The Treasury Department said on Wednesday it has complied with a court order to make former President Donald Trump’s tax returns available to a congressional committee. The Supreme Court last week rejected Trump’s request for an order that would have prevented the Treasury Department from giving six years of tax returns for Trump and some of his businesses to the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee. The court, without dissent, cleared the legal obstacle to disclosure of Trump’s tax returns. A department spokesperson said Treasury has complied with last week’s court decision but declined to say whether the committee had…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
Reno Omokri, a socio-political activist has said the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi will lose the 2023 election. Omokri said Obi knows he would lose the presidential election and fade away in history’s dustbin. In a series of tweets, the social critic insisted that Obi was ill-prepared for the presidency. He noted that barely two months to the presidential election, the former Anambra State governor has not presented his manifesto. Omokri accused the LP presidential candidate of churning out fake economic statistics. He wrote: “Peter Obi will definitely lose the 2023 election and fade away into history’s dustbin.…
A former House of Representatives member, Ned Nwoko, has called on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to expel Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State from the party, following his grievance with the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Nwoko accused Wike of trying to destroy the PDP because he out-spent Atiku and other aspirants during the party’s presidential primaries. The constitutional lawyer wondered if Wike would have campaigned against Atiku if he had been picked as the party’s presidential running mate. Wike has been at loggerheads with the PDP leadership after he lost at the party’s presidential primaries. While accepting Atiku…
The crisis within the Niger state Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, might have been resolved, following resolutions taken at a series of meetings held in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, recently to ensure successful outing in the 2023 governorship election. The meetings were allegedly held at the residence of the party’s gubernatorial standard bearer, Alh Isah Liman Kantig,i between the elders and executive members of the party It was gathered that the faction of former Governor Aliyu led by Hon. Sani Kutigi was in attendance. InfoStride News learnt some of the resolutions reached were that Hon. Sani Kutigi should not…
A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has raised concerns over the current developments in the political space. According to Jega, he has palpable fears about the outcome of the 2023 general elections. He stated this while speaking at a colloquium organised by the Electoral Hub in Abuja on Wednesday. Jega, however, expressed optimism that Nigeria will pull through the current challenges. “I have a lot of fears about the outcome of the election. But you will see people like me are what I’ll call an incurable optimist about the future of our country.…
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “failing in his brutal war of aggression” in Ukraine and is “responding with more brutality”. He made the statement on Tuesday while attending a forum in the Romanian capital of Bucharest. In his opening remarks, Stoltenberg said that in response to Russia’s full-fledged invasion of Ukraine, “we are raising the readiness of our troops”. “We have doubled the number of NATO battlegroups from four to eight, including one in Romania, led by France,” he said. The Secretary General stressed that NATO allies and the alliance are not a…
A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has accused the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi’s supporters, popularly known as Obidients, of threatening to kill, rape, and maim those supporting Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC. To this end, Fani-Kayode urged Obi to call his followers to order. He warned that Obi’s supporters would be held responsible if anything happened to Tinubu’s followers. In a series of tweets, Fani-Kayode said Obi’s supporters found wanting would be made to face the consequences of their actions. He wrote: “@Peter Obi, tell ur little e-rat bullies & thugs to stop threatening to kill,…
The Lagos State Government has announced road closure for the All Progressives Congress (APC) march on Wednesday. Commissioner for Transportation, Frederic Oladeinde, issued an advisory on Tuesday. The traffic diversion is the second in five days after Saturday’s rally for presidential candidate Bola Tinubu and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. This time, the government said the APC Presidential and Gubernatorial Campaign Team would go on a walk. The ‘Ring out the Vote’ event would take place from the Trade Fair to Iyana-Iba, along Lagos-Badagry Expressway from 7:a:m. Oladeinde told Lagos residents to plan their movement around the corridor as travel time might…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano state has called for proper investigation by the state police command currently holding in its custody, two members of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Imam Dayyabu and Nasir Sani, for allegedly leading other party members to attack people and destroy APC campaign properties on Saturday and Sunday at Galadanci Quarters in Gwale local Government Area of the state. The APC, which made the call in a statement issued by the spokesperson for the Gawuna/Garo Campaign Council and Commissioner For Information and Internal Affairs, Malam Muhammad Garba, said the thugs brandishing dangerous weapons,…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt on Tuesday set aside two Federal High Court judgments that invalidated the nominations of Action Democratic Party ADP and African Democratic Congress ADC State House of Assembly candidates in Rivers State. In a unanimous judgment by a three-man panel of appeal led by Justice Gabriel Kolawole, the court granted the prayers of the appellants-ADP and ADC. In the judgment read by Justice Kolawole, the court said the lower court ordinarily should not have entertained the suit, insisting that the candidates for the State House of Assembly election were validly nominated and could…
French President Emmanuel Macron is headed to Washington for the first state visit of Joe Biden’s presidency – a revival of diplomatic pageantry that had been put on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Biden-Macron relationship had a choppy start. Macron briefly recalled France’s ambassador to the United States last year after the White House announced a deal to sell nuclear submarines to Australia, undermining a contract for France to sell diesel-powered submarines. But the relationship has turned around with Macron emerging as one of Biden’s most forward-facing European allies in the Western response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.…
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has urged the residents of the state to vote the Peoples Democratic Party candidates for most positions, except the party’s presidential candidate, in the forthcoming general elections. Wike also requested them to wait until he reveals where they would be casting their vote for the presidential election. He disclosed this on Tuesday during the commissioning of the Rukpoku-Rumuapu-Izo-Ogbodo-Ogwuruta in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the State. Recall that Wike and the other four governors of the PDP had fallen out with the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, over the retention of Iyorchia Ayu…
The Labour Party Women Leader in Kaura, Kaduna State, Victoria Chintex, was on Monday shot dead by suspected assassins. The gunmen reportedly stormed her residence on Monday night and shot her dead while her husband sustained gunshot injuries on his leg. Confirming the incident on Tuesday, Edward Simon Buju, the Publicity Secretary of Labour Party, Zone 3, Kaduna State, described the late women leader as a dynamic, hardworking and dedicated woman who died at a time the party and the country needed her most. While encouraging the people of Kaura Local Government and the party faithful to be law-abiding, Buju…
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has described as false, a statement making the rounds on social media that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate, harbours plans to relocate the Federal Capital from Abuja to Lagos on succeeding President Muhammad Buhari. It said Tinubu never contemplated such plans and would never do so as it goes contrary to the country’s constitution. This was disclosed on Tuesday in a statement issued and signed by Bayo Onanuga, the Director, Media and Publicity APC Presidential Campaign Council. The statement pointed fingers at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour…
The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has described the newly inaugurated Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, as dogged and resilient. Obi made the remark while wishing Adeleke a fruitful and productive tenure as governor. He congratulated Adeleke on his victory and inauguration as the sixth governor of Osun State. Adeleke, an uncle to popular singer, Davido, was inaugurated as the governor of Osun State on Sunday. The Labour Party flagbearer urged Adeleke to serve the people of the State. In a series of tweets, Obi wrote: “I congratulate the Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke @AAdeleke_01,…
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that the so-called “golden era” of relations with China is over as “we need to evolve our approach” towards Beijing. He made the remarks while addressing Lord Mayor’s Banquet in London on Monday. In his address, which was his first foreign policy speech, Sunak said: “Let’s be clear, the so-called ‘golden era’ is over along with the naive idea that trade would automatically lead to social and political reform. But nor should we rely on simplistic Cold War rhetoric. “We recognise China poses a systemic challenge to our values and interests, a challenge that…
The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it did not apologize to the former Governor of Cross Rivers State, Mr. Donald Duke, for erroneous usage of his picture in a documentary on the presidential candidate of APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The Director of Media and Publicity of the Council, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, in a statement issued Monday clarified that a purported statement currently in circulation credited to him did not originate from him. He insisted that the campaign council did not issue any statement on behalf of Tinubu to apologize to Duke. Onanuga…
The National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday, assured that attacks on its facilities won’t stop the conduct of the 2023 election. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the assurance at a meeting with the Africa Union Special Pre-Electoral Political Mission led by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. Yakubu said though some election materials were destroyed in the attacks, the commission would replace them. Three local government area offices across the country were targeted in the last three weeks; the most recent was on Sunday in Ebonyi. He said, “So far, we can recover from all the losses but it’s a source of concern.…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State on Monday condemned the alleged brutal assault on its members and violent confiscation of the campaign vehicles belonging to its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, by agents of the Senator Hope Uzodinma in Imo State. In a statement issued in Owerri, Imo State on Monday by its Publicity Secretary, Collins Opurozor, PDP demanded that the campaign vehicles of its presidential candidate be released without any further delay. The statement reads, “This full-blown campaign of terror, which the failed, corrupt and fascist regime of Senator Uzodinma, has levied against our popular presidential candidate…
Yobe Governor, Mai Mala Buni, on Monday received a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain, Haladu Mohammed, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Gov. Buni’s Media Aide, Mamman Mohammed disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday. According to the statement, the main opposition party in Yobe State has continued to deplete, thereby threatening the already lean fortunes of the party. “The party lost Alh. Abbagana Tata, a former chairman and governorship aspirant of the party and Hajiya Masafaram, the strong woman of Yobe North politics, who defected along with thousands of their supporters to the APC. “Tata and…