The lawmaker representing Remo North, Solomon Osho, who was recently suspended by the Ogun State House of Assembly has apologized. Osho was suspended on September 13 alongside the former Deputy Speaker, Dare Kadiri for the alleged breach of the provision of the Legislative Houses (Power and Privileges) Act, 2017. While Kadiri said the Speaker had solely taken the decision to suspend him for no justifiable reason, Osho had written a letter to the House, seeking forgiveness. Osho’s letter was read on Tuesday as he formally apologised for whatever could have led to his suspension. In the apology letter dated September…
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday said a politician of Igbo extraction would become president after he must have completed his tenure if elected in 2023. The former vice president who spoke while addressing Southeast PDP stakeholders in Enugu State said he has high regard for the Southeastern people. He claimed that his love for the region triggered his decision to always pick an Igbo as his running mate. He said, “I’ve had a close relationship with the Igbos and this influenced my choices of Senator Ben Obi and Mr. Peter Obi as…
The importance of managing a “responsible relationship” with India and addressing the debt issue with China so that Pakistan can recover more quickly from the impact of the devastating floods were the key focus of the talks between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. During the meeting at the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department on Monday, Blinken also said US and Pakistan will continue to work closely on counterterrorism issues. In our discussion today, we talked about the importance of managing a responsible relationship with India, and I also urged our…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida on Tuesday and conveyed his deepest condolences on the demise of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Prime Minister Modi, who landed in Japan on Tuesday morning to attend Abe’s state funeral, noted the contributions of the late Japanese PM in strengthening the India-Japan partnership and conceptualizing the vision of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region. “The two leaders had a productive exchange of views on further deepening bilateral relations. They also discussed a number of regional and global issues,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)…
Over 130 members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party in Abejukolo Ward 11, in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State. The defection ceremony took place at Echa/Ogoh Nursery and Primary School, Abejukolo on Sunday. Led by Hon. Johnson Ataboh Ebeto, a former councilor on the platform of the PDP but joined APC during 2015 election, said the ceremony was a homecoming for him and his supporters to ensure that PDP wins the forthcoming general elections. Hon Ebeto in his speech, described his experience in the party (APC) as harrowing. He said,…
The Senate on Monday called on Nigerians to vote for only candidates that have a clear agenda to liberate the local government system in the 2023 general election. Senator Olalekan Mustapha, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on States and Local Government Administration, stated this at the second edition of the Local Government Economic Summit in Abuja. Mustapha, who disclosed that the local government system in the country was in a mess and subservient situation, urged the electorate to vote for only candidates that would ensure local government autonomy. He said, “As the general election draws closer, Nigerians should vote…
The Labour Party has made clarifications on issues surrounding the party’s candidates for Abeokuta South and Yewa South/Ipokia Federal Constituencies in Ogun State. After the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released the list of National Assembly candidates last week, many members of the party in Ogun State were shocked that the names of some of their preferred candidates were nowhere to be found. But while addressing members of the party at a meeting in Abeokuta, the National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Abayomi Arabambi, had said INEC failed to update the list of Labour Party candidates in the two constituencies.…
Stakeholders have commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State for making the state a reference point in public service reforms in the country. The commendation came on the heels of the recent visit to Enugu State by a delegation of Bayelsa State Government led by the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Biriyai Dambo, who was accompanied by the Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade John B. Ndiomu and many others, to study the strategic reforms and other giant strides Gov. Ugwuanyi’s administration has made in the public service. The team from Bayelsa State government, according to the Enugu State Head…
Japan has imposed tight security measures in the capital city Tokyo as it prepares to host foreign dignitaries for the state funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which will be attended by several foreign dignitaries including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The state-funded event on Tuesday has encountered growing criticism as it is expected to cost more than USD 11 million, with a large portion attributed to security costs, Japan’s Kyodo news reported. Top-level security measures will be deployed, equivalent to those adopted during the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the police presence exceeding 18,000 personnel. According to Kyodo,…
The spokesperson for the Tinubu-Shettima presidential campaign council, Festus Keyamo, has reacted to reports that President Muhammadu Buhari called for his removal. Reports had emerged on Monday that President Buhari and members of the Aso Rock cabal allegedly called for the removal of Festus Keyamo as the spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress APC Campaign Council for always de-marketing the regime. It was reported that Keyamo was allegedly described as a ‘loose cannon who is daily demarketing his regime as a failed regime. Reacting, Keyamo on his Twitter page said the news was fake. ”Very funny fake news. When people…
Ahead of the commencement of the 2023 election campaign on Wednesday, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has appointed the immediate past President of the Senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki as the Special Envoy and a former Senate President, Pius Anyim, as Special Adviser. Atiku in a statement by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, Monday, explained that the key appointments of Special Advisers are aimed at strengthening his presidential campaign team. The statement read in part “also appointed as Special Advisers to the candidate are former governor of Kano State,…
The Federal High Court, Osogbo, has adjourned the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party PDP) to stop the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) from conducting local government elections slated for October 15. The suit was adjoined till September 29 as another political party, the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) joined in the suit. Meanwhile, OSIEC has filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal, Akure, the Ondo State capital. According to Barr. J.A Ayanyemi, counsel to OSIEC, the court in its wisdom has adjourned the matter till Thursday, September 29, noting that “OSIEC has filed an appeal at the…
Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Araraume on Monday said that he was still a full-fledged member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and that his structures were still intact in the party. The two-time Senator stated this in a statement made available to InfoStride News by his legal aide, Barr. Uche Anyanwu. Recall that there was a media report that Araraume had collapsed his political structure for the Labour Party in the 27 local government areas and all political wards of Imo State. Ararume, in a swift reaction, debunked reports that he had collapsed his political structures into the LP, saying he…
Russia has voiced its support for India and Brazil as worthy candidates for permanent membership in the UN Security Council, calling them key international actors. During the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday expressed his support for India, becoming a permanent member of the Security Council. In his address to the General Assembly just an hour before External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s speech, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the UN and Security Council have to be aligned to contemporary realities. He said Moscow sees the prospect of making the…
The Labour Party, LP, in Nasarawa State says it would not accept the suspended State Chairman of the Young Progressives Party, Bishop Namo, into its fold following a corruption allegation recently leveled against him. According to reports, the national leadership of the YPP had suspended Namo over alleged corruption in the party’s state chapter. It was learnt that the suspended Chairman received a bribe from one desperate politician to illegally substitute the name of one John Mark, who was the party’s candidate for the Akwanga/Nasarawa Eggon/Wamba Federal Constituency, in the forthcoming general election. Subsequently, Namo, on September 21, declared his…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo re-echoed its stand that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, should be rejected at the polls in 2023. Ohanaeze hinged the decision on the PDP’s jettisoning of zoning arrangement before its presidential primary election. InfoStride News reports that unlike the All Progressives Congress, APC, that zoned the position to the Southern Nigeria, the PDP threw it open. In a statement on Sunday by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, he said the PDP should not be trusted having breached its own constitution. He said, “anyone who breached the gentleman arrangement by…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Imo State, on Sunday, accused each other of alleged plans to rig the 2023 elections in the state. The PDP, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Collins Opurozor, raised the alarm, urging the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to ensure that the vexed issue of voter register fraud is expeditiously resolved and the tainted register thoroughly cleaned up, to restore public confidence in the electoral system. The PDP said, “What is also very important to highlight is that the failed APC regime in Imo State, which has…
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has expressed optimism that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would surmount its current challenges and emerge victorious at all levels in the 2023 general elections.Governor Diri stated this at an interdenominational church service organized by the state government to mark Nigeria’s 62nd independence and the 26th anniversary of the creation of Bayelsa State at the King of Glory Chapel, Government House, Yenagoa.Represented by his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, the Governor described the post-convention crisis rocking the PDP as the “shaking of the water in the river that will not stop the boat from getting…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State on Sunday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to ensure that the vexed issue of voter register fraud is expeditiously resolved, and the tainted register thoroughly cleaned up, to restore public confidence in the electoral system. The opposition party also encouraged the candidates to keep working in sync with the electoral template of the party, which he described as the surest path to seamless victory. Collins Opurozor, Publicity Secretary Imo State PDP, made the plea in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Sunday in Owerri. The PDP said,” What…
A member of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Tomide Akinribido has charged Christians to protect Vice President Osinbajo for “refusing” to be part of Bola Tinubu’s campaign council. The name of the VP was missing from the list of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The PCC said President Muhammadu Buhari directed that Osinbajo and Federal Government’s Secretary, Boss Mustapha, be left out. The spokesman, Festus Keyamo explained that this was to ensure they were not distracted from governance. In his posts on Twitter, Akinribido suggested that the ruling APC was engaging in a…