Barely 24 hours after the Brass Local Government Chairman, Hon Victor Isaiah, dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), another chieftain of the party in the state, Barr. Alex Dumbo, has also dumped the ruling party. InfoStride News gathered that the former Deputy Chief of Staff, Deputy Governor’s Office, Barr. Alex Dumbo, who just left the party had earlier resigned his appointment to contest the Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency PDP primaries. Some of his supporters who brief our correspondent, insisted that a last minute directive to all delegates to deliver Dr. Fred Agbedi, who is an incumbent in the election didn’t go…
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The Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has described the choice of Senator Kashim Shettima as the running mate of the Presidential Candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as a wise decision. Gbajabiamila expressed delight that Tinubu settled for one of the best hands for the job of Nigeria’s Vice-President. According to him, Shettima has over the years proved his mettle as a shrewd and progressive politician whose eight years as governor of Borno State – from 2011 to 2019 – was a defining moment for the state. “Asiwaju is widely known as the biggest talent…
The House committee investigating the Jan 6 riot is returning to prime time with a Thursday evening hearing that will examine the three-hour plus stretch when Donald Trump failed to act as a mob of supporters stormed the Capitol. The committee is racing to gather newly emerging evidence and the session could be the final one in a series of public hearings that began in early June. A lawyer for former Trump strategist Steve Bannon, who faces criminal charges after months of defying a congressional subpoena, told the committee over the weekend that Bannon may now be willing to testify,…
Borno Central Senator, Kashim Shettima has reacted to his emergence as the Vice Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Recall that Bola Tinubu, APC presidential candidate had announced Shettima as his running mate. Writing on his Facebook page on Monday, Shettima who met Tinubu in Abuja, thanked him for picking him as his running mate. He said he was visiting children orphaned by Boko Haram in Borno when news of his selection broke. “Thank you for the trust Sir Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Prior to the official announcement of my nomination as the running mate to Asiwaju…
Senate President, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan on Monday hailed the choice of Kashim Shettima as running mate to Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election. Lawan said Shettima, who was Governor of Borno State for eight years, has a combination of private and public sector experience that would help him. In a statement he issued on behalf of himself and the All Progressives Congress (APC), North East caucus, he said Shettima was well prepared for the job. The statement read: “On behalf of myself and the North East Caucus of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), I…
A former governorship aspirant in Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye has mocked the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, over the choice of its vice-presidential candidate. InfoStride News reports that the social media space has been flooded with reactions since Sunday over the announcement of former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima as the running mate of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Tinubu, a Yoruba Muslim had picked Shettima another core Muslim as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election. Reacting to the development, Dino Melaye in a few seconds video posted on his social media handles, said the ruling…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Mustapha Aliyu, has said the choice of a Muslim as running mate to the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential flagbearer, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is to divide Nigeria along religious lines, disorganise the people and raise tension among the poor. Speaking to the media in Kaduna on Monday, Aliyu noted that no religion is superior to others, hence the practice of Muslim-Christian tickets since the beginning of Democracy in Nigeria. “It’s practically clear that some people want to declare this country, as a Muslim country. In as much as we have qualified…
Japan’s governing party and its coalition partner scored a major victory in a parliamentary election Sunday, possibly propelled by sympathy votes in the wake of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Early results in the race for the parliament’s upper house showed Abe’s governing party and its junior coalition partner Komeito securing a majority in the chamber and adding more. The last day of campaigning on Saturday, a day after Abe was gunned down while delivering a speech, was held under heightened security as party leaders pledged to uphold democracy and renouncing violence. Also Sunday, police in western…
The youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, OYC, has reacted to Bola Tinubu’s choice of former Borno Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate. InfoStride News had reported that the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate on Sunday announced Shettima, a fellow Muslim as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election. But at a press briefing in Enugu on Monday, the Ohanaeze youths said the choice of Shettima was against the law of natural justice. The National President of OYC, who is also the National Organizing Secretary of National Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders’Council, Mazi…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu and President Muhammadu Buhari are meeting behind closed-doors. The meeting, which has the Katsina State Governor, Bello Masari in attendance, is holding in Daura, Buhari’s home town in Katsina State. Masari had earlier received Tinubu at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport enroute Daura. This is coming at a time Tinubu was widely reported to have picked former Borno State governor, Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate. Tinubu had submitted the name of Kabiru Masari to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as a place holder ahead of the deadline…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has received knocks in Taraba State after its presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, named former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, as his running mate. Tinubu is a Muslim from the South West while Shettima is also a Muslim but from the North. The Christian Association of Nigeria, Taraba chapter, has openly condemned the Muslim-Muslim ticket, saying it would ensure its members do not vote for the pair. The state body of the association, led by its chairman, Isaiah Magaji Jirapye, said the Muslim-Muslim ticket is capable of causing disunity among religious groups in the country.…
A cross section of Nigerians have frowned at the reported decision of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to pick a northern Muslim running mate. Tinubu reportedly picked Borno Central Senator, Kashim Shettima as his vice presidential candidate. He had earlier submitted the name of Kabiru Masari to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as his place holder. But, most Nigerians had frowned at the decision, while calling on Tinubu to pick a Christian from the northern part of the country as his running mate. Political stakeholders had said picking a northern Christian was in the interest…
Japanese went to the polls Sunday in the shadow of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, gunned down while making a campaign speech for the governing party that cruises to a likely major victory. Amid voting Sunday, police in western Japan sent the alleged assassin to a local prosecutors’ office said, but had no problem with the former leader’s political view. The man had developed hatred toward a religious group that his mother was obsessed about and that bankrupted a family business, according to media reports, including some that identified the group as the Unification Church. Abe’s body,…
The Labour Party in Cross River State has denied that one Chief Ernest Joe is their gubernatorial candidate for next year’s general election. In a statement issued in Calabar Sunday afternoon by the publicity Secretary, Dr LU Ofem, the party also denied that Joe is a member of the party, and challenged him to provide evidence. In an interview with journalists published in a local tabloid, Joe claimed to be the gubernatorial candidate of Labour Party in the state. Joe is also reported to have accused the state chairman of the party, Ambassador Ogar Osim of taking unilateral positions on…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has settled for a Muslim running mate, NAN reports. A highly-competent source in the Tinubu Campaign Organisation, who requested anonymity, confirmed that the former Lagos State Governor would make the name of the candidate public this week. This comes amid widespread debates over the religious backgrounds of presidential candidates and their running mates. The two major political parties — APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — have Muslim presidential candidates. Many stakeholders, including the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), have demanded their running mates be Christians. While…
Aisha Yesufu, a popular socio-political activist, has said that the two leading political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, will have to join forces in order to defeat Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the forthcoming presidential election. Aisha, who is co-convener of BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, advocacy group, noted that 2023 is not for big money spenders. According to her, “The rate at which this is going, the call will soon be for PDP and APC to join forces for any of them to have hope of winning! “Time is the…
The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has been described as a scam. Deji Adeyanju, an Abuja-based rights activist, made the remark over claims that Obi does not fly private jet. Adeyanju said contrary to believes, the former Anambra State governor uses private jet a lot. He was responding to a video of Obi queuing at a Nigerian airport to board a commercial flight. A Twitter user, @Naija_PR posted the video of Obi with the message: “Peter Obi spotted queuing at the airport, we hope this will continue if he becomes the president.” Responding, the socio-political commentator, recalled how…
On Wednesday evening, as Boris Johnson’s administration was collapsing, the British prime minister called an old adversary. Boris Johnson’s personal rivalry with Michael Gove was forged at Oxford in the 1980s and played out as they rose through the ranks at Westminster. Now they were fighting over the fate of the government. That morning Gove had urged Johnson to accept that a slew of resignations prompted by yet another scandal meant he had to step down. Expecting the prime minister was calling to concede defeat a few hours later, Gove asked if he was resigning. “No, Mikey mate, I’m afraid…
The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has issued a caution to the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso. Primate Ayodele said Obi and Kwankwaso are noisemakers who can’t win the 2023 presidential election. He disclosed this while addressing journalists in his church on Saturday in Lagos, during the release of his annual prophecies, “Warnings to the Nations.” According to Ayodele: “Peter Obi is a noise maker; he can’t make a single difference. Saying Obi will win the election is zero. “Kwankwaso is also a noise maker;…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore has vowed that he would probe all past leaders involved in corruption to ensure that all looted funds are recovered. This is coming hours after the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi said he has no plan to probe any past leader if he succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Countering Obi’s position, Sowore, in a tweet on his verified Twitter handle on Saturday, said if the present administration can retrieve stolen money from late Sanni Abacha, others can be probed. He wrote, “As President of Nigeria, I…