Bello Matawalle, minister of state for defense, strongly denied reports that false accusations could lead to his removal from office. He spoke out against the Zamfara State Government’s accusations in an interview with DCL Hausa. In March, Mr. Dauda of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defeated Matawalle, who had served as governor of Zamfara State from 2019 to 2023, in an election for a second term. The government of Zamfara State has accused him of theft and other financial misdeeds in connection with the construction of a state cargo airport. It was further claimed that on October 25, 2021, Matawalle…
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Mr. Linus Okorie, the former LP candidate for the Senate seat in Nigeria’s Ebonyi South zone, pledged on Tuesday to compete in the rerun election, the date of which has not yet been set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). You may remember that David Umahi, the current Minister of Works and a former governor, defeated Okorie in the last general election in 2023. In the interest of doing what is just and fair, Okorie urged that the next senator should come from his own Onicha Local Government. Okorie released a statement after the Appeal Court ruled down his…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, aspires to be the monarch of two political parties, according to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain Dele Momodu, who made the revelation on Wednesday. Momodu stated that Wike’s access to resources is enormous and unstoppable. The seasoned reporter was responding to a user who had criticized PDP for being silent over Wike’s arrest. The X user commented that PDP could have been more proactive in its opposition to Wike. As TENIBEGILOJU202 of X put it, “PDP is the most useless party in the world!” As opposed to taking a strong stance…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s youth wing has asked both Labour Party presidential candidate Mr. Peter Obi and his People’s Democratic Party rival, Atiku Abubakar, to refrain from making any more statements about the next presidential election in 2023. The Igbo community warned that the rhetoric coming from some politicians could destabilize Nigeria’s democratic system. In a statement sent to the media on Wednesday, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide National President Mazi Okwu Nnabuike stated his remarks. According to the media, Obi alleged in a press conference on Monday that the Supreme Court had knowingly accepted constitutional violations regarding the requirements for presidential…
The leadership of the Concerned Citizens of Taraba State has voiced their discontent with the candidate lists that were selected to represent the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the upcoming elections for local government councils. These candidates would serve as flag bearers for the PDP. It should be recalled that the party had issued an instruction to stakeholders located around the state to submit a list of consensus candidates who would compete in the council elections that are scheduled to take place on the 18th of this month. These candidates would be running for posts including chairmen and councillors. Concerned…
In preparation for the statewide strike that will take place on Wednesday, the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have called for an extraordinary meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC). During the meeting, the organized labor will review the modalities of the planned strike in response to the attack on the National President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero. Additionally, during the meeting, the organized labor will review the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Federal Government and the Organized Labour on October 2, 2023, in response to the removal of the fuel subsidy. On Tuesday, the summons…
The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has proposed 34 individuals to serve in the roles of Chairmen and Deputy Chairmen for the state’s 17 different local governments. Among the candidates are David Ogba and John Udeagbala, who have been put forward for the LGAs of Ohafia and Aba North, respectively. According to a statement that was drafted and approved by Uzo Nwachukwu, the Commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs, the Governor of Abia State has sent the names of the nominees to the House of Assembly of Abia State for the purposes of screening and approval. The following…
The governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has sworn not to give the security and wellbeing of Corps members in the state any lip service or play around with them in any way. This information was provided by Governor Diri while he presided over the swearing-in ceremony for the 2023 Batch C, Stream I of corps members who will be serving their one-year required national service in the state. Diri, who emphasized the significance of a setting that is favorable to providing quality service, voiced optimism and support for the goals, aims, programs, and activities of the National Youth Service…
On Monday, the election of Stainless Nwodo, who had been elected to represent the Igbo-Etiti/Uzo-Uwani federal seat of Enugu State in the House of Representatives, was overturned by a Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos. The court was sitting in Lagos. Rt. Hon. Martins Oke, candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was deemed the victor in the election held in February by the court of appeals. InfoStride News is quick to point out that on September 8th, the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, which was sitting in Enugu, ruled in favor of the election of the LP candidate. At…
A single, fixed term of office for the President of Nigeria of five years has been advocated for by the candidate for the presidency of the Labour Party, LP. Obi stated that the plan was a part of his campaign during the electioneering period, and he added that he would have moved for the modification of the Constitution to allow the President to stay in office for a maximum of five years if he had been elected. At the press conference, which took place on Monday in Abuja, he addressed the difficulties that have arisen as a result of the…
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, has been charged by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, with the responsibility of urgently redeploying Prof. Sylvia Agu, the Imo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC). The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) suggested that Yakubu should listen to the persistent cries, petitions, and demonstrations by the people of Imo State, political parties, and civil society organisations for the removal of Agu in order to avert an imminent crisis in the election for Imo State. The party asserted that Agu was reportedly being compromised in order to manipulate the governorship elections that were…
The Kogi State Police Command has stated that it intends to deploy more than 40,000 police officers around the state in order to guarantee the smooth running of the governorship election on November 11. This information was provided by Bethrand Onuoha, the state Commissioner of Police, during a telephone interview that took place on Monday with NAN in Lokoja. According to Onuoha, the decision to send a big number of personnel into the state was based on lessons learned from the state’s history. Even if recent events lead us to believe that the entire Kogi region is a flashpoint, we…
Corps members have been advised by Mrs. Hafsat Yerima, the Yobe State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), to remain alert and aware of their surroundings in order to protect themselves from potential dangers. She made this statement while giving a briefing to the corps members of the 2023 Batch ‘C’ Stream 1 at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Dazigau, which is located in the Nangere Local Government Area of the state. They were given the mission by Yerima to report any movements or behavior in their environment that seemed odd or suspicious to the nearest security…
The local branch of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state of Taraba has levelled accusations that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is plotting to undermine the integrity of the upcoming elections for local government. The claim was made by the APC in a statement that was made accessible to journalists on Monday in Jalingo, which is the capital of the state. In a statement that was issued by the APC state chairman, Barrister Ibrahim Tuktur El-Sudi, the party expressed its disappointment with the fact that some PDP officials are inciting Governor Agbu Kefas “to throw caution to the…
Earlier today, it was declared by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, that Mohammed Barde, the Commissioner of Police for the state of Imo, will be reassigned before to the gubernatorial elections that will take place on Saturday in the state. InfoStride News was made to understand that the CP was recently accused of being partisan by the Labour Party as well as other stakeholders. Following the assault on its president, Joe Ajaero, which took place on Wednesday in Owerri, the Nigeria Labour Congress also called for the head of the police force to be removed from his position.…
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi State has criticized Senator Obinna Ogba, who previously served as the representative for the Ebonyi Central Senatorial Zone in the National Assembly for a total of eight years, for his claimed intentions to switch parties and join the All Progressives Congress, APC. According to the PDP, Ogba made the decision to leave the party after he was unsuccessful in winning the gubernatorial primary in 2022. You may remember that Ogba only recently handed in his resignation as a member of the PDP and expressed interest in switching to the APC…
Julius Abure, the national chairman of the Labour Party (LP), has recognized a significant concern in front of the governorship race that will take place on November 11. According to Abure, the amount of insecurity that exists in Kogi and Imo states is a big cause for concern in the run-up to the elections for governor. During an appearance on Sunday’s episode of People’s Townhall on Election Security on Channels Television, the chairman of the LP made the following statement: “My party and candidates are very worried about the security situation, particularly in Imo and Kogi.” Throughout the course of…
Ogba City Mall in Ikeja and Ajah market in Etti-Osa were both closed by the administration of Lagos State due to various violations involving rubbish disposal. An enforcement team consisting of members from the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), the State Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offenses (LASTMA), and the Lagos Government Special Environmental Corps (KAI) carried out the action. This information was provided in a statement that was released on Sunday in Lagos by Mrs. Folashade Kadiri, who is the Director of Public Affairs for LAWMA. According to Kadiri, the enforcement team also took up the shanties…
Ahead of the gubernatorial elections that will take place on November 11 in the states of Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has advised the staff of the Commission to retain their integrity and stay non-partisan. This was said by Yakubu while he was touring several INEC offices to evaluate the organization’s preparations for the off-cycle elections. In the Commission’s bulletin, this information was made public. Yakubu stated that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was dedicated to conducting credible elections in the three states. “INEC is not a political…
Abia State’s chapter of the Labor Party, often known as the LP, has announced that Senator Darlington Nwokocha is still serving in the Senate, claiming that the decision made by the Appeal Court on Saturday to remove him was made in error and therefore cannot be upheld. Since the news of Nwokocha’s expulsion became public on Saturday, the party claims that the members of the LP family in Abia have been in a state of disbelief ever since. During a news conference that took place in Umuahia, Ceakay Igara, who is the Chairman of the party in Abia State, made…