Following the recent tribunal judgement that invalidated his election, Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has issued a call for calm among his supporters and the people of the state. He reassured the people of the state that he would continue in office until all appeals had been heard, citing the legal right to do so. On Monday night, Governor Sule spoke to his supporters and the public, acknowledging the temporary setback but promising to fight the judgement at a higher court. He expressed gratitude to his many backers and singled out the youth and stakeholders among them. He extended…
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The Rivers State Labor Party says it is not shocked by the tribunal’s decision to uphold Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s election. The tribunal heard the case in Abuja. In an interview with Today FM, Gogo Wellington, the publicity secretary of the Rivers Labour Party, indicated that the party would be appealing the Independent National Electoral Commission’s declaration of victory for Governor Fubara. The Labor Party, according to Wellington, still has a case to establish in the Court of Appeal because it has sufficient evidence to show that violence and irregularities marred the election. “We wouldn’t say we’re surprised by the Election…
On Monday, Governor Biodun Oyebanji, State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Paul Omotoso, and other prominent leaders of the party welcomed approximately 200 card-carrying members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Efon Local Government area of the state to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the December 2nd local government elections in Ekiti State. Former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Femi Ige, former PDP Women leader in the local Government Lucia Adetunji, and PDP House of Assembly candidate Pastor Stephen Olusola were among the decampees received at the APC Party Secretariat in the…
Representatives have requested that the Ministry of Works immediately begin rebuilding the New Artisan, Enugu-Port Harcourt expressways bridge that recently collapsed. After a proposal put up by Nnolim Nnaji and supported by Chimaobi Atu, Stainless Nwodo, Mark Obetta, Chijioke Okereke, Sunday Umeha, Paul Nnamchi, Iduma Igariwey, Obi Aguocha, Peter Aniekwe, and Ugonna Ozurigbo was adopted in plenary on Tuesday, the House passed its resolution. The Green Chamber also pushed for the federal government to invest in safe, long-lasting infrastructure throughout the Southeast, such as roads and bridges, by conducting thorough risk assessments and putting their conclusions into practice. To ensure…
President Bola Tinubu has sent three new names for ministerial positions to the Senate. Three candidates have been put forward: Jamila Bio, Balarebe Abbas, and Olawale Olawande. The letter containing this information was read in Tuesday’s plenary by Senate President GodsWill Akpabio. Former Kaduna Governor and predicted new power minister Nasir El-Rufai has been replaced by Abbas Balarabe. Just three months have passed since the upper chamber of the National Assembly confirmed 45 nominees with diverse responsibilities, and now comes this fresh nomination. Infostride News recalls that security concerns prevented the Senate from confirming the former governor of Kaduna and…
In response to the Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal’s decision to dismiss Gov. Abba Yusuf, members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have organized a “embarrassing 8-man protest” in London, under the auspices of the National Coalition of APC Progressives Stakeholders. After an unsuccessful attempt to discredit the tribunal’s verdict, the parties involved held a news conference on Monday in Abuja, where they blamed the London demonstration on this. Isabella Odunayo, the organization’s National Secretary, spoke on behalf of its members when she remarked that it was embarrassing that Yusuf and the Kwankwasiyya Movement only managed to rally eight…
Chicago State University (CSU) has given People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar access to President Bola Tinubu’s academic records. Atiku won his legal battle to investigate Tinubu’s academic qualification for the February 25 presidential election. In order to vote in the election, Tinubu had to provide certifications from Chicago State University (CSU) to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). On Saturday, a judge in the United States of America demanded that CSU provide Atiku’s lawsuit disputing the results of the 2023 presidential election with Tinubu’s academic records for verification purposes. In a verdict, Justice Nancy Maldonado overruled Tinubu’s…
The Chicago State University (CSU) has said that it has discovered President Bola Tinubu’s diploma certificates in its archives. After searching its archives thoroughly, CSU claimed to have located diplomas that matched the certificate Tinubu provided to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. This came to light because Judge Nancy Maldonado had mandated that the university provide the records sought by Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Michael D. Hayes, the school’s attorney, released the findings to the public. Following is an excerpt from a press release written by Hayes: According to Atiku’s third demand,…
After a runoff election with the incumbent, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, Mohamed Muizzu was declared the winner. The election was closely watched for clues about the future of the young democracy on the island in the Indian Ocean, as well as the state of ties to China and longtime ally India. Muizzu, who is 45 years old, is the leader of a party that encouraged a flurry of Chinese loans and repressed all forms of protest when they were in power before. After the Elections Commission of the Maldives reported that Muizzu had received 54.06 percent of the vote in the…
Hon. Adekunle Akinlade, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) runner-up for governor in Ogun State, has said that the PDP will appeal the tribunal’s decision. In a statement released by his media aide Adelani Azeez, Akinlade reassured party members that the petitioners had anticipated the tribunal’s ruling on Saturday. The tribunal said Saturday that the challenge to Governor Dapo Abiodun’s election filed by Adebutu and the PDP was without merit, as previously reported by Infostride News. Akinlade stated, “As a people and party, we must take solace in three facts: first, that the Tribunal is the court of first instance; second,…
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate for the People’s Democratic Party in 2023, has said that President Bola Tinubu’s final defeat in the Northern District of Illinois court was due to the independence of the judiciary in the United States. Justice Nancy Maldonado had ordered Chicago State University to hand over Tinubu’s academic records to Atiku, prompting this response from Atiku. He criticized Babatunde Ogala, Tinubu’s attorney and the former National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress, for dismissing the significance of the US court ruling. In addition to likening the triumph to masturbating, Ogala had insisted that the ruling…
Kaduna State’s Governor Uba Sani has urged his fellow Nigerian elite to forge a shared vision for the country’s future. Speaking to the people of Kaduna State on the occasion of the 63rd anniversary of the country’s independence, he remarked that in 1960, when the country gained its independence, the people had high hopes for the future, and that the founding fathers had hoped for Nigeria to become the Leading Black Nation on Earth. He expressed sorrow that despite 63 years of independence, ethnic and religious distinctions were still being used to further individual and group goals. The infrastructure, education,…
Ovey John, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was declared ineligible to serve as the lawful representative for the Keffi East Constituency in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly (NSHA) by the National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lafia. This comes after INEC, the Independent National Electoral Commission, announced that Ovey John had won the elections held on March 18. The three-person tribunal, led by Justice Francisca Isong Nnang, issued their ruling on Sunday in Lafia. They found that INEC had made a mistake by pronouncing the PDP candidate the winner. According to…
An Agreement Between the Federal Government and Labor Unions For the next six months, all federal government employees who are paid out of the federal treasury would receive a provisional wage increase of only N25,000. To mitigate the impact on public transportation caused by the elimination of the PMS subsidy, the federal government has pledged to expedite the delivery of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses. Micro and small businesses (iii) will receive funding from the federal government. For the next 6 months, the value-added tax on diesel fuel will be eliminated. v) Starting in October 2023, the federal government would…
In honor of Nigeria’s 63rd independence anniversary, which will be celebrated on Sunday, October 1, 2023, I, BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, will deliver the following address. Friends and Countrymen, It is a special privilege for me to speak to you as President of our beloved country and simply as a fellow Nigerian on this, the 63rd anniversary of our nation’s independence. Let us honor our forebears on this day that is both solemn and hopeful. They are the foundation upon which modern Nigeria rests. Their action, passion, and leadership stoked the…
President Bola Tinubu is not a magician, according to Nigeria’s first lady, Senator Remi Tinubu. This was one of the points she made during her address to the interfaith congregation gathered in Abuja on Sunday to celebrate Nigeria’s 63rd anniversary of independence. Mrs. Tinubu, discussing the current state of the country, said that her husband is eager to rebuild things brick by brick without blaming the previous administration. All that has been left to us are relics of the past. We will not point fingers at any one administration, but rather work to restore what has been broken. My hubby…
In a recent ruling, the National and State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in Lafia, Nasarawa State, affirmed David Onarigu’s election as the lawmaker to represent the Udege/Loko Constituency. Candidate Ahmed Tanko of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) was defeated by Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate Onarigu. You may recall that Tanko and his party had challenged the results of the election, arguing that INEC had violated the electoral act by failing to include the NNPP emblem on voting materials. The petition was rejected by the three-person panel led by Justice Francisca Nnang because the accusations made by…
Celebrations commemorating Nigeria’s independence on October 1 have been banned by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, throughout the region’s southeastern states. Emma Powerful, a spokesperson for IPOB, called for residents in the Southeast to skip the area’s Independence Day celebration. According to those in positions of power, the Nigerian government does not like the Igbo and has consistently ignored demands for fair treatment in the Southeast. IPOB issued a statement signed by Powerful asking governors and other political figures in the Southeast to skip the October 1 independence day celebration. It reads in part, “The global family and movement…
Across the federation, Nigerians have been responding to the 63rd anniversary of the country’s independence by offering both criticism and praise for the country’s progress. Kwara State Governor and NGF Chairman Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq congratulated his fellow Nigerians, saying, “The country’s march to greatness is on course, and on an even stronger footing, regardless of its own share of the challenges of nation building that every society goes through.” After 63 years of independence, “what is certain is that the country has always emerged stronger from any of its challenges and the current ones, whatever their magnitude or shades, will not…
The airport serving the state of Anambra will soon be known as the Chinua Achebe International Airport, as stated by Governor Chukwuma Soludo. Soludo made the announcement at the state capital of Awka’s Independence Day celebration on Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square. According to Soludo, it is encouraging that many people who helped secure Nigeria’s independence in 1960 have had various projects named after them. He did, however, point out that nearly all of the projects were named after public office holders, and he promised that his administration would make an exception in honoring Achebe by designating the Anambra Airport in…