The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday described Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State as being an attention seeker. PDP made the remark while accusing Umahi of seeking imaginary presidential ambition. In a series of tweets, the former ruling party said Umahi is confused having realized that he joined a “one chance bus.” According to the main opposition party, the governor is currently floating politically. The tweet reads: “The @OfficialPDPNig has described Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state as an attention seeker, floating in imaginary presidential interests. “The party said since Governor Umahi, out of his personal ambition, joined the…
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Council on Friday extended for six months the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), unanimously voting on a resolution that emphasises the importance of the establishment of an inclusive and representative government. The 15-nation Council voted on the draft resolution that extended the mandate of UNAMA until March 17, 2022. The resolution, stressing the important role that the United Nations will continue to play in promoting peace and stability in Afghanistan, recognises the need for strengthened efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan and the important coordination role of the United Nations, and reaffirming that the…
A fresh presidential campaign poster of Yahaya Bello, Governor of Kogi State, has emerged online. The poster has Bello as president and Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister as his running mate. InfoStride News observed that the campaign poster has the All Progressives Congress logo engraved on it. The poster carried the message: “Yahaya and Femi 2023.” Bello is believed to be nursing a presidential ambition. His campaign posters had flooded some states including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Amid claims, Bello is yet to declare his ambition to run for the presidency in 2023. Meanwhile, Fani-Kayode on Thursday officially joined…
Dr. Chima Obi Ngonadi, a close ally of the flagbearer of the Young Peoples Party (YPP) in the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, has dumped the party for the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA). Ngonadi, until his defection, was a major stakeholder and financier of the YPP in Nnewi Local Government Area of the state and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NgoBros Nigeria Limited. He contested for the Anambra House of Assembly seat of Nnewi North Constituency in the last 2019 general elections held across the state on the platform of the YPP but…
Chairman of Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA, Dr Josef Onoh has refuted the insinuation by Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode that Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is among some governors of the Peoples Democratic party, PDP, expected to defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC, sooner than later. Onoh described Fani-Kayode’s gaffe as a “figment of his imagination” and borrowed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s words to say that “Governor Ugwuanyi dey PDP kamkpe!” Onoh said that if anybody was in doubt of Governor Ugwuanyi’s stable and courageous character, such a person should refer to last Thursday’s Southern Governors’ meeting in Enugu where Ugwuanyi…
A former Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to Rauf Aregbesola, Nigeria’s Minister of Interior has debunked reports on social media that he has defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Semiu Okanlawon, in a personally signed statement obtained by the media, said his response was necessitated by the rumour that has continued to gather momentum, adding that it started as a joke from a stalwart from the opposition party. Okanlawon who was a former Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy under Rauf Aregbesola’s as former governor disclosed that he had initially thought the…
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said that he has initiated a dialogue with the Taliban for an inclusive government in Kabul that will include Tajiks, Hazaras and Uzbeks, a day after the SCO member states said that it is critical to have an inclusive government in the war-torn country with representatives from all ethnic, religious and political groups. The Taliban, which seized control of Afghanistan in mid-August, had promised an “inclusive” government that represents Afghanistan’s complex ethnic makeup, but there is no Hazara member and no woman in the interim 33-member Cabinet. Taking to Twitter, Khan said: After mtgs…
The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), has refuted viral claims of a court pronouncement affirming Chief Edozie Njoku as the party’s national chairman. The All Progressive Grand Alliance is currently battling a leadership crisis that has led to the emergence of several factions, coupled with court litigations among each of the factions claiming to be the authentic elected national working committee (NWC) of the party. A party chieftain, Edozie Njoku had approached the federal high court and sought among other reliefs, a declaration of the court in his favour as the National Chairman of APGA. He also prayed the court…
Rex Olawoye, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Kwara State, is dead. The politician had been ill and out of the public in recent weeks. In a statement on Friday, a close ally, Iyiola Oyedepo described Olawoye as a forthright, honest and committed leader. The APC stalwart was the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in Kwara when the deceased was the Publicity Secretary. Oyedepo, Chairman of the Governing Council, Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, recalled Olawoye was his senior in secondary school. He said they were prefects in the same Blue House and that Olawoye was his immediate predecessor as well…
The All Progressive Congress (APC), has assured new members that they will be granted waivers to aspire for various political offices on the platform of the party in the 2023 general elections. The party in a statement by John James Akpanudoedehe, Secretary, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, explained that former President Goodluck Jonathan would not be the only one granted a waiver if he decides to defects to the party. The APC stalwart was speaking on a Channels TV interview on Wednesday. He said all new members of the APC would enjoy the benefits and privileges accruable by virtue of their…
Abia South Senator, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has reacted to the defection of Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Abaribe said Fani-Kayode’s defection confirmed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s remark about his character. The two-time minister had officially joined APC yesterday during a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House. The lawyer-turned-politician was presented to Buhari by the acting National Chairman of the APC, Mai Mala-Buni. Reacting to the defection, Abaribe described Fani-Kayode as a confused human being. Appearing on Arise TV, the Senate Minority Leader said: “I do not…
A group, Northern Youths Leaders Forum (NYLF), says the Muhammadu Buhari that Nigerians have today is not the Buhari they elected as president in 2015. National President of the NYLF, Comrade Elliot Afiyo, who led the group to a news conference in Yola on Friday, said Buhari has been caged and unable to influence good governance in line with his sterling innate character. “The real spotless Buhari has been caged,” Afiyo said, adding that Buhari has been laminated and his core personality replaced with the unsavoury Buhari that Nigerians know today. Afiyo, who said he had known Buhari on a…
President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that the Afghanistan government formed by the Taliban is not representative and inclusive, but it is essential to work with it as he stressed on the need to coordinate the stance of other countries on the issue of recognition. Putin, addressing the joint meeting of the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) via video link, said that the Taliban movement, having actually become the country’s sole master, formed its government, which assumed responsibility for Afghanistan’s future, Russia’s official TASS news agency reported. This is an interim…
Deji Adeyanju, a human rights activist, on Friday said former President Goodluck Jonathan would be the best presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2023. Adeyanju made the remark while explaining that it would be difficult to find a candidate like Jonathan. He noted that the former president who served only one tenure was a complete democrat. In a series of tweets, the socio-political activist noted that Jonathan accommodated his critics while he was in power. According to Adeyanju, Jonathan was fair to all Nigerians and never manipulated elections to favour his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.…
The Osun Progressives (TOP), a caucus of the Osun All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that the rumoured reconciliation within the party in the State is a ploy by the IleriOluwa group of the State governor, Adegboyega Oyetola to deceive the public and do away with their members. The caucus alleged that it had credible information that agents have been commissioned to carry out virulent attacks on its leadership. Speaking at the general meeting of the caucus in Osogbo on Thursday, the TOP chairman, Adelowo Adebiyi decried the perceived reconciliation of party stakeholders and stated that the IleriOluwa group in…
The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called out Governor Dapo Abiodun over his plan to borrow a sum of N83.5bn from the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). InfoStride News recalls that Governor Abiodun, while appealing to the commission to ensure speedy approval of the loan, said it would be used to complete the ongoing Agro-cargo Airport in Ilishan Remo, and to boost agriculture, tourism and others. But, the PDP, kicking against what it called “another voyage of desperate borrowing”, demanded that the “Prince Dapo Abiodun-led government should release more information into the public…
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has disclosed why he joined the All Progressives Congress, APC. Fani-Kayode explained that the APC he joined was different from the one he heavily criticized in the past. The former minister had officially defected to the ruling party on Thursday. His defection was disclosed at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, when he was presented to President Muhammadu Buhari by the acting National Chairman of APC. However, the former minister explained that he joined a forward-thinking and accommodating party. Speaking with Channels Television, Fani-Kayode, insisted that he joined APC to maintain national unity. Asked if he joined…
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said Afghanistan could not be “controlled from the outside and that Islamabad will continue to support the war-torn neighbouring country even as he urged the Taliban to fulfil the promises they have made. Addressing the 20th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Heads of State (SCO-CHS) Summit in Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, Khan highlighted the need to mobilise international support for an immediate humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan which is now ruled by the Taliban. We must remember that the Afghan government is primarily depended on foreign aid, he was quoted as saying by the Dawn…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the people of Southern and Middle Belt region of Nigeria have formed a political pressure group to lobby for leadership positions that would advance their political interests. Named Southern and Middle Belt Alliance, SAMBA, the coalition hinted that its objective is to advance the social, cultural and economic interests of the South West, South East, South South and the Middle Belt regions of Nigeria by promoting political alliance between the four regions. The group in a statement dated September 16, 2021, and made available to the media on Thursday, in Abuja, described it as…
A socio-political activist and a major critic of President Muhammadu Buhari administration, Reno Omokri, has said he would never go back to his vomit by joining political party he hitherto condemned. The former presidential aide stated this in a post on his verified Facebook page few hours after the former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode officially dumped the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC. InfoStride News had reported that Mai Mala Buni, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Caretaker Committee on Thursday, presented Fani-Kayode to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Omokri blamed some political…