A Nigerian activist, Aisha Somtochukwu Yesufu has described members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP as people of stomach infrastructure who have no strategy to win elections. In a tweet on her verified Twitter page, the activists alleged that the party is currently depending on “emotional blackmail to win election”. According to her, the party became reluctant after been defeated in the 2015 general election which brought President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, into power. “PDP is as pathetic as pathetic can be. They are depending on emotional blackmail to win election. “They lost election in…
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Taliban gunfire resounded across the Afghan capital on Tuesday as the Taliban took control of the airport following the withdrawal of the last US troops, marking the end of a 20-year war that left the Islamist group stronger than it was in 2001. A shaky video footage distributed by the Taliban showed fighters entering the airport after the last US troops flew out on a C-17 aircraft a minute before midnight, ending a hasty and humiliating exit for Washington and its Nato allies. An image from the Pentagon taken with night-vision optics showed the last US soldier to step aboard…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has hailed the Chief Justice of Nigeria for stepping in to arrest the drift in the judiciary over the indiscriminate issuance of restraining orders by judges to politicians. Chief Ogbonna Nwuke, spokesperson, Rivers APC, said in a statement that the decision of the CJN and the leadership of the NBA to arrest abuse of court through the issuance of restraining orders could not have come at an appropriate time. “We believe that the intervention of the CJN and the Nigerian Bar Association on the side of truth, as a result of the…
A chieftain of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Barr. Olusegun Bamgbose, has said that former President Goodluck Jonathan will defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC, soon. According to him, the ruling party is leaving no stone unturned towards ensuring that it clings to power at all cost. Bamgbose pointed out that the APC does not care about the poor performance of the current administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari. The senior lawyer, in a chat with the newsmen, recalled that Senator Stella Oduah joined the party most recently, adding that Oduah’s movement was in preparation for Jonathan to…
Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday flagged off an electronic membership registration exercise for the party in Anambra State. The governors, Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State said the party flagged off the event in Anambra because of the November 6 gubernatorial poll in the state. The governors, led by Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, also assured victory for the party’s governorship candidate, Mr Valentine Ozigbo, and his deputy, Mrs Azuka Enemo, and enjoined electorate in the state to obtain their voters cards, to be eligible…
InfoStride News has gathered that Senator Ademola Adeleke has arrived Nigeria after a two-year academic sojourn to the United States of America where he went to pursue a Diploma in Criminal Justice at the Atlanta Metropolitan State College, Georgia. Adeleke, it is anticipated, would also announce in the coming days his aspiration to contest the 2022 gubernatorial election in Osun State under the banner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). His aspiration nevertheless has been generating problems within the party in the state as a section, which supports him under the leadership of the current party chairman, Sunday Bisi, is…
As intra-party crisis deepens among the nation’s major political parties, Bamanga Tukur, a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has urged the leadership and members of major political parties in the country to ensure the protection of the nation’s democracy. He said this can be done by eschewing bitterness and rancour as they engage in internal maneuvering for power. In a statement on Monday by his Special Adviser on Media, Oliver Okpala, the former Chair said he decided to make this intervention because of the current bad blood, rancorous disunity and widening cracks in the major political…
A former member of the Osun State House of Assembly, Funmilayo Olasehinde has reached out to Senator Ademola Adeleke, a governorship aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to be weary of political associates who are only interested in his political ruin. The former legislator under the PDP while featuring on a political radio programme on Monday in Osogbo insisted that the family needed to put their house in order so that Senator Adeleke’s chances of becoming governor in 2022 will not be jeopardised. Olasehinde who recently resigned her membership from the PDP stated that associates of the Adeleke family…
The Taliban triumphantly marched into Kabul’s international airport on Tuesday, hours after the final U.S. troop withdrawal that ended America’s longest war. Standing on the tarmac, Taliban leaders pledged to secure the country, quickly reopen the airport and grant amnesty to former opponents. In a show of control, turbaned Taliban leaders were flanked by the insurgents’ elite Badri unit as they walked across the tarmac. The commandos in camouflage uniforms proudly posed for photos. Getting the airport running again is just one of the sizeable challenges the Taliban face in governing a nation of 38 million people that for two…
The Caretaker Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Rasaq Salinsile has revealed that the crisis currently rocking the party in the state began immediately after the inauguration of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola in November, 2018. According to Salinsile, the crisis started when Oyetola began to mark some members of the party as archenemies after his emergence as the Governor of the State. Salinsile, who alleged that the Governor is the architect of the crisis rocking the APC, noted that he started his administration with politics of division and bitterness, which had degenerated into the current crisis in…
The Country Director, Global Peace Foundation Nigeria, Rev. John Joseph Hayab has charged youth in Kaduna State not to allow themselves to be used to cause problems before, during and after the September 4 local government elections in the state. Speaking during the Southern Kaduna Youth Dialogue for a violence-free Local Government elections held in Kafanchan, Rev. Hayab told the youth that it is high time they became vanguards of positive change, by seeking to grow instead of engaging in the old order of stagnation. According to Rev. Hayab, “Time has come for Nigerians especially the youth to have a…
Never in history has a withdrawal from war been handled so badly or incompetently as by Americans from Afghanistan, former president Donald Trump has said as the United States flew its last military flight out of Kabul bringing back all of its armed forces from the country. Never in history has a withdrawal from war been handled so badly or incompetently as the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, Trump said as the longest American war came to an end, with the Taliban regaining power in the country which they had lost after the American invasion weeks after the September 9/11…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday said Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation has confessed to looting in President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. PDP said Amaechi’s recent claim has vindicated its stance that Buhari’s government is a haven of thieves. Amaechi had over the weekend admitted to quiet stealing in the current government. He had stated those stealing are doing it quietly because there is now consequences for looting. Reacting, the former ruling party accused the Federal Government of covering its officials. In a series of tweets, PDP wrote: “The confession by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, that stealing is…
The National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party, Emmanuel Enoidem has described the party’s loss to the All Progressive Congress Party in 2015 as a blessing in disguise. He added that the loss of the party afforded Nigerians the opportunity to compare and contrast between the PDP and APC to know which of the two parties really mean well for the country. Enoidem stated this on Sunday while fielding questions from newsmen on the crisis rocking the party in the country. He said, “What has happened in Nigeria today has really brought to the fore the fact that PDP…
Election monitoring group, Yiaga Africa says it has commenced its observation of the pre-election environment in Anambra State ahead of the November 6th Governorship election in the State. A press release by the director of programs, Cynthia Mbamalu, which was made available to the newsmen in Awka, stated that the exercise is being conducted through its Watching the Vote (WTV) project, citizens’ election observation project by Yiaga Africa, which tracks and reports pre-election activities for immediate response by stakeholders. The release said, “Through the Pre-Election observation, Yiaga Africa will track the efficacy of the role of major election stakeholders, early…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has been described as a terrorist organisation. Deji Adeyanju, popular human rights activist, made the remark while comparing APC to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Adeyanju pointed out that the PDP is beyond useless. He, however, stressed that the former ruling party can be said to be saint when compared to the APC. In a series of tweets, the rights activist lamented the spate of kidnapping under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. According to the convener of Concerned Nigerian, the country has recorded over 60 abductions in the category of Chibok schoolgirls during Buhari’s government.…
Angela Merkel’s struggling would-be heir on Monday hit back at suggestions that a center-left rival is better qualified for the job after a televised debate failed to give him a clear breakthrough. Armin Laschet, the chancellor candidate from Merkel’s center-right Union bloc, insisted that he was not at all frustrated by a poll following Sunday night’s debate. It showed most viewers picking center-left Social Democrat Olaf Scholz as the winner of the event, followed by environmentalist Green contender Annalena Baerbock and then Laschet. The mass-circulation Bild daily’s front page proclaimed it a clear victory for Scholz on TV and a…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State welcomed some members from the leading opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Ile-Ogbo in Ayedire Local Government Council Area of the state during the weekend. The PDP defectors who were welcomed by the state APC caretaker chairman, Prince Gboyega Famodun, during the inauguration of Oyetola Solidarity Forum (OSF), in the local government area, commended their courage for identifying with the winning party. Famodun told the defectors that they would not be discriminated against and tasked them to join the existing team in the APC in order to ensure the reelection…
Suleiman Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila, a former aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters and a staunch APC member, has said the party is nothing without the sitting President. Kawu Sumaila who was a Minority Whip in the House of Representatives said that the All Progressive Congress is only enjoying the availability of a sitting President, and that is what makes the party strong and viable today. Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila cautioned that “the vulnerability of the All Progressives Congress without a President will be dangerous due to internal wriggling’.’ he added. Kawu’s warning came on the heels of intraparty wrangling…
Sequel to the recent security challenges that has rocked some communities in Plateau State, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state said Governor Simon Lalong is incapacitated, because the nation’s constitution does not give him the powers to give directives to security agencies. The party called on the National Assembly to do the needful by ensuring the amendment of the country’s constitution, so that state police will be created, “which will give Governors direct responsibility to bark and bite”. Acting Caretaker Committee Chairman of APC in the state, Hon. Enoch Fanmak, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Jos,…