The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye has urged for calm amid protest by some members over a stakeholders’ meeting convened by former Senate President, Chief Ken Nnamani. InfoStride News learnt that Nnamani summoned a stakeholders meeting scheduled to hold on March 31, 2021. However, a group within the party, known as APC Leaders’ Forum, has kicked against the meeting. They asked leaders of the party in Enugu State to jettison any action capable of jeopardizing the relative peace that the party currently enjoys, especially those actions that are diametrical to the party’s…
Author: Ifeanyi N.
Steve Bannon, the onetime top strategist for former President Donald Trump and recipient of a presidential pardon, on Tuesday won dismissal of an indictment accusing him of defrauding donors to a fund to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan said dismissal was “the proper course” in light of the pardon, which Bannon received in the final hours of Donald Trump’s presidency. Prosecutors had argued that instead of dismissing the indictment, the judge should merely dismiss Bannon as one of the four defendants. The defendants had been charged in connection with the alleged…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has berated the State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola for deliberately obstructing local government administration in the State and playing politics with the lives of people at the grassroots. This is as it advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) led government in the state to revive the already moribund local government administration or to throw in the towel for its deficiency in proper governance ideas. In a statement signed by the State Publicity Secretary, Jacob Ayodeji Areola on Wednesday, the PDP wondered why the closest tier of government to the people of Osun had…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied the allegation by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) regarding the burning of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) offices ahead of the 2023 general elections. The party insists it is continuously doing everything necessary for the country’s progress and defence of its democracy. The Secretary, John Akpan Udoedehe, in a statement said lies against the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government proved the PDP is behind the destruction of public institutions. The scribe declared it was all in a desperate bid to destabilise the Federal Government. The APC said it refrained from commenting on the…
Valentine Ozigbo, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship hopeful is optimistic about the bright chance of the party in the November election. Noting that other parties stand no chance in the contest, Ozigbo advised the party to zone the ticket to the Southern senatorial district. Ozigbo, 50, from Amesi in Aguata Local Government, told reporters that such decision would further boost the electoral fortunes of the PDP. “All I know is that the next governor of this state will be from the South. Anyone that is not from the zone that is in the race may be doing so for…
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has downplayed the possibility of joining the 2023 presidential race. Aregbesola said proper consideration must be done before he jumps into the 2023 presidential race. The former governor of Osun State, who spoke at a virtual colloquium with the theme: “Africa: Interrogating the Leadership Questions” in Abuja, was responding to questions on his plans to run in the 2023 presidential election. Aregbesola stated that he belonged to the class of focused and serious politicians. He said: “I have no response to that. I belong to a group of focused, serious politicians who don’t on…
U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a firebrand ally of former President Donald Trump, was broadly denounced by her fellow Republicans on Tuesday for likening COVID-19 masks and vaccinations to the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews. But the party leadership made no mention of plans to take disciplinary action against her. House of Representatives Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and his Senate counterpart, Mitch McConnell, both rejected the Georgia Republican’s comments after she compared masks to the badges worn by Jews before their mass murder by Nazi Germany before and during World War Two. Even after facing criticism, Greene described a supermarket…
Oyo State Governor, Oluseyi Makinde, on Wednesday, chided the Federal Government for low performance. Makinde, speaking as the special guest at the commissioning of some roads built by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State at the state capital, Yola, asked Nigerians whether what they are experiencing is what the All Progressives Congress (APC) promised when selling their presidential candidate at campaigns in 2015 and then 2019. “I have heard people say that all parties are the same. But tell them to compare the prosperity under 16 years of PDP to what they have now. The difference is clear,” Makinde said.…
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has said that the constitution amendment should include laws that shall compel those defecting from one political party to another to resign from whatever position they hold. According to CNPP, if taken into consideration, this will deepen democracy, engender social justice and improve the confidence of the electorates in the democratic process. CNPP’s statement was signed by its Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, noted that and made available to the media on Wednesday, wondering how the electorate will continue to have confidence in the electoral system and the country’s democracy when people they…
The People Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State has disclosed that Gov Ben Ayade’s defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) will cost the state government over N2 billon. Disclosing this during a press conference in Calabar, the Chairman of Caretaker Committee, Effiok Cobham said, “This is what Ayade needs to buy defectors from even his cabinet to follow him to the APC. Even this filthy lucre put forward by Governor Ayade is not enough to compel obedience as several commissioners from his cabinet, and a majority of members of the House of Assembly and other political office holders…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Nigeria Police Command in cross river State of giving the All Progressives Congress (APC) cover to take over the PDP secretariat, seizing her property, furniture and others. Addressing a press conference in Calabar on Wednesday, the Chairman of Caretaker committee, Bar Effiok Cobham regretted the action and behavior of the police in the state. He said on 22nd May, 2021, two days after defecting from our party, Governor Ayade, now a full-fledged APC member, invaded the state secretariat of PDP at 42A Murtala Mohamed Highway, Calabar, with thugs under the cover of…
A divided U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Kristen Clarke to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, where she will oversee two high-profile investigations into possible patterns of police misconduct in Minneapolis and Louisville. Clarke, a longtime civil rights attorney and Justice Department veteran, was confirmed in a vote of 51-48 on the one-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. Nearly all Republicans opposed her nomination. She is the first woman, and the first Black woman, to be confirmed as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. Senator Susan Collins…
A former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State and Chairman of The Osun Progressives (TOP), a caucus within the party, Elder Moses Adelowo Adebiyi, has disclosed that majority of the politicians supporting the current state governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, are seeking political appointments into the yet to be constituted local government caretaker committees and boards of state controlled parastatals. He also disclosed that the emergence of TOP, a caucus within the ranks of the APC in the state, is in line with Article 12 (A) of the party constitution with the aim of addressing the inefficiencies in…
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has revealed that the grievances of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State will cause problems in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Primate Ayodele warned that Wike is interested in dominating PDP. The clergyman, in a statement he forwarded to the media, urged the opposition party to address these grievances before it gets out of hand. According to Ayodele: “Governor Wike is angry, he wants to dominate PDP, and his grievances will cause serious problems in the PDP. There is work to be done for the party; let the leaders address…
A Senior Special Assistant to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Abidemi Rufai, who was arrested in the United States for alleged $350,000 fraud, has been described as a symbol and replica of the government he serves in Ogun State. Abidemi Rufai, who was arrested recently for defrauding Washington’s Employment Security Department in last year’s unemployment fraud attack, was suspended by Abiodun after the report of his arrest went viral across the globe. The 42-year-old Ijebu-Ode indigene is the CEO of Ecobet and founder of Omo Mayodele Global Foundation. Following his arrest, the Abiodun government came under heavy criticisms as Nigerians on the…
The Delta State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to make judicious use of the £4.2million recovered from former Governor James Ibori for the good of the citizens of the State. APC stated this on Tuesday in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Sylvester Imonina, in Asaba. According to Imonina, the people of Delta want to see positive changes in their lives. InfoStride News recalls that the Federal Government of Nigeria had returned the £4.2m looted by Ibori to the Delta government. The statement read in part, “The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr…
Gordon Sondland, the former U.S. ambassador who testified against President Donald Trump during his first impeachment, sued former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the federal government on Monday seeking $1.8 million in legal fees. Sondland, in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, accused Pompeo of not covering his legal expenses as promised after the ambassador told lawmakers about Trump’s interactions with Ukraine in 2019, ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Sondland, who had served as the American ambassador to the European Union, in the lawsuit said he was fired on Feb. 7, 2020, after appearing before…
Ahead of the July 24 local government election in Ogun State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has conducted primary elections to selectcouncillorship candidates. The PDP’s Publicity Secretary, Akinloye Bankole, told InfoStride News that the primary elections were conducted on Tuesday, across the 236 political wards in the state. Bankole said the exercise was in strict compliance with the guidelines and the timetable released by the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC). He said “The congress also elected three Ad-hoc delegates that would participate in the party primary elections that would elect chairmanship candidates across the 20 LG councils on Thursday…
Leaders of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oredo Ward 2, in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State have approved the relocation of its party secretariat, citing administrative convenience. This may not be unconnected with the current uncertainty surrounding the party in the state where various LGA executives have been engulfed in hullabaloo, protest for and against. This was made known in a 3-point communiqué issued by the party leaders in Ward 2, in the local government and read by one of the leaders, Mr. Victor Enoghama in Benin City, the state capital. They announced that a Committee will be set…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the commissioning of its Southeast Zonal Secretariat earlier slated for May 28 has been postponed to June 4 in Enugu. Senator John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, NAN reports. According to him, the development followed the tragic mishap that claimed the life of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other military officers. “Owing to the tragic mishap that claimed the lives of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru…