One of the senatorial aspirants who contested the recently-held primary election of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo Central Senatorial District, Engineer Faozy Oladotun Nurudeen, has dumped the party. Nurudeen, said that he has dumped APC and joined Accord Party. He made these announcement on Friday. InfoStride News recalls that Nurudeen was one of the seven aspirants who indicated interest to represent Oyo Central Senatorial District on the platform of APC. The politician in a statement made available to the media on Friday explained that the APC primary election was not truly representational of the choice of the people. He…
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The devastating earthquake this week is just one of several emergencies facing Afghanistan, and continued dialogue with the Taliban remains the only way to address ongoing challenges in the country, the top UN official said on Thursday. Ramiz Alakbarov, Acting Special Representative at the UN’s Mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, provided an update on the earthquake, citing figures which revealed nearly 800 confirmed deaths and more than 1,400 injured. He said despite difficulties, “we firmly continue to believe that a strategy of continued engagement and dialogue remains to be the only way forward for the sake of the Afghan people, as…
Former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has reacted to Nollywood Actress Tonto Dikeh’s emergence as the Deputy Governorship candidate in Rivers State under the African Democratic Congress (ADC). InfoStride News had earlier reported that the ADC governorship candidate, Tonte Ibraye, confirmed Tonto Dikeh as his running mate in a statement posted on Instagram on Friday. Part of the statement had read: “After series of consultations with leaders of our party the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Rivers State and the national level, I’m glad to announce Amb. Tonto Dikeh ‘Tonto let ’ as my running mate for the 2023 gubernatorial election…
An All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain in Oyo State on Friday alleged that members of the state House of Assembly are only active when they are financially induced. Isaac Ajiboye Omodewu, Chairman of the party and a former Commissioner in the state made the allegations in Ibadan while reacting to the recent approval of a N2 billion loan by the state House of Assembly for Governor Seyi Makinde. InfoStride News recalls that members of the Oyo State House of Assembly on Thursday, during an emergency meeting, approved the sum of N2bn loan for the state government. Omodewu claimed the lawmakers…
Ahead of the 2023 general election, hundreds of members of the All Progressives Congress, Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressive Grand Alliance in Umuahia East Constituency of Abia State, have joined the Labour Party (LP). The party men claimed the economic and infrastructural deficits in Umuahia east state constituency, reportedly occasioned by poor representation of the constituency by those entrusted with people’s mandate at the local government and state levels were responsible for their move. They vowed to deliver for the Labour Party at all levels of political leadership in the state with their permanent voter cards in the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to perish the alleged attempts to embark on secret voters registration with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to inflate the current figure of the current voters register. In a signed statement by Adekunle Akindele in Osogbo on Friday, the caretaker committee chairman, the PDP reminded INEC that the party and all political parties in Osun State were already in possession of current numbers on the voter register in each of the 3,763 polling units in the state. It added that it will be suicidal for…
Ukraine has submitted a new lawsuit against Russia to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over Moscow’s ongoing illegal invasion of Kiev, says Justice Minister Denys Malyuska. In a statement, the Justice Ministry said the lawsuit addresses “Russia’s egregious human rights violations during the initial phase of the war, from the onset of Russia’s invasion in the early hours of February 24, until the effective withdrawal of its ground forces from around Kiev and other cities in northern Ukraine on April 7”, reports Ukrayinska Pravda. By these proceedings, Ukraine seeks, in addition to orders of the Court requiring the…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu are not smart. Okowa said Tinubu’s decision to place his running mate, Kabiru Masari as a placeholder was an indication that the APC is not smart. Featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today, the Governor of Delta State, said making Masari a placeholder showed that APC was not organized and not ready for election. According to Okowa: “You can find that the APC is finding it difficult to get who would be their vice presidential candidate, we are…
The Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has given reasons he accepted to be running mate to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, Okowa said “It would have been a disservice on my part to have turned down the Vice President nomination. “I am a party man.” The governor also insisted that he is an Igbo man, adding “the time will come when an Igbo man will become the President of Nigeria.” Atiku last week, picked the Governor of Delta state, Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate.…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the recent protest letter by Justices of the Supreme Court to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Mohammed, further confirms the alleged plots by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Government to emasculate the judiciary. PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon Debo Ologunagba, Thursday alleged that the APC is making a move to foist a fascist system and subvert the will of Nigerians in the 2023 general elections. It also urged Judges to be firm and not to give in to the APC plots. According to the party, the…
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, Adesola Gold Adedayo has advised the candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the just concluded governorship election, Segun Oni to shelve his decision to challenge the outcome of the election in court. Adedayo, who was a House of Representatives aspirant in Ekiti North Federal constituency 2 in the 2019 elections, said challenging the election that produced Biodun Oyebanji of the APC as governor-elect in court would be anti-people. The APC chieftain spoke in Osun Ekiti, Moba Local government area of Ekiti State, on Thursday, while sharing his views with…
Chinese President Xi Jinping on June 22 hit out at the US and European Union for imposing sanctions against Russia, saying the act of wilfully imposing curbs will harm people around the world. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the “politically motivated” Western sanctions on his country have caused global economic challenges like decrease in business activity and a spike in unemployment. In his address to a business conference of the BRICS hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping, Putin also said that Russia was in the process of rerouting its trade and oil exports towards countries from the grouping which…
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as laughable, the claim of threat to life by Kazeem Oyewale aka Asiri Eniba, the Osogbo branch chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). The Osun PDP, while reacting to the claim, also described Asiri Eniba as a notorious All Progressives Congress (APC) thug who was being hunted by the shadows of his numerous misdeeds and atrocities. Recall that Oyewale had in a press statement claimed that Senator Ademola Adeleke, the Osun PDP gubernatorial candidate in the July 16 election, and the PDP were after…
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) has given reason he paid a visit to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. Peter Obi visited the former presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at his private residence in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. While details of the meeting remains sketchy, the former Anambra State Governor, hours later, took to his official Twitter handle to give a hint on why he met Wike. He disclosed that he met with Wike to discuss vital national issues. His tweet read: “Earlier, I visited Port Harcourt, to confer with H.E. @GovWike on…
The Osun Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has assured the State’s electorate that there will be adequate security for everyone before, during and after the election. The Governor gave the assurance on Wednesday when his re-election campaign train visited Ibokun, Obokun Local Government Area of the State. In his words, “We have been working on adequate security for this election and we will ensure that every life and property are secured before, during and after the election. “Go out en-mass and vote and make sure you watch your votes. I believe with this support, we have emerged victorious.” The governor earlier visited…
Divergent reactions have continued to trail the controversial Muslim-Muslim Presidential and Vice-President candidacy of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2023 general elections in Nigeria. In an interview with the media in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, some viewed the move as a misnomer, while others argued that there was nothing wrong with the ticket, arguing that what matters is performance and good governance. A retired Permanent Secretary in the Kwara State civil service, Prince Ayo Fagbemi said, “time to end this nonsense is now,” adding that Tinubu donated to churches, sponsored pastors and contributed millions of dollars to the…
The United States Mission in Nigeria has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for “the concerted efforts of its staff and security personnel” in the just-concluded Ekiti gubernatorial election. The U.S Mission in Lagos made this known in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. Recall that INEC declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) Candidate, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, winner of the election. According to the mission, INEC’s efforts helped to facilitate a secure election with a credible outcome. “We note the election’s technical improvements including that the newly adopted Bi-modal Verification Accreditation System…
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Adamu has lamented the exit of party men as a result of a primary election that didn’t favour many of them. Adamu was reacting to questions by the Senate Press Corps after he held a closed-door meeting with the Senate caucus on Wednesday. He, however, said, defections rocking the APC were seasonal and normal, stressing that all manner of behaviours are expected at this time. The APC boss said, he was undeterred about the ugly development but cared much about the APC under his leadership. He said: “The wave…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has hinted on an ongoing consultation with President Muhammadu Buhari, party governors, the party’s leadership and his running mate, Kabiru Masari. Tinubu hinted that Masari may step down following the ongoing consultations. He said Masari may step down in the interest of the party winning the 2023 presidential election. Speaking through his Media Aide, Tunde Rahman, the APC presidential candidate said if he decides, Masari would step down in accordance with the law. “There are ongoing consultations involving President Buhari, the party’s governors and the APC leadership with Asíwájú Tinubu and…
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has raised that alarm over planned exodus of some Senators from the All Progressives Congress, APC. Fani-Kayode disclosed that 22 senators are threatening to dump APC for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In a tweet, the former minister claimed that the senators are threatening to dump APC because they lost during the party’s primary election. He urged the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu to immediately reach out to them and resolve the issue. According to Fani-Kayode, the ruling party can’t afford to lose the 22 senators ahead of the 2023 general elections. He wrote: “22…