Abia stakeholders and elders have called for the shift of the governorship seat to Abia North Senatorial district of state ahead of the 2023 general election. The stakeholders and elders hinged their call on the charter of equity propagated by the founding fathers of Abia State to ensure the gubernatorial seat rotates among the three Senatorial Districts of the state on the basis of justice, equity and fairness. In a communique, the stakeholders and elders said their position that power must shift to Abia North come 2023 was in the interest of justice, equity and fairness and vowed to resist…
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The first executive Governor of Zamfara State, Ahmad Rufai Sani also known as Yarima has made a formal declaration of his intent to join the 2023 presidential race. The former governor who spoke during a BBC Hausa Service program “Gane Mani Hanya” monitored by the media in Gusau, the state capital said, since President Buhari is ending his second term, he would continue to pursue his presidential ambition. “If God spares my life, by 2023 I would go into the contest for the post of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ” Yarima said. “In 2007 I made…
Afenifere groups in the United Kingdom and Europe have alleged plans by some politicians aspiring for top offices in the 2023 general elections to compromise security agents and the electoral body in a bid to manipulate their ways into victory. The group which made this known in a statement issued on Friday by its Secretary, Engr. Anthony Ajayi insisted that restructuring is the only solution to the current crisis rocking the entire nation. Afenifere urged eligible voters to explore the 2023 elections in order to deepen democracy and enhance the frontier of true federalism in the country. Parts of the…
A 2023 presidential aspirant, Orji Uzor Kalu, has recalled how he ran into problems with former President Olusegun Obasanjo due to his friendship with fellow aspirant, Bola Tinubu. Orji Kalu, who is the Senate Chief Whip, said his problem with Obasanjo started after he helped Tinubu win his re-election in 2003. The All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain disclosed that he stepped in to help Tinubu who was lagging behind in 2003. Appearing on Silverbird Television on Friday, Kalu insisted that they are both not a threat to each other’s ambition. He noted that they are very close friends, with their…
Amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, three US lawmakers urged US President Joe Biden to release the country’s assets to prevent imminent economic and humanitarian disasters facing the Afghan people. In the letter to Biden on Thursday, the US House of Representatives recommended a focused release of humanitarian funds to address the imminent economic and humanitarian disasters facing the Afghan people. They underline that the US has a moral obligation to help the Afghan people who partnered with us and a national interest in preventing Afghanistan from once again becoming a safe haven for our enemies. “When the last…
The former governor of lmo State and Senator Representing Imo West senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha has said Gov Hope Uzodinma does not have what it takes to govern a people in a democracy. He said the government in Imo is a counterfeit of what a state government should be. Okorocha made the assertion on Friday in a press release signed by his Special Adviser Media, Sam Onwuemeodo and made available to newsmen in Owerri. He said” Imo State and her people have not known peace since Chief Uzodinma became governor. They have only been hearing stories of killings, arson, kidnapping,…
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Friday, advised Nigerian youths to focus on value and create wealth. He gave the counsel during induction into the Northern Youth Council of Nigeria Hall of Fame as ‘Garkuwan Matasan Najeriya’ (Shield of the Nigerian Youth). Speaking after his decoration, the former Osun Governor hailed young citizens for their ability to recognize the need for mentorship and leaders to copy. “I advised that the Nigerian Youth must focus on value creation. If 60m Nigerian youths can create a value of N100,000 monthly, that is N6trillion Monthly and N72trillion Annually”, he said. The minister noted…
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Lagos State, Princess Abiodun Oyefusi, has called for the emergence of a female Governor in 2023. She said women’s leadership qualities would bring about desired change and rapid development because they are family-centric. Oyefusi told reporters in Lagos that no woman has been elected to the position since the return to democracy in 1999. The former PDP senatorial candidate stated that giant strides in civil service, corporate organisations, judiciary and others validated their effectiveness. Oyefusi accused parties of being contented with letting women bear “Women Leader”, “Deputy Women Leader”, “Chief Women Organiser”, etc.,…
A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Shehu Mustapha has said there can be no peace in the state if insecurity is not tackled. Shehu Mustapha who was the PDP vice chairman in the local government in 2014 said the major obstacle in the state is the rising cases of insecurity, as kidnappers enrich their pockets from money collected as ransom from families of victims. Mustapha’s comments are in reaction to President Buhari’s visit to the state to commission projects. ”It is only the bandits and criminals that would make better…
Britain on Friday warned Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping that its allies would stand together to fight for democracy against dictatorships that it said were more emboldened than at any time since the Cold War. Speaking in Australia, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Britain and its allies in the “free world” must respond together to global threats, deepen ties with democracies in the Indo-Pacific and “face down global aggressors” who were using economic dependence to get what they want. Truss and Britain’s defence secretary, Ben Wallace, met with their Australian counterparts in Sydney on Friday…
A former Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff has insisted that the purported zoning of the chairmanship position of the All Progressives Congress to the North-central zone was fake. Sheriff stated this during a media interaction on Friday in Abuja, ahead of the party’s convention slated for February 26. He said he was the target of the story because all other aspirants are afraid of going into the convention with him. He was of the opinion that anyone can be chairman but not everybody has the capacity to be the chairman. Sheriff stated: “I have to tell you an…
The Cross River State chairman-elect of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Barr. Alphonsus Ogar Eba has called on all aspirants for the vacant Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency seat to ensure that they complied by the rules. He also cautioned them to shun any form of violence and antagonism against fellow aspirants. Addressing party faithful in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, Eba also charged politicians and supporters not to employ devices and antics that were inimical to the growth and progress of the party beyond 2023. “I would want you all to be committed to a level playing field, shun…
Ahead of the 2023 governorship election in Enugu State, former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani declared support for Nkanu East Local Government Area. There has been contention in Enugu State over which zone should produce Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s successor. But speaking while addressing leaders of Nkanu East Consultative Forum, Senator Nnamani threw his weight behind Enugu Nkanu East Local Government Area. The Forum was led by the former Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji on a visit to Nnamani’s Amechi Awkunanaw country home in Enugu. Professor Nnaji had sought the support of Senator Ken Nnamani in the quest for Nkanu…
The immediate past Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye has absolved the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, of any involvement in the murder of two chieftains of the party in the State. InfoStride News had reported that two chieftains of the APC in Enugu South Local Government Area were murdered by unknown gunmen during a reconciliation meeting at Obeagu. Some members of the party blamed the incident on suspected members of the IPOB who were enforcing the Tuesday sit-at-home ordered by the pro-Biafra group. Those murdered include the Assistant State Youth…
The Senate Judiciary Committee in the US has approved a key antitrust reform that would ban Big Tech from favouring their own services and products over those of their rivals. The American Innovation and Choice Online Act is a bipartisan bill spearheaded by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA). “I want to stress that this bill is not meant to break up Big Tech or destroy the products and services they offer. Rather, the goal of the bill is to prevent conduct that stifles competition, while ensuring that pro-consumer innovations and offerings are still available,”…
Former Governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu has explained his reasons for visiting former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, saying, he went to receive his blessings. Tinubu stated this after a closed-door meeting with the elder statesman in his Hilltop country home in Minna, Niger State. Responding to newsmen on the purpose of his visit to IBB, the former Governor of Lagos State said he was in Niger State to sympathize with the state over its security challenges and decided to visit the elder statesman to receive his blessings. He stated, “if you restrict my visit to…
Some supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa, on Thursday, clashed in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital over rivalry on the choice of candidate to contest for position at the Federal House of Representatives come 2023. The clash, which threw the people of Kpansia community into panic, led to the burning of cars and matchet attacks on individuals and passersby. A car belonging to one Ada Morris, an aide to the State Governor, was also set ablaze. InfoStride News gathered that the supporters involved in the bloody clash allegedly belong to two rival camps, one for the State…
Bola Tinubu, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has met with former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB. Tinubu met with Babangida on Thursday afternoon in Minna, the Niger State capital. He arrived at IBB’s hilltop residence at about 2.30pm and both went straight into a meeting behind closed-door. The meeting is not unconnected with Tinubu’s aspiration to run for the presidency in 2023. Tinubu visits Babangida after similar moves to some influential power blocs and individuals across the country. He had last week cleared the air over doubts of him running…
A former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari has described the immediate past Secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Abdulahi Shinkafi as a ‘noise maker’ and an ‘errand boy’. Yari, a chairmanship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said he would not join issues with Shinkafi considering his antecedents in APGA. Shinkafi had while declaring his intention to contest for the chairmanship of the ruling party challenged Yari to present his membership card. He claimed Yari was no longer a member of the APC because he didn’t participate in the recent revalidation and registration exercise of the…
US President Joe Biden has said that Vice President Kamala Harris would be his running mate if he stood for office again in 2024. President Biden made this emphatic assertion on Wednesday amid US media reports alleging dysfunction among her staff and doubt on her standing within the administration. Harris, 57, is the first woman and first Black and Asian American person ever sworn in as US vice president. Harris was born at Oakland in California. Her mother Shyamala Gopalan migrated to the US from Tamil Nadu, while her father, Donald J Harris, moved to the US from Jamaica. Asked…