Peter Obi, who ran for president on the Labour Party’s ticket in the most recent election, has called on the Federal Government to invest massively in agriculture to solve the country’s protracted food shortage. The comment was made by the ex-governor of Anambra in a statement released on Monday for 2023 World Food Day. Obi stated that the nation’s food crisis might be solved if the Federal Government allowed farmers to make use of the rich soil in the north. If the property were put to good use, he claimed, it could provide for everyone’s needs, including exports. Obi complained…
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The Nasarawa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a statement condemning a recent statement attributed to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, and reiterating the party’s promise to do everything in its power to defend Governor Abdullahi Sule’s mandate. After PDP candidate David Ombugadu took him to court to overturn Sule’s victory in the March 18, 2023 governorship election in Nasarawa State, the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in that state fired Sule. At a weekend event in Lafia, the APC National chairman, represented by the Vice Chairman in the North Central Zone,…
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has been given a three-day deadline by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State to return to the Governor’s Office in Akure or resign. The party’s young members voiced the demand on Monday at the party headquarters in Akure, the state capital of Ondo. They were protesting the governor’s absence. Security forces including the police, the DSS, and the National Security and Civil Defense Corps had earlier blocked off the PDP secretariat in an effort to stop the demonstration from happening. Over four weeks have passed since Akeredolu returned from medical leave in Germany, and he…
Security personnel in Ondo State have locked down the PDP party headquarters in preparation for today’s protest against Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s absence. On Monday morning, before the protesters could gather outside the building, the Department of State Security (DSS) and the Nigeria Police Force cordoned off the building. After three months of medical leave in Germany, InfoStride News reported that on September 7 Akeredolu returned to Nigeria. Akeredolu has been running the operations of Ondo State from his own residence in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, since his return to Nigeria in September. Kennedy Peretei, the PDP’s state publicity…
Israel has debunked rumors that there has been a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Reports of an impending truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip have been disputed by Israel. The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday morning, “There is no ceasefire.” There had been talk of a temporary ceasefire with Hamas to allow foreign nationals to leave the Gaza Strip for Egypt, but it never came to fruition. Additionally, help is being brought in through the Rafah crossing. Since the horrific attacks on Israeli civilians by Hamas fighters on October…
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal is being hit like a tsunami by members of the National Assembly running on the Labour Party, LP, platform. Their potential rise to national power is being jeopardized by this new trend. According to a report by InfoStride News, the Labour Party, which was motivated by Peter Obi’s movement, came in as the third largest party in the Senate and the House of Representatives after the 2023 general election. By toppling some long-standing politicians, the party emerged as a viable third option. But the decisions from the courts across the state have been devastating…
Defecting from the People Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is former member of the Kogi State House of Assembly and former representative for the Ibaji Constituency Hon Christopher Atule Okoche. Okoche also served as the interim head of the Kogi State government’s Ibaji LGA. On Sunday, at Ibaji Local Government, he announced this to APC stakeholders. He cited the APC’s success at both the national and state levels as a reason for his choice to join the party. He stated he had talked to his constituents and that he and his followers will join the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) expressed concern about the “weaponization” of disinformation during elections. The impartial election observer expressed grave concern over the trend. On the first day of a two-day capacity building and workshop for INEC Press Corps in Nasarawa, National Commissioner and Member, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Prof. Kunle Ajayi, spoke about ethical, safe practices and critical issues related to the upcoming governorship elections in Kogi, Imo, and Bayelsa. DAI, or Development Alternatives, Inc., was the program’s sponsor. He stressed the importance of the media approaching election coverage with a high level of professionalism, journalistic…
After losing the governorship election petition tribunal (GEPT) in Lafia, the state capital, Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has sued his political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and INEC. The governor is confused by the recent judgement by the tribunal, which removed him from office and declared David Ombugadu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the lawfully elected governor of the state. He has therefore requested an interpretation of the ruling from the Court of Appeal. Sule has subsequently given his legal team instructions to file an appeal against the tribunal’s ruling. It’s unclear what’s going on, but his…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) claims that continuous air attacks on terrorist strongholds across the theatres have killed dozens of terrorists working for the Air Components of Operations Hadin Kai and Hadarin Daji. On Sunday in Abuja, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet released a statement confirming this. According to Gabkwet, air interdiction flights were conducted early on Saturday morning at Bukar Meram, a suspected terrorist safe haven in the Borno region close to Lake Chad. He explained that the strikes were called for after intelligence indicated that terrorists had recently relocated from the Suwa…
Despite rumours to the contrary, Kogi State ADC Chairman John Adaji has not defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Adaji dismissed the report as false while speaking to a crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Okehi and Adavi Local Government on Saturday. Adaji urged the public to disregard the article, claiming the ADC did not disband its organisation to make way for another political party. In his own words, Adoji declared, “I stand here before you live and direct, that I am the authentic Chairman of the ADC in Kogi State.” It’s impossible for you and…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has announced that it will be meeting with President Bola Tinubu to advocate for Nnamdi Kanu’s release from prison. On Saturday, Ohanaeze President Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu paid a courtesy visit to HRM Eze Iheanyichukwu Nwokenna of Abia State and the Southeast chapter of the Supreme Council of Nigeria Traditional Rulers at his office in Glass House Orji-Owerri. He explained that the purpose of the scheduled visit to the president is to discuss any concerns the people of the South East region may have. Iwuanyanwu claimed that the deteriorating security scenario in the region necessitated his efforts to have…
Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has claimed control of Nasarawa State. He said this while addressing party members in Lafia, the state capital, during a banquet held in honour of Hon. Aliyu Bello, the chairman of the APC in Nasarawa. The election mandate of Abdullahi Sule was also promised protection by Ganduje. We have the mandate to do this, as we have just recently won an election. Absolutely no question about it. There is a symbiotic relationship between APC and Nasarawa State. By God’s favour, he said, “we are in charge, and we will…
Tanko Al-Makura, also known by his nickname Ta’al, has warned fellow members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State to stop spreading rumours and work together as a family if they truly care about the state and the party. Ta’al made the appeal during his remarks at the banquet held in honour of Hon. Aliyu Bello, the chairman of the state party. If the party’s members are not united, as Al-Makura warned, the party will fail. I urge us to maintain our cooperative efforts. Let’s not spread rumours or do anything that can cause division among us. Since…
Senator Marco Rubio has requested that the administration of Joe Biden promptly revoke the visas of foreign people who support Hamas. Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who is serving his third term, made the announcement on Saturday via his official X handle. His words come as tensions between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip continue to rise. You may remember that there were demonstrations in the United States led by foreign nationals in support of the Hamas movement. In response, Rubio said Biden’s administration should extradite foreign nationals who support Hamas in accordance with the law. I’ve requested that the…
On Saturday, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, said that Africans no longer needed the help of outsiders. The concluding session of the international conference on Ile-Ife and Yoruba Civilization was where Oba Ogunwusi made his comments. He insisted that no Yoruba, at home or abroad, could deny the continued importance of Ile-Ife as the cultural and spiritual center of the Yoruba people. “Africans will continue to rely on foreigners to tell our stories without real history,” he remarked. The Ooni urged all native Yoruba people to help historians investigate Ife’s past thoroughly so that appropriate precautions…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) estimates that 1,932,654 of Kogi State’s registered voters would cast ballots in the gubernatorial election scheduled for November 11. At a presentation of the voter registration in Lokoja, Gabriel Longpet, the Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner, shared this information with the representatives of the various political parties. Since the number of registered voters in each Local Government Area is important information for political parties, Longpet characterized INEC’s presentation of the Voter Register as a crucial step before the Governorship election on November 11. He claimed that numerous steps had been taken by INEC to…
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…
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…