Ugonna Ozurigbo, member representing Nkwerre/ Nwangele/Isu/Njaba Federal Constituency, has defected from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The lawmaker, who is also a former deputy speaker of the house, made this known on Saturday at his Umuozu ward in the Nwangele Local Government Area of the state. Ozurigbo also announced his intention to seek a second term in office. According to him, his reelection would further position his constituency for more dividends. A statement issued by his media aide, Philip Dike on Sunday read in part, “Hon. Ozurigbo made it known that his intention to…
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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has summoned all aspirants jostling to contest for various political positions in 2023. They were all asked to report to a meeting scheduled to hold at the Oyo State Government House. InfoStride News learnt that the governor summoned the aspirants due to some disagreements that have characterised the forthcoming primary of the party. It was gathered that leaders and aspirants of the party in some constituencies are yet to agree on the candidates to flag the party’s flag due to some internal wrangling. Makinde has now mandated all the aspirants to attend a meeting…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), on Monday, opposed the endorsement of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for a second term. This was contained in a statement by Professor Ishaq Akintola, Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC). InfoStride News recalls that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), last week, endorsed the incumbent Governor of the State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for a second term in office for the 2023 gubernatorial election. However, MURIC, on Monday, in a statement, disagreed with the leadership of the party, saying that the endorsement violated a long standing unwritten rule on rotational governance between Christians and Muslims in Lagos State. He…
Russia forces have destroyed a logistics terminal at a military airfield near Ukraine’s Odessa, where foreign weapons were stored, said the Russian Defence Ministry. “This afternoon, high-precision, long-range air-based missiles fired by the Russian Aerospace Forces disabled a logistics terminal at a military airfield near Odessa, where a large batch of foreign weapons received from the US and European countries were stored,” said Russian Defence Ministry spokesman, Igor Konashenkov on Saturday. However, Russia is continuing its special military operation in Ukraine, Xinhua news agency reported. The Russian military has destroyed 141 aircraft and 110 helicopters, 264 anti-aircraft missile systems, 541…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has set eyes on Abia, Anambra and Enugu States ahead of the 2023 general elections. The party currently controls two South-East States, courtesy of Ebonyi Governor, Dave Umahi’s defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The APC is now boasting that it would record at least 70 percent success in the forthcoming 2023 polls. This was the resolution of the South-East APC at its first Zonal Executive Committee meeting, which was held in Enugu yesterday. The Zone, under the leadership of its National Vice Chairman, Dr. Ijeomah Arodiogbu, announced its desire to record immense electoral…
Peter Obi, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential aspirant and former Governor of Anambra State, has stated that a consensus candidate is not the answer to the country’s many challenges. According to him, the consensus structure demanded by some aspirants is not what Nigeria requires right now. Obi spoke at a meeting with PDP chieftains in Akure, Ondo State’s capital, on Sunday, ahead of the party’s upcoming primary. While bemoaning the poor state and neglect of the Akure-Ado Ekiti road, the former Anambra State Governor declared that it could be fixed for just N5 billion. Obi also urged Nigerians to…
The Bauchi State chapter of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) on Saturday took a swipe at the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the exorbitant prices of its nomination and expression of interest forms for the 2023 elections. Speaking with journalists in Bauchi, the ZLP chairman in the state, Khalid Arewa, said the cost of nomination forms as announced by the ruling party were totally against the democratic aspirations of youths, women and the less privileged in the society. According to the ZLP chairman, the amounts clearly ran against the Not Too Young To Run Act, which was signed by…
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has said the government of President Muhammadu Buhari deceived Nigerians with his resolve to wage war against corruption at the inception of the administration, saying events in recent times have exposed the deceit of the government. The lawyer, who was reacting to the last week’s state pardon extended to former governors of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye; and Taraba State, Jolly Nyame; who were jailed for stealing their various state funds, noted that the action of the government has further legitimised corruption and mismanagement of public funds in the country. Falana,…
In a phone conversation with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that his country is set to provide the war-torn nation with more military equipment. In a statement, the Downing Street said that during the conversation between the two leaders on Saturday, Johnson told Zelensky more armoured vehicles, drones and anti-tank weapons would be sent to Ukraine, reports the BBC. The Prime Minister also confirmed that the UK will reopen its embassy in Kive next week, a move first announced on Friday. According to a Downing Street, this was a demonstration of “our support and…
Ahead of the much anticipated 2023 general elections, the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said the main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP may lose its relevance if it fails to win the Presidential race. Wike who had declared his intentions to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in the coming presidential election made the claim when he met with stakeholders and delegates of the party in Anambra State on Saturday. The governor urged the party members to jettison sentiments and do everything possible for the party to return to power in 2023. He said he had fought and conquered the ruling…
National leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, at the weekend, charged members of the party in Kwara State to unite and secure victory for the party in next year’s general elections. Speaking in Ilorin on Saturday at a meeting with aspirants of the party, he said the time has come for members of the PDP in Kwara State to unite. Saraki said, “it is paramount for the PDP to secure victory in 2023 for the good of its members and the entire people of Kwara State.” Saraki, according to a statement by his Press Officer…
The governor of Rivers State, Mr Nyesom Wike, who is a presidential aspirant under the platform of the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the weekend tasked stakeholders and founding fathers of the party to give the presidential ticket to someone who will not run away from the party. The Presidential aspirant equally vowed to put David Umahi’s successor in Ebonyi State during the forthcoming 2023 general election. Wike made this known while addressing stakeholders and political leaders of PDP in Ebonyi State during his consultation visit to the people of the state. According to him: “I’m here…
Ahead of its 2023 national convention slated for 28 and 29 May, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed a meeting of its National Executive Committee (NEC) for Wednesday, May 4, 2022. InfoStride News gathered that the report of the 37-man committee led by Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom-led already submitted to the National Working Committee (NWC) will be considered at the party’s 96th NEC meeting. PDP in a statement by its National Secretary, Sen. Samuel N. Anyanwu, Saturday stated that “All members of the National Executive Committee of our great party are invited to the 96th NEC meeting scheduled…
A senior US official has warned China against providing “material support” to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “unprovoked” war in Ukraine, saying sanctions against Moscow would give Beijing some idea of the menu from which America could choose. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman’s warning came on Thursday following the third convening of the EU-US dialogue on China in Brussels. She said less than three weeks before Putin launched his unprovoked war against Ukraine, he and Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Russia have “a no limits partnership” with no “forbidden areas” of cooperation.…
A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, Engr Umar Mustapha, has condemned the flyovers built in the state capital, Yola, by the administration of incumbent Governor Ahmadu Fintiri. Umar Mustapha, in an interaction with newsmen in Yola on Saturday, said the two flyovers have created problems of their own without solving any, and that he would remove them if he succeeds in his quest to become governor come 2023. “Why would you borrow money to do these useless bridges which have worsened traffic problems in many ways?What they have done is a…
Former Governor of Jigawa State and one of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftains in the country, Sule Lamido, has slammed northern elders over the recent endorsement of two aspirants as the party’s consensus presidential candidates. Lamido stated this in a statement, which he personally signed and issued to the media on Saturday. He was reacting to the outcome of a northern leaders’ meeting in Minna, Niger State, where former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Governor of Bauchi state, Bala Mohammed were shortlisted as northern consensus candidates. In a communique signed by former Vice-Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof. Ango…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Chief Joe Igbokwe has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, sponsored the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in 2015 after losing election. Igbokwe, in a post on Facebook, said the solution to the insecurity in the zone was for stakeholders to visit President Buhari and seek for improved security in the zone. He, however, stated that he has paid his own price to the insecurity in the zone, through the burning of his house in Nnewi last year. “President Buhari won elections in 2015 and IPOB, a branch…
Voters in Osun State have been charged to use the opportunity of the Saturday, July 16, 2022 gubernatorial election to vote out Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adeolu Adebayo, the gubernatorial candidate of the Action Peoples Party (APP) who gave this charge, said the APC had failed the in the 12 years that it has been steering the affairs of the State. Making this call in Oyan, Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State, Adebayo also disclosed that the populace of the State needed a change in the status quo because the APC government…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to the UK on Saturday after a two-day visit to India amidst reports of more fines being issued by Scotland Yard for lockdown-breaching parties at 10 Downing Street here. The Metropolitan Police have been investigating the partygate scandal, which is a looming threat to Johnson’s leadership that followed him all the way to Ahmedabad and Delhi this week as the House of Commons voted in favour of an investigation into whether he knowingly misled Parliament over the issue. During his final press conference in Delhi on Friday, Johnson, 57, declined to be drawn on…
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said it would not be out of place for either Rotimi Amaechi or Nyesom Wike to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. The Igbo group spoke through a statement made available to the media by its Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro. He said the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide had broadened its search for a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction beyond the scope of the South-East zone to include “our own in the South-South Nigeria.” According to him, “it became necessary for the Igbo to jettison artificial separation through boundary adjustment by the Military and then…