President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, yesterday faulted the Southern Governors Forum for calling for the restructuring of the country, saying it was wrong for elected officials to lead such agitation. The Senate President also said that the worsening security situation in the country is a result of a lack of a functional local government system. This is as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has argued that the agitation for restructuring may be genuine but elected leaders and state governors should not be the ones to champion the movement for restructuring without first…
Author: Ifeanyi N.
Two years away from the 2023 general elections, Nigerian women have realised the need to plan ahead. They have resolved to speak out if they must attain higher percentage of political participation. When Nigeria returned to democratic governance in 1999, there was slight increase in women political participation both in elective and appointive offices, but in spite of that, the national average of participation is still far below the 30 per cent affirmative declaration or the suggested 35 per cent by the National Gender Policy (NGP) in the last 21 years of democratic governance. For instance, from 1999 to 2021,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Diaspora has urged the Federal Government to fast track naming and the arrest of sponsors of terrorism in Nigeria. This, it said, would hasten efforts to curb growing insecurity challenges nationwide. The group, comprising the Diaspora chairmen in no fewer that 13 countries, made this know in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Dr Philip Ideawor, and Secretary, Mr Lawal Ayoola, on Thursday. The APC chairmen opined that making the sponsors known would drastically reduce activities of terrorists who thrived on funds provided by such individuals to operate. “Insecurity challenge in Nigeria…
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has called a meeting of stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) across the 20 local government areas of the state. Those expected at the meeting include former and present governors, Deputy Governors, Secretary to the State Government, Chief of Staff, Commissioners, National Assembly members, Special Advisers, Speakers and members of the State Assembly, State Chairmen of APC and Local Government Council Chairmen A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Kunle Somorin, said the first in the series of meetings, which will hold at 3pm at the Presidential Lodge, Ibara Housing…
Republican lawmakers in election battleground states have passed a wave of new voting requirements and limits this year, saying the measures are needed to curb voter fraud despite scant evidence of it in the United States. Backers of the measures cite former President Donald Trump’s baseless claim that fraud underlay his decisive presidential election loss to Democrat Joe Biden in November. Democrats and voting rights advocates have sued state officials over the new laws, denouncing the efforts as partisan power grabs that will disproportionately disenfranchise voters of color. ARIZONA Republican Governor Doug Ducey signed a law on Tuesday to stop…
A chieftain of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Oyo State, Engineer Oyedele Hakeem Alao has declared that it is wrong for Governor Seyi Makinde of the State to pay salaries and allowances of caretaker Committee Chairmen and members he appointed with the money of the State. Alao, who contested in the gubernatorial election on the platform of AD in 2019 made this disclosure via a statement signed by his Media Aide, Omotayo Iyanda, a copy of which was made available to InfoStride News on Thursday. The AD chieftain who doubled as Asiwaju of Iroko, noted that it is illegal…
Ali Ndume, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to stop salaries of politicians and use the money to fight insecurity in the country. The lawmaker made the call while urging Buhari to take the issue of security very seriously. Ali Ndume, who spoke with journalists in Abuja yesterday, said the government should source funds for security same way it did to fund infrastructure and other developmental projects in Nigeria. He said: “The President should make the issue of security a priority. ”He should leave every other thing and concentrate on security. That…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has vowed that it will claim all the 20 local governments in the July 24 elections in the state, saying the state is not secure under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The PDP said it is prepared and determined to give the ruling party a run for its money. In an exclusive interview with the media in Abeokuta, the Ogun PDP Publicity Secretary, Akinloye Bankole, disclosed that efforts are on top gear to ensure the party wins all positions in the election. According to him, the sale of nomination forms started…
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has criticized Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for asking Nigerians to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari. Reno Omokri described Tinubu as a hypocrite for asking Nigerians to pray for Buhari. He was reacting to Tinubu’s salah message where he urged Nigerians to put aside their political differences and pray for the President. The former Lagos State governor had said Nigerians should pray that God gives Buhari strength and wisdom to protect Nigerians. Reacting, Omokri wondered why Tinubu never asked Nigerians to pray for Jonathan while he…
Cape Verdeans have put their trust in outgoing Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva to turn around the archipelago’s economy, which has been heavily impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, by granting a large victory to his center-right formation in Sunday’s legislative elections, according to near-complete results released overnight. In power since 2016, the 58-year-old head of government, a former senior executive of the Bank of Cape Verde, ex-minister and ex-mayor of the capital Praia, claimed before the press his victory, celebrated at the same time by his supporters in front of his party headquarters and in the rest of the…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, alongside presidents of 11 countries on Wednesday in Kampala, attended the inauguration of re-elected Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni. The event, held at the Independence Grounds in Kampala, will be Museveni’s sixth inauguration as a democratically elected leader. Museveni was declared winner of the Jan.14 election after defeating opposition candidates. The event featured parades, inspection of guards, flypast, Ugandan Special Forces display, cultural display, among others. Presidents who attended the ceremony were those of Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Guinea, Conakry, South Sudan, Namibia, Ghana, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Tanzania and Ethiopia. Other countries represented in official capacity…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State is set for the screening of 1,385 aspirants jostling for the party’s chairmanship and councillorship seats in the forthcoming council elections. The State Secretary of the party, Lanre Ogunyemi, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday. Ogunyemi said 332 chairmanship and 1,053 councillorship aspirants were to be screened across the 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas of the state. “With the end of sales and submission of forms by aspirants of the APC Lagos state, the party is set to commence its screening exercise on May…
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has commended the people of Bende Local Government Area for honouring their daughter and former member representing Bende Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon. Nnenna Elendu-Ukeje. The Governor made the remark on Wednesday during a civic reception organised in her honour at the Bende LGA headquarters. According to him, the reception would serve as a tonic to propel her to do more in uplifting the polity of Bende in particular, Abia and Nigeria in general. Governor Ikpeazu said hosting the former federal lawmaker showed that the people of Bende were knowledgeable and…
The Senator representing Imo West, Rochas Okorocha, has said President Muhammadu Buhari must deal with poverty and injustice, as they have caused anger and frustration among Nigerians. Okorocha stated this while hosting less privileged Nigerian Muslims in his private office in Abuja, on Tuesday. The former Governor of Imo State said Buhari must address injustice and tackle poverty in order to restore calm. “I will comfortably say 75% are not happy at this moment. There is nothing productive that can come from Nigeria for as long as this alarming number remains unhappy. “Whatever we can use to guarantee their happiness…
President Idriss Déby Itno, who has ruled Chad for 30 years, was re-elected for a sixth term with 79.32 percent of the vote, according to official results released Monday shortly after the army said it had defeated a rebellion launched on election day April 11 and killed “more than 300 enemies. The turnout was 64.81 percent for the election, which the outgoing head of state won unsurprisingly in the first round, said the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (Ceni), Kodi Mahamat Bam, in releasing the official “provisional” figures. The Supreme Court still has to approve them after considering…
The immediate past Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdul Aziz Yari has declared that the opposition APC in the State has the financial records and everything in the treasury of Zamfara State Government. He threatened that when the time comes, they would hit the nail on the head by exposing the facts to the public. The former Governor Abdul Aziz Yari who made the declaration when he received his former Commissioners, Special Advisers and members of the media for an Iftar in his Talatar Mafara residence, said when the time comes, they would voice out facts for the public to…
The chieftaincy tussle in Ishi-ozalla Community, Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State is far from over as several members of the community have disowned an igweship election reportedly held recently. InfoStride News reports that the aggrieved indigenes of the community, who described the purported election of a new traditional ruler in the area as unlawful, are asking the government not to give credence to the process. They made their position known during a peaceful protest and presentation of position letters to offices of some security agencies in the State, the Enugu State House of Assembly, Office of the…
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Wednesday, declared that the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum missed the mark in their recommendations towards ending the high level of insecurity across the country. InfoStride News reported that the governors had after their meeting in Delta State recommended among other things, the convocation of a national dialogue, ban on open grazing and state police. But the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization in a statement by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, its Secretary-General, said any search for solution without the engagement of the angry youths would be futile. He said, “it’s an established fact that the remote causes of secessionist…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged that bandits were behind the alleged security breach at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. PDP said the alleged security breach was an indication that Buhari lacked the capacity to secure Nigeria. Unknown gunmen were said to have attempted to break into the office of Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari. The President’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, had confirmed the incident via his Twitter handle. Shehu had said the alleged attack was unsuccessful. Reacting, the former ruling party marvelled at the laxity of security around the State House. In a series of tweets, PDP said “is…
Somalia’s government on Wednesday urged people who had fled violence in the capital to return home, as tensions eased after the president called for elections and renewed dialogue with his political rivals. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed announced he would seek parliament’s approval for fresh elections, appearing to abandon a two-year extension to his mandate that ignited the country’s worst political violence in years. The president, widely known by his nickname Farmajo, also called for “urgent discussions” with his political opponents, who had refused to recognize his authority since his four-year term lapsed in February. The announcement offered a brief reprieve…