The members of the Rasaq Salinsile faction of the Osun All Progressives Congress (APC), and The Osun Progressives (TOP) have stormed the headquarters of the Osun State Police Command in a peaceful protest. The protesters are warring against the attack on the convoy of Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior in Osogbo last Monday. The protesters were led by Rasaq Salinsile, the Osun APC factional Chairman and Adelowo Adebiyi, the Chairman of The Osun Progressives (TOP). Salinsile, while addressing the media, said the position of the Osun Police Command on the attack was absurd and unbelievable adding that as bonafide…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
The Christian Politicians in the Nineteen Northern States within the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday in Abuja demanded that the presidential ticket of the ruling party should have a Christian President or Vice President from the north in the 2023 general election. The group also asked that the party should choose a Christian from the north as party National Chairman or Deputy National Chairman. At a meeting of the Northern Christian politicians held at the International Conference Centre (ICC) Abuja, members expressed happiness that the APC has finally fixed the 26th of February 2022 for its National Convention. The…
An Osun State High Court sitting in Ile-Ife has upheld all the ward Congresses conducted under the leadership of Olasoji Adagunodo-led executive of the Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The judgment also re-confirmed Barrister Wale Ojo as the acting Chairman of Osun PDP. The Sunday Bisi-led Osun PDP had asked the court to set aside a November 22, 2021, judgment recognising Ojo as Osun PDP chairman. Details later …
The Zamfara State Government has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) faction loyal to former governor, Abdulaziz Yari, to remove its billboards in the state or risk them being demolished. This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Urban Regional Planning, Alhaji Anas Abdullahi, during a press briefing in Gusau, the state capital, on Wednesday. He said that he had served the faction with an eviction letter to remove their billboards or face the full wrath of the law. Abdullahi explained that there was no APC faction in the state, claiming that the party being led by…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will urge her G20 counterparts to work towards ending the COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries and ensuring they have the resources needed to support an equitable recovery, a U.S. Treasury official said on Tuesday. Yellen is due to participate virtually in the meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 major economies on Thursday and Friday. The U.S. Treasury official laid out U.S. priorities for the meeting, which comes as COVID-19 Omicron variant cases are receding in many wealthy countries but are still rising in many developing countries. Host country…
Former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has cautioned leaders and stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), that if the party doesn’t get things right ahead of the 2023 general elections, Nigeria will be in trouble. Lamido spoke on Monday, during a meeting of the members of the National Working Committee (NWC), of the party with past Governors and some zonal leaders of the party in Abuja. The former Jigawa State Governor harped on the need for the party to be properly organized, saying “if we lose power, Nigeria may likely come to an end.” Lamido noted that,…
The Zamfara State House of Assembly has alleged that some lawmakers collected the sum of 10, 000 US dollars to frustrate the planned impeachment of the state Deputy Governor, Mahadi Aliyu Gusau. This was disclosed during a press conference at the state House of Assembly by the chairman, committee on information, Shamsudeen Hassan Boko. He said the House has commenced a thorough investigation on the matter. The chairman said two of the lawmakers accused of collecting the bribe have made confessional statements that the opposition party gave them the money. “The opposition sent one of the lawmakers to give me…
A chieftain and former Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress in Imo State, Mazi Jones Onwusoanya, has lamented the outcome of the concluded FCT council election in Abuja Municipal Area Council on Saturday. InfoStride News recalls that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Saturday’s FCT Council polls in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Mr Christopher Zakka, was declared the winner of the elections. Zakka polled a total of 19,302 to defeat his closest rival, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Murtal Usman, who polled 13,240 votes. But Mazi Onwusoanya, in a statement issued to…
Osun State government has refuted claims that there was a plan to assassinate the Minister of Interior and former governor of the state, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. InfoStride News had reported that the Rasaq Salinsile faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State on Tuesday alleged the discovery of a plot to kill Aregbesola. Abiodun Agboola, Osun APC Publicity Secretary, had said the alleged plot to have Aregbesola killed involved an ambush to be laid for his entourage as they visit the Iwo Federal Constituency on Tuesday. He was quoted as saying, ”We say by default because the plan…
Canada will donate over $7 million of lethal weapons and assorted support items to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Canadian government said in a statement on Monday. The weapons include machine guns, pistols, carbines, 1.5 million rounds of ammunition, sniper rifles, and various related equipment,” the press release said. Canada has authorized the provision of additional military assistance to the government of Ukraine to further help the Ukrainian security forces defend against Russia’s “unwanted and escalating aggression” against Ukraine. The press release said that Canada stands resolute in its support of Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence and continues…
The Rasaq Salinsile faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has alleged the discovery of a plot to kill Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior by the Osun State government. A press statement signed by Abiodun Agboola, the Osun APC Publicity Secretary, said the alleged plot to have Aregbesola killed involved an ambush to be laid for his entourage as they visit the Iwo Federal Constituency on Tuesday. Revealing that the plot was to stop the Iwo meeting from holding on Tuesday, Agboola said sources close to the faction revealed that the hatchers of the plan were…
Senator Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will today hold a meeting with the leadership of state chapters to deliberate on the state of the party and Nigeria in general. The meeting is scheduled to hold by 3 pm at the National Secretariat, National Executive Council (NEC) Hall, Wadata Plaza, Abuja. InfoStride News gathered that those expected at the meeting include all 17 members of the NWC, Chairman and Secretary of the 36 state chapters and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A reliable source disclosed that “this is a familiarisation meeting between the PDP…
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has recalled what the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, told him in 2018 while handing Gboyega Oyetola to him as his successor. The Minister spoke in Ijebu Ijesa, Osun State on Monday while addressing APC faithful and stakeholders ahead of the party’s governorship primary. He suggested that when Governor Oyetola reneged on his promises to be loyal and walk with him, the person, who handed him (Oyetola) over to him did not draw his attention to the failings. Aregbesola described Oyetola as the most “useless and corrupt governor in the history of…
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has revealed what those campaigning for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo are doing with the leaked video of Bola Tinubu, a presidential aspirant. Omokri alleged that Osinbajo’s campaigners are the ones promoting the video of Tinubu’s wet cloth. In a tweet, the former presidential aide said he could release the names of Osinbajo’s campaigners behind the leaked video. He, however, said both camps should sort themselves out. According to Omokri: “Tinubu’s camp may be surprised to learn that the embarrassing leaks about him are actually being promoted by Vice President Osinbajo’s campaigners.…
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday called on the country’s people to fly flags and sing the national anthem in unison on Feb. 16, a date that some Western media say Russian could invade. Ukrainian government officials stressed that Zelenskiy was not predicting an attack on Wednesday, but responding skeptically to the foreign media reports. “They tell us Feb. 16 will be the day of the attack. We will make it a day of unity,” Zelenskiy said in a video address to the nation. “They are trying to frighten us by yet again naming a date for the start of…
The Archbishop, Metropolitan and Primate of Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Dr. Henry Ndukuba, has chastised political parties for their inability to provide governance to the citizens of the country. He stated this at the dedication service of the Ultra Modern Cathedral, Church of Emmanuel, Diocese of Ekiti, on Monday, in Ado-Ekiti. Most Rev. Ndukuba said that the level of decadence in the polity was responsible for the surge in corruption, poverty, insecurity and other ills in the society. However, he poured encomiums on the leaders of the South-West geopolitical zone for their leadership strides despite the challenges.…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its victory in Abuja Municipal, Bwari and Kuje Area Councils in the last Saturday, Federal Capital Territory Council elections was a clear demonstration of the determination by Nigerians to return its party to power in 2023. PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Tuesday described the three area councils as melting pots of Nigerians from all sections across the nation irrespective of political, ethnic, cultural, religious, class, professional or age affiliations. “The crushing rejection of the incompetent, corrupt and vicious APC in the three area councils, therefore, represents the…
A faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State has played down the certificate of return given to Ugochukwu Agballah by the national leadership of the party. Agballah was on Monday in Abuja presented with the certificate by the APC national leadership, ending weeks of speculations. But reacting in Enugu on Tuesday, another faction of the party led by Comrade Adolphus Ude said the presentation of the certificate of return to Agballah was an exercise in futility. Apart from Ude, one of the lawyers handling a series of litigations by members of the party, Barr. Chukwudi Igwe also…
The former Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Dr Salihu Lukman has penned an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, where he accused the leadership of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of working tirelessly to frustrate the national convention of the party slated for February 26. Lukman, in the letter titled “APC Convention: Caretaker or Undertaker” made available to journalists on Tuesday, said that every day, the party members wake up with different speculation about either governors will be meeting to decide on zoning or governors are going to be meeting with…
The Chinese military has begun combat-oriented testing and assessment of its weapon systems following President Xi Jinping’s order to perform in the real battle conditions, the official media here reported on Monday. Xi Jinping, 68, who heads the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC) the overall high command of the two million-strong People’s Liberation Army (PLA), recently signed an order promulgating a set of regulations on the testing and assessment of military equipment, which stressed efficient, combat-oriented tests under the development trend of “informatisation and intelligentisation” throughout the equipment’s entire life spans. The regulations raised higher requirements for weapons and equipment…