When Pedro Castillo won Peru’s presidency last year, it was celebrated as a victory by the country’s poor the peasants and Indigenous people who live deep in the Andes and whose struggles had long been ignored. His supporters hoped Castillo, a populist outsider of humble roots, would redress their plight or at least end their invisibility. But during 17 months in office before being ousted and detained on Wednesday, supporters instead saw Castillo face the racism and discrimination they often experience. He was mocked for wearing a traditional hat and poncho, ridiculed for his accent and criticised for incorporating Indigenous…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has received more than 250 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), who defected to the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Fune local government area of the state. Receiving the decampees, Gov. Buni, represented by his Deputy, Idi Barde Gubana described the development as a great loss to the opposition. He assured the new entrants that the party would accord them equal rights and opportunities as other members, saying the “APC believes in one united Nigeria, contrary to PDP”. In his remarks, the state party chairman, Mohammed Gadaka who congratulated the defectors for joining…
Reno Omokri, a socio-political crusader, has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu is better than the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi. Omokri said Tinubu was better than Obi and most Nigerian politicians regarding leadership. He explained that the APC flag bearer has a better performance record than Obi. In a tweet, Omokri noted that Tinubu has the capacity to listen to his subordinates. He wrote: “Tinubu is not a bad leader. He is actually a better leader than most Nigerian politicians. He has the capacity to listen to subordinates. “He also has a much better performance…
Femi Fani-Kayode, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, has said the Chatham House outing by the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, shows how competent his team is. Fani-Kayode made the statement on Friday while appearing on the Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. He dismissed the idea that the APC flag bearer’s action was because he could not answer those questions. “He was proving to the world that Nigeria has not only capable leaders like himself but also capable disciples, those with him at Chatham House and back here in Nigeria that would form part of…
The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday confirmed Dave Umahi, the Governor of Ebonyi State, the authentic candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, for the Ebonyi South Senatorial District election. The five-man panel led by Justice Kudirat Ekekere-Ekun, in a unanimous decision, dismissed an appeal that was filed by Princess Ann Agom-Eze, an aggrieved aspirant for the senatorial seat. The panel held that the appeal lacked merit and ought to be dismissed. Recall that Agom-Eze had asked the court to set aside the concurrent judgments of both the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which…
Russian forces attacked settlements in eastern Ukraine from the ground and air, officials said on Thursday, in support of the Kremlin’s apparently scaled-back ambition of only securing the bulk of Ukrainian lands it has claimed in the war. This came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrated seizing territory during the nine-month war, saying Russia had already achieved a “significant result” with the acquisition of “new territories” in Ukraine — a reference to the annexation of four partly occupied regions in September that Kyiv and most members of the United Nations condemned as illegal. Fighting was underway along the…
Armed men suspected to be political thugs have attacked the Labour Party Campaign Council Woman leader in Kebbi State. Chief Spokesperson of the Labour Party, LP, presidential campaign council, Yunusa Tanko who confirmed the development in a statement on Friday, said the incident happened last week. The campaign spokesperson said the thugs attacked and burnt down a food vending business belonging to the women leader following her campaign for the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Lamenting incessant attacks on members of the party, Tanko said “it is now obvious that opponents are not ready for a free and fair election…
Human and vehicular activities were brought to a standstill on Friday in Etim Ekpo, a densely populated community in Akwa Ibom State as the Young Peoples Party, YPP, took its ward-to-ward campaign for Senator Albert Bassey Akpan to the area. This is the first time the party would hold a campaign rally since Senator Akpan was incarcerated. The well-attended rally was led by Akpan’s running mate, Assistant Inspector General of Police, Asuquo Amba (Rtd) and other leaders of the party. Also in attendance was Pastor Mrs Imabong Bassey Albert, wife of the governorship hopeful. Interestingly, thousands of people of the…
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State says the cash withdrawal limits set by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) were meant to hurt politicians. Fintiri stressed Friday that CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele has by the policy targeted the political class. Reacting to the new CBN policy during his 2023 governorship campaign engagement in Kala’a, a community in Hong local government area, Fintiri said the policy, coming shortly after Emefiele’s unsuccessful foray into politics, could only have been retaliatory. “What is breeding poverty? Economic policies. Look at the one that is about to be implemented by the Central Bank which would…
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed on Friday that any country that dared attack Russia with nuclear weapons would be wiped from the face of the earth. Putin said Russia had no mandate to launch a preventative first nuclear strike, unlike the United States, but that Russia’s advanced hypersonic weapons would ensure Russia could respond forcefully if it ever came under attack. “Nothing would remain of any enemy who decides to attack russia with nuclear weapon…We regularly test our nuclear capabilities, we do not conceal anything,” he added. Putin was also quoteed saying Russia would likely have to reach agreements regarding…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, the party on Friday flagged off its campaign. This followed the verdict of the Appeal Court sitting in Ibadan, which reinstated Ladi Adebutu as the governorship candidate of the party. Members of the PDP from the 236 wards of Ogun State converged on the Ake Palace Ground in Abeokuta for the event. InfoStride News recalls that the Ogun PDP had since September 27 been enmeshed in crisis after an Abeokuta Federal High Court nullified the party’s primary. But, the Ibadan Appeal Court had last week set aside the judgment, affirming Adebutu and…
Labour Party has sacked its National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, and dissolved Ogun State chapter executives of the party for alleged anti-party practice. This is coming almost two months before the 2023 general elections. The National Working Committee of the party took the decision, following their role in the alleged expulsion of Doyin Okupe, the Director General of Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council. During the emergency meeting of the NWC in Abuja, on Friday, Umar Farouk, the National Secretary of Labour Party, announced the dissolution of its state chapter in Ogun, removal of the party spokesman and suspension of its chairman…
A popular socio-political activist, Deji Adeyanju, has mocked the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for attending the Living Faith Church’s annual programme. Adeyanju said the Living Faith church founder, David Oyedepo, failed to endorse Obi during the Shiloh programme openly. The Vice President of the church, David Abioye, had introduced the former Anambra State governor during the Shiloh programme on Thursday night. A large shout and ovation by the church members received Obi’s introduction. Reacting, Adeyanju said Nigerians should fear politicians who mix politics with pleasure. In a tweet, the popular activist wrote: “Obi brought his 2023 politics…
Chinese leader Xi Jinping vowed on Friday to import more oil and natural gas from energy-rich Gulf Arab states while not interfering in their affairs, likely seeking to cast Beijing in a more favourable light than Washington as America’s attention in the region wanes. Xi also urged the Arab countries to conduct energy sales in the Chinese yuan, potentially divorcing the U.S. dollar from transactions in a region where the United States still stations thousands of troops across a network of local bases as a hedge against Iran. China’s hands-off approach could appeal to leaders such as Saudi Crown…
Education is universally considered to be pivotal in societal development and foundational to a brighter future. Most especially, public education such as obtained in primary and secondary schools is quite invaluable. Yet, this same vital public education sector has suffered cumulative deterioration under the APC government in Lagos State. The deplorable situation gives the Labour Party Guber Candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (GRV) much cause for concern, and is one of the critical areas he wants to tackle seriously when elected Lagos State governor in 2023. A random visit to most public primary and secondary schools in Lagos reveals a deep level…
Ahead of the next year’s presidential election, Umar Farouk, the National Secretary of the Labour Party (LP), says only Nigerians can stop Peter Obi, the party’s presidential candidate, from winning the 2023 elections. Farouk disclosed this on Thursday while featuring on the Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. He maintained that with the momentum of the “Obidients”, the party is guaranteed victory. However, Farouk insisted that the Nigerian people must decide that they are tired of the old order. “That is the docility of Nigerians not to select good leaders. If Nigerians feel that they want to continue with the old…
The Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Musa Kwankwaso, has denied any planned merger of the party with other political parties ahead of next year’s election, saying some failed politicians are behind such rumour. He spoke with newsmen in Abeokuta, Ogun State, shortly after he addressed NNPP members at the party secretariat in the capital. Kwankwaso said, “That’s absolute nonsense. You see we believe that we are not above the three or four parties in this country, but by 2023, next year, by the grace of God NNPP will win the election at national and all…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has cautioned other politicians against pressurizing the Nigeria Army. Atiku also challenged presidential candidates and their parties to engage voters and not the Nigeria Army. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabo, Thursday disclosed that Nigeria’s army is facing constant pressure to compromise the 2023 elections. “Nigerians can be rest assured that it would remain neutral,” he said. Reacting to this, Atiku Campaign Organization in a statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, Thursday, urged the military hierarchy to ensure that the rank and file operate within the confines…
Peru’s Congress removed President Pedro Castillo from office Wednesday and replaced him with the vice president, shortly after Castillo decreed the dissolution of the legislature ahead of a scheduled vote to oust him. The national ombudsman’s office, Constitutional Tribunal and Supreme Court called Castillo’s move to dissolve the Congress a coup, although at least one expert disagreed. Peru’s Congress has the ability to remove the president and the president has the ability to dissolve the Congress, so “technically, it is not a coup, said Eduardo Gamarra, a political science and international relations professor at Florida International University. The confusion is…
An Abeokuta Federal High Court has directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognize all National Assembly candidates of the Labour Party (LP) for the 2023 general elections in Ogun State. InfoStride News had earlier reported that the names of all candidates of the LP in Ogun were missing when INEC released its final list of candidates. Following the omission, the party had dragged the commission to court, arguing that the omission was an administrative error on the part of INEC as its conduct of primary elections did not go against the Electoral Act. The party insisted that it…