NBC, the National Broadcasting Commision, has issued a strong warning to Arise Television about its use of hate speech and other offensive language. The release of President Bola Tinubu’s academic records by Chicago State University has sparked controversy, according to InfoStride News. The opposition claims that the certificate the president presented to the Independent National Electoral Commision, INEC for the last election does not match the one the opposition filed, thus the TV station has interviewed several people to educate the public on the possible ramifications of this. However, NBC’s Director General Balarabe Shehu Ilelah wrote a letter to the…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
With the entire community having rejected all the lies he told them on Thursday during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign in the area, Timipre Sylva, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for governor of Bayelsa State, has told state governor Douye Diri to let the people of Nembe breathe. According to a statement released by Sylva’s Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs, Julius Bokoru, the governor visited Nembe to campaign for his elusive reelection but could not point to any reasonable projects he executed in the area other than the nearly completed Unity Bridge before he assumed office.…
In light of his recent victory at the governorship election tribunal, Abia State Governor Alex Otti has pledged to serve the people of his state with renewed vigour and dedication. This is despite his claim that he was never worried about the legal challenges to his election victory on March 18, 2023. After the election petition tribunal in Umuahia dismissed the cases brought against him by PDP and APC candidates Okey Ahaiwe and Ikechi Emenike, Otti delivered a message in which he made this claim. Mr Ferdinand Ekeoma, Otti’s Special Adviser on media and publicity, released a statement on his…
In a press conference held Friday in Abuja, EU officials reaffirmed their commitment to supporting President Bola Tinubu’s administration’s development goals and programmes. When briefing Vice President Kashim Shettima on the next Ministerial Dialogue on October 19, NAN reported that the union’s Managing Director, External Action Service, Rita Laranjinha, announced the support. While in Nigeria for the next Ministerial Dialogue with Nigerian officials, Rits assured them that the European Union will keep looking for new ways to work together. The Vice President of the EU Mission will be in charge of presiding over this Ministerial Dialogue. “He will be in…
Abia State Governor Alex Otti has urged his opponents in the People’s Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress to invest the funds they are using to sue him in the rural infrastructure development. In light of his recent victory at the election petition tribunal, Otti has called on the opposition parties to put aside their differences and work together with him to advance the State. My adversaries should put away their swords and work with me to build up our state of Abia at this time. No matter how you look at it, court cases are quite expensive. Although…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has ordered a stay of action on plans to impeach the state deputy governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, as part of ongoing efforts to settle the political deadlock in Ondo State. A reconciliation committee has been formed within the party to resolve the dispute between the governor and his deputy. On Friday, APC national chairman Abdullahi Umar Ganduje spoke at the inauguration of the committee led by former Kastina State governor Aminu Bello Masari. He emphasised the importance of ensuring a good working relationship between the governor and his deputy and expressed confidence that the committee’s…
The Abia State Election Petition Tribunal in Umuahia has ruled in favour of Governor Alex Otti and rejected all three of the petitions filed by Peoples Democratic Party candidate Okey Ahaiwe. At around 1:20 pm, the judge ruled against Ahaiwe and found her case to be without merit. When the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Otti as the victorious candidate for governor, Ahaiwe filed an appeal. Ahaiwe had prayed for the court to remove Otti and declare him the winner through his attorney, Paul Ananaba, SAN. The PDP nominee prayed that Otti’s victory be overturned on the grounds that…
Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, a former National Publicity Secretary for the now-defunct New Peoples Democratic Party and now a prominent member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has reiterated his position that former Rivers Governor Rotimi Amaechi could not have directed party members and supporters in the state to vote against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election. This was in response to an alleged statement by Tony Okocha, whom he then accused of engaging in a slander campaign for political gain. The APC leader said in a statement released to the media that the fabricated accusation being…
According to Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND), a Long March rocket carrying a surveillance satellite was observed over Taiwan’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ) on Thursday morning after being launched from China. The MND states that the PLA’s rockets were launched from China’s Xichang Satellite Launch Centre. The Defence Ministry stated that the rocket’s flying height was above the atmosphere and therefore “poses no harm to Taiwan.” The MND reports that the rocket’s trajectory took it above the southwestern tip of Taiwan’s ADIZ. It went on to say that it has activated its joint intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance system…
After the Governorship, National, and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal ruled against the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, dismissing the petitions of the party’s gubernatorial candidate Patrick Tonye-Cole and all of its senate and house candidates, the party vowed to appeal the decision. The APC said in a statement released to the press in PortHarcourt that the court’s reasoning for dismissing its governorship candidate’s petition was “hypothetical and inconsistent with the position of the Supreme Court,” which had ruled on the issue in the case of Buhari and two others vs. Obasanjo and two others (Suit No. SC/194/2003 (Buhari…
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidates for the Labour Party (LP) and the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), to work with him to defeat Bola Tinubu. On Thursday, Atiku made the announcement at a World Press Conference in Abuja to discuss the controversy over Tinubu’s academic credentials. On Monday, Atiku received his transcript from Chicago State University (CSU). Each and every one of us has a role to play in this endeavour.
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…
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…