Furious over US President Joe Biden’s decision of extending an invitation to Taiwan for forthcoming online ‘Democracy Summit’, China urged the US to stop providing a platform to “Taiwan independence” forces. “China firmly opposes the US’s invitation to the Taiwan authorities to participate in the so-called Democracy Summit,” China’s foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian was quoted as saying by Radio Free Asia. “We solemnly urge the US to stop providing a platform to “Taiwan independence” forces,” Zhao said, adding: “Those who play with fire get burned,” Zhao added. The spokesperson’s remarks came after Beijing fined Taiwanese companies that have donated…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
The National Vice Chairman, South West of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olasoji Adagunodo has revealed that the party has no anointed candidate ahead of the 2022 gubernatorial election in Osun State. Making this known in a radio phone in programme monitored by InfoStride News on Saturday in Osogbo, Adagunodo asserted that the constitution of the party did not allow for preferred candidate or aspirant until nomination and expression of interest forms are bought and due process followed. The National Vice Chairman also stressed that a consensus candidate still had to undergo affirmation according to the Party’s constitution. Adagunodo, who…
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has reacted to the report currently making the rounds on social and traditional media accusing the governor of referring to the entire people of his State as drunkards. InfoStride News recalls that reports emerged on many online media platforms on Saturday alleging that the governor had during a function in the state said “if you go round Makurdi town, our people start drinking beer from 9 am and some from there, they will go to sleep, and they come back and insult the governor for not helping them to add value to their lives”.…
Senator Kabiru Marafa’s faction of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Zamfara State has concluded its Congresses with the election of twenty-nine executive members to oversee the affairs of the faction in the next three years. The faction’s spokesman, Bello Bakyasuwa said there were thirty-two delegates from each ward and thirty delegates from each of the Local Government areas of the state. He said the state congress was hitch-free and that Surajo Garba Maikatako Gusau was elected as the faction’s chairman while Abubakar Yargaida emerged as the state secretary of the party. “Let me reiterate that this new leadership of…
Amid the deteriorating relations between Washington and Beijing, two US lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill earlier this week, which seeks to help Taiwan develop ties with other countries amid China’s coercive actions designed to isolate the country. The Promoting Ties with Taiwan Act, which was introduced this week aims to make it the policy of the U.S. government to use its diplomatic influence and reputation to help Taiwan expand connections with nations and partners around the world. The draft “Promoting Ties with Taiwan Act,” was introduced by Republican Michelle Fischbach and Democrat Scott Peters, Taiwan Focus reported. Taiwan has split…
The selection of a new Akinrun for Ikirun, headquarters of Ifelodun Local Government Area of Osun State is shrouded in controversies as residents of the town have been protesting over the process. Members of the Gboleru ruling house on Monday thronged the State capital in Osogbo, protesting at the State Secretariat over efforts to sideline them by government officials. Head of the ruling house, Prince Jimoh Olayiwola, while addressing journalists demanded that Governor Adegboyega Oyetola intervenes in the matter with a view to calling overzealous government officials to order in the matter. “We want the Governor to come to our…
Despite the NotTooYoungToRun (NTYTR) law of 2018, Nigeria’s political space is still overtly dominated by the old generation and god-fathers, who determine who gets what and favour their cronies to the detriment of many young Nigerians that are willing to participate in politics. The Age Reduction Bill popularly known as NotTooYoungToRun is a constitutional amendment movement led by young Nigerians. The bill was conceived and pushed by several civil society groups including YIAGA Africa in May 2016. The group is headed by Samson Itodo, a human rights activist and good governance campaigner. The bill, which was sponsored in the House…
The ghost of recent Anambra State governorship election is yet to go to rest. A winner has emerged, but a loser believes that it is not over until it is all over. The development makes it imperative that two scenarios are sure to unfold in the coming days. In the first instance, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo and his supporters in All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) are already looking forward to March 17, 2022, for a change of baton from Akpokue to Mr. Solution. But, while the governor-elect’s fans are getting ready for Soludo’s inauguration, the series of litigation lined up against…
The APC Chairman in Plateau State, Mr Rufus Bature has condemned the renewed cycle of attacks on unsuspecting people of Ta’agbe in Miango District of Bassa Local Government of the state. Recall that an attack on residents on Friday led to the death of an unspecified number of persons. The APC scribe in a statement signed by the State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Sylvanus Namang, urged security agencies to synergize and apprehend perpetrators of the dastardly act. The chairman said the party was deeply saddened by the latest orgy of violence visited on the people, which led to…
The Swedish parliament will decide on Monday whether Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson should become the nation’s first female prime minister after the first vote ended in a flop. Andersson took over as prime minister from Stefan Loefven on Wednesday but had to tender her resignation hours later, after a rift over the 2022 budget prompted her minority coalition partners to leave. Parliamentary speaker Andreas Norlen said he had consulted parties over the phone and scheduled another vote at the 349-seat parliament, or Riksdag. He said he would again propose Andersson as the next prime minister. “The vote is…
The immediate past National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has advocated a short-term restructuring before the next general election to address myriads of challenges confronting the country. Jega, however, accused the executive and legislative arms of the Federal Government of treating the restructuring issue with levity. He said that both arms of the Federal government “were not serious in making the restructuring a reality as the two arms of the government had been treating the restructuring with levity. The former university Don said this at the 2021 Public Lecture of the Achievers University, Owo,…
Special Adviser to former Vice President Namadi Sambo on Media and chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Umar Sani has said that chances of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)in 2023 is very slim because the party has been factionalized. He said that unless and until the main opposition party, puts her house in order and addresses holistically lingering issues in the party, her chances of taking over power both at state and federal levels in 2023 will be very slim. While addressing a press conference in Kaduna on Wednesday, he said that the PDP is currently facing a…
Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has accused the National Assembly of spending N1 billion annually on constitution review without making any headway. The Ijaw leader, who noted that the South, North and the entire country are calling for restructuring, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to as matter of urgency convoke a Representative Assembly or Town Hall meeting. He advised that the meeting will consider either Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State’s All Progressives Congress, APC, Committee Report on restructuring or that of 2014 National Conference report. Clark, the leader of Southern and Middle Belt Leaders…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted the Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, for traveling out of the country without handing power to his deputy. The state chapter of the party in a press release by the state media and publicity secretary, Mr. Okelo Madukife said Anambra people only got to know that their governor was abroad, when he was put on the watchlist list of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Okelo said: “We care about a new issue that has emerged from the responses given from ANSG (Anambra State Government) side to effect that Anambra State…
In a significant move, India, Russia and China on Friday called for ensuring that the territory of Afghanistan is not used to attack any country, pitched for the formation of a “truly inclusive” government and pressed for immediate and unhindered humanitarian assistance to the war-torn country. The foreign ministers of the three countries, at a virtual meeting held under the Russia-India-China (RIC) framework, also reaffirmed their support for the basic principle of an “Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process. The ministers stressed the necessity of “urgent elimination” of UN Security Council proscribed terrorist groups such as al Qaeda, ISIL and others…
The immediate past chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye has stated that members of the bar were responsible for the right and the wrongs in the society. Nwoye, who is also a lawyer, said this when he played host to the law students of a famous primate institution, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu. They were at Amuri Ancient Kingdom, in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State for their second annual picnic. Nwoye said the society placed a lot of responsibilities on lawyers and it should not be taken for granted in spite…
The Gombe State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday, dismissed a report alleging mass resignation of its ward executives in Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area (LGA) of the State. The APC State publicity secretary, Mr Moses Kyari disclosed this when he addressed newsmen in the State. Kyari was reacting to a social media report indicating that over 80 percent of APC ward executives in Yamaltu/Deba LGA have resigned their positions in solidarity with Senator Danjuma Goje, whose convoy was allegedly blocked by political thugs and miscreants while on his way from the airport to the wedding venue of his…
Three former Niger State All Progressives Congress, APC, executives have filed a suit against their colleagues to the Chief Magistrate Court Bosso over purported conspiracy and defamation of character. Three persons in a joint suit include the state’s former APC Chairman, Jibrin Imam, Secretary Barrister Muhammed Liman and Treasurer, Doctor Shaffi’i Abdulsalam. They accused the former party executives for conspiring and maliciously publishing and granting interviews alleging that they misappropriated the state’s party funds. The trio prayed the court to take into cognizance the offences contrary to section 97 and 392 of the Penal Code Law and tried the…
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, urged the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government to emulate the infrastructural development in states being governed by governors elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in order to surmount unemployment that is breeding social ills, including insecurity in the country. Atiku Abubakar stated this in Bauchi while inaugurating the 4.2 kilometres Gombe-Maiduguri Bypass road constructed by the administration of Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed. According to the former vice-president, infrastructural projects were instruments of economic empowerment being used to create jobs for unemployed youths, declaring that unemployment was the root cause…
A global alliance of lawmakers on China has expressed deep concern over the election of senior Chinese government official Hu Binchen to the Interpol Executive Committee at the General Assembly meeting. “Mr Binchen HU of China and Mr Praveen Sinha of India have been elected to the posts of Delegate for Asia (3-yr term),” Interpol said in a tweet. The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) said in a statement that the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has repeatedly abused the Interpol Red Notice to persecute dissidents in exile. The elections were held in Turkey during the ongoing…