The All Progressives Congress (APC), Enugu State Chapter says it was elated when Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, hosted the immediate-past Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development in the State, Dr. Victor Chukwuemeka Nnam at the Government House, Enugu, during the New Year celebrations. InfoStride News recalls that Nnam’s resignation as commissioner late last year came with backlash from several quarters, including the organized labour which accused him of unlawful seizure of a land belonging to the NULGE. In a press statement released on Sunday, the chairman of APC Enugu State Chapter, Comrade Adolphus Ude stated that “whereas we of…
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Twitter has permanently suspended an account of US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican Representative from Georgia, for “repeated violations” of the micro-blogging site’s Covid-19 misinformation policies. “We permanently suspended the account (@mtgreenee) for repeated violations of our Covid-19 misinformation policy. We’ve been clear that, per our strike system for this policy, we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated violations of the policy,” a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement on Sunday. Under Twitter’s Covid-19 misinformation policy, users are given up to five strikes for spreading potentially harmful and misleading information before their accounts are permanently suspended, reports Xinhua news…
Katsina State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it will participate in the forthcoming local government elections, scheduled for March in Katsina State. According to Yusuf Salisu-Majigiri, the PDP has credible and better candidates for both the chairmanship and councillorship positions any time the electoral umpire is ready to conduct the council poll. “PDP is a formidable national party. So, there is no election that is guided by the law that PDP will not participate in. Certainly, we will participate,” he said. Majigiri made the disclosure while receiving Sirajo Aminu, an aspirant for Katsina Central Senatorial District at…
The populous Izzi communities made up of three local government areas in Ebonyi State have adopted the former Minister of State for Health, Engr. Fidelis Nwankwo for the governorship election. They lauded the various contributions of the former minister towards the development of the Izzi clan. The leaders of the various communities of the Izzi clan made this known during a courtesy visit to the former minister at his country home, Oyege Village in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The leaders of the communities, who spoke during the courtesy visit, said only Nwankwo has the capacity to rescue…
Former Anambra State Governor and Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has revealed that he was offered money to accept the victory of the candidate of the party in the just concluded governorship election, Senator Andy Uba. Ngige said he was aware that no primary election took place to nominate Uba as the flag bearer of the party in the state but some people were offering him money to accept that the election went well. Ngige, who was addressing members of the party on New Year’s Day in his community, Alor said he rejected the money because it…
Former Governor of Ekiti State and a Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant in the 2022 election, Engr. Segun Oni, has predicated his interest in the plum seat on his avowed vision to rebuild the state’s economy to what it used to be during his first term. Segun Oni, who regretted that the citizens had encountered so many difficulties in 2021 due to the global economic recession, assured that he was well prepared to make personal sacrifices the way he did in his first term to reposition Ekiti with its lean resources and make a huge success out of it. The…
Firefighters battled a blaze at South Africa’s national Parliament complex on Sunday that sent a dark plume of smoke and flames into the air above the center of Cape Town. The fire started on the third floor of a building that houses offices and spread to the National Assembly building, where South Africa’s Parliament sits, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Patricia de Lille said. The fire is currently in the National Assembly chambers, De Lille said. This is a very sad day for democracy for Parliament is the home of our democracy. City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue…
Anambra State Governor-elect, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has led critical stakeholders of the Old Aguata Union (OAU), comprising his kinsmen and others to thank outgoing Governor, Willie Obiano for facilitating his election last November. The delegation, which visited Obiano and his wife in their home at Aguleri, thanked him for stamping his feet on the ground to ensure that their son, Soludo was elected. The delegation also presented him a gift, while members, consisting of revered clergymen, statesmen and others, showered him with praises. Soludo while speaking about the visit said: “Today, I joined critical stakeholders and leaders of the Old…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Engineer Oyedele Hakeem Alao, has declared that the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, joined his ancestors when his wealth of experience and wisdom was needed most. Alao, who contested the gubernatorial election on the platform of Alliance for Democracy (AD) in 2019, made this declaration via a statement made available to the media on Sunday. InfoStride News recalls that the monarch, who ascended the throne in March 2016, joined his ancestors in the early hours of Sunday. The monarch died at the age of 93 at the…
The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu will soon be chased out of the Government House over alleged looting of the state by the immediate family of the governor. While stating that Akeredolu cannot feign ignorance of the alleged looting, the party stressed that the governor and his family are on the verge of milking the state dry. According to the PDP, the grandeur and opulence in which Akeredolu and his family had been living is a huge contrast to the standard of living and lives of the people of the…
A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Diran Odeyemi, has said he is not aware of any information regarding his purported suspension for anti-party activities in his ward in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State. In a telephone conversation with InfoStride News on Sunday, D-Roy as he is popularly known insisted that he was not aware of any information to that effect. Maintaining that he had not done anything to warrant a suspension, Odeyemi explained that he was surprised to see the announcement on social media and since then, there has not been any…
With a view to give a boost to the agriculture sector, the government is likely to raise farm credit target to about Rs 18 lakh crore in the Budget 2022-23 to be presented on February 1, according to sources. For the current financial year, the government has set a credit target of Rs 16.5 lakh crore. India’s government has been increasing the credit target for the farm sector every year and this time also, the target is likely to be increased to Rs 18-18.5 lakh crore for 2022-23, the sources said. The number will be frozen at the time of…
The Young Progressives Party (YPP), has harped on the urgent need for patriotic citizens of Nigeria irrespective of ethnic, religious and political leanings to unite towards rescuing the country from the myriads of challenges confronting it. The party regretted that in the last 22 years of rule of the former ruling Peoples Democratic Party and the current All Progressive Congress-led federal government under President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria remained at a very low ebb in virtually all socio-economic indices. The party highlighted indices such as insecurity, where the country is being ranked the 3rd most terrorist nation in the world by…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has disclosed why God may not forgive the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Wike said it will be difficult for God to forgive the PDP if it fails to listen to Nigerians yearning for the party to return to power. He spoke while answering questions from journalists during a one day visit to Bauchi State on Saturday. According to Wike: “It is also to make sure that the PDP is united because, if the PDP makes the mistake of not listening to Nigerians, it will be very difficult for God to forgive the PDP. “This…
The Senate Committee chairman on Youth mobilization, Sen. Obinna Ogba, representing Ebonyi Central senatorial zone in the National Assembly, on Saturday, declared intention to run for Governor of Ebonyi State in the forthcoming 2023 general election. Ogba, who is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and a two-term ranking Senator in the National Assembly, said he decided to run for the governorship to take away the massive poverty ravaging the people of the State. The governorship aspirant made this known while briefing journalists in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State. According to him: “This is my official declaration to…
The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Saturday, warned Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma ahead of 2023. In his new series of 2022 prophecies, Primate Ayodele warned Uzodinma against bidding for a second term as governor. Warning Uzodinma against wasting his money to campaign, the cleric said there will be a coalition that will fight and conquer Uzodinma in his bid to rule Imo State again. In a statement signed by his Media Aide, Osho Oluwatosin, the prophet said there will still be troubles in the state. He said God was not involved in his…
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) opens application portal for the 2022 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship $5000 Grant Programme from January 1. The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has opened applications for the 2022 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. African entrepreneurs with business ideas or existing businesses under 5 years are encouraged to apply now for $5000 seed capital, mentorship, business management training and more on the 2022 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme. Application begins January 1 for the $5000 funding under the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme 2022. Interested persons from all over Africa are invited to apply for the opportunity funding for their…
A coronavirus surge has upended plans to hold a major nuclear treaty conference at the United Nations, with participants agreeing Thursday to postpone the meeting just days before its scheduled start. After nearly two years of pandemic delays, delegations from around the world had been scheduled due to converge on U.N. headquarters Tuesday to take stock of the 1970 Non-Proliferation Treaty, a pillar of nuclear arms control. But organisers are now penciling in an August 1 start date for the already long-delayed conference, according to an email Thursday from the U.N. disarmament office to entities involved. An inquiry was sent…
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday, dismissed the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government’s performance claims in 2021 as reeled out by Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. The PDP described it as a litany of lies. Debo Ologunagba, PDP National Publicity Secretary, in a statement, challenged the President Buhari led-government to name one landmark project it conceptualised, commenced and completed in the last six years. The PDP, however, believed that Nigerians will not hold back in pronouncing verdict on the APC in the 2023 elections through their votes. The statement, while questioning the performance claims, said such…
The National Leader of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu will contest in the 2023 Presidential elections. InfoStride News reports that this was disclosed by the Director-General, Bola Tinubu Support Group Management Council, Abdulmumini Jibrin Kofa. Speaking while conducting what he termed International Press Conference to start up the 2022 New Year, Kofa, who is a former House of Representatives member said, “Tinubu’s Presidential contest is a done deal”. He said in his position as the DG Highest Management Campaign Council of Bola Tinubu, which is overseeing over 2000 other APC National Leader Campaign Councils, “I have the full…