Peter Gregory Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party, had his petition dismissed by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday in Abuja due to serious incompetence and irreparable defects. In its judgement on multiple challenges to the petition, the Tribunal wiped out several paragraphs for being insufficient, unclear, and contradictory. Obi’s petition was deemed to have included various broad charges of malpractices, irregularities, and corruption without providing the specifics necessary by law, according to Justice Abba Mohammed’s judgement. According to the Tribunal’s ruling, even though Obi claimed to have received the largest number of legitimate votes in the…
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The issue of the non-transmission of result sheets to IReV has been deemed moot by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT). The transfer of election results to IReV was not required, according to Justice Haruna Tsammani. The sitting judge emphasised that no legislation requires polling places to report election results. Tsammani ruled on the petition filed by the Labour Party, LP, about the consequences of INEC’s tardy upload of photographic election result sheets to IReV. Tsammani argues, “There is no law that says INEC must mandatorily transfer or transmit the election results electronically from the polling units.” According to his…
The lawsuit that Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu of Edo State had brought against Governor Godwin Obaseki has been dropped. The anti-impeachment suit against Obaseki was brought by the Deputy Governor at a High Court in Abuja. The governor’s efforts to have him impeached were the subject of a lawsuit with case number FHC/ABJ/CS/1027/2023. Shaibu, who has been at odds with the Edo governor, characterized him as his “boss” and “senior brother” in a statement he personally signed. The Edo State government, the DSS, the Inspector General of Police, and the Chief Judge of Edo State were all named as defendants…
Local government elections are now set for November 25, 2023, however the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has requested that the Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission (YOSIEC) move the date. Bala Mohammed, the chairman of the state council, made the announcement on Tuesday during a press event in Damaturu. He said that the 17 state chairmen of various political parties, including the ruling APC, supported IPAC’s decision to request for a postponement of the November local government poll. “The rainy season started much later than usual, as you know. Since the rains have become more consistent, our people have returned their…
On Tuesday, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Dele Momodu said that if he had been in charge of the FCT ministry, he would have removed Nyesom Wike. Momodu said that Wike should be kicked out of the party because he was trying to bring it down. On the show Political Paradigm on Channels Television, Momodu said, “I don’t have the power, if I had power I would have fired him (Wike) long ago.” Wike was called “unruly” by the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council’s Director of Strategic Communications. An unruly person who wants to disrupt our party, he said, “? No…
Martin Inyang, a member of the Accord Party in the state of Akwa Ibom, insists on being recognized as the official party leader. This comment was issued by Inyang in reaction to rumors that he had been removed from office by party officials including State Secretary Imaobong Udeng, governorship candidate Emem Kofie, and a few others in 2023. At a press conference held not too long ago in Uyo, Udeng announced a vote of no confidence in Inyang, accusing him of working against the interests of the party, failing to ensure election victories for their candidate in his own unit,…
Former New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) National Chairman Prof. Rufai Ahmed has resigned. In a statement released Tuesday in Abuja, Rufai explained that he had made the decision to step down “after consulting widely.” The move by Rufai has been seen as a devastating blow to the already struggling party. Former national chairman, who stepped down on March 31, said he was willing to leave the post so that the organization might benefit from the fresh perspectives of new leaders. I resigned as national chairman because I wanted the NNPP to quickly capitalize on the party’s undeniable success in the…
According to a statement released by the President’s office, Emmanuel Macron will visit Bangladesh for a bilateral visit after attending the G20 Summit in Delhi on September 9-10, which will be hosted by India. According to the statement, the G20 Summit will give the French president a chance to keep working with his international counterparts to combat the dangers of regionalization. On September 9 and 10, French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Delhi for the G20 Summit under India’s Presidency. On September 10, he will pay a bilateral visit to Bangladesh. The G20 Summit will provide President Emmanuel Macron of…
The anthrax outbreak claims have been refuted by the government of Taraba State. You may remember that a few weeks ago, news outlets reported that the disease had been found in the state. The Director of Veterinary Services, Dr. Shehu Abdullahi Yaro, refuted this claim on Tuesday during the kickoff of free vaccination of livestock against the deadly anthrax disease at Kpanti Napu, in Yorro local government council of the state. He stated that the previous government had failed to invest in animal immunization, which had led livestock owners to seek self-help, and that this had led to rampant drug…
It has been reported that President Bola Tinubu’s spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, is unconcerned about the likely ruling of the presidential election tribunal. On Monday, Ngelale made the remark in an interview with Channels Television. He claims that Tinubu has decided that it is unnecessary to frighten judges over the election petition. The hearing date for the petitions contesting Tinubu’s February 25 election victory has been set for September 6. Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) all claimed victory. According to Ngelale, Tinubu has faith that…
Primate Elijah Ayodele, leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, asked Nigerians on Tuesday to temper their expectations for Wednesday’s ruling from the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. His press secretary, Oluwatosin Osho, released the statement. He also said that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party (LP), will lose in court. He also urged the case’s potential losers to keep the peace and prevent more anarchy in the country. The verdict will not go Peter Obi’s and his followers’ way, says Ayodele. He has no chance of winning in the tribunal, and as I’ve already indicated, the worst…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has removed Rabiu Kwankwaso, its 2023 presidential candidate, after he refused to appear before the party’s disciplinary committee. The National Executive Committee of the NNPP has announced that Kwankwaso’s dismissal is effective immediately. This was announced in a press release issued on Tuesday in Lagos by Abdulsalam Abdulrasaq, the NNPP’s acting National Publicity Secretary. For his extreme anti-party activities and poor handling of campaign funds, Kwankwaso was suspended by the NNPP at its National Convention on August 29 in Lagos. The National Executive Council convened a disciplinary committee after Kwankwaso’s suspension, inviting him to…
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has begun providing citizens with temporary relief from the effects of the recent elimination of gasoline subsidies. According to Infostride News, the Ogun State Government has stated that it has received 30,000 bags of rice from the Federal Government in an effort to alleviate the suffering of the Nigerian people. While beginning distribution in Abeokuta, Governor Abiodun announced that the 50-kg bags of rice will be re-bagged into 10-kg bags. According to Abiodun, this will enable the administration to communicate with 300,000 households in 5,400 voting locations across the state. According to him, his deputy…
The distribution of sacks of food to citizens of Kano State has been initiated by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf. He said that over 1060 individuals will be helped by the gesture, and that in addition to rice, millet, and corn, additional food products would also be handed to the needy. Governor Yusuf insisted that the government had taken the necessary steps to distribute the food products fairly by forming a number of committees. During the Kano launch of the agricultural intervention programme, he made the announcement. He claims the move was made to ease the financial blow of ending fuel…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) called for a two-day strike notice after the federal government did nothing to address the difficulties caused by the removal of the fuel subsidy. Comrade Gabriel Amari, chairman of the State NLC, made the news in an interview with the press on Monday. Representatives for the workers say the federal government has stopped negotiating with them and is disregarding previous agreements. Worker unions in Nigeria protested what they viewed as President Bola Tinubu’s anti-people policies on August 2. According to Amari, the plight of Nigerian workers has worsened immeasurably since the federal government eliminated the…
Publicity Secretary for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Prince Tunji Moronfoye, has resigned. What’s Happened Consists of a letter dated April 9, 2023, sent to Babatunde Muhammed, the party’s state chairman. With this letter, Prince Tunji announced his resignation as state publicity secretary of the party and a member of the State Working Committee (SWC). He explained that he had to make the choice for himself and that he harbored no ill will toward the PDP or its leadership. The rest of his time in office was spent working with the SWC, for which he had “nothing…
Sunday Karimi’s election as senator for the Kogi West senatorial district was validated by the Election Petition Tribunal in Lokoja. After reviewing the petition, the tribunal upheld Senator Karimi’s election and dismissed the petitioner’s arguments as without merit and utterly without foundation. The tribunal ruled that the majority of valid votes cast in the election were for the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Karimi, and it fined the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) complainant, T.J. Yusuf, N150,000. Infostride News readers may remember that in 2023, Yusuf accused the ruling APC of manipulating the senatorial election in Kogi West by claiming that…
US President Joe Biden is “disappointed” that Chinese President Xi Jinping will not be attending the G20 Summit in New Delhi this week, but is still looking forward to his trip to India. The White House announced on Friday that President Joe Biden would travel to India on September 7 for participation in the G20 Summit and hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 8 on the margins of the historic conference. On September 9 and 10, 2018, India will host the annual summit of the G20 in New Delhi as the group’s current president. On…
Nigerians can count on President Bola Tinubu to follow through on his vow to radically alter the country’s economic landscape. While hosting a solidarity visit from the Tinubu Support Organisation (TSO) to the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Tinubu made the promise. Chief Frank Ebere-Njoku, the group’s National Spokesperson, said as much in a statement released on Monday, as reported by NAN. Tinubu, in his address, praised TSO for sticking to his mission and emphasized that Nigeria was on the road to recovery. The president has faith in his cabinet colleagues to pull the country out of its current economic crisis.…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has been plagued by a leadership crisis, and on Sunday the party’s new leadership under Dr. Agbo Gilbert Major decided to investigate the possible mismanagement of over N1 billion raised from the sale of forms to aspirants in the 2023 general elections. While outlining its plans to restructure its structures at all levels nationally in the coming days and weeks, the new leadership also called for written complaints from unhappy candidates who were shortchanged after paying for forms into the party’s account. Acting National Publicity Secretary Abdulsalam Abdulrasaq released a statement to the media…