Former Rivers South East Senator, Magnus Abe has formerly announced his membership of the Social Democratic Party. This is coming a few days after the Senator announced his resignation from the ruling All Progressives Congress. Abe is a strong ally of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. It is believed that he joined the SDP to pursue his governorship ambition, having lost out in the APC. Announcing his latest move on Friday, Abe said, “Yes, I am and I have been a member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). “I remain irrevocably committed to the ideals…
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has downplayed the possibility of dumping the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, due to the fallout of the party’s presidential primaries. Wike said he would soon tell Nigerians the truth about the situation of PDP. He spoke to journalists on Friday at the Port Harcourt International Airport in the Rivers State capital, shortly after he returned from a foreign trip. “I have decided to be quiet because PDP is a party I love so much. “I have moved on to conclude my social contract with the people of Rivers. However, it is time to let…
In a bid to succeed Boris Johnson as UK’s next Prime Minister, British Foreign Secretary Liz Trus said that she would prefer not to impose further windfall taxes on oil and gas companies while former Chancellor Sunak backtracked by putting forward the idea of scrapping VAT on energy bills to revive the country’s economy and control the inflation if he is elected as the next PM. Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak spelled out their vision of leadership as they clashed in the first official grilling in the presence of conservative party members in Leeds on Thursday. Both contenders have to…
The terms of reference given to the transition committee set up by the Osun Governor-Elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke have been described as a sign that the incoming administration was not prepared for governance. The Chief Press Secretary to the Osun State Governor, Ismail Omipidan made this known in a radio current affairs programme on Friday. Omipidan also accused the Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of relying on lies and added that the setting up of the transition committee by the governor-elect was a result of hearsay. Recall that Senator Ademola Adeleke, the Osun governor-elect on Thursday,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to replicate the success recorded in the INEC Candidates Nomination Portal (ICNP) in the 2023 general elections. PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, Friday said the technology will ensure transparent, fast, credible polling and transmission of results. The party also commended the INEC for the ICNP technology. According to the PDP, the ICNP technology allows political parties to use specified and dedicated Access Codes issued by the Commission to log in and electronically upload the names and particulars of their candidates onto…
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has received into the fold of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Hon. Dahiru Maishanu Yabo. This was disclosed by Muhammad Bello, Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to Governor Tambuwal in a statement issued on Friday. According to the statement, Yabo, a former Commissioner for Information, as well as Solid Minerals in the State, was received by the Governor, his Deputy, Manir Muhammmad Dan Iya, as well as the State PDP Chairman, Alhaji Bello Muhammad among other government officials at Government House, Sokoto on Thursday. The new…
The Action Alliance (AA) has again dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the All Progressives Congress (APC), the presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his vice, Senator Kashim; before a Federal High Court over alleged double nomination. The party, in its earlier suit pending before the Abuja division of the Federal High Court, is seeking the disqualification of the APC from the 2023 presidential polls over alleged act of perjury on the part of its presidential candidate, Tinubu. However, in a fresh suit instituted on July 28, the plaintiff is again seeking the disqualification of the…
Emphasizing on the ever-increasing restrictions and ongoing violation of human rights by the Taliban leadership, US Senators urged United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to exclude Taliban of any seat at the United Nations. Four American senators Robert Menendez, James E. Risch, Jeanne Shaheen and Joni K. Ernst wrote to the UN Secretary-General, raised concerns over human rights violations in Afghanistan and asked it to take “meaningful actions” in defence of the human rights of Afghans. “We urge you to work to ensure the Taliban does not receive a seat at the United Nations when the UN Credentials Committee meets this…
The leadership of the Taraba State chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has denied rumours making the rounds that the party has arrived at a conclusion to merge with the All Progressives Congress (APC). Debunking the rumours on Thursday during the official unveiling of the party’s governorship running mate, the leadership of the party described the rumours as false, stating that “we have no plans to align with any political parties.” Making this known through its gubernatorial candidate, Danladi Baido, the party said it does not need to merge with any other political party before emerging victorious in the…
The Labour Party (LP) on Thursday appealed to its members to embark on aggressive mobilisation to ensure the party’s victory in the 2023 general elections. The party’s Deputy National Chairman, Alhaji Bashiru Apapa, made the appeal at a sensitisation programme for the party’s members and the support groups for its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital. Apapa identified the growing acceptability of the party and its candidate as its strength ahead of the 2023 elections. He urged members to canvass for more support for the party’s success to make life better for Nigerians. Apapa said that…
A political movement made up of members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State has said it will continue with court cases to challenge the imposition of the party’s gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda and other candidates of the party ahead of the 2023 elections. The Plateau Project 2 group also faulted the process that led to the emergence of delegates that conducted the party’s primary election which brought on board candidates of the party, saying the process was not transparent as there was no election in line with the new electoral guideline. The group in a…
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi has lambasted the Federal Government over sponsoring the training of public office holders while Nigerian varsity students are out of school due to prolonged strikes. InfoStride News recalls that photos of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, emerged online a few days ago as he was undergoing a course at the John F Kennedy School of Government at the Harvard Business School. Gbajabiamila’s course at Havard, allegedly sponsored by the government came to light amid the controversy and rift between the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and the…
A court in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong has handed down a six-year jail term to an outspoken poet who called on ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping to step down, two years after his trial, a media outlet reported. Zhang Guiqi, 49, who is widely known by his penname Lu Yang, was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment by the Liaocheng Intermediate People’s Court, which found him guilty two years ago of ‘incitement to subvert state power’, RFA reported. ‘They informed his family by phone that he has been sentenced,’ Independent Chinese PEN’s freelance coordinator Zhang Yu…
The Labour Party has said the sixteen years of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP and the seven years of the All Progressives Congress rule in Nigeria are a total waste. A Labour Party gubernatorial candidate in Jigawa State, Abdullahi Tsoho Garba stated this while addressing party supporters in a Town Hall meeting held at the NLC Headquarters in Dutse, the state capital of the state. He said the aim of the meeting was to sensitize the general public on the importance of obtaining their voter cards before the 2023 general elections. According to him “All the noise you are making…
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has berated opposition Senators at the upper chamber over moves to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari. Jigawa State APC Chairman, Aminu Ahmed Gumel disclosed this while reacting to threats from PDP lawmakers to impeach the President. Opposition Senators on Wednesday issued six weeks ultimatum to Buhari if he does not address the insecurity situation of the country. Gumel described the move as unhealthy and nefarious to Nigerian democracy. He said, “what is needed now from Senators and all Nigerians are to unite and join hands together to fight and push out those miscreants, terrorists, and their…
The governorship standard-bearer of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Abia State in the 2023 general election, Apostle Ngozika Johnson-Ogbuneke, has challenged all the gubernatorial candidates to declare their assets as a way to sanitize the rot in the system and position Abia to become the state we are desirous of. She threw the challenge during an interactive session with newsmen in Aba, the commercial nerve centre of Abia State, on Wednesday. Johnson-Ogbuneke regretted that the current situation of Abia State does not need the same people who have been in the government system and queried why a man that…
The Kaduna State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted a committee to reconcile aggrieved party members in the State ahead of the 2023 elections. The reconciliation committee was mandated to reach out to members who contested primaries for the 2023 elections but lost. The APC Zonal Publicity Secretary, North West, Malam Musa Mada disclosed this in a statement issued, Wednesday, in Abuja. The statement said: “The Kaduna State APC stakeholders, led by the Governor Malam Nasiru El-Rufa’i, comprising State Working Committee, Local Government Chairmen, elected representatives, Elders, members of the State Executive Council, have ordered for immediate…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned he’s ready to use his nuclear weapons in potential military conflicts with the United States and South Korea, state media said Thursday, as he unleashed fiery rhetoric against rivals he says are pushing the Korean Peninsula to the brink of war. Kim’s speech to war veterans on the 69th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War were apparently meant to boost internal unity in the impoverished country suffering pandemic-related economic difficulties. North Korea will likely intensify its threats against the United States and South Korea as the allies prepare to…
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has appealed to flagbearers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to embrace those who lost out in the primary elections. The governor made the appeal when he hosted a stakeholders’ meeting with the Northwest APC Consultative Committee, on Wednesday in Katsina. He emphasised that unity among party members had always been the gateway to victory at elections. The governor appreciated the leadership of the party in the State for constituting reconciliation committees to heal the wounds of losses at its primary elections. Masari urged chairmen of the 34 local government areas in the State…
Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, on Wednesday apologized to Nigerians over his recent post, insisting that it was not his intention to cause disaffection amid the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other unions. InfoStride News reports that Gbajabiamila recently posted a picture of himself attending a leadership course at Harvard University in the United States of America. The 60-year-old politician came under fire for celebrating his “return to class” amid the ongoing ASUU strike. Several stakeholders and activists described the Speaker’s post as insensitive. Under Gbajabiamila’s tenure as Speaker,…