President Ranil Wickremesinghe has called for joint action by all parties for Sri Lanka to emerge from the unprecedented economic crisis. Wickremesinghe, who made the remarks while addressing a legal conference held at the Central Resort of Nuwara Eliya on Friday, said that none of the political parties in Parliament currently possess a 50 per cent voter base. The economic challenges faced by the country ten months ago as an “unprecedented situation in history,” Wickremesinghe, also the debt-ridden island nation’s finance minister said. It has been 10-11 months since our country faced a state of failure. However, we have managed…
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Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State has suggested how to resolve the lingering crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the national level. The Governor, who leveraged the Plateau experience that culminated in the party’s overwhelming victory at the just concluded governorship election in the state, insisted that leaders must walk their talk and be level-headed in dealing with other party faithful. Mutfwang made the suggestion while responding to a question on how he resolved the crisis in the Plateau State chapter of the party during a retreat for elected officials, held at the New Banquet Hall, Government House,…
Pastor Reuben Wilson, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa, has said the emergency of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria’s President is the handiwork of God. Wilson, who is also the South-South Coordinator of The Asiwaju Group (TAG), made this known in a statement he issued on Saturday in Yenagoa. According to him, the emergency of Tinubu as the APC flag bearer when most people never gave him any chance of winning the election is an indication that God is at work. He noted that with the expertise and experience of the president, as well as the…
The immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has denied he is planning to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC), after meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Friday. Wike met Tinubu along with his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde and a former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori. However, the chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) insisted he only visited Tinubu to offer him support four days after he was sworn-in as the president of Nigeria. When asked by State House correspondents if switching to the APC was on the agenda of the meeting he had, Wike…
The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has said that the fuel subsidy regime is not a sustainable system for the nation’s economy. At a briefing in Abuja on Friday, members of the forum also expressed their support for the decision taken by President Bola Tinubu on the issue. Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo, who spoke to State House correspondents after a meeting with the president, said the decision to remove fuel subsidy was an inherited legacy by the administration. He said that what Nigerians should be talking about now is sustainable alternatives that would benefit every citizen, adding that subsidy removal…
Former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tein Jack-Rich has congratulated Sen. George Akume and Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, over their appointments as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), and Chief of Staff (COS) to the President respectively. Akume and Gbajabiamila’s appointments were announced on Friday by President Bola Tinubu’s Director, Information, Mr Abiodun Oladunjoye. Jack-Rich, who described the SGF and COS’ appointments as well deserved, said the duo were no doubt round pegs in round holes. He expressed optimism that the former Benue governor’ and ex-speaker’s antecedents as seasoned administrators, legislators and leaders, would come to…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate in the March 18 governorship election in Ebonyi, Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii, said on Friday that at least 60 witnesses would be called to prove their case against Gov Francis Nwifuru’s victory. Counsel for the petitioners, Gordy Uche, told the three-member panel of the Ebonyi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, headed by Justice A. L. Ogunmoye, during the pre-hearing session in Abuja. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Nwifuru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the governorship poll conducted in the state. Nwifuru garnered a total of…
A Makurdi High Court has upheld the sack of Iyorchia Ayu as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The court presided over by Justice Maurice Ikpambese, the Chief Judge of Benue State, held that Ayu had lost his membership of the party in his Igyorov Council Ward of Gboko Local Government Area, LGA, of the state. According to Justice Ikpambese, Ayu could no longer remain in office as the National Chairman of the PDP. Infostride News recalls that the Benue PDP Ward Executive Committee suspended Ayu for failing to pay his membership dues and alleged anti-party activities.…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex socio-cultural organization in the South-East has rejected the zoning formula earlier announced by the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly. Infostride News recalls that the National Working Committee of the ruling party had agreed to have the former Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Senator Godswill Akpabio for the position of Senate President, while Hon. Tajudeen Abass from Kaduna State was anointed as the next Speaker of the House of representatives. The party also anointed Hon. Ben Kalu of Abia State for the position of Deputy Speaker of the House of…
Former presidential spokesman, Reno Omokri has said the appointment of the outgoing Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Judge Akume by President Tinubu was commendable. Infostride News earlier reported that the president officially announced the appointment of Femi as his Chief of Staff and Akume as Secretary to the Government of the Federation. Reacting, Omokri, lauded the president for balancing the appointment citing Femi as a Muslim and Akume, a Christian. In a post on his official Facebook page, he said the development shows that Tinubu would keep to…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Friday in Abuja announced the appointment of Speaker of House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as Chief of Staff, and Sen. Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, a former Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, as Deputy Chief of Staff. In a meeting with Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), the President also named former Governor of Benue State and immediate past Minister of Special Duties, George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). Abiodun Oladunjoye Director, Information. June 02, 2023
The White House is ready to have talks with Russia without preconditions about a future nuclear arms control framework even as it is enacting countermeasures in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to suspend the last nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan will make clear the Biden administration’s desire for talks on building a new framework during an address to the Arms Control Association on Friday, according to two senior administration officials who previewed the address on the condition of anonymity. Putin announced in February he was suspending Russia’s cooperation…
President Buhari on Monday 28th returned to Daura in Katsina State, his people came in thousands to welcome him, unlike his VP Yemi Osinbajo who returned to Lagos quietly with no one to welcome him, not even school kids, it was as if he was not the VP until few days ago. The people of Daura knew what former President Buhari did for them, unlike the people of Ikenne or Lagos that could not but the Oracle says, that beautiful Muritala Mohamed Airport Road to Oshodi was approved by Yemi Osinbajo as Acting President when President Buhari was away in…
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has backed the current administration of President Bola Tinubu on the removal of fuel subsidy describing it as a bold and positive step. The National Secretary of the SDP, Dr Olu Agunloye, made the remark in a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday. President Bola Tinubu announced on May 29, after his swearing-in ceremony, the removal of the pump price of petrol. Agunloye said the removal of fuel subsidy, if well handled, could positively impact both the economic growth and development of Nigeria. The SDP national secretary said Tinubu should put in place well-thought-out implementation…
The acting Chairman of the Osun All Progressives Congress, APC, Tajudeen Lawal, has explained that the peaceful conduct of the inauguration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima was a pointer that God is interested in the affairs of the party at all levels in the country. The Osun APC chairman made this known in a statement signed by Kola Olabisi, Director of Media and Information, and made available to journalists on Thursday in Osogbo. Lawal, who appealed to the APC members in the state not to be weighed down by the current plight of the party…
Many people do not understand the politics behind fuel subsidy and it’s dangers to the development and growth of Nigeria. The intension of the government to subsidise petrol was simply to make the product affordable for Nigerians and make life easier. So, the average price of petrol in the world can be as high as N590, however, the Nigerian Government will subsidise the product and fix price at N185 bringing total amount of subsidy per litre to N405. The average consumption of litres of petrol in Nigeria per day is 60 million litres. However, Marketers of the product loads as…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shed light on why it kicked against the tendering of its documents as exhibits by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Gregory Obi, to establish his petition against the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The electoral body had on Thursday vehemently objected to the admission of several documents brought to the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) by Obi and the Labour Party for the purpose of tendering them as exhibits to justify their petition. However, at Friday’s proceedings, INEC lawyer Kemi Pinheiro SAN, told the court that the…
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo has emerged the new Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) for the next four years. He succeeds outgone Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna. Uzodinma emerged at a joint meeting of immediate past governors, re-elected governors and newly-elected governors held on Wednesday in Abuja, according to former Gov. El-Rufai, the immediate past Chairman of the PGF. The PGF is an organization which comprises Governors elected under the All Progressives Congress (APC), which serves as a platform for collaboration, policy development, and sharing of experiences among its members. El-Rufai said new Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna…
The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), on Thursday in Abuja, admonished the legal team of the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, for failing to properly organise its schedule of documents for seamless tendering as exhibits. Obi and his party filed a petition challenging the outcome of the Feb. 25 presidential election. At the resumed hearing of the petition, the court frowned at the team’s inability to present its schedule of documents in a manner that would be easy for the court to comprehend. This led to the court abruptly stepping down hearing in the petition for…
A group under the aegis of the Christian Organisations of Nigeria (CON), has thrown its weight behind the Senate Presidency ambition of a former Governor of Zamfara, Abdul’aziz Yari, who represents Zamfara West in the Senate. Apostle Paul Nwokoro, CON President General, at a joint news conference on Thursday in Abuja, said given the peculiarities of time, the in-coming 10th Assembly needed leaders with experience and capacity to hit the ground running. He said Senators-elect should therefore jettison any form of endorsement, adding that Nigeria is a common patrimony where everyone must rise up to endorse only a candidate who…