The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has charged young Nigerians with replacing the country’s current leaders and easing the burdens placed on the populace. On Saturday, in honour of International Youth Day, the National Youth Leader of the party, Eze Onyebuchi Chukwu, released a statement to the press in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State. He challenged the young people to save the country from imminent peril by voting in the upcoming general election and promised to back any young person running for office. The youth of Nigeria have always been a driving force for positive development. He encouraged them…
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The junta in the Niger Republic has threatened to execute the country’s deposed president, Mohamed Bazoum, if the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sends in the military to restore order. According to a Thursday AP report, two unnamed “Western officials” said the putschists made the threat to a high-ranking American envoy. ECOWAS reportedly ordered the deployment of a backup force to restore democracy in Niger after hearing threats like this from the country’s military authorities. The world is rushing to broker a peaceful end to the country’s leadership dilemma. During her visit to the country this week, U.S.…
The attack in the Heipang community of Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area early on Thursday morning was brutal and has been strongly condemned by Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State. The governor has spoken out against the recent attacks on several communities in the Mangu Local Government Area, where many lives were lost, according to a statement released by Director of Press and Public Affairs, Gyang Bere. Mangu and Barkin-Ladi local government districts have been plagued by a spate of needless killings, and Governor Mutfwang has called on security forces to redouble their efforts to put an end to it. He…
Biafran separatist and activist Simon Ekpa has sounded the alarm that Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu is in a life-threatening condition in prison. Since his arrest in Kenya in June 2021 and extradition to Nigeria to face prosecution for treasonable felony, Kanu has been held at the facility of Nigeria’s secret police, DSS, despite the Court of Appeal having freed the IPOB leader from terrorism and treasonable felony charges the previous year. The separatist leader’s health is failing, according to Ekpa, a self-proclaimed disciple of Kanu, who emphasised that he may die in DSS arrest if immediate…
President Bola Tinubu has informed the young people of Nigeria that they have the support of the entire country in achieving their goals. The comment was issued by the president on his official Twitter account on Saturday, April 12, 2023, in honour of International Youth Day. He told young people in Nigeria that they have the power to change the country if they don’t give up on their aspirations despite the many obstacles in their way. In his message, he encouraged young people to realise that they had the support of a nation behind them on International Youth Day. “Take…
Dele Momodu, a top official in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. Momodu claimed that Tinubu’s cabinet picks were even less qualified than those of former president Muhammadu Buhari. This came as he revealed that, contrary to previous information, not all of Tinubu’s ministers are well-known. In the most recent episode of a Podcast called Mic On, he made this revelation. Momodu said that Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, was a “true original” when he served as a minister for the PDP. Momodu claims that any leader can effectively govern provided he…
Twenty-two detainees from the Ahoada and Port Harcourt, Rivers State, prisons of the Nigerian Correctional Service, have been released. Inmates who were offered fines of less than one million naira after their cases were resolved were among those who were freed. However, the detainees’ fines were covered by the Rivers State Government. Chief Magistrate Rita Oguguo, speaking on behalf of the state’s chief judge, Justice Simeon Chibuzor Amadi, said that the inmates’ release is part of the state’s efforts to decongest correctional facilities during an event for the inmates’ release from the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre. Oguguo also noted that…
Simon Ekpa, a separatist activist for the Biafra movement, has called on Nigerians of Igbo descent living in the Republic of Niger to “denounce” Nigeria and declare themselves “Biafrans” to protect themselves from the violence in their home country. According to Infostride News, after the failed attempts of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, the Niger military junta cut ties with Nigeria. Niger’s constitutional order was recently disrupted when, less than 24 hours after ECOWAS ordered its standby force to do so, the Nigerian embassy in Niamey was set on fire. Ekpa…
Former senator for Kaduna Central Shehu Sani has criticized Nigeria’s move to shut off electricity to the Republic of Niger after the military coup that toppled President Bazoum. In a tweet, Sani explained how the country of Niger was being negatively impacted by a lack of electricity in hospitals, schools, residences, and workplaces. The military junta will not be pressured, but the people of that country will be punished, leading to increased animosity toward the United States. Actions by Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have increased support for Niger’s military government. The French, ECOWAS, and…
A new Consolidated Health Salary Structure, CONHESS, and allowances for Kwara State Government-employed nurses and midwives have been approved. On Friday in Ilorin, the state capital, a letter of thanks to Governor Abdul Rahman Abdulrazaq was made available to newsmen. According to Infostride News, the group has given the state government 21 days to respond to their demands or face the possibility of an industrial strike. Among the demands was a better benefits package for the union’s members and more jobs for nurses at the state-run hospitals. After the requests were met, the association withdrew its threat before the deadline.…
After former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai reportedly withdrew his name from consideration for a ministerial nomination by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, public affairs analyst Deji Adeyanju made fun of him. According to Infostride News, the Senate had delayed confirming El-Rufai and two others after receiving negative security reports from the Department of State Services. According to reports, El-Rufai told President Tinubu that he was resigning from his ministerial position and offered a replacement. As a response, Adeyanju suggested that El-Rufai run for office in 2027 as a member of Peter Obi’s Labour Party. He suggested that the ex-FCT minister…
One of Burkina Faso’s most popular radio stations, Radio Omega, was shut down on Thursday by the junta-led government for airing criticism of the coup in the neighboring Niger Republic. According to The Guardian, a radio station interviewed Ousmane Abdoul Moumouni, the leader of a movement in Niger to restore the government of the country’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum. Communications Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo issued a statement on Thursday saying that the radio station has been temporarily shut down in the best interests of the country following the interview. Moumouni derogatorily referred to the new government in Niger.…
On Thursday, twenty commissioners were sworn in by Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State. At the function, which took place in the Enugu Government House, Mbah reportedly told the commissioners that they needed to go to work right away because the administration was in a rush to fulfill its campaign pledges. New commissioners’ portfolios are now available to the public. According to the roster obtained by Infostride News, Mr. Aka Eze Aka serves as the country’s information commissioner. Here are the specifics: Educator and Scholar Prof. Ndubueze Mbah Mrs. Ngozi Enih, Minister of Children, Women, and Social Development Lawrence Ezeh,…
Adamawa State’s governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has initiated an investigation into the alleged killing of a student by a security task team in the state. Operation Farauta, a joint group of police and military officers tasked with reducing crime throughout the state, has been accused of torturing a 17-year-old kid named Abdullahi Abba, also known as Abdallah. Abdallah apparently passed out as a result of torture and died on August 9 despite receiving hospital care for many days. He was taken into custody on August 5 and brutally tortured after a suspicious neighbor reported his missing phone to the task force…
On Thursday, Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang expressed his sorrow over a violent attack in the Heipang town of Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area. He also harshly criticized the recent attacks in which additional lives were lost in a number of villages in the Mangu Local Government Area. In a similar vein, the Governor pleaded with the security forces to step up their efforts and cease the senseless killings of civilians in the rural areas of Mangu and Barkin-Ladi LGAs. The Governor issued a call for calm and advised residents to use the state-wide security and information hub the administration has…
Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora are waiting with bated breath for the ruling of the five Justices who heard the election petitions filed by the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, at the presidential election petition tribunal, challenging the victory of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 presidential election. Remember that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared the winner and president-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on March 1, four days after the presidential election held on…
The government of Jigawa state has said that it will implement efforts to ease the hardships caused by the elimination of the fuel subsidy. This was one of the conclusions that were shared with the press by State Commissioner of Information, Youth, Sport, and Culture Sagir Musa Ahmed on Wednesday night after a meeting of the state executive council. The state executive council, he said, had authorized the acquisition of five rice trucks, a program to empower 1,500 young entrepreneurs, and aid for 1,000 SMEs. He said that in addition to the five trucks of rice given to the state…
Adamawa State’s new governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has sworn in his cabinet and warned them to go to work or face removal from office. The governor issued the directive on Thursday during the swearing-in ceremony for the 24 commissioners that the state legislature had approved for him the week before. During the swearing-in event in Yola’s Banquet Hall of the Government House, Fintiri declared, “We are setting up a governance delivery machinery with key performance indicators that will periodically be utilized to measure you. We will accept nothing but the best. I shall not hesitate to find someone else to fill…
Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba political organization, issued a statement on Thursday urging restraint in the event of a military intervention by ECOWAS in the Republic of Niger. In a communique signed by PaAyo Adebanjo and Sola Ebiseni, the leaders of Afenifere emphasized the importance of finding a peaceful and diplomatic solution to the current crisis in the country. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) had protested General Abdourahamane Tchiani’s coup attempt by calling for the return of deposed President Mohamed Bazoum. Regional actors, such as ECOWAS, are worried about the situation and are considering sending in the military to…
Since Mukthar Umar Yarima of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) was found to have forged his primary school certificate, the National and State House of Assemblies Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano on Thursday declared Hafizu Kawu of the All Progressive Congress (APC) the winner of the February 25 Federal House of Representatives election. The three-person tribunal panel agreed with the respondent, establishing that Yarima did not go to Hausawa Primary School. The tribunal determined that Yarima did not meet the educational requirements to run in the Tarauni Federal House of Representatives Election after hearing testimony from witnesses and…