The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has urged the National Assembly to remove clauses on direct primary election in the 2021 Electoral Amendment Bill. The inclusion is a major reason delaying assent to the bill by President Muhammadu Buhari. On Monday, IPAC said while many may not concede to the explanation of security challenges he posited, logistics and financial burden to be incurred would be huge in 2023. The Chairman, Yabagi Sani, at a news conference in Abuja, warned that direct primary elections will overstretch the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Sani reacted to arguments that no amount of money can…
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A House of Representatives member from Kano, Hafiz Kawu, has said that Vice President Yemi Osibanjo is the best person to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Kawu, who served as spokesman to the Vice President on Broadcast Media before contesting for the Tarauni Federal Constituency seat in 2019, stated this at a press conference, Monday in Kano. He said, “Right now, I can attest to you that Tinubu is yet to say whether he will contest or not, but in the case of the Vice President, already Nigeria statesmen, including former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida have seen a quality…
The Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State has said the deceased Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, was a rallying figure for all the political, social, economic associations in the state. Publicity Secretary of the party, Akeem Olatunji, said this in a statement made available to InfoStride News on Monday in Ibadan. Our correspondent recalls that the 41st Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji had in the early hours of Sunday joined his ancestors. The monarch who ascended the throne in March 2016 died at the age of 93. Reacting to his death, the PDP said…
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has described the state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, as an unserious political group dishing out lies in the state. While lashing out at the party over the allegation that the governor’s immediate family was involved in siphoning funds in the state, Akeredolu disclosed that PDP’s style could be termed as juvenile opposition. PDP had in a statement issued on Sunday by its Publicity Secretary, Kennedy Peretei alleged that the governor would soon be evicted from the government house by the people over looting by his immediate family. The governor who spoke through…
Soon after talks with US President Joe Biden over phone, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday said that Kiev and Washington share relations of a “special” kind. “The first international talk of the year with @POTUS proves the special nature of our relations. Joint actions of Ukraine, US and partners in keeping peace in Europe, preventing further escalation, reforms, deoligarchization were discussed. We appreciate the unwavering support of Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said in a tweet. US President and his Ukrainian counterpart held a talk on Sunday (US time). Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the United States and its allies…
The Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle to resign, saying that his government does not have the interest of the people at heart. Addressing newsmen at the secretariat in Gusau, the state capital, the chairman of the party, Hon. Bala Mande spoke through his deputy, Professor Kabiru Jabaka, stressing that the state is on fire due to banditry while Matawalle is in Niger Republic enjoying himself. “Even if he claims to be there because of security reasons, then this is not the right time for that tour,” he said. According…
Senator Shehu Sani, who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th National Assembly, has said he will be the next Governor of Kaduna State with the masses by his side. Shehu Sani, in a radio interview monitored in Kaduna, indicated interest to join the governorship race in 2023, saying that even without money, he would contest. He noted, “Anyone who insults and embarrasses the people is not worth being in power because respecting human beings is very important in religion.” According to him, It is left for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to unite its members to ensure that they form…
The Governor of Abia State, Chief Okezie Ikpeazu has endorsed the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim for President in the forthcoming 2023 general election. Ikpeazu advocated the need to allow Igbos to produce the next president of the nation and vowed to galvanize support to ensure total victory for Anyim. The governor made this known while addressing stakeholders of the southeast zone who followed Anyim to a consultation visit to the governor at his country home in Umuobiakwa, Obingwa Local Government Area of the state. He described the former SGF as “a…
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…
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…