More facts have emerged over what led to the suspension of Suleiman Adamu as chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State. InfoStride News recalls that Suleiman Adamu was suspended by the party leadership for what it termed hate speech on social media. The Caretaker Chairman allegedly wished President Muhammadu dead through coronavirus. However, details have emerged as to exactly what was said, where it was said, how and why the comment was made which was received with outcry in pro-Buhari quarters, including the party leadership in the state which suspended him and…
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Democrats pushed a $3.5 trillion framework for bolstering family services, health, and environment programs through the Senate early Wednesday, advancing President Joe Biden’s expansive vision for reshaping federal priorities just hours after handing him a companion triumph on a hefty infrastructure package. Lawmakers approved Democrats’ budget resolution on a party-line 50-49 vote, a crucial step for a president and party set on training the government’s fiscal might on assisting families, creating jobs and fighting climate change. Higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations would pay for much of it. Passage came despite an avalanche of Republican amendments intended to make…
Godwin Maduka, a former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant in Anambra State, has explained why she dumped the party for Accord. Maduka, a US-based pain management expert and owner of Las Vegas Pain Institute, said he left the PDP because they showed signs of unseriousness. He addressed a press conference in Awka, where he was formally received into Accord. Maduka, who is now the new governorship candidate of Accord, said that he was disappointed when in just one day during the primary election day, the list of delegates changed three times, leading to his loss of the ticket of…
Ahead of 2023 election, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Youth Frontiers, has called on the party’s leadership to give greater roles to youths. Comrade Austin Okai, the National Coordinator and leader of the group said PDP’s Board of Trustees, BoT, Governors Forum and National Executive Committee should emulate APC in deciding the fortune of PDP. Okai said PDP’s leadership should prevent previous mistakes of ignoring the youths because they are the cornerstone of the former ruling party. In a statement he signed on Wednesday, Okai said PDP leadership should include the youths in preparing for the upcoming National Convention. He…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has amicably resolved its internal wranglings and is poised for victories in future elections. Governor Ortom said this on Wednesday at the Makurdi Airport during an interview with journalists on his return from Abuja where he attended an expanded stakeholder meeting as well as that of the PDP Governors’ Forum. He said the party had resolved to remain focused in the face of intimidation and blackmail from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, stressing that the PDP is prepared to take Nigeria from bottom to top and not…
The Chairman, Ladi Adebutu Development Organisation and the Lisa Aje of Egbaland, Hon. (Dr) Oladipupo Adebutu, FCPA, has described the sudden demise of the Collegiate Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Abeokuta South Local Government Chapter, Chief Tosin Sodipe as a colossal loss and highly devastating. Adebutu in a statement released by his media consultant, Afolabi Orekoya on Tuesday described the deceased as a go-getter, unassuming gentleman and consummate leader who would also be remembered as a visionary party man that made important contributions to the progress of the party, uplifting people around him and community development. Adebutu in the…
US President, Joe Biden said on Tuesday that the Afghan troops must fight for themselves as multiple cities have fallen to the Taliban in the past few days. “We spent over a trillion dollars over 20 years. We trained and equipped with modern equipment over 300,000 Afghan forces. And Afghan leaders have to come together,” Biden told reporters at the White House. “They’ve got to fight for themselves, fight for their nation.” The US will continue to provide Afghan forces with close air support, food, equipment, salaries and make sure the Afghan air force is operable, said Biden. “But they’ve…
Prince Uche Secondus will remain the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) until the national convention of the party is conducted in October. The convention was initially scheduled to be conducted in December. The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, confirmed this on Tuesday, at the end of a closed-door meeting of party stakeholders in Abuja. Tambuwal said the members have agreed to work together. He said: “This meeting has agreed that immediately a NEC meeting should be convened for the party to constitute the national convention planning committee and the national convention should be held latest by…
The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal on Tuesday, declared that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC does not exist in any level of the government. The governor stated this during the stakeholders meeting of PDP held in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja over the lingering leadership crisis rocking the party. He said, “If anyone tells you to decamp to APC, ask them where is the party? A party that has no structures at the federal level, no structures at the state level. “No structures at the local government level and no structures at the ward level; how can you decamp…
The Kaduna State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has debunked claims that the state Deputy Chairman, Hon Ibrahim Lawal Kayarda, was suspended. Publicity Secretary, Abraham Alberah Catoh, said this in a statement on Wednesday. Recall that there were media reports that Kayarda was suspended over anti-party activities. Catoh described the reports as a calculated attempt to blackmail Kayarda. He said Kayarda is still a bonafide member of the party, as they are yet to receive any correspondence from his ward or the local government party secretariat. According to him, “the false impression given is a cheap media propaganda…
A fresh crisis has hit the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State. InfoStride News reports that this is following the split of the party into two factions. The State Chairman of the party, Dr. Ben Nwoye had earlier during a meeting at the Party’s Secretariat in Enugu on Tuesday, announced the suspension of four members of the party. The suspended members include a former Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Eugene Odo, an aide to the foreign affairs minister, Mr. Flavour Eze, Ada Ogbu and El- Aja. The said suspension followed a report of a…
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has left for Qatari capital Doha to hold talks on Afghanistan and urge the Taliban to stop the offensive. “US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad departed for travel to Doha on August 8. Ambassador Khalilzad will be in Doha to help formulate a joint international response to the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan,” the US State Department said in a statement. The meeting of the extended troika on Afghan settlement is scheduled to begin today in Qatar. “In several planned rounds of meetings over three days, representatives from countries…
Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State have expressed their dissatisfaction with the outcome of the recently concluded ward congresses in the state. The aggrieved members of the party in Ifedore Local Government Area of the state who described the wards congresses as a charade, on Tuesday approached the Federal High Court to challenge its conduct. They alleged that the Ward Congress Committee failed to conduct any congress in the local government as stipulated in the party’s constitution. In their prayers before the court, the aggrieved members urged the court to set aside and as…
Reno Omokri, former media aide to Nigerian ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan has claimed that a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Sulaiman Adamu prayed for President Muhammdu Buhari to die in leaked audio. Reno claimed that the chieftain and some of his allies were heard in the audio lamenting hardship in the North birthed by President Buhari’s bad governance. The former presidential aide made the revelation in a post on his official Facebook page on Tuesday. In the post, Reno Omokri pleaded with the Department of State Services DSS not to arrest Sulaiman Adamu over the leaked audio, stressing that he…
A chieftain of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Emmanuel Degema Ophiemu Esq, today urged Nigerian youths to get their Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) ready ahead of the 2023 elections in the state and Nigeria. The legal practitioner made the call while fielding questions from the media. He said he will never support the youths in voting for “old blood” into power. According to Ophiemu,”those without PVC should try as much as possible to get themselves registered, and also plan to protect their votes against the planned rigging arrangements of those crass…
Alhaji Ahmed Bakare, a political commentator, has blamed the crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State on former governor, Abdulaziz Yari. Members of the APC in the state have been lamenting that there is a serious public concern considering the two known factions within the party led by Governor Bello Matawalle and former Yari. Many card carriers of the party, especially those in Yari’s faction have been heaping blame on Senator Ahmed Sani Yarima for being the root of all the political crisis in the party. Bakare insisted that Matawalle, as governor, is the authentic leader of…
The top defense officials of the United States and Pakistan during a phone conversation discussed the ongoing situation in Afghanistan as well as regional security, Pentagon said in a statement on Monday. This phone call comes amid a meeting of the extended troika of Russia, China and the United States along with Pakistan on an Afghan settlement. “Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke by phone with Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa to discuss our mutual goals of security and stability in the region,” Department of Defense Press Secretary John Kirby said. “Secretary Austin and General Bajwa…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Legal Adviser, Emmanuel Enoidem says only a national convention can remove the National Working Committee (NWC) or any national officer. Enoidem issued a rejoinder on Monday to a communique issued by some NWC members after a Sunday night meeting in Abuja. Six out of the nine voted for the sack of embattled PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus. At the meeting were Deputy National Chairman (North), Suleiman Nazif; National Secretary, Umar Tsauri; National Auditor, Adamu Mustapha; National Financial Secretary, Abdulahi Maibasira. Others were Youth Leader, S. K. Udeh-Okoye; Vice Chairman (SW), Taofiq Arapaja; Vice Chairman (SE),…
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has vowed not to return to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, which brought him to power in the 2015 general election. The governor made the clarification on Monday night during a news programme on Channels TV. InfoStride News reports that there have been speculations that Ortom and other governors elected under the platform of the PDP were making moves to join the ruling party. But Ortom, while answering questions bothering on alleged plan to dump the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said APC has completely destroyed the country. He said he has no…
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF) said it would continue its meeting tomorrow with others stakeholders as part of efforts to resolve the leadership crisis rocking the party. The meeting was called following the resignation of seven national deputy officers of the party, who accused PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, of incompetence in handling the party’s affairs. The resigned officers are also demanding the resignation of Secondus as the party chairman. The Chairman of the forum and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal on Monday disclosed this while briefing newsmen after the meeting of the governors held for about…