Three members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State have been arrested by the police over Governor Dapo Abiodun’s Christmas rice. InfoStride News learnt those arrested are Morufu Idowu, Adebayo Rabiu and Wasiu Raji. They were nabbed between Sunday and Monday after being accused of diverting some bags of rice meant for distribution. But, a legal practitioner, A.D. Sosanwo, has demanded N10 million in damages from the Nigeria Police Force, Ijebu-Ode Area Command “for unlawfully detaining” the trio, whom he described as his clients. Sosanwo had, in a petition written to the…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday denied claims that it has zoned its presidential ticket. This was contained in a statement by Hon. Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary of the party. He described it as completely misleading as it does not in any way represent the position of PDP. “For the avoidance of doubt, the PDP emphatically and unequivocally states that it has not zoned its presidential ticket to any part of the country,” the statement said. He said the party was founded on democratic principles, saying that every action of the party, including zoning, is based on extensive…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure a free and transparent governorship election in the state. InfoStride News recalls that INEC had fixed July 16, 2022, for the governorship election in the state. The Director, Media and Publicity of a faction of PDP in the state supported by Senator Ademola Adeleke, Oladele Oluwabamiji, explained that the way and manner the state governorship election is conducted would determine the 2023 general elections. According to Oluwabamiji, there should not be a repeat of controversies that dogged the 2018 governorship election in…
A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain in Giwa local government area of Kaduna State, Mustapha Jumomoh on Saturday decried the Kaduna- Kano road accident that claimed over 19 passengers. InfoStride News reported that 19 passengers died along Kaduna-Kano road on Thursday following a ghastly accident. The PDP chieftain in a statement said many road accidents were caused by drivers who engage in reckless driving in a bid to reach their destinations on time. He maintained that drivers under the influence of hard or illicit drugs endanger passengers knowing they are being controlled by such drugs. He said no human being with…
French President Emmanuel Macron met here on Friday with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as France took over the rotating six-month Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU). At a press conference, Macron outlined the French Presidency’s agenda and said that Paris will focus on promoting the EU in the international community, pushing the digital transformation and protecting the EU’s external borders, Xinhua news agency reported. Von der Leyen recalled the solidarity between European countries during the pandemic. She said that over 70 per cent of the EU’s adult population have now been fully vaccinated against…
Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, has expressed the belief that Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State will defeat Atiku Abubakar, ex-Peoples Democratic Party, presidential candidate, in 2023 if the duo contested. Fani-Kayode claimed Bello would make an excellent president because the governor would appeal to youths in the country. He made the remark while speaking with Channels Television on Friday. Asked if the Kogi Governor could defeat Atiku during the presidential election in 2023, Fani-Kayode said: “Why not? He will defeat him hands down. “I believe Governor Yahaya Bello. I believe that he will be an excellent president. I believe…
The Director General of Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Dr. Lukman Salihu has called on the Chairman of the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) and the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni to resign honourably if he fails to conduct the party’s convention tentatively slated for February. He said party leaders must understand that the survival of the party was at stake and any attempt to continue to contemplate postponement of the convention meant gambling with the future of the party. Lukman’s demand for Buni’s resignation was made known in a letter dated January 5, 2022 titled, “APC National…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Imo State chapter has urged Senator Rochas Okorocha, a former governor of Imo State to consider the option of resigning as a Senator representing Imo West having shown unpardonable incompetence. The party hinged its call for Okorocha’s resignation on what it described as poor and dismal performance in the Senate. The state chairman of APC, Hon Macdonald Ebere stated this in a statement signed by Cajetan Duke, the Publicity Secretary of the party in the State. The ruling APC said, “Imo people have had enough of Okorocha and his family, who they consider as unfit…
Joseph Odok of the University of Calabar has flayed Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross River State, for declaring that the All Progressives Congress, APC, gubernatorial race will be zoned to the southern senatorial district of the state. In a statement released in Calabar, Odok said such pronouncement in favour of the south will hit the rocks, adding that the governor is standing alone in his pronouncement. According to the university don, Ayade made the pronouncement at his “whims and caprices” without consultation with any stakeholder in APC. “The party is surely more than Gov Ayade. I have spoken to some…
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has invited President Joe Biden to deliver his first State of the Union address on March 1. “Indeed, this past year has been historic: with the life-saving American Rescue Plan, once-in-a-century Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and, soon, the truly transformational Build Back Better Act,” Pelosi wrote in a letter to Biden. “In that spirit, I am writing to invite you to address a Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday, March 1, to share your vision of the State of the Union,” Pelosi wrote. During his address to a joint session of Congress last April, Biden rolled…