Sheriff Oborevwori, governor of Delta State, has declared that Duoye Diri, governor of Bayelsa State, should be reelected because of the progress made in his first four years in office. In Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, Oborevwori spoke on Saturday at the opening of the Etegwe roundabout and the Agilobi road, Agudama Epie. He praised Diri for making security a top priority, saying it had aided in the growth of other vital economic areas. According to him, Diri is the epitome of a faithful servant because of the care he shows for the people. You took office and made…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that political parties have not significantly complied with this warning and subsequent reminders by submitting the list of their agents ahead of the governorship elections taking place on November 11 in the states of Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi. It stated that on Thursday, August 24, 2023, it notified all political parties of the launch of its online portal for the upload of the list of polling units and collation center agents. In order to ensure a smooth procedure, the Commission said it subsequently consulted with party representatives on the process’s methodology. In…
Nasarawa State’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked its supporters to celebrate the party’s recent victory at the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in a calm manner and refrain from any disruptive actions. In a statement issued on Saturday, the party’s publicity secretary, Ibrahim Hamza, urged its followers in all 13 of the State’s local government areas to celebrate in a responsible manner and without creating any problems. According to Hamza, the triumph was anticipated because the party was confident it would win the election. He emphasised, however, that party members and supporters needed to keep their cool and celebrate the…
Chief Dr. Nwachukwu Anakwenze, a former presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said on Friday that the government led by President Bola Tinubu has failed to display leadership capacity in its first 100 days in office. After gaining independence from Britain, he was disappointed that the country’s authorities hadn’t set it on a course towards economic glory and infrastructure progress. Anakwenze’s remarks were set against the backdrop of Sunday’s nationwide celebration of Nigeria’s 63rd anniversary of independence. He was especially harsh on the direction taken by the administration led by Tinubu, saying that the All Progressives Congress-led Federal…
It has been reported that INEC has reversed its decision to drop its appeal of the petition judgement in the Kano State gubernatorial election. On Saturday, Infostride News learned that INEC has retracted the letter it had first sent to signal its withdrawal from the appeal against the Tribunal’s verdict. On Friday, the commission officially retracted its appeal in a letter signed by Suleiman Alkali, chief of the legal department in Kano. The letter, written to the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal secretary, stated in part, “I have been instructed by the commission headquarters that INEC as an umpire have…
Kano State’s branch of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) released a statement on Saturday claiming that All Progressives Congress National Chairman Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is incapable of leading his party to victory in the upcoming governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa. Hashimu Dungurawa, chairman of the ruling party in Kano state, recently told reporters that his former boss “is a renowned serial loser whose emergence as National Chairman was a mis-application of choice.” For example, ex-Ganduje aide Dungurawa remarked, “Antecedents played a key role in political calculus, and we are talking of a man whose poor outing in…
Former member of Congress from Kogi State and current member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Ismail Inah Hussein recently switched parties. On Friday in Ajaka, Igalamela-Odolu Local Government Area, Hussein, who represented Idah Federal Constituency in Kogi State, declared his defection at an APC rally. The former lawmaker, who along with hundreds of his supporters joined the APC, stated that he made the switch so that he could aid in Kogi State and Nigeria’s progress. He defended his decision to back APC governorship candidate Usman Ododo on the grounds that the party’s current administration in Kogi State had…
Al Jazeera reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine would not last more than “a week” without Western military and financial aid as the West continues to give aid for the war-torn country. On the same day that Putin made this allegation, an EU official said that the EU would be unable to fill the budget gap if the US cut off its support for Kyiv. The Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, expressed “does worry” earlier this week that American backing for Ukraine could be jeopardised. Putin, speaking to the Valdai Discussion Club, claimed, “thanks to…
The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has just announced the suspension of open-grazing of cattle as part of his pledge to reestablish Abuja’s status as the Federal Capital Territory. Putting Abuja on the global map has been a goal of several earlier initiatives. Animal poo has been dumped in every area of the city, creating an offensive scent and an unsightly sight that attracts flies and poses a health danger to the people who live there. It is impossible to overstate the risks associated with unfettered open grazing everywhere, not only in the Federal Capital Territory. According to the the media,…
NBC, the National Broadcasting Commision, has issued a strong warning to Arise Television about its use of hate speech and other offensive language. The release of President Bola Tinubu’s academic records by Chicago State University has sparked controversy, according to InfoStride News. The opposition claims that the certificate the president presented to the Independent National Electoral Commision, INEC for the last election does not match the one the opposition filed, thus the TV station has interviewed several people to educate the public on the possible ramifications of this. However, NBC’s Director General Balarabe Shehu Ilelah wrote a letter to the…
With the entire community having rejected all the lies he told them on Thursday during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign in the area, Timipre Sylva, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for governor of Bayelsa State, has told state governor Douye Diri to let the people of Nembe breathe. According to a statement released by Sylva’s Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs, Julius Bokoru, the governor visited Nembe to campaign for his elusive reelection but could not point to any reasonable projects he executed in the area other than the nearly completed Unity Bridge before he assumed office.…
In light of his recent victory at the governorship election tribunal, Abia State Governor Alex Otti has pledged to serve the people of his state with renewed vigour and dedication. This is despite his claim that he was never worried about the legal challenges to his election victory on March 18, 2023. After the election petition tribunal in Umuahia dismissed the cases brought against him by PDP and APC candidates Okey Ahaiwe and Ikechi Emenike, Otti delivered a message in which he made this claim. Mr Ferdinand Ekeoma, Otti’s Special Adviser on media and publicity, released a statement on his…
In a press conference held Friday in Abuja, EU officials reaffirmed their commitment to supporting President Bola Tinubu’s administration’s development goals and programmes. When briefing Vice President Kashim Shettima on the next Ministerial Dialogue on October 19, NAN reported that the union’s Managing Director, External Action Service, Rita Laranjinha, announced the support. While in Nigeria for the next Ministerial Dialogue with Nigerian officials, Rits assured them that the European Union will keep looking for new ways to work together. The Vice President of the EU Mission will be in charge of presiding over this Ministerial Dialogue. “He will be in…
Abia State Governor Alex Otti has urged his opponents in the People’s Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress to invest the funds they are using to sue him in the rural infrastructure development. In light of his recent victory at the election petition tribunal, Otti has called on the opposition parties to put aside their differences and work together with him to advance the State. My adversaries should put away their swords and work with me to build up our state of Abia at this time. No matter how you look at it, court cases are quite expensive. Although…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has ordered a stay of action on plans to impeach the state deputy governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, as part of ongoing efforts to settle the political deadlock in Ondo State. A reconciliation committee has been formed within the party to resolve the dispute between the governor and his deputy. On Friday, APC national chairman Abdullahi Umar Ganduje spoke at the inauguration of the committee led by former Kastina State governor Aminu Bello Masari. He emphasised the importance of ensuring a good working relationship between the governor and his deputy and expressed confidence that the committee’s…
The Abia State Election Petition Tribunal in Umuahia has ruled in favour of Governor Alex Otti and rejected all three of the petitions filed by Peoples Democratic Party candidate Okey Ahaiwe. At around 1:20 pm, the judge ruled against Ahaiwe and found her case to be without merit. When the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Otti as the victorious candidate for governor, Ahaiwe filed an appeal. Ahaiwe had prayed for the court to remove Otti and declare him the winner through his attorney, Paul Ananaba, SAN. The PDP nominee prayed that Otti’s victory be overturned on the grounds that…
Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, a former National Publicity Secretary for the now-defunct New Peoples Democratic Party and now a prominent member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has reiterated his position that former Rivers Governor Rotimi Amaechi could not have directed party members and supporters in the state to vote against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election. This was in response to an alleged statement by Tony Okocha, whom he then accused of engaging in a slander campaign for political gain. The APC leader said in a statement released to the media that the fabricated accusation being…
According to Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND), a Long March rocket carrying a surveillance satellite was observed over Taiwan’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ) on Thursday morning after being launched from China. The MND states that the PLA’s rockets were launched from China’s Xichang Satellite Launch Centre. The Defence Ministry stated that the rocket’s flying height was above the atmosphere and therefore “poses no harm to Taiwan.” The MND reports that the rocket’s trajectory took it above the southwestern tip of Taiwan’s ADIZ. It went on to say that it has activated its joint intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance system…
After the Governorship, National, and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal ruled against the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, dismissing the petitions of the party’s gubernatorial candidate Patrick Tonye-Cole and all of its senate and house candidates, the party vowed to appeal the decision. The APC said in a statement released to the press in PortHarcourt that the court’s reasoning for dismissing its governorship candidate’s petition was “hypothetical and inconsistent with the position of the Supreme Court,” which had ruled on the issue in the case of Buhari and two others vs. Obasanjo and two others (Suit No. SC/194/2003 (Buhari…
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidates for the Labour Party (LP) and the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), to work with him to defeat Bola Tinubu. On Thursday, Atiku made the announcement at a World Press Conference in Abuja to discuss the controversy over Tinubu’s academic credentials. On Monday, Atiku received his transcript from Chicago State University (CSU). Each and every one of us has a role to play in this endeavour.