The campaign council for the governorship election in Imo, scheduled for November 11, was officially launched by All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje. Ganduje, who led the drill on Saturday, urged the people of Imo to re-elect Governor Hope Uzodinma so that the state could continue on its current path of progress. He said that President Bola Tinubu’s selection of Cross River Governor and Senator Bassey Otu to head the campaign council was indicative of the importance the President places on the upcoming election. He urged the people of Imo to use Uzodinma’s cross-ethnic goodwill and sage advice…
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Timipre Sylva, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for governor in Bayelsa State, claims that Senator Douye Diri, the state governor, has hired spies to track his every step. Sylva, through his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Julius Bokoru, released a statement to the media on Sunday, in which he claimed that credible intelligence indicated that spies operating across the state, particularly at the Bayelsa International Cargo Airport, had been asked to document and report his movements in the state to some off-grid security architecture in Bayelsa. The former governor said that the governor’s personal security adviser was behind the…
Senate Minority Leader Simon Davou Mwadkwon has called the tribunal rulings that nullified the election of some Plateau State National Assembly members as “bizarre” and has vowed that they will not be upheld. Senator for the Plateau North Senatorial District and member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mwadkwon issued a statement on Friday expressing confidence that the Appellate Court would not uphold a ruling that ran counter to Supreme Court decisions. He urged PDP supporters in Plateau State to maintain composure and warned that “those presently rejoicing inside their house of lies will face the reality of their self…
Rep. Ngozi Okolie (LP), who represents the Aniocha/Oshimili federal constituency in Delta State, has said that his opponent in the last general election, PDP member Ndudi Elumelu, knew he wouldn’t win but thought he could buy the victory with money. Okolie claims that Ndudi, who contested his election victory in tribunal, was just out to “fish” and see who would join him. The lower panel that overturned the politician’s election “fished” with Ndudi, according to the lawmaker. Okolie made the assertion during a Friday appearance on Arise Television. According to previous reports by Infostride News, on Thursday the court of…
On Friday, the Court of Appeal in Abuja validated Rep. Jafaru Leko’s election as the representative for Bauchi State’s Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency. Kefas Magaji of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had filed an appeal, but it was unanimously rejected by a three-judge panel presided over by Justice Lawal Shuaibu. The court found that Magaji and PDP had not provided sufficient evidence to support their claims. In a federal constituency election held on February 25, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) reportedly announced that Leko of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had won. Magaji and the PDP were unhappy with…
On Friday, a vote of confidence in Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the New Nigeria Peoples Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, was passed by the party’s chieftains from the South West zone, adding a new dimension to the crisis shaking the NNPP. The party elders made the call at a required meeting of the South West zonal leadership in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. Infostride News readers may recall that before it had been announced that a party faction led by Dr. Boniface Aniebonam had expelled the ex-governor of Kano State from the party. On the other hand, party leaders in…
By Saturday evening, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) had returned full power to Sokoto State. This was reported by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in a statement from Mr. Ndidi Mbah, GM, Public Affairs, based in Birnin Kebbi. He guaranteed that the business was working hard to restore power in Kebbi and the surrounding areas after the tragic fire at the Birnin Kebbi Substation on Thursday night, September 14. The Talata Mafara Substation is once again supplying Sokoto State with its primary source of electricity. To link Kebbi and the surrounding area to the grid via…
In response to Vice President Joe Biden’s announcement that he will run for president in 2024, Trump has reportedly claimed that Biden is “not too old” but “grossly incompetent,” according to The Hill. Trump is quoted as saying in an upcoming interview, “Age is interesting because some people are very sharp, and some people do lose it, but you lose it at 40 and 50, also.” This interview will air on Thursday. However, he is not quite as elderly as you think. Trump remarked on SiriusXM’s “The Megyn Kelly Show” that he is “grossly incompetent.” Polls suggest Trump, then 77…
According to Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia, the state’s judiciary would be granted financial independence in 2021 under the Benue State Judiciary Fund Management (Financial Independence) Law and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. On the occasion of the 2023-2024 Judiciary Legal Year celebration in Makurdi, Benue State, Governor Alia made the announcement on Saturday, September 16, 2023, at the City Bay Event Centre. The governor argues that empowering the judiciary with independent funding is crucial to establishing the rule of law and ensuring that judges are able to impartially implement the law while protecting citizens’ basic liberties.…
On Friday, the Uyo-based Governorship Election Petition Tribunal dismissed the appeal submitted by Mr. Jeremiah Akpan, the Action Alliance (AA) candidate for governor in the March 18 election in Akwa Ibom. The petition was dismissed for lack of competence because it did not comply with the Electoral Act 2022, as read by Justice Buetnaan Mandy on behalf of the other two members of the tribunal. Petitioner Akpan went to the tribunal because the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) wouldn’t post his name as a candidate for election on its website. In response to the tribunal’s ruling, INEC’s legal counsel, Dr.…
Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the deputy governor of Ondo State, has asked the people of the state to dismiss a fake resignation letter that has been making the rounds. There had been rumors that if Aiyedatiwa would not voluntarily quit, he would be removed from office in a covert conspiracy. According to reports, powerful lawmakers loyal to the governor are urging the deputy governor to resign or risk impeachment. After Akeredolu went to an unidentified German hospital, he acted as acting governor for nearly four months. In a statement released on Thursday, the Ondo State deputy governor asked lawmakers and residents to…
Kingsley Chuku, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s state legal adviser in Rivers State, has warned Daniel Bwala, a spokesperson for Atiku Abubakar, the party’s presidential candidate in the last elections, to stop criticizing Nyesom Wike, the minister of the FCT. Chuku made this remark in response to a video that went viral showing Atiku’s aide remarking that despite the fact that Atiku was a founding father of the PDP, Wike was still a member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). On Saturday he released a statement in which he compared Bwala’s attacks on Wike to a “display…
After 100 days in office, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, according to former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode, has accomplished more than the administration of Muhammadu Buhari did in many years. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Nigeria had a diplomatic spat during the time that Muhammadu Buhari was in office, leading to the UAE’s visa restriction on Nigerians and the suspension of flights to the west African country. Since October 2022, nothing has changed. According to earlier reporting by Infostride News, the presidency announced on Monday that Tinubu and the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,…
President Bola Tinubu has been encouraged by Laolu Akande, a former senior special adviser to former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, to publicly acknowledge that the election process in the country needs reform. The late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua agreed there were problems with the election process that put him in power. While appearing on Channel Television’s Sunrise Daily, Akande pointed out that INEC had assured Nigerians that the 2023 election results would be available on the IREV. He said INEC was entitled to tell the PEPT judges, “Look, we are not compelled by the law to transmit the results” because…
George Turnah and two others were found guilty of fraud and given six-year sentences by a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt. Turnah served as the NDDC’s Special Adviser on Youth under previous Managing Director Dan Abia. In May 2017, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) formally charged Turnah, Ebis Orubebe, and Uzorgor Silas-Chidebere with six counts of obtaining N2,894,500,000 (two billion, eight hundred and ninety-four million, five hundred thousand) under false presence, money laundering, conversion of funds, and forgery in violation of Section 1 subsection 3 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.…
The Cross River State Department of Medical Services has been given the directive to look into the budgeting and spending for the ongoing building of the general hospitals in the Effraya-Etung and Akpabuyo Local Government Areas by Governor Bassey Otu. He also criticized the state’s other hospitals for their sloppy management of construction and remodeling projects, calling it “a flagrant negation of bidding and contractual obligations.” While touring the now-closed referral hospital in Effraya, Etung Local Government Area, the governor issued a statement through the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Henry Egbe Ayuk. Ayuk was shocked to learn that a…
Ikenga Ugochinyere was removed from office as a representative by the Imo State National and State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal. Ugochinyere ran for office under the PDP (People’s Democratic Party) banner. As the tribunal found Ugochinyere ineligible to run for office in the federal constituency of Ideato North/South, a new election must be held in the state within 90 days. Ugochinyere received 13, 026 votes, making him the victor of the race according to INEC. Abazu Benson, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, received 2,368 votes, placing him behind Obi Chigozie of the Labour Party, LP, who received…
Recent tragic boating accidents have occurred in Mokwa, Niger State, and Gurin, Adamawa State, and President Bola Tinubu has ordered the appropriate marine sector agencies to investigate these and other incidents thoroughly. On Tuesday, the President’s spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, released a statement conveying the order. He also ordered government agencies to work together closely to determine the causes of the incidents, including law enforcement, maritime, and transportation safety authorities. Tinubu also expressed his deepest sympathies to the relatives of the victims of the recent boating accidents, which primarily affected children and women. Tinubu praised the quick action of emergency response…
On Friday, Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), gave 10 vehicles to third-class chiefs in the nation’s capital, fulfilling a pledge he made to promote the well-being of traditional leaders. The NAN states that the third-ranking chiefs came from the following regions: Gomani, Yaba, Bwari, Pai, Garki, Jiwa, Wako, Rubochi, Gwagwalada, and Zuba. Wike stated to the traditional rulers in Abuja that the government was attempting to make it easier for them to get around by providing them with these Nissan Semi SUVs. Mobility is essential to that. It seems unlikely that conventional leaders will be using…
On Friday, the Supreme Court of Nigeria upheld Peter Mbah’s election as governor of Enugu State. Uche Nnaji, the candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC), had his appeal denied. The Supreme Court ruled 5–0 that Nnaji and his party were unfit to appeal because they submitted an insufficient brief of argument. The court also found that Nnaji did not provide any justification for using the invalid process he filed to overturn Mbah’s victory. According to Infostride News, Nnaji’s case against Mbah was thrown out by the Court of Appeal in Enugu in July. Nnaji had contested Mbah’s election as…