Ahead of the 2023 general election, an All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Rivers State, Bernard Mikko, has rubbished the argument that the party’s ticket should be zoned to the riverine area. Bernard, who spoke in Port Harcourt at the weekend, said the argument lacked sincerity and credibility because the entire state is riverine and no part should be categorised as more riverine than the other. Bernard, who once represented the Gokhana-Khana Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, said the fact that the state was christened Rivers explained his position that the entire state is riverine. He, however,…
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The National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu has put to rest the discrepancy surrounding his health status. InfoStride News reports that there have been speculations that the former Lagos State Governor who is one of the frontline presidential aspirants under the platform of APC, has medical issues he is battling with. Several video clips had emerged on social media indicating how physically unfit the Asiwaju of Lagos is. However, speaking at the Nasarawa Government House, Lafia, on Friday while pleading with state delegates to vote for him during the May 30th APC presidential primaries, Tinubu…
Governor Samuel Ortom has charged members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, electoral panels for the House of Assembly and House of Representatives primaries to be firm, but ensure that the process is free, fair and transparent. Governor Ortom gave the charge while addressing members of the panels, made up of principally government appointees at the PDP state secretariat in Makurdi on Saturday. The primary elections for the State Assembly and House of Representatives are scheduled to hold on Sunday, 22nd May 2022 across the state. The Governor maintained that conducting transparent, free and fair primaries would give all the…
Russia said on Saturday it had so far banned 963 Americans from entering the country – including previously announced moves against President Joe Biden and other top officials – and would continue to retaliate against what it called hostile U.S. actions. The largely symbolic travel bans form part of a downward spiral in Russia’s relations with the West since its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, which prompted Washington and its allies to impose drastic sanctions on Moscow and step up arms supplies to Ukraine. Separately, the Foreign Ministry said it had added 26 new names to a list of Canadians…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said primaries to nominate candidates for State Houses of Assembly and the House of Representatives will hold Sunday, 22nd May 2022. PDP in a statement by its National Organizing Secretary, Hon. Umar M. Nature, Saturday also explained that the Senatorial Primary to elect Senatorial candidates will hold on Monday, May 23, 2022. The statement partly read “for the avoidance of doubt, the State Houses of Assembly Primaries to elect our State House of Assembly candidates will hold on Sunday, May 22, 2022, the House of Representatives Primaries to elect our House of Representatives candidates…
The leader of the All Progressives Congress APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has begged Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar to have some respect for elders and give him some delegates for the coming party’s presidential primary election. Tinubu made the request on Friday while addressing APC delegates at Manpower Development Institute, Dutse the state capital. “We are many vying for this ticket, I know my way, I know what I am running for, all of us cannot make the presidency. He begged Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar to consider his age and give him some delegates for the coming party’s presidential primary election.…
Youths of Anambra State, comprising many groups have begged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to rescind its decision to throw open the contest for the presidential ticket, describing it as an affront to the South, especially the Southeast zone. The youths, donning white T-shirts during a rally presented a position paper to the leaders of the party in the state on the matter. They had converged on Ekwueme Square in Awka, from where they danced through the streets of Awka to the secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Udoka Housing Estate, Awka. At the PDP secretariat, Mr Ikechukwu…
Russian troops bombarded a riverside city on Friday in what appeared to herald a major assault to seize the last remaining Ukrainian-held territory in a province it claims on behalf of separatists. Ukrainian officials said Russian forces had launched massive artillery bombardment against Sievierodonetsk, one of the last Ukrainian-held bastions in Luhansk, one of two southeastern provinces Moscow and its proxies proclaim as independent states. The city, and its twin Lyshchansk on the opposite bank of the Siverskiy Donets river, form the eastern part of a Ukrainian-held pocket that Russia has been trying to overrun since mid-April after failing to…
No fewer than five aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have indicated interest to represent Oyo North senatorial district in the National Assembly. InfoStride News gathered that the aspirants purchased the nomination and expression of interest forms and have been screened by the party few days ago in Abuja. Oyo North is made up of thirteen local government areas of Nigeria. The local government areas include 10 in Oke Ogun geopolitical zone and 3 from Ogbomoso geopolitical zone. Five people have represented the district since the beginning of the fourth republic in 1999. Those who have…
Deji Adeyanju, Abuja-based human rights activist, has identified three top top presidential aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Adeyanju explained although Peter Obi is the most popular candidate in the country, the three main candidates in the PDP by delegates power are Atiku Abubakar, Nyesome Wike and Aminu Tambuwal. He further disclosed that the PDP Governors are torn between supporting Wike and Tambuwal, but there are indications that they might unite to oppose Atiku. ”The 3 main candidates in the PDP by delegates power are: Atiku, Wike, Tambuwal. One of these 3 will be the candidate. ”But Peter Obi…
The Labour Party gubernatorial candidate in the Osun 2022 guber poll has raised an alarm that his life is in danger. The former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives made this known during a press conference in Osogbo on Friday. Yusuf, who was twice a gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2018 and 2022, revealed that his campaign team and office had been subjected to several attacks in the last few days. He added that the latest attack that made him to raise the alarm was the one which was carried out by suspected political thugs…
Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention slated for 28 and 29 May to elect its 2023 Presidential candidate, the party has said those eligible to vote are the 3 ad-hoc delegates elected at the Ward Congresses and a National Delegate per Local Government. PDP made this known in a statement by its National Organizing Secretary, Hon. Umar M. Nature on Saturday. The opposition party explained that by Section 84(8) of the Electoral Act, 2022, delegates to vote at the Indirect Primaries and National Convention of political parties to elect candidates for elections shall be those democratically elected…
Finance chiefs from the Group of Seven leading economies pledged to deliver $19.8 billion of budget aid to Ukraine this year as the country struggles to continue functioning amid destruction wrought by Russia’s invasion. “While also addressing Ukraine’s humanitarian and other material needs, we recognize, in particular, Ukraine’s urgent short-term financing needs,” G-7 finance ministers said Friday in a communique following two days of meetings near Bonn. The amount includes $9.5 billion of commitments made in the run-up to this week’s meeting, “to help Ukraine close its financing gap and continue ensuring the delivery of basic services to the Ukrainian…
Amidst opposition from his home turf, Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State is one of the presidential hopefuls under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Wike had promised during his governorship electioneering campaigns in various fora to create jobs, empower the youths, pay salary and pension to workers and pensioners, offer scholarships and bursary to students among others. But seven years down the line, the state workforce and pensioners have accused the Governor of refusal to deliver on his promises. Part of the contentious issues are irregular payment of salary, unpaid pensions and gratuities. Not only that,…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed optimism that the All Progressives Congress, APC, in South West would soon arrive at a consensus candidate for the forthcoming primary election. Osinbajo, who is also battling for the APC presidential ticket, spoke during an interactive section with the party’s delegates in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Friday. Former Lagos State Governor and national leader of the party, Bola Tinunu and the Vice President are the major aspirants contending for the sole APC ticket from the region. Asked how the region could curb the looming division being birthed by the presidential ambition of…
Ohanaeze Youth Council, (OYC) on Friday cautioned the All Progressive Congress, APC and People’s Democratic Party, PDP against denying the Southeast geopolitical zone presidential tickets, warning that there will be a total lockdown in Igbo land on 25th February 2023 which is the day of the Presidential and National Assembly elections if the zone is denied a ticket. It made this known in a communique sent to newsmen and signed by its National President, Igboayaka O Igboayaka and Comrade Ifeanyi Nweke National Ag. Secretary-General. The group said,”there will be no access road to distribute electoral materials in any polling unit…
No fewer than seven aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have indicated interest to represent Oyo Central senatorial district in the national assembly in the next general elections. Our correspondent gathered that the aspirants who have indicated interest have purchased the nomination and expression of interest forms and have been screened by the party. It was gathered that the aspirants are from the major towns that make up the senatorial district. InfoStride News learnt that Oyo central is made up of eleven local government areas spread across Ibadan (5) Oyo (4) and Ogbomoso (2). The local…
A California man who stormed the U.S. Capitol, opened the doors to other rioters and sat in the Senate chair of then-Vice President Mike Pence pleaded guilty to a federal charge Thursday. Christian Secor, 23, of Costa Mesa, entered the plea in a Washington court to obstructing an official proceeding. More than 100 police officers were injured on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump attacked the Capitol while Congress was holding a joint session to certify now-President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. Secor was a University of California, Los Angeles student at the time…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has warned political parties against holding rallies in the South-East. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the group’s spokesman, Emma Powerful. Powerful specifically warned Ikechi Emenike, who is contesting for Abia governorship under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). “We want to advise Chief Ikechi Emenike and his APC people not to hold any political rally in Umuahia tomorrow, Friday, May 20, 2022, while they kept quiet and did nothing when Fulani bandits kidnapped passengers including female students along Okigwe/ Uturu road. “We cannot allow Emenike and his…
Ahead of the election primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has assured party members in the state that APC under his leadership would be fair to all irrespective of misdemeanor of any party member in the past. Abiodun gave this assurance when he received the immediate past Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Jide Ojuko and his supporters who joined the mainstream of the party led by the governor, at the Presidential Lodge, Abeokuta. The governor posited that since the returnees retraced their steps, they would be reintegrated into the party.…