A campaign to recall a member of the Lagos House of Assembly has been terminated after interventions were made on her behalf, TheInfoStride has learnt. Constituents of Amuwo Odofin Constituency I initiated a recall process against Mojisola Alli-Macaulay in November 2020, after she made disparaging remarks about Nigerian youths in a viral video. African Development Bank’s Akinwumi Adesina, three others win Academy of Public Health’s 2020 top Distinguished Fellowship Award “They (Nigerian youths) are high on drugs all the time, most of them. They go to social media to do all sorts of things,” she had said during a legislative…
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Some politicians loyal to a former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday stormed Ibadan, the Oyo state capital to canvass for the candidature of the former governor ahead of 2023 presidency. TheInfoStride gathered that Tinubu is the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). They visited the palace of the Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji to seek for the Olubadan’s support for Tinubu’s emergence as President in 2023. Our correspondent reports that those who were part of the delegation are a former Minister, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, Senator Rilwan Adesoji Akanbi, Hon.…
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has insisted his criticism of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC), should not be interpreted as a crisis within the party. Wike made the clarification when he was visited by friends and political associates on Sunday night at the Government House in Port Harcourt. The guests came to felicitate with the Governor on the occasion of his birthday. Wike made it clear that since he “lacks the capacity to decamp to another political party, particularly, the All Progressives Congress”, he will “continue to speak out against perceived abnormalities in the…
Theodore Orji, Senator representing Abia Central, has vowed to quit politics in 2023. Orji, who would be completing his eight years in the Senate said he would quit politics to allow youths take over leadership. The former Governor of Abia state disclosed this in Umuajatta Olokoro, Umuahia South Local Government Area, over the weekend. The lawmaker assured youths of the state of a bright future in politics. Orji also promised to support the youths in their leadership roles. According to Orji: “Your future as Abians is bright. I have since decided to quit politics in 2023 to give way for…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has inaugurated its state, local government and ward executives in Rivers State, vowing that it would clear all elections it would take part in 2023. The development was following the decision of the National Executive Council, NEC, of the party, last week, which dissolved all structures of the party at the state, local government, ward and unit levels. The national body of the party had upon the decision inaugurated Mr Isaac Abbot-Ogbobula, to head the leadership of the party in Rivers State on a caretaker basis, with a charge to inaugurate new leaders at the…
The eoples Democratic Party (PDP) Southwest zonal caretaker committee has suspended its chairman, Dayo Ogungbenro, for negligence of duty, saying he has failed to call any meeting since he was appointed. Seven out of the 12 members in the caretaker committee, who suspended the chairman, also called on the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to appoint another chairman, who will be alive to his duties to pilot the affairs of the party in the zone pending the conduct of the zonal congress. Rising from its meeting in Ibadan, Oyo State, yesterday, the seven members; Zonal Secretary, Hon. Daisi…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on the occasion of his 53rd birthday. The party’s congratulatory message was contained in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Sunday. Ologbondiyan said that the party recognised Wike’s contributions to its development as well as his administration’s developmental strides in the state, saying that this had earned him the sobriquet: “Mr Project.” While wishing Wike well, PDP prayed God to grant him peace of mind and many more years ahead.
The chairman of Inter Party Advisory Council, IPAC, Prince Isaac Onuka, has resigned from the position, following the earlier de-registration of some political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Onuka, who was formally the state chairman of Peoples Democratic Congress (PDC), from where he became the chairman of IPAC in the state, recently moved to Allied People’s Movement, following the deregistration of the former. Speaking at a press conference to announce his resignation, Onuka said de-registration of 74 registered political parties in the country destabilized the country’s political party administration, as chairmen of the affected parties lost control…
Bauchi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Court to declare the seat of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara vacant. Dogara, who represents Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal has a long history of carpet crossing. In July, he decamped from the PDP back to his former party, the All Progressives Congress. The PDP in the suit is asking the court to direct the Speaker of the House to declare his seat vacant in line with section 68 of the 1999 Constitution. Dogara in July cited bad governance by the Governor of Bauchi State as…
Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF, Salihu Moh. Lukman has defended the internal operational mechanism of his ruling All Progressives Congress APC, saying contrary to certain opinions, the APC is ‘radically different’ from the country’s main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party PDP. In a statement titled, ‘Seductiveness of Conventional Politics and the Challenges facing APC’ which he dedicated to Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah, a founding member of the APC and one of its Presidential Aspirants in 2014, Lukman also urged the Gov. Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC to concentrate on rebuilding the party rather than its…