Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Engr Chidi Ibe-led Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, has emphasized the urgent need for the Igbo nation to have a formidable political rallying point in their quest for presidential power in Nigeria. The highest Igbo ethnic group regretted that ndigbo will not continue to exist without a political rallying point, regretting that northern and some parts of southern Nigeria have been relevant in the current Nigerian system. Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in a statement by its Secretary General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, on Monday insisted that ndigbo must have a rallying political point to…
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Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents entered Kabul on Sunday, President Ashraf Ghani left the country and the US Embassy said the capital’s airport, where diplomats, officials and other Afghans had fled, had come under fire. It was not yet clear where Ghani was headed or how power would be transferred following the militant Islamist group’s lighting sweep across Afghanistan that led back to the capital two decades after it was overthrown by US-led forces. “The security situation in Kabul is changing quickly, including at the airport. There are reports of the airport taking fire; therefore, we are instructing US citizens to shelter…
The National Appeal Committee set up to reconcile grievances that may arise from the recently concluded ward congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) party in Katsina State has said that not a single cry of foul play was received from across the state. While submitting a copy of the committee’s report to Governor Masari at the state Government House, the Committee Chairman, Yakubu Bello said the ward congress held via consensus arrangement in the 361 electoral wards across the state was quite satisfactory as no petition was registered until the expiration of the appeal window. “We came so that…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) says the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have commenced “underhand rigging” ahead of 2023. In a statement on Sunday, National Chairman, Uche Secondus said every indication point to the “unfortunate fact” that President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC are not working towards conducting free and fair elections. The opposition leader reacted to the report that INEC is halting its procurement of E-voting machines because the National Assembly turned down the e-mode of transmission of results. Secondus noted that since the existing Electoral Act and the Constitution gives powers to…
No fewer than three Governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has visited former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja. Ladoja was the governor of Oyo State between 2003 and 2007. The three governors include Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi and Mai Mala Buni of Yobe. The governors were seen at the Ondo Street, Ibadan residence of the former Governor, Sunday afternoon. Also on the entourage were the former Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole. Our correspondent reports that the delegation was ushered into Ladoja’s residence by some of…
The relationship between the Governor of Taraba State, Darius Dickson Ishaku, and the elders of Mbamnga, in Mambilla Plateau of Sardauna Local Government Area of the state has suffered a setback. InfoStride News observed in an open letter written to the governor by the former state chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Jonah J. Kataps, who is one of the prominent elders of the community. The community alleged that Ishaku, without following due process, selected an acting Chief of Mbamnga chiefdom as well as removed some indigenes from key positions. Citing how the sons and daughters of the community…
NATO says that it is helping to maintain operations at Kabul airport to keep Afghanistan connected with the world. In a statement it says that it would also maintain its diplomatic presence in Kabul. The security of our personnel is paramount, and we continue to adjust as necessary, it added. NATO provided no details on its number of staff still in Afghanistan, but said it was constantly assessing developments in the country. We support Afghan efforts to find a political solution to the conflict, which is now more urgent than ever, the statement said.
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Nigeria Police Force and other sister security agencies to close down the All Progressives Congress (APC) state secretariat over the violence that erupted on Saturday during the appeal committee seating. This is as the PDP has alleged that the APC secretariat has become a place of war instead of party administration adding that the call has become imperative so as to de-escalate the violence and commotion that has been associated with the APC ward congress and appeal. Making the call, the party in a press statement…
Biyi Odunlade, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, on Saturday escaped a suspected assassination attempt. InfoStride News gathered that gunmen attacked the residence of the former Commissioner for Youths, Sports and Special Needs in the Rauf Aregbesola administration around 8pm and succeeded in vandalising his house and cars while also looting his wife’s shop, carting away valuables and cash. Odunlade disclosed that the armed men arrived at about 8:15 pm and harassed his wife, who immediately locked herself in her room for safety, and their house help. He added that they went away with the…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections which has taken a center stage in public discourse, some sections of Nigerians have expressed lack of confidence in the two popular political parties in Nigeria! the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. InfoStride News recalls that PDP, since February 29, 1999 during the first election in the fourth republic has been in power particularly at the federal level until March 31 2015 when the currently ruling party, APC took over. The quest for change birthed the emergence of the APC which was formed on February 6, 2013 to…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections which has taken a center stage in public discourse, some sections of Nigerians have expressed lack of confidence in the two popular political parties in Nigeria! the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. InfoStride News recalls that PDP, since February 29, 1999 during the first election in the fourth republic has been in power particularly at the federal level until March 31 2015 when the currently ruling party, APC took over. The quest for change birthed the emergence of the APC which was formed on February 6, 2013 to…
As a Taliban offensive encircles the Afghan capital, there’s increasingly only one way out for those fleeing the war, and only one way in for US troops sent to protect American diplomats still on the ground: Kabul’s international airport. A steady stream of people makes its way first to ticket sale counters set up on the parking lot outside the terminal. They push their luggage, load carts with carpets, television sets and mementos, stuff clothes inside purses to make their weight limit as they slowly inch forward. The lucky ones, those who managed to get a ticket for a flight…
Osun State Governor , Gboyega Oyetola, has appealed to the members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in the state to give peace a chance and allow the ongoing appeal process run its full course. The governor, therefore, directed security operatives to take charge of the party secretariat to prevent any further break down of law and order. He also condemned what he termed the “unruly behaviour” exhibited by some aggrieved members of the party at the APC Secretariat in Osogbo, saying no sane society would condone any act of lawlessness. Oyetola who sympathised with individuals who sustained injuries,…
Leader of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Niger State and immediate past Governor of the state, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has described the last Saturday’s congress of the party as a sham and an abuse of rule of law. He stated that the congress was in liaison with a bought over North central leadership of the party by a faction of the state PDP. Addressing a crowd of party supporters in his house in Minna, who came to welcome him from Abuja, Babangida said even the National Working Committee of the PDP was taken aback by the illegality…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Saturday awarded a punitive cost of N2million against the. All Progressives Congress, APC, and Joe Agi to be paid to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate in the December 2020 Cross River North senatorial bye-election, Agom Jarigbe. The appellate court imposed the fine on the APC and its candidate, Agi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, for engaging in gross abuse of the court in their appeal seeking reversal of earlier judgment that held Jarigbe as PDP candidate and winner of the by-election. President of the Court, Justice Monica Domgbem-Mensen dismissed the…
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Saturday warned the All Progressives Congress, APC, against removing the Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni as its National Chairman. Fani-Kayode warned that removing Buni would be the biggest mistake of the APC. Buni assumed leadership of APC after the oustering of ex-National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. Under the Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, APC had recieved several decampees from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, among whom are three state governors. Despite this feat, some APC members are alleged to be plotting the governor’s removal. Reacting, Fani-Kayode pointed out that Buni has done…
NATO envoys were meeting Friday in Brussels to discuss developments in Afghanistan amid a rapidly deteriorating security situation in the wake of the relentless Taliban offensive there. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and 30 national ambassadors were taking part in the meeting in Brussels, according to a NATO official who spoke on condition of anonymity, in line with regulations. Allies are constantly consulting on the situation on Afghanistan, the official said, adding that Stoltenberg was in regular contact with allies and the Afghan authorities. NATO is monitoring the security situation very closely. We continue to coordinate with the Afghan authorities and…
Chief Ahamdi Nweke, a member of the national Board of Trustees of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), has applauded the developmental strides of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state. Nweke said Ikpeazu’s tremendous gains in the infrastructural development of Abia surpassed that of his predecessors. He regretted that infrastructures in Aba had suffered gross neglect and decay since after the late Sam Mbakwe until the emergence of Ikpeazu. According to the APGA BoT, “I’m among those who didn’t give him a chance, but he has proved pundits including me wrong. Ikpeazu has done well in terms of road infrastructure.…
The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the release of the abducted All Progressives Congress, APC, Zone ‘C’ Chairman, Alhaji Aminu Musa Bobi, by his abductors in Bobi area, Mariga Local Government Area of the state. He was, according to the police, rescued unhurt. It would be recalled that Bobi was kidnapped last week Saturday on the way to his farm along Ukuru road in Bobi with his driver, who was shot in the leg by the bandits and left to his fate. The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, told newsmen in Minna, the state capital,…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has reacted to insinuations of Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President running for presidency in 2023. Wike said he was not aware of Atiku running for presidency because the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is yet to zone the presidency. It’s widely believed that Atiku is nursing a 2023 presidential election. The former PDP presidential candidate is yet to make such an intention known. However, Wike, while appearing on the Africa Independent Television’s Programme, Focus Nigeria, in Port Harcourt on Friday, said: “I’m not aware of Atiku’s move because the PDP has not yet zoned the…