Doyin Okupe, a former aide to ex-Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, has highlighted reasons why Southerners should vote for either the All Progressives Congress, APC, or the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2023. Okupe said Southern politicians should vote for either the APC or PDP if they field presidential candidates from their region. He explained that the only difference between the APC or PDP was their names. The former presidential aide made the call in a post on his Facebook page titled: ‘Political Equation For 2023 Presidency’. Okupe said: “Southern electorates and those from other zones who support the…
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The Special Adviser to the Bayelsa State Governor on Political Matters, Chief Collins Cocodia, has described politicians moving against the transmission of election results to the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from the polling units as the real enemies of the country. Cocodia who was reacting to the development on a live program at the State-owned Radio Station, Glory FM 97.1, described the purported move to hurriedly pass the Electoral Act as amended, without the inclusion of results transmission to INEC server as not only undemocratic but callous. He also lamented that at a time other nations…
US President, Joe Biden on Thursday said the US military mission in Afghanistan will conclude on August 31, saying speed is safety as the United States seeks to end the nearly 20-year war. We did not go to Afghanistan to nation build, Biden said in a speech to update his administration’s ongoing efforts to wind down the US war in Afghanistan. Afghan leaders have to come together and drive toward a future. Biden also amplified the justification of his decision to end US military operations even as the Taliban make rapid advances in significant swaths of the country. The effort…
Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has urged those calling for the Yoruba Nation to define what it really means. InfoSride News recalls that Yoruba nation protesters on Saturday stormed the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Ojota, Lagos, where the rally was scheduled to start. Amid heavy security at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Ojota, Lagos, where the protest was scheduled to commence, the Yoruba nation protesters defiled the operatives, storming the area for the mega rally as earlier planned. Reacting to the development, Prof. Wole Soyinka told BBC Pidgin on Monday that Nigeria must move away from the present political arrangement because…
The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described the suspension of six members of the state House of Assembly, as undemocratic and unacceptable. The opposition party in State said the Assembly leadership reserved no right to suspend duly elected lawmakers whose mandates were still jealousy protected by their constituents. It accused the Assembly speaker, Paul Emeziem, of acting his principal’s script by readily carrying out his (Governor’s) instructions at a mere snap of finger, a situation the party described as unfortunate to the state legislature and Imo people at large. In a press statement signed by…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has approved the appointment of a Caretaker Committee, to pilot the affairs of the party in Zamfara State. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, said in a statement in Abuja that the appointment was in pursuant of Section 29(2)(b) of the party’s Constitution 2017 (as amended). The Chairman of the committee according to Ologbondiyan, is retired Capt. Umar Bature, while Mr Yusuf Dambazzau is the Secretary. “Other members of the committee are Mr Farouk Rijiya, Mr Barmo Kanoma, Alhaji Muhammadu Gummi and Alhaji Usamatu Aharazu Marafa. “The…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has slammed the All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart and President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide, Lauretta Onochie, for denying her life in a clear desperation to be appointed as a national commissioner in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This was expressed in a statement on Thursday, by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the party. “Nigerians were amused to watch Lauretta Onochie, a nationally known APC front runner, as she spewed falsehood before the Senator Kabiru Gaya-led Senate Committee on INEC in denial of her membership of the APC. “With her lies, Lauretta Onochie, a die…
Gani Adams has stated that Sunday Igboho’s strategy to actualize Yoruba Nation independence is wrong. In his words, Gani Adams said; “I used to behave like him 20 years ago. People would be hailing me right, left and center and my head would swell until I understand the power of Government and I become refined” “You don’t have anything, you’re threatening the Nigeria Military saying if they sent one thousands soldiers to you, only 100 that have juju will escape. Ah! Nigeria Military???” “I asked one of the organisers who was very eloquent why he didn’t join others in Ojota…
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has taken to Twitter to ask Buhari eight (8) critical questions concerning the President’s anti corruption campaign. Below are the questions: I ask our President, what has happened to the report on the $43m discovered in an apartment at Osbourne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos ? What has happened to the allegation of award of $25bn contracts without following due process made against Dr. Baru by Dr Ibe Kachikwu? What happened to the DSS indictment for corruption of Magu and the AGF Investigative Panel set up by the President? Who is the owner of LEGICO Shopping…
US President Joe Biden will deliver a major policy speech on Afghanistan on Thursday and an update on the drawdown of troops after a meeting with his national security team on the conflict-ridden country, the White House has said. Tomorrow morning, President Biden will meet with his national security team to receive a periodic update on the progress of our military drawdown from Afghanistan, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Wednesday. Early tomorrow afternoon, the President will make comments on our continued drawdown efforts and ongoing security and humanitarian assistance to the ANDSF (Afghan National Defence and Security…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the timetable and schedule of activities for the year 2021 party congresses in nine states. In a statement on Thursday by Kola Ologbondiyan, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, “Congresses have been scheduled to be conducted in Lagos, Oyo, Adamawa, Kebbi, Borno, Kogi, Osun, Kwara and Ebonyi states respectively. “In the case of Lagos, Oyo, Adamawa, Kebbi, Borno, Kogi, Osun and Kwara states, the tenure of the Excos by Section 47(1) of the PDP Constitution (as amended) would be expiring, having been elected in 2017. “For…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo has sued for peace following the suspension of six House of Assembly members in the state. Mr Cajetan Duke, Publicity Secretary of the APC in Imo, made the call in an interview with newsmen in Owerri on Thursday while reacting to the suspension. Duke described the Assembly as “an independent organ of government”. He called on the suspended lawmakers to desist from acts capable of jeopardizing their public image and the legislative House. Duke noted that as law-abiding persons, the party would not only respect the independence of the Assembly but also align…
Former South African president Jacob Zuma turned himself over to police early Thursday to begin serving a 15-month prison term. Just minutes before the midnight deadline for police to arrest him, Jacob Zuma left his Nkandla home in a convoy of vehicles. Zuma decided to hand himself over to authorities to obey the order from the country’s highest court, the Constitutional Court, that he should serve a prison term for contempt of court. President Zuma has decided to comply with the incarceration order. He is on his way to hand himself into a Correctional Services Facility in KZN (KwaZulu-Natal province),”…
On Monday, the 5th of July 2021, the Police Command in Abia State had revealed plans by some individuals and groups of persons to stage protests in the State. In a release by its Public Relations Officer, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, the Police Command advised intending protesters to desist or postpone such exercise forth-with. According to the Police Command, “this has become necessary as hoodlums or miscreants may hijack the process to unleash mayhem on the lives and property of innocent citizens.” It disclosed that “the security operatives in the Abia State had been placed on red alert as the Command…
The crisis rocking the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) may not abate soon, as the party plans to suspend the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, from the party. Chairman of Kwara APC, Abdullahi Abubakar, told reporters in Abuja yesterday that the party might be forced to take punitive measures against the minister over alleged anti-party activities. Abubakar spoke against the backdrop of the recent decision by the minister to unveil a parallel APC secretariat in GRA, Ilorin. The minister, during the unveiling, had faulted the recent membership revalidation and registration of APC on the basis that…
Days after the verbal attack on Governor Abdurahman Abdulrazaq by Lai Mohammed, Kwara Senators say they recognise the former as All Progressives Congress (APC) leader. Senators Lola Ashiru (Kwara South), Ibrahim Oloriegbe (Kwara Central) and Umar Sadiq (Kwara North) addressed reporters on Wednesday. They stated that all the money realised for the 2019 elections were judiciously spent under the leadership of Abdulrazaq. Ashiru said the governor is doing well in terms of development, both physical and urban development. He said they don’t want to escalate the situation because it is totally centred on what happened two years ago. “We feel…
Rep. Rimamnde Shawulu (PDP-Taraba), has urged the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, to resign following mass defection from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Shawulu said this in a letter addressed to the chairman and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. He decried the rate at which the party was losing members to the ruling APC in recent times. Shawulu also urged members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to resign. “Today, unexpectedly, four members of the House of Representatives from Zamfara defected…
The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives approved a $715 billion surface transportation and water infrastructure bill on Thursday in what Democrats see as an early step toward sweeping infrastructure legislation that Congress hopes to complete in September. The bill, which includes provisions from President Joe Biden’s initial $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal, authorizes additional spending for roads, bridges, highway safety, electric vehicle charging stations, rail, transit, drinking and wastewater infrastructure. It also funds programs that would provide money for major projects, including an $11.6 billion plan to connect New Jersey and New York’s Penn Station in midtown Manhattan via four modern…
Oluwo of Iwo, Ọba AbdulRasheed Adewale Akanbi, has revealed why Yoruba Monarch has remained silent over the raid of the house of activist, Sunday Igboho, by operatives of the Department of State Services. Speaking during an interview with BBC Yoruba, Akanbi said many of the monarchs were in support of Sunday Igboho’s agitation against killer herdsmen but have chosen to be silent because Igboho ignored some of their warnings, this he said led to their silence over the raid carried out in his home. Oluwo noted that Igboho was cautioned about the manner he was agitating for Yoruba Nation but…
Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, the pan Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has tasked politicians of Igbo extraction to show interest in the presidential position, stressing that it is the turn of the area to produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor. The group urged Igbo presidential aspirants to reach out to other regions of the country to build bridges of friendship and support for the Igbo presidency project. Ohanaeze warned that any political party that fails to choose its presidential candidate from Igbo land would fail the election. In a statement signed by its Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Chidi Ibeh…