Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will deliver a virtual address to the U.S. Congress as the Russian war on his country intensifies. Zelensky will speak Wednesday to members of the House and Senate, the Democratic leaders announced. The Congress, our country and the world are in awe of the people of Ukraine, said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in a statement Monday. They said all lawmakers are invited to the talk that will be delivered via video at the U.S. Capitol. It comes as Congress recently approved $13.6 billion in emergency military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine.…
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The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has disclosed what awaits presidential aspirants like Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 presidential election. AYCF National President, Yerima Shettima, warned that Nigerian youths would not give the likes of Atiku and Tinubu any chance to rule the country in 2023. Speaking exclusively with Newsmen, Shettima said Nigerian youths will put Atiku and Tinubu where they belong in 2023. According to him, the youths are determined to go all out in ensuring that the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Leader, and former Vice President never become the country’s President. Responding to a…
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has warned Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State against resorting to bullying members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as a strategy for his 2023 presidential ambition. Obaseki said Wike can’t threaten or cajole PDP in Edo State into supporting his presidential ambition. Obaseki was reacting to Wike’s scathing attack on his Deputy Governor, Philip Shuaibu. Obaseki stated this in an advertorial on Monday, which reads: “The recent personal attacks by His Excellency, the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, against my Deputy Governor. Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu is, to say the least,…
The crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, seems not to be nearing any end soon. President Muhammadu Buhari had a few days ago reportedly approved the removal of Mai Mala Buni as the Chairman of the APC Caretaker Committee and ordered Governor Bello Sani of Niger State to take over the affairs of the party. The decision of the President to intervene in the affairs of the party has set off reactions that threaten the planned national convention. Rather than members of the party to close ranks, the tussle within the party has intensified. Last week, Governor Rotimi…
Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has said that the highly-debated issue of zoning should be kept aside for now. The former Kwara Governor said a more important point of focus should be finding the best person to solve the numerous challenges facing the country at this point in time. Saraki, in an interview on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics, where he also addressed many other issues, said he is capable of leading Nigeria. The Southern Region has insisted that 2023 is their turn to produce the next President of the country after President Muhammadu Buhari has successfully served the country…
The petition shared online by supporters of the Yoruba Nation Now movement targets at garnering 5million signatories. A petition that is calling for the independence of the Yoruba nation and which was commenced by the Ominira Yoruba Group has garnered 109,880 signatories, as at the time of this publication. The petition shared online by supporters of the Yoruba Nation Now movement focuses on garnering 5million signatories. There have been calls for the independence of the Yoruba Nation – a campaign which brought agitator, Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho) to the spotlight. The Yoruba Nation activist, who had just recently gained freedom from…
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed responsibility for a dozen ballistic missiles that struck Iraq’s northern Kurdish regional capital of Erbil in the early hours of Sunday, Iran’s state media reported, adding that the attack was against Israeli “strategic centres” in Erbil. The missile attack comes as talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal face the prospect of collapse after a last-minute Russian demand forced world powers to pause negotiations for an undetermined time despite having a largely completed text. The missiles, which targeted the US consulate’s new building, caused only material damage and one civilian was injured, the Kurdish interior…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration as a perfect example of arrogance in failure. PDP added that the APC situation was caused by the arrogant mismanagement of President Buhari. President Buhari in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity) Garba Shehu on Saturday asked APC members to “look at the once-powerful, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) now enfeebled and adrift and learn lessons in disunity, mismanagement and corruption”. In his reaction, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba in a statement on Sunday said, “President…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Ahmadu Yaro, popularly known as ‘Coca-Cola’ in Kaduna, on Sunday, said any attempt to dismiss the party’s chances because of its internal crisis will fail as the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) bloc will continue to work for the progress of the party. Yaro, also, a former state chairman of the defunct CPC, who expressed this during an interview with newsmen in Kaduna on Sunday, said that as members of the defunct party that went into the merger with other political parties which formed the APC, they will not only…
The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Sunday, revealed the fate of the newly formed Third Force ahead of the 2023 general elections. Primate Ayodele said the Third Force party formed under the aegis of The National Movement some weeks ago is not the one to replace the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He noted that the party which “Rabiu Kwankwaso launched didn’t comply with God’s directive and didn’t start in the right direction; therefore, it will fail woefully in 2023.” In a statement signed by his spokesman, Oluwatosin Osho, the…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday, urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to issue certificate of return to its nominated candidates for the position of Governor and Deputy in Ebonyi State, without further delay. InfoStride News had reported that a Federal High Court in Abuja, last week ordered Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State to vacate his seat for defecting to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The PDP immediately complied with the judgement by submitting fresh names to the INEC as Governor and Deputy. The party nominated Hon Iduma Enwo Igariwey as a replacement for Governor Umahi and…
Ukraine says it has restored a broken power line to the Chernobyl power plant, the scene of a nuclear meltdown in 1986, which is held by Russian troops. Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said that heroes from the national power grid company managed to restore the connection. The power is used to run pumps which keep spent nuclear fuel cool to prevent radiation leaks. Ukraine said Wednesday that power had been cut to the site and that there was enough diesel fuel to run on-site generators for 48 hours. The International Atomic Energy Agency played down concerns, saying it saw little…
Emmanuel Macham, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Plateau State has said the National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu helped the party clinch the Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency by-election. His statement on Sunday noted that Ayu’s peace meeting with retired Gen. Jerry Useini and former Governor Jonah Jang restored unity. PDP’s Musa Agah won the February 26 poll, defeating Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates. The House of Representatives seat became vacant following the death of the former occupant, Haruna Maitala (APC) in 2021 Macham described Ayu as “the most credible leader to have piloted…
Senator Ademola Adeleke has insisted that he remains the Osun Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate for the Saturday, July 16, gubernatorial election in Osun State. In a widely circulated statement made available by the Ademola Adeleke Campaign Organisation on Saturday, Adeleke who insisted that his emergence was a product of due compliance with the party and Nigeria’s Constitution added that by law and tradition, he still remained the flagbearer. Stressing that he is ready to lead the party to victory in the gubernatorial polls, the 2018 Osun PDP gubernatorial candidate described the ongoing legal tussle instituted by Dotun Babayemi,…
Russian forces struck a military training base in western Ukraine on Sunday morning, bringing their offensive closer to the border with Poland. Eight rockets were fired at the Yaroviv military range, located 30 kilometers (19 miles) northwest of Lviv, the regional administration said, without offering any details about possible casualties. The range is 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Ukraine’s border with Poland. Since 2015, the US has regularly sent instructors to the military range, also known as the Yaroviv International Peacekeeping and Security Center, to train Ukraine’s military and the facility has also hosted international NATO drills. On Saturday, Russia…
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Kalu, has denied allegations of collaborating with Chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Mai Mala Buni to undermine the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Orji Kalu in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja said he had never planted division in the APC but called for peaceful resolutions of issues before the national convention. The statement read, “I have read the unfortunate accusations levelled against me by Dr. Salihu Lukman, former Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), alleging that some party leaders are working with Mala Buni…
The Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has called on the leadership of the People’s Democratic party to take disciplinary action against Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shuaibu over his alleged comments against the party. The governor said he has written to the National Chairman of the PDP asking that a disciplinary committee be set up against the Deputy governor. Governor Wike made the demand at the inauguration of the Eastern Bypass Road in Port Harcourt on Saturday. He accused Shuaibu of threatening that there’s an alternative to the PDP. He said “This is the thing I am talking about…
A former governorship aspirant on the platform of the People Democratic Party, PDP, in 2015, Hyacinth Ikpor, has said that David Umahi will still be governor of Ebonyi State till 2023, despite the court case instituted against him (Umahi) by the opposition party. Ikpor, who is a prominent founding father of Ebonyi State and a kinsman of Idu Igariwey, who was nominated by PDP to take over from Umahi, made this known while speaking with journalists in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State on Saturday. He said that Umahi would remain in office till 2023 and Ebonyians would decide who…
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to desist from name-calling and backstabbing. Ahead of the March 26 Convention, the ruling party in Nigeria has been factionalized with Yobe State Governor, Mai Buni insisting he remains the National Chairman. His Niger counterpart, Sani Bello now heads the APC, a development that has split governors, lawmakers, other chieftains and members. Buhari told the APC warring factions to remain steadfast and maintain unity if the party is to continue in the path of victory and dominance throughout the country. The leader told members “to look at the…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he’s open for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Israel ,but only if there is a cease-fire in place. Zelenskyy said Saturday he told Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett that he would be ready to meet Putin in Jerusalem. Bennett visited Moscow for a meeting with Putin and spoke repeatedly with Zelenskyy and the leaders of France and Germany as he sought to help mediate an end to the war. Zelenskyy said Bennett informed him about his talks with Putin, adding that he can’t share details. Putin has ignored numerous previous offers of talks from Zelenskyy. Speaking at…