The Governor of Cross River, Ben Ayade has said he will run for president in 2023 if the All Progressives Congress (APC) considers him. Ayade stated this while speaking on Sunrise Daily, a Channels TV programme on Wednesday. While responding to a question on if he will contest for the presidency in 2023 on the platform of the APC, the Governor said the party should make the decision based on zoning. “I think the party should take a decision based on zoning principles which would be resolved as a party. “Let me say, yes and no. If the family (APC)…
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The ambition to run for the Osun governorship election has torn Osun’s Adeleke family apart. The members of the family — Senator Ademola Adeleke and Dele Adeleke — have been screened and cleared as aspirants for the Osun governorship election under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Infostride News reports. The two family members were part of six governorship aspirants for the July 16 governorship election in Osun State cleared by Mohammed Adoke, the chairman of the party’s screening committee. However, there has been continuous hot disagreement within the family over the ambition of Dele, who served as Ademola’s agent at…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo has hinted that Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State is being considered for the position of Nigeria’s President in 2023. There has been a continuous clamour for an Igbo man to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, a quest hinged on equity and power rotation. Speaking when a delegation of some Enugu residents in the 19 Northern States paid him a visit in Abuja, the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro said Governor Ugwuanyi was being considered for the position. The visit followed a meeting the Ohanaeze Secretary-General held with some Northern groups ahead of the 2023…
The Forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Party Chairmen in Osun Local Government Council Areas has cautioned the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, to stop henceforth the disturbance of the political peace of the State. The APC party chairmen who spoke through their chairman, Rufus Awotidoye, on Tuesday, after a meeting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, stated that the conduct of Aregbesola constituted an obvious distraction to the administration of Governor Gboyega Oyetola. Awotidoye disclosed that the Interior Minister’s affirmation in Ilesa last Friday “of being the brain behind the obnoxious, leprous and antagonistic pressure group within…
One year into a presidency defined by lofty ambitions and at-times frustrating shortfalls, President Joe Biden will try to talk anxious Americans through the challenges of delivering on his lengthy to-do list as he holds a rare news conference and asks for patience with the pace of progress. In advance of the session, set for 4 p.m. EST Wednesday, his 365th day in office, Biden gave no indication that he felt a reset was in order. But his appearance was playing out on the same day that prolonged Democratic efforts to overhaul the nation’s voter laws appeared set to go…
Ahead of the February 26 convention, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied zoning party positions. The National Secretary of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Senator James Akpanudoedehe, while addressing journalists on Wednesday in Abuja, said the committee has not taken a position on zoning. He described the report in some sections of the media that various party positions had been zoned as falsehood. The secretary said, “We are also here to rebuff the fake news going round the social media that we have zoned party offices, we are yet to meet on the issue of zoning.” However, in…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) has announced the timetable for its national convention. The schedule of activities was adopted in Abuja on Wednesday at a meeting of national leaders. A statement by John Akpan Udoedehe, the national secretary of the party said the Interim Report of the National Reconciliation Committee will be received on January 31. “Consideration and adoption of Reports of State Congresses – 02/02/2022; Inauguration of the State Executives – 03/02/2022”, it read. “Sales of forms to aspirants vying for national offices will commence at the secretariat on February 14; the Deadline for…
Some Nigerians on social media have bashed Bola Ahmed Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), after he was seen in a video promising to pay the West African Examination Council (WAEC) fees of Nigerian students. Tinubu, who last week revealed his ambition to run for president in the 2023 election, said his party will crush poverty and make lives easier for Nigerians. However, his promise has sparked outrage among Nigerians who aired their opinion Wednesday on Facebook. “In this century a Presidential aspirant talking of paying WAEC fees. Affliction will not rise again in Nigeria,” Olamobisi Robert…
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday fixed March 8 and 14 to deliver judgments in the multiple suits filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the sack of Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi and his Deputy, Dr. Kelechi Igwe from office on account of their defection from its fold to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the dates after counsel in the suits marked FHC/ABJ/CS/ 920/21 and FHC/ABJ/CS/ 1041/21 had adopted their briefs of final arguments for and against the suit. In an originating summons marked FHC/ABJ/CS/920/2021, the PDP had principally urged the court to…
Hong Kong activist Edward Leung, who coined the now-banned slogan Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our Times, was released from prison Wednesday after spending four years behind bars for a 2016 protest. Leung was a prominent independence activist and the spokesman of Hong Kong Indigenous, a pro-independence group in the city that was outspoken about localism and the need to preserve a distinct Hong Kong identity. In 2018, the 30-year-old activist was convicted of assaulting a police officer and rioting during what is now known as the Fishball Revolution. The unrest began when authorities attempted to crack down on unlicensed…
The Chief Whip of the Nigeria Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu has said he was not desperate to contest for the 2023 presidency despite having the capacity to campaign and lock horns with anyone. The lawmaker and former governor of Abia State said this on Wednesday while speaking with the Senate Press Corps at the National Assembly complex Abuja. He revealed that he visited President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday night but not in connection with his presidential ambition. He claimed the presidential contest would be a collective decision of Nigeria as well as party zoning. Kalu, who is a member of…
An All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State led by Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa has tasked security agencies to tackle the growing activities of thugs in the state before it becomes uncontrollable. The appeal was made in Gusau by the publicity secretary of the faction, Bello Bakyasuwa during a press conference. Bakyasuwa said he was specifically appealing to the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Ayuba Elkanah to take adequate measures to tackle the trend of thuggery creeping into the state and threatening the peace of the state. He alleged that hired thugs had already begun to attack opposition political parties…
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has warned a presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, to be wary of erstwhile Rivers South-East Senator, Magnus Ngei Abe. Eze warned that Eze is not a man Tinubu can trust alleging he diverted over N4 billion meant for road projects in his area. The APC chieftain issued the warning in response to comments by Abe disparaging the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. Abe was recently alleged to have taken a veiled swipe at Amaechi, chiding him against coming close to the Presidency; hence he does not love stealing money. Speaking…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Alhaji Shehu Madaki, has slammed Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, over his promise to pay the WAEC fees of all Nigerians if he becomes president. InfoStride News recalls that Tinubu was seen in a video making the promise to Nigerians. Madaki, who was not happy over the promise made by a personality like Tinubu at a time when Nigerians are facing security challenges, poverty and lack, further noted that Tinubu does not know the problem confronting Nigerians,…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with his Russian counterpart in Switzerland this week as tensions between the U.S. and Russia escalate over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, the State Department said. Blinken arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will move on to Berlin to meet with allies, and on Friday will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva. The hastily arranged trip aims to show U.S. support for Ukraine and impress on Russia the need for de-escalation. White House press secretary Jen Psaki underscored the urgency. We’re now at a…
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has promised that the West African Examination Council (WAEC) fees of Nigerians will be paid if elected president in 2023. Tinubu said this in a viral video with some party members in attendance. “Your children’s West African examination fees is paid by us so that no one no matter how poor is left behind,” he said. “The symbol of my camp is breaking shaft, we break the shaft of poverty, ignorance. ” Highlighting the problem of banditry, Tinubu noted that the country needs peace and stability in order to…
The former Director-General of Progressive Governors’ Forum, Dr. Salihu Lukman has said that his decision to resign was as a result of the tyrannic posture of the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said following the announcement that the national convention of the party will hold on February 26, party leaders must ensure the new leadership of the party that will emerge at the Convention will be tolerant to criticism and be democratic. Lukman, in a statement issued on Wednesday, said since the news filtered out on Monday about his resignation, many party leaders, friends, family members and…
Ahead of the Ekiti governorship primary election scheduled to hold on January 27, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday screened all the governorship aspirants in the State. The Ekiti State governorship election screening committee chaired by Senator Domingo screened all the aspirants at the national secretariat of the Party in Abuja. Those screened are: Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, former Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, Mr. Femi Bamisile and a former Commissioner for Public Utilities, Mr. Bamidele Faparusi, Mr. Kayode Ojo, Mr. Oluwatoyin Olusola and Mr Ademola Popoola. However, it could not be confirmed…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will withhold timetable for the 2023 general election pending when the Electoral Act amendment bill is passed into law. This was disclosed on Tuesday by the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, at the first quarterly meeting with political parties for 2022 in Abuja. According to him, the commission was looking forward to a speedy passage of the bill before it will release the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the much-anticipated elections. He said, “On the Electoral Amendment Bill currently before the National Assembly, the commission is encouraged by the Senate…
Americans must commit to the unfinished work of Martin Luther King Jr, delivering jobs and justice and protecting “the sacred right to vote, a right from which all other rights flow, President Joe Biden said Monday. It’s time for every elected official in America to make it clear where they stand,” Biden said. It’s time for every American to stand up. Speak out, be heard. Where do you stand? Major holiday events included marches in several cities and the annual Martin Luther King Jr service at the slain civil rights leader’s Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where US Sen. Raphael…