Three ward chairmen of the All Progressives Congress in the Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State on Friday, protested their alleged replacement on the delegate list of the state. They alleged that despite winning at the party congress held last year June and having been declared winners in the presence of stakeholders, including officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, their names have been allegedly expunged from the delegate list of the party in the state. The chairmen, Sulaimon Bude of Ward 9, Banjo Adesegun of Ward 10 and Bola Lamina of Ward 11 claimed not to have…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
Presidential aspirant and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, says he is the only one in the race for the party’s presidential ticket. Tinubu said he’s not bothered by the number of those aspiring for the APC sole ticket, ahead of the party’s primaries. The APC leader, who stated this during a visit to the Niger State Governor, Alh Abubakar Sani Bello, in Minna, Niger State, said he is the only contestant among all that knows how to bring Nigeria out of its current predicaments. “If they ask you to follow…
The Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, Chris Nwabueze Ngige has withdrawn from the 2023 presidential race. This is coming less than three weeks after his declaration at Alor, his town in Anambra State. In a statement he issued, which was obtained by the media in Abuja on Friday, Ngige said his declaration, which was transmitted live was as a result of pressures from friends, supporters and allies, given that he has the qualifications to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. He disclosed that his supporters had purchased the nomination form for him, which he was, however, yet to fill…
Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari claimed on Thursday that a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) minister had threatened him with the imposition of martial law a night before the no-confidence motion against ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan was passed, media reports said. In his address to the National Assembly, Zardari said that the PTI minister had asked him to either accept early elections or martial law would be imposed in the country, Geo News reported. The Foreign Minister said that despite PTI’s repeated attempts to defeat the no-confidence motion against the former premier, their bids were foiled and the no-trust vote was…
The Igbo National Council (INC) on Friday, expressed shock over the recommendations of the zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, throwing the party’s 2023 presidential ticket open to all parts of the country. Recall that the PDP had on Wednesday thrown its presidential ticket open after months of speculations. Reacting to the development in a release signed by Comrade Chilos Godsent, the President, the INC said that the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC and the PDP National Leadership were not sensitive to the plight and long-time suffering of the South-East Zone in Nigeria. INC said, “We received with…
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) is to hold its national convention from 28th to 30th May, 2022. Chief Supo Shonibare, the party’s acting National Chairman, made the disclosure in Abuja on Thursday, while briefing newsmen. According to the Acting National chairman, 19th May, 2022 has been slated for the ward and local government congresses of the party, while 20th May, 2022, would witness the State congresses. Shonibare claimed that there was conspiracy by what he called “usurpers” that joined the party in 2018, in cohort with some elements at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to make the party ineffective…
Tex Okechukwu, the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has described as fake and unfounded, news report purporting the removal of Ozonkpu Victor Ike Oye, as the national chairman of the party. The said report is to the effect that a party member, Chief Edozie Njoku has assumed the position. Reacting, Okechukwu, in a statement forwarded to the media on Thursday, reiterated that there was no such Supreme Court review that altered the status quo. According to the APGA spokesman, “it is high time these criminal mauruders be brought to book. The news is false, fake…
Femi Adesina, the Senior Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity has said that he is not a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Femi Adesina, who appeared on Channels Television on Thursday, also said he would run to his house after he finished serving under the Buhari administration. Making the revelations, the top presidential spokesman said he works for the government only because he likes the APC. Adesina said he could not enter the race for House of Representatives, Senate or other political offices because he is not a politician and was also not a…
Finland said on Thursday it would apply to join NATO “without delay”, with Sweden expected to follow, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine looked set to bring about the very expansion of the Western military alliance that Vladimir Putin aimed to prevent. The decision by the two Nordic countries to abandon the neutrality they maintained throughout the Cold War would be one of the biggest shifts in European security in decades. Moscow called Finland’s announcement a direct threat to Russia, and threatened retaliation, including unspecified “military-technical” measures. It came even as Russia’s war in Ukraine was suffering another big setback, with…
The Oyo State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised Mr. Bayo Adelabu and Senator Teslim Folarin to as a matter of fact secure the gubernatorial ticket of their political party before they condemn what Governor Seyi Makinde has done. The party made this disclosure on Thursday. Our correspondent gathered that Makinde, who contested on the platform of PDP, had in 2019 defeated Mr. Adelabu who was the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) and other candidates of other political parties to win the gubernatorial election. InfoStride News recalls that Adelabu, a former deputy governor of Central Bank of…
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto has expressed sadness over the killing of a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto State. InfoStride News earlier reported that the student who was identified as Deborah Yakubu was lynched by some male Muslim students for allegedly insulting Prophet Mohammed in a WhatsApp platform. The unfortunate incident has continued to generate reactions from concerned Nigerians who are demanding justice for the 200-level student. Bishop Kukah in a statement he personally signed, called on relevant authorities to fish out the perpetrators without delay. According to him, those who…
The Ebonyi State House of Assembly, EBSHA, on Thursday, approved an undisclosed amount as a loan request by Governor David Umahi. InfoStride News gathered that the approval of the loan request by the governor by the House of Assembly was done barely one year before the expiration of Umahi’s administration in the state. The speaker of the House of Assembly, EBSHA, Mr Francis Nwifuru, who read the governor’s letter of the loan request, during a plenary said the purpose of collecting the loan by the governor from commercial banks was to enable the state government to finish all its legacy…
The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has assured aspirants on the party’s platform of a level playing ground as it gears up for its primary elections. The party expressed optimism that it will take over Imo in the next election and added that while minor disagreements might exist among members, they were not an indication of the party’s lack of preparedness. The PDP Publicity Secretary in Imo, Mazi Emenike Nmeregini, gave the assurance while addressing newsmen at the party’s secretariat, in Owerri, the state capital, on Thursday. PDP said it was more united than ever before…
Japan and the European Union on Thursday agreed to step up their sanctions against Russia as leaders from the two sides raised concerns about the war’s impact in the Indo-Pacific, where they seek to strengthen their partnership and increase engagement amid China’s growing assertiveness. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who held talks in Tokyo with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel, told a joint news conference that Japan supports tough sanctions against Russia and ample support for Ukraine because the war shakes the foundation of the world order not only in Europe but…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Thursday denied endorsing former President Goodluck Jonathan as its preferred candidate for the 2023 presidential election. Alhaji Musa Saidu, a chieftain of the ACF, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Saidu, who is also the leader of the Arewa community in South-South and South-East, was reacting to media reports stating that a Coalition of Northern Groups has endorsed Jonathan for the 2023 election. He said, “There was never a time the ACF or the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) endorsed a particular aspirant for the presidential election.…
The Peoples Democratic Party National Youth Movement has called on the national leadership of the party to further prevail on critical stakeholders at various state levels to give special consideration to youth who are jostling for party tickets ahead of its primaries. The group hailed the party leadership, stakeholders and membership of the party across the country, saying that it was not enough for youths to have an affordable party nomination and expression of interest forms but critical for them to secure tickets during the party’s primaries. In a statement jointly signed by National President of the group, Engr Salahudeen…
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, the apex socio-political youth group in the South East, has asked former president, Goodluck Jonathan to jettison his presidential ambition. The group, in a statement issued by its President General, Goodluck Ibem while reacting to reports that the former president dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for his presidential ambition, asked him to support the call for Southeast presidency. The coalition lamented why Jonathan would be nursing ambition to return to Ask Rock when the South Easterners who had supported him in previous times are…
A governorship and two House of Representatives aspirants have dragged the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before a Federal High Court in Abuja over threats to disqualify them from contesting the 2023 general elections. The aspirants, Ambassador Sodique Baba Abubakar, Sodique Lawal Abubakar and Bindir Umar Buba, are praying the court to stop APC and INEC from disqualifying them on the strength of their being political appointees according to the Section 84 (11) and (12) of the Electoral Act 2022. The suit marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/641/2022, was instituted on their behalf by a Senior Advocate of…
The Indian High Commission here on Wednesday categorically dismissed speculative media reports about New Delhi sending its troops to Colombo, saying India is fully supportive of Sri Lanka’s democracy, stability and economic recovery. The denial from the Indian mission came a day after it refuted as “fake and blatantly false” local social media speculation that former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family members have fled to India. The whereabouts of Mahinda Rajapaksa has been speculated since his resignation on Monday. It was reported that Mahinda had left his office-cum-official residence, Temple Trees. In its first reaction to the situation…
Barely 48 hours after dissociating himself from moves by some groups to draft him into the 2023 presidential race, former President Goodluck Jonathan has finally made up his mind to vie for the top post. Nigeria is set to go to the polls next year in a crowded contest parading many contestants in both the ruling APC and several opposition parties, including the main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. On May 9, Jonathan had rejected presidential expression of interest and nomination forms bought for him by people described as nomadic Fulani pastoralists and Almajiri communities. He was quoted as saying…