Korean Air announced on the 15th that it will temporarily halt the operation of passenger flights to Moscow and Vladivostok and cargo planes that transit in Moscow until the end of April, considering concerns over operation disruptions at local airports and safety due to Ukraine crisis. In addition, some flights to Europe or Eastern U.S. will also take a detour to avoid the Russian and Ukraine airspace. Affected flights to Europe include the routes to London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Frankfurt. The detour routes are to China, Kazakhstan, and Turkey. The flight time for One-way flights will also increase by 2…
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A socio-political group in Enugu State, Enugu Rescue Group, ESG, has reacted to the document released by Enugu West leaders on the zoning of governorship position in Enugu State. InfoStride News reported that the document signed in 2013 was released to journalists on Tuesday at a press briefing addressed by Enugu West leaders led by Senator Prince Ben Collins Ndu. The press briefing was under the banner of the ‘Ife Emelumma’ group. However, reacting, ESG in a statement signed by Hon Ejike Ilo-Tasie, its National Coordinator, faulted the document. ERG wondered why a conversion for such an important decision that…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has insisted that it was going ahead with the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting slated for Thursday. The spokesperson of the party and the National Youth Leader of the party, Mr. Ismaeel Ahmed stated this while briefing journalists at the end of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) held at the party’s secretariat, yesterday, in Abuja. The proposed emergency NEC meeting of the APC appeared to have hit the rock after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed to recognise the leadership of the party led by Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, who signed the…
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has revealed why he rejected Bola Tinubu as running mate in 2007, when they were members of the Action Congress, AC. Atiku disclosed that he rejected Tinubu as his running mate due to a set of conditions the presidential aspirant gave him. He spoke during his meeting with the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja yesterday. The PDP presidential aspirant explained that he settled for Ben Obi as his running mate due to the conditions Tinubu gave him. According to Atiku: “When I joined the AC which my friend…
A group known as APC Political Alliance (APA), has warned that the political wrangling in the Kaduna chapter of the All Progressives Congress and Governor Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai’s “autocratic posture” could make the party lose the seat of power of the state to opposition parties. The Group, which is made up of mainly elders of repute, women, youth and captains of Industries who are members and sympathizers of the APC stressed that, Governor El-Rufai’s stand to force an unpopular candidate on the people of Kaduna State will divide the party, and would make it difficult for the APC to win…
The Russia-Ukraine conflict continues on Wednesday as relevant parties are working to broker a peaceful solution, Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Mykhailo Podolyak, also a member of the delegation, said. “We’ll continue tomorrow. A very difficult and viscous negotiation process. There are fundamental contradictions. But there is certainly room for compromise,” Podolyak tweeted on Tuesday. The work in subgroups will continue during the break, he added, Xinhua news agency reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin and European Council President Charles Michel discussed the Ukrainian situation during a phone conversation on Tuesday, the Kremlin said in a statement. The leaders exchanged views on Russia’s…
Senator Aishatu Dahiru, known as Binani, has declared intention to run for the office of governor in Adamawa State. Binani’s aspiration became public knowledge on Tuesday when her statement of declaration was made available to newsmen in the state capital, Yola. Binani who currently represents the Adamawa Central Senatorial Zone in the National Assembly under All Progressives Congress (APC), indicated in the statement that she will be seeking the party’s ticket in the pursuant of her dream. In her declarative statement entitled, ‘A Call to Serve, A Call to Duty: The Journey Has Just Begun’, Binani said she made her…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governorship candidate in Imo State, Uche Nwosu, has enjoined the party leaders and stakeholders to thread cautiously and desist from actions and utterances that may further inflame the current crisis in the party. He advised that the founding fathers who were neglected and abandoned in the course of events should be brought back to a roundtable to discuss the issues in the party. Nwosu who blamed the internal crisis rocking the party on the derailment of the Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), solicited the direct intervention…
Former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has expressed displeasure with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Kwankwaso said some PDP members feel he is not needed. He noted that the PDP would crumble if he defected to another political party. He spoke on Channels Television’s Political Paradigm where he responded to what would be PDP’s fate if he defects. Kwankwaso accused the PDP of belittling him in its operations in Kano State. He wondered why the party refused him from nominating candidates for some key positions. According to Kwankwaso: “There is no question about it. Where are the leaders? Who are…
Allies of Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni and the National Secretary of the party, Sen. John Akpanudoedehe have gained control of the national secretariat of All Progressives Congress (APC). The ruling party has been embroiled in a leadership crisis which almost led to the removal of Buni as the Chairman and Secretary of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the party. Buni travelled out of the country to the United Arab Emirates for medical reasons when some APC governors moved against him. The political storm nearly claimed Akpanudoedehe who is the secretary of the party. However, Buni’s men…
Russia’s offensive in Ukraine edged closer to central Kyiv on Tuesday, with a series of strikes hitting a residential neighbourhood as the leaders of three NATO member countries planned a visit to the embattled capital. Shortly before dawn, large explosions thundered across Kyiv from what Ukrainian authorities said was artillery strikes. At least one person was killed and many others remained trapped inside as shelling ignited a huge fire and a frantic rescue effort in a 15-story apartment building. Shockwaves from an explosion also damaged the entry to a downtown subway station that has been used as a bomb shelter.…
The crisis over the emergence of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has taken another dimension. This is as the members are now divided over the party’s preferred choice of deputy governorship candidate. Ife-born Kola Adewusi had been selected by the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) and ratified Osun State Executive Council as the deputy gubernatorial candidate of the party for Saturday, July 16, 2022 gubernatorial election in the State. However, PDP members in the four local governments in Ife land, who are loyal to Ademola Adeleke trooped out en-masse into…
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lodged a petition against Justice Adeyinka Aderibigbe of the Osun State High Court, Ile-Ife Judicial Division over alleged misconduct in the discharge of his judicial duties. Addressing journalists in Osogbo, the Osun PDP Secretary, Bola Ajao, who frowned at the way Justice Aderibigbe handled the suit instituted by Olasoji Adagunodo, hinted that the party would explore all means to get justice on the matter. Ajao enumerated that various cases, which Justice Aderibigbe had handled, proved that he had failed as an impartial arbiter. The petition reads, “Following the removal…
Prophet Bisi Olujobi of Wisdom Church International Ketu, Lagos, has revealed what Bola Tinubu, an All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential aspirant, must do to rule Nigeria. Olujobi disclosed that Tinubu should “draw more closer” to God because He has a plan for him. Addressing a press conference in his church over the weekend, the Prophet said all those attacking the APC National Leader would be “shaken away” if he drew closer to God. Prophet Olujobi urged the former Lagos State governor to go closer to God for the sake of long life and good health. He said: “God revealed to…
The National Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday, postponed the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting to March 16. The PDP NEC meeting was originally slated for today, March 15. InfoStride News gathered that the NEC meeting was postponed over concerns raised by members of the party’s National Caucus on the PDP timetable and schedule of activities for the 2023 elections and the manifesto drafting committee. Briefing journalists at the end of the National Caucus meeting late on Monday night, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba said, “the National Caucus meeting is adjourned to continue on Wednesday”.…
A Russian missile attack that killed at least 35 people in western Ukraine, some 15 miles from NATO member Poland, has stirred anxiety and spurred Poles to rush to passport offices and stockpile essentials amid fears the war could cut off supplies, or even spill over into Poland. A long line of applicants, unseen for decades, formed Monday outside Warsaw’s main passport office on Krucza Street. Canned food, bottled water, flashlights and batteries filled shoppers’ baskets. People in the street talked of the latest news and their worries for the future. In the street, outside the passport office, Justyna Winnicka,…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has told his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki that they are not in the same class. Obaseki, while reacting to a scathing attack launched against his Deputy, Phillip Shaibu by Governor Wike, had slammed the Rivers Governor, describing him as a bully. Obaseki had complained that members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP who defected from the All Progressives Congress, APC in Edo were not happy and do not feel accepted into the new party. Obaseki, in a statement on Monday also noted that Nigeria needed strong democratic institutions and not strong men, adding…
The Commissioner For Economic Development and Ibom Deep Seaport, Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Akan Okon has resigned. In a statement made available to our correspondent in Uyo, the state capital, Okon’s resignation was to enable him focus on his aspiration for the 2023 governorship election. Though the governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel had announced Pastor Umo Eno, the Commissioner for Lands and Water Resources as his preferred successor in 2023, Okon’s resignation and subsequent declaration of governorship intention would generate a level of impediment in governor Emmanuel’s camp. According to information, Akan Okon, who is from Itu Local Government whereby if…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has hit back at his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki, describing him as a serial betrayer and an ingrate. Addressing a crowd in Rivers State on Monday, Wike said Obaseki has refused to be grateful to the PDP and the people who backed him to be re-elected when he was kicked out of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019. For this reason, Wike went further to tender an apology to a former National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, saying the former Edo State Governor had initially warned them about bringing Obaseki into…
Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State has inaugurated the state All Progressives Congress APC, executives. The governor inaugurated the party executives on Monday at the party’s headquarters in Dutse, the state capital of the state. He warned the executives of the party to commit themselves and work harder for the victory of the party in the 2023 general election. “I am warning all the party executives from wards, local governments and state to work for the unity and progress of the party” “You equally have to be just and carry every member along for the victory of the party”…