The main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday commenced screening of Kaduna State aspirants for the upper and lower chambers of the National Assembly. The exercise took place at the party’s secretariat, Kawo, in preparation for the primary election. Yusuf Dingyadi, chairman of the Kaduna State National Assembly Screening Committee, told journalists shortly after a meeting with aspirants and other stakeholders that the committee would ensure equal treatment, fairness and a level playing ground for all the aspirants in the party. He explained that 76 aspirants comprising 63 house of representatives aspirants and 13 senate aspirants, would undergo the…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
There was tension in the Adamawa political circles on Monday over an alleged plan by the state House of Assembly to declare vacant the seat of a member who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). Ayuba Joseph Kwada, who represents Michika constituency in the state House of Assembly, had at the weekend announced switching of membership from PDP to APC, saying the PDP had long been sidelining him in activities and decisions that should involve him or require his input. His defection from the PDP allegedly caused panic within the House leadership…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is currently in his home state, Ogun, to meet stakeholders over his 2023 presidential ambition. Osinbajo has arrived Sagamu, where he met with the Akarigbo and paramount ruler of Remo, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, amidst other Obas in Remoland. After this, the Vice President would head for the palace of the Alake and paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, in Abeokuta. At the presidential lodge in Ibara, Osinbajo would have talks with Governor Dapo Abiodun and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He is expected to end his consultation at the palace of…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, the nation’s capital, has dismissed the appeal filed by the former Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun state, Mr. Samson Bamgbose and his co-travellers seeking to upturn the 22nd of June, 2021 consent judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Bamgbose and five others, including their sponsor, Mr. Segun Seriki, had tried in vain to attend the National Convention of the party held in Abuja between the 30th and 31st of October, 2021. They had approached the Federal High Court, Abuja, to seek interlocutory injunction that would enable them to…
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday warned against an imminent World War III looming in the forefront as Ukraine fails to comply with the peace talks. Lavrov spoke with various Russian news agencies where he criticized Ukraine’s approach to the peace talks, reported The Moscow Times. He said: “Goodwill has its limits. But if it isn’t reciprocal, that doesn’t help the negotiation process.” On the recent meeting between Russia and Ukraine, held in Istanbul, Turkey, Lavrov mentioned that Kyiv had presented a draft agreement which marked a departure from its previous stand. Further, Lavrov asserted that Russia will continue to…
Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Irepodun local government and Orolu local government have kicked against the alleged attempt made by Osogbo/Olorunda local government’s party leaders and stakeholders to hijack the House of Representatives ticket previously zoned to them. The Secretary of the APC in Osogbo Federal Constituency, Hon Abayomi Oyedeji, in a communique issued after a meeting on Monday in Ilobu, said that the conduct of the political affairs in the constituency has been with mutual agreement and respect for each other, adding that the zoning arrangement should not be disrupted for equity and justice to…
Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has slammed the South-West and South-South 2023 presidential aspirants. Kalu, in a statement on Tuesday, said it is unjust and embarrassing that the aspirants from both the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have no single respect and concern for the South East. National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu (Southwest); former Senate President Bukola Saraki (North); Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State (North); Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (Southwest) and Nyesom Wike of Rivers State (South-South) are among the 2023 presidential aspirants. According to Kalu, having…
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has suggested that former President, Goodluck Jonathan, is the only person that can make him step down his Presidential ambition. Mohammed said that out of respect and modesty, he may reconsider his presidential ambition if Jonathan should join the race for the 2023 presidency. He said this when he featured on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, explaining that his stance was based on respect for Jonathan, who appointed him as the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) back in 2010. As InfoStride News reported earlier, northern elders met at the home of former military…
All Progressives Congress (APC) members in Orolu and Irepodun Local Government Areas of Osun State have kicked against moves by some members of the party to distort the zoning arrangements for both Senatorial and House of Representatives seats. The APC members, who had gathered at the party Secretariat in Ilobu on Monday, insisted that the House of Representatives ticket of the party should be retained in Irepodun/Orolu, while the Senate ticket remained in Osogbo/Olorunda as it was agreed in 2018. While alleging that some individuals within the party were currently scheming to have the two tickets of the party zoned…
Russian forces in Ukraine tried to storm a steel plant housing soldiers and civilians in the southern city of Mariupol on Saturday in an attempt to crush the last pocket of resistance in a place of deep symbolic and strategic value to Moscow, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, announced he would meet Sunday in his nation’s capital with the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and the US secretary of defense, Lloyd Austin. The White House declined to comment. Speaking at a news conference, Zelenskyy gave little detail about logistics of the encounter but said he…
There was confusion on Sunday as members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun West protested the zoning formula adopted for the Osun West Senatorial ticket in the 2023 general elections. The party had adopted to zone the senatorial ticket in the district to Iwo. The commotion started when the party chairman for Osun West Senatorial District, Omolaoye Akintola, announced during a stakeholders meeting of the party that the ticket had been zoned to Iwo. The adoption made party members campaigning for the senatorial ticket be zoned to other federal constituencies in Osun West to disrupt the proceedings. They…
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…
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…