The Biden administration on Friday said it will consider new measures to protect greater sage grouse, a bird species once found across much of the U.S. West that has suffered drastic declines in recent decades due to oil and gas drilling, grazing, wildfires and other pressures. The announcement of a range-wide evaluation of habitat plans for greater sage grouse came after the Trump administration tried to scale back conservation efforts adopted when Biden was vice president in 2015. A federal court blocked Trump’s changes. But Biden administration officials said the attempt set back conservation efforts even as the chicken-sized bird’s…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
National Assembly has transmitted the electoral bill to President Muhammadu Buhari for his assent. A terse statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Senate President, Senator Babajide Omoworare stated that the document reached the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Friday. “Please be informed that in pursuance of Section 58 (3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and the Acts Authentication Act Cap. A2 LFN 2004, the National Assembly has transmitted the Electoral Bill 2021 to Mr. President today Friday November 19, 2021”, the statement stated.
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue has commended the Federal Government for the release of N18 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria in support of state governments. Ortom made the commendation on Friday during an interaction with Journalists at the Benue Peoples Government House, Makurdi. The governor, who clarified that the money was not a grant but a loan, said it would assist most states in tackling some fundamental challenges of development. Ortom said the Benue Executive Council (EXCO) would soon meet to prioritise the utilisation of the funds. He disclosed that for a state that had been running a…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said he would not create problems for his successor by abandoning projects started by his administration. The governor stated this when the Group Managing Director of DAAR Communication Plc (AIT), Mr. Tony Akiotu led a delegation to present a letter of nomination to him as the DAAR Man of the Year 2021 Award at Government House, Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Wike said, though he is in his second tenure, he will not relent in delivering quality projects to the people. He disclosed that beginning from the first week of December, his administration would commence…
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Osun State has challenged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to go to court with all its evidence on the allegations of acquisition of arms and ammunition by the State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola within the next seven working days or cover its face in shame. It asked the party to withdraw the statement and apologize to the Governor and the people of the State. In a statement which was made available to the media by Barrister Kunle Oyatomi, the Osun APC Director of Media and Publicity, the party stated that the PDP had shown in…
South Korea’s top trade official called on the US on Friday to launch negotiations swiftly to revise the tariff rules imposed by former President Donald Trump’s administration on Seoul’s steel exports. South Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo made the request to visiting US Trade Representative Katherine Tai during in a joint committee meeting of the bilateral free trade agreement, reports Yonhap News Agency. It is the first time in 10 years that a US top trade official has visited South Korea. “We once again delivered our stance and concerns regarding the Section 232 rules, and demanded that the two sides…
Iranian Foreign Ministry has urged the UN nuclear watchdog to avoid any “political behaviour” with regard to its technical mission. “The Islamic Republic of Iran, as a responsible member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has always emphasized that the IAEA, as a technical and specialized body of the UN, must be free from any political conduct,” said Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh, according to Iranian Foreign Ministry’s website. The remarks by the Iranian spokesman were in reaction to the recent comments by French Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anne-Claire Legendre, who said that the IAEA’s governing board must send…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2023 will be decided collectively by party stakeholders and at the right time. He made the assertion when he paid courtesy visit to the Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri at the Government House, Yola, on Friday. According to Governor Wike, the successful conduct of the PDP National convention put the party in a position to take over power in 2023. Wike also praised Gov. Fintiri, as well as other members of the PDP convention planning committee for conducting a rancor free convention.…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has condemned the Thursday attack by armed hoodlums during a weekly meeting of The Osun Progressives, a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osogbo. This is as it also accused the state governor, Adegboyega Oyetola of arms build-up and resorting to state terrorism. The PDP also wondered how such a daring attack could be carried out against the citizens of the State in broad daylight without the attackers being apprehended even when pictures and videos of the crime clearly showed faces of the perpetrators. In a statement signed by its…
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel has told political dissidents to leave Akwa Ibom people alone as the state is Peoples Democratic Party and nothing less. He said the politics of 2023 will not divide the state even as he urged the people not to allow partisan politics to destroy the progress the state has so far achieved. Governor Emmanuel stated this on Friday at the Nest of Champions Stadium, Uyo during the inauguration of the Maintain Peace Movement (MPM) and its National Executive Committee. The governor who noted that peace in the state was responsible for the…
Hoodlums on Thursday afternoon attacked members of the All Progressives Congress party (APC) at Oranmiyan House, Osogbo. The members who were attacked are those who belong to The Osun Progressives (TOP) faction under the leadership of Adelowo Adebiyi. Information made available to the media indicates that the hoodlums arrived at the venue of the TOP meeting in a black Sienna minivan and began shooting sporadically. Reports say the hoodlums gained access into the compound because the personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps who maintained security at the premises were not on ground at the time of the…
Hundreds of members from the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party have joined the African Democratic Congress, (ADC), in Kogi State. The former members of the APC and PDP officially dumped their party on Friday at the newly elected Executives of ADC State Congress held in Lokoja. Receiving the new entrants, the member Representing Yagba Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Leke Abejide, said they will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that ADC becomes a household name in the Politics of the State. According to him, the party is out to rescue Nigeria and…
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Ebonyi State chapter, on Friday celebrated the defection of Governor David Umahi into their party, vowing to take over the state in the forthcoming 2023 general election. The leadership of the party made this known in a statement signed and forwarded to DAILY POST by the State Publicity Secretary of APC, Ogbuatu Chidi Simbad, on Friday. The statement reads in part: “It is already one eventful year of Governor Umahi’s defection to the APC and one year of the inauguration of Ebonyi State APC caretaker committee. Imagine how time flies and the extent the…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State, Hon. Mu’azu Zubairu Mayana, who is also a Special Adviser to Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle, has declared his intention to contest for zonal youth leader in the forthcoming National Convention of the party. Mayana explained that he was contesting for the interest of youths in the northwest. “Since the formation of our political party till date, the party has mediated national growth and development and has been able to achieve youths driven policies and programs in the consolidation of national and global efforts. I want to commend the leadership…
The appeal Committee constituted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that any of its members who has any genuine complaint regarding the last week conduct of the party’s ward congress in Zamfara State should submit their complaints. This was contained in a press statement signed by the secretary of the committee, Barrister Usman Mohammed Elegu and made available to newsmen in Gusau, the State capital. According to the statement, the committee was ready to look into any genuine complaints in respect of the ward congress in the State. It directed aggrieved members to submit their grievances at the…
The Osun Progressives (TOP), a caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has accused the IleriOluwa group and the Special Adviser on Education, Jamiu Babatunde Olawumi of masterminding the attack on members of the party at the Oranmiyan House in Osogbo on Thursday. InfoStride News reported yesterday that armed hoodlums had attacked the venue of the caucus meeting and shot sporadically, a situation which made most members to scamper for safety. The caucus Chairman, Adelowo Adebiyi, who made this known while addressing journalists shortly after the attack, stated that it goes to confirm the alarm that it…
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Menendez introduced a measure this week that would trigger a broad range of sanctions against the Russian government if it engages in or supports a significant escalation of hostilities in or against Ukraine. “Substantial new sanctions should be imposed in the event that the Government of the Russian Federation engages in escalatory military or other offensive operations against Ukraine,” the amendment reads. Under the amendment, the US president will determine whether the Russian government is engaged in or knowingly supports a significant escalation in hostilities or hostile action in or against Ukraine compared to levels…
Senator representing Kano South Senatorial district and former governor of Kano State, Kabiru Gaya has expressed shock at the disappointment at Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) which failed in some polling units at the just concluded Anambra Governorship election. Gaya, who is the Chairman of Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the Senate keenly watched developments and was concerned. He said his Committee has agreed with INEC to re-test the machines on other stand-alone elections in 2022 before the general election in 2023. He spoke on Thursday at the National Assembly after he presented the report of…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Sunday Frank-Oputu, has berated the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, for the setbacks and electoral misfortunes experienced by the party in Bayelsa State. Oputu attributed the recent misfortunes to Sylva’s alleged imposition of candidates, running of the party as sole owner, and playing god in the affairs of the party. Recall that InfoStride News reported recently that a Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt in Rivers State struck out the appeal by the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bayelsa over the subsisting injunction restraining it from…
The joint session of Pakistan Parliament was an opportunity for Prime Minister Imran Khan to prove his majority in Parliament, which he did. With the support of 221 votes of his party members and that of the allies, the government cruised through the session amid the Opposition’s protest, Express Tribune reported. Despite the opposition lawmakers’ speeches, urging the National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser to adjourn the session so that both the sides could sit together and deliberate upon the agenda items; their hue and cry; sloganeering; surrounding of Speaker’s desk; tearing of the papers and heated arguments with him, the…