commence at the secretariat on February 14; the Deadline for…
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Some Nigerians on social media have bashed Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), after he was seen in a video promising to pay the West African Examination Council (WAEC) fees of Nigerian students. Tinubu, who last week revealed his ambition to run for president in the 2023 election, said his party will crush poverty and make lives easier for Nigerians. However, his promise has sparked outrage among Nigerians who aired their opinion Wednesday on Facebook. “In this century a Presidential aspirant talking of paying WAEC fees. Affliction will not rise again in Nigeria,” Olamobisi Robert…
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday fixed March 8 and 14 to deliver judgments in the multiple suits filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the sack of Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi and his Deputy, Dr. Kelechi Igwe from office on account of their defection from its fold to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the dates after counsel in the suits marked FHC/ABJ/CS/ 920/21 and FHC/ABJ/CS/ 1041/21 had adopted their briefs of final arguments for and against the suit. In an originating summons marked FHC/ABJ/CS/920/2021, the PDP had principally urged the court to…
Hong Kong activist Edward Leung, who coined the now-banned slogan Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our Times, was released from prison Wednesday after spending four years behind bars for a 2016 protest. Leung was a prominent independence activist and the spokesman of Hong Kong Indigenous, a pro-independence group in the city that was outspoken about localism and the need to preserve a distinct Hong Kong identity. In 2018, the 30-year-old activist was convicted of assaulting a police officer and rioting during what is now known as the Fishball Revolution. The unrest began when authorities attempted to crack down on unlicensed…
The Chief Whip of the Nigeria Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu has said he was not desperate to contest for the 2023 presidency despite having the capacity to campaign and lock horns with anyone. The lawmaker and former governor of Abia State said this on Wednesday while speaking with the Senate Press Corps at the National Assembly complex Abuja. He revealed that he visited President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday night but not in connection with his presidential ambition. He claimed the presidential contest would be a collective decision of Nigeria as well as party zoning. Kalu, who is a member of…
An All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State led by Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa has tasked security agencies to tackle the growing activities of thugs in the state before it becomes uncontrollable. The appeal was made in Gusau by the publicity secretary of the faction, Bello Bakyasuwa during a press conference. Bakyasuwa said he was specifically appealing to the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Ayuba Elkanah to take adequate measures to tackle the trend of thuggery creeping into the state and threatening the peace of the state. He alleged that hired thugs had already begun to attack opposition political parties…
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has warned a presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, to be wary of erstwhile Rivers South-East Senator, Magnus Ngei Abe. Eze warned that Eze is not a man Tinubu can trust alleging he diverted over N4 billion meant for road projects in his area. The APC chieftain issued the warning in response to comments by Abe disparaging the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. Abe was recently alleged to have taken a veiled swipe at Amaechi, chiding him against coming close to the Presidency; hence he does not love stealing money. Speaking…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Alhaji Shehu Madaki, has slammed Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, over his promise to pay the WAEC fees of all Nigerians if he becomes president. InfoStride News recalls that Tinubu was seen in a video making the promise to Nigerians. Madaki, who was not happy over the promise made by a personality like Tinubu at a time when Nigerians are facing security challenges, poverty and lack, further noted that Tinubu does not know the problem confronting Nigerians,…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with his Russian counterpart in Switzerland this week as tensions between the U.S. and Russia escalate over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, the State Department said. Blinken arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will move on to Berlin to meet with allies, and on Friday will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva. The hastily arranged trip aims to show U.S. support for Ukraine and impress on Russia the need for de-escalation. White House press secretary Jen Psaki underscored the urgency. We’re now at a…
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has promised that the West African Examination Council (WAEC) fees of Nigerians will be paid if elected president in 2023. Tinubu said this in a viral video with some party members in attendance. “Your children’s West African examination fees is paid by us so that no one no matter how poor is left behind,” he said. “The symbol of my camp is breaking shaft, we break the shaft of poverty, ignorance. ” Highlighting the problem of banditry, Tinubu noted that the country needs peace and stability in order to…