Zamfara State government has swiftly reacted to a claim by the national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Mr. Debo Ologunagba that democracy and the 2023 general elections were under attack in Zamfara State. In a press statement signed and issued to newsmen in Gusau, the state commissioner of Information, Ibrahim Magaji Dosara, denied the PDP Spokesman’s claim of an ongoing clampdown in the state. “This is nothing but the usual bunch of lies and baseless accusations of the PDP to cover up its past mismanagement of the resources of this great nation”, the statement said. “Maybe, the…
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A spokesman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign council, Femi Fani-Kayode has alleged that there was a plot to kill the Senator representing Niger East Senatorial District, Mohammed Sani Musa. Fani Kayode who condemned the alleged plot on his Twitter page said nine armed persons attacked Musa’s home. According to him, security agencies have arrested the perpetrators. ”The horrendous attempt to kill Sen. Sani Musa, a dear friend & brother of mine, a leading member of the APC & one of the Directors in the Tinubu/Shettima PCC in his home this evening by 9 well-armed, bloodthirsty & violent…
Myanmar’s military-installed government has sentenced more critics to death, bringing the total to 139, and is using capital punishment as a tool to crush opposition, the UN high commissioner for human rights said Friday. High Commissioner Volker Trk said at least seven university students were sentenced to death behind closed doors on Wednesday, and there are reports that as many as four more youth activists were sentenced on Thursday. The military continues to hold proceedings in secretive courts in violation of basic principles of fair trial and contrary to core judicial guarantees of independence and impartiality, Trk said in a…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential Campaign Council, has dismissed claims that the United States, denied its flag bearer, Bola Tinubu a visa. Spokesman of the Tinubu/Shettima campaign council, Festus Keyamo, said the rumour was the handiwork of mischief makers. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment said the rumours that Tinubu was denied a visa were unfounded. Keyamo issued the clarification in a tweet while sharing Tinubu’s international passport. He wrote: “For mischief-makers who peddle unfounded rumours about @officialABAT being denied a visa to the US, you leave us with no option but to show you his current…
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday evening in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. InfoStride News reports that the team was led by the PDP Vice Presidential candidate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State. The Director General of the campaign council, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State and former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, were in the team to Obasanjo’s residence. Others in the delegation were former Osun State Governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola; his Cross River State counterpart, Liyel Imoke and Otunba Oyewole Fasawe. Speaking after two hours…
The Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has denied claims that the United States, US, denied the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu a visa. Kalu said claims that the US denied Tinubu visa was fake, stressing that the latter postponed his trip to America. In a Facebook post, Kalu blamed the opposition for spreading fake news against Tinubu. He wrote, “As the election draws closer, the opposition will spread more fake news against our presidential candidate but we should always ignore and keep our eyes on the ball. The news that Tinubu was denied a visa…
Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political activist, on Saturday, described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and his counterpart from Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, as business partners. Adeyanju said those voting for Obi are doing the same for Atiku. In a series of tweets, Adeyanju urged Nigerians to vote a presidential candidate who has never stolen public funds before. He wrote: “A vote for Obi is a vote for Atiku. Don’t forget they are both business partners and ran together in 2019. Vote a candidate that has never stolen public funds before; clean start for Nigeria.” The Abuja-based…
In a poll outcome perceived as the first electoral test of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s leadership, the Opposition Labour Party won an important by-election with an increased margin in a north-west England constituency on Friday. Samantha Dixon retained the Chester seat for Labour with 17,309 votes, a 61 per cent share and nearly 11,000 more than her Conservative Party rival. While Labour was expected to win the seat vacated following the resignation of a scandal-hit incumbent, the bigger margin is being seen as a public vote against the governing Tories. Labour leader Keir Starmer said the result showed people…
The Presidential Campaign Council for the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said that any attack on Doyin Okupe as the campaign council’s Director-General is an attack on the party’s flagbearer. InfoStride News recalls that Doyin Okupe was sacked alongside 10 others for alleged non-financial membership status, high-handedness and financial recklessness by the Ogun State Chapter of the party on Thursday. Reacting to the sack of Doyin Okupe in Kaduna, Saturday, Dr Yunusa Tanko, spokesperson for the Presidential Campaign Council, while calling on party loyalists to disregard attempts to cause a crisis in the party by some sponsored elements,…
Dr. Leke Otegbeye, a scion of the Otegbeye’s family in Ilaro, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State and son of the legendary politician, Dr. Tunji Otegbeye, has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). The former gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said he joined the APC and will lead campaign for Prince Dapo Abiodun’s reelection because he was convinced that if his father was alive “he would be in the progressives fold”. Otegbeye, who led other leaders and stalwarts of the African Democratic Party (ADC) to the ruling party told newsmen after meeting…
Ahead of the forthcoming 2023 presidential election, the Labour Party, LP, candidate, Peter Obi, has finally released his long-awaited 62-page campaign manifesto. The manifesto titled, “Our Pact with Nigerians: Creating a New Nigeria“, unveiled Obi’s proposed plans to lead Nigeria if elected as president. InfoStride News learnt this on Saturday from Labour Party Secretariat in Abuja. Page 18 of the document itemized his economic plan founded on a shift from consumption to production by running a production-centred economy that is driven by an agrarian revolution and export-oriented industrialization.
The Acting chairman of Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Mukhtar Lugga has lamented that the continued harassment and arrest of chieftains and stakeholders of the party by the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) is unlawful and unconstitutional. Lugga stated this during a press briefing in Gusau, the State capital, saying that the governorship candidate of the PDP in the State, Dr. Dauda Lawal Dare has the constitutional right to enter his own State any time, any day he likes. According to him, the ruling APC should not deceive the people of the State by saying…
The ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed are currently making a fresh push into the South-south, a region considered to be the stronghold of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In the past couple of weeks, Tinubu and his party have visited the region three times. Two weeks ago, Tinubu held a rally in Asaba, the Delta State capital, only to return a few days back to the creek, Gbaramatu Kingdom. Two days ago, he was back again to Yenagoa for another rally. Since 1999, the region has consistently voted for the PDP, with…
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has reacted to the move by the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and other members of the Northern Leaders Consultative Forum to dump the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Some members of the northern group earlier fell out with the ruling party following its choice of vice presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima. Dogara and his allies who are Christians had antagonized Tinubu’s decision to field Muslim-Muslim ticket for the February 2023 presidential election. After being silent for a long time, the northern group yesterday endorsed the presidential candidate of the Peoples…
The leadership of the Action Alliance (AA) has distanced itself from the purported merger of the party with the All Progressives Congress (APC). The party also totally refuted the allegation of supporting the presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2023 elections. Dr Adekunle Rufai Omoaje, the National chairman of the party in a statement, also denied any link between the party and the APC, assuring that the party has no intention to work with any other party in any form in the coming elections in the country. One Hajiya Amina Kilishi Lamido, who claimed to…
For the 21st year in a row, the US has designated North Korea as a state violator of religious freedom. “I am announcing designations against Burma (Myanmar), the People’s Republic of China, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, Nicaragua, the DPRK, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as Countries of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 for having engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Friday. DPRK stands for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Korea’s official name,reports Yonhap News Agency. According to the…
President Joe Biden on Thursday tried to allay concerns raised by French President Emmanuel Macron about a clean energy law that benefits electric vehicles and other products made in North America. But the US and Europe remain divided over the landmark law. Hours before hosting Macron at a state dinner, Biden acknowledged that the law contains glitches, but said there are tweaks we can make to satisfy France and other European allies. The United States makes no apology. And I make no apologies,” Biden said, but changes may be needed to the four-month-old law “to make it easier for European…
The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Niger State, Mr Joshua Bawa has called on other gubernatorial candidates to submit themselves to a drug test to prove they are not conducting campaigns or holding meetings under the influence of hard drugs. The LP governorship candidate made the call at the Peace Empowerment Security Summit organized by a group of youths under the aegis of Mandate Youths in Minna. Bawa argued that the call became necessary due to the behavioural pattern of some of the youths who follow the alleged politicians around the state. Bawa insisted:” I am ready to submit…
The national leadership of the Labour Party has raised the alarm alleging that their party structures at both state and federal levels have been infiltrated by opposition parties. Labour Party National Secretary, Mr Umar-Farouk Ibrahim stated this while reacting to the suspension of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) Director-General, Doyin Okupe, during a press conference in Abuja on Friday. Recall that the Ogun State chapter of the party had on Thursday, suspended Okupe and 10 other party members for various offences. However, Ibrahim who declared the suspension null and void accused opposition parties of orchestrating the crisis in the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to call Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle to order over his alleged role in the ongoing clampdown on its leaders. PDP also charged the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba to investigate the Zamfara State government. Addressing a press conference, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, on Friday, said the All Progressives Congress (APC) is disoriented by the increasing popularity of the PDP and its candidates ahead of the 2023 general elections. According to Ologunagba, APC has allegedly scaled up vicious assault and clampdown on PDP candidates…