The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ forum on Saturday revealed that a decision on zoning of political offices would be made by the party at the right time before the party’s convention scheduled for October 30. PDP and its governors’ forum disclosed this in separate statements issued on Saturday in Abuja in reaction to a comment by Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State on the issue of zoning of presidency by the party ahead of the PDP national convention. Umahi had accused the PDP of not being ready to zone its 2023 presidential ticket to the southern region of the…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday, described Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State as an attention seeker, floating in imaginary presidential interests. A statement on Saturday by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the party said, since Governor Umahi, out of his personal ambition, joined the All Progressives Congress (APC), while still sitting on the mandate of the PDP in Ebonyi State, he has become pathetically confused and disoriented, having realized that he joined a “one chance” bus, with strange and deceitful co-travelers. According to him, It is clear that Governor Umahi is now politically floating and seeks to…
Australia was “upfront, open and honest” with France about its concerns over a deal for French submarines, its defence minister said on Sunday, as a new deal with the United States and Britain continued to fuel a multinational diplomatic crisis. Australia ditched the 2016 deal with France’s Naval Group to build a fleet of conventional submarines, announcing on Thursday a plan to build at least eight nuclear-powered ones with U.S. and British technology in a trilateral security partnership. The move infuriated France, a NATO ally of the United States and Britain, prompting it to recall its ambassadors from Washington and…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Appeal Panel on the Local Government Congress in Ogun State has hinted that the party may adopt a sharing formula to end the imbroglio arising from the recent congresses between the factions of Governor Dapo Abiodun and Senator Ibikunle Amosun. The five-man panel set up to attend to petitions that may be submitted over the conduct of the Local Government Congress in the state revealed this on Saturday while addressing newsmen in Abeokuta, the state capital. InfoStride News recalls that the duo of Abiodun and Amosun have been up in arms with each other over…
Ben Adaji, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has vowed to mobilize youths across Nigeria to stage a peaceful protest if President Muhammadu Buhari considers the former Minister of Aviation, Femi-Fani Kayode for an appointment. Adaji issued the warning on Saturday during an interactive session with media practitioners in Jalingo, Taraba State. He urged the leadership of the party to be wary of the former minister whom he described as “a serial betrayal.” Adaji questioned the rationale behind Fani-Kayode’s decision to join the APC, a party he left in 2014 for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after claiming…
Doyin Okupe, an ex-media aide to the former president, Goodluck Jonathan, has warned that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will lose the 2023 presidential election if they present a candidate from the north. He stated this while speaking to journalists in Abuja on Saturday. Okupe claimed PDP’s zoning arrangement ended with the 2019 presidential election but that some people within the party are insisting on presenting a northerner for the 2023 poll. According to him, some politicians were defecting from the opposition party, because of the insistence on a northerner as presidential candidate. “The zoning arrangement which the PDP started…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday described Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State as being an attention seeker. PDP made the remark while accusing Umahi of seeking imaginary presidential ambition. In a series of tweets, the former ruling party said Umahi is confused having realized that he joined a “one chance bus.” According to the main opposition party, the governor is currently floating politically. The tweet reads: “The @OfficialPDPNig has described Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state as an attention seeker, floating in imaginary presidential interests. “The party said since Governor Umahi, out of his personal ambition, joined the…
Council on Friday extended for six months the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), unanimously voting on a resolution that emphasises the importance of the establishment of an inclusive and representative government. The 15-nation Council voted on the draft resolution that extended the mandate of UNAMA until March 17, 2022. The resolution, stressing the important role that the United Nations will continue to play in promoting peace and stability in Afghanistan, recognises the need for strengthened efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan and the important coordination role of the United Nations, and reaffirming that the…
A fresh presidential campaign poster of Yahaya Bello, Governor of Kogi State, has emerged online. The poster has Bello as president and Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister as his running mate. InfoStride News observed that the campaign poster has the All Progressives Congress logo engraved on it. The poster carried the message: “Yahaya and Femi 2023.” Bello is believed to be nursing a presidential ambition. His campaign posters had flooded some states including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Amid claims, Bello is yet to declare his ambition to run for the presidency in 2023. Meanwhile, Fani-Kayode on Thursday officially joined…
Dr. Chima Obi Ngonadi, a close ally of the flagbearer of the Young Peoples Party (YPP) in the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, has dumped the party for the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA). Ngonadi, until his defection, was a major stakeholder and financier of the YPP in Nnewi Local Government Area of the state and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NgoBros Nigeria Limited. He contested for the Anambra House of Assembly seat of Nnewi North Constituency in the last 2019 general elections held across the state on the platform of the YPP but…
Chairman of Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA, Dr Josef Onoh has refuted the insinuation by Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode that Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is among some governors of the Peoples Democratic party, PDP, expected to defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC, sooner than later. Onoh described Fani-Kayode’s gaffe as a “figment of his imagination” and borrowed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s words to say that “Governor Ugwuanyi dey PDP kamkpe!” Onoh said that if anybody was in doubt of Governor Ugwuanyi’s stable and courageous character, such a person should refer to last Thursday’s Southern Governors’ meeting in Enugu where Ugwuanyi…
A former Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to Rauf Aregbesola, Nigeria’s Minister of Interior has debunked reports on social media that he has defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Semiu Okanlawon, in a personally signed statement obtained by the media, said his response was necessitated by the rumour that has continued to gather momentum, adding that it started as a joke from a stalwart from the opposition party. Okanlawon who was a former Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy under Rauf Aregbesola’s as former governor disclosed that he had initially thought the…
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said that he has initiated a dialogue with the Taliban for an inclusive government in Kabul that will include Tajiks, Hazaras and Uzbeks, a day after the SCO member states said that it is critical to have an inclusive government in the war-torn country with representatives from all ethnic, religious and political groups. The Taliban, which seized control of Afghanistan in mid-August, had promised an “inclusive” government that represents Afghanistan’s complex ethnic makeup, but there is no Hazara member and no woman in the interim 33-member Cabinet. Taking to Twitter, Khan said: After mtgs…
The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), has refuted viral claims of a court pronouncement affirming Chief Edozie Njoku as the party’s national chairman. The All Progressive Grand Alliance is currently battling a leadership crisis that has led to the emergence of several factions, coupled with court litigations among each of the factions claiming to be the authentic elected national working committee (NWC) of the party. A party chieftain, Edozie Njoku had approached the federal high court and sought among other reliefs, a declaration of the court in his favour as the National Chairman of APGA. He also prayed the court…
Rex Olawoye, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Kwara State, is dead. The politician had been ill and out of the public in recent weeks. In a statement on Friday, a close ally, Iyiola Oyedepo described Olawoye as a forthright, honest and committed leader. The APC stalwart was the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in Kwara when the deceased was the Publicity Secretary. Oyedepo, Chairman of the Governing Council, Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, recalled Olawoye was his senior in secondary school. He said they were prefects in the same Blue House and that Olawoye was his immediate predecessor as well…
The All Progressive Congress (APC), has assured new members that they will be granted waivers to aspire for various political offices on the platform of the party in the 2023 general elections. The party in a statement by John James Akpanudoedehe, Secretary, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, explained that former President Goodluck Jonathan would not be the only one granted a waiver if he decides to defects to the party. The APC stalwart was speaking on a Channels TV interview on Wednesday. He said all new members of the APC would enjoy the benefits and privileges accruable by virtue of their…
Abia South Senator, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has reacted to the defection of Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Abaribe said Fani-Kayode’s defection confirmed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s remark about his character. The two-time minister had officially joined APC yesterday during a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House. The lawyer-turned-politician was presented to Buhari by the acting National Chairman of the APC, Mai Mala-Buni. Reacting to the defection, Abaribe described Fani-Kayode as a confused human being. Appearing on Arise TV, the Senate Minority Leader said: “I do not…
A group, Northern Youths Leaders Forum (NYLF), says the Muhammadu Buhari that Nigerians have today is not the Buhari they elected as president in 2015. National President of the NYLF, Comrade Elliot Afiyo, who led the group to a news conference in Yola on Friday, said Buhari has been caged and unable to influence good governance in line with his sterling innate character. “The real spotless Buhari has been caged,” Afiyo said, adding that Buhari has been laminated and his core personality replaced with the unsavoury Buhari that Nigerians know today. Afiyo, who said he had known Buhari on a…
President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that the Afghanistan government formed by the Taliban is not representative and inclusive, but it is essential to work with it as he stressed on the need to coordinate the stance of other countries on the issue of recognition. Putin, addressing the joint meeting of the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) via video link, said that the Taliban movement, having actually become the country’s sole master, formed its government, which assumed responsibility for Afghanistan’s future, Russia’s official TASS news agency reported. This is an interim…
Deji Adeyanju, a human rights activist, on Friday said former President Goodluck Jonathan would be the best presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2023. Adeyanju made the remark while explaining that it would be difficult to find a candidate like Jonathan. He noted that the former president who served only one tenure was a complete democrat. In a series of tweets, the socio-political activist noted that Jonathan accommodated his critics while he was in power. According to Adeyanju, Jonathan was fair to all Nigerians and never manipulated elections to favour his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.…