Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso

The former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Anayo Okorocha, on Tuesday expressed fear that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would face multiple litigation after the rescheduled National Convention of the party. He said the APC has unfortunately forgotten how it started and was making the mistake of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), expressing the belief that the National Convention will be an opportunity to correct their mistakes, if they listen to somebody like him. Speaking on Tuesday on the state of tge APC after plenary at the National Assembly, Okorocha, who represents Imo West, lamented that the travails of…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) appears to have reached consensus on a zoning formula that will see to the swapping of offices held between the north and south. By the latest development, all offices that were occupied by northerners in the last eight years will go to the south and vice versa. They settled for this system after a meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and 19 governors elected under the APC at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday. At the meeting were Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; and the Chief of Staff…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government’s continued withholding of assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill indicates that they are averse to credible elections. PDP warned that the President’s refusal to assent to the bill may trigger a serious political crisis that can derail the electoral system and truncate democracy. Addressing a world press conference at the party headquarters, Abuja on Tuesday, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba said the current stance of President Buhari further validates the opposition party’s position that “the Buhari-led APC government is…

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently holding a closed-door meeting with governors elected under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abuja. The meeting, which is taking place at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, is not unconnected to the postponement of the party’s national convention earlier scheduled to hold February 26. Those in a attendance are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and 18 governors, including the Yobe, Kogi, Kano, Ekiti, Kwara, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Lagos Jigawa, Imo, Ogun, Niger Borno, Gombe, Plateau, Osun, Kebbi. Recall that the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling party, yesterday, picked…

President Joe Biden’s administration has prepared an initial package of sanctions against Russia that includes barring U.S. financial institutions from processing transactions for major Russian banks, three people familiar with the matter said. The measures, which would only be implemented if Russia invades Ukraine, aim to hurt the Russian economy by cutting the “correspondent” banking relationships between targeted Russian banks and U.S. banks that enable international payments. While U.S. authorities have said banking restrictions would be part of a package of possible sanctions, the administration’s plan to cut correspondent banking ties – which underpin global money flows – has not…

Lawmakers from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South region have endorsed the presidential aspiration of Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State in 2023. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lawmakers converged on Calabar, the Cross River State capital, on Monday to seek support for Yahaya Bello under the “GYB 2 PYB Legislative Team 2023”. Speaking, Mr Matthew Kolawole, Speaker of Kogi House of Assembly and National Coordinator of the Legislative Team, said it was time for a generational shift in governance Kolawole said that the lawmakers were ready to reshape and direct the political path…

In reaction to the postponement of the national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a pressure group within the party known as ‘Concerned APC Stakeholders Forum’ (CASF), has expressed satisfaction with the development. The Governor Mai Buni led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), had on Monday, after an extensive stakeholders’ meeting, transmitted a letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), intimating it of the decision to hold zonal congresses on Saturday, 26th March, instead of the planned national convention for this Saturday. Dr. Abdulkadir Suleiman, the Executive Secretary of CASF, in a statement on Monday, hailed the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it was ready to conduct a free, fair and transparent bye-election in Ngor-Okpala on February 26th. It said that everything has been put in place to ensure the smooth conduct of the poll. INEC Resident Commissioner in lmo State, Prof. Chukwuemeka Francis Ezeonu, stated this on Monday when the executive members of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NWAOJ, in the state paid a courtesy visit to his office along Port Harcourt road, Owerri. He listed some of the challenges facing the Commission in the state including the burning of INEC…

The 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said the Federal High Court suit challenging his Nigerian citizenship was politically orchestrated to stop him from enjoying his rights and privileges. Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo on Monday struck out the suit instituted by the Incorporated Trustees of Egalitarian Mission for Africa on the account that the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) had no legal right in the first instance to query the citizenship of the former Vice President. The justice cautioned the NGO to refrain from filing frivolous applications targeted at harassing politically exposed Nigerians.…

Dapo Fasola, the convener of Yoruba Youth Likeminds (YYL) has advised Tinubu to give up his presidential ambition, and support the aspirations and interests of his foot soldiers. He wrote: “BRF summed it up succinctly when he said, “May our loyalty not be tested”. Nothing in life is infinitesimal. Even loyalty has a limit. If you test the loyalty of the dog you keep at home, feed and take good care of, it would react. “Nothing can be worse than discovering that the person you had loved, trusted and offered all your loyalty to has backstabbed you. That is what…

US President Joe Biden plans to discuss the Ukraine crisis with G7 leaders during a virtual meeting on Thursday, the White House informs. “The President will participate in a virtual G7 Leaders’ meeting to discuss the ongoing situation with regard to Russia and Ukraine, and priorities of the German G7 Presidency year,” the White House schedule for February 24 says. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will attend the virtual G7 summit, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said at a Monday press conference, adding that the talks will cover foreign policy issues, including Ukraine, and Japan expects that G7 countries…

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has settled for a shift in date of its national convention following President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval,InfoStride News has learnt. InfoStride News gathered Sunday night that the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, chaired by the Yobe State Governor, Mai Bala Buni, met and took a decision to postpone the party’s national convention, which was earlier scheduled to hold this Saturday. The committee decided on a two-week shift, a development that may not have gone down well with other stakeholders of the party, most of whom are agitating that the convention should hold on February…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has constituted a Reconciliation Committee to ensure unity and cohesion in the party ahead of the June 18 governorship election. The Deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Reconciliation Committee to reach out to some aspirants and their supporters who are still aggrieved with the outcome of the January 27 governorship primary. The Committee also has two former Deputy Governors, Chief Abiodun Aluko and Prof. Modupe Adelabu as members. Other members are Prof. Bolaji Aluko and Hon. Bunmi Adelugba, who will serve as the Secretary. This…

Immediate past Chief of Army Staff and Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Benin Republic, Lt. Gen. Yusuf Tukur Buratai (rtd), on Sunday, reacted to calls to join the 2023 Presidential race. Buratai, who distanced himself from such calls and presidential campaign posters of him making rounds on social media, said he is contented with his work as an envoy. He disclosed that he has never indicated interest or discussed with any group about running for the Presidency in 2023. A group known as the All Progressives Congress (APC) Door-to-door Campaign Forum had urged the former Army Chief to run for the…

Evidence suggests that Russia is planning “the biggest war in Europe since 1945”, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the BBC. “All the signs are that the plan has already in some senses begun,” he said on Saturday from Munich where world leaders are meeting for an annual security conference. Intelligence suggests Russia intends to launch an invasion that will encircle Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Johnson told the BBC. “I’m afraid to say that the plan we are seeing is for something that could be really the biggest war in Europe since 1945 just in terms of sheer scale. “People need…

Ganduje’s faction of the All Progressives Congress APC in Kano State had threatened to arrest the factional leader of the Ibrahim Shekarau faction, Ahmadu Haruna Zago if he ever parades himself as the state chairman of the party. Party Publicity Secretary Ahmad S. Aruwan disclosed this in an interview with newsmen. This is coming hours after the G-7 faction of the party led by Shekarau kicked against the decision of the Abuja court of appeal which handed the control of the APC in Kano to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. InfoStride News reported that the Court of Appeal in Abuja set aside…

The former Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Dr. Salihu Lukman has alleged that some leaders of the party are putting more energy and effort in terms of how they can manipulate party structures to impose their choices of candidates for 2023. Lukman disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday titled “A Comparative Review of Performances in Government”. He said as the 2023 elections approaches, the campaign message coming from leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is that they were on a mission to rescue Nigeria. The party chieftain noted that the main opposition party claimed the…

Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has described his victory at the Osun All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial primary election as a statement of resolve from the party members to continue to redefine governance and re-entrench sustainable democracy. In an acceptance speech he delivered after his emergence as the APC gubernatorial candidate for the 2022 Osun gubernatorial election on Sunday, February 20, 2022, Oyetola noted that the decision has made the party a beacon of democracy and a united channel of development The governor, while describing the outcome of the primary election as a victory for members of the party, added that it…

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, youths in Akwa Ibom State have been advised to look inwards and choose competent people at all levels of public office and not those who do not have their interests at heart. One of the frontline governorship aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ide Owodiong Idemeko who gave the advice at the weekend during a consultation visit on the Chapter Officers of PDP in Ibesikpo Asutan local government area of the state said good leadership is the only guarantee for the promotion of development and progress in the state He also called for…

Ukrainian defence ministry has reported further ceasefire violations in the east, after a day of heavy weapons fire Saturday, CNN reported. The ministry said that in the first 11 hours of Sunday, “20 incidents of ceasefire violation by the Russian occupation forces were observed, including 18 incidents when the Russian occupation forces utilised weapons prohibited by the Minsk Agreements”. The Minsk II agreement led to a shaky ceasefire between the Ukrainian military and Russian-backed separatist forces, and bans heavy weapons near the line of contact between the two sides. Ukraine said it recorded a total of 136 ceasefire violations on…