British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday announced GBP 113 million funding to use the country’s successful COVID Vaccine Taskforce model as a “blueprint” for the success of four “healthcare missions” of cancer, obesity, mental health and addiction. The UK government said the state-funded National Health Service (NHS) is set to benefit from cutting-edge new treatments and technologies as the vaccines model is used to tackle the other major public health challenges. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said the new investment is aimed at unlocking the next generation of medicines and diagnostics to save lives, transform patient…
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The Action Democratic Party (ADP) gubernatorial candidate and a member of the House of Representatives for Municipal Federal Constituency, Shaaban Ibrahim Sharada, has urged security agencies to quickly swing into action, arrest and prosecute the state APC Chairman Abdullahi Abbas who said they will Wins Kano by “hook or crook.” Shaaban Sharada said Abbas called openly for violence during the flag-off of the APC gubernatorial campaign at Gaya Local Government on the 23rd of November 2022. He called on security agencies to take appropriate action if the state is to have peaceful 2023 elections. In a statement issued to newsmen…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has condemned the attack on the campaign train of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Zulum spoke at the inauguration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) State Campaign Council for the 2023 elections. The PDP had accused the APC of sponsoring thugs to disrupt its movement during the rally in Maiduguri, the capital. Zulum reminded the council of his ban on political thuggery and warned APC members and supporters against engaging in such. The governor described the November 9 attack as “disturbing and worrisome political developments”. Noting that it was neither deliberate…
The New Nigeria People’s Party NNPP has said the 2023 general election is a choice between the pursuit of true democratic freedom or political servitude. The NNPP gubernatorial candidate in Jigawa State Malam Aminu Ibrahim Ringim stated this over the weekend while unveiling the party’s Manifesto ahead 2023 general election. He said the failed promises and unmitigated hardship visited upon the good people of Jigawa State by the past administrations and in particular, by the PDP and the outgoing APC government, have left citizens and the state worse off thus far. According to him “This unwarranted prejudicial state of affairs…
Sani Shaaban, an in-law to President Muhammadu Buhari and a former governorship aspirant and founding member of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Kaduna had announced his resignation from the ruling party. The former member of the House of Representatives, who contested for the governorship primary in May 2022, made this known on Monday, in a letter addressed to the chairman of APC, Hanwa Ward in Sabon Gari Local Government Area of the State According to Shaaban, APC in Kaduna State has little or no regard for human lives, social integration, and rule of law, hence his decision to quit…
After last week’s large-scale Russian attack that disconnected Ukraine’s all four nuclear power plants and other major power facilities from the grid, President Volodymyr Zelenksy warned that Moscow is “preparing new strikes” and the coming days “may be difficult”. In his nightly video address to the nation on Sunday, he said: “We understand that terrorists are preparing new strikes and as long as they have missiles, they won’t stop. “The upcoming week can be as hard as the one that passes. Our Defence Forces are preparing. The whole state is preparing. We work out all scenarios, including with partners.” Zelensky…
The Court of Appeal in Ibadan has reinstated Ladi Adebutu as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State. The court also reinstated all other candidates of the PDP in Ogun by setting aside the judgment of an Abeokuta Federal High Court, which nullified all the primary elections conducted by the PDP. InfoStride News recalls that Justice O. Oguntoyinbo had nullified the candidacy of Adebutu and others, following a suit filed by Segun Seriki and others. Ruling on Monday, Justice Folasade Ojo said it is only the National Working Committee of the party that has the power…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, said it had suspended all matters relating to the governorship primary election in Imo State until after the 2023 general elections. Hon. Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary of the party, in a statement on Monday, said that the decision was part of issues deliberated and resolved during their meeting. According to him, the suspension of some local government chapter chairmen in the state is null and void, adding that no member of the party should be suspended, sanctioned, intimidated or victimized on account of legitimate and lawful democratic expression or association within the…
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, revealed on Monday in Abuja that Nigeria’s judiciary received the best funding so far under President Muhammadu Buhari. He also promised better days for the judicial officers and their institutions in the country when the planned improved packages are implemented. Malami, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, spoke at the Supreme Court during its 2022/2023 Legal Year and inauguration of the newly appointed 62 Senior Advocates. He said the President Buhari-led administration, in line with its commitment to promoting the rule of law, has accorded top priority…
In search of peace and unity among party members, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has annulled the purported suspension of Local Government Chapter Chairmen in Imo State. PDP NWC in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, Monday also said the party will review the Imo State Presidential Campaign Council list. Recall that the PDP NWC had an interactive meeting with critical Stakeholders in the Imo State Chapter last Tuesday at the National Secretariat Abuja. The PDP NWC resolved that ”all matters relating to the governorship primary election in Imo State should…
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan said on Saturday that his party had decided to resign from the provincial assemblies instead of marching on Islamabad to force the Shehbaz Sharif-led government to announce snap polls. Addressing a massive rally of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party here in this garrison city, which houses the headquarters of the powerful Army, Khan also alleged that “three criminals”, who were behind the failed assassination attempt on him early this month, are waiting to target him again. The 70-year-old leader, who appeared with plaster on his right leg, has repeatedly alleged that Prime Minister Sharif, Interior…
The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has advised the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi things to do ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Primate Ayodele advised Obi not to work on the crowd alone but on the election technicality. He urged Obi to focus more on technicalities than crowd if he wants to win the election. In a statement by his Media Aide, Oluwatosin Osho, the clergyman said: ‘’Obi should not work on the crowd alone, he should work on the election technicality. “He doesn’t really need to work on reports but results. He…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has vowed to expose and shame all oil thieves in Nigeria if elected president. Atiku said he’s aware of those behind oil theft in the country, hence his decision to expose them. He made the vow during an interactive session with the Business Dialogue Stakeholders Forum in Lagos on Saturday. The former Vice President also vowed to confiscate all unoperational oil blocs allocated to some Nigerians. He said, “If you are not going to develop oil blocs given to you, we will take it away and give it to those who…
Unfolding events have shown that the 2023 general elections may be marred by the activities of political thugs who have been causing mayhem and obstructing campaign activities in several parts of the country. InfoStride News reports that despite the Peace Accords signed by presidential candidates of all political parties on September 29 to in a bid commit themselves to a peaceful campaign for the fast approaching election, several political activities have witnessed violent attacks. Although the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was absent at the event, the two other major contenders, Peter Obi…
Hours after the presidential campaign flag-off of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Atiku Abubakar in Ilorin, Kwara State on Thursday, the party has berated the State All Progressives Congress, APC, for hosting defectors into the party on the same day. The PDP Publicity Secretary in the State, Prince Tunji Moronfoye, in a statement on Friday in Ilorin, said the defection event held at the Banquet Hall, Government House, in Ilorin, on the same day of the PDP presidential campaign flag-off, was aimed at taking the shine off the party’s event. “We at the PDP, cannot but mention the dead…
Rishi Sunak may be about to discover that his political opponents are more difficult to pacify than investors. The British prime minister managed to calm financial markets with an austere fiscal program based on major tax rises as his first move after taking office. Sunak and Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt are now devising a strategy for phase two, according to government officials. Hunt is working on a raft of policies aimed at boosting the UK’s lackluster growth and bringing people back into the labor market, the officials said. But the government isn’t likely to announce most of those…
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has assured the Southeast that the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, would end the marginalization of the Igbos. Uzodinma gave the assurance while describing Tinubu as a good product whose administration would benefit Igbos if elected in 2023. Speaking in Abakiliki, the Ebonyi State capital, the governor said there would be no more lamentation in the South-East if Tinubu is elected president. He urged the South-East to come out enmasse and vote for Tinubu in February. According to the governor, “Tinubu is a very good product that Ndigbo will benefit from.…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Olajide Adediran (Jandor), has accused Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of closing Lagos markets for the All Progressives Congress (APC) rally for Bola Tinubu. The APC presidential campaign is underway at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere. Adediran said the Lagos government forced the traders in major markets to attend the event. A statement by his campaign spokesperson, Gbenga Ogunleye, noted that the leaders complained about a directive not to open today. The Lagos State Parks and Garages Management Committee, led by Musiliu Akinsanya a.k.a. MC Oluomo, allegedly threatened to punish traders who flout the order.…
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has admitted it would be tough for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to defeat his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde, in 2023. El-Rufai stated this at the commemoration and send-off ceremony organised for the outgoing director-general of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nteranya Sanginga, on Friday. The Kaduna governor, however, said APC will try its best to unseat Makinde, but it would be tough because he has governed well. Both governors recounted how they argued during a National Executive Council (NEC) sitting, over if to lock down their states in the…
The verbal war between Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and Senator Ned Nwoko has taken another dimension. Wike had in a video aimed a dig at Nwoko over the $418 Paris Club refunds. But reacting, Nwoko, in a statement issued by his Media Directorate, which he personally signed, vowed that it was only a matter of time for Wike to end in jail over his alleged corrupt practices. He also accused Wike of making fraudulent claims on the alleged payments of 13% derivation to South-South States, describing Wike’s claim as fraudulent. In the statement made available to DAILY POST, Nwoko…