The British government said Wednesday that a Dubai government-owned ferry operator at the centre of a bitter UK labour dispute likely broke the law when it fired 786 crew members without notice to replace them with cheaper contract staff. Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned the callous behaviour of P&O Ferries and said the company appeared to have broken British labor laws. We will be taking action, Johnson said, adding that the company could “face fines running into millions of pounds if it is found guilty. P&O Ferries claimed the move was legal because the staff worked on ships registered outside…
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The leadership of the Taraba State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied allegations making the round that the party has anointed a candidate for the number one position of the state ahead of the 2023 general elections. Debunking the rumours on Wednesday in Jalingo, during a stakeholders meeting, the state chairman, Col. Kefas Agbu (rtd), said the party has “no anointed candidate” adding that “everybody is free to contest and win the election.” Stressing the party’s readiness to provide a level playing ground for all the aspirants, the transformational agenda of the party for the state, he…
In an apparent move to fight back, the former Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Mahdi Aliyu Gusau has picked the expression of interest and nomination forms to contest the 2023 governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Gusau who was impeached in February 2022, will be contesting against his former principal, Governor Bello Matawalle. Matawalle will be seeking re-election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). InfoStride News also recalls that both Matawalle and Aliyu had by providence assumed office under the platform of the PDP but Matawalle citing security constraints defected to the…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Southwest, Chief Bode George has disclosed why he is against Bola Tinubu, an All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential aspirant, becoming Nigeria’s president in 2023. George said Tinubu had completely taken over the resources of Lagos State. He, however, stressed that he has nothing personal against the APC national leader. George said the former governor of Lagos State should allow power to change hands because he has been in charge for too long. Appearing on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Tuesday, the PDP chieftain said: “He has completely annexed the resources…
Sani Musa, a National Chairman aspirant of the APC, has said he will stop the practice of governors funding the APC when elected. Musa, a member of the current senate, while speaking with members of the APC House Caucus on Tuesday, said the party will leverage on the 43 million registered members of the APC. He disclosed that he will be approaching network providers to ensure a monthly contribution of the members. “I don’t see where the Democratic Party of the USA begs governors to fund the party. When elected, I don’t see any reason why the party, with 43…
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi discussed ways to further strengthen the “iron-clad friendship” between the two countries as the two sides signed five agreements to deepen their bilateral cooperation in various fields, the Foreign Office said on Tuesday. The agreements were inked in Islamabad on Monday after the meeting between Qureshi and Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang. Wang is in Islamabad to attend the 48th session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Council of Foreign Ministers (OIC-CFM) as a special guest at the invitation of Qureshi.
The stakeholders of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bauchi State have kicked against the outright exclusion of the state in the power-sharing deal of the party ahead of Saturday’s National Convention. The stakeholders expressed displeasure in a letter addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee and the Governor of Yobe, Mai Mala Buni and the Chairman Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Abubakar Atiku Bagudu. The stakeholders who rose from an emergency meeting held Tuesday in Abuja said they were not part of the decision to cede the seat of the Deputy National Chairman to Borno State.…
The Chairman Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors forum, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has charged his party not to win on the zoning arrangement, but to win the 2023 general election. Speaking during a meeting with former Presiding Officers of the State Assemblies and House of Representatives in Abuja on Tuesday, Tambuwal recounted how they made Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan acting President. He said Muslim-Muslim and Christian – Christian tickets are dead on arrival. According to Tambuwal “When it was time for the House of Representatives to go along with theSenate on the issue of the doctrine of necessity that made Dr…
Ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general election, a governorship aspirant in Rivers State, Prince Tonye T.J.T Princewill has commenced consultation with stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state. Princewill, who has been one of the contenders in previous governorship elections in the state, met with the Local Government leaders of the party on Monday, in a bid to succeed the current governor, Nyesom Wike in 2023. Shortly after the meetings, the son of the monarch of the Kalabari kingdom addressed newsmen, saying he was meeting with leaders to listen to feedback from key stakeholders. He said, “This…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, will on Friday, deliver judgment in a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State. The PDP, through its counsel Emmanuel Ukala, SAN, had filed the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021 before Justice Taiwo Taiwo to seek for an order sacking the governor and his deputy over their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) among others. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday, gathered from Court 7, where Justice Taiwo presided that the judgment in suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/975/2021 filed by the PDP against Cross River governor and…
Ukraine said it retook a strategically important suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, while its forces battled Russian attempts to occupy the encircled southern port city of Mariupol. Civilians fleeing Mariupol said the city was under relentless bombardment, with block after block of destroyed buildings and corpses in the streets. But the Kremlin’s ground offensive in other parts of the country advanced slowly or not at all, knocked back by lethal Ukrainian hit-and-run attacks. Explosions and bursts of gunfire shook Kyiv, and heavy artillery fire could be heard from the northwest, where Russia has sought to encircle and capture several suburban…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says the South-South region of the country is the pillar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The Governor, therefore, said the region must be treated with fairness and justice. Wike made the assertion at the PDP stakeholders’ meeting in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom capital, on Monday. The Governor said the South-South is not only useful when it comes to voting. According to him “The South-South is the pillar of the PDP. If the South-South is the pillar of the PDP, they must be treated with fairness, justice and equity. “It is not only when it…
The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has assured that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would take the appropriate decision on who succeeds him in 2023 at the fullness of time. This is even as the Abia Governor called on political leaders and the people of the state in general to throw away anything that would divide the state in the quest for his successor. Speaking while receiving in audience a delegation of Ohuhu Council of Traditional Rulers, Umuahia North Local Government Area at Government House, Umuahia, Governor Ikpeazu reminded them that Abia is blessed with human and material resources…
A faction of All Progressives Congress in Osun State loyal to the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, fumed over former Deputy Governor, Senator Iyiola Omisore’s intention to run for the party’s National Secretary. The faction group, The Osun Progressives (TOP), said Omisore was described by former interim National Chairman of APC, Chief Adebisi Akande, as ‘a wolf in wolf clothing’. Recall that Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, who is the coordinator of the Southwest Governors’ Forum, announced the nomination of Omisore and Isaac Kekemeke (Ondo State) as candidate for National Vice Chairman (Southwest). Reacting to the nomination, the group, in…
A group known as Young Professionals has obtained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential nomination and expression of interest forms for the 2023 general elections for the immediate past President of the Senate, Abubakar Bukola Saraki. Presenting the forms to Saraki at his Abuja residence, the leader of the group, Abubakar Dan Musa, expressed hope that a better and united Nigeria is possible with the immediate past Senate President as president. Musa said, “After extensive deliberations, we have concluded that the situation of our country is so far from what it should be if we have the right leadership. The…
Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has said contrary to expectations of the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Congress (APC), will successfully hold its convention on Saturday, March 26, 2022. His response was in reaction to a question that nothing on ground suggests that the ruling party was ready for the national convention on Saturday. According to him, “On the APC convention, I don’t know what kind of sign you want to see before you know that convention will hold on Saturday. As at yesterday (Sunday), all the subcommittees have started meeting. The screening committee, the accreditation…
Ukraine defied a Russian demand that its forces lay down arms before dawn on Monday in Mariupol, where hundreds of thousands of civilians have been trapped in a city under siege and already laid to waste by Russian bombardment. Russia’s military had ordered Ukrainians inside the city in the country’s southeast to surrender by 5 am, saying those who did so would be permitted to leave, while those who stayed would be turned over to tribunals run by Russian-backed separatists. “There can be no question of any surrender, laying down of arms” in Mariupol, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk…
The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ibrahim Abdullahi, has obtained the expression of interest and nomination form to contest the 2023 governorship election in Kebbi State. Responding to questions from newsmen shortly after obtaining the N21m nomination form Monday in Abuja, Abdullahi promised to revamp agriculture, prioritise youth empowerment and security. The PDP Deputy Publicity scribe said he is capable and prepared to drive and steer the ship of Kebbi as it pleases God Almighty. He said “My three fundamental areas of attention if God pleases himself to provide us with this opportunity is first…
Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has asked those aspiring for the office of Nigerian president in 2023 to deviate from faking emotions during the campaign. In a recent tweet on his verified Twitter handle on Monday, the Kaduna State governorship aspirant said such a move is capable of deceiving the electorate and putting the nation in pestilence, affliction, sorrow and suffering. The former lawmaker named the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu; Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo; Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and others as those to take note. According to him, the presidential aspirants are…
The Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has asked former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to drop his presidential ambition to uphold the unity of the Nigerian nation. The Igbo group warned that if the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, hands the former Vice President its 2023 presidential ticket, it would cause a total disintegration of Nigeria. Speaking to newsmen in Owerri, Imo State capital, the National President of Ohanaeze Youth Council, Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, said the council frowns at what he described as “the undue desperation of Atiku Abubakar to pick the presidential ticket of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.” The Igbo youth…