Commissioner for Information and Public Education in Osun State, Kolapo Alimi, has dispelled confusion on how the previous administration’s unpaid half-salary arrears will be settled. The state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has claimed that Governor Ademola Adeleke has promised to pay all outstanding salary arrears within six months of assuming office. However, Alimi has stated that this is not the case. Governor Adeleke was challenged by the Osun APC to fulfil a campaign pledge to settle all outstanding salary arrears within his first six months in office. On Friday, the Information Commissioner made this announcement in Osogbo.…
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A policy shift on the part of Bulgaria has resulted in the delivery of around 100 armored personnel carriers to the Ukrainian armed forces, which will aid Kyiv in its fight against the Russian invasion. By a vote of 148 to 52, Bulgaria’s parliament approved the government’s plan to send the first shipment of heavy military equipment to Ukraine since the conflict broke out. The Bulgarian Parliament has decided to donate some military hardware to Ukraine since the country could use it to defend itself against Russia’s attack, which was both unprovoked and unwarranted. Bulgaria, then a Soviet partner in…
Abubakar Atiku, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate in the last election, has petitioned the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to uphold INEC’s declaration that he (Atiku) won 21 states in the February 25 presidential election. On Friday, in his final address in support of his petition with the PDP, Atiku asked for INEC to reverse its decision to name Ahmed Bola Tinubu the election’s victor. Atiku, through his main attorney Chris Uche SAN, said that INEC’s claim that he won in 25 states has not been challenged, repudiated, discredited, or alleged to be mistake during the proceedings of the…
The Imo State chapter of the Labour Party, LP, announced on Friday that Senator Athan Achonu’s candidacy for governor in the next election on November 11 has not been nullified by a court. This was announced in a statement signed by Mr. Calistus Ihejiagwa, Party Chairman of the State, and distributed to journalists in Owerri. While responding to claims that Achonu had been fired by an Appeal Court sitting in Owerri on Friday, Ihejiagwa called the reports “deceitful and mischievous.” He insisted that the party’s nomination of Achonu stood. Mr. Basil Maduka, a party member, allegedly petitioned the Federal High…
Ahmad Dan Wudil, a concerned member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has petitioned the party’s National Secretariat, calling for the elimination of the APC’s leadership in Zamfara State. The petition, which was made public and addressed to the party’s Acting National Chairman, claimed to provide a “conscious, sincere, and objective analysis” of the upcoming general elections in 2023. To the best of my knowledge, APC won the presidential election in Zamfara State but lost the governorship race due to the sheer incompetence of the State party leadership. As a card-carrying member of APC in Zamfara State, I humbly urge…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, clarified that Dr. Salihu Lukman, the party’s credited National Vice Chairman, North-west, did not express the party’s official opinion on the matter of who should serve as party chairman, and that the statement to which he was attributed was his own. It was announced that the party’s college of leaders is unanimous in its pursuit of progressive reforms. Infostride News readers may recall that on Friday, Lukman issued a statement calling “insensitive” the widespread speculation that former Kano State Governor Abdulahi Ganduje may become the next national chairman of the party. But in a statement…
This latest leadership crisis within the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is President Bola Tinubu’s first real test as party leader. It has been reported that President Tinubu has officially nominated his close friend and former Governor Umar Ganduje to be the party’s next chairman. However, Infostride News has learned that Ganduje’s route may not be a smooth one due to split among the National Working Committee of the party and zoning system. APC Internal Strife The party’s National Chairman Abdulahi Adamu and National Secretary Iyiola Omisore abruptly resigned on Monday, capping off a months-long internal conflict. However, the party’s…
James Ibori, a former governor of Delta State who was convicted in a British court in 2012, is at risk of receiving a further 10-year prison term over money he is due to pay. Channels Television reported that the court is planning to seize more than £100 million ($129 million) from the ex-governor. Ibori did time in prison for charges of money laundering and fraud, and he only recently returned to Nigeria. The former governor was indicted by British authorities for allegedly taking public money and launder it through UK banks and real estate. But in February of 2017, the…
Political commentator Shehu Sani agrees with Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo on the delivery of palliative care. Sani said that some state governors might use the money to repay domestic debt, catch up on overdue salaries and contractor payments, and make other humanitarian gestures. He pleaded with the government of President Bola Tinubu to keep the palliative care budget under close scrutiny. In a series of tweets, Sani argued that “without proper check, some states will use palliative funds to pay contractors they are owing or pay the inherited backlog of salaries and pensions or use it to settle their…
The recent employee verification exercise done on civil servants resulted in a savings of N1.2 billion, according to Benue State Governor Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia. On Friday, at an Extraordinary Stakeholders Meeting of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, the Governor made the announcement. Infostride News readers may remember that on Thursday, the state administration disclosed that a total of roughly 2,500 “ghost workers” had been discovered in the state’s 23 LGAs. The governor announced during Friday’s meeting that some fraudulent activities were found and removed from the state’s payroll after the first part of the verification exercise…
On Saturday, Festus Keyamo, Nigeria’s former Minister of State for Labor and Employment, communicated with his countrymen about the current economic crisis. Keyamo called on Nigerians to be patient as President Bola Tinubu repositions the country. He claimed that Tinubu was leading Nigeria’s economic rebirth. In a tweet, Keyamo explained, “If a patient has a malignant tumour, the patient must endure the pains of surgery or some chemotherapy before the patient can be hale and hearty again.” What’s needed are pain medications during the course of these procedures. That’s the predicament Nigeria is in right now. Painful as they may…
Nigeria and its neighbours in the Lake Chad area have been challenged by President Bola Tinubu to show courage in revising their military philosophy and practises. A’mobile and elusive irregular force’ that ignored conventional norms of warfare, Tinubu claimed, necessitated the shift in strategy. According to a press release from the Nigerian presidency published on Friday, the president made the remarks at the Senior Course 45 graduation ceremony at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Jaji, Kaduna. Tinubu pointed out that the countries of the sub-region face adversaries who are not traditional militaries engaged in ground combat. The…
The Democratic National Committee is crucial to President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. His campaign anticipates raising and spending close to $2 billion as it gets ready for the rough and tumble 2024 election. In order to develop a nationwide coordinated campaign, however, it will work in tandem with state and national Democratic parties. The goal is to coordinate efforts amongst field, volunteer, and data organizations to help elect Joe Biden and other Democrats down the ticket. According to Biden’s campaign manager, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, the president is “rewriting the playbook” for how a reelection campaign is managed, and the campaign…
Twenty special advisers proposed by Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State were authorized by the State Assembly. On Wednesday, after hearing a request from the executive branch, the House unanimously approved the measure. Hon. Nasiru Hassan Yusuf, the majority leader of the House, opened debate on the motion by noting that the Constitution’s section 196 gave the House such authority. The House Majority Leader thinks that the Governor can do more for the citizens of the state by appointing special advisers. Members representing Gujba, Karasuwa, and Geidam, Hon. Bulama Bukar, Hon. Adamu Dala Dogo, and Hon. Bukar Mustapha, respectively,…
Ademola Adeleke, the governor of Osun State, has been warned by Primate Elijah Ayodele of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church not to make mistakes that could make him lose his position in government. Primate Ayodele stated that a number of things will go wrong in Adeleke’s administration that will lead to criticism of him in a statement that was signed by his media assistant, Osho Oluwatosin. He admitted that he would make certain errors that would prevent him from achieving his goal of becoming the state’s governor for a second term. According to the man of God, the governor is subject…
Salihu Lukman, the All Progressives Congress, APC’s national vice chairman for the North West, has issued a warning against Abdullahi Ganduje taking the place of the party’s outgoing national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu. Ganduje’s replacement with Adamu, according to Lukman, would be fatal for the ruling party. He did so in light of rumors that President Bola Tinubu had supported Ganduje in his bid to become the party’s next National Chairman. Adamu submitted his resignation over the weekend, and the National Working Committee, or NWC, of the party accepted it at its meeting on Monday. Lukman claimed in a statement that…
The Ogun State election petition tribunal heard testimony from the West African Examination Council (WAEC) on Thursday. The tribunal had demanded a copy of Governor Dapo Abiodun’s WAEC certificate from the examination council. Olufemi Olaleye, a representative of the testing organization, appeared before the tribunal in Isabo, Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State. The WAEC official said that “the requested certificate is not here with me,” so he was not sworn in or allowed to enter the witness box. Olaleye was permitted to submit a copy of the subpoena that was served on the commission and that brought him before…
The Local Government Service Commission in Bauchi State said that it has removed six traditional rulers from their positions due to their suspected participation in party politics. The Commission’s acting permanent secretary, Nasiru Ibrahim Dewu, made the announcement in a statement on Friday, naming the emirates of Bauchi and Katagum as the locations of the impacted traditional rulers. He went on to say that the two Emirate Councils had been instructed to select monitoring officers until the commission could install genuine traditional rulers, and that the sacked rulers had been ordered to turn over their domains to their secretaries. Traditional…
On Thursday, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja ruled that the Department of State Service (DSS) must enable the leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to see a doctor of his choosing while in detention. The court ruled that Kanu has the right to see whatever doctor he chooses in accordance with his human rights, but that the costs will fall on the shoulders of the self-proclaimed leader of Biafra. Kanu’s legal team, lead by Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN, filed a lawsuit demanding the security agency grant him unfettered access to his private…
Senate President Godswill Obot Akpabio of Nigeria has promised that workers’ pay will be increased as part of the federal government’s effort to mitigate the economic impact of removing gasoline subsidies. Akpabio informed Nigerians that the Federal Government was aware of problems being encountered as a result of gasoline subsidy reduction on Tuesday, when he hosted Ekiti State Governor Abiodun Oyebanji and members of parliament from the State in his office at the National Assembly. He claims that the current administration’s withdrawal of fuel subsidies is an effort to combat corruption, since the subsidy scheme itself reeks of graft. According…