Salihu Lukman, the former national vice chairman (North West) of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has claimed that several party leaders who opposed President Bola Tinubu’s presidential bid are now being recruited into critical government positions. He made specific reference to Hope Uzodinma, governor of Imo State, whom he claimed had funded the effort to adopt former Senate president Ahmed Lawan as the APC consensus presidential candidate. He claims that Uzodimma was nevertheless successful in his bid to become Tinubu’s appointed Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF). On Wednesday, November 8th, Lukman released a lengthy statement in Abuja headlined…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
In order to ensure a peaceful election for Kogi governor this coming Saturday, 18 different political groups have signed a peace deal. The All Progressives Congress (APC), the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Labour Party (LP), and the Action Alliance (AA) were among the political groups represented. The New Nigerian Peoples Party, the Action Democratic Congress, the People’s Redemption Party, and the Zenith Labour Party are some of the others. Retired General Abdulsalam Abubakar, Chairman of the National Peace Committee, spoke at the event and urged the governorship candidates in the state to vote their…
The All Progressive Congress, APC, has called on its followers in Taraba State to fight for their votes in the upcoming local council elections. On Wednesday in Jalingo, the state capital, at the presentation of the party’s flags to the candidates for the party’s local government chairmanship, the party urged all the candidates to embrace peaceful techniques for campaigning rather than violence. The candidates were also instructed to take extra legal steps to counteract the possibility of campaign supporters transporting guns. The APC Northern Zone Vice Chairman Solomon Jadana, who made the presentation on behalf of the party’s state chairman,…
On Tuesday, the Lagos appeals court upheld the election of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Hon. Ibori-Suenu Erhiatake to represent the Ethiope Federal Constituency in Delta State. The election held on February 25 was called a victory for Erhiatake, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Ben Rolands Igbakpa of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) and Mr. Halims Ahoda of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have filed legal challenges to the results of the election. On Tuesday in Lagos, the three-judge panel consisting of Justice Festus Ogbuinaya, Justice Senchi, and Justice Waziri affirmed the tribunal’s decision to recognize…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Senator Napoleon Binkap Bali, for the Plateau South Senatorial District of Plateau State, were disqualified from running in the February 25 National Assembly Election by the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday, citing their refusal to carry out a lawful order of Court as the reason. In a ruling written and delivered by Justice Elfaida Oluwayemisi Williams-Dawodu, the Appellate Court invalidated all votes cast for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and appointed former Governor of the State Simon Bako Lalong to represent the state in the Senate. In the senate election…
Thaddeus Atta, the Labour Party candidate for Eti Osa Federal Constituency in Lagos State, has been confirmed as the lawfully elected representative for the constituency by the Appeal Court. InfoStride News states that the National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, had in September declared the election inconclusive. Within 90 days, the tribunal mandated that INEC hold a supplementary election in all 33 previously uncounted voting units. The tribunal’s order was reversed on Tuesday by the Appeal Court, which determined that the elections were final. Bankole Wellington, better known by his stage name, Banky W, was…
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have appealed to Bayelsans to vote and protect against manipulation by opposing parties during the November 11 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State. These individuals voiced their support during Tuesday’s Grand Finale of the Bayelsa State PDP Gubernatorial Campaign at the Ox-bow Lake Pavilion Swali in Yenagoa. The party leaders, dismissing rumors of violence that could cause voter apathy, asked the electorate to take a stance against forces that will not allow their votes to count during the exercise. While presenting the party flag to Governor Duoye Diri, the current incumbent, PDP Acting National…
Information on 40 polling places where elections will not be held on Saturday have been made public by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Chairman of INEC and National Commissioner Sam Olumekun, chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, released a statement on the lack of registered voters in 38 polling units in Imo and two in Bayelsa on Tuesday. The national commissioner further mentioned that in Bayelsa State, 16 political parties are sponsoring candidates for the election, while in Imo State and Kogi State, 18 political parties are supporting candidates. Olumekun remarked that elections would be held in…
Allegations that Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma prevented President Bola Tinubu from releasing IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu have been refuted by Uzodinma. Uzodinma accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of exploiting the tale as a form of blackmail ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. After realizing they could lose the 2019 governorship race, the PDP resorted to blackmail, Governor Uzodinma said in a statement released by his Special Adviser on Public Communications, Collins Ughalaa. He insisted that it is not true that he tried to stop Tinubu from helping to secure Kanu’s release. Some excerpts from the statement…
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…
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…