US President Joe Biden plans to discuss the Ukraine crisis with G7 leaders during a virtual meeting on Thursday, the White House informs. “The President will participate in a virtual G7 Leaders’ meeting to discuss the ongoing situation with regard to Russia and Ukraine, and priorities of the German G7 Presidency year,” the White House schedule for February 24 says. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will attend the virtual G7 summit, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said at a Monday press conference, adding that the talks will cover foreign policy issues, including Ukraine, and Japan expects that G7 countries…
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The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has settled for a shift in date of its national convention following President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval,InfoStride News has learnt. InfoStride News gathered Sunday night that the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, chaired by the Yobe State Governor, Mai Bala Buni, met and took a decision to postpone the party’s national convention, which was earlier scheduled to hold this Saturday. The committee decided on a two-week shift, a development that may not have gone down well with other stakeholders of the party, most of whom are agitating that the convention should hold on February…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has constituted a Reconciliation Committee to ensure unity and cohesion in the party ahead of the June 18 governorship election. The Deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Reconciliation Committee to reach out to some aspirants and their supporters who are still aggrieved with the outcome of the January 27 governorship primary. The Committee also has two former Deputy Governors, Chief Abiodun Aluko and Prof. Modupe Adelabu as members. Other members are Prof. Bolaji Aluko and Hon. Bunmi Adelugba, who will serve as the Secretary. This…
Immediate past Chief of Army Staff and Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Benin Republic, Lt. Gen. Yusuf Tukur Buratai (rtd), on Sunday, reacted to calls to join the 2023 Presidential race. Buratai, who distanced himself from such calls and presidential campaign posters of him making rounds on social media, said he is contented with his work as an envoy. He disclosed that he has never indicated interest or discussed with any group about running for the Presidency in 2023. A group known as the All Progressives Congress (APC) Door-to-door Campaign Forum had urged the former Army Chief to run for the…
Evidence suggests that Russia is planning “the biggest war in Europe since 1945”, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the BBC. “All the signs are that the plan has already in some senses begun,” he said on Saturday from Munich where world leaders are meeting for an annual security conference. Intelligence suggests Russia intends to launch an invasion that will encircle Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Johnson told the BBC. “I’m afraid to say that the plan we are seeing is for something that could be really the biggest war in Europe since 1945 just in terms of sheer scale. “People need…
Ganduje’s faction of the All Progressives Congress APC in Kano State had threatened to arrest the factional leader of the Ibrahim Shekarau faction, Ahmadu Haruna Zago if he ever parades himself as the state chairman of the party. Party Publicity Secretary Ahmad S. Aruwan disclosed this in an interview with newsmen. This is coming hours after the G-7 faction of the party led by Shekarau kicked against the decision of the Abuja court of appeal which handed the control of the APC in Kano to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. InfoStride News reported that the Court of Appeal in Abuja set aside…
The former Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Dr. Salihu Lukman has alleged that some leaders of the party are putting more energy and effort in terms of how they can manipulate party structures to impose their choices of candidates for 2023. Lukman disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday titled “A Comparative Review of Performances in Government”. He said as the 2023 elections approaches, the campaign message coming from leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is that they were on a mission to rescue Nigeria. The party chieftain noted that the main opposition party claimed the…
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has described his victory at the Osun All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial primary election as a statement of resolve from the party members to continue to redefine governance and re-entrench sustainable democracy. In an acceptance speech he delivered after his emergence as the APC gubernatorial candidate for the 2022 Osun gubernatorial election on Sunday, February 20, 2022, Oyetola noted that the decision has made the party a beacon of democracy and a united channel of development The governor, while describing the outcome of the primary election as a victory for members of the party, added that it…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, youths in Akwa Ibom State have been advised to look inwards and choose competent people at all levels of public office and not those who do not have their interests at heart. One of the frontline governorship aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ide Owodiong Idemeko who gave the advice at the weekend during a consultation visit on the Chapter Officers of PDP in Ibesikpo Asutan local government area of the state said good leadership is the only guarantee for the promotion of development and progress in the state He also called for…
Ukrainian defence ministry has reported further ceasefire violations in the east, after a day of heavy weapons fire Saturday, CNN reported. The ministry said that in the first 11 hours of Sunday, “20 incidents of ceasefire violation by the Russian occupation forces were observed, including 18 incidents when the Russian occupation forces utilised weapons prohibited by the Minsk Agreements”. The Minsk II agreement led to a shaky ceasefire between the Ukrainian military and Russian-backed separatist forces, and bans heavy weapons near the line of contact between the two sides. Ukraine said it recorded a total of 136 ceasefire violations on…
A non-governmental organization, Advocacy for Advancement of Peace & Harmony in Africa Initiative (ADAPHAI) has adjudged the All Progressives Congress’ primary election of Saturday as peaceful and orderly. ADAPHAI, an independent observer during the exercise, asserted that the process was strictly in line with electoral guidelines and democratic ethos. Addressing a press conference in Osogbo, the State capital, on Saturday evening, the National Coordinator of the group, Comrade Sulaimon Suberu averred that the process allowed every member of the party to exercise their franchise in the atmosphere of peace. ‘“On the primary election of the All Progressives Congress, APC, today,…
The Enugu State Government has declared Wednesday, February 23, as a work free day as residents of the State go for local government elections. It also announced that markets and offices would be closed, just as movement of persons and vehicles would be restricted from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., except for those on essential duties. This was contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information, Steve Oruruo. It reads, “The Enugu State Government (ENSG) wishes to notify the public that Local Government elections will hold on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, across the State.…
Ahead of the 2023 Presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari, has said former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Anyim Pius Anyim has what it takes to occupy any political office. Buhari made the remark while describing Anyim as one of those who can stabilize Nigeria politically. He spoke at an event to mark Anyim’s 61st birthday in Abuja yesterday. Represented by the SGF, Boss Mustapha, the President said Anyim is a patriotic Nigerian. He said: “Anyim is one of stabilising voices we have today in the politics of our country. “Let me say on a personal note, as…
A few days to the Enugu local government election, which is scheduled to hold on Wednesday, February 23, the Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has raised the alarm over alleged exclusion of the party from the poll. APC alleged that it had been stopped from participating because the list of her candidates was not published by the electoral body. It threatened to void the exercise if it holds as scheduled. The party accused the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) of deliberate plot to disenfranchise the party faithful by refusing to publish a list of 260…
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Saturday appeared to compare Russsia’s military to a snake that was uncoiling and preparing to strike Ukraine after a massive military buildup that has stoked the biggest East-West crisis since the Cold War. Austin, speaking on a trip to Lithuania, said he agreed with President Joe Biden’s Friday assessment that Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a decision to stage a new invasion of Ukraine. “They are uncoiling and are now poised to strike,” Austin told a news conference in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, ahead of talks with increasingly anxious Baltic leaders. Austin, a…
Gov Ben Ayade of Cross River State has canvassed for increased inclusion of younger Nigerians in national politics. He made the statement today at the All Progressives Congress Youth Mega Rally at UJ Esuene Stadium, Calabar. The governor said that Nigeria has made much progress but it is not noticeable because young people have not been brought into governance. He added that his belief in the youths is unshaken and he will create an expansionist programme to accommodate them. The Governor also promised to create a social welfare programme for the youths. “I charge the youths in Cross River and…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross River would have died naturally if they yielded to intimidation from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to stop their rally in the state. Wike spoke at the flag-off of campaigns of Ogoja l/Yala Federal Constituency and Akpabuyo State Constituency bye-elections at the Calabar Sports Club on Saturday. The Governor said it was shameful for anyone to use security operatives to try to intimidate members of the PDP to stop a rally for ordinary federal and state constituency bye-elections, wondering what the situation would be…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State was on Saturday stopped from launching its flag-off campaign for next weekend’s by-election for Yala/Ogoja Federal Constituency and Akpabuyo State Constituency. The security agents stopped three governors and two former governors and functionaries from launching the campaign slated for the private Calabar Sports Club, saying the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was holding an event some distance away. Governors Nyesome Wike of Rivers State, Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom and Samuel Ortom of Benue State, as well as two former governors of the state, Donald Duke and Liyel Imoke, were billed…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) faction loyal to the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, in Osun State has condemned the conduct of the primary election, saying it is nothing but a sham with a fraudulent process to favour Governor Gboyega Oyetola. The faction claimed that the agent of Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, a candidate favoured by Aregbesola, informed another crack of the APC in the state that there is no record and result sheets in any of the 332 wards. Speaking on the absence of officials of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), they also alleged that the figure declared for Oyetola…
Peter Obi, the 2019 PDP Presidential running mate to Atiku Abubakar has stated that a rich personality in a poor nation is obviously a poor citizen. He wrote; “Few years ago I heard of a Prof. Of medicine who had an accident somewhere up north, rushed to nearby health facility but there was no cannulas to set emergency lines and no other basic materials for an emergency intervention for him, he died, a Prof of medicine, if you know what it cost him and the system to get to that level…(A bag of cannulas won’t cost you up to the…