A factional National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party (LP), Dr. Abayomi Arabambi, has warned Peter Obi, the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, to stop attacking President Bola Tinubu over his diploma from Chicago State University, indicating that the crisis rocking the LP shows no signs of abating. On Friday, in what appeared to be a public defense of Tinubu, Arabambi requested his party’s presidential candidate Peter Obi to cease mocking Tinubu over the release of his academic records by the Chicago State University (CSU). A lot of people in Nigeria are upset over the release of Tinubu’s…
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In practice for the gubernatorial election on November 11, 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled a mock accreditation of voters on Saturday, October 14, 2023. At the Kogi INEC Headquarters in Lokoja, during the formal publishing and presentation of the register of voters to the 18 participating political parties in the approaching governorship election, INEC national chairman Prof. Mahmud Yakubu made the announcement. The state’s three senatorial districts each had three polling places, but Yakubu, who was represented by a national commissioner named Prof Sani Adam (SAN), announced that just nine polling places would be used for…
Ali Qadi, a prominent Hamas fighter responsible for the deaths of multiple civilians, was killed in an Israeli attack. Last week, Qadi oversaw an attack on southern Israel spearheaded by commando troops that resulted in the deaths of innocent civilians. But the IDF claims that on Saturday, they murdered the 37-year-old unit leader of the elite Hamas squad. IDF stated on X, “Aircraft killed Ali Qadi, company commander of the Hamas ‘Nukhba’ (elite) commando force.” Since last week, fighting has been ongoing between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli government exchanged a captured Israeli soldier named Gilad Shalit in 2011 for…
Dino Melaye, candidate for governor of Kogi State under the banner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stated on Thursday that he had evaded four attempts on his life. Melaye stated that the All Progressives Congress, APC, is responsible for the attempts because violence is ingrained in the party’s ideology. He made the confession during an appearance on Arise TV. The former senator for Kogi West claimed that ever since the APC came to power seven years ago, anxiety has been an everyday part of life for the Kogi people. “I have survived four assassination attempts; I have had 12…
Ajibola Basiru, national secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has declared that the APC will assume control of Osun State in 2026. On Friday, at an APC gathering in Osogbo, Basiru shared his observation. After criticising state governor Ademola Adeleke for being dishonest about urban redevelopment projects, Basiru urged Osun APC members to begin mobilising for the 2026 gubernatorial race. The much-touted borehole per ward is only a coincidence. He said that any government based on deceit and propaganda was doomed to fail. While expressing concern for the plight of workers in the State, the APC national scribe questioned…
Nigerians should wait for the Supreme Court’s verdict on the legitimacy of President Bola Tinubu’s certificate, according to Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, a top official in the state’s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. In a statement released to the press by his media assistant Rasheed Abubakar on Saturday, Mumuni offered the recommendation. A former candidate for governor of Lagos State for the now-defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) said that reports about the President’s certificate had been all over the news. Then he advised his countrymen to wait for the Supreme Court to rule on the matter and let the…
The results of the governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states, scheduled for November 11, will be delivered online, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). At a recent news conference, Ofiong Efanga, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Bayelsa State, announced that the state would use a manual method to transmit the results of the governorship election. However, INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu stated that whatever the Bayelsa REC said should be disregarded during the supervision of the mock election in Lokoja, Kogi State. According to him, this practise run is being conducted in accordance with the…
On Friday, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin landed in Tel Aviv to meet with Israeli officials and inspect some of the weapons and security aid the US swiftly sent to Israel during the first week of the conflict with the extremist Hamas group. Austin’s trip to Israel is the second by a senior American official in as many days. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in the region on Thursday, so his brief flight from Brussels, where he was attending a NATO defense ministers meeting, arrives a day later. Blinken is maintaining his frenzied diplomacy in the Middle East in…
On Friday, Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, named the people responsible for Kanu’s extended imprisonment. According to Ejimakor, it is not the Supreme Court but the Presidency that has the agitator in custody. This was revealed while he was emphasizing that the Federal Government’s release of Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Igboho rendered it impossible to maintain Kanu’s detention. Ejimakor said in an X post that Igboho’s release was arranged by Yoruba elders. With the release of SUNDAY IGBOHO, with the support of Yoruba leaders and Tinubu (@officialABAT), Ejimakor writes, “the continuing imprisonment of MAZI NNAMDI KANU…
According to Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who has defected from the Young Progressives Party (YPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), he made the move because he wants the South-East to unite behind President Bola Tinubu’s centralized government. Ubah made this statement on Thursday during a visit to the APC National Secretariat in Abuja with Senate President Godswill Akpabio. He was grateful to the party’s top brass for welcoming him into the fold. Despite the party’s poor showing in the South-East in the 2023 presidential election, Ubah praised President Tinubu for naming Dave Umahi as Minister of Works. Because our president…
Ali Ndume and others have accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of rushing through legislation without giving senators the time to review it. Senator Ali Ndume (APC) of Borno South District was filmed on Thursday complaining about the Senate President’s habit of rushing through legislation without adequate time for reading and debate. You pass bills in under two hours with no input from anyone and without giving them any advance notice. This is bad for Nigeria, he remarked. Nasarawa State PDP Senator Ogoshi Onawo also spoke out against the rush to enact controversial legislation. A quote from his speech goes something…
On Thursday, the Supreme Court decided not to hear an appeal filed by Chief Kenneth Gbagi against the governor of Delta State, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, because it was a waste of time, an intellectual exercise, and had no practical value. Social Democratic Party (SDP) gubernatorial candidate Gbagi appealed the rulings of the Election Petition Tribunal and the Court of Appeal, both of which had rejected his attempts to include new material that had not been pleaded or presented at the outset of the trial. On the date set for approval of final written addresses by the Governorship Election Tribunal…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Jigawa State Command reported saving eight victims of human trafficking. Samson Agada, the state’s comptroller for the NIS, made this announcement on Friday at a news conference in Dutse. Agada claimed that command members had spotted the victims at a Dutse parking lot in the Dutse Local Government Area on Wednesday. He said the victims, who ranged in age from 16 to 24, were detained at 7 a.m. on May 5 while trying to enter Europe. The controller also mentioned that there are six women and two men in the group. He claims that of…
Alhaji Bello Maitama (Sardaunan Dutse) passed away on Friday morning, and Governor of Jigawa State Mallam Umar Namadi has expressed his sincere condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues. Hamisu Mohammed Gumel, the governor’s chief press secretary, made this announcement in a statement to the press. He spoke highly of Alhaji Bello Maitama, describing him as “a respected figure who left an indelible mark on the lives of many” via his tireless dedication to Jigawa State and Nigeria as a whole. “His passing represents a significant loss not only to his family but also to Jigawa State and Nigeria,” the…
On October 23, 2023, Air Peace announced that it would once again serve the Kaduna area. In a statement, Air Peace’s spokesman Stanley Olisa claimed that the company has finalized plans to return to Kaduna on the specified day. In addition, Olisa mentioned that the Kaduna route had been dormant since March 2022 owing to security concerns, adding, “but the airline is delighted to be resuming connectivity to the city after the 19 months hiatus.” After being attacked by robbers, the Kaduna International Airport remained closed for nearly two years, as previously reported by InfoStride News. Due to the suspension…
Former Okezie Ikpeazu administration trade and investment commissioner John Okiyi Kalu and Governor Alex Otti’s Special Adviser on media and publicity Ferdinand Ekeoma have resumed their media war. Former Information Commissioner Okiyi Kalu has lately taken to Twitter to criticise the spending of the Otti administration on road construction contracts. Kalu served in this role during the previous administration in the state. In addition, Kalu advocated for the publishing in the newspapers of cash coming into the State from the federal allocations, which, he claimed, would align with Governor Otti’s election-year efforts. The media adviser to Governor Otti, Mr. Ferdinand…
Ifeanyi Ubah, senator for Nigeria’s Anambra South Senatorial District who was elected on the platform of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC party on Thursday, bringing the total number of APC senators to 60. After Ubah switched allegiances to the APC in the Red Chamber, there were 50 legislators representing minority parties. Ubah cited irreconcilable differences with the YPP leadership in his letter of defection, which was read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio before the day’s plenary was suspended to honor Jelani Danbuga, a representative from Sokoto State who passed away on Wednesday.…
Since its initial outbreak in December 2022, Zamfara State has had 1188 cases of cholera and 50 cases of diphtheria across its 14 local government areas. On Wednesday, Dr. Aishatu Anka, the state’s commissioner for health, made the announcement while delivering supplies to the Shagari Cholera Treatment Centre in Gusau. Anka reported widespread Cholera in the state’s Gusau Anka, Bakura, and Bukkuyum regions. The commissioner said, “I am here at Shagari Cholera Treatment Centre to equally assess the patient’s response to treatment.” Governor Dauda Lawan reportedly visited some patients at Anka General Hospital. According to her, there have been 1188…
Contractors building federal roadways have been given 14 days by Minister of Works Sen. David Umahi to return workers and equipment to the site or face termination of their contracts. During a meeting with all contractors handling federal roads on Wednesday in Abuja, the minister issued this warning. Contractors who do not follow the instructions and submit their work by the due date will be fired and replaced, he said. Umahi also instructed the contractors to stop impeding the government’s efforts to implement concrete technology in place of asphalt. He argued that concrete highways are necessary, citing the fact that…
After the terrible slaughter of Israeli civilians at the hands of the Islamist militant group Hamas, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius promised his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant further support. Two German Heron TP combat drones were approved for deployment by Israel in attacks on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday evening. The Israeli Ministry of Defense has been granted permission to utilize unmanned aerial vehicles in its campaign against the Islamist organization Hamas, according to a statement released by the German Ministry of Defense. The Israeli arms company that makes these drones is currently leasing them to the German armed forces,…