Bukola Saraki, a former Senate President has broken his silence on his repeated invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, stating that as a free citizen, he has nothing to hide. Saraki in a statement by his Media aide, Yusuph Olaniyonu said he visited the office of the EFCC on his volition to clarify an issue that the commission may have to raise with him. He clarified that he was not arrested but he made himself available to show he has nothing to hide. Reports not InfoStride News, had claimed that Saraki was arrested for money laundering. The…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has clarified the reason for having the former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki in its custody. Reports on Saturday had it that EFCC allegedly arrested the former Senate President. But EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Saraki was invited for questioning over allegations of corruption and money laundering. He stated that the immediate past Senate president was in the commission’s custody for continuation of interrogation. Meanwhile, Saraki in a statement explained that he was not arrested but on his own volition went to the EFCC’s office.…
On the eve of China’s Army Day, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday asserted that it is the ruling Communist Party that commands the gun and asked the military to make resolute efforts to become the world’s best army by 2027, on par with that of the US. A key conclave of the Communist Party of China (CPC) headed by 68-year-old Xi last year finalised plans to build a fully modern military on par with that of the US by 2027. By the year 2027, which marks the centennial of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), China will…
Ahead of 2023 general elections, Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, has stressed the importance of All Progressives Congress (APC) ward congress as foundation for election victory in Delta State and Nigeria in general. He expressed delight in the peaceful conduct of congresses across the entire local government councils in Delta State, describing conduct of participants as most responsible. In a statement which he personally signed and made to the media in Abuja, the lawmaker noted that there was a mass turnout of people, which he believes, was signal to the party becoming a dominant party in Delta State within a…
The political war between Governor Dapo Abiodun and his predecessor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun, took a new twist on Saturday as the two factions held parallel congresses across the wards in Ogun State. It was gathered that one person was injured when loyalists from both camps clashed at Ward 11, Abeokuta South Local Government Area. It was observed that both Abiodun and Amosun camps used separate venues in some wards, to avoid a clash between the two political groups. In ward 14, Abeokuta South Local Government, it was noticed that Amosun’s loyalists held their congress at St Louis Secondary School, Onikoko,…
Plateau State Governor and Chairman of Northern Governors’ Forum, Barr. Simon Bako Lalong, has commended members of the All Progressives Congress in Plateau State for their peaceful conduct and maturity during the Ward Congresses of the party which held throughout the state on Saturday. Lalong, who went round some wards in Jos North Local Government alongside the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Idris Wase, Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, Secretary to the Government of the State Prof. Danladi Abok Atu, state party officials and other political leaders, witnessed a peaceful exercise. The Governor’s first…
The ward congress of the Akwa Ibom State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was held despite the protests that rocked it. The party secretariat located at Ikot Ekpene Road Uyo, the State capital, were lit with a bonfire and protesters were seen displaying placards with inscriptions such as: “Udoedehe cannot decide for us in Akwa Ibom”, “The list cannot stand”, “We reject this shambolic manipulation by one man”, “This congresses cannot hold” and “Enough of one man dictatorship in Akwa Ibom APC.” It was gathered that the protesters were alleged supporters of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs,…
The Biden administration announced new sanctions on Friday against Cuba’s national revolutionary police and its top two officials as the US looks to increase pressure on the communist government following this month’s protests on the island. The Police Nacional Revolcionaria and the agency’s director and deputy director, Oscar Callejas Valcarce and Eddie Sierra Arias, were targeted in the latest sanctions announced by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. The police are part of Cuba’s interior ministry, which was already the subject of a blanket designation by the Trump administration back in January. “We hear the cries of freedom…
The Kwara State ward congresses of the All Progressives Congress, APC, will hold on Saturday despite rumoured postponement of the exercise. A statement by the spokesman of the party, Tajudeen Aro, in Ilorin on Saturday, asked party members to disregard the rumour of suspension of the exercise in Kwara and two other states, describing it as fake and malicious. “We wish to state categorically without any fear that ward congresses shall hold in Kwara state simultaneously with other states of the country today as scheduled. “We are aware of the source of the discredited contents and not willing to beat…
The North Central Youth Lobbying Committee on increase in youth participation in politics has demanded 60 percent leadership positions in elective posts in the All Progressives Congress, APC, ward congresses in the country. A member of the committee and Niger State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Mr Emmanuel Umar, who stated this when he led members on a visit to the State Chairman of APC in Minna, said the request cuts across other subsequent elections. He insisted that the youth over time have been relegated to the background, hence the need to give them the opportunity to contest and…
A group within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, The Osun Progressives (TOP) has charged members of the party to turn out in large numbers for Saturday’s scheduled ward congress in the State. The Chairman of the group, Reverend Adelowo Adebiyi gave the charge at a weekly meeting of the caucus in Osogbo, on Friday. Adebiyi, who is the pioneer chairman of the APC in Osun, emphasised the need for members to be of exemplary character during the congress. He urged them to shun actions which could cause disruption of the election proceedings and asked them to resist…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has emphasised on the use of electronic components as a sure way the Commission can deliver free and fair elections. He spoke while hosting the visiting Chairperson of the National Electoral Commission, Davidetta Browne Lansanah (NEC) of Liberia in Abuja. Yakubu said the world was steadily moving away from the manual way of conducting elections and Nigeria is also convinced that the use of appropriate technology is one of the best guarantees for a credible election. He said, “the truth is that…
Palestine condemned Israeli soldiers for killing two of its nationals, including a child, in the West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Thursday. “It condemns the endless Israeli crimes against the Palestinians in the West Bank without posing any danger to the soldiers,” it said. The statement referred to the killing of a 41-year-old Palestinian near the village of Beita in northern West Bank on Tuesday, and the killing of an 11-year-old boy near the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday. The statement called on the UN Security Council to take necessary…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday voided the June 9 judgment by Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sacking the executive council of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State. In two judgments on Friday, the appellate court upheld the two appeals filed against the judgment by the High Court of the FCT. The appeals marked: CA/A/359/2021 and CA/A/CV/368/2021 were filed by the PDP and Barrister Uchenna Obiorah. The Court of Appeal, Abuja, held that the High Court of the FCT lacked the territorial jurisdiction to have heard the suit…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to forget 2023. The ruling party told them to bury the thought of returning to power, noting that Nigerians prefer the All Progressives Congress (APC). John Akpan Udoedehe, National Secretary, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), issued a statement on Friday. The scribe responded to the comment by Atiku that the citizens will support the PDP to win the 2023 general elections. The Wazirin Adamawa spoke on Thursday at the Rivers Government House in Port Harcourt after a meeting with Governor Nyesom Wike.…
The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has expressed concern over the continued detention of Comrade Adelana Adesegun by the Lagos State Police Command. InfoStride News gathered that the Chairmanship Candidate for YPP in Shomolu Local Government area of Lagos State, Mr. Adesegun AKA Aluta, was arrested during the recently concluded local council area election held in the state. Adesegun was arrested at the independent National Electoral Office INEC in Yaba area of the state where he has gone with his party loyalists to protest the omission of YPP in the ballot papers in the ongoing LGA election in the state. But…
Following the split judgment of the justices of the Supreme Court on the October 10, 2020, governorship election in Ondo State, the former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, Isaac Kekemeke has urged Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State to resign as the party’s Caretaker Committee Chairman. According to Kekemeke, the Caretaker Committee Chairman should throw in the towel to prevent the party from walking on landmine. During the Wednesday judgment, where the election of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu was upheld after a four-to-three judgment, the seven justices of the Supreme Court agreed the party was…
The United States has expressed “deep concerns” with what it called increasingly harsh surveillance, harassment, and intimidation of US and other foreign journalists in China, after correspondents of several international media outlets were reportedly heckled and booed on the streets of Henan province while covering floods. In a statement, the US State Department said that Beijing claims to welcome foreign media and support their work but in reality, its “harsh rhetoric” toward any news it perceives to be critical of Chinese policies, has provoked negative public sentiment leading to tense, in-person confrontations and harassment, including online verbal abuse and death…
Few hours to the ward Congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC), there is uncertainty in the Enugu State chapter of the party. This is following allegations that the materials meant for the Saturday ward congress of the party have been hijacked. Members of the party told the newsmen that some unnamed Abuja politicians had hijacked the process, with results already written. Confusion and tension heightened Thursday evening as stakeholders of the party, drawn from the 17 local government Areas of the state and 260 political wards who were invited for a briefing by the committee members led by Dr.…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the split judgment by the Supreme Court on the flawed nomination of Ondo state Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, shows that there is merit in its appeal against his election as governor. This was contained in a statement on Wednesday, by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the party. The statement said, “the party notes that the majority judgement as presented by the Supreme Court did not address the impunity in the action of the Yobe Governor, Mai Mala Buni, in functioning as the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) while at the same time…