The U.S. is poised to ban the lucrative trade in shark fins, a move conservationists hope will help protect millions of sharks that are butchered every year to satisfy demand in China and other parts of Asia. The practice of shark finning, whereby sharks are caught for their fins and their carcasses then dumped back into the ocean, has been banned in U.S. waters for decades. But the U.S. remains a major hub for the brisk trade, where as many as 73 million fins are sliced off of sharks around th world each year. The House and Senate passed identical…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State on Friday inaugurated its 110-member East Senatorial Campaign Committee to mobilise votes for the party, ahead of the 2023 general elections. Inaugurating the committee, Sen. Ganiyu Solomon, the Director General, APC Presidential Campaign Committee (PCC) for Lagos State, said the committee had the mandate to woo voters for the party’s Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Sen. Kashim Shettima and others. Solomon, who appreciated party’s leaders for their commitment and perseverance, said Mrs Olayinka Oladunjoye (ex-state commissioner) would serve as the Deputy Director General (DDG) and leader of the…
A former Secretary to the Oyo State Government, Barrister Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli has warned residents of Ibarapa geo-political zone against electing people whom he described as strangers, but claiming to be Ibadan indigenes. Alli, who is the Oyo South Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 election, made this disclosure while addressing hundreds of residents of the zone during a zonal rally of the APC. Some of the APC stalwarts at the event included the gubernatorial candidate of the party, Senator Teslim Folarin, Chief Akinade Fijabi and Barrister Lowo Obisesan. DAILY POST reports that Oyo South…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar Campaign organization has told the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu to apologize to Nigerians instead of campaigning. Atiku’s Campaign organization lambasted Tinubu and the ruling APC for comparing the years of the PDP to the alleged famished years of the APC. The spokesperson of Atiku’s campaign organization, Kola Ologbondiyan in a statement on Saturday, also described the APC Presidential Campaign as “plagued by a Lying Spirit”. Atiku campaign organization insisted that life was exceptionally better under the…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode has said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar is not the stepping stone to Igbo presidency. Fani-Kayode said Atiku who has been vying for the presidency in the past 30 years but failed, can’t be the stepping stone to Igbo presidency. Atiku had promised to bequeath the presidency to Igbos if they elect him in 2023. He made the pledge during his campaign rally in Anambra State. Reacting, Fani-Kayode nobody can stop Igbos from producing the presidency when the time comes. A Facebook post said Fani-Kayode described…
The House panel investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is considering recommending the Justice Department pursue three criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, including insurrection. The panel is also considering recommending prosecutors pursue charges for obstructing an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The committee’s deliberations were continuing late Friday, and no decisions were formalized on which specific charges the committee would refer to the Justice Department. The panel is to meet publicly on Monday, where the recommendation would be made public. The…
The Jigawa State Governor, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar said the opposition parties would clearly understand the difference between people’s choice party and despised parties during the 2023 general election. The governor stated this on Friday while addressing a mammoth crowd in Kaugama Local Government Area. He was reacting to the destruction of posters and billboards of the All Progressives Congress, APC, allegedly by opposition parties. He said the ruling APC in the state has provided a free level ground for all the opposition political parties in the state. According to him: “It is quite unfortunate, as the party in power, we…
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso suffered another setback as the deputy governorship candidate of the party in Niger State, Mr John Bahago resigned from the party. InfoStride News recalls that the Kaduna State chairman of the party on Thursday resigned from his appointment because, according to him, the party has derailed. Kure while Speaking at a news conference in Kaduna on Thursday, noted that while he still has high regard for Kwankwaso, he wasn’t interested in being a member of the party any longer because the party “is not fully on…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, has disclosed that the president refrained from removing former Governor Ayodele Fayose from office at a time he had the powers and opportunities to remove the Ekiti governor. Adesina made the disclosure in an article he wrote to commemorate Buhari’s 80th birthday anniversary, slated for December 17. In his weekly article titled: ‘Buhari at 80: No Malicious Bone In His Body,’ the presidential spokesman recounted how Fayose had criticized Buhari during the 2014 campaigns. Adesina noted that after the president won the election, he could have retaliated against Fayose by mobilizing the state House…
The Leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has sent warnings to the President of Southern Sudan, Salva Kiir ahead of the 2024 presidential election coming up in the country. In a statement signed by his Media Aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele noted that Kiir is a good candidate to take the country forward but there will be serious gang-ups against his ambition. The man of God who had prophesied the adoption of Kiir as his party’s candidate in the election revealed that there would be many troubles, crises and betrayals against his presidential ambition. Primate Ayodele…
Speaking at a conference of Orthodox Jews on Friday, Donald Trump did not address a widely criticized private meal he shared last month with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist and a rapper who has spewed antisemitic conspiracies. The former president told the audience he was the best ally you’ve ever had. Over and over, Trump heaped praise on the Jewish people and highlighted his support for Israel as he addressed the annual President’s Conference of Torah Umesorah at his National Doral club in Miami. He alleged Congress was almost anti-Israel and said without evidence that some Democrats in Washington hate Israel…
Former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Kingsley Moghalu, has said illiteracy and poverty will have an influence on the outcome of the forthcoming general elections in 2023. Moghalu also said the number of people vulnerable to poverty and illiteracy is still more than those who are not. The former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, disclosed this in a post via his verified Twitter handle. He said that young people could determine the direction of the election if they turn out in overwhelming numbers and vote predominantly in any particular direction. He wrote, “Nigerian…
The deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democractic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Hon. Adekunle Akinlade, has revealed that the party returned to the ballot to contest the 2023 general elections in Ogun State as a result of the new electoral law. According to Akinlade, candidates of the PDP in Ogun, who were sacked by an Abeokuta Federal High Court on September 27 would not have been able to contest in the 2023 elections if not for the provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act. Akinlade stated that the new law would make rigging impossible for the All Progressives Congress (APC)…
The Imo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Friday, said it has concluded plans to host its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar who would be in Owerri, Imo State capital for his campaign on Saturday. The opposition Party’s Publicity Secretary, Collins Opurozor who disclosed this to the media in Owerri, Imo State capital, said the Presidential Campaign Rally in the State scheduled for Saturday, would hold as planned at Ndubuisi Kanu Square in Owerri. PDP explained that weeding out APC is a task Imo people are irreversibly committed to. PDP said what is to be further noted is…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has disclosed what Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State told him during his visit. Atiku disclosed that Soludo expressed the belief that he would work if elected Nigeria’s president. He spoke at the PDP campaign at Alex Ekwueme square in the State on Thursday. Atiku also promised to make Onitsha Port functional if elected president. Atiku said: ”On our arrival today, we visited Governor Soludo and he said to me that he believes that I will work when I win. “So, he urged me to reconstruct all the federal roads and…
Israel’s designated prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday vowed to seek full diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia once he takes office, claiming that doing so would also promote peace with the Palestinians. Netanyahu also said he would be open to restarting behind-the-scenes peace talks with the Palestinians. The comments, made in a rare interview with an Arab news outlet, the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya news channel, appeared to be aimed at easing concerns over the far-right makeup of the government that Netanyahu is forming. He has already reached a series of coalition agreements with hard-liners who favour tougher action against Palestinian militants,…
The Coalition of Oodua Self Determination Groups (COSEG) and other Ethnic Nationality Groups on Wednesday, endorsed Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State for a second term in office. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is seeking reelection in the 2023 general elections Speaking at an event to adopt Sanwo-Olu’s re-election, Mr Dayo Ogunlana, on behalf of the coalition, said the reelection of the Lagos state governor was desirable. Ogunlana said the endorsement would set the pace for Oodua people in all strata of the society to know the reasons why Sanwo-Olu…
The campaign council said Tinubu hurriedly left the rally ground to attend to other programmes. Bayo Onanuga, the Director, Media and Publicity, All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC), has shut down rumours that presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was rushed off the stage due to health concerns at his Minna rally. InfoStride News reports that Tinubu’s campaign trail moved to the Niger State capital on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. Meanwhile, the former Lagos State Governor only made a brief appearance on stage without making any long speech. This is unusual for a rally of such magnitude and speculations were…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has urged people of Ilaje constituency 1 to shun party affiliation and vote for competence in the 2023 House of Assembly election. Mr Tola Alabere, PDP State Deputy Chairman said this in a statement on Thursday in Akure. Alabere said that Prince Kayode Ehinlanwo, who was chosen as a consensus candidate by the party in the constituency had the capacity to fight for their interests at the house of assembly, if elected. According to him, this is the right time for the people to vote a legislator whose leadership skill is imaginative,…
The Labour Party has announced the postponement of its presidential campaign rallies scheduled to hold in Ekiti and Ondo states. The party blamed unavoidable and unusual circumstances beyond its control for the postponement. The Labour Party announced this in a terse statement on Wednesday, December 1, 2022. It, however, promised to announce new dates for its rally in the states. twitter.com “Due to some unavoidable and unusual circumstances beyond control, our earlier scheduled presidential campaign rally in Ekiti and Ondo for 15th and 16th December 2023 are hereby postponed. A new date will be announced. We regret the inconvenience caused…