Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a socio-political activist, Reno Omokri has called on the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, to focus on preaching Christ and refrain from promoting the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. Omokri made the call while reacting to comments from Head of Politics and Governance of RCCG, Pastor Timothy Olaniyan, who claimed that the Vice President remained the best candidate to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. InfoStride News reports that prior to Osinbajo’s declaration to run for the office of the Nigerian President in 2023, the RCCG set up a Politics Directorate across the county to support…
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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shifted the Governorship and Presidential Screening Appeal Exercise from Tuesday, May 3rd to Wednesday, May 4th. InfoStride News reports that the former Senate President, David Mark’s Presidential screening committee had last Friday disqualified 2 unidentified Presidential aspirants. The PDP, in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said the adjustment in date was occasioned by the Eid-El-Fitr celebrations. The party apologized for any inconveniences the change in date may have caused the aspirants.
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said he supports the agitation of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Wike made the remark while recalling that IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu once sang his praises. Appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Wike said he supports IPOB’s agitation, but frowns against the group’s violent approach. He, however, urged the Federal Government to listen and discuss with IPOB over their agitation. According to the Presidential aspirant: “IPOB is not a threat to me, it’s because of the division in the country that we have the kind of agitation we have today. “There was…
Some aspirants jostling to contest the House of Representatives seat in Ibadan North East/ Ibadan South East federal constituency on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have appealed to governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to provide level playing ground for all aspirants to partake in the primary election of the party. The aspirants also urged leaders of the party to conduct the primary election in accordance with law, so that the party can win the forthcoming general elections. Our correspondent gathered that the primary election of the party has been slated to hold on May 12th this year.…
A Russian missile strike at the airport in the southwestern port of Odesa – a city that has so far been relatively unscathed in the war – has damaged the runway and it can no longer be used, the Ukrainian military said on Saturday. Russia has sporadically targetted Odesa, a Black Sea port, and a week ago, Ukraine said at least eight people were killed in a strike on the city. “As a result of a missile attack in the Odesa region, the runway at Odesa airport was damaged. Its further use is impossible,” the Ukrainian military said. There was…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday told Nigerians that his government has weakened Boko Haram. He also allayed fears that bandits will grow to another big challenge as faced by the Boko Haram threat. Speaking when he hosted some FCT residents at the State House on Monday, Buhari urged Nigerians to create a hostile environment for criminals hiding in communities. He warned that by protecting criminals, they are endangering their own security and that of their community. The Nigerian leader said no criminal can thrive “in an environment where he faces the risks of exposure by the people”. Buhari informed citizens…
Mr Osita Okechukwu, a founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged Nigerians to hold the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) responsible if next year’s presidency is not zoned to the South. Okechukwu said APC has been watching with studied interest the desperation of PDP to prey on President Muhammadu Buhari’s twelve million vote bank, stressing that as a political party APC has to fine-tune its strategies for the 2023 general elections. He was reacting to the condemnation of APC’s indecision to zone the 2023 presidency to the South from PANDEF, Ohanaeze, Middle Belt Forum and Afenifere. The…
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has expressed concern about the assassination of its member, Sunday Oputu, in Bayelsa State and the rising spate of killings in other parts of the country. In a statement, the chairman of NNPP, Prof. Rufai Alkali, observed that the assassination was carrying the signature of a politically motivated act, stressing that it is capable of eroding the confidence of the people in the ability of the Nigerian state to protect the lives and property of its people all over the country. The statement explained that the Bayelsa State chairman of the NNPP, Dr. Joel…
Former Governor of Imo State, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha has urged the leadership, members and teeming supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state to consider the larger interest of the party, especially in their utterances and actions on the issues arising from the PDP Ward Congress for the election of a three-man ad hoc delegates in the state. Ihedioha, who stated this on Monday in a release made available by his media aide, Chibuike Onyeukwu, in Owerri, the Imo State capital, informed that efforts are ongoing to resolve all the issues that arose from the Congress. He said…
Social commentator, Sam Amadi has explained why he doesn’t support the 2023 presidential bid of former Lagos Governor Bola Tinubu. Amadi is a former Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). In a Facebook post, the Harvard alumni admitted that Tinubu “is a great man” who has the right to run. Amadi also said the All Progressives Congress (APC) leader is “perhaps the greatest politician in Nigeria today”. “But I will not vote or support him. In my view, his profile is very questionable in many ways”, he wrote. “If he is president, it may look to some people…
OPEN LETTER TO JAGABAN OF BORGU My dearest Jagaban, You know very well that I have always liked and respected you. You will also recall that a few years ago I warned you that everything that is being done to you today would eventually be done to you given the choices you made at the time. I bear you no malice or ill-will but in view of what is happening in your political party and given the fact that your good friend, co-conspirator and collaborator, President Muhammadu Buhari, has finally thrown you under the bus and dumped you, I am…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned again that the North could preemptively use its nuclear weapons if threatened, as he praised his top army officials for a massive military parade in the capital, Pyongyang, this week. Kim expressed firm will to continue developing his nuclear-armed military so that it could preemptively and thoroughly contain and frustrate all dangerous attempts and threatening moves, including ever-escalating nuclear threats from hostile forces, if necessary, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said Saturday. KCNA said Kim called his military officials to praise their work during Monday’s parade, where the North showcased the…
Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has insisted that an Igboman should be given the opportunity to lead Nigeria come 2023. The group was only re-echoing the calls, which have been made by several groups and well-meaning individuals in the country for the presidential seat to be zoned to the South-East region. Afenifere said this call is based on morality as its leader, Ayo Adebanjo, maintained on Sunday that the region should produce the next president in the spirit of fairness and unity. “It is a question of principle. It is a question of morality. It’s a question of being inclusive in…
A former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has cautioned ex-President Goodluck Jonathan against dumping the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC. Lamido warned that Jonathan risked God’s wrath if he succumbed to the calls that he should dump PDP for APC. Some Nigerians have been calling on Jonathan to defect to the APC and contest for the 2023 Presidency. Reacting to the call, the former President said he can’t tell if he will run for the Presidency in 2023. However, Lamido, a PDP chieftain, cautioned Jonathan against defecting to APC because the opposition party invested…
Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister has suggested who may likely win the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential primary. Fani-Kayode suggested that ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar may pick the PDP Presidential ticket. To this end, he urged the All Progressives Congress, APC, to field a Northern Presidential candidate to retain power in 2023. In a tweet, the APC chieftain stressed that politics is a game of numbers He tweeted: “The truth is that @atiku is likely to win the presidential primaries in the @OfficialPDPNig. “Given that, the only way @OfficialAPCNg can win is by fielding a northern candidate. “Whether anyone…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday discussed the return of American diplomats to Ukraine as well as an aid of USD 33 billion to the war-torn country with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba. “Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba to follow up on their April 24 meeting in Kyiv,” US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said in a state department readout. “The Secretary emphasized the United States’ robust support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Russia’s brutal aggression,” the readout said. “The Secretary provided an update…
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condemned what it described as unwarranted harassment of its members in the state by the All Progressives Congress, APC, ruling government. The condemnation is coming on the heels of the recent invitation extended to the state chairman, secretary and legal adviser by the Department of State Security, DSS, and the state Police Command on alleged plans to cause trouble at the Eid praying ground during the Eid-el-Fitr prayers in Ilorin raised by the APC. Reacting to the development in a strong-worded statement in Ilorin, the state Publicity Secretary of…
The legal battle seeking to stop the conduct of the Presidential Primary Election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shifted to the Court of Appeal in Abuja. A chieftain of the party, Rt Hon Cosmos Chukwudi Ndukwe had dragged the PDP’s Primary Election Planning Committee Chairman, Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu and others before a Federal High Court in Abuja praying that the planned election be stopped. His grouse was premised on his disqualification from participating in the presidential primary election on the ground of anti-party activity. The aggrieved PDP chieftain had in addition to his originating summons marked FHC/ABJ/CS/508/2022,…
In line with provisions of its constitution and the Electoral Act of Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Saturday, 30th April, 2022, held congresses across the 276 council wards of Benue State. The Ward Congress was meant for the election of 3 adhoc State delegates who would be voting for State and National Assembly aspirants, as well as governorship aspirants of the party in the forthcoming primaries in May. Reacting to the conduct of the exercise, the State’s chapter of the party expressed satisfaction that the exercise was successful in all the council wards and it had elected 3…
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze has expressed its displeasure with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over its handling of the zoning of the party’s presidential ticket. InfoStride News reports that the PDP has gone ahead to screen all the presidential aspirants on its platform despite huge calls that the position be zoned to the South-East. In a statement issued on Sunday by the Ohanaeze Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, he accused the PDP of insincerity. “Ndigbo are not happy with the way PDP has abused the principles of the zoning formula enshrined in her constitution. “This is unacceptable and has brought…