North Korea said Friday its two latest rounds of weapons tests this week were successful while vowing to bolster its nuclear war deterrent and speed up the development of more powerful warheads. It appeared North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not attend the tests on Tuesday and Thursday, which were detected by the militaries of neighbours South Korea and Japan. But Kim did inspect a munitions factory where workers pledged loyalty to their leader, who smashes with his bold pluck the challenges of US imperialists and their vassal forces,” state media said. North Korea has been ramping up its…
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Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has hailed Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, over Wednesday’s primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The Ekiti State governorship primary election produced Bisi Kolawole as party’s flagbearer for the June 18 poll. Fayose thanked PDP aspirants, members and supporters for their conduct during the exercise. In a statement by spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, Fayose said the Oyo helmsman proved to be “a man of his words and he deserved to be appreciated.” “By ensuring a level playing ground before and during the primary election, Governor Makinde has further earned my…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, David Ayodele Asalu has called for an end to the campaign of calumny targeted at Senator Ademola Adeleke. Asalu also said such a campaign is a calculated attempt to weaken the party towards the upcoming gubernatorial primary election in the party and election in the state. Asalu who made the call in a personally signed statement on Thursday noted that those opposed to the candidature of Senator Ademola Adeleke went too far with the outright falsehood and blackmails they have employed in their push to stop him from contesting…
The governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Osun State is to hold on March 7, ahead of its governorship election slated for June 16, 2022. The date was announced by the party’s National Organizing Secretary, Umar M. Bature, while releasing the activities lined up for the governorship election in the state. According to him, “The National Working Committee (NWC) of our great party, the PDP at its 544th meeting Wednesday, the 26th of January, 2022, after a careful consideration, approved the Osun State Screening Committee and Appeal Panel reports, which cleared all the six gubernatorial aspirants.”…
President Joe Biden on Thursday called on Congress to immediately enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment in the U.S. Constitution and formally protect women’s rights nearly a century after lawmakers first raised them. In a statement, Biden urged Congress “to pass a resolution recognizing ratification of the ERA,” saying recent legal analysis showed there was nothing preventing lawmakers from acting. The Democratic president’s call comes amid jostling over the deadline to enact the ERA, which passed Congress in 1972 with a 1982 deadline to be enacted if 38 state legislatures voted to approve. Nearly 100 years have passed since it was…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday said it has constituted the Gubernatorial Appeal Panel to consider appeals arising from the conduct of the governorship primary election for the upcoming 2022 election in Ekiti State. This was contained in a statement by Hon. Umar M. Bature, National Organizing Secretary of the party. According to the statement, the appeal panel is scheduled to sit on Friday, January 28, 2022, at the National Executive Committee (NEC) Hall of the PDP National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja at 3 pm. The members of the appeal…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, state government officials and All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwarts have endorsed the ambition of party leader, Bola Tinubu. On Thursday, they attended the launch of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Movement (ABAT) in Ikeja. The organization was formed to mobilise grassroots support towards making Tinubu the next President. Sanwo-Olu announced their unshaken support for the former Lagos Governor, declaring him “the best man to lead Nigeria from 2023”. The governor said Tinubu’s qualification rests on his capacity in deploying “genius and statecraft to nurture a city on the brink to a flourishing economy”. He…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday urged Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State to immediately unseal the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) state secretariat that has been shut since 2019. He said it is uncalled for that the state government refuses to unseal the secretariat as the 2023 election approaches. Speaking through Raymond Dokpesi, Chairman of the Technical Committee for the actualisation of Atiku Abubakar presidential ambition, he said Umahi should also consider releasing Nwoba Chika Nwoba, the party’s Publicity Secretary, from police custody after he was seized over alleged fake news and cybercrime. “I remember vividly when I came…
The Ekiti State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of another suspected thug with guns and other weapons. This is coming after, over one hundred thugs were arrested at border town of Ekiti with dangerous weapons by soldiers. According to the spokesperson for the Ekiti State Police Command, “On 26th January, 2022 at about 1830hrs, the operatives of Ijero Divisional Police Headquarters on patrol led by the DPO sighted a Toyota Hiace Bus parked by the roadside conveying about twelve hefty men suspected to be thugs. “The Police operatives advanced toward the suspected men and on sighting the Police, they…
There’s still room for diplomacy in the Ukrainian crisis. At least that’s the conviction of French President Emmanuel Macron, who continues to push for dialogue with Russia despite signs pointing to a potential war. His stance reflects France’s post-World War II tradition of carving its own geopolitical path, refusing to line up blindly behind the US. It’s also part of Macron’s domestic political strategy amid campaigning for April’s presidential election, where nationalists are setting the agenda and a war in Ukraine could prove an unwelcome distraction. Macron is preparing to talk Friday with Vladimir Putin, and Macron’s presidential palace hosted…
Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has opened up on a “conflict of choice” between Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Igbokwe said the APC would decide who would emerge as its flagbearer in the 2023 presidential election. The Special Adviser for Drainage and Water Resources to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, made the comments while appearing on Arise TV’s Morning Programme. He, however, vowed to vote Tinubu if the national leader of the APC clinches the party’s presidential candidate. Asked if there will not…
A former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, on Thursday reacted to a remark that President Muhammadu Buhari would hand over to an All Progressives Congress, APC, government in 2023. Omokri said he wonders if Buhari plans to rig the 2023 presidential election. Recall that Buhari’s aide, Garba Shehu, had claimed the president would hand over to an APC government. Shehu spoke in response to claims that Buhari shifted subsidy removal to the next government. Garba had made the remarks while addressing journalists after the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Reacting, Omokri, in a tweet,…
The Magistrate Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State on Thursday remanded the Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Nwoba Chika Nwoba in police custody for allegedly publishing materials against the member representing Ezza/Ikwo federal constituency, Chinedu Oga on Facebook. InfoStride News gathered that the embattled publicity secretary, Nwoba was also arraigned in the same court on Wednesday for allegedly publishing malicious content against Governor David Umahi on Facebook Nwoba was arraigned in court on a 21 count charge bordering on false news with intent to cause fear and alarm to the public. Nwoba was alleged to have published…
A group under the auspices of the African Union’s Economic Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC), has appealed to the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress to annul the party’s primary election in Ekiti over alleged fraud. Another group, Concerned APC Youth (CAY), has supported the position canvassed by AU-ECOSSOC, describing the process initiated by the Chairman of the primary Committee and Jigawa State Governor, Mohammed Abubakar Badaru as allegedly fraught with irregularities. Addressing Journalists in Ado Ekiti yesterday, the Nigerian representative of AU- ECOSSOC, Dr. John Asaolu, said it was disappointing that APC, which ought…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi about Ukraine on Wednesday, highlighting global security and the economic risks that could stem from further Russian aggression, the State Department said. “Secretary Blinken … conveyed that de-escalation and diplomacy are the responsible way forward,” department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement. Global security and the economic risks posed by further Russian aggression against Ukraine figured in the talks, the department added. The United States earlier on Wednesday set out a diplomatic path to address sweeping Russian demands in eastern Europe, as Moscow held security talks…
Following the assassination of a traditional ruler, Olu of Agodo, the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State has described the Governor Dapo Abiodun-led government as a failure. InfoStride News reported on Monday that Oba Ayinde Odetola, the Olu of Agodo in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun, was killed and burnt in his car by some yet-to-be-identified assailants. Following his murder, Gov Abiodun had in a statement on Tuesday vowed that the perpetrators of the act would be brought to book in no time. However, in a statement on Thursday, the PDP Chairman in the state, Sikirulai Ogundele condemned the…
Contrary to reports making the rounds that Governor Simon Lalong has endorsed an aspirant for the All Progressives Congress (APC) bye-election in Jos North/Bassa constituency, the party hierarchy has insisted it is providing a level playing ground for all aspirants. The Party also debunked claims in the news that it has zoned the House of Representatives position in the constituency to a particular local government. There had been speculations in Plateau State, that Governor Lalong endorsed his Commissioner for Commerce, Abe Aku, who recently resigned from the position. The rumours became rife after Aku joined the race to contest a…
The Ekiti State All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary election has commenced with accreditation of intending voters. This is coming amid outcry by one of the governorship aspirants, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, that the exercise should be stopped. The exercise is ongoing peacefully in all the wards where the elections are to take place. In some wards, accreditation has ended and voting has commenced. Speaking with the media, the participants expressed satisfaction with conduct of the exercise. More details later…
A prominent chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party and founder of Daar Communication Limited, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has applauded the unwavering support and commitment of Abia leaders and members to the development of PDP in Nigeria. The PDP leader insisted that the state chapter has remained supportive to the advancement of the party for the past years and also noted that Abia had produced great leaders of this nation that sacrificed immensely to its sustenance. Dokpesi gave the commendation when he led a high profile delegation of Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Technical Committee on a visit to members of the…
Britain’s embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on Tuesday facing fresh allegations in the ongoing partygate scandal as details emerged of a surprise 56th birthday cake party, organised for him at the peak of the first COVID lockdown in June 2020. The scandal continues to spiral out ahead of an internal Cabinet Office inquiry report, which has now been delayed to an unspecified later date as Scotland Yard confirmed that the Metropolitan Police will investigate potential lockdown breaches related to alleged parties at Boris Johnson’s office-residence at 10 Downing Street, as well as other government offices in London. “As…