On Friday, union leader Mrs. Funmi Sessi compared the Federal Government’s plan to pay N8,000 to 12 million households for six months to a drop in the ocean. As players in the sector reacted to the government’s plan, Sessi, Chairman of the Lagos Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), made this statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). In an appeal to the National Assembly, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu expressed his desire to ensure the well-being of the country’s impoverished and vulnerable citizens through the Federal Government’s National Safety Net Programme. Tinubu stated that 12…
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From President Bola Tinubu’s N819 billion palliative to soften the blow of the fuel subsidy cut, the House of Representatives would receive N70 billion. Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, reading from a letter from the President dated July 12, said that the money would be used to improve the working conditions for new members of Congress. Rep. Julius Ihonvere, the Majority Leader of the House, reportedly introduced a N819 billion supplemental appropriations bill for a second reading. According to the Majority Leader, this was to help Nigerians cope with the loss of their fuel subsidies. In the meantime, Rep. Benjamin Kalu, the…
The Ekiti State House of Assembly is set to resume the screening of the remaining seven commissioner-nominees on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. According to the statement made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, the Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Babatunde Oke, representing Ikere Constituency I, stated that the screening of the 21 commissioner-nominees forwarded to the House by Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji for screening and possible confirmation will be continued on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in line with Section 192(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). It would be recalled…
The Labour Party (LP) has called for INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu to be removed, but INEC has stated the LP has no legal standing to do so. In a news conference on Thursday, the LP demanded that the world community take “punitive action” against INEC chairman Yakubu and other key officials for their roles in the shady handling of the 2023 polls. The party claimed that the reports from election observer groups proved its case. But INEC’s Chief Press Secretary, Rotimi Oyekanmi, told NAN that the “reasons adduced by the LP in making the latest and familiar demand are not…
Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo State, disavowed Thursday the controversial ‘Security Vote’ he had been accused of operating. He has instead advocated for state governors to be granted additional authority to address security concerns at the sub-national level in concert with the federal structure of the United States. The governor spoke candidly after meeting with President Bola Tinubu in private at the Presidential Villa in Abuja to request a meeting with the president to discuss the persistent security threats facing the Southeast and Ohaneze Ndigbo. Remember that instability in the South East has occurred because the sit-at-home policy is still…
In response to the growing insecurity in the country, particularly in the North Central zone and the ongoing interruption of commercial and social activities in the South-East, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, has spoken out. Obi pointed out that kidnapping, arson, and fatalities in the North Central states of Benue and Plateau had recently taken a new turn for the worst. Even though IPOB has publicly denied issuing a “Sit-at-Home” directive, the former governor of Anambra State has criticized the ongoing disruption of business and social activities in the South-East region as a result of it. On Thursday,…
President Bola Tinubu has offered board places to state governors, including those elected on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP), but the LP and its presidential candidate in 2023, Peter Obi, have reacted negatively. Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Chairman Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq stated on Tuesday night in Abuja that Tinubu has requested nominations of qualified individuals to fill the vacancies left by the dissolution of the boards and parastatals of Federal Government agencies earlier this month. Over 153 organizations, parastatals, institutions, and government-owned businesses have had their boards of directors disbanded by Tinubu.…
Daniel Bwala, a powerful member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has claimed that LP President Bola Tinubu is planning a coup. According to Bwala, one of the important people on the Peter Obi presidential team will be appointed to a cabinet position by Tinubu. On Thursday, the ex-lawmaker posted on his verified Twitter account that the individual has agreed to work in Tinubu’s ministry. He penned, “PBAT is reported to desire to cause a big upset in the Labour Party camp by putting one of the top players of the Obi presidential team into his government as a minister.…
On Thursday, the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Oyo State ruled in favor of Governor Seyi Makinde’s victory in the March 18 election, rejecting a petition submitted by the Allied Peoples’ Movement. Makinde’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agenda helped him win reelection for a second term as governor. APM reportedly disputed Makinde’s victory before the tribunal, according to information acquired by Infostride News. It should be noted that INEC and PDP are also named as respondents. Attorney Henry Bello representing APM has requested the tribunal to dismiss the case against Makinde. According to Bello, the petition’s intended recipient, Mr. Adeniran…
The Ogun State branch of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) is asking the Court of Appeal in Ibadan to return the money it paid to the party’s main counsel, Chijioke Emeka (SAN), because he did not show up to the hearing. On Thursday in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, South West Secretary of NNPP Babatunde Oke made the announcement to press. Oke, speaking on behalf of the party, voiced their displeasure with Emeka’s actions, noting that they dishonor the office of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). According to information obtained by Infostride News, Emeka has been retained as…
On Thursday, the Labor Party (LP) charged Enugu State REC Chukwuemeka Chukwu with defying a legitimate ruling from the governorship election tribunal. During Thursday’s Tribunal hearing, LP’s main counsel Valerie Azinge, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, made the complaint on the company’s behalf. Party and candidate Barr Chijioke Edeoga are contesting Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate Barr Peter Mbah’s election in court. The Governorship Election BVAS Machines were ordered to be made available to the LP by the Tribunal. However, according to Azinge’s testimony before the Tribunal, the REC disobeyed the court order and made it impossible for the…
Obiageli Ezekwesili, a former minister of education, praised the European Union Election Observation Mission and said it did not compromise election credibility. In his analysis of the election report for 2023, Ezekwesili claimed that it “surprisingly restored a measure of confidence in election monitoring around the world by not mincing words at all.” The former Minister said on Tuesday via her verified Twitter account that, in contrast to its report on Nigeria, Observer Mission Reports were starting to become formulaic and appeared to compromise electoral credibility. The study, she continued, “diverged from the global trend and restored confidence in Election…
Currently, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is meeting with his fellow governors from 1999. The meeting, which started a few minutes ago inside the council chambers of the Presidential Villa, has in attendance former state governors Obong Victor Attah (Akwa Ibom), James Ibori (Delta), Orji Uzor Kalu (Abia), Lucky Igbinedion (Edo), Jolly Nyame (Taraba), Attahiru Bafarawa (Sokoto), Joshua Dariye (Plateau), Bisi Akande (Osun), and Ahmed Markafi (Kaduna), among others. They are the governors who initiated the Fourth Republic in 1999, following the deaths of General Sani Abacha and General Abdusalami Abubakar. This allowed for the peaceful transition to democracy.
Ogun State governorship election petition tribunal in Abeokuta was flooded with witnesses from Iperu-Remo, Ikenne Local Government Area, on Wednesday. Petitioner Ladi Adebutu and Respondent Governor Dapo Abiodun both hail from the same city of Iperu. The March 18 governor’s race had two significant candidates: Abiodun and Adebutu. According to Infostride News, Adebutu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is contesting the election results before the tribunal, which favor Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Today, the tribunal resumed hearing the petition, and several Iperu natives testified as witnesses. Remi Olatubora, for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor…
On Wednesday, the case involving Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the suspended INEC Resident Electoral Officer, REC, was put on hold by the Adamawa State High Court. The court said it had received an injunction from a federal High Court in Abuja to halt the trial, therefore it was waiting for further developments before proceeding. Aishatu Ahmed Binani, the Adamawa APC governorship candidate in the last election, had petitioned the tribunal over the election that led to the court case involving Hudu and had obtained an order from a federal High Court in Abuja restraining the prosecution of Hudu at the Yola high…
Lucky Aiyedatiwa, acting governor of Ondo State, has debunked rumors circulating among members of the State Executive Council, saying that the issue is being stoked by desperate political gladiators. Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu is now on medical leave abroad owing to an unidentified illness, and in a statement released on Tuesday, Aiyedatiwa stated that he has remained in constant communication with his boss. The interim governor also reassured the public that Akeredolu will resume his duties as soon as he was medically cleared to do so. Aiyedatiwa also relayed Akeredolu’s gratitude to the people of the state for their prayers and…
Months after the just-completed national elections, the Peoples Democratic Party, or PDP, which was once considered the largest political party in Africa, is still in disarray. The party’s standing was already precarious before the 2023 elections, and losing the presidential contest seems to have put the icing on the cake. The PDP was in control of both chambers of the National Assembly and the nation’s presidential office upon the restoration of democracy in 1999. This was the situation up until 2015, when a party merger led to a surprise victory by the All Progressives Congress, or APC. This is in…
Tajudeen Abbas, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, emphasized that members do not make N30 million per week and that they are not as wealthy as Nigerians portray them to be. Abbas made this disclosure on Wednesday in Abuja while addressing the House Press Corps, which was hosted by the ad hoc committee on Media and Public Affairs. Kingsley Chinda, the minority leader, spoke on behalf of Abbas, who claimed that this branch of government isn’t as wealthy as it is portrayed to be. “You have heard that members take home N30 million each week, or that we make…
Samuel Ortom, a former governor of Benue State, has criticized the Assets Recovery Committee for towing his car on Governor Hyacinth Alia’s orders. In a statement released by his media assistant Terver Akase, Ortom claimed that his vehicle and others being repaired were towed from a London Lines Transport Ltd.-run business along Otukpo Road in Makurdi on Tuesday. He insisted that during his administration, the Benue State Executive Council gave him and his deputy permission to travel in their official vehicles. “We are beyond shocked at the development which smacks of lawlessness,” Akase remarked. Following the event, a television program…