The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has condemned in strong terms the alleged destruction of its campaign vehicles and other public properties by thugs during the party’s rally on Monday. The party lamented that the rally embarked upon by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State on Monday caused a lot of damages to the State through thuggery activities. Addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Gusau, the State capital, the publicity secretary of the APC, Mallam Yusuf Idris Gusau said the coming of the PDP governorship candidate, Dr. Dauda Lawal Dare into the State made…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
There are permutations that the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, may split Northern votes in favour of their All Progressives Congress, APC, counterpart, Bola Tinubu. InfoStride News reports that Kwankwaso enjoys a large followership in the North through his Kwankwasiyya group, which has its base in Kano State. Like Kwankwaso, Atiku also enjoys a large followership in the North, a situation that could lead to the split of Northern votes during the February elections. But observers say while Kwankwaso and Atiku will split the Northern votes,…
The Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the APC presidential rally held Wednesday in Enugu as a “monumental flop.” A statement issued on Thursday by the Director of Communications and Spokesperson of the Enugu PDP Campaign Council, Barr. Nana Ogbodo, noted that the boycott of the presidential rally by notable leaders of the party in the State, have further validated its position that the crisis and recent protest against the State Chairman of the party, Chief Ugochukwu Agballah, and the governorship candidate, Chief Uche Nnaji, in Abuja is squarely a fight between angry and deprived…
North Korea’s spike in missile tests, growing nuclear ambitions and other provocative acts pose a serious threat that could lead to a dangerous miscalculation and spark a wider conflict, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday. Speaking with The Associated Press at the presidential office in Seoul, the conservative leader reiterated his call for closer security cooperation with the United States and Japan to counter the dangerous situation being created by North Korea as he played down the prospect for direct negotiations like those pursued by his liberal predecessor. We’ve seen a miscalculation leading to serious wars many times…
Over 30,000 politicians primarily from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Sandamu and Maiadua Local Government Area of Katsina State on Wednesday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The defectors were received by both the Director-General, Atiku Lado Campaign Council, Mustapha Inuwa and one of the party’s factional chairmen, Lawal Magaji into PDP during their campaign tour to the area on Wednesday. While addressing the crowd of supporters that turned out for the rally, Dr Mustapha the erstwhile Secretary to Katsina State Government, presented the key figures among the defectors to the…
Ahead of next month’s election, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organization said the candidate of the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is unfit to hold office as President of Nigeria. The former Vice President’s campaign organization also added that Tinubu is unhealthy and not as energetic as the PDP’s candidate. In a statement by one of its spokespersons, Kola Ologbondiya, Wednesday, the campaign described as ludicrous the failed attempt of Tinubu to allegedly impugn the impeccable character and integrity of Atiku. The statement read in…
The Niger State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress has threatened to punish any civil servant that deliberately refused to collect his/her Permanent Voters Card, PVC, ahead of the general elections in the state. The state NLC chairman, Comrade Idris Lakpene, who gave the warning in Minna, said those who refused to comply would be stopped from collecting their salaries or faced suspension. The chairman decried the situation where citizens of this country would fail to take their Civic responsibility serious Lakpene stated, “We are considering a plan to stop workers in the state who have no PVCs from collecting…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has expressed confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship candidate in the State, Engr Titus Uba will do well when elected governor of the State on March 11th this year. Governor Ortom stated this Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 in his remarks during the unveiling of the blueprint of the PDP Governorship candidate christened, “Soil as Our Oil” at the party’s State Secretariat in Makurdi. He pointed out that the unveiled blueprint was encompassing in its contents, stressing that it captures all areas of human needs for socio-economic development, including those his government was not…
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State took a turn for the worse on Wednesday as major stakeholders of the party boycotted the party’s presidential campaign rally in the State. InfoStride News reports that the Presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu was in Enugu where he addressed a rally at the Michael Okpara Square. However, leaders of the party in the State, including foreign affairs minister, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani, former Enugu Governor, Barr. Sullivan Chime, former Speaker, Enugu State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Eugene Odoh, former Secretary…
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has reiterated that Kano will repeat the 1993 Presidential Election situation whereby the state rejected its own son, the late Bashir Tofa, and voted for MKO Abiola overwhelmingly. “That showed the political maturity and dexterity of Kano citizens. We voted for Chief MKO Abiola of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, and rejected Bashir Othman Tofa of the National Republican Convention, NRC, because we all believed in national integration and competence,” he argued. He made the statement during a campaign tour with candidates of the All Progressives Party, APC, vying for different positions in…
The alleged refusal of the people of Taraba State to put aside their differences and come together to catapult the state to enviable heights has been identified as the major reason for its underdevelopment. The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Josiah Wukari Wasa, who made the observation on Wednesday during an interface with newsmen in Jalingo, also identified the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as a major organ that has brought setbacks to the state. Wondering why the state has been lagging behind despite the monthly Federal allocation, he said, “the disunity among the people of the…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday in Abuja fixed Friday, January 13 to deliver final judgment in the dispute over the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Jigawa State. A five-member panel of justices of the court led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun fixed the date for judgment after taking arguments from parties in the appeal filed by Farouk Adamu Aliyu, former Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives, and the cross-appeal by Umar Namadi, current Deputy Governor of the state. Aliyu is by the appeal marked, SC/1453/2022, challenging the November 4, 2022 judgment by the Court of Appeal,…
China renewed its threats Wednesday to attack Taiwan and warned that foreign politicians who interact with the self-governing island are playing with fire. A spokesperson for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said the country was recommitted in the new year to safeguarding sovereignty and territorial integrity and smashing plots for Taiwan independence on the self-governing democracy that separated from mainland China in 1949. The malicious support for Taiwan independence among anti-China elements in a few foreign countries are a deliberate provocation, Ma Xiaoguang said at a biweekly news conference. China views Taiwan as a Chinese territory that must be brought under…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to launch investigation into the activities of Barr. Ugochukwu Agballah, the Enugu State chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The PDP made the call through the spokesman of the party’s campaign organisation, Barr. Nana Ogbodo at a press briefing on Tuesday. InfoStride News reports that Agballah is in the news following a protest by some members of the APC at the party’s national secretariat. They accused the chairman of embezzling over one billion naira. However, Agballah had in a swift reaction, blamed the protest on…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu has unveiled his plans for the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, if elected president. Tinubu vowed to prevent the incessant ASUU strikes by ensuring stability in the country’s university system. Speaking at the APC presidential campaign rally in Damaturu, Yobe State, Tinubu pledged to provide loans for university students. The APC flag bearer said he would provide agro-credit facilities and make the Northeast region an export zone. He said: “I will extend the credit facilities to university students as loans. I will make our education system, especially the…
Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi has taken a swipe at his political opponents, saying that Nigeria’s presidency is neither a retirement home nor a place where people wait for turns. Obi was obviously referring to the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, both of who are in their 70s. Tinubu had once insisted that it was his turn to be president of Nigeria. Obi who was in Anambra for a town hall meeting with students, a private meeting with traditional rulers and a rally…
Ahead of next month’s presidential election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organization said the British Government internal poll shows its candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar is leading. Disclosing this in a statement on Tuesday, Director, Strategic Communications of the Atiku Campaign Organization, Dele Momodu added that the former Vice President was invited to discuss future potential collaboration between countries. The statement read in part “5 weeks to election and the UK government invites front leading candidate to discuss areas of future potential collaboration between both countries. “An internal source is quoted saying an internal poll by the…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State will on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, inaugurate a 143- member campaign council to midwife the 2023 general elections for the party’s candidates across board in the state with a view to ensuring victory for the party’s candidates. The state secretary of the party, Hon. Garba Arogundade,in a statement issued and made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday, disclosed that the 143 members of the campaign council will be inaugurated at the conference Hall of the Governor’s Office, Ado-Ekiti at 10:00 am prompt. The secretary particularly, urged the council members to ensure…
A governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Zamfara State, Ibrahim Shehu has been expelled for alleged anti-party activities. According to the expulsion letter signed by Hon. Aliyu Hassan, the party’s secretary in Mayana Ward, Shehu was expelled due to anti-party activities contrary to Article 58(1) (a,b,c) of the party’s 2017 amended constitution. The letter stated that the Mayana Ward Working Committee of the party took the decision effective from January 2023. InfoSride News recalls that Ibrahim Shehu was twice responsible for the nullification of the party’s governorship primary election. All efforts by the media to get a…
The Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt has reserved judgment in an appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, and its governorship candidate, Tonye Cole against the Peoples Democratic Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission over judgment of a Federal High that sacked Tonye Cole as governorship candidate of the APC. A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt presided over by Justice Emmanuel Obile had in his judgment on a suit filed by the PDP ruled that Tonye Cole be disqualified as governorship candidate of APC for allegedly having dual citizenship and that the APC violated…