The Enugu State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has ordered Governor Peter Mbah to appear before it tomorrow, Friday. Infostride News reports that the order was sequel to an application made by the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, through its counsel, Barr Alex Amujiogo. Candidate of the PRP, Elder Christopher Agu is in court seeking to upturn the declaration of Barr Peter Mbah as the winner of the March 18 governorship election conducted in the State. He is also claiming that Mbah was not qualified to contest the election, having allegedly forged National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, discharge certificate, among other issues.…
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A digital forensic expert, Hitler Nwuala, told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deliberately deleted all the results of presidential elections from the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under the guise of preparing for the March 18 governorship election. The forensic expert who was the 26th witness for Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 poll, claimed to have inspected 110 BVAS devices used during the presidential polls in the FCT and insisted that all the…
The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Tinubu/Shettima 2023 has called on the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi to withdraw the case against President Bola Tinubu and join hands with him in the proposed national unity and all-inclusive government. Both Atiku and Obi are in court challenging the declaration of Tinubu of APC as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. The group’s National Coordinator, Lilian Ogbole made the call while addressing a press conference on Thursday in Abuja, saying the call became imperative because the Tinubu-led…
The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has appealed to the Chief Justice of Nigeria to relocate the citing of the Akwa-Ibom Governorship Petition Tribunal to Abuja. Mr Egbeola Wale-Martins, the National Publicity Secretary of the YPP, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. “Desperate times call for desperate measures, hence we call on the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayade Ariwoola to as a matter of urgency, move the ongoing Governorship Petition Tribunal in Akwa-Ibom to Abuja. “This is in order to put a halt to the desperation of the PDP to cow everyone, including the tribunal into submission. It…
President Bola Tinubu has denied the approval of the purported 114% increase in the salaries of the President, Vice President, elected federal and state political office holders, and judicial officers. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communication, and Strategy, Dele Alake, made this known in a statement on Thursday. Alake said the report was fake and that such a proposal has not been brought before Tinubu for consideration. “We state without any equivocation that President Bola Tinubu has not approved any salary increase, and no such proposal has been brought before him for consideration. While we recognise that it is…
It was another round of legal setback for Ladi Adebutu and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday as the Ogun State Election Petitions Tribunal dismissed their application seeking to strike out Governor Dapo Abiodun’s prayers establishing vote-buying allegations against them. Previously, Governor Abiodun had made a strong allegation of electoral fraud against the PDP candidate, Ladi Adebutu, and his party, allegedly perpetrated during the March 18 governorship election in the state. Consequently, acting on what it termed a plethora of evidence at its disposal through discreet investigation and the confessions of some members of PDP who were caught in…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has forwarded names of seven people as commissioner-nominees to the state House of Assembly. The names were sent to the Assembly on Wednesday. A source within the Assembly confirmed the development to the media on Thursday. The list contains six former commissioners and one new person. There are five males and two females on the list. The commissioner-nominees are Mr Adeniyi Adebisi, Mr Akinola Ojo, Prof Musibau Babatunde, Professor Daud Sangodoyin, Mr Seun Ashamu, Alhaja Fausat Joke Sanni and Mrs Toyin Balogun, who is the new person. The source told the media that the…
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, on Wednesday, explained why the UK government banned international students from bringing family members with them starting in 2024. Specifically, by January 2024, Nigerians and other foreign nationals on study visa to the United Kingdom will no longer be able to bring in their family members, a new policy rolled out by the British Government to curb migration. According to Montgomery, the decision is to avoid pressure on the country’s housing infrastructure and to control the inflow of migrants. “Many more students are trying to bring their dependents with them…but it’s not…
A Federal High Court (FHC), in Abuja, on Wednesday, gave an order restoring Mr Mahdi Gusau as the Deputy Governor of Zamfara following his impeachment by the state’s House of Assembly on Feb. 23, 2022, despite a subsisting court order. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgement, also set aside all the steps and actions taken by the House of Assembly, former Governor Bello Matawalle and the state’s chief judge in the purported impeachment of Gusau during the pendency of the suit in court. Justice Ekwo, who held that the act of the then State Assembly Speaker, ex-Governor, Chief Judge and…
Andrew Tate, a social media personality known for expressing misogynistic views online, appeared on Wednesday at a court in Romania, where prosecutors have charged him with rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to exploit women. Tate and his brother, Tristan, who is also charged with the offenses, arrived Wednesday at a court in the capital Bucharest, flanked by six bodyguards. Prosecutors have also filed charges against two Romanian women in the case. Romania’s anti-organised crime agency alleged that the four defendants formed a criminal group in 2021 in order to commit the crime of human trafficking in Romania…
The Oyo State Government said it has yet to approve a new salary structure for workers in the state. The declaration comes on the heels of a rumour that the state government has approved a new salary structure. The government, however, debunked the rumour on Wednesday. A statement signed by Sulaimon Olanrewaju, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, reads: “Although the government is working on reviewing the current salary structure, the committee set up for that purpose has yet to turn in its report. “Therefore, the salary structure being circulated could not have emanated from the state government. It…
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has revealed that his predecessor, Bello Matawalle, left only N4m in the state account. Lawal, who stated this in his interview with BBC Hausa, noted that the four months salary of workers is yet to be paid. He also claimed that senior secondary school students in Zamfara have not written the West African Examination Council, WAEC, and the National Examination Council, NECO. He said; “I have been running the affairs of the state on debt since I assumed office as governor of Zamfara State. I met the treasury account of the state with no money.…
Some documents requested by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, at the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi to be presented as exhibits at the Presidential Election Tribunal are non-existent. INEC made the declaration during the Tribunal’s sitting in Abuja on Tuesday. Obi and the Labour Party (LP) are challenging the Feb. 25 election of President Bola Tinubu before the court in a petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023. Respondents in the petition are INEC, President Tinubu, Vice-President Kashim Shettima and their All Progressives Congress (APC). Giving evidence before the court, Mr Lawrence Bayode, Deputy Director, ICT at INEC, told the court…
The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) on Wednesday opened and closed its case in its petition challenging the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. The party in the petition numbered CA/PEPC/04/2023 seeks the nullification of Tinubu’s election on the ground of the double nomination of the vice presidential candidate of the APC, Kashim Shettima. At the resumed hearing on Wednesday, after a futile attempt by President Tinubu and the APC to shut out the petition, the petitioner called its lone witness, Aisha Abubakar, who gave evidence in…
A human rights activist, Shehu Sani, has identified two achievements of the immediate past Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, that should be appreciated. In a tweet on his official handle, the former lawmaker hailed Baba, who was removed on Monday by President Bola Tinubu, for professionalism, civility and impartiality of the Nigeria Police during the last general elections. According to him, for the first time in the history of the country, the police were not accused of involvement in election rigging. Sani also lauded the former IGP for his “commitment to the payment of compensation to the…
A group under the aegis of Nigeria Youth Organisation (NYO) has lauded President Bola Tinubu’s choice of Service Chiefs appointments, describing it as unbiased, fair and balanced. Comrade Okorie Okorie, President of the organisation, gave the commendation in an interview with NAN in Abuja on Tuesday. He congratulated the Service Chiefs on their appointments, saying that Tinubu had demonstrated enviable leadership quality with the balanced appointment. “Tinubu is a very good man who understands the challenges of Nigeria. “His appointment clearly indicates that he is a leader and father to all, he wants to run a government of national unity,”…
The Oyo State House of Assembly has announced the appointment of its principal officers. The announcement was made on Tuesday during plenary. Infostride News recalls that the House was inaugurated last week. Edward Adebowale Ogundoyin was re-elected as Speaker, while Muhammed Abiodun Fadeyi was re-elected as Deputy Speaker last week. Announcing the names of the principal officers of the House, the Speaker named Sanjo Adedoyin (Ogbomoso South) as the Majority Leader of the House and Salami Ayinde Waliu (Irepo) as the Minority Leader. He announced Gbenga Oyekola (Atiba) as Chief Whip, Yusuf Adebisi (Ibadan South West I) as Deputy Chief…
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has appointed Barr. Victor Udeh as his Chief of Staff. According to a statement signed by Professor Chidiebere Onyia, Secretary to the State Government, Mbah also approved 23 other appointments, including his media aides. They include: Ken Chukwuegbo, Principal Secretary Kenneth Ugwu, Head of Service Tony Okenwa, State Accountant General Ms. Angela Nnamani, Executive Chairman, Enugu State Internal Revenue Service Prof. Linda Obiamaka Egbo, Special Adviser, Public Financial Management Arinze Chilo-Offiah, Special Adviser, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Dubem Onyia (Jr), Special Adviser, Donor Relations Mike Ogbuekwe, Special Adviser, Agriculture Barr. Osinachi Nnajieze, Special…
President Bola Tinubu has left Nigeria for France to attend the Global Financing Pact Summit convened by the French President, Emmanuel Macron in Paris. The new Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Egbetokun and Service Chiefs bid the president farewell at the point of his departure His trip to France was disclosed by his Media Aide, Dayo Olusegun via Twitter. Sharing a video of Tinubu’s departure, Olusegun wrote: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu heads to France ahead of the Global Financing Pact Summit convened by President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. New Acting IGP Egbetokun and the newly appointed Service Chiefs line…
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has been charged with failing to pay federal income tax and illegally possessing a weapon and has reached an agreement with the Justice Department, according to letter filed in US District Court in Delaware. As part of the agreement, made public on Tuesday, Hunter Biden will plead guilty to misdemeanour tax offenses and is expected to reach an agreement with prosecutors on the felony charge of illegally possessing a firearm as a drug user. It is somewhat unusual to resolve a federal criminal case at the same time the charges are filed in court, though…