Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Oyo State, have said that they will have no option but to dump the party if some leaders and cabals impose candidates on them. The PDP members, under the umbrella of Concerned People Frontiers (CPF), made this disclosure during an emergency meeting held in Ibadan on Monday. Our correspondent gathered that the primary elections of the party have been fixed for this month. CPF has however raised an alarm that some leaders and cabals in the party have perfected plans to impose some candidates on the members ahead of the 2023…
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has revealed how retired Justice Mary Odili’s timely intervention saved his political career in 2004. Wike recalled how he cried to Justice Odili when he got the hint that his name was removed among those cleared to contest either as chairmen of local councils in Rivers. Having listened to him, Wike said the retired jurist took the complaint to her husband, Dr Peter Odili, who was the Rivers State governor then and he acted on it immediately. Wike stated this on Sunday during the 70th birthday and retirement thanksgiving mass of Justice Odili as…
On the sidelines of the NATO Foreign Ministerial meet, US State Secretary Antony Blinken on Sunday (local time) met with his counterparts from Germany, UK and France in Berlin where they discussed the Ukraine situation and the ongoing negotiation with Iran over the nuclear deal revival. Blinken met with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss, and French Director-General for Political and Security Affairs Philippe Errera. “They discussed the continued response among allies and partners against Russia’s brutal war of aggression with Ukraine. The leaders also discussed the ongoing negotiations with Iran and efforts to reach a…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has disclosed why President Muhammadu Buhari loves Rotimi Amaechi, the outgone Minister of Transportation. Rufai disclosed that Buhari loves Amaechi due to his decision to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, during the era of former President Goodluck Jonathan. He disclosed this when Amaechi met with APC delegates from Kaduna ahead of the party’s national convention. El-Rufai recalled wooing Amaechi and some other governors into the APC during the PDP administration. “Let me tell you my history with Amaechi. When we started discussing with the G-7, the…
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has narrated how Chibuike Amaechi, a former Rivers State Governor, rescued him from Department of State Services, DSS, detention. Addressing Kaduna State delegates on Sunday, when Amaechi, who is one of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirants came to seek their support, El-Rufai said his wife has not and will never forget the role Amaechi played to save him from the jaws of the secret police. He said even before this election period, Amaechi has been his wife’s favourite Nigerian for this particular gesture. “One time the SSS wanted to arrest me, that…
Bearing in mind the similar scenarios in the Federal Constituency in 2011 and 2015, a group of legal practitioners within the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), has urged the screening committee of the party to disqualify Engr. Sunday Oche, over a pending case of forgery standing against him. Engr. Oche, who seeks to represent Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency of Benue State under APC, was arrested last Sunday, 8th May, 2022, in Otukpo and detained at the Force Headquarters, on the order of the Chief Magistrate Court, Bwari, Abuja. He has, however, been released on bail by the Nigeria Police. One Mr.…
The Benue State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again dared the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state ahead of the 2023 general elections. The PDP, while reacting to a statement by the APC wherein it described the renditions by PDP and aides of Governor Samuel Ortom regarding the N38 billion loan approval recently granted by the Benue State House of Assembly to the administration of the Governor as “hogwash”, declared that the outcome of the 2023 elections in the state will determine who speaks “hogwash” between the two parties. The party in a statement issued by…
The European Union is set to offer its gas importers a solution to avoid a breach of sanctions when buying fuel from Russia and still effectively satisfy President Vladimir Putin’s demands over payment in rubles. In new guidance on gas payments, the European Commission plans to say that companies should make a clear statement that they consider their obligations fulfilled once they pay in euros or dollars, in line with existing contracts, according to people familiar with the matter. The EU’s executive arm told the governments that the guidance does not prevent companies from opening an account at Gazprombank and…
The alleged plan to adopt option A4 (direct primaries) and to move the Onna State Constituency primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from Onna council secretariat to the Police Special Protection Unit, Awa, or Awa Primary School, has been described by some natives of the area as a ploy by the governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, who is an indigene of Onna to favor his cousin, Mr Sunday Johnny, an aspirant for the assembly seat. The plan to adopt option A4 for the primaries, according to a source who spoke to some journalists, was perfected on Thursday, May 12, 2022…
The Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned that aspirants of the party from the state to various political positions are making arrangements for legal actions against the party. Leaders of the party in the ward, local government and state, including aspirants and stakeholders converged on the party’s secretariat in Awka on Sunday to warn that the action of the aspirants may affect the forthcoming national convention of the party. The party said the non-recognition of the party’s ward and local government chairmen, who emerged from the last congresses in the state may affect the chances…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on political parties and their followers to eschew violence and ensure peace as Osun State prepares for the July 16, 2022, gubernatorial election. This was made known during the INEC organised sensitisation workshop on campaign finance reporting for State chairmen and candidates for the Osun 2022 gubernatorial election in Osogbo, on Friday. Professor AbdulGaniy Olayinka Raji, the OSUN INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, in his address, discouraged vote buying and selling. He added that it was better for the political parties to engage in campaigns and dissemination of manifestoes. The Osun INEC boss,…
The Ogun State Chapter of Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has reiterated its support for good governance under the leadership of Gov. Dapo Abiodun, with a vote of confidence in him for quality administration in the State. Speaking at a press conference in Abeokuta, the State Chairman of IPAC, Samson Okusanya said the petition signed by one Ayodele Oludiran on behalf of a civil rights group seeking the disqualification of Gov. Abiodun was ill- conceived, and aimed at smearing the good work and the great achievements of the governor. He stated that it was imperative to state that the performance…
Ousted prime minister Imran Khan claimed on Saturday that a conspiracy to assassinate him was being hatched in Pakistan and abroad, warning that if anything happens to him, the people will come to know about the perpetrators through a video message he has recently recorded and placed in a safe place. Speaking at a big rally at Sialkot in Punjab province, Khan said he came to know about the conspiracy a few days ago and has named all those involved in it in the recorded video. A conspiracy is afoot to take my life. I got full knowledge of this…
Despite reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the resignation of some of his cabinet members, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has insisted that he has not resigned. Instead, Malami said he has withdrawn his ambition to contest the 2023 Kebbi State gubernatorial elections. The AGF stated this in a statement by his media aide, Dr Umar Gwandu. “Malami has the right to choose to voluntarily shelve his gubernatorial ambition. “It is a matter of personal conviction and individual right which didn’t violate any law. “Right thinking members of the society accord respect…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has revealed that the presidential aspirants would be screened on May 23. The Organising Secretary of the party, Suleiman Argungun, stated this during the inauguration of the screening committee on Saturday in Abuja. The screening was supposed to take place Sunday before it was later postponed. He said, “The screening for the presidential candidates we have so far 28 aspirants and as you are aware some aspirants have started withdrawing their aspiration and as such on the 23rd of May this month they will be screened.” Argungu revealed that 145 governorship, 351 Senatorial and 1197…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as reckless, irresponsible and unpardonable, a comment by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele, when asked whether he’s going to resign over his Presidential ambition that violates the CBN Act 2007 and the Public Service Rules, responded by saying Nigerians can have a heart attack, and that he is having a lot of fun. PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, Saturday said Emefiele is a card-carrying member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The party also insisted that the CBN keeps…
Governor of Bauchi State, Mohammed Bala has described the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC’s administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari as an aberration. Bala Mohammed alleged that the federal government led by Buhari is a regime of nepotism, discrimination, bad governance and corruption at its highest level. The Presidential aspirant made the assertions while speaking with journalists in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State during his consultation visit to the stakeholders of PDP in the state. According to him: “We lost an election in 2015 because the democracy and voting are in the North and they have been debriefed in terms…
Expressing grief over the death of UAE President and Abu Dhabi ruler Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that he was a great statesman and visionary leader under whom relations between the two countries prospered. The heartfelt condolences of the people of India are with the people of UAE, Modi tweeted. Sheikh Khalifa, ailing for a long time, passed away on Friday, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs said. He was 73. He was the eldest son of UAE’s founder President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. He served as the President of the…
Politics in Ikorodu has taken another dimension as four Lagos House of Assembly members have stepped down for their rivals. The members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are seeking to remove the incumbent, Sanai Agunbiade. The Majority Leader of the Lagos Assembly is seeking re-election for a fifth term. InfoStride News recalls that Agunbiade a.k.a. S.O.B. drew public anger during the EndSARS protests in 2020. Angry people of Ikorodu then stormed his residence where they found COVID-19 palliatives, including food items. Reacting, the lawmaker said he delayed the distribution because he wanted to give them to constituents on…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has withdrawn from the 2023 governorship race under the All Progressives Congress. The Minister who had declared his intention to run for the office of the Kebbi State Governor told Vanguard that he had pulled out from the race to succeed Governor Atiku Bagudu. Malami confirmed the development on Saturday. He said, “I have not resigned as the Attorney General of the Federation but have only withdrawn from the Kebbi governorship race,” he said in a text message. InfoStride News reports that Buhari had on Wednesday ordered all…