Ahead of the February elections, the Director, Youth Mobilisation of the All Progressives Congress APC Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, Mike Msuaan has embarked on a 7 days dry fasting and prayers to ensure victory for the party’s candidate, Bola Tinubu. Speaking with journalists on Tuesday shortly after returning from an all-night prayer session on the mountain, Msuaan opined that there was nothing left for him to do than to commit everything into the able hands of God. He said, “I have decided to go spiritual with 7 days of dry fasting and prophetic prayers to call on God to intervene…
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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has expressed delight that the forces of darkness which had planned to scuttle the governorship ambition of Engr. Titus Uba have been stopped by God. A visibly elated Governor Ortom bared his mind Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023 while addressing the mammoth crowd that turned up to welcome the PDP governorship candidate to the State after his medical vacation. According to Governor Ortom, “the return of our governorship candidate was a clear sign that the forces of darkness over PDP, over Engr Uba and over Benue have failed. All principalities of powers, spiritual wickedness in high…
Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, promised to be fair and just to all, if elected. Tinubu gave the promise during a town hall meeting with North-West Muslim leaders in Kano. Tinubu pledged to be fair, just and consistent with the tenets of Islamic faith. “A leader in a plural society like ours is enjoined to be a leader of all. If elected, I shall govern honestly and democratically, in harmony with our nation’s constitution. “I have tried to be a faithful and dutiful servant. I have tried to improve the lot of all…
The Governor of Delta and Vice President candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ifeanyi Okowa, has lamented the senseless murder of a medical doctor, Uyi Iluobe, in a healthcare centre in Delta. The deceased was allegedly attacked and murdered by his patient’s relatives at a hospital in Oghara town in Ethiope West Local Government Area of the state. InfoStride News reports this in a statement by Okowa’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, on Tuesday. The governor said that the murder of Iluobe was barbaric and reprehensible. According to Okowa, Deltans should not condone the unprovoked killing…
US President Joe Biden has renominated at least half a dozen Indian Americans to key administration positions which could not be confirmed by the Senate in the last Congress. The 118th Congress kicked off on Tuesday with the swearing-in of Senators and the start of the process of election of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives. Among those renominated by Biden and sent to the Senate were Richard Verma (54), to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, and Dr Vivek Hallegere Murthy (45), to be Representative of the US on the Executive Board of the…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia is planning prolonged attacks with Iran-made “Shahed” drones in a bid to “exhaust” the war-torn nation. In his nightly video address to the nation on Monday, the President said that since the beginning of 2023, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have shot down over 80 Russian drones, reports Ukrayinska Pravda. “Only two days have passed since the beginning of the year, and the number of downed Iranian drones over Ukraine is now over 80. This number may increase in the near future. Because the nights can be quite restless these weeks. “We have information…
Delta Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa said Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu cannot be compelled to leave the position. The vice presidential candidate stated that the former Senate President could only exit willingly. Okowa’s Chief Press Secretary, Olisa Ifeajika, told newsmen on Monday that it was a constitutional matter. The spokesperson responded to the calls by the G5 governors led by Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike. The chieftains insist Ayu must go since he is from the North, like the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Ifeajika said in Rivers, the governorship candidate Siminalayi Fubara, and the party chairman are from the…
A member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, Nicholas Felix has claimed former president Olusegun Obasanjo doesn’t qualify to be counted among the nation’s heroes. Felix, who was a presidential aspirant under the party made the claim while featuring on the Channels Television Sunrise Daily programme on Wednesday. Recall that Obasanjo had, in a New Year message to Nigerians, endorsed Obi, amongst other presidential candidates for the 2023 election, citing a track record of ability and performance. The former president also said age, physical and mental disposition favour Obi more than other frontline candidates. However, the APC…
A member of the Security and Intelligence Committee of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni has advised Nigerians not to be bothered with the recent utterances of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Mumuni, who was the gubernatorial candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressives Congress (CPC) in Lagos State in 2011, made this disclosure on Monday. InfoStride News recalls that Obaasanjo had on Sunday, in a letter, declared that he will support the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi in the next general elections. But, the APC chieftain in his reaction advised Nigerians not to be bothered…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has vowed that it will no longer keep mum on constant outbursts by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike against the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Recall that Governor Wike who had demanded the resignation of the PDP national Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu as a condition to support Atiku in the February election, had on several occasions, tackled the former vice president. On Monday, Wike, while reacting to the endorsement of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi by Atiku’s former principal, Olusegun Obasanjo, mocked Atiku, saying something must be fundamentally wrong. Reacting, PDP in a…
“As the government focuses on addressing the acute labour market shortages we are facing today and building a strong economy into the future, one thing remains certain: immigration is a key part of the solution,” Xinhua news agency quoted the IRCC statement as saying. The Canadian government announced that it received 431,645 new permanent residents in 2022 to fill labour shortages, the largest number of people ever welcomed in a year in the country’s history. Prior to setting a new record for admissions in 2021, the last time Canada welcomed such a large number of newcomers was in 1913, the…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has denied mocking the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar over Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. Wike said his comments about Obi’s endorsement by Obasanjo instead of Atiku were borne out of concern. The governor made the comments while flagging off a new road project in Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on Tuesday. Wike said he had initially “prayed” that Obasanjo remains quiet because anything contrary will affect the PDP. While dismissing claims that he was mocking Atiku, Wike said…
The Jigawa State Governor, Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar, has refuted insinuations that the APC Presidential candidate, Ahmad Bola Tinubu would be a Southern President if wins the elections. He claimed that the presidential candidate’s antecedents indicate he is not a betrayer. Abubakar who spoke in Kano during an APC Presidential Candidate meeting with the Muslim Ullama’s from Northwestern Nigeria, Tuesday, said, all Bola antecedents, clearly vindicate him as a non-ethnic and religious bigot”. The Jigawa State Governor added that everything Bola Tinubu has done in his presidential aspiration, he has done with the full participation of himself, Ganduje and Nuhu Ribadu,…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad, has mocked former President Olusegun Obasanjo for endorsing the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Ahmad said Obasanjo who can’t produce a councillor went ahead to endorse a presidential candidate. Obasanjo had endorsed Obi in an open letter to Nigerian youths, where he urged them to vote for the former Anambra State governor. Reacting, Buhari’s aide described the former president’s endorsement as hilarious. Tweeting, Ahmad said Nigerians would vote for the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. He wrote: “Someone that can’t produce a councillor is busy…
The leadership of the Taraba State Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), has finally broken their silence on why the party’s chairman, Abdullahi Maikasuwa, was suspended from office. In an interactive session with newsmen on Tuesday, in Jalingo, the party alleged that the chairman had on many occasions been involved in “corrupt practices” hence the collective decision to relieve him of his appointment. The aggrieved executive who spoke through one of their colleagues, Samuel Emmanuel, also alleged anti-party activities by the suspended Chairman. Stressing that “the sacked chairman has been harassing and extorting money from members at the local government levels” a…
Sri Lanka’s ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country in July last year and then returned after nearly two months, has applied for restoration of his US citizenship after he failed to get asylum in any country, according to a media report. However, the US government is yet to consider the request, The Sunday Times newspaper here reported. In 2019, Rajapaksa renounced his US citizenship to contest the 2019 presidential polls. As per Sri Lankan Constitution, dual citizenship holders are barred from contesting elections. “An appeal by his lawyers to the US government — more pointedly the Department of…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has petitioned the DSS, Police and other relevant Security Agencies to quickly arrest and bring before the law the Kano Chairman, Shehu Sagagi for impersonation and contempt of court. The Caretaker Committee of the Party tasked the security to “nip the sad occurrence in the bud”, and arrest Sagagi immediately. In an emergency press conference in Kano, the secretary of the Kano PDP caretaker committee, Baba Lawal Aliyu drew the attention of the police to an Appeal Court judgement that set aside Sagagi-led executives thereby returning the party to its status quo (antebellum) before a…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, says the victory of the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will bury the autocratic imposition of former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Nigeria. Garba’s statement was contained in a post via his verified Twitter handle on Monday. Recall that Obasanjo had, in a New Year message to Nigerians, endorsed Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, amongst other presidential candidates for the 2023 election, citing a track record of ability and performance. The former president also said age and physical and mental disposition favour Obi more than other frontline…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of his counterpart from the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, as worthless. Tinubu said Obasanjo lacked any political goodwill or leverage in Nigeria to make Obi win the presidential election. Speaking through his Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu said the former president was a political paperweight. Tinubu, however, noted that the former president has the right to endorse any presidential candidate of his choice. Stressing that the former president was not a democrat anyone should associate with, Tinubu vowed not to…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, says he pities his Labour Party, LP, counterpart, Peter Obi, following his endorsement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Tinubu said Obasanjo cannot win his polling unit; hence Obi is at risk for associating with the former president. Speaking through the Director of Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu said nobody in Ogun State could rely on Obasanjo to become governor or councillor. The APC presidential candidate noted that the former president has never succeeded in making anybody become president in Nigeria. A statement by…