The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Bauchi State Chapter has suspended Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi, representing Bauchi Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, over alleged anti-party activities, insubordination to the party’s leadership and inability to give good representation in line with its manifestos. Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi, its lone member at the House of Representatives, according to the party leaders, stands suspended for a period of 12 months. The State Publicity Secretary, Usman Muhammed, stated that at a time his colleagues were busy debating on issues of national importance, including but not limited to debate in the amendment of electoral act, he…
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The Group Managing Director, CFL Group, Mr. Lai Omotola has said Nigerians have lost hope in the two dominant parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratice Party (PDP), reason they are waiting for a third force. According to Omotola, governments at various levels have failed to display capacity to confront the country’s daunting challenges. Insisting that governments have been more reactive than proactive, he pointed out that 2020 has seen businesses shut more than ever, just as there have been massive jobs losses and infrastructure decay, with businesses facing unprecedented challenges. Speaking during a press briefing on the state…
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Saturday, paid a condolence visit to former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabi’u Kwankwaso over the death of his father, Alhaji Musa Sale Kwankwaso. Lawan was in accompany of the Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni and the Senate Deputy Minority Whip, Senator Sahabi Yau Kaura during the condolence visit to Kano. Alhaji Musa Sale Kwankwaso died and was buried on Friday. The Senate President and the Yobe State Governor and their entourage held prayers with Senator Kwankwaso at his Kano home at…
There were three grievous aspects of the recent mass abduction of 334 students of Government Science School, Kankara, Katsina State: The bandits fetched that number of boys with minimal resistance. They ferried the students across the state boundary without Nigeria’s security intercepting them. Thereafter, officials of the state government went into negotiation for the boys’ release. Earlier in an interview with State House Correspondents, Katsina State Governor, Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, said although the bandits terrorizing the Northwest geopolitical zone started small, they have grown big in size. What the governor did not add was that the so-called bandits have grown…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Nigerians to emulate the progressive traits of Gov. Atiku Bagudu, Chairman, Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), who turned 59. Similarly, the party felicitated with former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara on his 53rd birthday. In a statement by Mr John Akpanudoedehe, Secretary of the Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) in Abuja, the APC noted that Bagudu had contributed to its growth and that of the PGF. Akpanudoedehe said the Kebbi state governor had displayed uncommon vision and participatory leadership, which positively impacted the human capital development of the state while strengthening…
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has reiterated that he has no plans of dumping the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Ikpeazu in an interview on Friday said he believed that people from Abia State are comfortable with PDP. According to him, the aspirations of the state will be met under the leadership of the PDP. He said, “I don’t begrudge those who jump political platforms but for me, I have not seen any reason why I should leave PDP. “The music of politics as it plays differs from one day to another. Here in Abia, I think that ndi Abia are…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent messages to two state governors, Engineer Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, and the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, describing them as superheroes. Buhari, in his special birthday greetings to them, a copy of which was made available to TheInfoStride on Saturday, described them as being “among the superheroes of the nation’s democracy.” “On the auspicious occasion of your birthdays, I wish you good health and happiness,” statement signed by Garba Shehu, Buhari’s Spokesman said. “We will continue working closely with all of you…
The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) on Saturday condoled with ex-Kano Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, over the death of his father, Musa Saleh Kwankwaso. The deceased was the District Head of Madobi in Kano. The Chairman and Plateau Governor, Simon Lalong, described the demise as a great loss to the traditional institution. Lalong’s message was signed by his spokesman, Makut Macham. “Though his demise is painful, his legacies of service, love and compassion remain indelible as he has impacted the younger generation to continue in his footsteps. “We sympathise with the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, the government and people of the…
A chieftain of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Dr. Olu Agunloye, has said that the nation needed to be retooled, restructured or re-engineered to engender justice, equity and progress. Agunloye, a former minister in a special message to Nigerians and his party members made available to Vanguard in Akure lamented that “all is not well in our country”. “The people and governments of Nigeria have been under severe pressures by misrule, effects of Covid-19, and especially the recurring widespread insecurity and violent unrests. “The repercussions of these have had significant negative effects on the progress and stability of the nation.…
The Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Onicha Local Government Area and Chairman, Forum of southeast APC LGA Chairmen, Hon. Okoro Agwu Uchenna has assured all those who recently decamped to the Party that they will not be left out in the administration of the Party in the LGA. Uchenna who commended Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State for joining the fold of the APC in the State stated that his leadership at LGA level would remain committed to supporting the administration of Governor Umahi not minding the antics of his political opponents. The Chairman of APC in Onicha…
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state on Friday said that his administration inherited the sum of N27bn naira in pension arrears from his predecessors. Mohammed, who disclosed this in Bauchi when the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN), paid him a courtesy visit to mark the 2020 Christmas celebration, explained that despite all the challenges, pensioners were now getting their entitlements ‘as and when due’. “Unless we are able to free resources, we won’t be able to employ people. We have a prevalence of ghost workers and we are working very hard to make sure we free resources in our personnel…
The Owa of Igbajo, Oba Olufemi Fashade has passed on. He died after an illness at the age of 81. The late monarch was crowned king in 1990. Igbajo is a town in Boluwaduro Local Government Area of Osun State. Fashade was born on April 17, 1939, in Abeokuta, Ogun State. He attended Baptist School, Ebute-metta Lagos; Abeokuta High School; Kiriji Memorial College; Tottenham College, London, and Hammersmith College, London. Fashade enlisted in the Nigeria Army in June 1969 and retired voluntarily as a Major in December 1977.
Jigawa State Governor, Muhammad Badaru, has said the All Progressives Congress (APC), may lose the 2023 election in the state if the crisis in the party is not checked. Badaru stated this while speaking at the inauguration of the APC caretaker committee in Duste, state’s capital, on Friday. He warned that he would no longer tolerate any party member associating with factions in the state. The committee’s inauguration is coming after Habibu Sara, former APC chairman in Jigawa, was removed from office after a caucus meeting. Sara was accused of being loyal to Sabo Nakudu, the Senator representing Jigawa central.…
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has signed into law the anti-kidnapping, anti-land grabbing, cultism and other anti-violence related matters bill passed by the State House of Assembly. Lalong, while signing the bill, said the law was long overdue following the increase in cases of kidnapping, land grabbing and other violent crimes within the state. In recent times, communities in Plateau State have witnessed incidents of land grabbing and bandits attacks especially in the Northern Senatorial District of the state. Such attacks had resulted in outright violent take over of homes, lands, livestock and economic trees of victims. TheInfoStride recalls…
As the All Progressives Congress (APC) plans to hold its Southeast delegates conference in Owerri, Imo State, convener of South East Mandate (SEM), Julius Ali Ucha, has commended its members for attracting more members to APC in the Southeast region. Ucha, who was the Ebonyi State APC governorship candidate in the 2015 election, noted that SEM’s membership drive and collaboration of major stakeholders had put the party in a better position and proved its detractors wrong. Speaking in his Christmas message to members of SEM, he said he was delighted by the fact that APC in the Southeast had proved…
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, late on Thursday, sworn-in five new special advisers and four permanent secretaries. Speaking during the event, which lasted until about 1.30 a.m. on Friday, Matawalle said that the new appointments would cover the manpower gaps recently created within the system. “As we speak, no fewer than ten permanent secretaries are due for retirement, we must take steps to cover such manpower gap for effective service delivery. “We also need the special advisers to take charge of some government agencies that have yet to get political leaderships. “This is in the interest of effective administration,’’ the…
The All Progressives Congress, Akwa Ibom State, has accused Governor Udom Emmanuel of sharing COVID-19 palliatives as Christmas gifts to members of Peoples Democratic Party in the state. APC In a statement by its state Publicity Secretary, Nkereuwem Enyongekere on Friday, the party said the COVID-19 food items were donated in July by a coalition of private sector players led by Alhaji Aliko Dangote. According to the statement, ”Another end-of-year folly from the administration is its decision to share, as Christmas gifts, the truck loads of COVID-19 food items sent to the state since July by the nation’s private sector…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are bitter over the sterling performance of its governors. PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said APC was envious of PDP governors because their performance has endeared Nigerians to the party. Ologbondiyan said APC whose structures have collapsed, has been discomfited by the stability and unanimity within the PDP platform as well as the resilience of its leaders, despite the attempts to plant seeds of discord in their fold. A statement by Ologbondiyan said: “Nigerians can see the frustration in the APC leadership, which has now…
Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, yesterday, appealed to Governor Hope Uzodinma to stop demolishing his legacy projects during his eight-year administration in the state. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Sam Onwuemeodo, he (Okorocha) described the demolishing of seven roundabouts built by his administration in Owerri, as insensitive. “It has become necessary to appeal to Governor Uzodinma to stop demolishing Okorocha’s projects, which he built for lmo people and for the development and progress of the state, especially, when the incumbent governor is not building any structures and is not likely to initiate any. “On…
A bill for the removal of the local government as a constitutionally-recognised and funded tier of government in Nigeria is being considered in the House of Representatives. Sponsored by Mr. Solomon Bob (PDP, Rivers), the Bill was read for the first time on November 24, and due for second reading any time soon. According to its explanatory memorandum, the “Bill seeks to remove Local Government as a tier of government in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and vest their creation, powers and funding exclusively in the state Houses of Assembly in accordance with the principle and practice…