The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed the screening of aspirants for the Osun governorship election primary. The exercise, earlier scheduled for Tuesday, January 11, 2022, will now be held on Wednesday, January 12. National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature confirmed the new date in a statement on Saturday. The official said the venue for the screening remained the PDP National Secretariat in Abuja at 10 a.m. The leading opposition party apologized for inconveniences the development might cause. “All aspirants, leaders, critical stakeholders and members in Osun State should take note and by this, guided accordingly”, Bature added.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin held several phone calls on Thursday and Friday with leaders of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), discussing the situation in Kazakhstan, the Kremlin has said. “The Russian President had telephone conversations with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan,” Xinhua news agency quoted Kremlin as saying. Putin also spoke by phone several times with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, it said. “The discussion focused on the developments in Kazakhstan and joint actions under the CSTO mandate to combat international terrorism, restore…
Three members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State have been arrested by the police over Governor Dapo Abiodun’s Christmas rice. InfoStride News learnt those arrested are Morufu Idowu, Adebayo Rabiu and Wasiu Raji. They were nabbed between Sunday and Monday after being accused of diverting some bags of rice meant for distribution. But, a legal practitioner, A.D. Sosanwo, has demanded N10 million in damages from the Nigeria Police Force, Ijebu-Ode Area Command “for unlawfully detaining” the trio, whom he described as his clients. Sosanwo had, in a petition written to the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday denied claims that it has zoned its presidential ticket. This was contained in a statement by Hon. Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary of the party. He described it as completely misleading as it does not in any way represent the position of PDP. “For the avoidance of doubt, the PDP emphatically and unequivocally states that it has not zoned its presidential ticket to any part of the country,” the statement said. He said the party was founded on democratic principles, saying that every action of the party, including zoning, is based on extensive…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure a free and transparent governorship election in the state. InfoStride News recalls that INEC had fixed July 16, 2022, for the governorship election in the state. The Director, Media and Publicity of a faction of PDP in the state supported by Senator Ademola Adeleke, Oladele Oluwabamiji, explained that the way and manner the state governorship election is conducted would determine the 2023 general elections. According to Oluwabamiji, there should not be a repeat of controversies that dogged the 2018 governorship election in…
A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain in Giwa local government area of Kaduna State, Mustapha Jumomoh on Saturday decried the Kaduna- Kano road accident that claimed over 19 passengers. InfoStride News reported that 19 passengers died along Kaduna-Kano road on Thursday following a ghastly accident. The PDP chieftain in a statement said many road accidents were caused by drivers who engage in reckless driving in a bid to reach their destinations on time. He maintained that drivers under the influence of hard or illicit drugs endanger passengers knowing they are being controlled by such drugs. He said no human being with…
French President Emmanuel Macron met here on Friday with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as France took over the rotating six-month Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU). At a press conference, Macron outlined the French Presidency’s agenda and said that Paris will focus on promoting the EU in the international community, pushing the digital transformation and protecting the EU’s external borders, Xinhua news agency reported. Von der Leyen recalled the solidarity between European countries during the pandemic. She said that over 70 per cent of the EU’s adult population have now been fully vaccinated against…
Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, has expressed the belief that Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State will defeat Atiku Abubakar, ex-Peoples Democratic Party, presidential candidate, in 2023 if the duo contested. Fani-Kayode claimed Bello would make an excellent president because the governor would appeal to youths in the country. He made the remark while speaking with Channels Television on Friday. Asked if the Kogi Governor could defeat Atiku during the presidential election in 2023, Fani-Kayode said: “Why not? He will defeat him hands down. “I believe Governor Yahaya Bello. I believe that he will be an excellent president. I believe…
The Director General of Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Dr. Lukman Salihu has called on the Chairman of the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) and the Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni to resign honourably if he fails to conduct the party’s convention tentatively slated for February. He said party leaders must understand that the survival of the party was at stake and any attempt to continue to contemplate postponement of the convention meant gambling with the future of the party. Lukman’s demand for Buni’s resignation was made known in a letter dated January 5, 2022 titled, “APC National…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Imo State chapter has urged Senator Rochas Okorocha, a former governor of Imo State to consider the option of resigning as a Senator representing Imo West having shown unpardonable incompetence. The party hinged its call for Okorocha’s resignation on what it described as poor and dismal performance in the Senate. The state chairman of APC, Hon Macdonald Ebere stated this in a statement signed by Cajetan Duke, the Publicity Secretary of the party in the State. The ruling APC said, “Imo people have had enough of Okorocha and his family, who they consider as unfit…
Joseph Odok of the University of Calabar has flayed Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross River State, for declaring that the All Progressives Congress, APC, gubernatorial race will be zoned to the southern senatorial district of the state. In a statement released in Calabar, Odok said such pronouncement in favour of the south will hit the rocks, adding that the governor is standing alone in his pronouncement. According to the university don, Ayade made the pronouncement at his “whims and caprices” without consultation with any stakeholder in APC. “The party is surely more than Gov Ayade. I have spoken to some…
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has invited President Joe Biden to deliver his first State of the Union address on March 1. “Indeed, this past year has been historic: with the life-saving American Rescue Plan, once-in-a-century Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and, soon, the truly transformational Build Back Better Act,” Pelosi wrote in a letter to Biden. “In that spirit, I am writing to invite you to address a Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday, March 1, to share your vision of the State of the Union,” Pelosi wrote. During his address to a joint session of Congress last April, Biden rolled…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Jigawa State, has backed the presidential ambition of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. Chairman of Jigawa State chapter of the PDP, Hon. Babandi Ibrahim Gumel, stated this when he received the delegation of technical committee of Atiku 2023 campaign organization in PDP headquarters, Dutse. He said Atiku Abubakar has no problem in Jigawa State under the leadership of PDP chieftain and former governor of the state, Sule Lamido. “Atiku has no problem in Jigawa, especially that he is a friend to our leader (Lamido) and we understand that…
Zamfara State has reportedly turned to a political battlefield between Governor Bello Matawalle’s faction and Senator Kabiru Marafa’s faction of the All Progressive Congress (APC). The ruling party is also reported to be embroiled in controversy with the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The war of words between chieftains in the APC has now resulted in an alleged gang up against Governor Matawalle by Marafa’s faction of the APC and the PDP side. In a reaction, the spokesman of Marafa’s faction of the APC, Bello Bakyasuwa Maradun said his group jumped into the ongoing controversy in the…
Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has described as timely, the warning by President Muhammadu Buhari on the need for All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders to put their house in order or else lose power to the opposition in 2023. Recall that Buhari had taken to an interview anchored by the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Thursday, to warn that PDP stands a better chance to clinch power in the forthcoming general elections if differences, disunity and lack of agreement, persists within the APC. Lalong, who doubles as Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum corroborated the President, shortly after they met at…
The leadership of the youth wing of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Southwest has vowed to take legal actions against the Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, in Ondo State, Kennedy Peretei over allegations made against Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s son, Babajide. While giving the PDP’s scribe seven days to publish his proof that Babajide had been using proxy companies to siphon funds from the state coffers, the youth leader said Peretei had been untruthful with his claims. The PDP Publicity Secretary had on Sunday claimed that Babajide had been using proxy companies to collect contracts and loot…
President Joe Biden forcefully blamed Donald Trump and his supporters for holding a dagger at the throat of democracy with election lies that sparked last year’s deadly assault on the US Capitol, using the anniversary of the attack to warn that America’s system of government remains under urgent threat. The president Thursday set the tone on a day of remembrance that brought fiery speeches, moments of silence and anguished accounts from lawmakers recalling the terrifying hours of Jan 6, 2021, when the Trump mob laid siege to the Capitol and rioters tried to stop the routine, ceremonial certification of election…
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu says President Muhammadu Buhari may surprise the people of South-East ahead of 2023. Kalu spoke on Thursday in his Camp Neya country home in Igbere, during a meeting with members of his political structures in Abia. The lawmaker noted that Buhari’s single biggest capital project is being constructed in the South-East. He described the N369billion second Niger Bridge as the current administration’s costliest. The Senate Chief Whip urged Igbos to have faith in the President and support the All Progressives Congress (APC) government. “The President still has 17 months in office and has a role to…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to perish the thoughts of presenting any candidate as his successor in 2023. PDP warned that Nigerians don’t need Buhari to decide his successor in 2023. Buhari had given reason he won’t name his successor now. The President said he would keep the name of the person to himself because the person might be assassinated. Reacting, PDP said Nigerians would firmly resist any presidential candidate Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, would field in 2023. In a series of tweets on its verified Twitter handle, PDP wrote: “The @OfficialPDPNig…
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has expressed his interest to contest for a second term in office. Governor Oyetola, who made this known, Thursday, during an unscheduled visit to the meeting of the Osun State Council of Traditional Rulers in Osogbo, declared that his intention to run for a second term was part of efforts to consolidate on the good works and appreciable performance of his administration. While seeking the blessings of the monarchs, the Osun Governor appealed to them to persist in their prayers for the success of his administration. He noted that their prayers had been the driving…