Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a. Sunday Igboho may face 21 years imprisonment over the Beninese passport he tendered before his aborted trip. Sunday Igboho and his wife, Ropo, were arrested on Monday at the Cadjèhoun Airport in Cotonou. The secessionist, wanted in Nigeria, was said to have presented a fake travelling document to Immigration officials in Benin. On July 9, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) announced that Igboho had been placed on stop-list. NIS alerted Nigeria Police, Department of State Services (DSS) and National Intelligence Agency (NIA) that he was making efforts to acquire a new Nigerian passport as part of plans…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State, on Thursday, slammed the state governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, for the statement credited to him, alleging that some Abuja-based politicians from the state were busy bringing criminals into the state with the intention of pulling down his administration. Reacting to the statement credited to the governor on Thursday, the state APC chairman, Uba Nana, described the allegations as a cunning attempt by the governor to cover up his ineptitude, administrative blunders and apparent failure. According to Nana, the state was witnessing for the first time in its annals a government…
Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, Segun Sowunmi, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has identified two persons who could pose threats to the opposition party. Sowunmi said Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State would pose a major threat to PDP’s push for the presidency. Appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Sowunmi said Buhari would not be a threat to PDP’s presidential ambition but Tinubu and Bello in 2023. Sowunmi, who was a former member of Atiku Abubakar’s presidential campaign, said: “Buhari is not an issue, I…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has made an unannounced visit to Tibet, according to International Campaign for Tibet (ICT). Video clips shared on Chinese social media on Thursday show Xi Jinping addressing people in the city of Nyingtri (Chinese: Linzhi), stepping out of a shop in the Barkhor area in Lhasa and giving remarks to the public while facing the “Monument to the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet” in front of the Potala Palace, the traditional winter residence of the Dalai Lama. A recent official notice announcing the closure of the Potala on July 22 indicated a visit by a high-level dignitary,…
Justice Obiora Egwatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday stepped aside from the suit seeking to halt impeachment of Zamfara State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mahadi Aliyu Mohammed Gusau. The judge bowed out of the case following information that a similar suit on the same subject matter was already pending before another judge of the court in Abuja division. When the matter came up, Justice Egwatu told senior lawyers in the case, led by James Ogu Onoja, that he would not proceed with the hearing as earlier agreed. He predicated his decision on the need to avoid a…
One person was reportedly shot on Thursday as Governor Dapo Abiodun led the All Progressives Congress (APC) on a campaign tour to Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State. InfoStride News learnt that sporadic gunshots fired by rival cult groups led to the incident, causing tension in the area. It was gathered that the ugly incident brought the event to an abrupt end, as rumours spread that two persons were killed by cultists. But, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said nobody was killed in the incident. Oyeyemi, who confirmed that one person was shot by cultists,…
Governor Dapo Abiodun of said his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) had failed in many local governments in Ogun State. Governor Abiodun said this accounted for why he did not know what to say during his campaign in the buildup to the 2019 governorship election. He, however, expressed satisfaction that the promises he made during the campaign were being fulfilled. While saying he could not solve all problems facing the state, Abiodun promised to leave Ogun much better than he met it. The Governor, while addressing APC loyalists in Abeokuta North ahead of Saturday’s local government elections, said: “When…
Anti-Corruption Network, a civil society organisation has urged the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC to investigate Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello and “his cohorts” over fraud allegations leveled against them. The CSO had on the 26th of February submitted a petition against Gov Bello and some persons over a huge financial fraud which was allegedly carried out in the state from 2016-2019. However, in a statement released on Thursday, the group accused the EFCC of failing to swing into action and ensure that the perpetrators of the crime are brought to book. It also threatened to take legal action…
In the midst of growing global concerns over the Taliban making rapid advances in Afghanistan, India on Thursday said it supports the government and the people of the country in realising their aspirations for a peaceful, democratic and prosperous future that protects the interest of all sections. At a media briefing, external affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that India-Afghanistan relations are guided by the strategic partnership agreement signed between the two sides in 2011. “As a contiguous neighbour, India supports the government and the people of Afghanistan in realizing their aspirations for a peaceful, democratic and prosperous future where…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari will leave after his tenure in 2023. John Akpan Udoedehe, the National Secretary said APC’s reaction to People’s Democratic Party (PDP) allegation of “self-succession” plan is being twisted. In a statement on Thursday, the scribe condemned the unintended interpretations in some sections of the media. “Our statement is simple and straightforward. President Buhari has no third term ambition, a position he has personally reiterated.” Udoedehe said in adherence with internal democracy, the process that will produce the APC 2023 presidential flagbearer will comply with the provisions of the 1999…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, has suspended Dr Salihu Alizaga, the Commissioner for Lands and Survey. Alizaga, who hails from the Eggon Local Government Area, was suspended for alleged insubordination to leaders in his ward and local government. Malle Moses, APC chairman in the local government, who announced the suspension of the Commissioner in his office in Nasarawa Eggon on Thursday, constituted a seven-man committee to investigate allegations against Alizaga by the party in his ward. Moses said the suspension of Alizaga was to pave the way for a thorough investigation.…
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has authorised the party’s youth wing to set up zonal strategic lobby committees at the State and Ward levels, ahead of the 2023 general elections. Alhaji Ismaeel Ahmed, the APC National Youth representative in the party’s Caretaker and Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He commended the party’s leadership for adopting part of the recommendations of the recent APC National Progressives Youth Conference, which said that anyone vying for the position of youth leader in the party in the wards, must be between…
Barely 48 hours to Saturday’s local government election in Ogun State, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has withdrawn from the council polls. The Chairman of the party in Ogun, Sikirulai Ogundele said this in a statement on Thursday. Ogundele, in the statement, urged aspirants and members of the party to remain calm, saying the withdrawal was sequel to a judgment of an Ogun State High Court between him and Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC). InfoStride News reports that Ogundele had earlier dragged OGSIEC to court for dealing with a faction loyal to late Buruji Kashamu of the PDP…
US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R Sherman will travel to China next week, an official said, as part of the country’s ongoing effort to hold candid exchanges with Chinese officials to responsibly manage the “incredibly consequential bilateral relationship”. During her visit, she will discuss areas where the US has serious concerns about Chinese actions, as well as areas where their interests align, an official release said. “The Deputy (Secretary) will travel to the People’s Republic of China on July 25th. She will travel there after her stops in Tokyo and Seoul and Ulaanbaatar as well,” State Department spokesperson Ned…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo state, has said that her legal matter against the APC candidature of Senator Hope Uzodinma in the 2019 governorship election, is still being entertained in court. The party maintained that Uzodinma’s emergence through the Supreme Court remains illegitimate. In a statement signed by the party’s state Publicity Secretary, Ogubundu Nwadike, it said, “Our party makes this clarification following our inundation with speculations by party leaders, stakeholders, members, supporters, and indeed a large number of Imo people and Nigeria at large, on the suit by Barr. Mcfyne C. Chikwendu, who claimed to be a…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia State, Hon Destiny Akaraka Nwagwu, has dumped the party for the All Progressive Congress (APC). Nwagwu was the House of Representatives flagbearer of APGA during the March 27, 2021, rerun election for Aba North and Aba South Federal Constituency seat. Nwagwu flanked by teeming supporters and various support groups, registered at Ward 7 in Aba North Local Government Area of the state. Speaking at an occasion attended by the entire ward executive of the APC, Nwagwu promised to ensure that his entry into the progressive party is felt beyond…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State, on Thursday, said it has started mobilising members that would participate in its forthcoming ward congresses slated for later this month. Mr Enoch Famak, the state acting Chairman, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos, the state capital. Famak said that the party had informed members at all levels that the ward, local and state congresses had been slated by the national secretariat of APC for this month and August. “We held a meeting with the stakeholders and asked them to go to their various…
Emeka Kalu, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the Southeast, has told the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration that the continued arrest of separatists is not the solution to Nigeria’s problems. He called on the President to pay a listening ear to the voices of reason and take decisive steps to quell the wanton destruction of lives and property by the Boko Haram terrorists, bandits, killer herdsmen and kidnappers. as that is the primary purpose of government. The former Abia State governorship aspirant spoke with newsmen on Thursday, against the backdrop of the arrest of Kanu and Igboho…
Jill Biden embarks Wednesday on her first solo international trip as first lady, leading an American delegation to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, where the coronavirus is surging and COVID-19 infections have climbed to a six-month high. She will stop in Alaska on the way to Japan, and in Hawaii before she returns to Washington. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday that President Joe Biden and the first lady both felt it was important that the delegation be led at the highest level, and that Jill Biden looked forward to the long journey to help support US athletes,…
A member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, and commissioner representing the State in the Federal Character Commission, FCC, Hon. Mrs. Ginika Tor has declared that loyal members of the party would henceforth be rewarded. She spoke in her country home, Awgu Local Government Area of the State at a special meeting during which dedicated party faithful were handsomely rewarded. The event also witnessed the appreciation of party members who put up visible performance during the recently conducted membership registration and revalidation exercise of the APC. Over 20 members of the party received cash and other gift…