President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari would later this month submit a supplementary budget to the National Assembly to request for more funds to tackle insecurity across parts of the country. The President of the Senate who has also raised the alarm that some elites are planning to divide the country, said that those behind the minority agitations were disgruntled elites bent on satisfying their self-serving interest to the detriment of majority of Nigerians. Lawan who underscored the importance of unity in national development, said those clamoring for the break-up of the country were…
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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, says he will soon expose the people politicising security issues in the state. Makinde stated this on Sunday while addressing the congregation at the St. Peters Anglican Cathedral Church, Aremo, Ibadan. The governor who admitted that the state was experiencing security challenges, however, said it was not peculiar to the state but nationwide. He said security ought not to be politicised, “but if they are politicising issues of security because they want to be in power in 2023, it means they are making mistake. “If there’s no Oyo State or Nigeria by 2023 because…
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public, Senator Ayo Akinyelure, has absolved the National Assembly of blames over what he described as the lopsidedness in the several appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari during the five years of his administration. Senator Akinyelure lamented that federal appointments are not evenly distributed in line with the principle of federal character under the present administration. He said this in Akure, the Ondo state capital. According to him, “the National Assembly members should be absolved from the blatant disregard of Buhari to the federal character principles in appointments into key positions in…
The Kaduna based popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Sunday had a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. A source present at the meeting told newsmen that the choice of Chief Obasanjo by Gumi was based on the fact that the former president is a critical stakeholder and a respected elder statesman to discuss with. Gumi briefed Obasanjo on his recent peace advocacy visits to the Fulani bandits in the North with the hope that government will understand the situation better and adopt his suggestions as the best…
A foremost Yoruba leader, Prof. Banji Akintoye, has said that anyone who says Nigeria is better together wants the Yoruba people to perish. Akintoye said people who did not understand fully the enormity of the danger that faced the Yoruba nation and those who want to benefit from Nigeria at all costs and detriment of their people, are those against self-determination but instead pushing for restructuring. Akintoye, who is also the chairman of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS), stated this during an interview with The Guardian in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. He said: “We are insisting…
Ozonkpu Victor Oye, National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Sunday, prayed for the power of the resurrection of Jesus Christ to cover the nation and shield it from destruction. In his Easter message issued by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Barrister Tex Okechukwu, the APGA National Chairman, expressed great optimism that the inherent power behind the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ would have an extensive impact on Nigeria, especially at this time of critical challenges. Oye said that the 40 days of fasting, prayer and almsgiving by christendom would touch the heart of God…
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Enugu State chapter, Dr. Ben Nwoye, weekend, waded into the zoning controversy in the State ahead of the 2023 general elections. TheInfoStride reports that political tension is heightening in Enugu State by the day with people with different interests canvassing for all forms of zoning formula for the governorship position. The current holder of the office, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwunayi is from the Enugu North Senatorial Zone. Before Ugwuanyi took over in 2015, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani from Enugu East Senatorial zone served for 8 years and handed over to Ugwuanyi’s predecessor, Barr. Sullivan Chime…
Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, said the elites in Nigeria were behind the plot to divide the country. The lawmaker spoke to journalists on Saturday in his home town, Gashua in Yobe State. He disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari would later this month submit a supplementary budget to the National Assembly to request more funds to tackle insecurity. Lawan said the legislature would ensure that normalcy and security are restored to states facing kidnapping, insurgency, banditry and militancy. He stressed that the safety of lives and property would attract direct foreign investment, boost farming and make other sectors grow. “Mr. President…
Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has mourned the death of Mr. Yinka Odumakin, the renowned activist and spokesperson of the Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, describing the news of his passing as tragic and deeply devastating. Odumakin, according to his family, passed away on Saturday morning after battling COVID-19 complications. He was aged 59. Dr. Fayemi in a statement said the Yorubas and indeed Nigeria have lost a truly patriotic citizen, a fearless activist who consistently spoke truth to power and a man of the people who championed the cause of his people till he breathed his last. He…
Sanusi Maradun, a former Commissioner for Social Welfare in Zamfara, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). NAN reports that Maradun announced his defection on Saturday in Gusau, Zamfara State capital. The politician said he decided to join the APC based on its success in retaining grassroots politics in the state. “Anybody who wants to develop in politics must embrace APC under the leadership of the former governor of the state, Abdul’aziz Yari. “I served in Yari’s cabinet as a commissioner and I know the kind of efforts he made during his tenure…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, and the new Speaker of the Ghanaian Parliament, Mr. Albert Bagbin, on Thursday, agreed to strengthen parliamentary relations to solve trade disputes involving some Nigerian traders in Ghana. The two speakers reached out to each other during a zoom meeting they held on Friday. Gbajabiamila told his counterpart that the two countries were like siblings that must “continue to explore the avenue of parliamentary diplomacy in addressing shared challenges, adding that there was much both could learn from one another”. Gbajabiamila also introduced the project he initiated with five other…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged Nigerians to use the occasion of Easter to revive their hope despite the challenges they face on all fronts. The party in a statement signed by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan said just as the triumphant resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ from the death on the cross dispelled the darkness that covered the earth, “so shall our nation overcome all her challenges that appeared to have taken hold of our economic, social and political life.” The statement read: “Indeed, Easter, which underpins God’s salvation to mankind, also reinforces our collective faith that our…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abia State has commended Aba residents for trooping out en mass to appreciate Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s developmental strides through their vote for the PDP and her candidate, Chimaobi Ebisike. The Abia PDP described the gesture as a sign of confidence the electorate has in the leadership of Governor Ikpeazu and the ruling party in the state. Alwell Asiforo Okere, the State Chairman of PDP, made the commendation when he received member-elect for Aba North and South Federal Constituency, Chimaobi Ebisike at the party’s secretariat in Umuahia. Ebisike had visited to present the certificate of return…
The Secretary-General of Afenifere, Basorun Sehinde Arogbofa, has described the death of Yinka Odumakin as shocking. Arogbofa, when contacted by the media stated that the death of the organization’s National Publicity Secretary was not only a loss to Afenifere but Nigeria as a whole. Odumakin, an activist and the spokesman of Afenifere was reported dead on Saturday morning due to alleged COVID-19 complications. According to Arogbofa who spoke in Akure, the Ondo State capital, himself and the late Odumakin worked closely while he was alive. “lt’s a terrible blow. A terrible blow to me as a person because we’ve been…
Spokesman of Afenifere, a Pan-Yoruba sociocultural group, Yinka Odumakin is dead. According to Daily Trust, the human rights activist died on Saturday. He reportedly died from COVID-19 complications. Effort by TheInfoStride to reach Chief Ayo Adebanjo, an Afenifere chieftain failed as his mobile lines were not teachable as at press time. Details later…
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has said that the use of thugs during elections portends great danger to the nation’s democracy. Kalu said this on Friday while inspecting the ongoing construction of the two-kilometre Akama and Ugwuavor Roads in Arochukwu. Reports have it that the road was one of the 19 constituency road projects the lawmaker attracted to Abia North Senatorial District. He spoke against the backdrop of last Saturday’s Aba North/Aba South Federal Constituency bye-election, which was reportedly marred by thuggery and violence. He called on Nigerians of good conscience and believers in democracy to…
There are strong indications that the planned deployment of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) for the November 6, 2021, Anambra State governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) might have hit the rock. It was gathered that the non-passage of the Electoral Act Amendment bill by the National Assembly before the end March as promised was a major impediment to the plan. TheInfoStride also learnt that the Easter break embarked on by the lawmakers would further delay the amendment process, as they would not resume plenary until Tuesday, April 13, 2021. It could be recalled that the 8th National…
South-West State chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have dared the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, to dump the party, after he warned the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party against postponing the South-West congress of the party. PDP had fixed April 10 for the event to hold in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. However, Makinde, in a statement issued by his media aide, Taiwo Adisa, warned the NWC against bowing to pressure to postpone the congress, saying such would be resisted. Makinde urged the NWC to rise to its responsibilities and prevail on the person or…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stop interrupting the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). PDP Publicity Secretary in Lagos, Taofik Gani, spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The electoral umpire has fixed June for the recommencement of the CVR. But the PDP said it was “embarrassing” that the process “is always announced as if it has intervals”. “That should not be; it should be a continuous and uninterrupted registration exercise.” Gani told INEC to let Nigerians know if they are facing logistics constraints. “Why should they say continuous voter registration while…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is split over the purported tenure extension plan by the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). The committee, led by Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, was constituted after the ouster of National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, in 2020. Although, the CECPC got an extension to stay on till June 2021, there are speculations that the interim leadership is not willing to leave. On Thursday, the party notified the public of the extension of its nationwide membership registration and revalidation exercise by three weeks. It was alleged that the initial plot was to stretch by six to…