The election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State was upheld by the state’s electoral petition tribunal. Justice Mikhail Abdullah upheld Sanwo-Olu’s win and rejected the challenges of Olajide Adediran of the People’s Democratic Party and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party for the position of governor. Both the Green Party of Virginia and Adediran have petitioned to overturn the results of the recent gubernatorial election in the state. However, Justice Abdullah’s tribunal shot down the requests.
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
In preparation for the gubernatorial elections on November 11, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced on Monday that it would run mock elections in the states of Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi on October 14, 2023. According to a statement released by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, a total of nine Senatorial Districts and twenty-seven polling units have been identified across the three states. Olumekun emphasized that all information on polling sites, including LGA, RA/Ward, Delimitation Code, and the total number of registered voters, is available on the Commission’s website and social media…
The two major political parties in Ogun State are currently involved in a blame game over the development, and the aftermath of last week’s cult killings in Sagamu has not yet settled. About 20 people were killed in Sagamu amid cult skirmishes, and both the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party have blamed the other. Despite Ogun’s Commissioner of Police Abiodun Alamutu’s clarification on Sunday that the cultists in Sagamu are neither students nor politicians, political parties have been exchanging barbs, particularly in response to the DSS’s detention of Hon. Damilare Bello. The PDP quickly responded…
Hyde Kalu, a rising star in the All Progressives Congress, APC, has urged Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to drop his lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu in the United States. In the lawsuit, Atiku had demanded that Tinubu’s alma mater, Chicago State University, disclose his academic transcript. In a statement released on Monday, Kalu encouraged Atiku to let Nigeria’s courts resolve any conflicts that may arise from the 2023 presidential election. He pointed out that the legal fight in the US has made Nigeria seem bad in international circles. The APC youth leader claimed…
Election officials in Mali cited “technical reasons” for delaying the country’s scheduled February presidential vote. This was declared on Monday by the interim government. The junta stated that the dispute with the running business caused issues with updating the voting roll and the census database. A new date for the election will be announced at a later time. More than two years have passed since Mali’s military took over, and previous transition schedules have been pushed back. Both the local elections scheduled for June 2023 and the constitutional referendum scheduled for February 2023 were delayed. It has been reported that…
Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for governor in the November 11 election in Kogi State, filed a petition challenging the Kogi State Signage and Advertsement Agency’s (KSSA) imposition of campaign charges on political parties, but the suit was dismissed by a high court sitting in Lokoja. In preparation for the governor’s race, the Agency demanded that political parties fork out N50 million in order to put up billboards and paste up posters. For each billboard put up in the state, the political parties have been told to fork out N2 million. Melaye asked the court to rule…
Mr. Kemdi Opara, governorship candidate for the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in the off-cycle election scheduled for November 11 in Imo State, has voiced his displeasure with the state’s current crop of leaders. On Sunday in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, Opara made this claim during an open discussion with media on the state’s future. Opara said he decided to run for governor in the upcoming election not to profit himself, but to create a generational revolution, when asked about his political platform and plans to change the State. While blaming the existing government’s poor leadership for the State’s…
Alhaji Wale Adedibu, a prominent member of the APC in Oyo State, passed away recently. After a brief illness, he passed away on Saturday. Adedibu’s passing follows that of the APC women’s leader in Oyo North Senatorial district, which occurred just days before. Princess Adebowale Atoyebi, leader of the APC women’s faction, passed away last week. Barrister Sharafadeen Alli, the senator for Nigeria’s Oyo South senatorial district, expressed shock at the news of Adedibu’s death. In a statement released by his media advisor Akeem Abas, Alli praised Adedibu for his loyalty and dedication to the party. The dead, he said,…
Judgment on the cases submitted by political parties in opposition to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s reelection will be handed down today, Monday, by the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. InfoStride News reminds readers that petitions were submitted to the court by the Labour Party and its governorship candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, as well as the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor. Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was declared the victor of the gubernatorial election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, due to receiving the most votes. The Governor, running for a second…
On the fringes of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar met with his Mexican colleague Alicia Barcena Ibarra on Sunday. Relations between India and Mexico have been constantly warm and amicable, marked by mutual understanding, expanding bilateral trade, and general cooperation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs claims that the two nations share many similarities, including being large rising economies with similar socio-economic development aspirations and restrictions, and having democratic, secular, and pluralistic systems as well as convergent worldviews. In addition to meeting with the Cambodian prime minister and…
The government has pledged to finish the Abuja–Lagos expressway by 2027. On Saturday, in Lagos, Minister of Works Dave Umahi told reporters that the projected 470-kilometer roadway will survive for 100 years. He further said that the road will traverse through the states of Kogi, Ekiti, Oyo, Lagos, Ogun, Niger, Kwara, and the FCT, and that it would be built by a private sector partnership at no expense to the Federal Government. He said, “When I first introduced this to the public, many doubting Thomases were saying, ‘it is impossible.'” It is impossible to travel from Abuja to Lagos in…
President Bola Tinubu has ordered security forces to rescue the remaining female students from Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, who were recently seized by terrorists. This comes amid varying reactions to the revival of terrorist operations in the country. This order follows up on distressing reports of a bandit group breaking into a federal university housing and kidnapping a number of pupils. On Sunday, Tinubu condemned the incident through his media assistant Ajuru Ngelale, calling it a “reprehensible act of abduction.” Heinous atrocities against people whose only “crime” was to try to get a good education are, in the President’s…
Throughout the States this week, Governorship Election Petition Tribunals issued what may be described as landmark verdicts. Only one governor has been removed from office by the tribunal so far. The successes of others were affirmed, at least temporarily. Some states went to the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Last Monday, the tribunal confirmed the PDP’s victories in the states of Plateau, Bauchi, Enugu, and Zamfara, despite complaints from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Labour Party (LP). The tribunal in Plateau upheld Caleb Mutfwang’s status as the lawfully elected governor…
Judgment on petitions filed with the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal following the 2023 election has been scheduled. On Monday, September 25th, a verdict will be announced. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the Labour Party’s candidate for governor, revealed this on Saturday. The ruling, according to Rhodes-Vivour’s X post, is scheduled to be issued on Monday. Posting online, he said, “We have just been informed that judgement on our election petition at the tribunal will be delivered on Monday, the 25th of September.” Rhodes-Vivour and Abdul-Azeez Adediran, candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), both filed petitions with the tribunal. The two…
As documented by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to “set up a presidential panel of enquiry to promptly probe the grim allegations that over US$15 billion of oil revenues, and N200 billion budgeted to repair the refineries are missing and unaccounted for between 2020 and 2021.” SERAP demanded that Tinubu publicly identify those who are thought to be involved for the disappearance of public cash and to take steps to ensure that they are brought to justice and that the stolen money is recovered in full.…
The governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has asked for help from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, to improve the state’s higher education institutions’ physical facilities. Adeleke made these remarks on Friday in Abuja, while paying a visit to TETFund Executive Secretary Sonny Echono. The Governor, who is concerned about the State’s declining educational standards, deemed a visit to the area essential. Adeleke praised TETFund for its role in bringing attention to higher education and claimed that almost all improvements to universities could be traced back to the organization. “Let me begin by praising TETFund for the outstanding work…
The state of Kwara has a new Commissioner of Police. His name is Victor Olaiya Mobolaji. Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector General of Police, has approved his appointment, effective immediately. The new Kwara police commissioner previously served as the Commissioner of Police for the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. CP Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi is retiring on September 1, 2023, and will be succeeded by Mobolaji.
Over 4,000 offenders are being kept in prisons and jails across the country because they cannot afford to pay their fines, according to Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the minister of interior. According to him, this problem has persisted since convicts have been unable to pay the fines imposed on them by the numerous justices and magistrates. Adviser Alao Babatunde released a statement on Saturday quoting the minister as saying this during a meeting with European Union Ambassador to Nigeria Samuela Isopi. The majority of the 79,000 detainees are defendants. More than 4,000 offenders are incarcerated because they cannot afford to pay their…
The governorship election tribunal’s ruling that Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia was lawfully elected as governor of Benue State has been deemed invalid by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The petition brought by the People’s Democratic Party and its governorship candidate, Titus Uba, against the election of Alia of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was dismissed on Saturday, according to a report by Infostride News. The court found that the petition did not meet the requirements. In a statement sent by Publicity Secretary Bemgba Iortyom, the PDP in Benue State expressed its disagreement with the tribunal’s decision. “After reviewing the judgement…
According to CNN’s reporting, Ukraine fired a barrage of missiles at Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters in the Crimean city of Sevastopol on Friday, killing “senior leadership” and dozens of other sailors. The Ukrainian SOF announced on social media that their “Crab Trap” operation was timed to occur during a meeting of senior Russian Navy officials. The attack, they said, killed and injured dozens of people, “including the senior leadership of the fleet.” However, CNN reports that no names have been released as of yet. The Air Force received the information and plans to launch a strike. Once it is…