Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Monday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to without delay, address the spate of insecurity in the country. Makinde, who spoke in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, expressed grave concern over state of insecurity in different parts of the country. He called for proactive step on the part of the federal government to tackle the menace. Makinde was reacting to the recent gruesome killings of 43 rice farmers in Borno state by armed bandits. The Governor spoke during the official opening ceremony of the 2020 Annual Press Week of the Oyo state Council of Nigeria Union…
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Uche Secondus, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, has stated that Nigeria is falling apart under the Government of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Secondus made the claims on Monday while speaking at a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) mega rally for Bayelsa West Senatorial District at Sagbama, in Bayelsa State. The Chairman, who presented the party’s flag to its Senatorial Candidate, Chief Henry Seriake Dickson, lamented that everything including in the country’s economy and security sectors are falling apart. He noted that the only chance of redemption was to put credible people in the National Assembly who…
A security expert and political analyst, Lekan Jackson-Ojo, has described the alleged plan to make the former President Goodluck Jonathan stage a comeback to the presidency as a gimmick of the Northern political elite. He said that the present ruling “APC came to power in 2015 with four legs and no head destroyed Jonathan to hijack the political machinery in 2015”. Political analysts opined that the Northern elite, having realised that the constitution can only allow Jonathan to spend only one term more, decided to use him as a short bridge back to power, adding that such an agenda would…
Dr. Salihu Lukman, the Director General of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), in this interview with ADAMU ABUH, says despite speculations surrounding Governor Dave Umahi’s defection to All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari would not handpick his successor in 2023. There are insinuations in some quarters that APC is a power-grabbing machine and a real danger to Nigeria’s democracy? You see, we tend to hold some views, which unfortunately are not logical. What is politics without power? Politics without power content is empty. What is power, I dare ask? Power is the capacity to influence others. This is the thing.…
The Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Ben Kalu has disclosed that the House will consider the deregistration of political parties that fail to submit their audited accounts to the Independent National Electronic Commission (INEC) in the new electoral bill. Kalu stated this while appearing on Sunrise Daily on Channels TV on Monday. He noted that deregistration could be adopted as a punitive measure to ensure that political parties comply with the law that mandates political parties to submit their audited accounts to INEC. “That is one of the things we will consider at the course of this amendment. This…
A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr. Garus Gololo, has charged the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), Mohammed Goni Alkali, to wake up from “slumber” and deliver on the mandate given to him and the commission. This call was coming barely 48 hours after about 110 persons were reportedly killed in a Boko Haram attack on a farming community in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State. Though officials and residents had pegged the casualties of Saturday’s attack on rice farmers to 43; on Sunday, the UN resident…
As the rumour of defection of more Nigerian Governors continues to trend in the media following the defection of the Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi to the All Progressives Congress, and with the claim by a former Governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, that Governor Okezie Ikpeazu would be joining the APC soon, TheInfoStride Editor, Nwagboso Ifeanyi spoke exclusively with the Abia State Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu who foreclosed the possibility of his principal dumping the PDP saying that both ”APC and Orji will wait till thy kingdom come.” Excerpts… How would you respond to…
A former Governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shehu Shema, has denied he is set to defect to the All Progressives Party (APC). Shema stated this while speaking with journalists in Katsina, after the inauguration of the state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus and Elders Committees. The speculation began after he took a picture with the current Governor, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari. The picture was taken during the installation of Col. Abdulaziz Musa Yar’Adua (rtd) as Mutawallen Katsina, which took place at the palace of the Emir of Katsina and has been trending on social media. However, Shema said: “It was…
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has reiterated that he did not defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest for presidency in 2023. Umahi made the declaration on Sunday during the first APC stakeholders meeting he was superintending over since his defection to the party. According to him, who dash monkey Banana; I did not negotiate with the presidency or anyone to contest the position under the APC. “My next line of action after my governorship is in God’s hands and there is nothing God cannot do. “Anyone wishing to contest for the presidency or governorship of the state…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has counselled the state Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to seek help from his immediate predecessor, Ayodele Fayose, on how to tackle insecurity in the state. The party said it was worried that in Ekiti State that was once adjudged as the most peaceful state in the Southwest, two major kidnappings were witnessed within 24 hours, in which two people were killed while government sponsored armed thugs now go about attacking people on the streets and their business premises. According to a statement on Sunday, by the State Publicity Secretary of the PDP,…
A PDP Chieftain and current Commissioner for Information in Abia State, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, has said that the State will never be surrendered to those he described as “political hatchet men masquerading as opposition politicians in the state”. Chief Okiyi stated this in Umuahia while responding exclusively to TheInfoStride over the recent comments credited to a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state that his party, the APC, will take over the governorship of the state come 2023. He dismissed the comment as “the empty boasts of a politically drowned element seeking relevance by any means…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for an emergency meeting of its National Executive Committee (NEC). The agenda would include evaluating the performance of its Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee and also look at extending its six-month mandate which ends by December 25. APC’s spokesman, Yekini Nabena, confirmed this in a statement late on Sunday. Nabena said the meeting would hold virtually and would be coordinated from the Aso Rock Presidential Villa. The statement read in part: “In a formal invitation sent to APC NEC members by the National Secretary of the Party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Senator…
A Former Abia State Commissioner of Finance, Mr. Obinna Oriaku and ex-commissioner for Works and Transport, Hon. George Nnanna Kalu have dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the State. Speaking while being received into the APC fold by the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, ex-finance commissioner Obinna Oriaku, noted that his joining the governing APC is not accidental but a well thought-out plan. He said, “today is another wonderful day. I am most grateful for having me under your roof and giving me the broom which symbolises sweeping and cleansing of…
For quite some time, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been in crisis at the national and across many states in the country with factions emerging here and there almost tearing the party apart. As fallout, some persons like the then National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and his entire executive were casualties. Thus against this background, President Muhammadu Buhari and other top leaders of the party rallied round and named a nine man Interim Management Committee (IMC) with the governor of Yobe State, Mallam Mai Bala Buni as the Chairman. The main mandate of the IMC was to resolve all…
The Yobe State Governor, H.E Mai Mala Buni has replied critics who accused him of abandoning his primary assignments in the state since he became the caretaker chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Buni said spending more days outside the state does not hinder his duty as a governor. Speaking during an interview with the BBC, the governor said there’s no way he would spend a month without staying in Yobe for three or four days. Buni said his duty in the ruling party does not hinder his efforts, adding that he performed his duty effectively even when is…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday, condemned the beheading of 43 farmers by Boko Haram insurgents in Zabarmari, Borno State. PDP said the action was an indication of President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to ensure the safety of Nigerians. The party described the act as extreme wicked, devilish which must not be left unaddressed. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the opposition party lamented that Buhari has failed to take decisive action to quell insecurity in Nigeria. According to Ologbondiyan: “The PDP notes with pain that this horrific killing of compatriots comes as yet another of…
The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu has urged a former National Vice Chairman, South-South, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Hon Hilliard Eta to withdraw the suit he filed against the party. Eta is before the Federal High Court Abuja, seeking the sack of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), of the APC, chaired by Yobe State Governor, His Excellency, Malam Mai Mala Buni. But speaking to journalists on Sunday, Okechukwu, a chieftain of the party, pleaded with Eta to forthwith withdraw the suit and not to allow himself to be seen as a spy for the…
The caretaker committee chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Fred Udogu, at the weekend, said his party will appeal the court judgment which restrained the national working committee, NWC, of PDP from dissolving the former executive of the party in Ebonyi, led by Onyekachi Nwaebonyi. Recall that Nwaebonyi led executives were few days back dissolved by NWC shortly after the formal defection of Ebonyi State governor, Chief David Umahi to the All Progressives Congress. APC. But, the sacked chairman, Nwaebonyi had upon hearing of the dissolution, dragged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to a court sitting in Abakaliki,…
The Peoples Democratic Party in Zamfara State has flagged off election campaign ahead of the Bakura bye-election slated for Thursday, 5th of December 2020. Speaking at the campaign ground in Bakura town, Bakura Local Government Area of the state, the Deputy Governor, Barrister Mahdi Aliyu Gusau said he was impressed with the way the crowd came out to grace the campaign. “I did not believe that the PDP in Bakura Local Government Area of the state would pull so much crowd considering the political boasting of APC in the state,” he said. “Even though the APC claims that Zamfara is…
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Abia State has dismissed the claim of a former governor in the state, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu on social media that the incumbent, Okezie Ikpeazu had planned to defect from PDP to the APC, as a precondition to winning his last electoral mandate at the Supreme Court. In a statement made available to TheInfoStride, the state publicity secretary of PDP, Fabian Nwankwo said the electoral matters of the Supreme Court has never been decided based on the defection of a politician from one political party to another. He also described the false allegations as a…