On Monday, people in Enugu State ignored the governor’s directive for everyone to stay indoors. Thousands of locals came out to defy the Monday stay-in-your-home directive. Banners reading “Enough is Enough” were carried by demonstrators as they marched through the streets. A group calling themselves the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been enforcing a sit-at-home policy on the Southeast for the past two years. IPOB launched the stay-at-home campaign initially to demand Nnamdi Kanu’s freedom. However, the effort was taken over by Simon Ekpa, who is accused of arming criminals to generate chaos in the area under the name…
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Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi State, has sent his nominees for commissioner to the Bauchi State Assembly for review. Abubakar Suleiman, the Assembly’s Speaker, delivered the governor’s statement during Monday’s plenary. In accordance with the requirements of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999 as amended), he said the governor had requested that the House vet and approve the nominees for appointments to the State Executive Council. House Majority Leader Saleh Hodi Jibir read off the list of nominees, and the chamber voted to conduct interviews with them on August 2, 3, and 4. Nominee names [COMPLETE LIST]…
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, has stated unequivocally that the commission received no financial aid from overseas development partners in order to hold the 2023 general election. Prof. Yakubu elaborated during a 2023 general election discussion with civil society organisations. It was crucial, he said, to debunk the misconception that INEC received large payments from foreign assistance agencies for the election, and he asserted that the federal government was the only source of INEC’s financial support. To the contrary, and for the record, the Commission did not receive any direct financing or cash support from international development partners, he emphasised.…
China, other developing countries, and Western countries all put pressure on Russia at the UN Security Council on Friday to rapidly restore Ukrainian grain imports and prevent a worldwide food crisis. Moscow was condemned by the United Nations and council members for bombing Ukrainian ports and destroying port infrastructure after Moscow backed out of a year-long grain contract on Monday. Following Russia’s declaration of large sections of the Black Sea as off-limits to commerce, the United Nations issued a dire warning about the potential disaster that could result from a military incident there. Russia said it was suspending the Black…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar’s purported attempt to blackmail the court would fail, according to President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu claimed that Atiku’s latest comment proved that he still hasn’t gotten over the shock of losing the 2023 presidential race. He challenged Atiku to show proof that his administration was attempting to subvert the judicial system. The president’s spokesman, Dele Alake, released a statement in which he called Atiku’s allegations “full of innuendo, insinuations, and outright lies.” We have read the ridiculous and jejune statement by former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in…
Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun State, has urged his constituents to take safety seriously. This is because, he said, his government has taken safety measures to protect the state. On Sunday, in a message to the people of the state signed by his Spokesperson Olawale Rasheed, Governor Adeleke said he had ordered the heads of the state’s security agencies to implement preventative measures against crime and terrorism in light of recent intelligence community warnings. According to him, the safety of everyone in Osun State has been restored after the service chiefs took decisive action. There is no need for alarm…
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has claimed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is attempting to influence the independence of the court. The APC’s Bola Tinubu was declared the winner of the 2023 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, which Atiku and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) are contesting. Tinubu was challenged in part because he did not win the majority of the votes cast in the FCT (Federal Capital Territory). Tinubu’s lawyer, Wole Olanipekun, contended, however, that the FCT should be counted as the 37th state for voting purposes…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) claims that Atiku Abubakar’s (the PDP’s presidential contender in 2023) baseless allegations. Atiku’s claims were dismissed as “arrant nonsense” in a statement released by the party’s National Publicity Secretary Felix Morka on Saturday. He claimed that the ruling party would have no reason to respond to Atiku’s statement. According to the spokeswoman, Atiku’s statement claimed that the APC and its government are involved in a scheme to intimidate members of the judiciary in order to unjustly influence the result of ongoing cases. Morka emphasised that despite Atiku and his henchmen’s wild, empty, and mischievous charges,…
The new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Taoreed Lagbaja, has been given the backing of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, who claims that Lagbaja will eradicate terrorism and banditry in Nigeria. This was announced by El-Rufai on Saturday via his Twitter account. According to him, Lagbaja inspires fear among criminal organisations like Boko Haram, bandits, and the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). “I am very familiar with the new COAS. My final GOC as governor of Kaduna State was General Taoreed Lagbaja. He is always the one to take the initiative and lead the way. He single-handedly led…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged Nigerians to wait for the benefits of the government’s economic policies to trickle down gradually. Prof. Ishaq Akintola, the group’s executive director, issued the call in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Experts have praised the deregulation of Nigeria’s oil industry, but this positive development must not be free. It has forced the pricing of petroleum products to be set by competitive markets around the world. Since the Nigerian government was not responsible for the most recent price hike from N488 to N617, this suggests that it is no longer in a position…
Workers in Nigeria are experiencing “the worst moment in their lives,” according to the Trade Union Congress (TUC), and as a result, many of them are going to work hungry. In an interview with the media on Friday, Sule Ahmed Tijani, chairman of TUC in Kogi State, made the request. Tijani, bemoaning the plight of employees after the elimination of the gasoline subsidy, stated that Nigerians can no longer withstand the increase in prices of transport and commodities in the country, and that workers are losing their lives and loved ones as a result. He criticised the administration for not…
Abdullahi Sule, governor of Nasarawa State, has said that the N8,000 subsidy from the federal government will help people cope with the loss of their gasoline subsidies. The Governor stated his opinion on N8,000 being a significant amount for many low-income families in the country during an appearance on Politics Today on Channels Television on Friday. He recalled that initially only N5,000 was given out as palliatives, and that many people had come to rely on that sum. He emphasised its importance, saying that many families counted on it to improve their lives, and that some communities had even pooled…
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.…
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…