A presidential aspirant, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has boasted that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and other aspirants cannot outspend him during the upcoming presidential primaries of the ruling party. Kalu said this while answering questions on Channels Television’s Politics Today. The former Governor of Abia also insisted Tinubu isn’t a hindrance to him becoming the next president. When asked if he sees Tinubu as a threat to his ambition, Kalu responded, “No! and I am not a threat to his ambition. “By the time we meet at Eagles Square, this issue will be…
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Former Ekiti State Governor, Segun Oni has withdrawn his membership from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Spokesman of Segun Oni Movement, Mr Adebayo Jackson, confirmed this in a telephone chat with our correspondent in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital, on Saturday. Jackson stated that the decision of Oni and thousands of supporters to leave PDP was taken at a stakeholders’ meeting held at Oni’s residence in Ifaki-Ekiti, Ido/ Osi Local Government Area of the state. Oni has, however, not indicated the party he would be pitching his tent with, although speculation is rife that the ex-governor may join All…
A contender for the position of Member, House of Representatives from Benue State, Philip Agbese, has charged the newly inaugurated Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the State, Austin Agada, to move with the speed of light, as he resumes office. Agada was amongst other chairmen of State chapters inaugurated at the party’s secretariat, Abuja, on Thursday. A message of congratulations which he signed and made available to newsmen on Saturday, said the Chairman’s emergence was a testament to his selfless and dedicated contributions to the evolution and development of the party, right from the time it was…
Former House of Representatives members of the All Progressive Congress extraction have described the lack of internal democracy in the APC as a great threat to the successes of the party. The forum enjoined delegates to the upcoming national convention to only elect reputable, credible and trusted party chieftains as members of the National Working Committee (NWC) to move the party to success in the 2023 general elections. Ibrahim Zailani, the forum’s Protem Chairman, in a communique at the end of a meeting in Abuja, advised the top echelon of the ruling party to abide by all tenets of democracy…
Amid calls mounting for answers over missing women activists, the Taliban on Friday released 14 women prisoners in Kabul to tackle global pressure. To tackle global pressure, Taliban release 14 women prisoners in Kabul Office of Prisons Administration of the Taliban announced that they have freed 14 women from female prison in the Afghan capital Kabul, reported Tolo News. The body said that the inmates were let out as a result of an assessment conducted by a government delegation. A statement sent to media by OPA read that “14 women prisoners were released on Thursday, February 3 as a result…
The Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decried the rising spate of political violence being experienced in the state. This is as the party has also accused the state governor, Adegboyega Oyetola of transforming the once peaceful state into an arena of insecurity occasioned by violent attacks in which gunshots are exchanged indiscriminately. Making this known in a press release signed by Ayodeji Areola, the PDP Publicity Secretary in Osun, the party warned the state governor not to turn the state into a free for all field of terrorism and political brigandage. The party said the…
After weeks of uncertainty and speculations, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday, informed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of plans to hold its national convention on February 26. The APC had forwarded its notification letter, dated February 2, 2022, with reference number APC/NHDQ/INEC/19/022/14, to the Chairman of the electoral body, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu. The letter was jointly signed by the party’s National Secretary of Senator John Akpanudoedehe and the Chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Mai Mala Buni. However, before the party officially informed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of its intentions to hold…
The primary election to select the flagbearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming bye-electon for Jos North/Bassa Federal constituency has been won by Hon. Abbey Aku. Aku, a former Commissioner in the Governor Simon Lalong-led administration in the state, polled 809 votes to defeat Hon. Suleiman Kwande, who polled 74 votes. InfoStride News recalls that on Wednesday, the primary election had ended in a stalemate. A two-term member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Suleiman Kwande polled a total of 344 votes while Hon. Aku, a former Commissioner of Commerce in the state also scored 344…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State has said its embattled state chairman, Mr Basil Ejidike, remains sacked. The Andy Uba faction of the party had been celebrating the swearing-in of Ejidike by the national leadership, after a state congress, which produced him as chairman. But the faction led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has dispelled the information, insisting that Ejidike was not sworn in as chairman by the national leadership of the party. A release by the factional publicity secretary, Mr Okelo Madukaife praised the national leadership of the party for not swearing…
The US on Wednesday (local time) said that it has an array of tools it can deploy if companies, including those in China, try to evade export controls on Russia, reported Sputnik. “We have an array of tools that we can deploy if we see companies including those in China doing their best to backfill US export control actions, to evade and get around them,” said US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday. “We have tools that can address that,” Price added. The spokesperson also informed that top officials from the US and China during their recent conversation…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom as Chairman of its National Campaign Council for February 12, 2022, Local Government Area Council Elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. PDP in a statement by its National Organizing Secretary, Hon. Umar M. Nature, Friday, started that other members of the Campaign Council are Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Sokoto State governor, Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, Bauchi State Governor, Nyesom Wike, Rivers State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Enugu State Governor, Chairman PDP Board of Trustees Sen. Walid Jibrin, former Senate Presidents Sen. David Mark and Sen. Bukola Saraki. The…
The newly-inaugurated chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Ebonyi State chapter, Mr. Stanley Okoro, on Friday, expressed optimism that the governor of the state, David Umahi, will pick the ticket of the party as its presidential flag bearer. Mr. Okoro made this known while addressing stakeholders and party supporters during a heroic welcome reception given to him on his return from Abuja. He said that Umahi is qualified to fly the flag of the party as its presidential flag bearer, adding that the incumbent governor will emerge as the next president of Nigeria. The chairman said he should…
The leadership of the Taraba State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on its supporters to take advantage of the ongoing Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise. The call came on Friday through the party’s chairman, Agbu Kefas, during the party’s executive caucus meeting, which took place at its state secretariat located in Jalingo, the state capital. The meeting, which InfoStride News learnt, was geared towards strengthening the party ahead of the 2023 general elections, was observed to have brought together all the party’s executives from across the state. Optimistic that the party…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyorchia Ayu says there is much that Nigeria can learn from China, promising that cooperation between the two countries would be strengthened when it returns to power in 2023. Ayu who gave the assurance on Friday, when a two-man delegation from the Chinese Embassy in Abuja, Messrs Wu Baocai and Li Ineijian, paid him a courtesy visit in his office at the PDP National Secretariat, Abuja, said Nigeria was impressed with the great industrial leap in China, especially in the last 30 to 40 years. The PDP National Chairman noted…
French President Emmanuel Macron will head to Moscow and Kyiv next week as part of his push to try to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from launching an invasion of Ukraine and find a diplomatic way out of the growing tensions. The visit Monday and Tuesday comes after the U.S. accused the Kremlin on Thursday of an elaborate plot to fabricate an attack by Ukrainian forces that Russia could use as a pretext to take military action. The U.S. has not provided detailed information backing up the claims. While France is a major player in NATO and is moving troops…
The Forum of former All Progressives Congress (APC) members in the House of Representatives has urged the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the party to ensure an all inclusive and credible convention. The forum tasked the committee to ensure that internal democracy is sustained in the party. The forum made the call in a communique issued Friday and signed by its Protem Chairman, Ibrahim Zailani. It said, “The forum urged the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee to organise an all-inclusive, credible, free and transparent national Convention.” The Forum also appealed to delegates who will be attending the February 26 convention…
A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kachia Local Government, Amos Mairago on Friday condemned the attack and killing of residents as well as burning of houses in Kagarko, Kaduna by suspected Fulani militia 11 people were reportedly killed while over 51 houses were razed in Kagarko and neighbouring communities by suspected Fulani militia who stormed the area on Sunday. Reacting to the ugly incident on Friday, Mairago, a PDP Chieftain who served as the Local Government Chairman in Kachia between 2015 and 2018 described the killings as barbaric. He called on the Kaduna State government to take urgent…
Activist, Deji Adeyanju has said President Buhari will be making the greatest poitical move of history if he supports former Lagos Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode to return to power in the state. Adeyanju said Buhari would be liberating the Southwest by supporting Ambode to emerge as the governor of Lagos State in 2023. In a tweet, the activist said Buhari’s backing of Ambode will be one of the greatest political moves in the South West. He said Ambode’s emergence would liberate Lagos State from the hold of Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC. He wrote: “One…
The leadership of the Rauf Aregbesola’s faction in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Osun State has accused the state Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode of supporting Governor Gboyega Oyetola. The leader of the group, Rasaq Salinsile accused Oyetola of masterminding attacks on members of the faction. Salinsile disclosed this at a press conference held at Oranmiyan House, in Osogbo, on Friday. Salinsile disclosed there are “intelligence reports of the Gboyega Oyetola-led IleriOluwa faction’s plan to assassinate and main us, and we had promptly passed the information to the Commissioner of Police in particular and all other security agencies. But nothing…
United States Secretaries of State and Defence, Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin, have promised to return for another congressional hearing on the challenges in Afghanistan following the US withdrawal, according to Senator Jim Inhofe’s office. “We still face a lot of real challenges in Afghanistan even though our troop presence is gone. Secretary Blinken and Secretary Austin spoke to a number of these challenges today, including how many American citizens are still left behind in Afghanistan and an update on efforts to bring to justice those who planned the Abbey Gate attack, which killed 13 U.S. service members, but their…