The All Progressives Congress (APC) has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of Abdulrasheed Bawa as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The party advised Bawa to invest in technology and liaise with key partners locally and internationally. John Akpan Udoedehe, APC National Secretary, in a statement on Thursday urged Bawa to be guided by the President’s stance that the fight against corruption must be total and unsparing. “To be steps ahead, the Abdulrasheed Bawa-led EFCC must invest in technology and ensure synergy, cooperation and partnership with relevant agencies, locally and internationally”, he counselled. APC said Bawa’s 16…
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Dapo Lam-Adesina, one of the sons of a former Governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Lamidi Adesina has dumped the African Democratic Congress (ADC). TheInfoStride reports that Lam-Adesina dumped the ADC to return to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday. Our correspondent gathered that he joined the APC in preparation for the 2023 general election. TheInfoStride recalls that Adesina represented Ibadan North East/ Ibadan South East federal constituency between 2015 and 2019 on the platform of the APC. He dumped the APC and joined the ADC before the 2019 election. Adesina, however, announced his return to the APC at his…
The Ondo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Akure, on Thursday reserved judgement on the petition seeking to upturn the victory of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu at the October 10, 2020 poll. The three-man panel led by Justice Umar Abubakar announced this following the adoption of the written addresses by the parties before the Tribunal. The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Eyitayo Jegede had in the petition filed before the Tribunal challenged the outcome of the last gubernatorial election in the state. The petitioner who faulted Akeredolu’s participation at the poll alleged that he and his deputy,…
The 2019 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM) in the 2019 election, Engr. Ahmad Ibrahim Gusau has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He announced that he has collapsed all his former party’s structure. Gusau, who defected along with the state Party Chairman, Alhaji A. A Bagudu and the Vice chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Bala Gusau said they took the decision to move the State forward. The PDM gubernatorial candidate announced his defection before Governor Matawalle and donated the Peoples Democratic Movement (PDP) secretariat to the Peoples Democratic Party in the State. “We decided to join Governor Bello…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Agba Osun (Elders’ Council) has welcomed the former deputy governor of the state, Senator Iyiola Omisore and his followers from the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to the party. The elders’ council in a statement on Wednesday signed by the chairman, Engr. Sola Akinwumi expressed delight in the statesmanship and firm decision of the former Senator in contributing to the development of the State. The council asserted that Omisore’s political sagacity and dexterity cannot be underestimated in Osun political map, adding that “especially with the calibre of important personalities with which he’s joining the APC, he’s…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has given reason a politician could be called to come back to lead the people after losing an election. Recall that Jonathan lost his second term bid to President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. According to the former Nigerian leader, the way leaders are perceived while in office can play a major role in their political career. Jonathan stated this on Wednesday when he met the representatives of political parties from The Gambia at the closing of a two-day consultative retreat for political parties. He charged African leaders to always pay attention to the way the majority…
The former Governor of Borno State and a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Ali Modu Sheriff, has begun meetings with state governors over his national chairmanship ambition. Speaking to reporters shortly after meeting with the Jigawa State Governor, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, Sheriff said he cannot fully kick off his campaign for the party chairmanship race without consulting state governors. According to him, “No doubt, governors of our great party – APC are the engine room of the party and one cannot do anything tangible without consulting them.” Sheriff said, “Today, our party needs a resilient leadership that knows what…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has dared Kogi West Senator, Smart Adeyemi to make uncomplimentary comments about him and expect an instant reaction. Wike threw the challenge in reaction to comments by Senator Adeyemi where he referred to Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu as a “drunkard”. Senator Smart Adeyemi had during debate on the confirmation of ex-Service Chiefs as Non-Career Ambassadors lashed verbal abuse at Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, describing him as a drunk. But the Rivers State Governor during a meeting with the Senate Committee on Niger-Delta at Government House, Port Harcourt noted that Adeyemi’s disparaging comment…
Chukwuemeka Eze, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party, (nPDP), has urged the new Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Mr. Friday Eboka not to be intimidated in any way by Governor Nyesom Wike and his actions but to do his best to secure the state from the hands of criminals. Eze, in a statement signed and made available to the media on Wednesday, lashed out at Governor Wike for his alleged penchant for using police authority as willing tools in bulldozing perceived political enemies. The APC chieftain…
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has vowed to bring his counterpart in Edo State, Godwin Obaseki back to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Akeredolu who disclosed this on Wednesday pledged to do all within his power to bring Obaseki back into the APC fold from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Akeredolu made the vow during his inauguration for a second term in office in Akure, the state capital. Obaseki had defected from the APC to the PDP in the buildup to the Edo 2020 governorship election after he was denied the ruling party’s ticket in the primary election due…
The political atmosphere in Osun State, especially in the All Progressive Congress is filled with the war of words injected by the recent statement of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. Aregbesola had alleged that killers have joined the APC in Osun, a statement which has triggered divergent reactions within the party and the oppositions, TheInfoStride reports. In a viral video last Friday, Aregbesola could be heard warning his supporters not to allow anyone dance on the grave of the late Attorney General of the Federation and Governor of old Oyo State, Chief Bola Ige. The statement did not go…
The Supreme Court has fixed March 5 for judgment in a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenging the ruling of the lower court in favour of Mr Dele Moses and ten others. Justice Amina Augie, who led a five-member panel of justices on Wednesday, fixed the date after listening to counsels’ arguments in the matter. Recall that on December 20, 2020, a Rivers High Court ruled that those who bought forms during the 2018 Congresses but were denied participation rights should be incorporated in any new Congress of the party without them paying for new forms. The…
Rt. Hon Asiforo Okere, the Peoples Democratic Party’s Chairman in Abia State, says the leadership of the party is proud of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s developmental strides in the state. The PDP Chairman said the Abia Governor has recorded tremendous gains in various sectors of the state’s economy in the last six years of his administration. Okere stated the party’s position while interacting with newsmen in Umuahia, Wednesday. He also lauded the political stability in the State, which he attributed to the Governor’s uniqueness and tolerance despite party affiliation. The former Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly reiterated the party…
Against the backdrop of the recent backlash following the comments made by the former governor of Osun State and Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, at Ifofin, Ward 8, Ilesa East Local Government Area, last week Friday after he revalidated his membership, the ruling All progressives Congress (APC) has boasted that the party remains indivisible irrespective of the perceived differences within its rank and file. The party gave the assurance on Wednesday in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Wole Adunola and made available to the media. The spokesperson of the party said that rather than joining issues with…
The Nigerian Senate has confirmed Abdulrasheed Bawa as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He was confirmed after being grilled during Senate plenary on Wednesday. During the plenary, he reacted to a plethora of questions posed by Senators on his readiness for the job, given his age and working in a complex society like Nigeria. Bawa, in addressing concerns of lawmakers, assured that he would bring his experience to bear having joined the agency in 2004. Some Senators who took turns to address the nominee pointed out some areas that he should concentrate, saying transparency…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has blamed the leadership of the various political parties for the poor voters turnout often witnessed during major elections in the country. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in charge of Enugu State, Dr. Emeka Ononamadu made the observation in his speech during a retreat/colloquium organized by the Inter-Part Advisory Council, IPAC, Enugu State chapter, in collaboration with the commission. Ononamadu, who lauded the Enugu IPAC Chairman, Barr. Ken Ikeh for the initiative, said it was lamentable that out of over 1.4m registered voters in Enugu State, below 30 percent participated in the 2019 general…
Alhaji Oba Ajara, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State, has said that the party was responsible for the woeful defeat it recorded in the 2019 elections in the State. Recall that the All Progressives Congress, APC, swept the polls in all the 2019 elections, recording a landslide victory in the National Assembly, State Assembly and the governorship elections in the State. In an interview with newsmen in Ilorin, Ajara, a former aide of late premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello, said, “We have learnt our lessons and we shall bounce back in the 2023…
A University of Lagos don, Professor Yemi Oke, has described Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the most competent Yoruba leader to become the ruling party’s 2023 presidential candidate. Professor Oke in his Keynote address, on Tuesday at the launching of the Ogun State Chapter of South West Agenda for Asiwaju Tinubu 2023 (SWAGA ’23) disclosed that there is no leader in the entire South-West Nigeria who can beat Asiwaju’s achievements, hence, the decision of the group to work for his emergence as the APC’s presidential candidate come 2023. The don explained that the choice of Asiwaju was as a result…
The times are becoming precarious, tempers are rising and the stakes are getting higher as political actors are consistently getting on the edge ahead of the 2023 general elections. With still about 2 years to go, political actors, especially those with eyes on one office or the other, either directly or by proxy, have become very visible, especially in the media, acting and speaking out. TheInfoStride presents some of the latest outbursts of leading political leaders in the country. Fani-Kayode’s ‘Stinking’ Letter to Tinubu In a diatribe that many Nigerians found too assertive and utterly predictive, Fani-Kayode pointedly told the…
Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has said he met President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss progress made on efforts to tackle insecurity in his state. TheInfoStride had reported that Buhari received Uzodinma at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday. The meeting is coming a few days after the governor ordered the arrest of Rochas Okorocha and admitted that he also ordered military action in Orlu. Speaking to State House correspondent, Uzodinma said he invited the military to douse a recent uprising in Orlu to avoid a repeat of what happened during the recent End SARS protests. He stressed that…