The northwest wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed its readiness to ensure formidable unity amongst its members in all the states of the zone. This was contained in a press statement signed by the zonal publicity secretary of the party, Musa Mailafiya Mada, the decision had been reached during a meeting of the North-West officials of the party which was presided by the National Vice Chairman in charge of the Zone Salihu Mohammed Lukman at the Zonal Secretariat of the party in Kaduna. The National Vice Chairman said taking into cognisance of Nigeria’s political history, the North-west…
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A popular sociopolitical activist, Reno Omokri, has slammed a former minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, describing the former presidential candidate as a frustrated hypocrite. Recall that Ezekwesili’s running mate in the 2019 presidential election on the platform of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, Gani Galadima, had said the former Education minister was never serious about her presidential run. He further accused Ezekwesili of only using the party’s platform to negotiate to be Nigeria’s finance minister. Ezekwesili quit the 2019 presidential race citing ideological differences with her estranged party, ACPN. She also said the party picked her as…
Chinese President Xi Jinping issued the strongest warning yet against anyone who questions the country’s zero-Covid policy. The move comes after many Shanghai residents have taken to social media to call for help and vent their anger over severe food shortages and lack of access to medical care over the past five weeks, reported CNN. At a meeting chaired by Xi on Thursday, the ruling Communist Party’s supreme Politburo Standing Committee vowed to “unswervingly adhere to the general policy of ‘dynamic zero-Covid,’ and resolutely fight against any words and acts that distort, doubt or deny our country’s epidemic prevention…
Weeks after the crisis rocking the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was resolved, the party is heading for another major crisis over alleged manipulation of the ad hoc delegate list the party had sent to Abuja for the national chairman’s approval. It would be recalled that the Edo State chapter of PDP recently held its ward congresses in the state. But some party members including the state secretary, Mr Hilary Otsu have accused Governor Godwin Obaseki of deliberately dropping the party’s authentic list for another list written from the government house. Speaking with the media on…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the sack, arrest, and prosecution of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele over the abuse of office and financial impropriety. Recall that Emefiele was alleged to have purchased the All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 Presidential Expression of interest and nomination forms recently. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba who addressed a Press Conference on Saturday in Abuja drew the attention of Nigerians to the provisions of the CBN Act 2007 and particularly referenced Section 9. Ologunagba argued that the CBN Governor and the Deputy Governors are expected…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the conduct of the Party’s North West Zonal Congress to elect Zonal Executive Officers and National Ex-Officio in the North West Zone. PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, Saturday explained that the exercise is scheduled to hold on Monday, May 9, 2022, at the Zonal Headquarters, Kaduna, Kaduna State. The opposition party’s NWC requests all leaders, critical stakeholders and its teeming members in the North-West to be guided accordingly for a smooth and hitch-free exercise. PDP assured that the North West Zonal…
Sokoto State Governor and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential aspirant, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has called on the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to as a matter of urgency resign his position in the interest of the nation’s economy. Tambuwal, who made the call while addressing PDP delegates in Jalingo on Saturday, viewed the economy of the country as being in shambles. The decision of Emefiele to run for the presidency, he believed, would have an immediate effect on the economy, considering its volatility. He said, “It is high time that President Muhammadu Buhari called Emefiele…
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned that the invasion of Ukraine could be replicated in Taiwan by China if leading powers do not respond as one. Speaking through a translator at a meeting in London, Kishida said that the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine has raised concerns that China might take advantage of the West’s military commitments in Eastern Europe to launch a simultaneous move against Taipei, reported Trevor Filseth, writing in The National Interest. He said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might presage similar events in Taiwan unless Japan and its Indo-Pacific allies respond to a crisis on the…
A political group, Orlu Political Action Committee, OPAC, has reacted angrily to the Supreme Court verdict that settled the legal fireworks between Imo and Rivers States over the 17 disputed oil wells. The dispute, InfoStride News reported, was resolved in favour of Rivers State. In a statement on Saturday, the group from Orlu, politically disowned Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma. It called on the sons and daughters of Orlu currently serving in Uzodinma’s government to resign. Uzodinma is the immediate past Senator that represented Orlu Senatorial District in the National Assembly. The political group said any political party dealing with…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lost nine of its members of the State House of Assembly in Kano to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). InfoStride News recalls that a former governor of Kano State, Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the leader of PDP in the State, had earlier joined the NNPP. Uba Abdullahi, the Public Relations Officer of the Assembly, confirmed the defection of the nine lawmakers from the PDP to the NNPP. According to him, the lawmakers had sent a letter to the Speaker of the State Assembly notifying the House of their defection to the NNPP. Some…
The Osun State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are in war of words over alleged plot to rig the State gubernatorial election slated for July 16. PDP had accused the APC flagbearer and incumbent Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of conspiring with some staff of the electoral body to rig the forthcoming governorship elections. But the Director-General of the IleriOluwa Campaign Council, Senator Ajibola Bashiru, in a statement made available to the media dismissed the allegation as baseless. Bashiru, who represents Osun Central Senatorial district, added that the allegation was meant…
Gubernatorial aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu East Senatorial district have responded to the alarm raised by Senator Ike Ekweremadu over alleged political violence in Enugu State. InfoStride News had reported that Ekweremadu, who spoke through his campaign organization, at a press briefing on Friday, called on the police to arrest the situation. However, guber aspirants from Enugu East zone have told the Senator that there were no bandits in the party’s politics. The aspirants from Enugu East Senatorial district, represented by Denge Josef-Ken Onoh, in a statement, Friday evening, described all the allegations by the Ekweremadu…
President Joe Biden has authorised the shipment of another USD 150 million in military assistance for Ukraine for artillery rounds and radar systems in its fight against Russia’s invading forces. Biden on Friday said the latest spending means his administration has “nearly exhausted” what Congress authorised for Ukraine in March and called on lawmakers to swiftly approve a more than USD 33 billion spending package that will last through the end of September. “We are sending the weapons and equipment that Congress has authorised directly to the front lines of freedom in Ukraine,” Biden said in a statement. “US…
Some members of the Ekiti State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, have kicked against alleged imposition of Hon. Hakeem Jamiu, incumbent Speaker of the state legislature for re-election in the 2023 general elections. They also accused the Hon. Paul Omotoso-led State Working Committee, SWC, of colluding with some state officials to manipulate the electoral process in favour of the lawmaker. InfoStride News also learnt that the Protesters who came from Irepodun/Ifelodun State Constituency II, are the lawmaker’s constituents. Spokesman of the protesters and former Chairman of the Irepodun/Ifelodun Council, Hon. Kayode Ojo, who spoke with newsmen, said…
A gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kaduna State, Alh Sani Sha’aban, has kicked against Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s choice of governorship candidate for 2023 general elections. Governor El-rufai, when asked to unveil his anointed candidate for the Kaduna State while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today, on March 15, 2022, said his preference is in his core team which included; Deputy Governor, Hadiza Balarabe, Senator Uba Sani, Bashir Saidu (Finance), Muhammed Sani Abdullahi (Budget and Planning) and Samuel Aruwan (Internal Security), among others. However, as 2023 general elections draw nearer, a source hinted on…
A gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kaduna State, Alh Sani Sha’aban, has kicked against Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s choice of governorship candidate for 2023 general elections. Governor El-rufai, when asked to unveil his anointed candidate for the Kaduna State while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today, on March 15, 2022, said his preference is in his core team which included; Deputy Governor, Hadiza Balarabe, Senator Uba Sani, Bashir Saidu (Finance), Muhammed Sani Abdullahi (Budget and Planning) and Samuel Aruwan (Internal Security), among others. However, as 2023 general elections draw nearer, a source hinted on…
Former Nigerian Vice President and presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has given reasons the nation has been further divided. Atiku said the disunity was because the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government has been unfair to all parts of the country. According to the presidential aspirant, the nation was not this disunited during the civil war era, adding that insecurity has been a major challenge facing the nation. Atiku spoke on Saturday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, while addressing PDP delegates ahead of the forthcoming presidential primaries. The 2019 PDP presidential…
For weeks, first lady Jill Biden has been transfixed by the news coming out of Ukraine, by the bombings and scenes of parents weeping over their children’s broken bodies in the streets, as she said in a recent speech. Now Biden is using her second solo overseas trip to get an up-close look at the Ukrainian refugee crisis by visiting Romania and Slovakia, where she will spend Mother’s Day meeting with displaced families in a small Slovakian village on the border with Ukraine. Biden, who opens the visit Friday in Romania, told reporters traveling with her Thursday night, It’s…
A Peoples Democratic Party, Presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday disclosed the biggest challenge the All Progressives Congress, APC, has caused Nigeria. Atiku said the APC has caused Nigeria only disunity and woes. The former Vice President lamented that Nigeria was more divided under the APC government than pre-civil war era. He spoke in Lagos at a meeting of PDP members ahead of the upcoming primary election. According to Atiku: ”We are living witnesses of the challenges that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has caused us in this country. “The biggest challenge that APC has brought is disunity. We have…
The Sokoto State Governor and Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has lamented that Nigeria is sliding towards a failed state under the watch of the All Progressives Congress (PDP). Tambuwal who stated this Friday when he visited the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) at the party’s National Headquarters in Abuja claimed that Nigerians are facing greater dangers than they ever have. He said “Our country has been divided as never before. Our economy is in shambles. The security ravaging the country has never been this bad. “The general summation of the…