Alex Otti, governor of Abia State, has asked the state’s traditional leaders for help maintaining order. On Tuesday, he met with the senior officers of the traditional rulers’ council and executive members of the traditional rulers from the 17 LGAs of the state at Government House, Umuahia, and issued the directive. Announcing that the state government of Abia would be harsh on criminals and their enablers, he made it clear that the new administration would not tolerate any form of lawlessness. Any monarch whose territory is used by criminals as a safe haven would be dealt with, Otti warned. He…
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Shehu Sani, a former senator representing Kaduna Central, has asked President Bola Tinubu to investigate alleged cabals within the administration of Muhammadu Buhari. Instead of rewarding them with posts in Tinubu’s government, Sani said the former political officeholders should be held accountable. To honor or appoint into office former governors whom Sani accused of robbing their states and left people in poverty and debt would be “most unconscionable,” he tweeted on Tuesday. Sani argued that past political officials have not been held accountable for their actions, despite the fact that former Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele and former EFCC Chairman…
On Wednesday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) told the Presidential Election Petition Court that it would not open defense in response to a petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku, challenging the conduct and declaration of the presidential election held on February 25. The APC argued that it would not “participate in the whipping of dead horses” by defending the election results. Through its lead lawyer, Prince Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi SAN, the APC argued that the petitions filed by the Labour Party and the PDP had no merit. After questioning Senate Majority Leader…
This photo was taken on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa and shows President Bola Ahmed Tinubu with former Secretaries to the Government of the Federation Pius Anyim and Olisa Metuh. On Wednesday, Metuh and Anyim both traveled to the Aso Villa and spoke with the president in his office upon their arrival. While Anyim stood for president of the PDP in 2023, Metuh recently quit the party in October 2022. The specifics of the meeting remained unknown as of the writing of this article. This gathering occurs just before President Tinubu sends the Senate his list of nominees for cabinet…
After his elder brother Nawaz Sharif received medical care in the United Kingdom, a lawsuit was filed in a Pakistani court attempting to have Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif disqualified for making a “false promise” to the court. On Tuesday, the Lahore High Court (LHC) postponed further proceedings indefinitely after noting that this case should have been filed when the previous government failed to make good on Shehbaz Sharif’s pledge. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supreme leader and Shehbaz Sharif’s older brother Nawaz Sharif has been in self-imposed exile in the United Kingdom since November 2019. Petitioner Azhar Abbas said that in…
Primate Elijah Ayodele, leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, has urged the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to consider holding a new election or rerunning the current one. According to Ayodele, a new presidential election or rerun will restore faith in Nigeria’s electoral system. This information was included in the 2023 edition of his ‘Warnings To The Nations’ predictions. Primate Ayodele argued that a return between the top two contenders or a new presidential election were the best course of action. He claimed the current administration would thwart the electoral tribunal’s efforts to rule against it. The minister said that…
On Tuesday, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, candidate for governor of Lagos State in 2023 under the Labour Party (LP), dropped his challenge to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s re-election on March 18. Rhodes-Vivour is also casting doubt on Obafemi Hazmat’s ability to run for office as Deputy Governor of Lagos State on the basis that he abandoned his Nigerian citizenship and pledged allegiance to the United States of America. Mr. Idowu Benson, the petitioner’s counsel, informed the three-justice tribunal chaired by Arum Ashom that the petitioner was closing his case when the governorship election petition tribunal began its hearing on Tuesday. In the petition…
The All Progressives Congress in Kwara State has outlined the steps necessary to welcome back members who deserted to the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in the run-up to the 2015 statewide election. But according to Infostride News, the APC has placed a stop on prosecuting former lawmaker Saheed Popoola, who also defected to the SDP from the APC. A select committee made up of APC and SDP officials in the state met, and their final statement instructed the defectors to begin the assimilation process by re-registering as APC members at the ward level in their respective local government areas. The…
On Tuesday, evidence was submitted to the State Election Petition Tribunal by Isa Ashiru, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for governor of Kaduna State in the 2023 election. INEC forms EC8A, EC8B, EC8C, EC8D, EC8E, and EC40G series from various polling units and several local government areas of the state were admitted as exhibits by the three-man panel of the tribunal, led by Justice Victor Oviawie. Dr. Ayodele Adewole, one of the key attorneys for the PDP and its candidate, produced voter register papers for 40 voting units in Kaduna South Local Government as part of the documents they…
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde said that if the Nigerian Army had been biassed, he would not have been elected in 2019 or 2023. On Tuesday, Makinde made this proclamation while hosting Major-General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, Chief of Army Staff, for a courtesy call at his office in the Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. According to Infostride News, Makinde ran on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket and won both the 2019 election and the 2023 re-election. Makinde remarked that it was impossible to overstate the professionalism shown by the police on duty during the 2019 governorship election. He then promised the…
Umar Namadi, governor of Jigawa State, has written to the assembly of his state requesting confirmation of sixteen commissioner nominees. This information was released in a statement authored by Bala Ibrahim, the Secretary to the Government of Jigawa State. There were eight new commissioners and eight returning ones. To name a few: Ibrahim Babangida Umar, Professor Hannatu Sabo Muhammad, Dr. Muhammad Abdullahi Kainuwa, Aminu Kanta, Ahmed Garba MK, and Ibrahim Garba Hannun Giwa. In addition to Gambo Shu’aibu Mallam and Lawan Yunusa Danzomo, the list also includes Isah Yusuf Chamo, Sagir Musa Ahmed, Hadiza Abdulwahab, Col. Muhammad Alhassan (rtd), Nura…
A reconciliation between Ayo Adebanjo and Reuben Fasoranti has been called for by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and other notable leaders in Yoruba nation. Makinde revealed this at a gathering of the pan-Yoruba culture organisation Afenifere. The meeting took place on Tuesday in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, according to Infostride News. According to our correspondent, Adebanjo and Fasoranti were at odds about who should lead the group. Over the course of several years, the two leaders have sparred over who should be considered the group’s real head honcho. Makinde, however, has come clean about his and…
Angry members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) walked out of the Abia State House of Assembly building on Tuesday, causing a tense situation. Eleven members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) left the House in a huff after the Labour Party (LP) and the Young Progressive Party (YPP) were named as its new primary executives on Friday. Since the Speaker did not include the job of Minority Leader in his or her announcement, it remains open. Godwin Adiele, who represents the Ukwa West constituency, addressed the press on Tuesday on behalf of his colleagues and said that the abrupt…
On Tuesday, Senator Abdulahi Adamu, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), declared that the APC’s National Working Committee (NWC) had no say in the selection of parliamentary leaders. According to Infostride News, after the conclusion of the party’s meeting on May 8, 2023, National Publicity Secretary Felix Morka declared that the zoning formula offered by President Bola Tinubu had been ratified. Adamu, who led the meeting, abruptly reversed course on Tuesday by publicly rejecting the National Assembly’s top officials. He made it clear that the APC NWC had nothing to do with the election of Senate President Godswill…
The presidential, National Assembly, gubernatorial, and state house of assembly elections of 2023 in Nigeria may have come and gone, but their reverberations are far from ended. There has been much speculation and ongoing discussions about the election process since its conclusion and the eventual declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP), as well as their respective presidential candidates Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, were among the parties that filed petitions with…
A prominent PDP legislator, Solomon Akpulonu, has asserted his party remains the dominant party in the House, by virtue of its elected members, even though the election of new principal officers in the Abia State House of Assembly may have kicked up a little of dust. To kick against the announcement of new main officers on Friday, where PDP did not receive any position despite having 11 members in the Assembly, was Obingwa East Assembly Representative Akpulonu. No members of the PDP were included on the list of new principle officials that Speaker Emmanuel Emeruwa read out in plenary last…
The Peoples Democratic Party’s gubernatorial nominee, Ladi Adebutu, showed up at the Ogun State election petition tribunal on Tuesday with more than 8,000 documents and the lawyers for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the petitioners, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the respondents, were at odds. Adebutu and the PDP’s attorney, Goddy Uche, stated at Tuesday’s resumed hearing that he had brought uncontested evidence to the tribunal’s attention. However, the plea was turned down by INEC’s lawyer Remi Peter Olatunbora, Governor Dapo Abiodun’s counsel Kehinde Ogunwumiju, and the APC’s counsel Kunle Kalejaiye. The attorneys for the respondents claim that…
The federal administration has been criticised by the Labour Party for casting doubt on a European Union report that predicted a close General Election in 2023. In its final assessment and report on the 2023 general elections, the EU has declared that there were some anomalies, as previously reported by Infostride News. Observers from the European Union (EU) said that confidence in the country’s electoral body, INEC, was shaken during the recent general vote. Dele Alake, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Special Duties, released a statement on Sunday in which he criticised the Electoral Observer Mission’s findings…
Former Minister of State for Labour and Employment Festus Keyamo has stated that the report from the European Union Observer Mission (EUOM) on the upcoming general elections in 2023 does not undermine the legitimacy of the process. On Monday, Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, made the revelation on his official Twitter account in response to the news story. It has been less than a week since the European Union Observation Mission released a report in which it noted problems with the general election and offered suggestions to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). However, conflicting responses have lagged behind…
Atiku Abubakar’s communications adviser, Daniel Bwala, has criticized INEC for failing to launch its defense against allegations that it tampered with the results of the 2023 election. After 10 days of recess, INEC still hadn’t opened its defense at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. This was because the electoral body’s witnesses didn’t show up to the tribunal. Bwala responded on Twitter, saying, “INEC failed to launch its defense after 10 days break; reason? Due to the absence of supporting evidence. “#Vuvuzela #hakunamatata” A lawyer representing Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has said that INEC is unprepared to defend…