The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has joined Nigerian women to protest the rejection of bills meant to promote the interest of the female gender in the ongoing constitutional amendment by the National Assembly, urging the lawmakers to end the habit of taking the country back to the primitive days and revisit the rejected gender equity bills. The umbrella body of all registered political parties and political associations in the country, in its reaction on the occasion of the 2022 International Women’s Day (IWD), asked members of the Senate “to revisit the rejected pro-female gender bills to align the…
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari before a Federal High Court in Abuja challenging fresh moves to tamper with the newly amended Electoral Act signed into law some days ago. Buhari is sued along with the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Senate President, Speaker, House of Representatives, Clerk of the National Assembly, Senate Leader, House of Representatives Leader and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Also joined as defendants in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/247/2022 are Deputy Senate President, Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Deputy Senate Leader and Deputy House of Representatives…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Osun State chapter has labelled the leading opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) blood-sucking monsters and full of violence. The APC further accused the opposition of being allergic to credible election, warning the party not to soak the State in conflict and stop a repeat of their violence and killing style in the party’s governorship primary election which will be conducted on Tuesday. This was contained in a statement issued by APC Directorate of Publicity, Research and Strategy and signed by its Director, Kunle Oyatomi Esq on Monday in Osogbo, the State capital, calling on…
The National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has been reminded that no one knows tomorrow. A former presidential aide, Reno Omokri wants the former Lagos State Governor to understand that no one can predict the future. Omokri, who worked with former President Goodluck Jonathan, wondered how Tinubu could be too sure and speak so boastfully and confidently of becoming the next President of Nigeria. InfoStride News reported earlier that Tinubu had boasted that he will rule Nigeria for eight years when he takes over from President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, and then hand over…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosts Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Dutch PM Mark Rutte at Downing Street in London on Monday, as the trio visit a Royal Air Force (RAF) base to meet members of the UK armed forces. Downing Street said it the start of a week of focussed engagement with world leaders to mobilise a global outcry at the atrocities of Russian aggression into practical support for Ukraine. The three prime ministers will convene for separate bilateral meetings and a joint trilateral meeting to discuss the next steps to counter attacks ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin…
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has urged Nigerians to vote for a credible presidential candidate in 2023. Uzodinma said zoning the Presidency to the Southeast would be good, but the 1999 constitution does not recognize such. He urged Nigerians to vote for credible presidential candidates based on merit and not zoning. Uzodinma disclosed this to journalists on the sidelines of the first plenary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigerian in Abuja on Sunday. According to the governor, “Of course, it will be a good idea to zone the Presidency to the Southeast, but in the best of my…
Immediate past Chief of Staff to Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Ephraim Inyang-eyen, has faulted his former boss on choice of his successor for the 2023 governorship elections in the state. He said Senator Albert Bassey Akpan should be rewarded with the governorship of the state. Recall that Governor Emmanuel had said that his choice of Pastor Umo Eno, as his preferred successor was revealed to him by God. But the former CoS, speaking at a rally organised by Eket Youths on Saturday for the Senator Bassey Akpan (Uyo Senatorial District), told the people not to be…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday dismissed the assertion that the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) lacks the capacity to conduct its national convention on March 26, saying the party will surprise its critics. Buhari stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents shortly before departing the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for London today. Recall that Buhari had initially planned to embark on the London trip from Nairobi, Kenya, after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) at 50 in that country on Friday. Buhari said:” Well, they (critics) should wait and see. How…
Anambra State governor-elect, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has received a comprehensive report from the Oby Ezekwesili-led transition committee, saying there is a lot of work to be done in the state. Soludo, who addressed the over 80-member committee, Saturday evening, said he has a strong conviction that Anambra will be great, but said there was a lot of work to be done, just as there was war to be fought too. “To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time we are having a transition committee since 1999. What we have always had is a hand over team. For…
Simultaneously with the work on the creation of a nuclear explosive device, Ukraine has actively engaged in potential means of delivery of nuclear weapons, a Russian official told RIA Novosti. “In parallel, work was underway in the country to modernize existing and create new missile weapons that can be used as a means of delivering nuclear weapons,” the representative said. He stressed that at the same time, Kiev “covers” most of the developments with the implementation of joint projects with other countries, RT New reported. For example, in December 2013, Ukraine and Turkey agreed to cooperate in the missile sphere.…
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has dismissed claims by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State about the North backing the Presidential ambition of Bola Tinubu. AYCF National President, Yerima Shettima, said Ganduje was not speaking for the entire North when he backed Tinubu’s Presidential ambition. Ganduje had said the entire North would back the Presidential ambition of the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Leader. The Governor had noted that Tinubu supported President Muhammadu Buhari into assuming power; hence the entire North would back his ambition. However, Shettima, while speaking with DAILY POST, said the North is not Lagos State,…
Mazi Jones Onwusoanya, a chieftain of Ohanaeze Ndigbo and the immediate past Publicity Secretary of Imo State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), has maintained that the Electoral Act Amendment bill recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari will not guarantee credible elections in Nigeria. The party stalwart also maintained that the new Electoral Act is nothing but a bait meant to give Nigerians a false hope that something is going to change with the nation’s electoral process, insisting also that the All Progressive Congress, APC, and the main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would continue to explore new…
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has said that the presidential ticket of the party is open to all Nigerians ahead of the 2023 elections. The National Chairman of the Party, Mr. Bello Falalu disclosed this on Sunday in Abuja after a meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC), Board of Trustees (BoT) and the stakeholders of the party. He said the party has not zoned its presidential ticket and won’t shut out any Nigerian from any part of the country from contesting for presidency on the platform of the party The Chairman stated: “Have we zoned the Presidency to any…
A former Governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu has identified two key attributes of former President Olusegun Obasanjo as he clocks 85. He said that Obasanjo is bold and courageous, adding that he will continue to be so, for that is the essence of his character. Tinubu, in a congratulatory message by his Media Aide, Mr Tunde Rahman, on Saturday in Lagos, praised Obasanjo for his patriotism and commitment to the unity of the country. The All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart said that “the former president had remained strong, agile and committed to the greatness of our dear nation.”…
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that Ukrainian statehood is in jeopardy and likened the West’s sanctions on Russia to “declaring war,” while a promised cease-fire in the besieged port city of Mariupol collapsed amid scenes of terror. With the Kremlin’s rhetoric growing fiercer and a reprieve from fighting dissolving, Russian troops continued to shell encircled cities and the number of Ukrainians forced from their country grew to 1.4 million. By Saturday night Russian forces had intensified their shelling of Mariupol,…
Former governorship candidate, Uche Nwosu, and other members of the Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) loyal to former governor of the State, Rochas Okorocha, have been appointed into the APC National Convention Sub-Committees. In the list making the rounds on social media and signed by James Akpanudoedehe, Secretary Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Nwosu was listed as member of the Screening Committee. Okorocha’s other loyalists appointed into the Committee are Hon Sunny Chiadi, Barrister Ijeoma Igboamusi, Barr. Okey Anyikwa, Barr. Nnanna Okoro, Hon Faisal Lawal, Barr Steve Asimobi, among others. The former governor is currently a Presidential…
Former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has denied sponsoring three presidential aspirants from the south, ahead of the 2023 general elections. Obasanjo cleared the air on the rumours on Saturday, while speaking at a symposium to mark his 85th birthday celebration in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. He also insisted he has not endorsed anyone to run for the presidency next year. According to Obasanjo, “I read and hear about endorsement and statements in support of candidates that I frankly have not made and forming next political parties that I can never get involved in. “I was told that…
Former Deputy APC governorship candidate in 2019, Ekpo Okon has said the power of incumbency in next year’s governorship election will not work in Cross River State. He said in recent elections, many sitting governors who attempted to impose their anointed candidates failed. In an exclusive interview in his Akpab-Okoyong community in Odukpani LGA of the state, the former PDP state chairman who defected to the APC and returned to PDP a few months ago, said he has strong convictions that the people of the state are more comfortable with the PDP, which reason he had to run back. “The…
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has approved Tuesday 8, March 2022 for the Lagos State Congress Appeal Panel. PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba on Saturday said the panel is to consider appeals arising from the conduct of the State Congress in Lagos State. “The Appeal Panel is now to sit on Tuesday 8, March 2022 at the PDP National Secretariat, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja, it added. Former Governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema is the Chairman of the Lagos State Congress Appeal Panel, while Sen. Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe is…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov did not rule out that Ukraine President Vladimir Zelensky is trying to provoke a conflict between Russia and NATO, as evidenced by his “militaristic frenzy”. “He was a little rude to his curators, accusing them of inaction. I wonder if he was so upset that NATO didn’t stand up for him as he had hoped. So he still relies on the settlement of the conflict by involving NATO in this whole story? Not through negotiations? “It turns out that he does not hear the constant statements that are heard from Washington, from Paris, from Berlin, and from other…