The National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Ozonkpu Victor Ike Oye, has extolled the virtues of the late Lady Adanma Okpara, the wife of the former Premier of Eastern Nigeria, Michael Iheonukara Okpara. InfoStride News reports that Lady Adanma Okpara, who hailed from Afugiri Ohuhu clan in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State, died at 97. In a press release signed by the National Publicity Secretary of APGA, Barrister Tex Okechukwu, and sent to the media on Monday, Oye described Mrs. Okpara as the brain behind all the accomplishments of her husband whose political prowess…
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Ahead of the 2023 general elections, presidential campaign posters of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State have emerged. The campaign posters carried the inscriptions “Osinbajo-Ganduje Alliance (OGA), For Better Nigeria OGA Na Master.” The posters were spotted in strategic locations across Kano like Total by Airport Road Roundabout, Ahmadu Bello Way by Shekarau house, Murtala Muhammad Way, Kano Club Roundabout and Independence Way Roundabout. Recall that the Osinbajo Grassroots Organisation, OGO, had recently said the Vice President is the future of Nigeria. OGO’s National Convener, Foluso Ojo, said Osinbajo possesses impeccable leadership qualities to continue…
A former governor of Osun State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola has urged newly decamped members into the party to ensure their entrance brings positive changes in their ward, local government and the state as a whole. The one time National Secretary of the party made this known, Sunday, during the official welcoming of decampees from the All Progressives Congress (APC) into the PDP in Odo-Otin local government council area. While urging them to contribute meaningfully to the party, the former Lagos State military administrator assured that the party in the state was not…
Austria won’t accept Afghan asylum seekers and will instead focus on assisting them locally, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said, according to excerpts of an interview published by broadcaster Puls 24. The ruling People’s Party has taken a hard line on immigration amid international calls to help Afghans at risk of persecution after the US troop withdrawal. Kurz said Austria had already made a disproportionately high contribution, with more than 40,000 Afghans accepted in the past. The nation’s responsibility lies with helping improving security and women’s rights locally, he said. Switzerland’s government is examining the possibility of hosting a summit on Afghanistan…
Leaders of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo have appealed to a chieftain of the party in the area, Chief Mathew Emiohe, to rescind his decision to quit partisan politics. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the leaders were led by Mr Aselm Ojezua, a former state Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) and an ally of Gov. Godwin Obaseki. Ojezua, who said that they were jolted by what he described as a sudden decision by Emiohe, appealed to him to reverse the decision, as he was still needed to help reposition…
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) deserves not less than 100 million registered members nationwide. Speaking when members of the Ismaeel Ahmed-led APC youth lobby group paid him a courtesy visit at the National Assembly in Abuja, he expressed dissatisfaction with the 40 million-membership so far recorded by the party. He charged the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led caretaker committee of the party to put in place an online platform to actualise the 100 million-membership target of the party. He said: “I am not too satisfied with the 40 million members so far registered. There…
The Kogi chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has reiterated its call on the Governor Yahaya Bello to cancel plans to sell off state assets while also cautioning members of the public against purchasing any of such assets. This warning was part of the communique issued weekend after at a retreat in Abuja by members of the party. The retreat which considered strategies on how the party can come back to power in the State was organised by Kogi Renaissance Group, KRG. It was attended by former Kogi Governor’s Ibrahim Idris, Idris Wada, former Senate President Bukola Saraki, (Chairman), former…
Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has been mocked for attending the wedding of President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf in Kano State. Deji Adeyanju, popular Abuja-based rights activist said Atiku attended the wedding of Buhari’s son while ignoring the crisis in PDP. Adeyanju said all through the PDP crisis last week, the former Vice President was in Morocco but urgently returned to attend Yusuf’s wedding in Kano. In a series of tweets, Adeyanju wrote: “All throughout the PDP crisis in the last 3 weeks + the resignation of their NWC members, Atiku was in Morocco chilling with…
A Romanian military airplane has evacuated 14 Romanian nationals and four Bulgarians from the Afghan capital of Kabul, the Romanian Foreign Ministry reported. “This flight succeeded to evacuate the 14 Romanian citizens transferred to the airport in the morning and four Bulgarian citizens,” the press release read. A mobile consular team was also aboard ready to assist anyone in case they needed help. This was the third flight sent to Kabul by the country. One person, a UN employee, who also wanted to be evacuated from Afghanistan was unable to reach the airport in time due to the security situation.…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, National Leader, Bola Tinubu has been advised against running for the Presidency in 2023. Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, said it’s time for Tinubu to allow the youths to emerge as president. Bello said the former Lagos State governor should take a back seat and allow youths he has groomed to rule Nigeria. He, however, noted that though the APC National Leader has the right to contest in 2023, he should step back and allow the youths. Bello stressed that Nigeria is not a Banana Republic that one or two persons can see as…
An umbrella body of sociopolitical platforms, Global Initiatives For Good Governance (GIGG) has called out Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State over lack of accountability since the inception of his administration. The pro-democracy group queried the Obiano-led government’s level of credibility, fairness and performance in the management of the resources of the state, saying that from the inception of the government till date, Anambra is being characterized by alleged mindless looting and diversion of public funds under the watch of Obiano, regretting that the funds should have been channelled to developing the education sector, healthcare facilities, road projects and agricultural…
Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere, has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari’s attitude towards governance. Adebanjo said Buhari was behaving like Roman Emperor Nero who did nothing while his empire was being destroyed. The Afenifere leader made the remark while accusing Buhari of making several anti-people policies. In a statement signed by Afenifere’s spokesman, Jare Ajayi, Adebanjo said the president has failed to live up to the electoral compromises of the All Progressives Congress, APC. According to Adebanjo: “This attitude on the part of President Buhari ‘recalls to one’s mind, the story of the Roman Emperor Nero who was…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State has accused former Senate President, Chief Ken Nnamani of displaying anti-party tendencies despite his claims of rejigging the party. This is as the former lawmaker was accused of being APC in the day and PDP in the night. The party spoke in reply to Nnamani’s recent statement that he was committed to putting the APC into winning ways in Enugu State. Nnamani had during a meeting with the APC ward congress appeal panel in Enugu on Friday said he was ashamed that the party was not winning elections in the State. He…
The Taliban have released 340 “political prisoners” in Farah province in western Afghanistan, Sputnik reported on Saturday. Another 40 inmates were released in central Uruzgan province, The Russian News Agency reported citing the Shamshad News broadcaster. This comes after Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada earlier on Thursday ordered the release of political detainees from all Afghan prisons. The Taliban entered Kabul earlier on Sunday and took control of the presidential palace after the country’s president Ashraf Ghani fled. Afghanistan is witnessing its worst-ever crisis in decades as the Taliban’s control has forced people to flee the nation in afraid of their…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday, accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration of using security agencies, particularly the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to hound and harass PDP leaders in a renewed move to cow and weaken opposition formation ahead of the 2023 general elections. In a statement on Saturday by Kola Ologbondiyan, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, no amount of intimidation, harassment and use of anti-graft agencies can cow or make the PDP surrender or abdicate the mandate already given to it by Nigerians come 2023. The PDP said the APC…
The Appeals Committee of the recently conducted ward Congress of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, on Friday met with stakeholders of the party. The sitting of the panel held at the Dome Event Center instead of the APC Secretariat in the State. Chairman of the panel, Mr. Bernard Mikko told journalists that he took the sitting to a neutral venue as there were contentions among the members of the party. InfoStride News reports that the APC in Enugu State now has two factions- one led by Dr. Ben Nwoye who has been the caretaker Committee chairman of…
The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has chided the member representing the Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon Sam Onuigbo. InfoStride News recalls that Onuigbo currently serving two terms in office had dumped the PDP for the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state. The federal lawmaker cited alleged denial of the opportunity to produce PDP ward executive members in the 2020 congress of the party in Ikwuano Local Government of the state by the National Organizing Secretary of the PDP-Col. Austin Akobundu (Rtd). But refuting the alleged claim by Onuigbo as made…
The Senator representing Southern Kaduna Senatorial District, Danjuma Tella Laah, has called on the electorates to use their Permanent Voter Cards to oust their elective leaders that have failed to give quality representations at all levels. Recall that, the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KAD-SIEC) has scheduled Local Government elections for September 4, 2019 across 23 local government areas of the state. The senator, who was represented by his senior aide, Mr. Kajang Joseph, in a town hall meeting on ‘Deepening Citizens’ Interest in Government Spending and Addressing the Accompanying Corruption Practices’ organized by the Connected Development (Code), through ‘…
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday spoke to his German counterpart Heiko Maas on the latest developments in Afghanistan and challenges relating to emergency evacuation from Kabul. “Appreciate the call from Foreign Minister @HeikoMaas of Germany. Discussed the evacuation challenges in Afghanistan and the policy implications of the changes there,” Jaishankar tweeted. India has been in touch with the US, the UK and a number of other leading powers on the fast-evolving situation in Afghanistan after Kabul fell to the Taliban on Sunday evening. Several countries including India have been facing difficulties in evacuating people from Kabul in view…
The Zamfara State Government has reacted swiftly to claims by some residents of a lapse in governance since Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC). Many of them have lamented that Matawalle has been busy focusing on the reconciliation with former Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, and Senator Kabiru Marafa’s faction of the APC in the state. But the state Commissioner of Information, Hon. Ibrahim Dosara, said that security challenges in the state was a household discussion before Governor Matawalle assumed office as the state governor and initiated a peace accord and reconciliation process to end banditry in…