In line with the purported plan of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Party to hold its local government congress nationwide on Saturday, 4th September 2021, the Katsina APC has invited all its stakeholders to a meeting to forge a common front to ensure that the exercise is free of rancour across the 34 Local government of the state. Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari while speaking at the event disclosed that a total of 27 party officials will be elected via consensus in each of the local governments, amounting to 918 officials across the 34 Local Governments. Governor Masari said…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expelled a chieftain, Sulaiman Adamu for saying he wished Vice President Yemi Osinbajo replaced President Muhammadu Buhari. Adamu was the Caretaker Chairman of the party in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State. A statement on Thursday by John Akpan Udoedehe, APC National Secretary said the expulsion takes immediate effect. The scribe said it was part of the resolutions reached at the 16th meeting of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) held at the National Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday. He disclosed that the party received and deliberated on the report of Adamu’s…
Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State and other members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Caretaker/ Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC have been sacked. A Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba, Wednesday, restrained Governor Mai Mala Buni and the others from parading themselves as Chairman and members of the APC CECPC until the determination of a substantive suit before the court. Justice Onome Marshal Umukoro, who presided over the matter, also stopped the Party’s scheduled LG Congress in Delta State slated for September 4, 2021. Olorogun Elvis Ayomanor, who is the APC Deputy Chairman in the state had…
President Joe Biden vigorously defended the chaotic withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan after nearly 20 years of conflict, describing it as the best and the right decision for America which ended an era of major military deployments to rebuild other countries. In his address to the nation from the White House on Tuesday, Biden also said that the US must now confront challenges from powerful adversaries such as Russia and China. “My fellow Americans, the war in Afghanistan is now over,” Biden said. “I give you my word: With all of my heart, I believe this is the right…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed the first week of September 2021 for the conduct of local governments’ congress. This was disclosed at the State Working Committee (SWC) held on Tuesday, where a review of the last wards’ congress was made with members of the committee adjudging the exercise to be rancour-free throughout the 178 political wards of the state. Presided over by the State Deputy Governor, Idi Barde Gubana, who doubles as the Chairman State Working Committee, the meeting was held to map out strategies with a view to conducting credible, transparent and participatory APC congresses at the…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to the sack of two ministers by President Muhammadu Buhari. PDP said Buhari should not use the sack of the ministers to cover his failures. InfoStride News reports that Buhari had sacked the Minister of Agriculture, Mohammed Sabo Nanono, and Minister of Power, Maman Saleh. Spokesman to the president, Femi Adesina, had made the announcement Wednesday. Reacting, PDP said it’s investigating the real reason behind the sack of the two ministers. A series of tweets by the former ruling party reads: “@OfficialPDPNig describes President @MBuhari resort to sacking the Minister of Agriculture and…
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has vowed to drag the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator George Akume to court to prove unfounded allegations levelled against him in a recent press conference in Abuja. Governor Ortom spoke to journalists on Wednesday, shortly before commencement of the Benue State Executive Council meeting held at the New Banquet Hall of Benue Peoples House, Makurdi. He stated that Senator Akume’s allegations amounted to treachery, betrayal and backstabbing, all of which he must prove beyond reasonable doubt in a competent court of law. Governor Ortom maintained that though he does not…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extended the closing date for the sale of nomination forms for its forthcoming ward, local government and state congresses to Sept. 9. The party disclosed this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Wednesday, NAN reports. The party said the extension of sales was sequel to enquiries from PDP teeming members and supporters. “The decision of the National Working Committee, in that regard, is in pursuant to its powers under the PDP Constitution 2017 (as amended),” the statement said. It listed the affected states to include Adamawa,…
Crowds looking to flee Afghanistan flocked to its borders while long queues formed at banks on Wednesday, as an administrative vacuum after the Taliban’s takeover left foreign donors unsure of how to respond to a looming humanitarian crisis. The Islamist militia focused on keeping banks, hospitals and government machinery running after the final withdrawal of U.S. forces on Monday brought an end to a massive airlift of Afghans who had helped Western nations during the 20-year war. With Kabul’s airport inoperable, private efforts to help Afghans fearful of Taliban reprisals focused on arranging safe passage across the land-locked nation’s borders…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday, shifted the inauguration of the Anambra State Governorship Election, National Campaign Council from the earlier slated date to September 3, 2021. The party had scheduled the inauguration of the Anambra State Governorship Election, National Campaign Council to Sept 2, 2021 But a statement on Wednesday by Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd), the National Organizing Secretary of the party said the inauguration is now slated to hold at 3pm on Friday at the PDP National Secretariat, Abuja. The statement said the leadership of the great party regretted any inconveniences the change in date may cause…
The Kaduna State Police Command has expressed its readiness to safeguard lives and properties of citizens before, during and after the conduct of the September 4 local government elections. Mr Mudashiru Abdullahi, the state Commissioner for Police, gave the assurance at the signing of peace accord with stakeholders, political party leaders and chairmanship aspirants in Kaduna. CP Abdullahi further explained that the command is deploying over 11,000 personnel across the 23 local government areas of the state to ensure a hitch-free election and for voters to freely cast their votes. He lamented that there is nothing to fear, calling on…
The North East All Progressives Congress Social Media Forum has denied endorsing Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, former Nasarawa State Governor, for national chairmanship of the party. Shuaibu Abdullahi, Chairman, North East APC Social Media Forum (NEAPCSMF) made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Damaturu, Yobe State capital. He said this followed after the forum’s attention was drawn to a report circulating on social media platforms as well as some national dailies with a caption ‘North East Social Media Forum Endorses Al-Makura for National Chairman of APC’. The Chairman noted that, “At no time or place has the…
A Nigerian activist, Aisha Somtochukwu Yesufu has described members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP as people of stomach infrastructure who have no strategy to win elections. In a tweet on her verified Twitter page, the activists alleged that the party is currently depending on “emotional blackmail to win election”. According to her, the party became reluctant after been defeated in the 2015 general election which brought President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, into power. “PDP is as pathetic as pathetic can be. They are depending on emotional blackmail to win election. “They lost election in…
Taliban gunfire resounded across the Afghan capital on Tuesday as the Taliban took control of the airport following the withdrawal of the last US troops, marking the end of a 20-year war that left the Islamist group stronger than it was in 2001. A shaky video footage distributed by the Taliban showed fighters entering the airport after the last US troops flew out on a C-17 aircraft a minute before midnight, ending a hasty and humiliating exit for Washington and its Nato allies. An image from the Pentagon taken with night-vision optics showed the last US soldier to step aboard…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has hailed the Chief Justice of Nigeria for stepping in to arrest the drift in the judiciary over the indiscriminate issuance of restraining orders by judges to politicians. Chief Ogbonna Nwuke, spokesperson, Rivers APC, said in a statement that the decision of the CJN and the leadership of the NBA to arrest abuse of court through the issuance of restraining orders could not have come at an appropriate time. “We believe that the intervention of the CJN and the Nigerian Bar Association on the side of truth, as a result of the…
A chieftain of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Barr. Olusegun Bamgbose, has said that former President Goodluck Jonathan will defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC, soon. According to him, the ruling party is leaving no stone unturned towards ensuring that it clings to power at all cost. Bamgbose pointed out that the APC does not care about the poor performance of the current administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari. The senior lawyer, in a chat with the newsmen, recalled that Senator Stella Oduah joined the party most recently, adding that Oduah’s movement was in preparation for Jonathan to…
Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday flagged off an electronic membership registration exercise for the party in Anambra State. The governors, Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State said the party flagged off the event in Anambra because of the November 6 gubernatorial poll in the state. The governors, led by Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, also assured victory for the party’s governorship candidate, Mr Valentine Ozigbo, and his deputy, Mrs Azuka Enemo, and enjoined electorate in the state to obtain their voters cards, to be eligible…
InfoStride News has gathered that Senator Ademola Adeleke has arrived Nigeria after a two-year academic sojourn to the United States of America where he went to pursue a Diploma in Criminal Justice at the Atlanta Metropolitan State College, Georgia. Adeleke, it is anticipated, would also announce in the coming days his aspiration to contest the 2022 gubernatorial election in Osun State under the banner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). His aspiration nevertheless has been generating problems within the party in the state as a section, which supports him under the leadership of the current party chairman, Sunday Bisi, is…
As intra-party crisis deepens among the nation’s major political parties, Bamanga Tukur, a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has urged the leadership and members of major political parties in the country to ensure the protection of the nation’s democracy. He said this can be done by eschewing bitterness and rancour as they engage in internal maneuvering for power. In a statement on Monday by his Special Adviser on Media, Oliver Okpala, the former Chair said he decided to make this intervention because of the current bad blood, rancorous disunity and widening cracks in the major political…
A former member of the Osun State House of Assembly, Funmilayo Olasehinde has reached out to Senator Ademola Adeleke, a governorship aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to be weary of political associates who are only interested in his political ruin. The former legislator under the PDP while featuring on a political radio programme on Monday in Osogbo insisted that the family needed to put their house in order so that Senator Adeleke’s chances of becoming governor in 2022 will not be jeopardised. Olasehinde who recently resigned her membership from the PDP stated that associates of the Adeleke family…