A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) group operating under the aegis of North East Solidarity Network on Monday warned the presidential flagbearer in the 2023 general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to be wary of traitors In a statement on Monday which was issued by the group’s President Abubakar Abubakar and made available to the media in Abuja, he pointed out that certain elements who disguise as supporters of the party may not be genuine, hence, Atiku should tread with caution to avoid last minute calamity. The group advised the standard flagbearer to properly check those who contested the presidential election with…
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The embattled chairman of Langtang North LGA of Plateau State and a chieftain of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Joshua Ubandoma Laven, has described as very unfortunate a statement credited to Governor Simon Lalong. InfoStride News recalls that Governor Lalong, who is vying for the senatorial seat for Plateau South and also the Director General of Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Organisation, had at the weekend in Southern Plateau (Shendam) said that whoever did not want to remain in APC should leave the party. He also declared that APC will win the three senatorial seats, eight House of Representatives seats…
Since the beginning of this month, Ukrainian forces have liberated over 6,000 sq.km of the war-torn nation’s territory from Russian forces, says President Volodymyr Zelensky. In his nightly video address, the President said on Monday: “Since the beginning of September, our warriors have liberated more than 6,000 sq.km of Ukrainian territory in the east and south. Our troops are continuing to advance.” He went on to thank the 57th Separate Motorised Infantry Brigade, which has recovered from heavy fighting in the east and is advancing with great courage and confidence on the southern front; the 59th Separate Motorised Infantry Brigade,…
The Biden administration plans next month to broaden curbs on U.S shipments to China of semiconductors used for artificial intelligence and chipmaking tools, several people familiar with the matter said. The Commerce Department intends to publish new regulations based on restrictions communicated in letters earlier this year to three U.S. companies — KLA Corp, Lam Research Corp and Applied Materials Inc, the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. The plan for new rules has not been previously reported. The letters, which the companies publicly acknowledged, forbade them from exporting chipmaking equipment to Chinese factories that produce advanced semiconductors…
Elders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State said they have resolved to distance themselves from the Office of Secretary to the State Government, Ibrahim Mohammed Kashim to save their prestige and dignity in the scheme of things. The Bauchi PDP elders claim their continued desire to favour the office of the SSG would erode their self-esteem in the eyes of the public, hence their collective decision to call a spade a spade. Former Speaker in the State House of Assembly and politician, Bappa Haruna Disina told the media reporter in Bauchi at the weekend that most of…
President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, who has been elected President of the Forum of Regions of Africa (FORAF), in his capacity as Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF). The election was held after a conference in Casablanca region, Morocco, at the weekend. A statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity confirmed the latest position to State House Correspondents on Monday. While receiving a delegation made up of Fayemi, Gov Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State and Gov Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State at State House,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has described the allegation by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the commission was planning to change the locations of polling units as baseless. INEC made this disclosure on Monday. InfoStride News recalls that the APC had on Sunday said that the ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and INEC had concluded plans to change locations of polling units ahead of the 2023 elections so as to win the elections. APC through its Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare alleged that the INEC intended to rig the election in favour of the PDP. APC in a…
The Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are currently at loggerheads over alleged plans to change locations of polling units. InfoStride News recalls that the PDP in 2019 defeated APC during the gubernatorial election. The then PDP candidate, Engineer Seyi Makinde, defeated Bayo Adelabu, the then APC gubernatorial candidate. The APC alleged that the PDP and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are planning to change locations of polling units ahead of the 2023 elections, so as to win the elections. But, PDP in its reaction insisted that the allegation…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar is considering options to placate Governor Nyesom Wike. The Rivers helmsman has been on the offensive since the party’s primaries in May where he emerged the runner-up. Wike has been demanding that the National Chairman Iyorchia Ayu should step down if the Atiku camp is really interested in resolving the crisis. The governor revealed that hours after the Abuja primary, Atiku told him that Ayu will go because it is unfair that the flagbearer and chairman are from the same region. But the former Senate President and ex-Minister remains in the…
Two Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ward chairmen in Kogi Local Government Area, Unit leaders and a former Special Adviser, weekend, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The two Chairmen who defected are Muhammed Ozahi and Abdulkarim Shaibu Saikayi. They duo were the former Ward Chairmen of Girinya and KKSE, respectively. They defected alongside thousands of their members. Equally, Hon Ibrahim Usman Egye, also a former strong pillar of the opposition party joined the APC with his supporters from different ethnic groups. Others who equally defected were the Next level Vanguard group Chairman, Comrade Abdullahi Omare Muhammed who led…
Ahead of next year’s election, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President Abubakar Atiku said the 2023 election is a choice between the certainty of a better Nigeria and a promise of failures by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Atiku, in a statement on Sunday, acknowledged that the 2023 election wouldn’t be easy as the countdown to the general campaign for the 2023 election is drawing closer. He charged his supporters to use the remaining days to organize their base and establish strength in all the 176,846 polling units across the country. The statement read…
Innocent Nwata, the youth leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra, has petitioned the national chairman of the party, Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu, over his alleged unlawful removal. Nwanta, who addressed journalists on Sunday, accused Basil Ejidike, chairman of the party in the state, of victimisation. He claimed he had been unlawfully removed by the chairman, even though both of them were elected during the same congress. He alleged that his removal may not be unconnected to the recent defection of Senator Stella Oduah back to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), while he stayed back. His petition read: “It…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “doing a terrific job”, former US president Donald Trump has said as he asserted that India “has never had a better friend than me”. Donald Trump made the comments in an interview with NDTV during which he spoke on a wide range of issues such as his relationship with India and Modi, the recent FBI raids at his Mar-a Lago property, the Presidential elections and the Capitol Riots. “I’ve had a great relationship with India and Prime Minister Modi. We’ve been friends. And I think he’s a great guy and doing a terrific job. It’s…
Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon surrendered on Thursday to face state money laundering and conspiracy charges in New York alleging he duped donors who gave money to build a wall on the US-Mexico border. Steve Bannon is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday afternoon. Prosecutors say that while Bannon promised donors all the money they gave would go to building the wall, he was involved in funnelling hundreds of thousands of dollars to two other people involved in the scheme. The indictment didn’t identify those people by name, but the details match those of Brian Kolfage and…
A stalwart of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Cletus Obun, has expressed fears that what happened to the party during the 2019 governorship election in the state seems to be re-enacting going by internal bickerings and court cases. In 2019, factions emerged, and two governorship candidates laid claims to the APC ticket: former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs Usani Usani and former Senator who represented Cross River Central, John Owan-Enoh. Obun, a former member of the state House of Assembly and ex-vice chairman in the Central Senatorial District of the defunct Action Congress in the state, lamented that…
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, has debunked speculations that he would be stepping down for the candidate of another party before the 2023 elections. InfoStride News reports that there has been speculation that the former Kano State Governor would step down for either the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, or the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu. But speaking through his campaign spokesperson, Mr. Ladipo Johnson, the NNPP candidate said he is contesting to win. In a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos…
The statement in the media, credited to the Communications Team of the disputed governorship candidate and suspended priest, Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State is puerile, unfounded and beer parlour conjectures. The author showed how desperate the APC is willing to market all sorts of barefaced lies to gain unhindered access to the state treasury. First, it is baffling that the campaign team of the suspended priest chose to deploy blackmail and falsehood as an art and weapon to ride to power in 2023. We find this absurd and should be completely out of tune…
The Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Katsina State on Saturday visited the erstwhile Secretary to the State Government, Dr Mustapha Inuwa to canvass for his support ahead of the 2023 general elections. The PDP governorship candidate, Yakubu Lado, along with the state party chairman, Yusuf Majigiri, led other party faithful to the Mustapha Inuwa campaign office in Katsina metropolis where they appealed to him to bury the hatchet and join the party to rescue Nigeria from its present quagmire. Inuwa who lost the APC gubernatorial ticket to former SMEDAN Boss, Dr Dikko Umar Radda is said to be unhappy with…
Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation spokesman, Charles Aniagwu, has said sacking the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyiorcha Ayu, would plunge the main opposition party into deeper crises ahead of the 2023 general elections. Aniagwu disclosed this on Saturday in a Television programme in Asaba while providing reasons why the PDP was exploring other options for resolving its current crisis. According to Aniagwu, the PDP was taking another look at the issues based on what was permissible by the laws of the party. He said the suggestion that Iyorchia Ayu must step down has been overtaken…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has demanded for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial candidate for Imo East, Mr. Alex Mbata. The party said this is to ascertain his role in the alleged non-execution of the projects funded under his watch as Pro-Chancellor of the Imo State University, Owerri. PDP, while alleging that APC candidate was indicted by White Paper on Imo State University, IMSU, said it’s alarmed at the desperate attempts by the APC Senatorial Candidate for Imo East, Mr. Alex Mbata, to distort records and bend history in order…