According to Ambali Olatunji, president of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), President Bola Tinubu’s economic strategy is having a negative impact on the common people. Olatunji made the announcement on day one of a National Youth Conference in Benin, Edo state. He added that Tinubu’s cabinet was too large, what with all the ministers and their support staff. Olatunji noted that 45 ministers and a horde of aides are a significant load on a vulnerable economy, and that Tinubu has to comprehend the situation of the people. In addition, he argued that the administration’s present economic policies…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
Christian clergy joined Muslim clergy at the Kaduna Stadium on Wednesday to celebrate Eid-el-Maulud, the anniversary of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. Church leaders were led by Pastor Yohanna Buru, General Overseer of Christ Evangelical and Life Intervention Ministry. He explained that the move was made in the hopes of promoting harmony between the country’s Muslim and Christian communities as well as greater religious tolerance and mutual understanding. Buru stressed that the Maulud festival gave Christians and Muslims a chance to meet each other and have meaningful conversations about how to foster peace and harmony in Nigeria. Buru,…
Udengs Eradiri, the LP candidate for governor in Bayelsa State, has questioned state governor Douye Diri’s assertions that he spent N30 billion to finish the 10.2km phase two portion of the Glory Drive dual carriageway. Former governor Henry Seriake Dickson had nearly finished the road, but Eradiri couldn’t understand why it was still costing an exorbitant amount of money. He recalled that the clearing work on the project had been done by former governor Timipre Sylva, that his successor Dickson had completed the sand-filling work, and that Diri had been tasked with completing the asphalting. On Wednesday, the LP candidate…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Edo State Secretary Mr. Hilary Otsu has warned the party against running unpopular candidates for governor in the 2024 election. On Wednesday, Otsu issued the warning in a statement to Benininian media outlets. He claimed that voters in the state have a high level of political knowledge and that the PDP, in order to win, must run a candidate with widespread support. He noted that the party suffered electoral defeats in some districts since the majority of the candidates they filed in the 2023 general election were unknown. The leader of the party warned against forcing…
The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has issued a statement condemning the security situation in the country’s North Central area and demanding action from the country’s security services. After the kidnapping of Benue State’s Commissioner for Information, Culture, and Tourism, Matthew Abo, NUJ Zone D President Chris Atsaka issued the following statement. Abo’s hometown in the Ukum local government area of Benue State is where he was allegedly abducted by gunmen. The NUJ writer denounced the Commissioner’s kidnapping and the persistent instability in the area. He voiced concern that the government and security forces have not done enough to end…
Lola Ade-John, Nigeria’s Minister of Tourism, has announced that the country’s central government is planning to develop and market tourism products both abroad and at home. The Minister remarked that tourism “products are vast, plentiful, and core to revenue generation for the country” at the Abuja 2023 World Tourism Day, which had the subject “Tourism and Green Investment.” She also said that the United Nations’ adoption of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 provides a chance to consider how to increase tourism’s contribution to achieving those goals. The Minister of Tourism believes that promoting sustainable tourism in Nigeria requires…
The New Nigeria Peoples’ Party (NNPP) in Benue State is not pleased with the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal’s decision to overturn Abba Kabir Yusuf’s election as governor of Kano State. Group Captain Stephen Adah (Rtd), the party’s chairman in Benue State, made the announcement while speaking to reporters in Makurdi. According to Adah, the party is troubled by the ruling since it does not appear to embody the principles of fair and reasonable judicial practises. He said, “The NNPP government in Kano has put smiles on the faces of the oppressed in Kano; therefore, we call on the relevant authorities…
On Tuesday, the Gombe State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal affirmed the March 18 gubernatorial election results, which saw APC candidate Governor Inuwa Yahaya elected. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate Mohammed Barde had their case to the tribunal chaired by Justice S.B. Belgore denied for lack of merit. InfoStride News recalls that Inuwa was officially declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Unhappy with the results, the PDP candidate challenged the governor’s victory in court, claiming that vote-buying and other irregularities had undermined the legitimacy of the election. The petitioners failed to…
A former media aide to President Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, has criticised the attitude on the president’s certificate taken by supporters of the 2023 presidential contenders, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP). According to Onanuga, anyone who dispute Tinubu’s enrollment at Chicago State University are wasting their time and chasing shadows. He insisted that Tinubu did, in fact, attend Chicago State University and earn his degree there back in 1979. Specifically, Onanuga was responding to documents shared on Twitter by a user who claimed the FBI had stated that Tinubu…
Deputy Chief of Mission of the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, India According to a news statement from the Chinese Embassy in India, on Tuesday, Ma Jia stated that China remains committed to the right path in its relations with India and that both nations should refrain from undermining and doubting the other. We want China-India ties to remain steadfastly on the right track. Rather than undermining and denying one other’s success, “China and India are eternal neighbours who need to accurately understand each other’s strategic intentions,” she said. The official announcement also stated that the Chinese envoy had urged…
The Lagos State Labour Party (LP) has voiced its displeasure with the tribunal’s decision on the governor’s election petition filed on Monday. This was announced on Tuesday by the party’s State Publicity Secretary, Olubunmi Odesanya, in a statement distributed to the media. Odesanya, however, urged party members to maintain calm as the party sought justice. She remarked, “With utmost dismay, we listened to the judgement of the Lagos State election tribunal delivered yesterday, September 25.” While we plot our next move, we ask that our devoted following maintain a state of serenity. She stated that the LP candidate in Lagos…
The governorship elections in the states of Edo and Ondo have been scheduled for 2024 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Edo State’s gubernatorial election is scheduled for September 21, 2024, and Ondo State’s is scheduled for the following Saturday, November 16, 2024. Edo and Ondo’s present governors’ terms will end on November 11th, 2024 and February 23rd, 2025, respectively, according to a statement released by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun on Tuesday. According to the Constitution’s Section 178 (2), the Commission stated that elections for the aforementioned positions must take place…
The former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has been called out for sanctions by Dr. Pedro Obaseki, a leader in the Peoples Democratic Party and the Director of Research and Documentation for the PDP’s Presidential Campaign Council. Obaseki claims that Wike is a traitor who was one of five governors who engaged in a string of anti-PDP actions leading up to the presidential election on February 25. Obaseki made his comments in a statement on Tuesday. In it, they say, “Wike has crossed the red line and now, he should be ready. He has come out and asked for…
On Tuesday, supporters of Governor Caleb Mutfwang and other PDP candidates in Plateau State celebrated their success in election petition courts. At Rayfield, Jos.’s Langfield Event Centre, Mutfwang prayed and gave thanks with the energised crowd. At the ceremony, he stated, “The tribunal’s dismissal of their petition on the grounds of lack of merit, validated my position.” We want the people of Plateau to know that they can put their trust in this administration without fear of being let down. The Governor also thanked President Bola Tinubu, calling him a “true democrat,” for being nonpartisan in all political matters involving…
In response to the kidnapping of several female students from Federal University, Gusau, Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has spoken out. An unknown number of students from the Federal University of Gusau were reportedly kidnapped by gunmen on Friday morning, according to a report from Infostride News Many university students were reportedly living in the Sabon-Gida community in the Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State when it was targeted by militants. Obi urged his countrymen to refuse to let thieves and bandits dictate the terms of their daily lives. If criminals try to dictate the…
On Monday, the APGA leadership denounced the rising insecurity in the southeast region and urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to free Nnamdi Kanu. Detained by the DSS for years now is Kanu, the national leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). In a statement released to the media in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State, APGA leadership blamed Kanu’s continued imprisonment for the region’s security situation. The statement was signed by APGA’s National Youth Leader, Eze Onyebuchi Chukwu. “We appeal to President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to use his good office and effect the release of Mazi Nnamdi…
Angry members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State deserted the party after the party’s primaries, and the state’s Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ibrahim Abdullahi, has urged the new leadership of the party to bring them back. The speaker claimed this is in the best interest of the party and the growth of the country as a whole. On Monday, Abdullahi led a delegation of APC House members to Lafia to congratulate the party’s newly elected officials. Governor Abdullahi Sule and the other party leaders in the state, he said, deserve praise for choosing Aliyu Bello…
There was a fire in the Supreme Court on Monday, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared it suspicious. According to Infostride News, the fire broke out at the highest court at around 7:00 a.m. on Monday. The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has started their investigation, however the cause of the terrible tragedy is still unknown. A statement released by the PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, reacted to the news by calling it “suspicious,” citing the ongoing appeal of election proceedings before the court as evidence. “The PDP is concerned over the fire outbreak, especially given…
The impeachment process against Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, has officially begun with the service of a letter outlining allegations of misconduct from the state’s House of Assembly. The Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji, Speaker of the House of Assembly, told reporters in Akure on Monday that Aiyedatiwa was served by substituted service today. According to NAN, during Wednesday’s plenary session, the Ondo State House of Assembly instructed the Clerk to write the deputy governor on charges of egregious misconduct. According to Oladiji, the House had been trying to figure out how to serve Aiyedatiwa with the…
On Monday, Justice Monica Dongben-Mensem, President of the Court of Appeal, announced that in the 2022/2023 judicial year, the Court issued 7,295 judgements and rulings on 3,665 motions. Justice Dongben-Mensen made the announcement at the Court’s headquarters to kick off the New Legal Year of 2023/2024. She recalled that 1,209 petitions were lodged against the 2023 general elections and that 98 panels were formed to hear election petitions across the country. She stated that 5 cases submitted with the Presidential Election Petition Court have been resolved, that 147 petitions filed with the Senatorial Election Tribunal have been partially delivered, and…