Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday doubled down on his proposal to turn Turkey into a gas hub for Europe after deliveries to Germany through the Baltic Sea’s Nord Stream pipeline were halted. Putin floated the idea of exporting more gas through the Turk Stream gas pipeline running beneath the Black Sea to Turkey as he met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of a regional summit in Kazakhstan. It’s the second unlikely energy proposal that Putin has pitched in as many days, with European leaders calling Russia’s cuts in natural gas a political bid to divide…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
A popular Nigerian cleric, Pastor Adewale Giwa, has advised that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, must listen to the aggrieved governors within the party if he desires to win the presidential poll in 2023. Giwa, the Senior Pastor of the Awaiting the Second Coming of Jesus Christ Ministry, Akure, Ondo State, warned that shoving the governors aside will affect the party’s chances during the electoral process. He said the governors are speaking the minds of most Nigerians who have longed for a change of government from the All Progressives Congress, APC. “Atiku will fail woefully if…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign for Atiku Abubakar was going on as planned. The Sokoto helmsman is the Director General of the Presidential Campaign Organisation (PCO). In a statement by spokesman Mohammed Bello, Tambuwal dismissed the speculations in social media and elsewhere. The governor said the campaign train “is continuing, by the grace of God on Monday in Kaduna.” He called the suspension “fake news”, adding that people were looking forward to the PDP train in their states. Tambuwal, who declared that the PDP is the party to beat in 2023, said other parties…
The National President, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Alhaji Yerima Shettima, has called on Nigerians not to vote on sentiments of religion, tribe or section in the 2023 election, saying that may spell doom for the future of the country. He advised that Nigerians should cast their votes devoid of any sentiment, saying candidates should be supported based on merit. Speaking to the media in Kaduna on Thursday, Alhaji Yerima Shettima said, “The constitution of the country has provided Nigerians with another opportunity to elect leaders of their choice to pilot the affairs of the country in the next four…
With less than five months to the 2023 presidential election, former President Goodluck Jonathan has endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa. Jonathan described Governor Okowa of Delta State as the “incoming Vice President” of Nigeria. He spoke yesterday while hosting the Delta State governor. Pulling Okowa from his seat, Jonathan, who was seen holding a plate of kola nuts and praying for his guests, asked God to grant his visitor “acceptability.” “We pray that this kola nut being presented to all of us will give us more energy, more acceptability…
France will deploy armoured personnel carriers and tanks in central Romania by the end of October to strengthen the NATO battle group stationed there, the Defence Ministry in Bucharest said in a statement. A company of armoured personnel carriers and a company of Leclerc tanks of the French Army will be dispatched to the town of Cincu in central Romania both by rail and on wheels, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying. The Battle Group Forward Presence (BGFP) was established in Romania in May by transforming the allied multinational elements within the NATO Response Force deployed in the…
Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, the Labour Party has vowed that its flagbearer, Mr. Peter Obi would succeed President Muhammadu Buhari, stating that Nigerians would jettison the two major political parties. Speaking while unveiling the party’s Presidential Campaign Council list on Wednesday, the Director General of Obi’s Campaign Organization, Dr Doyin Okupe, said the party is set to retire the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, via the forthcoming elections. InfoStride News had earlier reported that about 14 days into the official commencement of the campaign, the Labour Party released the list of its…
Delta Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, insists that the creation of State Police will address the insecurity challenge in Nigeria. Okowa made the remark at the annual conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vice presidential candidate said many Nigerians agree that the establishment would reduce the crime rate. Okowa lamented that the Federal Government had remained indifferent on the issue to the detriment of the people. The governor assured that a PDP-led administration would empower states to run their separate police system. NAN quoted him saying indigenes will ensure…
The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has said he has been “busy” campaigning for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to win the 2023 general election. He said this while answering questions from State House correspondents on Wednesday after the swearing-in of Olukayode Ariwoola as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Makinde was among the missing PDP governors as Atiku Abubakar flagged off his presidential campaign ahead of the 2023 elections in Uyo on Monday. Party members loyal to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, who Makinde identifies with, had vowed not to take part in the PDP’s presidential campaign…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PDP) has denied suspending its rallies. There were reports about the party doing so over the disagreement between the presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike. In his reaction, the Director of Strategic Communications, Dele Momodu called the stories falsehood. The spokesperson confirmed that the party’s campaign, which commenced this week in Akwa Ibom’s capital Uyo, was on course. “Absolute falsehood…unlike the APC which is yet to put its act together, our Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council has taken off at supersonic speed. See you soon in Kaduna by God’s grace,”…
China represents America’s most consequential geopolitical challenge to the United States, said National Security Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan on Wednesday as the Biden administration released a key policy document on national security. “Next, we recognize that in the geopolitical space, the PRC represents America’s most consequential geopolitical challenge. And while that will play out in the Indo-Pacific to a significant extent, there are global dimensions to the challenge as well,” Sullivan said during an on-the-record press call previewing the Biden-Harris administration’s national security strategy. The National Security Strategy states that both China and Russia, who announced a “no-limits partnership”…
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday, declared that it is time for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to take back the state from the ruling All Progressives Congress, for the people of the state. Speaking at Kwara Talk Show titled ‘ Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’ of our dream, organised by Jamaa Group for Yaman/Makanjuola candidacy for the 2023 gubernatorial election in Ilorin, the state capital, the former governor of the state, challenged Governor Abdulrahaman Abdulrazaq to engage in a public debate with the governorship candidate of the PDP if he is courageous enough to account for his stewardship since…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, adjourned to October 26, 2022 for parties to adopt their processes in the suit filed by former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Mike Kaase Aondoakaa, SAN. The suit is seeking the nullification of the gubernatorial primary election of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue State. The Court also granted the former AGF’s motion for extension of time to file his counter affidavit and a written address to the APC’s motion on notice filed on July 8th, 2022 and his written address to the preliminary objections…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is dazed by the achievement and popularity of its candidate, Atiku Abubakar. PDP insisted that the APC Presidential candidate is not eligible to contest the election. Tinubu had during the inauguration of the APC women’s campaign council in the Presidential Villa, Monday described the PDP as a termite party. The opposition party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon Debo Ologunagba, Wednesday said only APC can be described as a termite party. The publicity scribe said “the doomed APC that is…
Ifeanyi Okowa, for alleged betrayal of his colleagues in the South-South region of the country. He said that the South-South governors had agreed to jointly push for a South-Southerner to emerge as president next year yet the two governors reneged. In a statement today, Obono-Obla, a former special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, said South-South governors had earlier vowed not to support a northern candidate after the incumbent has finished his 8-year tenure. “The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel is a betrayer of his colleagues in the Forum of Governors of Southern Nigeria. Similarly, Governor of Delta State…
In his address to the Russian Energy Week International Forum, President Vladimir Putin said Russia is ready to resume gas supplies via one link of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that remains operational, local media reported. The Russian leader said gas could still be supplied by one remaining intact part of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The ball was in the EU’s court on whether it wanted gas supplied via the pipeline, he said. Putin said, “Russia is ready to start such supplies. The ball is in the court of the EU. If they want, they can just open the…
The All Progressive Congress, APC, has told a Federal High Court in Abuja that it did not conduct the primary election that purportedly produced, a former Minister of Solid Mineral, Dr Uche Sampson Ogah as its governorship candidate in Abia State in the 2023 general elections. On the contrary, the party claimed that its National Working Committee (NWC) conducted a primary election monitored by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which produced one High Chief Ikechi Emenike as its official governorship flag bearer. The party through its lead counsel, Professor Sam Eruogo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria asked…
Ahead of the 2023 presidential elections, the Labour Party has released the list of its Presidential Campaign Council list consisting of 1,234 members. The list was disclosed on Wednesday during a press conference in Abuja InfoStride News reports that the list was released 14 days after the official commencement of campaigns for the forthcoming 2023 general election. Earlier, Dr. Doyin Okupe who was announced as the Director General of the Campaign Council declared that the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi has the capacity the defeat other candidates in the coming election. Details shortly…..
The women’s wing of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has reacted to the different court cases rocking the party ahead of the 2023 general elections. The women, under the aegis of Lado Ladies of Integrity, said everyone who has taken the party to court to challenge the candidacy of Ladi Adebutu and others are mere detractors who do not want the success of the party. They alleged that different plaintiffs were being used by some politicians to prevent the PDP from participating in next year’s elections in Ogun. InfoStride News Recalls that the likes of Segun Showunmi…
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, will head to the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja today over the group’s proscription. Kanu will seek to be joined as party in the appeal against IPOB’s proscription. InfoStride News gathered that Kanu will make the appeal through his legal team led by Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor. In a chat with our correspondent, Ejimakor said: “Today, I will lead a team of lawyers to the Court of Appeal, Abuja to make a case for #MNK to be joined as a named party in the appeal against the proscription of…