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…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
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…
Abia State’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a challenge to the state administration, demanding that it provide the identities and financial information of the recently uncovered phantom workers in state government. The opposing party argued that they would only believe the discovery of phantom workers if their identities, bank information, and residences were made public. Elder Amah Abraham, the Abia PDP Vice Chairman, issued the challenge on Tuesday night. According to Abraham, Governor Alex Otti and his party, the LP, fabricated the story that 2,300 ghost workers were identified in the state’s civil service and that N220 million was…
After the anti-corruption agency in Pakistan failed to present substantial evidence against the prime minister and his family members, an accountability court in Pakistan acquitted them on Thursday in a multi-million dollar money laundering case. A court official confirmed to PTI that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, his wife Nusrat, their son Hamza, and their daughter Javaria were cleared of all charges in the PKR 7 billion money laundering case filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in 2020. The official stated that the court acquitted the premier and his family members because the NAB did not present sufficient evidence linking…
Ademola Adeleke, the governor of Osun State, has come under fire from the state’s All Progressives Congress, APC, for selecting himself to the position of Commissioner of Works. The Osun APC also said that placing “square pegs in round holes” while assigning commissioners to various ministries was detrimental. On Thursday in Osogbo, the party’s Osun Chairman Tajudeen Lawal issued a statement warning that it will cause an immediate enormous calamity. Lawal questioned the governor’s decision to nominate himself as commissioner and came to the conclusion that it was motivated by greed and a lack of respect for ethics and transparency…
The leadership crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba State has reached a new level now that two people are vying for the chairperson position. As reported by Infostride News, Alhaji Inuwa Bakari, the beleaguered acting chairman, was blocked from taking office by supporters of the former chairman, who was recently dismissed from office by Justice Nuhu Adi of the State High Court. To review, in a recent judgement, Justice Adi approved all of Bakari’s demands and ordered him to immediately assume office as the party’s acting chairman, telling the other individual, Bawa, to stop presenting himself as…
At the Ogun State governorship election petition tribunal, Ladi Adebutu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) called Adesina Oladele Sakiru, a civil servant from Makun, Sagamu, to testify against Governor Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The election at Sakiru’s polling unit in Makun was disrupted by thugs, according to testimony he gave to the tribunal on Wednesday as a PDP polling agent. “We had to run for our lives,” he said. Akintunde Akinsanya, a fish farmer from the same Makun, testified under cross-examination that he is not a member of the PDP but voted for Adebutu on…
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has made it clear that CJN Justice Olukayode Ariwoola did not speak with anyone by phone about the pending presidential election case for the 2023 election, and that includes President Bola Tinubu. According to the Supreme Court, Justice Ariwoola did not communicate with Tinubu or the Director General of the Department of State Service (DSS) in an effort to exert influence on the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal’s decision. This was clarified in a statement released on Wednesday in Abuja by the Director of Press and Information of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Dr. Akande Festus.…
The office of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday that Vladimir Putin would not be attending the BRICS economic summit in Johannesburg next month. As a result of this ruling, South Africa will not have to decide whether or not to comply with an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for the Russian leader. Despite having strongly hinted that it would not carry out the arrest order, South Africa is obligated by the treaty that established the ICC to arrest Putin. But Ramaphosa’s announcement with Putin on Wednesday means South Africa can sidestep the issue altogether.…
Mr. Stephen Onoji, a member of the State Working Committee for the PDP in Kogi State, resigned from the party. Onoji served as the PDP Youth Leader for Kogi State until his resignation. Onoji thanked the party for the chance and the benefits he received while he was a member of the party in a letter dated Wednesday, July, 19th, 2023 and made available to the media. The letter was sent to the Ward Chairman of Odolu Ward 6, Odolu, in the Igalamela Odolu LGA. The opposition party has been in turmoil ever since Senator Dino Melaye was named the…