Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has said he is still considering running for the presidency in 2023. Atiku said his consideration on whether to run for the presidency or not was due to the challenges facing the country. This was as he stressed that the country was more divided now than it was during the Civil War. Addressing members of the Let’s Fix Nigeria with Atiku group in his residence in Abuja, the former Vice President said insecurity and poverty had become prevalent in the country. According to Atiku: “I have never seen this country with so many challenges at…
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Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has said President Muhammadu Buhari would decide the next All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate. Zulum explained that Buhari would decide APC’s presidential candidate because he is the leader of the ruling party. He spoke in Maiduguri, the State capital on Friday when he played host to members of the Progressive Consolidation Group (PCG) led by their chairman, Dr Aliyu Rabiu Kurfias. The group had visited Zulum to promote the presidential ambition of the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo. There have been speculations that Osinbajo may run for the presidency in 2023. But, Osinbajo, through…
Russia could invade Ukraine “at any time” and American citizens should leave immediately, the US has warned. An invasion could start with aerial bombing that would make departures difficult and endanger civilians, the BBC quoted the White House as saying on Friday. Moscow has repeatedly denied any plans to invade Ukraine despite massing more than 100,000 troops near the border. The US statement prompted countries around the world to issue fresh warnings to nationals in Ukraine, the report said. The UK, Australia, Canada and the Netherlands are among those urging citizens to leave as soon as possible. However, attempts to…
An Ilorin-based legal practitioner, Mr Taiwo Usman, has warned politicians to stop using gun to win elections. He advised politicians in the country to shun do-or-die politics, as the 2023 general election draws near. Usman, who gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Friday, said that politicians should be friendly in their approach to the upcoming elections. According to him, politics is a game and not a war, where people must harm their opponents to achieve their desired goals. “Enough of winning-at-all-cost politics; politicians should learn how to accept defeat in…
Contrary to the call for a young candidate, Atiku says Nigerians should be looking for someone who has been endowed to lead instead. PDP Presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says the idea of zoning is not recognised in Nigeria’s constitution. Atiku said the constitution allows everyone to run, adding that he was a member of the constituent assembly that drafted the current constitution. The Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said this amid the call on the party to zone its 2023 presidential ticket to the south. While addressing members of a group,…
Fourteen political parties will be slugging it out against one another for 62 councilorship and six chairmanship seats as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council election holds Saturday. The Executive Director, Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA), Faith Nwadishi while addressing a press conference on Friday in Abuja said the FCT election should be taken seriously just like any other election because its failure or success counts towards the credibility of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). She said no fewer than 55 chairmanship candidates and 363 councillorship candidates will be contesting on Saturday as 1.4 million registered voters in…
Opeyemi Bamidele, Ekiti Central Senator and governorship aspirant in the just-concluded primary election of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, has assured that he won’t challenge the victory of the party’s candidate, Hon. Biodun Oyebanji, in court. Bamidele explained that his decision is in the interest of the party’s unity and cohesion. He noted that though he still harbours resentment against the January 27 primary, which he described as a sham, charade and flagrant abrasion of democracy ethos, he won’t defect from the APC. Recall that after the primary election, the former governorship aspirant had threatened to challenge…
President Joe Biden is expected to issue an executive order on Friday to move some $7 billion of the Afghan central bank’s assets frozen in the US banking system to fund humanitarian relief in Afghanistan and compensate victims of the Sept 11, 2001, attacks, according to a US official familiar with the decision. The order will require US financial institutions to facilitate access to $3.5 billion of assets for the Afghan relief and basic needs. The other $3.5 billion would remain in the United States and be used to fund ongoing litigation by US victims of terrorism, the official said.…
A man living with disability, Wasiu Nurudeen, has threatened to drag Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to court if he fails to recontest the gubernatorial election in 2023. Nurudeen made this disclosure via a statement made available to the media in Ibadan on Friday. Makinde was elected as governor of the state on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Nurudeen, in the statement, said the governor had demonstrated quality leadership in the state in his first tenure. He explained that this is the main reason he would sue the governor for failing to recontest. “As a member of…
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State has reacted Governor Benedict Ayade’s recent declaration to contest for president. Chairman of the party in the state, Venatius Ikem made the reaction in an interaction with the media in Calabar on Friday. Ikem said the governor was desperate because he has failed in the state. He said everybody in Nigeria and beyond knows Ayade as a professional joker and would not be taken seriously. Ikem said: “He is just grandstanding out of desperation for his doomed political future. “The entire country has come to know him as a jester.…
All is set for the meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State Capital. InfoStride News exclusively gathered that the meeting is slated for Monday 14th February. Recall that, the last PDP Governors Forum meeting was held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State last month. A source told our correspondent that 13 governors are expected to arrive in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on Sunday, 13th February. He said, “as they did in their previous meetings, the governors will review the state of the nation, 2023 general election and party issues”. Governors expected at the meeting are the…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed the North West Zonal Congress of the party, earlier scheduled to hold on February 12. PDP in a statement by its National Organising Secretary, Umar M. Bature, Friday in Abuja, said the NWC approved the postponement. It added that “a new date will be communicated in due course”.
Russia could invade Ukraine during the current Beijing Winter Olympics so Americans should leave the Eastern European country immediately, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday. Blinken did not detail the reasons behind the State Department’s latest security alert that calls on all American citizens to leave Ukraine. Simply put, we continue to see very troubling signs of Russian escalation, including new forces arriving at the Ukrainian border, Blinken said in Melbourne, Australia. We’re in a window when an invasion could begin at any time and, to be clear, that includes during the Olympics, Blinken added. The Olympic Games…
As the 2023 general elections draw near, the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has vowed that it would not support older candidates who are aspiring to become President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor. InfoStride News reports that while some Nigerians continue to make demands that the presidency should be zoned to the Southeast following allegations of marginalization at the federal level, some politicians from the region have declared their interest for the top political office. Notably, the incumbent governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and a former governor of Imo…
The Kano State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reaffirmed the suspension of Senator Bello Hayatu, from the party. Senator Hayatu was earlier suspended from the party over alleged anti-party activities during the 2019 general elections. This is coming barely two days to the party’s northwest zonal congress. The party chairman in the state, Wada Sagagi, confirmed the suspension in a statement issued to newsmen on Thursday. He said the state executive committee reaffirmed the suspension of the Senator Gwarzo, to protect him from contesting from any other position in the party. The statement said, “As we are approaching…
The US State Department has expressed concerns over the attacks on statues of Mahatma Gandhi and is asking law enforcement to investigate the incidents, according to a spokesperson. “The Department of State is in regular communication with law enforcement partners and encourages investigation into these incidents,” the spokesperson said in an email to IANS. In the latest incident, the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in New York City’s Union Square was defaced with black paint on Febryary 4 and it followed an attack on the Independence leader’s statue in Washington on India’s Republic Day, January 26. India’s Consulate General in New…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorcha Ayu has assured the Senate Caucus of the party that the National Working Committee (NWC) will return the party to winning ways. The PDP National Chairman gave the assurance on Thursday during an interactive session and dinner with the Senate Caucus in Cross River Meeting Room, Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. In his remarks, Ayu explained that in their efforts to reposition the party, the NWC thought it wise to interact with the Senate caucus of the party. He noted that “It is very important that the entire party work as…
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to emulate former President Goodluck Jonathan’s legacy by conducting a free, fair and credible general elections throughout the country in 2023. According to Governor Tambuwal, it is the best gift President Buhari would present to Nigerians in 2023 by ensuring a peaceful and credible election that will usher in new leaders in the country. He made the observation while speaking with newsmen in Kaduna after meeting with former Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi who returned from medical treatment overseas. The Governor was accompanied by former…
A former governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife has alleged that men and some women in Nigerian politics messed up God’s design for the country. Ezeife noted that Nigeria was made for unequal greatness and to be a superpower among nations, adding that the country and its citizens were too blessed by God to be disintegrated. The former Governor and Igbo leader said this when he received Adebayo Adewole, a presidential aspirant, under the Mega Party Movement, MPM, who was on a condolence visit at his Abuja home over the death of his wife, Njideka. Ezeife said the country will…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Abuja screened Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, and two others. The ruling party’s primary will be held this month ahead of the July 16 governorship election. Other aspirants screened were ex-Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuff and ex-Secretary to the State Government, Moshood Adeoti. Adeoti recently defected to the APC from the Action Democratic Party (ADP). Oyetola declared that his performance since assuming office was enough to ensure victory. “We have done so well within the last three and half years, and I have been able to justify the confidence reposed…