Mr. Issac Omodewu, chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to pay party members in the state. According to Omodewu’s remarks on Tuesday, the party members’ contributions to Tinubu’s victory in the 2023 elections make this a must. While hosting APC national chairman Abdullahi Ganduje at the party’s state secretariat in Ibadan’s Oke-Ado neighborhood, the state APC chairman made the aforementioned proclamation. In his speech, Omodewu said that the state’s APC members have not been paid for their efforts during the election. He claimed that, despite difficulties, APC members had done…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
Joe Biden will use his annual presentation to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to argue that he has restored US leadership on the international scene after it had eroded under Donald Trump. After nearly 19 months of Russian invasion, officials at the White House said Biden would make a strong argument to members of the World Body to continue to support Ukraine’s struggle to repel the attack. In two Monday night fundraisers, Biden gave supporters a glimpse of his thinking, telling them that he had stood up to Vladimir Putin’s invasion and wondering if Trump, the favorite for…
Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu was outraged on Monday when the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ward 1, Akoko South West Local Council Area, Olumide Awolumate, assaulted his Commissioner for Women Affairs, Olubunmi Osadahun. Akeredolu condemned the attack as an insult to the government and made it clear that his administration will not stand for acts of violence in a statement released by Commissioner for Information Bamidele Ademola-Olateju. You may remember that over the weekend, a video surfaced showing the disgraced ward chairman, also known as “Cuba,” brawling with the commissioner over the distribution of palliatives. The…
After the Presidential Election Petition Court upheld Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s declaration as the winner of the 2023 presidential election on September 6, PDP presidential candidate Alhaji Abubakar Atiku went to the Supreme Court to have the decision overturned. In his 35-point Notice of Appeal, Atiku argued that the tribunal’s findings and conclusion in the petition challenging Tinubu’s declaration as President by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC constituted grave error and miscarriage of justice. Atiku’s lead attorney, Chief Chris Uche, SAN, just filed an appeal with the Supreme Court asking it to overturn the Tribunal’s findings and conclusions because they…
Dauda Lawal, candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been confirmed as governor of Zamfara State by the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. The tribunal found no substance in the challenge to Lawal’s victory filed by Bello Matawalle, the gubernatorial candidate for the All Progressives Congress, APC. As a result, it granted Matawalle, the petitioner, a N500,000 cost. Justices Cordelia Ogadi, Bello Hassan, and Aliyu Gegele on the panel all came to the same conclusion. Justice Cordelia Ogadi, who presided over the three-person panel, read the lengthy verdict after deliberating for more than four hours. The tribunal found that the…
In the upcoming Taraba State local government elections, eighteen officially recognized political parties have declared their intention to run candidates. Philip Duwe, head of Texas’s nonpartisan election oversight board (TSIEC), who made the announcement on Tuesday at a meeting with state media executives said that more than 2,222,000 registered voters would take part in the exercise. According to Duwe, the estimate came from tallying up the number of voters in each senatorial district. He also mentioned that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) worked closely with the TSIEC to provide election materials. He claims that the election date was settled…
Ilerioluwa Olademeji Aloba, better known by his stage name Mohbad, passed away in suspicious circumstances on September 12, 2023, and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has announced that he has summoned the Department of State Services, DSS, to participate in the investigation of his death. According to Infostride News, authorities are looking into the singer’s death. In a recent message posted to Instagram, Governor Sanwo-Olu claimed he has also invited the DSS to join with the police in their probe. This is to inform everyone that I have not been in the dark about the passing of Ilerioluwa Oladimeji…
Kabiru Gaya of the All Progressives Congress, APC, had filed a petition challenging the election of Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, as the senator for Kano South. This petition was dismissed by the National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal. Justice R.O. Odogu presided over the panel that rejected Gaya’s plea and upheld Sumaila’s election. The tribunal “affirmed the declaration of Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila of NNPP as winner of the Kano South Senatorial District election held on 25th February 2023,” finding no basis for the challenge. In addition, Sumaila was granted costs of…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has named Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, the spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), to the position of Special Adviser on Political Issues. This appointment was made by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Labour Party’s vice presidential candidate in the 2023 election, is Dr. Baba-Ahmed’s older brother. On Monday, Baba-Hmed made the announcement on his verified X account. To announce his acceptance of the position of Special Adviser (Political) to the VP, he said, “It is time to make it public. You should not be critical now, when your help could be most beneficial in…
In a case brought by All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Hon. Otuwe Oji Kalu against the INEC’s certification of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Hon. Mandela Obasi as the lawmaker-elect for Ohafia North Constituency in the state, the Abia State Election Petition Tribunal in Umuahia, the state capital, has reserved its judgment. According to INEC, Obasi received the most votes in the election held on March 19, 2023, and as a result, he was proclaimed the winner, as previously reported by Infostride News. Kalu finished in second place, behind the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, Okocha Uchenna Onuoha. The…
It has been reported that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Daniel Bwala will be arrested on fabricated charges by high-ranking officials at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Before switching to the opposition People’s Democratic Party in the run-up to the 2023 elections, Bwala served as an APC MP. On Monday, he made the accusation in a post to his X social media account. Bwala claimed that influential persons in and around the capital were plotting to have him arrested so that they could use him as political fodder and silence him. It reads, in part, as follows: “Last night I…
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock of Germany referred to Chinese President Xi Jinping as a “dictator,” prompting China to submit an official protest with Berlin on Monday. What signal would that send to other dictators across the world, including Xi, the Chinese president, if (President Vladimir) Putin were to win this war? Baerbock claimed as much in an interview she gave on Friday while in the United States. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly objected to Baerbock’s statements, calling them “an open political provocation.” In response to a query at a media conference about the German Minister’s remarks, Chinese Foreign…
Segun Oni was the PDP governor of Ekiti when I decided to switch parties. The next time I met Obasanjo was during a funeral for Olagunsoye Oyinlola in Osogbo. When I arrived, I was greeted by Alao Akala, General Ibrahim Babangida, and a whole slew of governors in office. The presence of Kenny Martins is not lost on me. When I walked in, Obasanjo was on my right and Babangida was on my left. Then I started making my way toward Obasanjo and the center to welcome folks. The governor of Oyo State, Alao Akala, then asked me, “Can’t you…
On Monday, the National and State House of Assembly election tribunal upheld Mudassir Zawachiki’s election as a member for Kumbotso Constituency in the Kano State House of Assembly for the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). Sagir Abdulkadir-Panshekara, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), filed a case disputing Zawachiki’s March 18, 2023 victory. The three-man panel, led by Justice L. B. Owolabi, reached a unanimous decision to reject the appeal. The petitioner’s claims of overvoting, aggression, and certificate forgery, he added, were not proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Petitioner did not provide sufficient evidence of violations of the Electoral Act of…
In response to the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal’s ruling that Senator Orji Uzor Kalu should be recognized as the victor of the Abia-North senate election, the organisation Friends of Democracy has filed an appeal. Coordinator Okafor Azubuike issued a statement on Monday urging caution, saying the poll results were too close to call. Both the Labour Party’s Nnamdi Iro Orji and the People’s Democratic Party’s Mao Ohuabunwa candidates for the Senate seat representing Abia-North had challenged Kalu’s victory. Petitioners from Abia-North’s Ohafia and Arochukwu local government areas claimed election day chaos prevented voting in more than 120 polling units,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticized Governor Alex Otti of Abia State for his attacks on the leadership of the Anglican Church, Aba Diocese. In a statement released on Monday, Abia PDP Vice Chairman and Acting State Chairman Hon. Abraham Amah voiced his dissatisfaction with the Otti administration’s handling of the Anglican Church of Aba Diocese’s recommendations, as outlined in a communique issued following the church’s 17th Synod. The Church had urged the State government to stop firing governmental servants and instead invest in repairing the economic highways in Aba. He claimed that rather than take the counsel in…
Ayodele Fayose, a former governor of Ekiti State, has commented on President Bola Tinubu’s most recent success. The United Arab Emirates said on Monday that Tinubu and President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan had reached a historic accord in Abu Dhabi, ending the country’s visa ban on Nigerian citizens. Fayose thought it was a wonderful turn of events. X “Resolution of the diplomatic row between Nigeria and the UAE is no doubt heart-warming,” he wrote. Fayose pointed out that many Nigerians whose businesses are related to the UAE are unhappy with the decision to allow a diplomatic row that culminated…
Representative for Niger State’s Edati/Lavun/Mokwa Federal Constituency Joshua Audu-Gana has announced his intention to challenge the election petition tribunal’s ruling. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the three-person tribunal presided over by Sylvester Godspower found in favor of the petitioners and rendered its decision on Monday. Following the tribunal’s invalidation of ballots cast in 26 polling units within the constituency, Gana received 46,494 votes and Gbatamagi received 39,159. While the tribunal has called for a rerun in some voting units in my constituency, I remain a member of the House of Representatives until all court processes are exhausted,…
Anambra Civil Society Network (ACSONET), a coalition of non-governmental organizations in the state, has asked Governor Chukwuma Soludo to explain why he plans to give grains to 530,000 households. The group also questioned the governor on Anambra’s allocation of the federal aid package for states that will result from the removal of gasoline subsidies. Residents in the state are struggling as a result of the removal of fuel subsidies, thus the coalition urged Soludo to immediately begin distributing the rice and other palliatives. The CSOs stated the palliatives were intended to ease the suffering of citizens in light of the…
The Kwara State government has granted a N184 million refund for 2,300 pilgrims who made the Hajj to Saudi Arabia in 2018. The sum of N3 million was paid by 2,300 pilgrims as Hajj fare for the recently finished journey, and this money will be used to reimburse them for any overpayments they made. The Ilorin office of the Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims’ Welfare Board has begun issuing refunds to travelers. There are Kwarans and people of other ethnicities among the state’s 16 local government areas’ worth of recipients. In a statement issued in Ilorin, Alhaji Abdulsalam Abdulkadir, Executive Secretary…