President Joe Biden is expected to issue an executive order on Friday to move some $7 billion of the Afghan central bank’s assets frozen in the US banking system to fund humanitarian relief in Afghanistan and compensate victims of the Sept 11, 2001, attacks, according to a US official familiar with the decision. The order will require US financial institutions to facilitate access to $3.5 billion of assets for the Afghan relief and basic needs. The other $3.5 billion would remain in the United States and be used to fund ongoing litigation by US victims of terrorism, the official said.…
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A man living with disability, Wasiu Nurudeen, has threatened to drag Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to court if he fails to recontest the gubernatorial election in 2023. Nurudeen made this disclosure via a statement made available to the media in Ibadan on Friday. Makinde was elected as governor of the state on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Nurudeen, in the statement, said the governor had demonstrated quality leadership in the state in his first tenure. He explained that this is the main reason he would sue the governor for failing to recontest. “As a member of…
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State has reacted Governor Benedict Ayade’s recent declaration to contest for president. Chairman of the party in the state, Venatius Ikem made the reaction in an interaction with the media in Calabar on Friday. Ikem said the governor was desperate because he has failed in the state. He said everybody in Nigeria and beyond knows Ayade as a professional joker and would not be taken seriously. Ikem said: “He is just grandstanding out of desperation for his doomed political future. “The entire country has come to know him as a jester.…
All is set for the meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State Capital. InfoStride News exclusively gathered that the meeting is slated for Monday 14th February. Recall that, the last PDP Governors Forum meeting was held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State last month. A source told our correspondent that 13 governors are expected to arrive in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on Sunday, 13th February. He said, “as they did in their previous meetings, the governors will review the state of the nation, 2023 general election and party issues”. Governors expected at the meeting are the…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed the North West Zonal Congress of the party, earlier scheduled to hold on February 12. PDP in a statement by its National Organising Secretary, Umar M. Bature, Friday in Abuja, said the NWC approved the postponement. It added that “a new date will be communicated in due course”.
Russia could invade Ukraine during the current Beijing Winter Olympics so Americans should leave the Eastern European country immediately, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday. Blinken did not detail the reasons behind the State Department’s latest security alert that calls on all American citizens to leave Ukraine. Simply put, we continue to see very troubling signs of Russian escalation, including new forces arriving at the Ukrainian border, Blinken said in Melbourne, Australia. We’re in a window when an invasion could begin at any time and, to be clear, that includes during the Olympics, Blinken added. The Olympic Games…
As the 2023 general elections draw near, the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has vowed that it would not support older candidates who are aspiring to become President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor. InfoStride News reports that while some Nigerians continue to make demands that the presidency should be zoned to the Southeast following allegations of marginalization at the federal level, some politicians from the region have declared their interest for the top political office. Notably, the incumbent governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and a former governor of Imo…
The Kano State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reaffirmed the suspension of Senator Bello Hayatu, from the party. Senator Hayatu was earlier suspended from the party over alleged anti-party activities during the 2019 general elections. This is coming barely two days to the party’s northwest zonal congress. The party chairman in the state, Wada Sagagi, confirmed the suspension in a statement issued to newsmen on Thursday. He said the state executive committee reaffirmed the suspension of the Senator Gwarzo, to protect him from contesting from any other position in the party. The statement said, “As we are approaching…
The US State Department has expressed concerns over the attacks on statues of Mahatma Gandhi and is asking law enforcement to investigate the incidents, according to a spokesperson. “The Department of State is in regular communication with law enforcement partners and encourages investigation into these incidents,” the spokesperson said in an email to IANS. In the latest incident, the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in New York City’s Union Square was defaced with black paint on Febryary 4 and it followed an attack on the Independence leader’s statue in Washington on India’s Republic Day, January 26. India’s Consulate General in New…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorcha Ayu has assured the Senate Caucus of the party that the National Working Committee (NWC) will return the party to winning ways. The PDP National Chairman gave the assurance on Thursday during an interactive session and dinner with the Senate Caucus in Cross River Meeting Room, Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. In his remarks, Ayu explained that in their efforts to reposition the party, the NWC thought it wise to interact with the Senate caucus of the party. He noted that “It is very important that the entire party work as…
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to emulate former President Goodluck Jonathan’s legacy by conducting a free, fair and credible general elections throughout the country in 2023. According to Governor Tambuwal, it is the best gift President Buhari would present to Nigerians in 2023 by ensuring a peaceful and credible election that will usher in new leaders in the country. He made the observation while speaking with newsmen in Kaduna after meeting with former Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi who returned from medical treatment overseas. The Governor was accompanied by former…
A former governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife has alleged that men and some women in Nigerian politics messed up God’s design for the country. Ezeife noted that Nigeria was made for unequal greatness and to be a superpower among nations, adding that the country and its citizens were too blessed by God to be disintegrated. The former Governor and Igbo leader said this when he received Adebayo Adewole, a presidential aspirant, under the Mega Party Movement, MPM, who was on a condolence visit at his Abuja home over the death of his wife, Njideka. Ezeife said the country will…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Abuja screened Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, and two others. The ruling party’s primary will be held this month ahead of the July 16 governorship election. Other aspirants screened were ex-Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuff and ex-Secretary to the State Government, Moshood Adeoti. Adeoti recently defected to the APC from the Action Democratic Party (ADP). Oyetola declared that his performance since assuming office was enough to ensure victory. “We have done so well within the last three and half years, and I have been able to justify the confidence reposed…
Former Governor of Jigawa State Sule Lamido has said his greatest hope is for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to reclaim power in the 2023 general election. Lamido stated this while responding to questions on the BBC Hausa service. He was reacting to alleged plans to impose his son, Mustapha Sule Lamido as the PDP Gubernatorial candidate in the state. Lamido explained that he has no intention to impose anyone as the party’s gubernatorial candidate in the coming election. He said”Power belongs to God and he gives it to whomever he wishes” “Therefore whoever emerges I will support him and…
Dr. John Osuala, a Southeast chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, has called on government at all levels to institutionalise free and qualitative education at all levels in the training of Nigerian youths. The APC chieftain said the educational policy when institutionalized, will remedy Nigeria’s challenges and reduce the trend of Nigeria being the poverty capital of the world. Osuala, who recently declared to run for the position of President of Nigeria in the 2023 elections, made the call in a press statement forwarded to the media on Thursday. He noted that the late Obafemi Awolowo adopted free and qualitative…
Police in Pakistan’s Punjab province have been banned from posting on TikTok, a Chinese short-video app, local media reported. The Punjab police department has barred all cops from using TikTok during duty hours, ARY News reported. The police department has warned that if a video of any officer goes viral on a social media app, strict departmental action will be taken. The new rules were communicated in a letter issued by AIG Operations to all RPOs, ARY News reported. According to the letter, posting videos on the social media app TikTok and going viral presents a negative image of the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government for allegedly providing cover for leaders reportedly involved in the importation of toxic fuel into the country. PDP demanded an investigation into reports of how APC leaders allegedly connived with foreign interests to import contaminated fuel, laden with methanol in their desperation to defraud Nigerians. The opposition party said it was a deliberate move by APC leaders to fund their 2023 alleged rigging scheme. PDP condemned the alleged despicable acts, noting that, “the inclination for official concealment ostensibly informed the refusal by the Minister of…
The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, says it is prepared to redefine Enugu State politics after over 20 years of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, control of power. This hint was dropped by Prince Jeff Nnamani, a new member of the party, who is believed to be eyeing the governorship seat in 2023. Nnamani, who spoke in Enugu on Wednesday, when he paid a visit to the party’s secretariat, said APGA was the only platform that had the capacity of returning governance to the people. He declared that he ran a check on other political platforms in the State “and…
Five former gubernatorial aspirants of the defunct All Nigeria People’s Party, ANPP, in Kano have cautioned the National Caretaker Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, against neglecting Kano’s internal party crises. The former aspirants, Yusuf Ado Kibiya, Kabiru Kamakasa, Hamisu Lamido Iyantama, and Professor Mukthar A. Yusuf, said during a press conference in Kano, that APC crises would only lead the party to lose the state to the opposition. They emphasized their calls on the national secretariat of the party to address the Kano APC crises securely and democratically by drawing factions away from conflicting perceptions and actions.…
President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a stern warning to new diplomats posted to the country against meddling in local politics, especially the 2023 general election billed for next year. The subtle warning was handed down to the ambassadors at the presentation of Letters of Credence at the State House, Abuja on Thursday. Among the new ambassadors are the Czech Republic, Zdenek Krejci; Italy, Stephano De Leo; Spain, Juan Ignacio Sell Sanz; and Israel, Michael Shual Freeman. Buhari’s words, “You are assuming your diplomatic responsibilities in Nigeria at the very interesting political period as Nigeria’s national elections are due in early…