The Biden administration is rolling out a new initiative aimed at reducing suicides by gun and combating the significant increases in suicides by members of the military and veterans. The White House is announcing the new plan on Tuesday, which officials say is an unprecedented focus by the federal government on reducing the risk of suicide through awareness and training campaigns and new regulations to increase the availability of gun storage products. The plan calls for federal agencies, including the Defense Department, Homeland Security, the Justice Department, Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs and the Department of Transportation’s emergency medical…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned Tuesday’s attack on the University of Abuja by suspected bandits. Suspected bandits had on Tuesday, raided the UniAbjua staff quarters and abducted four staff members and some children in the institution Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the party in a statement on Tuesday, described the attack as cowardly and demanded an unconditional release of the victims. It described as shocking, the attack, and wondered why such a banditry attack should happen just within a distance of 16 kilometres from the Aso Presidential Villa, with all security operatives presence in the presidency. The…
The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has urged the residents of Anambra State to go all out and cast their ballot during the governorship election. Ohanaeze took the stand following fears in some quarters, with the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, declaring a sit-at-home beginning from the eve of the much awaited polls. Though it said its directive was not targeted at Anambra polls, it is believed that should the order stand, the election would be adversely affected. In a press statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday, Ohanaeze said Ndigbo would be doing…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus in the Anambra House of Assembly on Tuesday visited the Deputy Governor, Anambra State, Dr Nkem Okeke, who recently defected to the party. The eight-member caucus, led by Timothy Ifediora, a member representing Njikoka 1 state constituency, said they came to pay a solidarity visit to the Deputy Governor and to assure him that his choice of the party was right. Okeke while receiving the caucus members, assured that APC was better positioned to take power in the state. He thanked the members for coming to pay him a visit, saying the days when…
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakub and the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali has assured Anambra people of a credible election and security of lives and property during Saturday’s election. The duo spoke in Anambra during a stakeholders meeting held at the INEC headquarters in Awka, on Tuesday. The INEC chairman said, “When we released the timetable 11 months ago, it was as if the election would never come, but we are 4 days to the election, and the election is set to hold. “I want to urge Anambra people to go out and vote…
Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday resigned from the Congress and announced the name of his party–Punjab Lok Congress–just months before the Assembly polls. The party will be formally launched later and the Election Commission has no objection to its name, he said. The move by the former CM came days after he dismissed reports of back-end talks with the Congress, saying the time for rapprochement is over. In his seven-page resignation letter, Amarinder Singh also slammed the Gandhis for a “conspiracy” to oust him from the state government. In the letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, he…
Don Ubani, Deputy Chief of Staff in the office of the Deputy Governor of Abia State and former Commissioner for Information and Strategy, has written to Senator Iyorchia Ayu, the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This follows the election of Ayu and others as new national officers of the PDP in a well-attended national convention of the party held at Eagles Square, in Abuja, the nation’s capital, on October 30th and 31st, 2021. In a letter dated November 1st, 2021, addressed to Senator Iyorchia Ayu, and made available to journalists in Umuahia, the Abia capital, on…
The National Youth Leader-elect of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Muhammed Kadade Suleiman, has called on Nigerian youths to join the party in order to rescue and save the future of the country from imminent destruction. In a statement he personally issued after his election, he said, “I want to use this opportunity to call on Nigerian youths to come to PDP and let’s rescue Nigeria together to save our future from imminent destruction.” He assured that he is not unaware of the challenges currently bedeviling the youths in the country occasioned by the maladministration of the All Progressives…
A call has gone to the newly elected National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyorchia Ayu and other members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) to work hard in order to rescue the Nigerian nation from bad governance and the disastrous slump it suffered under the All Progressives Congress (APC). A chieftain of the party, Chief Olumide Aderinokun said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta on Tuesday. According to Aderinokun, the mission to rescue Nigeria in 2023 had commenced with the PDP’s hitch-free national convention, charging Ayu and his NWC members to…
Professor Charles Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for the November governorship election in Anambra State, has accused politicians of being responsible for the ongoing security crisis in the State. While many people mostly in government have maintained that members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, are responsible for the current crisis in the state, Soludo believes that politicians should be held responsible. He suggested that Andy Uba, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the upcoming election might have a better explanation as to why the security situation in the state has deteriorated over…
Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said he will not contest the coming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections himself even as he announced that an alliance between his party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal is now final. Yadav also said his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav, who broke away from the SP to form the Pragatisheel Samajwadi party Lohia (PSPL) will get the due honour from his party. “Our alliance with the RLD is final. Seat-sharing is to be finalised,” he told PTI in an interview. The RLD enjoys support among farmers of Western Uttar Pradesh and is on the same…
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Valentine Ozigbo has said that he does not have a godfather in the Anambra State governorship race. Ozigbo said the only godfather he would have had were the same ones he fought and defeated in the court to retrieve his governorship ticket, after they tried to take it away from him. The candidate was reacting to his consistent mention of the former governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi in his speeches, who has also been rumoured to be his godfather. The former chairman and chief executive of Transcorp, who spoke…
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has expressed confidence that the maturity and unity of purpose exhibited by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in the just concluded national convention is a pointer that the party has overcome its challenges and is poised to rescue Nigeria from bad governance come 2023. The Governor disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists at the Makurdi Airport on his return from Abuja after a successful PDP National Convention. Governor Ortom maintained that Nigeria being a country of diverse ethnicity and religion can develop only when there is unity but the All Progressives Congress, APC-led…
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2021 governorship election, Senator Emmanuel Andy Uba, has denied being involved in the kidnap of a sitting governor, eighteen years after the incident. Dr. Chris Ngige, a former governor of Anambra State was reportedly kidnapped by a click of political godfathers on July 10, 2003, and kept somewhere in Awka, the State’s capital for over 12 hours. Years after, Senator Andy Uba, who was a close confidant of the then President, Olusegun Obasanjo and a member of the Uba family, holding a huge political relevance in the state, says…
Chairman of the Oyo State All Progressives Congress (APC) committee, Gambo Lawan has said Saturday’s state party congress was conducted with the approval of all the committee members. Lawan made this disclosure while speaking with journalists on Monday. InfoStride News recalls that the state APC congress was conducted on Saturday at Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Oke-Ado Ibadan. The congress was conducted and supervised by the secretary of the committee, Mr. Abdullahi Bello and other members of the committee as the chairman was not allowed to leave his hotel room on Saturday. Our correspondent gathered that hoodlums had allegedly laid siege on…
As the G-20 Summit in Rome came to a close on Sunday, the leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies said they are looking forward to meeting again in Indonesia in 2022 and in India in 2023, while New Delhi asserted that it will continue to represent the voice of the developing world and protect the interests of humanity. In its Rome declaration, the G-20 leaders also said they look ahead to Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics 2022, as opportunities for competition for athletes from around the world, which serves as a symbol of humanity’s resilience. “We thank the international…
Chuks Ibegbu, the immediate past spokesman of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has commended ex-Senate President, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, for declaring interest to run for the seat of Nigerian President in the coming 2023 general election. Infostride News reported that Senator Anyim, had on Saturday, while declaring his intention, said he will contest whether the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) zones the position to the South-East or not. The former President of the Nigerian Senate told reporters that the PDP was being repositioned as the national convention would mark the start of political activities. Anyim, who was also…
The newly elected Enugu State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Comrade Adolphus Udeh has mocked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its pledge to rescue Nigeria. According to Udeh, before rescuing Nigeria, PDP should first account for the uncountable underdevelopment obstacles the party embedded in the system, prior to their exit from power in 2015. In a press statement in Enugu, on Sunday, Udeh said he closely observed the PDP convention which held on Saturday at Eagle Square Abuja where speaker after speaker lampooned the APC and claimed that they want to rescue Nigeria. He blamed the current…
Oyo State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has released names and positions of all the newly elected executive members of the party. InfoStride News recalls that the party had its state congress on Saturday in Ibadan, the state capital. The congress was held at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Oke Ado, Ibadan. Our correspondent gathered that the emergence of the executive members was sequel to a motion moved for the endorsement of the names by Hon. Dokun Odebunmi. The motion was seconded by a former majority leader of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Kehinde Subair. The party has however…
Ahead of Anambra State governorship election, Yiaga Africa, an election watch group has said that about 76,104 voters in six local government areas of the state state may not vote come Saturday. The group said about 76,000 voters who got registered during the Continuous Voters Registration in the state could be disenfranchised because of delay in getting their voter cards from the Independent National Electoral Commission. Yiaga’s deputy board chairman, Ezinwa Nwagwu, mentioned that violations of the electoral code of conduct, election violence threats and volatility of the state resulting from the secessionist group, Indigenous Peoples of Biafra’s threat to…