As campaigns to usher in a new political dispensation for 2023 begin, President Muhammadu Buhari has said he welcomes the initiative undertaken by the National Peace Committee to commit all political actors to issue-based campaigns devoid of incitement, personal insults and attacks. He spoke in a video message at the signing of the 2023 election Peace Accord by the presidential candidates, organised by the National Peace Committee, on Thursday in Abuja. Buhari warned that the rise of fake news and misinformation has continued to pose a significant threat to democracy in Nigeria. He said fake news and misinformation have shifted…
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A media consultant for the Atiku, Okowa presidential campaign council, Don Pedro Obaseki, has revealed his principal’s model for restructuring if elected president of the country comes 2023. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday reiterated his promise to restructure Nigeria and devolve power for the benefit of federating units. “There is over-concentration in the Federal Government with multiple duplications of agencies leading to the creation of parallel bureaucracies,” Atiku said in a broadcast late Wednesday. “The federating units shall benefit from the devolution of powers to increase their productive capacity for synergy and…
Sri Lankan lawmakers will debate next week on the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution aimed at empowering Parliament over the executive president. Party leaders agreed to take up the debate on the 22nd Amendment in Parliament on October 6 and 7, Communications Department of Parliament said on Thursday. The decision was taken at the Business Committee meeting held at Parliament Complex on Thursday morning chaired by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena. If enacted, the amendment would come to be known as the 21st Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka which was first adopted in 1978. Earlier this month, the Supreme…
Russian President Vladimir Putin will on Friday begin formally annexing 15% of Ukrainian territory, presiding at a ceremony in the Kremlin to declare four Ukrainian regions part of Russia. Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the ceremony would take place at 3 p.m. (1200 GMT) on Friday in the St George’s (Georgievsky) Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace to sign “agreements on the accession of new territories into the Russian Federation”. Agreements will be signed “with all four territories that held referendums and made corresponding requests to the Russian side”, Peskov said. Ukraine and the West have rejected the hastily…
Former Vice President, Namadi Sambo has restated his support for the presidential ambition of his predecessor, Atiku Abubakar. Sambo said the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is the most prepared presidential candidate. The former VP spoke on Wednesday in Abuja at the inauguration of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). Sambo noted that Atiku has the capacity to address Nigeria’s challenges and was ready to discuss them with stakeholders. “Atiku Abubakar is a political driver who not only has the experience to drive a car, but also knows the rules on how to rescue Nigeria. “Cooperate fully with…
All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu will most likely miss the signing of the peace pact ahead of the 2023 elections in Nigeria. The National Peace Committee (NPC) is chaired by retired General Abdulsalami Abubakar, a former Head of State. The team members include respected cleric Bishop Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese. Tinubu, currently in the United Kingdom, will be represented by the APC vice presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima. The Senator and former Borno governor likewise stood in for Tinubu at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Conference in Lagos. The APC recently announced the Presidential…
The immediate past minister of Transport and former Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi may not accept his appointment as the Special Adviser on Infrastructure of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, inside sources have hinted. InfoStride News recalls that Amaechi was recently listed as a member of the constituted Presidential Campaign Council( PCC) to pilot the Tinubu/Shettima ticket for the forthcoming election. Amaechi battled Tinubu for the party’s sole ticket in Abuja back in June, 2022, but the former Lagos Governor and co-founder of the party emerged winner. At the end of the heavily contested ticket, the former minister of…
Ahead of the 2023 elections, the Middle Belt Forum on Wednesday, adopted the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi as their candidate. The forum equally said it was throwing its weight behind Obi’s candidature because of its belief in “fairness, equity and justice”. This was disclosed by chairman of the Forum and Convener of Middle Belt for OBIDATTI 2023, Dr. Pogu Bitrus, while unveiling Peter Obi and Yusuf Datti as their candidate for the 2023 presidential election at the Rwang Pam Township Stadium, Jos, Plateau State Capital. Bitrus said, “We are here to tell Nigerians that the…
A Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu has ordered the All Progressives Congress (APC) to submit the name of Bashir Shariff Machina as the authentic candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District after affirming the 28th May 2022 primary election conducted by the party. Justice Fadimatu Murtala, in a judgement delivered today in Damaturu, also nullified the parallel primary election of 9th June 2022 that produced President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan. Counsel to the second dependant Kolawale Balogun told newsmen that his client would be appropriately advised on the next move. Details later…
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Ifeanyi Okowa says only the platform can beat the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Southwest. The Delta helmsman made the declaration at the PDP Southeast zonal stakeholders’ meeting in Enugu on Tuesday. Okowa boasted that the PDP has the strength and capacity to win the 2023 general elections in all the six geo-political zones. The governor said the party was getting stronger in the Northwest and Northeast. “In the North-Central and the South-South, we have become strong; and PDP is in charge in the Southeast. “We saw what happened…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Gaji ward of Kaduna North Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Alhaji Abdullahi Aliyu Babawo and hundreds of his teaming supporters, on Tuesday defected to the Labour Party (LP). Speaking to newsmen, the party chieftain said they left the main opposition party following irregularities from the congress of the party to the governorship primary election in the State. According to him, “As someone who has served the PDP from the ward to the local government as the chairman of the party, as well as the ALGON chairman of chairmen of PDP…
A governorship hopeful in Ogun State, Segun Showunmi, has reacted to Tuesday’s Abeokuta Federal High Court judgment nullifying all the primaries conducted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. In a statement on Wednesday, Segun Showunmi said, “the judgement has nothing to do with the lawsuit I instituted against the party in the state seeking the dissolution of the leadership of the party, while also asking the court to bar them from conducting the 2023 primaries over allegation of bias.” According to a statement made available to the media in Abeokuta, Showunmi urged his supporters not to worry…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Giorgia Meloni for her leading her party to victory in the Italian polls and said he looked forward to working together to strengthen the ties between the two countries. Meloni, who heads Brothers of Italy, has led a coalition of right-wing parties to victory and is set to be the first woman prime minister of the country. Congratulating her, Modi tweeted, “We look forward to working together to strengthen our ties.
Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was appointed prime minister on Tuesday by royal decree. The crown prince, who is heir to the throne held by King Salman, already wields wide powers and is seen as the kingdom’s day-to-day leader. The royal decree appointing him as prime minister was carried by the Saudi Press Agency. It said King Salman will continue to chair the Cabinet meetings that he attends. The 37-year-old crown prince, widely known by the acronym MBS, has taken the lead on Vision 2030, the kingdom’s wide-ranging plan to transform its economy and end its dependency…
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF), Dr Babachir Lawal has distanced himself from joining the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to settle scores with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the controversial Muslim-Muslim Presidency in 2023. He said he would rather quit active politics on May 29, 2023, when President Muhammadu Buhari would have completed his second term in office. Babachir Lawal in a statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday said he would go back to his farm and remain an elder statesman next year. In the statement, the former…
A support group of All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Director of Public Affairs and Chief Spokesman of Tinubu/Shetima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, of belittling efforts made by prominent Adamawa people and the state as a whole towards past successes of the party. The group, Coalition of APC Support Groups, said in a statement Tuesday that this is not the season for Keyamo to downgrade the efforts of anyone or group but to appreciate all concerned and ginger them towards even greater efforts. Adamawa State Coordinator of the Coalition, Khaleel Sajoh, said in a statement that it was…
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has decried the Monday sit-at-home being observed across the five South-East States. InfoStride News earlier reported that the former Vice President spoke in Enugu on Tuesday during his meeting with PDP stakeholders in the South-East. Abia Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu was absent at the meeting. However, the host Governor, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, alongside other political leaders from the zone, was present. Addressing the gathering, the PDP candidate said he was committed to the overall development of the entire zones. While lamenting the economic implication of…
Olu Falae, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and a chieftain of the pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group Afenifere, has denied that he will back Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, in the 2023 elections. Falae claimed that he is not currently endorsing any candidates and that he plans to wait until he has read the party manifestos before taking a decision. The former SGF argued that he was never informed of the Afenifere’s stance on Obi and his Labour Party ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Afenifere would be organizing support for the Labour Party…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that the participation of citizens in democracy would continue to be encouraged through freedom of speech and robust political discourse. Receiving Letters of Credence from Ambassadors and High Commissioners of six countries at the State House in Abuja on Tuesday, Buhari told the diplomats that Nigeria’s strength remains in its diversity, and the constant differences in positions further signpost a strong democratic culture. The Ambassadors and High Commissioners of Democratic Republic of Congo, Mrs Gerengbo Yakivu Pascaline, Republic of India, Mr Gangadharan Balasubramanian, Germany, Mrs Annett Gunther, The Kingdom of Netherlands, Mr Willem Wouter Plomp,…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, Tuesday dismissed as untrue the reports making the rounds that he has abandoned the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike amid the struggle to retool the National Executive structure of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. InfoStride News recalls Wike’s strategic team demanded the removal of the PDP National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu as a pre-condition for unity and a sense of belonging to jointly prosecute the party’s presidential electioneering campaigns for the 2023 general elections. Ortom added that he never abandoned Wike and still standing with him to reposition the PDP and seeking remedies over…