The US has charged five Russian nationals, including a suspected Federal Security Service (FSB) officer, and two Americans for allegedly conspiring to obtain military-grade and dual-use technologies from US companies for Russia’s defence sector, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced. In an official statement issued on Tuesday, the DOJ said a 16-count indictment was unsealed on Tuesday in Brooklyn Federal Court in New York City. The seven persons are Yevgeniy Grinin, 44, of Moscow; Aleksey Ippolitov, 57, of Moscow; Boris Livshits, 52, of St. Petersburg; Svetlana Skvortsova, 41, of Moscow; Vadim Konoshchenok, 48, of St. Petersburg; Alexey Brayman, 35, of…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
As the 2023 presidential election hots up, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed assurance that its presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu will win in the Southwest with a landslide victory. According to the ruling party through its National Vice Chairman (South West), Isaac Kekemeke, APC will conquer the entire six states within the region. While speaking within newsmen in Akure, Ondo State capital, Kekemeke stated that the disunity within the APC fold in the runup to the 2019 poll made the party to lose to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo and Osun states in the 2019. Kekemeke,…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has promised to move Nigeria from a consuming nation to producing nation. Peter Obi was speaking on Tuesday while addressing a campaign rally at Confluence Stadium, Lokoja. According to him: “It is a promise, for I and my team are prepared to be held accountable for that, we will move Nigeria from a consuming nation to a consuming one. We will make sure that production starts from a local level, we will increase the minimum wage since the minimum wage today can hardly sustain workers, and we should be able to…
The Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by one of the governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Ojukaye Flag-Amachree against the judgment of the Federal High Court in a matter filed by one George Orlu and four others against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and the APC. Flag-Amachree had approached the Appeal Court arguing that George Orlu and the others who filed the suit at the High Court did not participate in the primaries and as such if the winner of the primaries Tonye Cole is found incompetent…
A prominent member and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has said he will not vote for his party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in next year’s presidential election, unless the issue of inclusivity in the party is addressed. George disclosed this on Tuesday morning while featuring on the Arise Television Morning Show programme. Recall that he had supported the call for Iyorchia Ayu to step down from his position as the party’s National Chairman, saying the lingering crisis bedevilling the party might cause its defeat in the 2023 presidential election. “Until this party returns to the founding…
An all-party meeting convened by President Ranil Wickremesinghe has discussed the 13th Amendment to Sri Lanka’s Constitution as mooted by India to resolve the long-standing demand for political autonomy for the minority Tamils in the island nation, political leaders said on Wednesday. The Tamil parties which participated in the meeting on Tuesday urged the government to hold the northern provincial council election. The 13A is already a part of the Constitution and it is a point that most parties agreed to, Tamil Progressive Alliance (TNA) leader Mano Ganesan told PTI. Ganesan, who represents mostly the Western province-based Tamils of Indian…
As the 2023 presidential election hots up, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed assurance that its presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu will win in the Southwest with a landslide victory. According to the ruling party through its National Vice Chairman (South West), Isaac Kekemeke, APC will conquer the entire six states within the region. While speaking within newsmen in Akure, Ondo State capital, Kekemeke stated that the disunity within the APC fold in the runup to the 2019 poll made the party to lose to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo and Osun states in the 2019. Kekemeke,…
The National Vice President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Damian Okeke-Ogene, has said all the state governors in the Southeast may vote for the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate in 2023. Okeke-Ogene made the remark while stressing that nobody can decide which presidential candidate the Southeast would vote for in 2023. He, however, noted that the Southeast is clamouring for Obi because he is a Nigerian project and not because he’s an Igbo man. In a statement, he described Obi’s national acceptance as the first of its kind in the country. He noted that elder statesmen like Chukwuemeka Ojukwu and Nnamdi Azikiwe…
Another 11,350 members of the Katsina State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Katsina. This is coming barely one week after the state governor, Aminu Bello Masari received over 1,760 PDP card-carrying members from Danja LGA into the Katsina APC. The gale of defection threatening the chances of the main opposition party in the state may not be unconnected with the unresolved leadership tussle between the Lado and Majigiri faction of the Katsina PDP. Mashi LGA is the home of the embattled PDP State Chairman, Salisu Yusuf Majigiri, a loyalist…
The Kano State Government of All Progressive Congress, APC and the opposition, New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, have engaged in a war of words over allegations that the Kwankwaso-led NPP would immediately cancel the newly created four emirates councils if the party wins the forthcoming election. The controversy began when the Kano State government said that following the consolidation of the new emirates in the state, the stage has been set for the incorporation of the traditional institution into its sectoral development programmes to accommodate the overall socio-economic needs of the people, as against the alleged NNPP plan of dissolution…
China on Tuesday advised its citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country “as soon as possible”, following a coordinated attack by Islamic State militants the previous day on a Chinese-owned hotel in the heart of Kabul. The Chinese advisory appeared to be a setback for Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers who seek foreign investments in hopes of halting the downward spiral of the Afghan economy since their takeover of the country more than a year ago. The militant Islamic State group – a key rival of the Taliban – claimed responsibility for the attack Monday afternoon on Kabul Longan Hotel, which left…
Niger State supporters of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have boosted his chances in the 2023 presidential election by giving him a massive endorsement to run for the country’s top seat in the forthcoming general elections. The crowd in their numbers trooped to the Trade Fair Complex, the venue of the flag-off rally of the APC presidential and gubernatorial campaign in Minna as early as 8 am to await the arrival of the presidential candidate. This resulted in a heavy traffic gridlock along the Minna-Suleja road, a major road to the venue.…
Senator Ben Obi and Prof Obiora Okonkwo respectively, the chairman and director general of Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council in Anambra State have revealed that a special team is working to resolve the impasse between the party’s presidential candidate and the G5 governors. They stated this on Wednesday in Awka, Anambra State, during a pre-campaign flag-off press conference to announce the visit of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Thursday. The campaign council also used the opportunity to present its itinerary for the candidate in Anambra State. Senator Ben Obi and Okonkwo who addressed journalists said efforts are ongoing to reconcile Atiku with…
Accord Party (AP) presidential flagbearer, Professor Christopher Imumolen has again urged Nigerians to endorse his candidature to demonstrate that they want a break from the ugly past of rudderless leadership. The youngest candidate believes the best way the people can point the way to a better future is for them to reject the old order and support a younger man with fresher ideas for a new era of all-round development. Speaking to reporters after a rally, he said shunning the old breed of leaders, who have had nothing to offer despite decades of being at the helm, would revamp the…
The youth wing of the Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressive Congress ( APC) in collaboration with women groups has conducted a one million solidarity walk in support of Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle. The One Million Solidarity Walk was led by the Zamfara State APC coordinator, Youth Mobilization Group for Governor Matawalle, Hon. Yazeed Danfulani who also doubled as the Zamfara State Commissioner of Commerce and Industry. InfoStride News reports that the rally started as early as 9 am on Wednesday 14th December 2022 with motorcycle riders rallying Gusau metropolis with Governor Matawalle’s posters and emblems. The rally terminated…
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not hold his annual end-of-year press conference this year, which has been dominated by Moscow’s Ukraine offensive, the Kremlin said on Monday. “There will not be before the New Year,” Kremlin spokesman said. He added that Putin “regularly speaks to the press, including on foreign visits”. Peskov gave no reason for the break with tradition. Putin, who has been in power since 2000, has held a press conference in December most years of his rule. During the media gathering — a major political event in the country — Putin takes questions from the press and…
The Labour Party in Taraba State is embroiled in crisis following the suspension of the state chairperson of the party, Mrs. Esther Gulum. Party leaders who suspended her from office over the alleged misappropriation of a whopping N20 million in campaign funds, also unanimously passed a vote of no confidence on her. The collective action which came on Tuesday indicted her of running the party as her family business, alongside her relatives. Briefing media practitioners in Jalingo, the Labour Party’s Organising Secretary, Peter Philip, said the party have lost confidence in her leadership, hence the suspension as well as the…
Ahead of today’s flag-off of the All Progressive Congress APC, presidential and governorship rally in Kaduna State, commercial businesses and all movements within the Kaduna metropolis have been restricted. Hawkers, commercial buses and various shops along Ahmadu Bello Way have remained closed following the traffic diversion. A InfoStride News correspondent in Kaduna observed that fierce security operatives were in strategic places, while shops were locked, and hawkers disappeared from the roadside. Earlier, the Kaduna State Traffic Law Enforcement Agency (KASTLEA) issued a traffic advisory on road closures with alternative routes for members of the public. In a statement issued and…
With few months to the 2023 elections, the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has urged Nigerians to vote for candidates with competence and capacity. NEF cautioned Nigerians against relying on sentiments while sacrificing competence and capacity. The Chairman of NEF, Prof Ango Abdullahi, urged Nigerians to jettison ethnicity in deciding candidates to vote for in 2023. He spoke at a town hall meeting yesterday in Kaduna and was represented by the spokesperson of NEF, Dr Hakeem Baba Ahmed. He stressed that the 2023 elections would show if Nigerians are determined to fight for the country. “2023 election is going to test…
Ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has lamented that politicians now purchase Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, to rig and mar the credibility of the exercise. This disclosure is coming as voters across the 774 local government areas across the country troop out to collect their PVCs. This process commenced on 12th December and is expected to end on 27th January 2023. The Acting Chairman of INEC and National Commissioner overseeing the FCT, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Plateau states, Mohammed Haruna, raised this alarm on Monday during the launch of #YourVoteMatters project by an election…