Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed optimism that the All Progressives Congress, APC, in South West would soon arrive at a consensus candidate for the forthcoming primary election. Osinbajo, who is also battling for the APC presidential ticket, spoke during an interactive section with the party’s delegates in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Friday. Former Lagos State Governor and national leader of the party, Bola Tinunu and the Vice President are the major aspirants contending for the sole APC ticket from the region. Asked how the region could curb the looming division being birthed by the presidential ambition of…
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Ohanaeze Youth Council, (OYC) on Friday cautioned the All Progressive Congress, APC and People’s Democratic Party, PDP against denying the Southeast geopolitical zone presidential tickets, warning that there will be a total lockdown in Igbo land on 25th February 2023 which is the day of the Presidential and National Assembly elections if the zone is denied a ticket. It made this known in a communique sent to newsmen and signed by its National President, Igboayaka O Igboayaka and Comrade Ifeanyi Nweke National Ag. Secretary-General. The group said,”there will be no access road to distribute electoral materials in any polling unit…
No fewer than seven aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have indicated interest to represent Oyo Central senatorial district in the national assembly in the next general elections. Our correspondent gathered that the aspirants who have indicated interest have purchased the nomination and expression of interest forms and have been screened by the party. It was gathered that the aspirants are from the major towns that make up the senatorial district. InfoStride News learnt that Oyo central is made up of eleven local government areas spread across Ibadan (5) Oyo (4) and Ogbomoso (2). The local…
A California man who stormed the U.S. Capitol, opened the doors to other rioters and sat in the Senate chair of then-Vice President Mike Pence pleaded guilty to a federal charge Thursday. Christian Secor, 23, of Costa Mesa, entered the plea in a Washington court to obstructing an official proceeding. More than 100 police officers were injured on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump attacked the Capitol while Congress was holding a joint session to certify now-President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. Secor was a University of California, Los Angeles student at the time…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has warned political parties against holding rallies in the South-East. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the group’s spokesman, Emma Powerful. Powerful specifically warned Ikechi Emenike, who is contesting for Abia governorship under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). “We want to advise Chief Ikechi Emenike and his APC people not to hold any political rally in Umuahia tomorrow, Friday, May 20, 2022, while they kept quiet and did nothing when Fulani bandits kidnapped passengers including female students along Okigwe/ Uturu road. “We cannot allow Emenike and his…
Ahead of the election primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has assured party members in the state that APC under his leadership would be fair to all irrespective of misdemeanor of any party member in the past. Abiodun gave this assurance when he received the immediate past Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Jide Ojuko and his supporters who joined the mainstream of the party led by the governor, at the Presidential Lodge, Abeokuta. The governor posited that since the returnees retraced their steps, they would be reintegrated into the party.…
Less than two months to the gubernatorial election in Osun State, several members of Action Alliance (AA) and Labour Party (LP) from Ila and Ile-Ife have defected to the Accord Party. Receiving the defectors, Akin Ogunbiyi, the party’s gubernatorial candidate praised them for identifying with the only party without crisis. Ogunbiyi, who assured the decampees of full integration into their newly adopted political party, urged them to work for the party’s victory in the July 16th local government elections. Some of the Labour Party leaders, who crossed to Accord were Oyewole Oyekunle Muyiwa, Evangelist Isaac Adeola Oyewole – Chairman, Ila…
Zamfara State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed rumours circulating on some social media and other online platforms, which said the party suspended its chairman over anti-party activities. Reports had earlier emerged that the Zamfara PDP suspended its chairman over anti-party issues. Debunking the rumours when he interacted with journalists in Gusau on Thursday, the Deputy Chairman of the Party, Prof. Kabir Jabaka, said the message was the handwork of mischief-makers. Jabaka said officials of the PDP in the State never met to discuss any allegation against the party chairman, retired Col. Bala Mande, “and in case…
Australians vote on Saturday in a national election, with the conservative Liberal-National coalition seeking a fourth straight term and the Labor Party seeking a return to power after nine years in opposition. Opinion polls have shown Labor leading, but the gap has narrowed in the final weeks of campaigning. A strong showing by high-profile independent candidates campaigning on climate action, integrity and gender equality could lead to a hung parliament. The Parliament The House of Representatives has 151 seats, 76 of which are needed for a majority to form the government. In the last parliament, the conservative coalition had 76…
A former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, has described the ruling party as a brothel and a motorpark. Adamu Garba reiterated that he dumped the party over the cost of its nomination and expression of interest forms. Recall that Garba recently purchased a presidential expression of interest form of the Young Progressives Party, (YPP), which he said cost him only N7.4 million. Appearing on Channels Television on Wednesday, the YPP presidential hopeful further changed the name of the All Progressives Congress to Old Progressives Congress, saying it is a congregation of few money lovers. “…My friends…
Former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Usani has explained that due to continued constriction of the governorship space in the ruling APC in Cross River State, he had to leave to pursue his long-held ambition in the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP). In an interview with Journalists in Calabar, Usani who was one of the two governorship candidates of APC in 2019 said, “It is the constriction of the democratic space in the state that has occasioned this expediency.” Usani who has been a diehard member of the Action Congress Nigeria, which metamorphosed into APC, lamented that he had expended…
A member, representing Bagwai/Shanono Constituency, in the State House of Assembly, Ali Ibrahim Isah Shanono has deactivated his membership of the NNPP and rejoined the All Progressives Congress APC, after failing to obtain a ticket Shanono had in the wake of the mass defections from APC in Kano, also defected to NNPP hoping to have a chance to re-contest his House of Assembly seat but was denied a ticket by Kwankwaso. Angered by the development he deactivated his NNPP membership and rejoined APC in a letter sent to the House, notifying it of the development. Meanwhile, the Commissioner nominated for…
Following the cancellation of the 3-man adhoc delegate list and the national delegates lists by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over malpractices and substantial violation of extant laws, stakeholders of the PDP are calling for the arrests of party officials responsible for the malpractices. In a letter signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Mr. Aminu Idris said “the Commission’s Monitoring Report on the One-Man Ad Hoc National Delegates Congress in Imo State has also indicated substantial non-compliance as no original LGA Congress Result form was provided at any of the LGA Congress venues. The letter said, “the Commission…
U.S. President Joe Biden meets the leaders of Sweden and Finland on Thursday after the nations set aside their long-standing neutrality and moved to join the NATO alliance in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Hours before his first trip to Asia as president, Biden will sit down with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finnish President Sauli Niinist at the White House to discuss their NATO applications. “This is a historic event, a watershed moment in European security. Two nations with a long tradition of neutrality will be joining the world’s most powerful defensive alliance,” said White House national…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has registered 126,763 new voters in Adamawa State. The electoral body said the new entrants into the voters are those who never registered and have never voted in past elections but could now vote in the 2023 elections and subsequent ones. The INEC Resident Commissioner in Adamawa State, Kassim Gaidam, made the disclosure Thursday while addressing a stakeholders’ meeting at his office in the state capital, Yola. He recalled that the ongoing continuous voter registration (CVR) started last year, June 28, 2021. He explained that the 126,763 completed online and in-person registrations…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State on Wednesday conducted its wards, local government and national delegates congresses across 319 wards in the state. This is despite the protest by members of the party loyal to Senator Magnus Abe against the conduct of the exercise. The protesters, who converged at the state party secretariat on Thursday morning, alleged that the process had been “hijacked” by some party leaders. However, while the protest which later led to shootings by security operatives was ongoing, the congress went ahead at the various wards in the state. InfoStride News gathered that officials of…
Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, has cautioned the North against thinking it would produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023. Igbokwe said the North should perish the thought of a Northerner succeeding Buhari in 2023. The Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Drainage and Water Resources said the clamour for a Northerner to succeed Buhari in 2023 is “a joke”. In a Facebook post, Igbokwe wrote: “Someone just called me to say that the North is thinking about producing the presidency again in 2023. I laughed until tears…
Former Governor of Kano State, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, has said that he and his followers dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, to save his State from its current predicament. Shekarau stated this while responding to questions from the BBC Hausa service. InfoStride News reported that Sen. Ibrahim Shekarau representing Kano Central dumped the ruling APC and joined camp with Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso into the NNPP. According to him, “We have been talking with my brother, Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for a long time, because we are worried about the future of…
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday his country will double its financial aid for Ukraine to USD 600 million in support of the country badly damaged by Russia’s aggression. Japan will provide the additional USD 300 million through the World Bank to help Ukraine’s financial difficulties because of the Russian invasion, Kishida said. The announcement comes just before Japan hosts U.S. President Joe Biden and two other leaders for a regional strategic framework known as the Quad summit and bilateral meetings next week when Kishida is expected to emphasize Japanese support for Ukraine. Japan has quickly joined the United…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has asked party members to put the legal adjudication behind them and join hands with Senator Ademola Adeleke with a view to forming a formidable front towards the Osun gubernatorial election. This is as the party congratulated Senator Adeleke, the party’s candidate in the July 16 gubernatorial election, for his victory at the Federal High Court in Osogbo, on Wednesday. The PDP also described the judgement of Justice Ayo Emmanuel as victory for the good people of Osun State, especially the PDP members in the State. A Federal High Court sitting in…