A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Plateau State and Convener of Professionals in PDP, Samuel Jatau says signing the new Electoral Act into law by President Muhammadu Buhari is one of the critical issues that must be captured in the ongoing Constitution Review. He equally urged the National Assembly to be sincere enough to give Nigeria a constitution that will address security challenges, marginalization and imbalance in governance in the country. Jatau disclosed this during an interaction with Journalists, at the North-Central public hearing on the review of the 1999 constitution, ongoing in Jos, the State Capital. He said,…
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Senator Magnus Abe, formerly representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District, has identified godfathers and money as major problems the electoral process in Nigeria faces. Magnus Abe spoke at a symposium organized to mark his 56th birthday celebration by the Rivers Voice of Freedom in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The former lawmaker stated that the foundation of everything wrong in the country is the electoral process. “We have a process whereby the preference of only the leader counts. The leader can handpick a thug, an armed robber, a greedy man, somebody that nobody in the society respects,” he said. Abe warned…
President Joe Biden will seek $6 trillion in U.S. federal spending for the 2022 fiscal year, rising to $8.2 trillion by 2031, the New York Times reported on Thursday, a day before the White House is expected to unveil its budget proposal. Citing documents it had obtained, the Times said the Democratic president planned to pay for his agenda through increased taxes on corporations and high earners, and that the budget deficits would start to decrease in the 2030s. On Friday, Biden is set to release his first full budget since taking office in January as he seeks to push…
The Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has received a memo seeking to eliminate constitutional immunity for executives against whom substantial evidence of crime has been established. Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution protects presidents, vice presidents, governors, and deputy governors from prosecution for any crime for as long as they remain in office. The provision has been the target of criticism in the past with critics noting it interferes with the administration of justice. A law firm named First Chronicles LP on Thursday, May 27, 2021 told the committee on constitutional review that the protection should…
Senator Remi Tinubu (Lagos Central – APC) is not a fan of the demands for the scrapping of the 1999 Constitution. The lawmaker chaired the south west zonal public hearings for amendment of the constitution held in Lagos for two days to serve Lagos, Ogun and Oyo residents. The hearings also simultaneously held at 11 other centres across the country where members of the public submitted proposals for amendment of the constitution. Dozens of organisations and individuals presented their memos to the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, with the most common topics revolving around gender equality,…
Okowa says a new constitution for the country had become imperative in view of observed lacunas in the 1999 constitution. Delta Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa said Nigeria needed a new constitution, not amendment to accommodate emerging issues of good governance and greater interest of Nigerians. Okowa stated this on Wednesday, May 27, 2021, when he received on courtesy visit, the Senate Sub-Committee on review of the 1999 Constitution led by Senator James Manager at Government House, Asaba. He said that a new Constitution for the country had become imperative in view of observed lacunas in the 1999 Constitution and…
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…
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…