Comrade Jonathan Asake and Bashir Idris Aliyu have emerged the gubernatorial candidate and running mate, respectively, of the Labour Party (LP) in Kaduna State for the 2023 general elections. In a substitution primary election that took place in Kaduna on Tuesday, the other governorship aspirant, Shunom Adiga, stepped down for Delegates from the 23 local government areas of the State unanimously endorsed Asake. While accepting to fly the party’s flag in the governorship election, Asake noted that the stepping down of the contestant was “an indication of their desire to form a government of unity, a government of stepping down…
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The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said he will still perform even if he leaves the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to him, leadership is an individual thing and not tied to any political party. Wike noted that if given the chance, he would successfully tackle banditry in Nigeria. The governor stated this while speaking on Tuesday at the inauguration of the dualised Ogbunuabali-Eastern bypass road in Rivers. “Leadership is not about party, leadership is about the individual. Party is only a vehicle to actualise your ambition, to be able to tell your people ‘I have this capacity;…
The lawmaker representing the Enugu East Senatorial District at the red chamber, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani had condemned attacks on the All Progressive Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. In a series of tweets on his verified Twitter handle, the former Enugu State governor described Tinubu as “the hardest working Politico of this generation”. The lawmaker, however, said he would cast his vote for his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar. He took up the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, Ministry of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, saying they…
Amid the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, crisis, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has continued to associate with some top guns of the All Progressives Congress, APC. InfoStride News observed that Wike has been meeting with APC’s chieftains, majorly from the Southwest, since the fallout that followed the PDP presidential primaries. Recall that the PDP leadership crisis took a new turn after the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, ignored Wike, who came second and settled for Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate. Atiku was said to have ignored the recommendations of a committee he set up to pick his…
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a USD 280 billion bipartisan bill to boost domestic high-tech manufacturing, part of his administration’s push to boost U.S. competitiveness over China. Flanked by scores of lawmakers, union officials, local politicians and business leaders, Biden feted the legislation, a core part of his economic agenda that will incentivise investments in the American semiconductor industry in an effort to ease U.S. reliance on overseas supply chains for critical, cutting-edge goods. The future of the chip industry is going to be made in America, Biden said in a sweltering Rose Garden ceremony Tuesday, referring to the…
The Peter Obi Support Network (POSN) has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its “failure to comply with the constitutional provisions that require the Commission to continue voter registration until at least 90 days” before elections. In Suit No FHC/ABJ/CS/1342/2022 filed by Ikechukwu Ezechukwu, SAN & Co., the Plaintiffs argue that INEC’s abrupt termination of the voter registration exercise would disenfranchise millions of eligible voters during the 2023 presidential election. The suit before the Federal High Court Abuja seeks an order compelling INEC to reverse its earlier directive halting the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise across the country…
The factional governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in Ebonyi State, Mr. Splendour Oko Eze, who hails from Afikpo North Local Government Area has denied collecting a bribe from the state government. Oko-Eze who spoke to journalists in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, reacted to the allegations making the rounds in the state that he collected N20 million naira from the state government and APC gubernatorial candidate, Francis Nwifuru. InfoStride News reports that loyalists to Mr. Oko-Eze’s rival, Edward Nkwagu had accused him of picking the LP ticket in error and collecting money from the Ebonyi State government with plans to…
Yoruba Muslim Youths Organisation (YMYO) has criticized the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) position on the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket. Bola Tinubu, flagbearer of the ruling party, will run with Senator Kashim Shettima; both are Muslims. The same faith ticket is facing staunch opposition from the Christian leadership and a section of Nigerians. In a statement on Tuesday, YMYO coordinator, Muritala Abdulsalam told CAN to stop inciting citizens against the APC. Abdulsalam advised the body to allow Nigerians to vote for candidates based on merit and not religious sentiment. He stressed that the constitution does not stipulate that…
The Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba; and the Commissioner of Police in the state, Adebowale Williams; not to treat the case of threat to the life of Senator Teslim Kolawole Folarin with levity. The party made this known while reacting to a video that went viral where the chairman of the disciplinary committee of the Park Management System (PMS) in the state, Mukaila Lamidi allegedly threatened to kill the senator. InfoStride News recalls that Folarin, who currently represents the Oyo Central District, is the gubernatorial candidate…
The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that it ended a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in US immigration court, hours after a judge lifted an order in effect since December that it be reinstated. The timing had been in doubt since the Supreme Court ruled on June 30 that the Biden administration could end the Remain in Mexico policy. Homeland Security officials had been largely silent, saying they had to wait for the court to certify the ruling and for a Trump-appointed judge, Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas, to then lift his injunction. The…
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has vowed that the people of the State would not cast their votes for politicians who have no regards for the State. The former presidential aspirant stated this on Monday during the inauguration of the Orochiri-Worukwo (Waterlines junction) Flyover. According to Wike, the people of Rivers State were ready to resist haters of the State via their votes in 2023, stressing that they must benefit from any candidate that will have their votes. He said, “If you say Rivers State does not matter, Rivers State will tell you that you don’t also matter at…
Rep. Bello Yakubu (PDP-Kebbi State) has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Yakubu disclosed this when he briefed journalists at Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport in Birnin Kebbi on Monday. He said, “APC has been my party, and I came to realise that politics in our dear state is all about development. “People have been calling me, pleading with me to rejoin the party to continue with the development we’ve started witnessing in the state, hence my decision to rejoin the party.” Yakubu explained that he returned to APC because of the leadership qualities of Governor Abubakar Bagudu. He…
Royal fathers inl Ijebuland on Monday unanimously endorsed Governor Dapo Abiodun for a second term in office. Leading other monarchs, the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, said: “You have worked assiduously these past three years and three months and you have justified why you deserve a second term in office”. Oba Adetona spoke through his representative, the Dagburewa of Idowa, Oba Yunusa Adekoya, at the commissioning of Igan Road at Ago-Iwoye, in Ijebu North Local Government Area. “The message is clear. You have done very well by fulfilling the promises made to us in 2019.…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed its National Caucus and National Executive Committee meetings. PDP National Caucus and NEC meetings were earlier slated for Wednesday, August 10 and Thursday, August 11, 2022. Though reasons for the postponement were not given, sources said the party wants all issues between its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike resolved. PDP National Secretary, Samuel N. Anyanwu in a statement, Monday said a new date will be announced in due course. The statement read in part, “This is to inform all members of the PDP National Caucus and National Executive…
In one-of-its-kind celebrations, the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence will be observed in Boston with participation from 32 countries and will feature an airplane carrying a 220-feet US-India flag over the major American city. The celebrations this year have several firsts in the history of India’s Independence celebrations in Boston, said eminent community leader Abhishek Singh, president of Federation of Indian Associations-New England, organiser of the parade. Governor of Massachusetts, Charlie Baker has proclaimed 75 years of Independence Day as India Day, which will be observed at India Street in Boston, Massachusetts on August 15, and at State House in…
A social commentator, Reno Omokri, has suggested that the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi may be impeached if elected president. Omokri said Obi might be impeached within days of being sworn in because LP lacks the number of Senators to back him up in the Upper Legislative chambers. In a Facebook post, Omokri urged Obi’s supporters to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The staunch ally of Atiku pointed out that Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed are products of PDP since 2019. According to Omokri: “We love Obidients in PDP. You…
The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress has described the latest statewide broadcast by Governor Nyesom Wike as “hollow”. The governor, in a broadcast on Sunday, had alleged that some politicians were recruiting “cultists and ex-convicts” to disrupt the security in the state. But the APC in a statement by its spokesman Chris Finebone said the governor has shown that he is panicking. According to him, “It is a notorious fact already known to many politicians and observers that Governor Wike was thrown into his present panic mode ever since he failed in his desperate attempt to secure the…
The state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the recent security award given to Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State by the Niger Republic. Speaking with the media in Gusau, the state capital, the leaders of the party wondered why Matawalle should deserve such an award even when killings and kidnappings persist in the state unabated. According to one of the executive members of the party in the state, Alhaji Mustapha Bungudu, the award was because of a personal relationship and not merited. Bungudu confirmed that the PDP in the state was not living up…
A group, Centre for Good Governance (CGG), has asked the authorities of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to invite the senator representing Ogun Central in the National Assembly, Ibikunle Amosun, for questioning over his claim that the 2019 governorship election in Ogun State that brought in Governor Dapo Abiodun as the fifth democratically elected governor of the State was allegedly rigged in his (Abiodun’s) favour and that the riggers had apologised to him (Amosun). Amosun, the immediate past governor of Ogun State, had made the allegations while receiving an award in Abeokuta, the State capital, last Friday. In a statement…
In a recent closed-door meeting with leaders of the agency’s counterterrorism center, the CIA’s No 2 official made clear that fighting al-Qaida and other extremist groups would remain a priority but that the agency’s money and resources would be increasingly shifted to focusing on China. The CIA drone attack that killed al-Qaida’s leader showed that fighting terrorism is hardly an afterthought. But it didn’t change the message the agency’s deputy director, David Cohen, delivered at that meeting weeks earlier: While the US will continue to go after terrorists, the top priority is trying to better understand and counter Beijing. One…