Adams Oshiomhole, a former chairman of the All Progressives Congress, has criticized the strike action being implemented by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, arguing that the focus should have been on the state governments that are not yet paying the national minimum wage of N30,000. While congratulating Vice President Kashim Shettima on the party’s victories in Kogi and Imo states at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Oshiomhole implied that the walkout by the Joe Ajaero-led leadership was misguided. He noted that as union leaders, nothing precludes them from harboring political beliefs but must draw the line when…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
Setonji Koshoedo has been appointed to the position of PDP interim National Secretary by the Peoples Democratic Party. The decision was adopted by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). Until the conclusion of a matter before the Enugu High Court, Koshoedo will serve as National Secretary in his prior post as Deputy National Secretary. After a Tuesday meeting of the PDP’s NWC, acting National Chairman Umar Damagum made the news. Damagum stated that appointing Koshoedo was crucial to the party’s success amidst the continuing legal processes. The Deputy National Secretary “should take over in an acting capacity until the Court…
In order to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023, has urged the opposition parties to work together. Atiku said that the various opposition groups should join forces because the APC was leading the country down the path to dictatorship and a one-party state. On Tuesday, Atiku welcomed the executive committee of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) to his office. The lack of a strong opposition, according to Nigeria’s former Vice President, is detrimental to the country’s democracy. According to Atiku: “You have come here today to propose…
On Wednesday, November 15, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party’s gubernatorial candidate, and Abdulazeez Olajide Adediran, the Peoples Democratic Party’s gubernatorial candidate, will receive a ruling from the Lagos Court of Appeal regarding their appeal challenging Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s re-election. The court informed those involved in the appeal that the verdict would be announced at 3 p.m. According to Infostride News, the Lagos Governorship Election Petition Tribunal dismissed the LP candidate’s challenge to Sanwo-Olu’s 2023 gubernatorial election victory. The election tribunal found no basis for Rhodes-Vivour’s petition and confirmed Sanwo-Olu as the lawfully elected governor of the state. The Labour Party’s…
The National Vice Chairman, South-East of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ijeomah Arodiogbu has declared that the party is in the process of capturing the entire South-East as it did in the just concluded governorship election in Imo State. The APC National Vice Chairman, South-East stated this on Tuesday while addressing journalists in Owerri, Imo State capital. While congratulating Uzodinma on his victory, he said the party is leaving no stone unturned to take over the reins of power in Anambra State and more states in the Southeast. He also urged the people of the Southeast geopolitical region to shun…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State, Sai’du Umar, challenging the election of Governor Ahmed Aliyu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The three-member panel of Justices of the appellate court reserved judgment to a date that would be communicated to parties in the matter after the adoption of all processes. While Sunday Ibrahim Ameh (SAN) representing the appellants prayed the court to find merit in the appeal and allow it, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), Dr Hassan Liman (SAN) and…
Senator Samuel Anyanwu has been directed by an Abuja Federal Capital Territory High Court to stop impersonating the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) national secretary. The order was the result of a lawsuit that sought an interlocutory injunction to prevent the PDP from appointing Anyanwu as the party’s national secretary while the main lawsuit was being resolved. Douglas Nwachukwu is the complainant in the complaint filed under the file number FCT/HC/M/015/23. The defendants are the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the PDP (Anyanwu). Judge M.M. Adamu stopped Anyanwu from impersonating the PDP National Secretary after hearing a motion on notice…
The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) nominee for governor of Kogi State, Dino Melaye, is wanted by the All Progressives Congress (APC). The call was made on Tuesday in Lokoja during a press conference by Kingsley Fanwo, the Kogi State spokesperson for the APC Governorship Campaign Council. Fanwo called for Melaye’s arrest. for claiming to have access to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) backend server. “To claim access to the INEC back-end server is akin to entering a jail yard and demanding to be locked up,” claims Fanwo. “Security organizations don’t have a laborious task to complete when a suspect…
Nikki Haley, an Indian-American politician, is running for president in the 2024 presidential election. It appears that her campaign has gained momentum, as several key donors from competing camps have switched to her side. Haley also announced that she will be spending USD 10 million on a media blitz in the early primary states of New Hampshire and Iowa, hoping to further propel the momentum. However, after having served as President of the United States, Donald Trump continues to enjoy the highest approval rating inside the Republican Party, which currently sits at over sixty percent. The second-place finisher is the…
Otunba Gbenga Daniel, a former governor of Ogun State and the current senator representing Ogun East, has urged Nigerians to return to farming in order to increase food production for the country as a whole and decrease the prevalence of famine. Daniel further informed everyone of President Bola Tinubu’s resolve to revitalize the country’s agriculture sector in order to increase food sufficiency throughout the nation. Monday was the first day of a training session for rice farmers that was held at the Asoludero Court in Sagamu, Ogun State. He made his remarks during this event. The Senator revealed that the…
Nyesom Wike, who serves as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has stated that he has been given a direction from the president to construct a new Court of Appeal in Abuja. This was announced by the Minister of Justice during the opening ceremony of the 2023 All Nigeria Judges’ Conference of the Superior Courts of Record, which took place on Monday at the National Judicial Institute in Abuja. Wike added that this action is in accordance with the goals of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda, which is aimed at ensuring that the judicial system operates…
Dino Melaye, the candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the election for governor of Kogi State, has stated that his decision to abstain from voting during the election should not be held responsible for the party’s loss. Melaye finished a distant third in the election, and Usman Ododo, a candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC), was ultimately victorious and won the position of governor. Some people believe that the fact that the former senator did not vote during the election on Saturday may have hurt his prospects of becoming elected. Dino counters with the argument that “people…
Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma has revealed the first thing he did after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced him the victor of Saturday’s election for the governorship of the state. The poll took place on Saturday. Uzodinma claimed that after the election on Saturday, he went to the chapel to thank God for assuring that he would win. On Monday, the governor of the state made this information public during a press conference in Owerri, the capital of the state. Uzodinma, too, credited God Almighty as the source of his success. His words were as follows: “To the…
According to the Edo State Local Government Elections Petitions Tribunal, they have received 18 petitions from the Labour Party and its candidates about the just finished local government elections on September 2. These elections took place on September 2. In an interview that took place on Monday in Benin with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the secretary of the tribunal, Emmanuel Uwagboe, revealed this information. According to him, the first day of the hearings on the petitions will be on Wednesday, November 15. In order to complete the process within the allotted amount of time, he added that two…
Atiku Abubakar, who served as Vice President of Nigeria in the past, has extended his congratulations to Governor Duoye Diri on his victory in the election for governor of Bayelsa State. To refresh your memory, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced on Monday that Diri won the election with a total of 175,196 votes, beating out other candidates, including his closest challenger Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who received 110,108 votes. In response, Atiku extended his congratulations to the citizens of Bayelsa for voting for the People’s Democratic Party, also known as the PDP. “I would…
The assurance was given by Douye Diri that he would continue to serve as governor for all of Bayelsa State’s residents, regardless of whatever political party they support. He made the statement during a speech not too long after the Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Kuta Farouq, proclaimed him the victor of Saturday’s governorship race in the state. The election took place in the state. His nearest competitor, Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress, APC, received a total of 110, 108 votes, while Diri received a total of 175, 196 votes, which allowed him to…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has provided his thoughts on the results of the election for governor in Bayelsa, the state in which he was born and raised. The previous governor of Bayelsa extended his congratulations to the incumbent, Governor Douye Diri, by means of a statement that he personally signed and published on X. According to InfoStride News, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the current governor and candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Diri, has been proclaimed the victor of the election that took place on November 11. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission…
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, stated on Monday that the Federal Capital Territory Administration, also known as the FCTA, is open to have discussions on the topic of tourism development with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This was disclosed by Wike during a visit to his office in Abuja by Salem Al-Shamsi, the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Nigeria. The minister pointed out that the United Arab Emirates, and notably Dubai, has emerged as a global hub for tourism, and he emphasized that Nigeria is working toward the goal of turning its capital city,…
Prof. Johnson Urama, the Returning Officer for the governorship election in Kogi State, warned on Sunday to use his statutory powers to remove the Secretary of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, from the collation centre. This warning was made in relation to the election that took place on Saturday. After the SDP official questioned the findings from Okene Local Government Area (LGA), which had just been read out, Urama gave the warning. “I was under the impression that each party could only have one party agent… The person in charge of tallying votes said that “there is somebody representing your…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, also known as INEC, has come under fire for continuing to collect the results of Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State despite instances of alleged overvoting. The poll took place on Saturday. Some interested parties claimed that the election results that were presented on the IREV portal showed instances of overvoting in the Okehi, Adavi, and Okene Local Government Areas (LGAs). Despite this, the Kogi State Collation Officer, Prof. Sani Mohammed, proceeded to validate the results. Concerns have been raised regarding the democratic process in Kogi State as a result of the scenario, and several…