Former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Usani has explained that due to continued constriction of the governorship space in the ruling APC in Cross River State, he had to leave to pursue his long-held ambition in the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP). In an interview with Journalists in Calabar, Usani who was one of the two governorship candidates of APC in 2019 said, “It is the constriction of the democratic space in the state that has occasioned this expediency.” Usani who has been a diehard member of the Action Congress Nigeria, which metamorphosed into APC, lamented that he had expended…
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A member, representing Bagwai/Shanono Constituency, in the State House of Assembly, Ali Ibrahim Isah Shanono has deactivated his membership of the NNPP and rejoined the All Progressives Congress APC, after failing to obtain a ticket Shanono had in the wake of the mass defections from APC in Kano, also defected to NNPP hoping to have a chance to re-contest his House of Assembly seat but was denied a ticket by Kwankwaso. Angered by the development he deactivated his NNPP membership and rejoined APC in a letter sent to the House, notifying it of the development. Meanwhile, the Commissioner nominated for…
Following the cancellation of the 3-man adhoc delegate list and the national delegates lists by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over malpractices and substantial violation of extant laws, stakeholders of the PDP are calling for the arrests of party officials responsible for the malpractices. In a letter signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Mr. Aminu Idris said “the Commission’s Monitoring Report on the One-Man Ad Hoc National Delegates Congress in Imo State has also indicated substantial non-compliance as no original LGA Congress Result form was provided at any of the LGA Congress venues. The letter said, “the Commission…
U.S. President Joe Biden meets the leaders of Sweden and Finland on Thursday after the nations set aside their long-standing neutrality and moved to join the NATO alliance in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Hours before his first trip to Asia as president, Biden will sit down with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finnish President Sauli Niinist at the White House to discuss their NATO applications. “This is a historic event, a watershed moment in European security. Two nations with a long tradition of neutrality will be joining the world’s most powerful defensive alliance,” said White House national…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has registered 126,763 new voters in Adamawa State. The electoral body said the new entrants into the voters are those who never registered and have never voted in past elections but could now vote in the 2023 elections and subsequent ones. The INEC Resident Commissioner in Adamawa State, Kassim Gaidam, made the disclosure Thursday while addressing a stakeholders’ meeting at his office in the state capital, Yola. He recalled that the ongoing continuous voter registration (CVR) started last year, June 28, 2021. He explained that the 126,763 completed online and in-person registrations…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State on Wednesday conducted its wards, local government and national delegates congresses across 319 wards in the state. This is despite the protest by members of the party loyal to Senator Magnus Abe against the conduct of the exercise. The protesters, who converged at the state party secretariat on Thursday morning, alleged that the process had been “hijacked” by some party leaders. However, while the protest which later led to shootings by security operatives was ongoing, the congress went ahead at the various wards in the state. InfoStride News gathered that officials of…
Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, has cautioned the North against thinking it would produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023. Igbokwe said the North should perish the thought of a Northerner succeeding Buhari in 2023. The Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Drainage and Water Resources said the clamour for a Northerner to succeed Buhari in 2023 is “a joke”. In a Facebook post, Igbokwe wrote: “Someone just called me to say that the North is thinking about producing the presidency again in 2023. I laughed until tears…
Former Governor of Kano State, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, has said that he and his followers dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, to save his State from its current predicament. Shekarau stated this while responding to questions from the BBC Hausa service. InfoStride News reported that Sen. Ibrahim Shekarau representing Kano Central dumped the ruling APC and joined camp with Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso into the NNPP. According to him, “We have been talking with my brother, Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for a long time, because we are worried about the future of…
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday his country will double its financial aid for Ukraine to USD 600 million in support of the country badly damaged by Russia’s aggression. Japan will provide the additional USD 300 million through the World Bank to help Ukraine’s financial difficulties because of the Russian invasion, Kishida said. The announcement comes just before Japan hosts U.S. President Joe Biden and two other leaders for a regional strategic framework known as the Quad summit and bilateral meetings next week when Kishida is expected to emphasize Japanese support for Ukraine. Japan has quickly joined the United…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has asked party members to put the legal adjudication behind them and join hands with Senator Ademola Adeleke with a view to forming a formidable front towards the Osun gubernatorial election. This is as the party congratulated Senator Adeleke, the party’s candidate in the July 16 gubernatorial election, for his victory at the Federal High Court in Osogbo, on Wednesday. The PDP also described the judgement of Justice Ayo Emmanuel as victory for the good people of Osun State, especially the PDP members in the State. A Federal High Court sitting in…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has revealed those who did not submit their presidential nomination and expression of interest forms after the purchase. The party also confirmed that about 25 forms were submitted. Speaking on Channels Television on Wednesday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Barr. Felix Morka, said 25 forms were filled and submitted. According to him, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele and the Minister of Petroleum for State, Timipreye Sylva, did not submit their forms. “For some of them, it’s a bit iffy. What I…
Ahead of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential primaries, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has held a closed door meeting with delegates from Niger State. InfoStride News gathered that the meeting lasted over two hours. At the meeting with the delegates in Minna, journalists were barred from coverage. Osibanjo’s chopper touched the Minna Polo Ground at about 4 pm and he immediately headed first to the Palace of the Emir of Minna, Dr. Farouk Bahago, where he held a meeting behind closed doors before going to the Niger State Government house to meet with the delegates. Before the arrival of the…
Aspirants and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State said they are not sure whether or not primary elections would hold in the State, InfoStride News reports. This, they said, was because the usual activities preceding the primary elections are not taking place anywhere in the State. Unlike in 2019, no aspirant is seen moving from one ward to another to canvas for the votes of the delegates. Also, the party members disclosed that they are not aware of the mode of primary and those to make the list of delegates in the various primaries. InfoStride News…
South Korea and the US have a “Plan B” ready in case North Korea carries out a provocation during American President Joe Biden’s visit to Seoul this week, an official said here on Wednesday. “At the moment, we assess that the possibility is relatively low of North Korea carrying out a nuclear test by the weekend, but preparations for an intercontinental ballistic missile launch are believed to be imminent,” Kim Tae-hyo, first deputy chief of the presidential National Security Office, told reporters. In case the North undertakes a provocative act during Biden’s visit, the South and the US have prepared…
Over 20 unidentified political thugs on Wednesday stormed the Labour House beside the state High Court Complex in Ilorin, Kwara State to disrupt a political function organised by the Social Democratic Party, SDP. Members of a faction of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the state, were holding a press conference when the thugs invaded the labour house. The political thugs forced their way into the Labour House owned by the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and descended heavily on the conveners of the meeting. The factional chairman of the SDP in the Ifelodun local government area…
Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has refused to endorse the presidential aspiration of Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation. Amaechi, who was in Kano for his presidential campaign and also to meet with delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) delegates ahead of the primary elections of the party, told Ganduje, “I know your position as far as our party presidential candidature is concerned, and I want you to change for me”. However, Ganduje, believed to be supporting Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s ambition, told him, “Kano is a swing state and we will continue to swing until the end,…
The Ekiti State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that an allegation by a former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, that the Governor of Ekiti State and presidential aspirant of the party, Dr Kayode Fayemi, once asked him to rig an election in his favour has confirmed that Fayemi is an election rigger and never a democrat. The Ekiti State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Raphael Adeyanju, in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, said, “Comrade Oshiomhole’s allegation, which was made on national television that Fayemi is a fraudulent democrat…
The Federal High Court in Osogbo has ruled that Senator Ademola Adeleke is the duly recognised gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Osun 2022 gubernatorial election. In the judgment, which was delivered early on Wednesday by Justice Nathaniel Ayo Emmanuel, Dotun Babayemi did not participate in the PDP primary election. Justice Emmanuel, who held that the court could not pick candidates for any political party, also added that it was an internal party issue and therefore the matter was dismissed. During the PDP gubernatorial primary election held on March 8, the Wale Ojo faction which produced…
Russian and Ukrainian officials have said that negotiations on a solution to the ongoing war have been suspended as the process is mired in a stalemate. “The talks are not going on. Ukraine has actually withdrawn from the negotiation process,” Xinhua news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko as saying to reporters. Russia has received no response from Ukraine to its draft treaty, he added. “Today the negotiation process was suspended. It was suspended because there are no significant changes or upheavals after the Istanbul communique,” Mykhailo Podolyak, a member of the Ukrainian delegation, was quoted as saying.…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said that the worst presidential aspirant jostling to contest in the forthcoming elections on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is better than the best aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC). Seyi Makinde made this disclosure while speaking in Ibadan, the state capital. He spoke on Tuesday when he received former Senate President, Bukola Saraki. InfoStride News gathered that Saraki was in Ibadan to woo PDP delegates ahead of the forthcoming presidential primary of the party. Makinde, while speaking, said that he has no doubt that PDP would get…