The state legislature of Ogun has charged the police of working in collusion with land pirates. The assembly has requested that Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector General of Police, investigate reports of police allegedly working in collusion with suspected land grabbers in Ogun State to illegally arrest and detain innocent inhabitants of that state on fabricated charges. When other legislators took turns citing widespread incidences of land-grabbing in their districts on Tuesday, Speaker Olakunle Oluomo made the appeal. Members were participating in a debate on the second reading of the State Anti-land Grabbing (amendment) bill, which prompted the discussion. The Speaker…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
The Director General of the DSS and the Inspector General of the Police have been ordered by Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Abuja to prevent Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello from arresting or detaining Hon. Leke Abejide, the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Pending the outcome of a lawsuit filed by the governorship candidate against the DSS, the Police, and Bello, they are prohibited from inviting the candidate, arresting or detaining him, or threatening his life or property in any way. On Wednesday in Abuja, while deciding on an ex-parte appeal filed…
Dachung Bagos (PDP-Plateau), the representative for the Jos South/East Federal Constituency, has announced his intention to appeal the National Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal’s decision to invalidate his election. In a statement released on Wednesday in Abuja, the legislator revealed this information. Bagos criticized the tribunal’s decision, arguing that earlier rulings made it clear that only the party or its members may contest nominations and sponsorship. ”One has to question why this panel didn’t see these issues as election-year issues. There are many unanswered concerns following the Election Tribunal’s ruling that went against the will of the people in the Jos…
On Wednesday, Kim Jong Un and Putin had a rare summit in which they discussed military problems, the conflict in Ukraine, and the possibility of Russian assistance for North Korea’s satellite development. Putin took Kim on a tour of Russia’s Far Eastern space rocket launch pad, where the two leaders discussed the potential launch of a North Korean cosmonaut. Kim, who had travelled by train from North Korea, toured the Vostochny Cosmodrome with Putin, who patiently answered his many questions about rockets. Following the tour, Putin, 70, and Kim, 39, met for bilateral talks with their ministers and then enjoyed…
Francis Nwifuru, governor of Ebonyi State, has advocated for the separation of powers by calling for legislative autonomy. Nwifuru made the plea while speaking to the Ad-hoc Committee on National Housing Fund from the House of Representatives, who had paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House in Abakaliki. According to Infostride News, Dachung Bagos is in charge of the committee looking into the alleged failure to transfer funds to the National Housing Funds (NHF) between 2011 and the present. Nwifuru, a two-term Speaker of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, has said that he believes the country will…
The Peoples Democratic Party Governorship Campaign Council in Imo State has urged residents to reject Operation Show Your PVC for Palliative, claiming that it is a plot by Imo Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma, and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to forcibly seize citizens’ Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs). On Wednesday, Ikenna Onuoha, Director, Media and Publicity for the opposition party’s Sam-Jones-backed governorship campaign in Imo State, issued the following statement to the press. PDP, while asking residents of Imo to stay vigilant, has claimed that Uzodinma is fighting to gain access to voters’ personal verification documents (PVCs) so that…
Representatives for the federal districts of Ideato North/South and Okigwe South in the House of Representatives, Barr. Ikenga Ugochinyere and Hon. Jonas Okeke, had their elections voided by the Imo State National/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, but the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has rejected the decision. The opposition party claimed a landslide victory for the two representatives in the National Assembly elections on February 25, according to a statement released on Wednesday by the party’s Acting State Publicity Secretary, Mazi Emenike Nmeregini. The PDP has said the decisions are…
Before the next November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State, a group called New Generation Leaders, NGL, has advised Governor Douye Diri and his Chief of Staff Peter Akpe against bringing the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, and its Founder, Pa Enoch Adeboye, into politics. Comrade Precious Charles Odede, the NGL Coordinator for the Yenagoa LGA, said that Diri and his team had finalised arrangements to meet Adeboye to ask for the RCCG’s assistance in the upcoming election. According to a statement released by Odede, Akpe was supposed to take Diri to Adeboye and implore him to convince Senator…
Several members of the Labour Party have been dismissed from their positions by the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, and the party is concerned about this trend. According to Infostride News, many elected members of the party in Edo, Abia, and other states had their elections voided by the tribunal due to discrepancies in their party membership and their method of nomination. In light of this development, the party’s National Chairman, Barr. Julius Abure, released a statement in which he observed that “membership is an internal affair of the party beyond the jurisdiction of courts.” The reasons for overturning our…
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has promised that the territory’s administration will prioritize the growth of satellite communities. Wike made this announcement on Tuesday in Abuja during the installation of the FCT Administration’s Mandate Secretaries. He emphasized the need of ensuring that all parts of the FCT enjoy progress and development, saying that the prosperity and well-being of the population are not limited to the city center. Mr. Lawan Geidam, Secretary, Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat; Mr. Danlami Ihayyo, Secretary, Education Secretariat; and Mr. Bitrus Garki, Secretary, Area Council Services Secretariat, have all been sworn in as Mandate Secretaries. Mr. Chinedum…
Nasarawa State’s governor, Abdullahi Sule, has designated 5% of the state’s available jobs as reserved for people with disabilities. Ms. Abigail Waya, the state’s HoCS, made this announcement in a statement on Wednesday. Waya claims that the approval was required because of the Sule administration’s dedication to and acknowledgement of the need of providing equal opportunity for all citizens of the state. a The Head of Civil Service indicated that the governor had already ordered all MDAs to set aside five percent of all future job openings for people with disabilities. She did, however, add that those with disabilities must…
The Plateau State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has ruled against the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal’s decision to award Mr. Simon Lalong the Senate seat for Plateau South. Chairman Chris Hassan, speaking to reporters in Jos on Tuesday, strongly disagreed with the verdict. On Monday, Justice M. B. Tukur, head of the tribunal, announced that Lalong had won the National Assembly elections held on February 25. This was reported by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). It also declared Fom Dalyop of the Labour Party (LP), who came in second, the winner of the Riyom/Barkin Ladi Federal…
On Tuesday, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of Ebonyi State criticized ex-governor David Umahi for claiming the right to produce the next senator of Ebonyi South Senatorial Zone. Umahi had previously abandoned the seat in favor of a ministerial role. A day after being proclaimed the winner by the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, Infostride News reports that Umahi paid a courtesy visit to the governor of the state, Francis Nwifuru, and asserted that it was his right to produce his successor. But in a statement signed and handed to newsmen in Abakaliki, PDP State Chairman Mr Nwazunku Augustine…
The United States praised India’s hosting of the G20 summit, calling it a “success” and praising the historic “India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor,” which will facilitate greater trade and travel between Europe and Asia. The two-day meeting of the G20 Leaders, hosted by India, concluded on Sunday. On the eve of the summit in New Delhi, the presidents of the United States, India, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, France, Germany, Italy, and the European Union launched the ambitious India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC). As an alternative to China’s contentious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the new economic corridor is being…
On Tuesday, Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu took action against his deputy, Lucky Ayedatiwa, for the dismissal of his media aides. There appears to be some tension between the governor and his deputy, which prompted the governor to take this step. The affected aides were told to turn over any government property they were in possession of to the acting Permanent Secretary, Office of the Deputy Governor, according to a statement released by the governor’s chief press secretary, Richard Olatunde. Kenneth Odusola-Stevenson, the governor’s press secretary; Oladipupo Okunniga, the governor’s special assistant for new media; and Abayomi Adefolalu, the governor’s…
In light of allegations of electoral fraud in the 2015 general election, popular social media pundit Aisha Yesufu has urged for the prosecution of the Peoples Democratic Party, the All Progressives Congress, and the Labour Party, LP. Popularised by the BBOG movement, Yesufu argued that voters who excuse electoral fraud on the grounds that it benefits their party should not be trusted. Members of the ruling APC, opposition PDP, and opposition LP have all accused each other of rigging the 2023 presidential election, and vice versa. The most naive interpretation, according to Aisha Yesufu’s X post, is “where people say…
Both the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal and the Katsina State National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal’s recent rulings have been met with dismay by the PDP in Katsina State. Former 2023 Katsina PDP Campaign Council Chairman and current senator, Umar Ibrahim Sauri, led the party’s harsh condemnation of the “misplacement of justice.” Senator Sauri urged PDP supporters in Katsina State and across Nigeria to ignore the tribunals’ rulings, claiming that their decisions strayed too far from the norms of justice. Likening the tribunal’s rulings to those of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), he claimed that INEC had misled the Nigerian…
Atiku Abubakar’s presidential campaign has claimed that Nyesom Wike, minister for the Federal Capital Territory, will be expelled from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Atiku’s Director of Research, Strategy, and Documentation, Don Pedro Obaseki, argued that Wike deserved to be fired after his repeated betrayals of the PDP, his current request for Atiku’s expulsion, and his numerous vertipurations against the party. He claims that the former governor of Rivers State is responsible for every disagreement inside the PDP. Obaseki said Monday while speaking to reporters in Abuja, “Wike [is] the problem of the PDP, and to expel Wike now is…
The certificate of return issued to Joshua Gana of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the winner of the National Assembly Election in the Mokwa, Edati, and Lavun Federal Constituency of Niger State on February 25 has been revoked by the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal. Election officials were told to nullify Gana’s victory and hold new elections in 23 precincts across the constituency. Gana’s opponent in the election, Abdullahi Gbatamagi of the All Progressives Congress (APC), petitioned the tribunal to have him reinstated as the victor. According to Gbatamagi, the respondent was unsuccessful in a number of voting locations…
On Monday, Peter Akpatason, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was confirmed as the elected representative for Edo State’s Akoko-Edo federal constituency by the National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Benin. Justice Yusuf Mohammed presiding over a three-member panel issued a ruling that found the appeal filed by Labour Party candidate Omobayo Godwin to be without merit and incompetent. Independent National Electoral Commission (the “third respondent”) was found to have improperly declared Akpatason the winner of the election, according to the tribunal’s findings. INEC said that Akpatason had received 14,982 votes, with Godwin receiving…