The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, has asked for time to bring peace to the party’s rival sections in Rivers State. This was said by Ganduje on Thursday in Abuja, when he met with Rivers-based APC stakeholders. The previous governor of Kano stated that legal disputes were destroying the party in the state. He praised Rivers as a key state in the country, saying that any political party would benefit from the state’s oil reserves and vast population. You can see, then, why we can’t just dismiss Rivers as a political entity altogether. It just…
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After former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar levelled claims against All Progressives Congress (APC) President Bola Tinubu earlier on Thursday, the APC responded by saying it is unaffected by the allegations. According to the APC, Atiku holds Tinubu accountable for his electoral failures in 2007, 2015, 2019, and this year, and thus harbours strong enmity towards him. According to InfoStride News, Atiku used documents he got from Chicago State University to make many claims against Tinubu during a news conference in Abuja. In a statement released by the APC’s National Publicity Secretary Felix Morka,…
The death of Tijani Adeyemi, the Senate correspondent for the Tribune newspaper, has been mourned by former Senate President Ahmad Lawan. Lawan also expressed his condolences to the Senate Press Corps upon hearing the news of Mr. Adeyemi’s passing on Wednesday. The previous president of the Senate sent a statement of sorrow to the Senate Press Corps after the death of Tribune newspaper reporter Tijani Adeyemi, writing, “I was profoundly grieved to hear about the passing of a member of the Senate Press Corps. “As a reporter, he was noted for his outstanding talent and dedication. He was devoted to…
On Thursday, retired Supreme Court Justice Amina Adamu Augie urged the National Assembly to quickly change the Constitution to improve the efficiency of Nigeria’s courts. Justice Augie urged the Senate, which is currently led by Senator Godswill Akpabio, to act swiftly in order to do what others had failed to do. The Supreme Court justice made the plea during her valedictory session on September 3, 2023, after she had reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 and was retiring from the bench. “This represents the final instance where my voice will be heard in any Court and I wish to…
Ikechi Emenike of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Okey Ahaiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have filed petitions with the governorship election petition tribunal in Umuahia, Abia State’s capital. The tribunal will announce its decision on the petitions against Governor Alex Otti today. Through his main Counsel, Tochukwu Maduka, SAN, APC guber candidate Emenike asked the court to remove Governor Otti from office on the grounds that Otti had not resigned from the APC when joining the LP in 2022. Emenike claimed in his appeal that the LP improperly nominated Otti for governor in the 2023 election since…
A chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo has vowed that attacks on his property by some political thugs will not dissuade him from expressing the truth. Oguntoyinbo, the NNPP’s candidate for governor of Ogun State in 2023, made the claim on Thursday. Some criminals broke into the Bullion Hotel in the Simawa Area of Ogun State early on Tuesday morning, according to information obtained by InfoStride News. Items worth millions of naira were reportedly stolen from the hotel by the accused political thugs. In his response, Oguntoyinbo, who is also the hotel’s Chief Executive…
Fatima Binta Bello, a former deputy minority whip in the House of Representatives, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the largest opposition party. On Thursday, she submitted her resignation in writing to the party chairman in Shongom Ward, Shongom LGA, Gombe State. She did not elaborate on why she was leaving the party or whether she planned to join another political faction. “I am writing to tender my resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party with immediate effect,” the letter begins. My PDP membership card is included with this submission. This was not a quick choice, and I deliberated…
The results of the governorship election in Bayelsa, scheduled for November 11, would be transmitted manually, INEC said. This was announced on Wednesday in Yenagoa by the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the State, Mr Obo Effanga, at a meeting with religious leaders and faith-based organizations. Effanga assured the public that the elections would be free, fair, and credible, and that only voters with BVAS accreditation would be able to cast ballots. You may begin voting as soon as you are handed a ballot. PVC collection, which has been ongoing for four weeks, will conclude on October 11. If…
Professor Sani Yahaya, the NNPP’s candidate for governor of Taraba State in the 2023 guber election, has announced that he and the party will file an appeal of the tribunal’s decision. The petition against the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governor of the state, Dr. Agbu Kefas, was dismissed by the tribunal last week. Yahaya and the NNPP leadership had petitioned the state election petition tribunal, arguing that electoral irregularities rendered the governor’s victory null and void. In a press conference on Wednesday in Jalingo, the state capital, he voiced his displeasure with the verdict and announced that he and his…
Reports that Governor Umo Eno praised Atiku Abubakar for his role in the phony certificate saga of President Bola Tinubu at Chicago State University have been refuted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State and Mr Ekerete Udoh, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor. Social media had suggested that Governor Eno had praised Atiku for his role in exposing Tinubu’s alleged phony certificate during Tuesday’s PDP stakeholders meeting in the state. However, the PDP issued a statement from the office of its publicity secretary, Borono Bassey, denying the rumor and calling it an attempt to involve…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State has spoken out against the tribunal’s decision to overturn the results of the March 18 gubernatorial election and proclaim David Umbugadu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the victor. At a press conference on Wednesday, party chairman Aliyu Bello lent his entire support to Sule’s plan to appeal the tribunal’s decision to the Court of Appeal. According to Bello, the party believes the tribunal made a serious mistake in reaching its ruling. “It is the candid and considered opinion of our great party, the APC, that the election tribunal erred in arriving…
Udengs Eradiri, the Labour Party, LP’s candidate for governor in Bayelsa State, has expressed empathy toward the state’s educators for the difficulties they’ve through under Governor Douye Diri’s tenure. Eradiri, in a statement supplied to the media for 2023 Teachers Day, promised to end teachers’ tears if he were elected on November 11. The LP candidate promised teachers a prominent role in his administration, calling them “the pillar and backbone of all the sectors in the state” as part of his People, Education, Agriculture, and Power (PEAP) Agenda. Bayelsa teachers, Eradiri argued, had no right to complain about issues such…
The individuals’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its followers, including those of David Ombugadu, the party’s governorship candidate in the previous election, have been cautioned by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to avoid harassing and terrorising individuals in the state due to the recent ruling of the tribunal. You may recall that on Monday, a three-person panel led by Justice Ezekiel Ajayi issued a Zoom-delivered ruling declaring Emmanuel David Ombudagu of the PDP the victor of the gubernatorial election held on March 18. Two justices sided with the petitioner, ruling that his case established beyond a reasonable doubt that the PDP…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has said that Nigeria’s reputation is at risk because of the controversy surrounding President Bola Tinubu’s certificate from Chicago State University (CSU), which was submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). On Thursday, Atiku addressed a press conference in Abuja, Nigeria. He also asked the appropriate parties to defend democratic principles by uncovering the truth about Tinubu’s certificate presented to INEC. As one Nigerian put it, “the reputation of our country is at stake and that affects Nigerians everywhere and wherever they may be.” Atiku declared. Remember that Tinubu’s transcripts from…
Before, during, and after the next governorship election in Kogi State, young people have been urged to refrain from engaging in vote buying and violence. At a town hall meeting on Wednesday, Kogi youths presented the Charter of Demand to candidates for governor of the state and were warned by Ulu James Okoro, the Resident Anti-Corruption Commissioner for the Independent Corrupt Practises and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The Resident Anti-Corruption Commissioner, who was represented by Principal Superintendent of Operations Sikpi Nathaniel, stated that the ICPC, in keeping with its purpose of eradicating corruption in the country, will be actively…
Titus Uba, who ran for governor of Benue State as a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and his party have filed an appeal against the Governorship victory Petitions Tribunal’s decision to uphold Governor Hyacinth Alia’s victory. The petition by the PDP and Uba challenging INEC’s return of Governor Hyacinth Alia as winner of the 2023 Gubernatorial election in the state was rejected by the Tribunal on September 24, 2023, presided over by Justice Ibrahim Mohammed Karaye. The presiding judge, Justice Karaye, ruled that the Federal High Court, not the Tribunal, should have heard the petitioners’ claims because they…
The Progressives League of Youth Voters has sounded the alarm that unguarded utterances by some older citizens is already generating tension in Imo State ahead of the governorship election on November 11. On Wednesday, Audu Shuaibu, the group’s national coordinator, made this announcement at a news conference in Abuja. The organisation claimed that a specific governor from the southeast, along with other members of the Labour Party, intended to invade Imo State in order to steal the governorship election. According to Shuaibu, “As we are know, the Imo State Governorship election, along with Kogi and Bayelsa States, is rapidly approaching.…
The White House has stated that the Taliban must fulfill its promises in order to gain credibility. They are not an officially recognized government in Afghanistan by us. They’re after it. The key issue for them is legitimacy. Then they need to follow through on their promises, White House National Security Council Communications Director John Kirby told reporters on Tuesday. How can you run a government or an economy efficiently if half of your population, the women, are barred from participating? In answer to a query, he added, “So, we’re going to keep holding them accountable for their commitments.” When…
Mothers who work for the government in Osun State will soon be able to take off six months to care for their newborns. This was announced on Tuesday in Osogbo during a one-day symposium celebrating an enabling breastfeeding environment for working moms by Dr. Akindele Adekunle, Special Adviser to Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke on Public Health. Dr. Akindele insisted that the government’s policies were in line with those recommended by the WHO. A six-month paid maternity leave for nursing moms has been advocated for by the Wives of Nigerian Governors Forum, and he says that this is in coordination…
The labor unions called off their statewide indefinite strike on Monday night. A tripartite conference between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC), and the Federal Government led to the decision. According to Infostride News, the action was put on hold for 30 days to give the government time to carry out some of the commitments made in the memorandum of understanding that was signed following the meeting. State and local government employees, however, make up the vast majority of the civil service workforce, and they don’t appear to have a clear plan either. You may recall…