Reno Omokri, a popular Nigerian socio-political activist, has suggested why Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President should be Nigeria’s next president in 2023. Omokri said only Atiku can unite both the Southern and Northern parts of Nigeria together. He, however, pointed out that Nigeria is experiencing a delicate time in its national life. In a tweet, the former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan endorsed Atiku for president in 2023. Omokri urged all his followers to support Atiku’s presidential candidacy. He wrote: “I wholeheartedly, with my full chest, endorse HE @Atiku to run for President in 2023 on the platform of the…
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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, at the weekend, zoned the choice of its gubernatorial flag bearer to Kwara North Senatorial District, ahead of the next general elections in 2023. The decision was taken after a series of exhaustive sessions with stakeholders of the party, comprising party faithful from the three senatorial districts of the state. “This development as expected elicited many positive reactions from many members of the public most especially those with concern for the future of our great state at heart,” a party source stated. “Well, it is important to state that the choice of the…
The Kano State Government had denied rumours that state Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and his faction are planning to defect from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the PRP. The rumours emerged following a meeting between the Governor’s APC faction in an attempt to appeal the Abuja court ruling on the party’s wards and local Governments congresses held at Africa House, Government House, Kano on Sunday. An Abuja High Court had sacked the leadership of the APC faction in the state loyal to Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and declared the executives of former Governor of the state, Ibrahim Shekarau, as…
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the last November governorship election in Anambra, Senator Andy Uba, has vowed he will appeal the High Court Judgment nullifying his candidature. Uba said he will continue to challenge the victory of Professor Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, saying the party was doing everything possible to take him and the APC out of the tribunal, after knowing they have a bad case. The Deputy Director, Andy Uba campaign organisation, Mr Ikechukwu Onyia who stated this in a press release urged supporters of Uba to remain calm. In the…
Hitting back at Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan over his recent remarks on Afghanistan and IS threats originating from the country, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that Islamabad must not interfere in Kabul’s affairs, reported local media. During the Organisation of Islamic Council’s meeting on Sunday, Khan had said that Pakistan faced attacks from Afghanistan’s border in which the IS was said to be involved. “These remarks are not true and are obvious propaganda against Afghanistan. In fact, from the beginning, Afghanistan has been facing Daesh’s threat from Pakistan,” TOLOnews quoted Karzai as saying in a statement. Emphasising…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State, Dr. Abraham William, on Monday blasted the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government for increased banditry attacks, killings and destructions of properties across the country. William, who was angered by the recurring insecurity in the country, further noted that in spite of the attacks coupled with daily killings, the APC-led government of President Buhari finds time to attend the conferment of chieftaincy title on Buhari’s son, Yusuf Buhari. “Bandits are killing Nigerians hourly, abducting innocent Nigerians daily, and demanding for huge sums as ransoms per second, while…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified Senator Andy Uba’s and the All Progressive Congress’s participation in the last November 6 governorship election held in Anambra State on November 6 this year. Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo, in a judgment on Monday, held that Andy Uba was never a candidate in the election having emerged from an illegally conducted primary election by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Ekwo held that the plaintiff, George Moghalu succeeded in proving that the APC did not conduct a valid primary election from which Uba claimed to have emerged as the party’s candidate. The…
Some former governors and senators with corruption pending cases have signified interest in becoming national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), an investigation by Infostride News has revealed. The party will in February 2022 hold its national convention. The ruling party, which produced the incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, is currently being headed by a caretaker committee headed by Mai-Mala Buni, Governor of Yobe State. But, a critical peep into the profiles of the majority of those who have indicated interest to succeed Buni, reflected a particular trend. Those who have indicated interest to succeed Buni and have…
Alhaji Falalu Bello, the National Chairman of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), has opined that the country needs to return to the parliamentary system of government. He noted that the return of the country to parliamentary system would help curb corruption which is inhibiting the country’s development. He is of the opinion that parliamentary system is cheaper, more accountable and sustainable. Speaking at the launch of the autobiography of former Secretary to old Kaduna State Government (SSG), Alhaji Abbas Dabo Sambo, titled ‘My Life and Public Service Career’, the National chairman of PRP stated that, “The head of government (prime minister)…
United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson suffered a major blow in his premiership when his ruling Conservative Party lost a “safe” seat in a by-election. The minority Liberal Democrats won the North Shropshire parliamentary seat with a margin of 5,925 votes, overturning a 23,000 majority the Conservatives gained in the 2019 general election, reports Xinhua news agency. Liberal Democrats candidate Helen Morgan won 17,957 votes, almost half of the total cast. Conservative Neil Shastri-Hurst, a barrister from Birmingham, came second with 12,032 votes, and Ben Wood from the main opposition Labor Party came third with 3,686 votes. The Conservative Party…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday condemned the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party chieftains’ celebration of the turbaning of Yusuf, President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, as District Head of Daura, Katsina State, at the weekend despite escalated killings in Sokoto, Niger, Katsina, Kaduna, Plateau states and other parts of the country by terrorists. The PDP described the turbaning and celebration of Buhari’s son by the ruling party, despite the escalated killings in the country, as provocative, vexatious and heartless. InfoStride News recalls that Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo attended the ceremony, leading other government and party chieftains, including the governors…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has recalled the battles he fought in his political career leading to his emergence as a local government chairman, minister and eventually as governor. Speaking at the first convocation ceremony of the PAMO University of Medical Sciences over the weekend, the governor narrated how he was fought to the Supreme Court to secure his ticket as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers state after attempts were made to deny him the ticket at the time when Uche Secondus was the state chairman of the…
Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan said the upper legislative chamber would support President Muhammadu Buhari to fulfil campaign promises to Nigerians. Lawan made the remark in Gombe at the launch of the empowerment programme of Senator Sa’idu Ahmed Alkali for his constituents. Alkali, an All Progressive Congress(APC) Senator, is representing Gombe North Senatorial District in the Senate. The Senate President said Buhari had never rested for a second in his determination to turn around the fortune of the country. “President Muhammadu Buhari who is the leader of this party (APC) in this country, who has given us great…
A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, has blamed the politicians from the Ekiti South Senatorial District of Ekiti State for the alleged political marginalisation and misadventures of the zone in the state’s governance structure. Olanipekun, who argued that the political leaders of southern extraction were architects of their political misfortunes, accused the leaders of being too timid to speak out for the zone in its quest to produce a governor. He spoke in Ikere-Ekiti on Sunday during the annual Wole Olanipekun’s Christmas Carol against the backdrops of vociferous agitations for power shift to…
At least 14 people were killed and 12 others injured in Pakistan’s financial capital of Karachi on Saturday when a powerful blast, apparently triggered by a gas explosion in a covered sewage channel, ripped through the building of a private bank situated on it, police said. Most of the casualties are reportedly customers and staff present inside the HBL bank which was built on top of a covered sewage channel in Karachi’s Shershah area and collapsed following the explosion, the Express Tribune newspaper reported. An adjacent filling station was also damaged due to the explosion. Karachi Administrator Murtaza Wahab said…
The National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), has boasted that it will win more gubernatorial and legislative seats in Nigeria come 2023 general election. Ozonkpu Victor Ike Oye, said this in a statement forwarded to InfoStride News on Sunday, by the National Publicity Secretary of APGA, Barrister Tex Okechukwu, at the end of the enlarged meeting of the National Working Committee of the party held at its National Secretariat in Abuja. The APGA National Chairman also reiterated that the party will spread more and even overtake other major political parties in Nigeria. Oye said, “APGA is consistently…
Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) and founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has urged the party’s national leader and former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to retain his position as a Kingmaker. Okechukwu said looking ahead to the 2023 Presidential elections, the best thing Tinubu should do was to jettison his presidential ambition and back a younger aspirant from the South in line with the country’s zoning convention. While appreciating the huge contributions of the former Lagos State governor to Nigeria’s democracy, Okechukwu, who was also a member of the merger committee…
A Peoples Democratic Party Chieftain, Mrs Esther Abba, has described the demise of the paramount ruler of Zangon Kataf, the Agwam Bajju, Mr Nuhu Bature, as shocking. InfoStride News reports that the Agwam Bajju became the first monarch of the Bajju Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf local government area of Kaduna State after its creation in 1995, following the Zangon Kataf crisis of 1992. In a letter of condolence to the immediate family of the deceased, Bajju community and the people of Kaduna State, Abba noted that the traditional ruler left at a time his fatherly advice was needed and the…
Commissioner for Infrastructure and Public Utilities in Ekiti State, Mr Bamidele Faparusi, has resigned from his appointment. Faparusi’s resignation was contained in a letter to Gov. Kayode Fayemi and acknowledged on Dec. 17. He resigned to contest the state’s 2022 governorship election. “It is with great pleasure that I thank you for the vote of confidence reposed in me to represent Ayekire Local Council Development Area in the state’s Executive Council. “It enabled me to serve as the political head of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Utilities, which is pivotal to the development agenda of this administration. “Under your…
The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 43 Indian fishermen and seized six trawlers for allegedly poaching in the country’s territorial waters, an official statement said on Sunday. The Navy arrested the fishermen in seas Southeast of the Delft Island in Jaffna on Saturday. “A special operation conducted by the Navy in seas Southeast of the Delft Island, Jaffna on the night of 18th December 2021, led to seizure of 6 Indian fishing trawlers poaching in Sri Lankan waters, with 43 Indian fishermen aboard,” the Navy said in a statement. The arrests were made by the Fast Attack Craft of the…