The appeal Committee constituted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that any of its members who has any genuine complaint regarding the last week conduct of the party’s ward congress in Zamfara State should submit their complaints. This was contained in a press statement signed by the secretary of the committee, Barrister Usman Mohammed Elegu and made available to newsmen in Gusau, the State capital. According to the statement, the committee was ready to look into any genuine complaints in respect of the ward congress in the State. It directed aggrieved members to submit their grievances at the…
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The Osun Progressives (TOP), a caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has accused the IleriOluwa group and the Special Adviser on Education, Jamiu Babatunde Olawumi of masterminding the attack on members of the party at the Oranmiyan House in Osogbo on Thursday. InfoStride News reported yesterday that armed hoodlums had attacked the venue of the caucus meeting and shot sporadically, a situation which made most members to scamper for safety. The caucus Chairman, Adelowo Adebiyi, who made this known while addressing journalists shortly after the attack, stated that it goes to confirm the alarm that it…
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Menendez introduced a measure this week that would trigger a broad range of sanctions against the Russian government if it engages in or supports a significant escalation of hostilities in or against Ukraine. “Substantial new sanctions should be imposed in the event that the Government of the Russian Federation engages in escalatory military or other offensive operations against Ukraine,” the amendment reads. Under the amendment, the US president will determine whether the Russian government is engaged in or knowingly supports a significant escalation in hostilities or hostile action in or against Ukraine compared to levels…
Senator representing Kano South Senatorial district and former governor of Kano State, Kabiru Gaya has expressed shock at the disappointment at Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) which failed in some polling units at the just concluded Anambra Governorship election. Gaya, who is the Chairman of Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the Senate keenly watched developments and was concerned. He said his Committee has agreed with INEC to re-test the machines on other stand-alone elections in 2022 before the general election in 2023. He spoke on Thursday at the National Assembly after he presented the report of…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Sunday Frank-Oputu, has berated the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, for the setbacks and electoral misfortunes experienced by the party in Bayelsa State. Oputu attributed the recent misfortunes to Sylva’s alleged imposition of candidates, running of the party as sole owner, and playing god in the affairs of the party. Recall that InfoStride News reported recently that a Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt in Rivers State struck out the appeal by the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bayelsa over the subsisting injunction restraining it from…
The joint session of Pakistan Parliament was an opportunity for Prime Minister Imran Khan to prove his majority in Parliament, which he did. With the support of 221 votes of his party members and that of the allies, the government cruised through the session amid the Opposition’s protest, Express Tribune reported. Despite the opposition lawmakers’ speeches, urging the National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser to adjourn the session so that both the sides could sit together and deliberate upon the agenda items; their hue and cry; sloganeering; surrounding of Speaker’s desk; tearing of the papers and heated arguments with him, the…
The Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dragged the state government to court, challenging the Zamfara Uban Regional and Planning Board (ZUREP) over the attempt to demolish its state secretariat in Gusau, the state capital. According to Col. Bala Mande (rtd), who was the state chief of staff and refused to decamp to the ruling All Progressive Congress with Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle, said the demolition of a recognized party’s secretariat in Nigeria is totally illegal. “Which kind of country are we living in when a leading political party in Nigeria could not be allowed to…
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State on Wednesday took a swipe at opposition parties, saying they are just noisemakers. Fintiiri, who is of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),became governor in 2019 after defeating Senator Jibrilla Bindow whose All Progressives Congress (APC) has remained a vocal opposition with critical eye on the his administration. Voices in the APC have frequently questioned projects being executed by Fintiri, particularly a completed flyover in Yola and another, A grade interchange, which has gone far towards being completed. Fielding questions from newsmen while inspecting progress on the ongoing Grade Interchange around the former Police Roundabout…
The crisis rocking Oyo State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken another dimension as the two groups battling to control the party submitted two separate lists of state executive to the national secretariat of the party. InfoStride News recalls that the party had on Saturday, October 30, 2021 had its state congress. The congress, which produced former commissioner for Lands and Housing, Mr. Ajiboye Omodewu as Chairman, was however boycotted by some chieftains of the party. The aggrieved members alleged that the delegates’ list has been manipulated. It was gathered that the delegates who were sent to the state…
Kano Central Senator, Ibrahim Shekarau has accused the state Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje of sidelining him. Shekarau said Ganduje who begged him to join the All Progressives Congress, APC, has sidelined him in the running of the party’s affairs in the state. He accused the governor of failing to listen to advice when he makes mistakes. Speaking during a meeting with his followers at his residence in Kano yesterday, the Senator said Ganduje’s action was responsible for the creation of APC faction in the state. Shekarau lamented that Ganduje has violated the principles of internal democracy in APC. According to Shekarau:…
Steve Bannon, a one-time adviser to former US President Donald Trump, is pleading not guilty to his contempt of Congress charges, according to a court filing. Bannon, who defied a subpoena by the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot that asked documents and deposition from him, was indicted by a federal grand jury on November 12 over two charges of criminal contempt of Congress — one for failing to appear for a deposition before the panel on October 14 and another for refusal to provide documents before the October 7 deadline, reports Xinhua news agency. Each count…
Former Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Chief George Eneh, has defected from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Eneh disclosed that he decided to join APC to wrest power from the PDP and connect the state to national politics. He said this at his Enugu residence on Wednesday, expressing confidence in the ability of the state APC Chairman, Chief Ugochukwu Agballa, to turn things around for the party in the state. While welcoming the former director-general and the party members from the other camp, Agballa thanked them for their decisions. He described…
Armed policemen have taken over the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abuja the nation’s capital. The police officers who are heavily armed stormed the area on Wednesday in Toyota Hilux vans and surrounded the premises. InfoStride News learnt that the move was to forestall a planned protest at the secretariat by some party members who are against the Mai Mala led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee. But the Secretary of the Caretaker Committee, Sen John Akpanudoedehe who spoke to newsmen on the development, said the move was sequel to a security report. He insisted that there was no…
Dino Melaye a former senator in the 8th national assembly has countered some governors who are agitating for indirect primaries in the 2023 general elections. InfoStride News recalls that the Senate, after thorough deliberation by both chambers, recently passed the harmonized version of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which allowed for direct primaries as a means of returning democracy to the people. But some Governors of the opposition People’s Democratic Party, kicked against the move, calling on the lawmakers to reverse the law. Dino, in a video on his verified Facebook page on Wednesday, backed the lawmakers, explaining that…
The former Minister of State for Information, Hon. Ikra Bilbis has reacted to last week’s All Progressives Congress (APC) parallel Congress, saying it was an unfortunate situation for the party in Zamfara State. The former minister, in a press statement he personally signed, said the situation requires the intervention of critical stakeholders and leaders of the APC otherwise all the years of toil and sacrifice made to build the party will be in vain. “I say this with all sense of responsibility given my deep knowledge of how the party birthed at the national level and became accepted by the…
China on Wednesday asked its all-weather ally Pakistan to create enabling conditions for thousands of Chinese nationals working on the USD 60 billion CPEC projects, apparently flagging concerns over security and the slow pace of construction. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is the flagship project of China’s ambitious multi-billion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and it links China’s Xinjiang province with Pakistan’s Gwadar port in Balochistan province. Media reports from Pakistan said Chinese investors were concerned over the slow pace of construction on the projects. On Monday, Pakistani officials hosted a meeting of Pakistan-based Chinese companies and briefed them about…
The youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), has issued a 30-day ultimatum to every presidential aspirant of southeast extraction in the 2023 general election to open their campaign offices in the region. The council expressed regrets over the glaring absence of any presidential campaign office in the region, even as the political party’s primary election is barely 10 months away. They urged all the potential candidates for the 2023 presidential election from the southeast to act like Zik and demonstrate their preparedness and zeal for the contest ahead thereby ensuring that their campaign offices are efficiently…
Following the appointment of Babajide Akeredolu as the Director-General of Performance and Project Implementation Monitoring Unit, PPMIU, by his father, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has lashed out at the Ondo State Governor over the development. While condemning the appointment, the state chapter of the party emphasised that the move signalled flagrant abuse of office on the part of the governor. Akeredolu had on Tuesday announced Babajide’s appointment as well as the names of the 21 Commissioner-nominees and Special Advisers. Stressing that the appointment was an affront on the people of the state, the PDP in a…
Former lawmakers in Zamfara State House of Assembly, Hon. Dayyabu Adamu Rijiya and Hon. Abubakar Ajiya Bita have declared their political support for former Governor, Abdulaziz Yari. The two former legislators who formerly had political alliance with the former deputy Governor, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala had shifted their political allegiance to former Governor, Abdulazeez Yari. It could be recalled that Hon. Dayyabu Adamu Rijiya had represented Gusau 11 and Hon. Abubakar Ajiya Bita who also represented Bukkuyum constituency. It was gathered that the two lawmakers met with the former Governor at his Abuja residence and had a vital political meeting. A…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a “murderous party”. This was sequel to the report of the Special Panel instituted to investigate the alleged killings of some youths at the Lekki tollgate, Lagos, October last year, during the #EndSARS national rally. The PDP, in a statement by ita National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondinya, on Tuesday, said the report of the panel confirming the gruesome killings of innocent youths at the Lekki Tollgate during the 2020 EndSARS protest, strengthened the fact that the APC was running a “murderous and oppressive regime”, that has…