The All Progressives Congress (APC) has revealed that the presidential aspirants would be screened on May 23. The Organising Secretary of the party, Suleiman Argungun, stated this during the inauguration of the screening committee on Saturday in Abuja. The screening was supposed to take place Sunday before it was later postponed. He said, “The screening for the presidential candidates we have so far 28 aspirants and as you are aware some aspirants have started withdrawing their aspiration and as such on the 23rd of May this month they will be screened.” Argungu revealed that 145 governorship, 351 Senatorial and 1197…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as reckless, irresponsible and unpardonable, a comment by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele, when asked whether he’s going to resign over his Presidential ambition that violates the CBN Act 2007 and the Public Service Rules, responded by saying Nigerians can have a heart attack, and that he is having a lot of fun. PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, Saturday said Emefiele is a card-carrying member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The party also insisted that the CBN keeps…
Governor of Bauchi State, Mohammed Bala has described the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC’s administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari as an aberration. Bala Mohammed alleged that the federal government led by Buhari is a regime of nepotism, discrimination, bad governance and corruption at its highest level. The Presidential aspirant made the assertions while speaking with journalists in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State during his consultation visit to the stakeholders of PDP in the state. According to him: “We lost an election in 2015 because the democracy and voting are in the North and they have been debriefed in terms…
Expressing grief over the death of UAE President and Abu Dhabi ruler Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that he was a great statesman and visionary leader under whom relations between the two countries prospered. The heartfelt condolences of the people of India are with the people of UAE, Modi tweeted. Sheikh Khalifa, ailing for a long time, passed away on Friday, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs said. He was 73. He was the eldest son of UAE’s founder President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. He served as the President of the…
Politics in Ikorodu has taken another dimension as four Lagos House of Assembly members have stepped down for their rivals. The members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are seeking to remove the incumbent, Sanai Agunbiade. The Majority Leader of the Lagos Assembly is seeking re-election for a fifth term. InfoStride News recalls that Agunbiade a.k.a. S.O.B. drew public anger during the EndSARS protests in 2020. Angry people of Ikorodu then stormed his residence where they found COVID-19 palliatives, including food items. Reacting, the lawmaker said he delayed the distribution because he wanted to give them to constituents on…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has withdrawn from the 2023 governorship race under the All Progressives Congress. The Minister who had declared his intention to run for the office of the Kebbi State Governor told Vanguard that he had pulled out from the race to succeed Governor Atiku Bagudu. Malami confirmed the development on Saturday. He said, “I have not resigned as the Attorney General of the Federation but have only withdrawn from the Kebbi governorship race,” he said in a text message. InfoStride News reports that Buhari had on Wednesday ordered all…
The Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Forum of Vice-Chairmen nationwide, Azua Ashongo has said each and every Nigerian has had a “full dose of the bitter pill of the misrule and incurably bad leadership provided by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ashongo stated this while delivering a speech at the inaugural meeting of the forum held in Abuja on Friday, saying, the citizens are tired of APC’s misrule and are now looking up to PDP to rescue them in 2023. He charged his colleagues to go beyond the party membership to work assiduously in mobilising other general voters.…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that the Inauguration of the Chairmen and Secretaries of respective Screening Committees for the House of Representatives, Senate and Governorship Aspirants of the party will be held today by 12pm. The National Organizing Secretary of the party, Sulaiman Argungu in a statement issued Saturday said the inauguration would take place at Fraser Suites, Abuja. It said the APC Screening Exercise will commence thereafter. Argungu said the screening for the House of Representatives aspirants would take place on Saturday 14th May, 2022 at Zeus Paradise Hotel, Abuja by 2pm. He said the screening…
US President Joe Biden, in a call with leaders of Sweden and Finland discussed close defense cooperation between countries and underscored his support for NATO’s open-door policy. This comes as Finland and Sweden have started discussing the possibility of abandoning long-term neutrality and joining NATO amid the Russian military operation in Ukraine. “President Biden underscored his support for NATO’s Open Door policy and for the right of Finland and Sweden to decide their own future, foreign policy, and security arrangements,” said a White House press release after the call. Biden spoke with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finland President…
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has said that the South-East and North-East have the most legitimate claim to the presidency in 2023. Bala Mohammed, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, said this on Friday in Awka during his consultation with the party faithful in Anambra. He contended that the two geo-political zones had yet to produce the nation’s president in a democratic dispensation. He said: “The Igbo nation is critical in the Nigerian project. “Their entrepreneurial ingenuity and apprenticeship should be imbibed by other parts of the country as a model for addressing poverty and unemployment.’’ He, however,…
Three ward chairmen of the All Progressives Congress in the Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State on Friday, protested their alleged replacement on the delegate list of the state. They alleged that despite winning at the party congress held last year June and having been declared winners in the presence of stakeholders, including officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, their names have been allegedly expunged from the delegate list of the party in the state. The chairmen, Sulaimon Bude of Ward 9, Banjo Adesegun of Ward 10 and Bola Lamina of Ward 11 claimed not to have…
Presidential aspirant and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, says he is the only one in the race for the party’s presidential ticket. Tinubu said he’s not bothered by the number of those aspiring for the APC sole ticket, ahead of the party’s primaries. The APC leader, who stated this during a visit to the Niger State Governor, Alh Abubakar Sani Bello, in Minna, Niger State, said he is the only contestant among all that knows how to bring Nigeria out of its current predicaments. “If they ask you to follow…
The Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, Chris Nwabueze Ngige has withdrawn from the 2023 presidential race. This is coming less than three weeks after his declaration at Alor, his town in Anambra State. In a statement he issued, which was obtained by the media in Abuja on Friday, Ngige said his declaration, which was transmitted live was as a result of pressures from friends, supporters and allies, given that he has the qualifications to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. He disclosed that his supporters had purchased the nomination form for him, which he was, however, yet to fill…
Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari claimed on Thursday that a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) minister had threatened him with the imposition of martial law a night before the no-confidence motion against ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan was passed, media reports said. In his address to the National Assembly, Zardari said that the PTI minister had asked him to either accept early elections or martial law would be imposed in the country, Geo News reported. The Foreign Minister said that despite PTI’s repeated attempts to defeat the no-confidence motion against the former premier, their bids were foiled and the no-trust vote was…
The Igbo National Council (INC) on Friday, expressed shock over the recommendations of the zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, throwing the party’s 2023 presidential ticket open to all parts of the country. Recall that the PDP had on Wednesday thrown its presidential ticket open after months of speculations. Reacting to the development in a release signed by Comrade Chilos Godsent, the President, the INC said that the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC and the PDP National Leadership were not sensitive to the plight and long-time suffering of the South-East Zone in Nigeria. INC said, “We received with…
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) is to hold its national convention from 28th to 30th May, 2022. Chief Supo Shonibare, the party’s acting National Chairman, made the disclosure in Abuja on Thursday, while briefing newsmen. According to the Acting National chairman, 19th May, 2022 has been slated for the ward and local government congresses of the party, while 20th May, 2022, would witness the State congresses. Shonibare claimed that there was conspiracy by what he called “usurpers” that joined the party in 2018, in cohort with some elements at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to make the party ineffective…
Tex Okechukwu, the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has described as fake and unfounded, news report purporting the removal of Ozonkpu Victor Ike Oye, as the national chairman of the party. The said report is to the effect that a party member, Chief Edozie Njoku has assumed the position. Reacting, Okechukwu, in a statement forwarded to the media on Thursday, reiterated that there was no such Supreme Court review that altered the status quo. According to the APGA spokesman, “it is high time these criminal mauruders be brought to book. The news is false, fake…
Femi Adesina, the Senior Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity has said that he is not a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Femi Adesina, who appeared on Channels Television on Thursday, also said he would run to his house after he finished serving under the Buhari administration. Making the revelations, the top presidential spokesman said he works for the government only because he likes the APC. Adesina said he could not enter the race for House of Representatives, Senate or other political offices because he is not a politician and was also not a…
Finland said on Thursday it would apply to join NATO “without delay”, with Sweden expected to follow, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine looked set to bring about the very expansion of the Western military alliance that Vladimir Putin aimed to prevent. The decision by the two Nordic countries to abandon the neutrality they maintained throughout the Cold War would be one of the biggest shifts in European security in decades. Moscow called Finland’s announcement a direct threat to Russia, and threatened retaliation, including unspecified “military-technical” measures. It came even as Russia’s war in Ukraine was suffering another big setback, with…
The Oyo State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised Mr. Bayo Adelabu and Senator Teslim Folarin to as a matter of fact secure the gubernatorial ticket of their political party before they condemn what Governor Seyi Makinde has done. The party made this disclosure on Thursday. Our correspondent gathered that Makinde, who contested on the platform of PDP, had in 2019 defeated Mr. Adelabu who was the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) and other candidates of other political parties to win the gubernatorial election. InfoStride News recalls that Adelabu, a former deputy governor of Central Bank of…