The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal finally set the date for ruling on the three petitions contesting the proclamation of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election to be this coming Wednesday, September 6, ending two weeks of speculation. The date was announced on Monday by Umar Mohammed Bangari, chief registrar of the Court of Appeal. Bangari, whose court is hosting the Tribunal, has stated that all necessary measures have been taken to ensure that the verdicts in the three petitions are delivered without delay. Abubakar Atiku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the…
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On Monday, the Taraba State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal reserved judgment on a petition filed by Professor Sani M. Yahya, candidate for the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), challenging the 2023 gubernatorial victory of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Governor Agbu Kefas. Yahya is attempting to have the election he claims was tainted by irregularities thrown out of court. Shortly after the suit’s parties adopted their last written addresses, the tribunal reserved decision. The tribunal’s chairman, Justice G.A. Sunmonu, has promised to notify the parties as soon as a date is fixed for delivering a verdict. Barrister Ibrahim Ishaku, lead…
On Sunday, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, leader of a group inside Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the largest Igbo socio-cultural organization, said that Nigeria would not face a military incursion if the North did not approve of such action. As a warning to President Bola Tinubu, the group made the accusation. Ohanaeze forewarned Tinubu that the recent coup waves in some Francophone African countries are warnings over the continual declarations of fraudulent election results in Africa, bad governments, lack of respect for the constitution by political elites, and the imposition of geriatric African Presidents by the West. “Northern leadership and political leaders are dissatisfied with…
The former head of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Lauretta Onochie, has disputed rumors that she was evicted from a London flat. On Saturday, word spread that Onochie’s family had disowned her after she caused embarrassment. On Sunday, though, Onochie responded by saying she was not, in fact, stuck. She said her cousin, whom she was housing at the time, had tried to steal her house, but that she had successfully fought him off. What a battle, I recovered my home,” she tweeted. My second cousin once removed, Victor Ashiedu Fejokwu, and his wife, Ruth Emereze, were destitute and…
On Saturday, IPOB (Indigenous People of Biafra) declared that releasing Nigeria’s leader, Nnamdi Kanu, was the only option for the country’s survival. IPOB said this as it criticized the Save Nigeria Movement (SNM) for attacking House ad hoc Committee Chairman Obinna Aguocha for his comments about Kanu. After the ad hoc committee finished its inquiry, Obinna Aguocha, a Nigerian lawmaker, demanded that Kanu be released from solitary incarceration without any conditions. After lengthy debate in the chambers about the state of security in Nigeria, particularly in the Southeast, the chairman of the ad hoc Committee concluded that releasing Kanu was…
At the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will leave Abuja on Monday for the G-20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi, India. This was announced on Sunday by President Trump’s media adviser, Ajuri Ngelale. The President will also take part in the Nigeria-India Presidential Roundtable and the Nigeria-India Business Conference, both of which will take place on the sidelines of the summit. The CEO roundtable will feature prominent businesses and government officials from both Nigeria and India. According to Ajuri’s statement, Tinubu plans to use this forum to drum up FDI in Nigeria’s main labor-intensive…
Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s ex-president, claims his government cleaned the country of corruption. According to Buhari, the fraudulent plots against Nigeria’s economy were foiled thanks to his administration. To address the claims made by former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adokie, regarding Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID), the Paris Club, and the Ajaokuta steel plant, he released a statement through his spokesman, Garba Shehu. According to the ex-president, the scandals uncovered by Adokie date back to a government in which the ex-AG served. Buhari emphasized that the contract and incidental judgment in the P&ID were inherited…
The Motor Vehicle Administration of the U.S. state of Maryland now offers drivers’ permit tests, vehicle registration, and study materials in Yoruba. Yorùbá was one of the largest non-English languages spoken in the state, therefore it was added based on the most recent data from the United States Census. The Yoruba language test for the Maryland learner’s permit will be available beginning in September. A breakthrough that is not even accessible in Nigeria, home to the highest number of native Yoruba speakers. The announcement is one of many new programs being launched around the state to accommodate the state’s rapidly…
To better represent the state’s population and its most marginalized members, the Forum of Civil Society Organizations in Akwa Ibom State, also known as the Guild of Community Development Advocates, has requested that Governor Umo Eno reconsider the membership of the palliative committee. On Sunday, the group expressed regret that the key target segments of society, including youths, women, and persons with disabilities (PWDs), “who are disproportionately affected by the subsidy removal,” were not represented in the newly constituted committee. The statement was endorsed by the forum’s chairman, Harry Udoh, and the secretary, Dr. Nsekpong Udoh. The conference advised the…
There will be no military coup in Nigeria, Primate Elijah Ayodele, leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has informed the federal government, but more political coups are to be expected. Primate Ayodele said in a statement sent by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, that a military coup in the country was futile since God had canceled it. He predicted that a military coup would be forgotten over time but that a revolution would be remembered forever. Ayodele said that the revolution might be viewed as a political coup, in which voters will remove from power anyone who fails to deliver…
Abdullahi Ganduje, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), claims he will receive 99 percent of the vote and win the governorship race in Kogi State on November 11. At the official launch of the APC’s National and State Campaign Councils for the governorship race on November 11, Ganduje addressed party members and supporters. According to NAN, he said he expected a large turnout of APC supporters from the state’s population because of the party’s long history there. “Today we officially launch the state campaign committee, which will work with the national campaign committee and the LGAs’ campaign committees…
In the Edo State local government election held on Saturday, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, won all 18 LGAs. According to Channels Television, the state independent electoral commission announced that PDP received the most votes in every local government area in the state. On Saturday, all of the state’s municipal governments held their elections. The PDP wasn’t the only major party to have candidates in the election for ward chairmanships and councillorships; the Labour Party and the All Progressives Congress also fielded candidates. There has been no official announcement of the election results from either the APC or the LP…
Reportedly, the DSS has taken into custody Kingsley Obiora, the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. According to Business Day, the suspended CBN governor Godwin Emefiele was arrested over allegations of financial mismanagement. Deputy Governor Obiora is in charge of economic policy at the central bank. The investigation into CBN, which Godwin Emefiele is overseeing, led to his detention. According to Infostride News archives, DSS has been holding Emefiele since the 11th of June, 2023, the day after President Bola Tinubu fired him. Tinubu nominated Jim Obazee as a special investigator in July to lead the investigation of…
The Edo State Government has moved the deputy governor’s office to a separate structure from the main government complex. Because of tensions between Governor Godwin Obaseki and his Deputy Philip Shaibu, this event occurred. The new location of the office has been revealed to be at no. 7, Dennis Osadebey Avenue, not far from the presidential palace. Former governor Senator Adams Oshiomhole established the state Public Procurement Office on December 16, 2014, which has now been repurposed as the new office of the deputy governor. According to Infostride News, Obaseki’s conflict with his deputy has recently taken an unexpected turn.…
The Governor of Niger, Muhammad Umar Bago, has decreed a three-day vacation for the distribution of palliatives to the state’s 25 local government areas’ individual wards and divisions. Next week on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday are the three days that have been declared. This information was shared by the governor during a moderate press conference in Minna where he discussed the introduction of a new modality for the distribution of palliatives. He explained that this is why government workers in Niger State will go on strike for three days. As a member of the state government’s standing committees, he also…
Concrete roads, as opposed to asphalt ones, are being pushed for wider use by the federal government due to their lower costs and greater longevity. Minister of Works Dave Umahi claims that concrete roads will pay off in the long run and last for 50 years. Umahi made this statement at Akure, the capital of Ondo State. He argued that the federal government’s decision to prioritise concrete roads is consistent with its pledge to maximise infrastructure investments and support nationwide sustainable development. While checking on the progress of the Akure-Ado Ekiti road, he announced that all national road projects that…
Benue State Governor Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia has urged the populace to stop spreading malicious rumours and lies about others. Messages that are harmful to organisations or individuals will have consequences, he warned, but the government would not police speech. On Saturday, at the funeral for the late John Chia, a former member of the Benue State House of Assembly, Gov. Alia of Benue provided the advise in Vandeikya LGA. Benue State, Governor Alia said, is being subjected to a deluge of intentional misinformation, and he urged residents to avoid from making unfounded and provocative statements in an effort to…
After years of icy ties, Australia will send a delegation of federal ministers to a high-level meeting in Beijing next week. At the meeting on September 7, delegates will talk about regional and international security, as well as commerce and investment, and ties between people. First held in early 2020, this discourse is significant because it is a step toward deeper bilateral engagement and a more stable relationship with China. “Saturday,” Minister Penny Wong declared. The minister met with Wang Yi, China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister, in Beijing in December, and the two agreed to restart the negotiations. Wong…
Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun State, has issued a warning to members of the Osun State Chapter of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, to stop stockpiling Premium Motor Spirit. The Governor issued the warning during a polite visit from the IPMAN leadership, and he stressed that his administration will never stand for IPMAN members putting State inhabitants through undue hardship to obtain the commodity. Adeleke emphasized IPMAN’s significance, saying that the price of gasoline has a direct bearing on the state of the economy. The Governor told them that he would continue to include them in policy…
Senator Kamorudeen Lere Oyewumi, the Deputy Minority Leader of the Nigerian Senate, has stated that the Senate has found over 10,000 government projects that had been abandoned at various points. Oyewumi said the Upper Legislative Chamber has approved a comprehensive investigation into the dormant projects with the goal of reviving them where necessary for the benefit of the nation. The senator for Osun West told reporters that the investigation will determine whether or not the projects were feasible, why they were scrapped, and how much money had already been spent on them. Experts in various sectors have been brought together,…