Former Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, has reminded the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, of the enormity of the tasks that await him as he prepares to assume power on May 29, 2023. He urged the incoming president to make efforts to unite Nigerians as the elections are now over. Tinubu emerged as the winner of the most polarising presidential election in Nigeria’s democratic history. The contest was a three-horse race between candidates from each of the three dominant tribes in the country. While his victory is still being challenged in court by the two main opposition parties who scored a higher…
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Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC) has passed a vote of confidence on Senator Bola Tinubu, President-elect, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Chief Ugochukwu Nnam, National Coordinator of the group, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday while congratulating Tinubu ahead of his inauguration on Monday, May 29. Nnam said that Tinubu’s achievements in leadership roles was a testament of a brighter and prosperous Nigeria under his watch in the future. “Your outstanding record and achievements in various leadership roles give us immense confidence that you will lead Nigeria into a…
Edo High Court judge, Justice Emmanuel Aihamoje, on Friday in Benin, dismissed the notice of suspension issued against the National Chairman, Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, by some ward executives in the state. The action filed by Abure and some of the executives of the Ward 3 in Esan North East of Edo State, challenged the action of some elements who purportedly suspended the national chairman of the party. In his judgement which lasted for about two hours, Justice Aihamoje said the party’s executive in Uromi in Ward 3 lacked the power under the Labour Party Constitution, particularly Art.13 &…
The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has once again been vindicated courtesy of a judgement delivered by a State High Court sitting in Edo State on Friday, May 26, 2023. In a ruling delivered by Justice Emmanuel Aihamoje, the court dismissed the notice of suspension issued against the embattled National Chairman by some party members at his ward in the state. This was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh. Ifoh also confirmed that the case was filed by Abure and the executive members…
Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda will travel to India on Wednesday on a four-day official visit during which he will hold talks with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and other leaders to further strengthen the age-old, multifaceted bilateral ties, the foreign ministry here said Saturday. This will be the first bilateral visit abroad by the Prime Minister of Nepal after assuming office in December 2022. Prachanda, 68, will be accompanied by his daughter Ganga Dahal. He is visiting India at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Prime Minister Modi. He will lead a delegation comprising ministers, secretaries and…
The Court of Appeal in Kano has suspended the judgment of a Federal High Court that invalidated the primaries that produced Alex Otti and other Labour Party (LP) candidates in Abia StaOttix o The decision was made on Saturday by Justice Mbaba, who also granted Alex Otti’s application to appeal as an interested party. The judgment of the Federal High Court has been temporarily put on hold pending the hearing and determination of the appeal. The Court of Appeal’s order comes in response to the motion for leave filed by the Abia Governor-Elect, seeking permission to appeal as an interested…
Bode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight years as a failure. George said Buhari did not live up to the expectations of Nigerians in the last eight years. Addressing journalists in Lagos on Saturday, the PDP chieftain said history will judge Buhari’s government because it failed to impact Nigerians positively. He lamented that Buhari failed to ensure the security of Nigerians. He berated Buhari for failing to deliver on his electoral promises of fighting corruption among other things. According to George: “My personal assessment is that he failed,…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the Supreme Court ruling on the President-elect, Bola Tinubu and Vice, Kashim Shettima. Fani-Kayode alleged that the ruling was an indication that the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his party failed to intimidate or compromise the judges. He claimed that Atiku failed in his course to pervert justice. Tweeting, Fani-Kayode wrote: “Atiku Abubakar and his Peoples Destruction Party’s nonsense case has finally been dismissed at the Supreme Court. “I bet he and his team are shedding tears right now because they were…
The vice president-elect, Kashim Shettima, has said removing petrol subsidy and removing multiple exchange rate systems are two challenges that will pose an initial challenge to the incoming administration. Shettima stated this while speaking at the public lecture and Juma’at prayer on Friday held at the National Mosque in Abuja. He warned that the take-off point of Bola Tinubu’s administration might be rough. “Be rest assured that in the fullness of time, Nigeria will pay glowing tributes to us. The starting point might not be rosy, let me be very honest with you. “Oil subsidy is an albatross on our…
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ijesaland have reiterated their support for the leadership of former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola. This was as the Ijesa APC leaders affirmed that Oyetola still remained their party leader in Osun State. Addressing journalists at the Ilesa-East APC Secretariat in Ilesa on Friday, Johnson Ajilore, who spoke on behalf of other leaders, said the former governor enjoyed the privilege under the provisions of the party’s constitution. He added that the party leadership in Ijesa-South Federal Constituency has endorsed the “Repositioning Committee”, set up by the former governor to put the party back on…
The ambitions of Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu to become the next Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives received a major boost on Friday with endorsement from Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. Speaking while receiving the duo in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, the governor promised his support for only them, being the anointed candidates of their party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. Wike described Abbas and Kalu as the most qualified aspirants for the positions of Speaker and Deputy Speaker, assuring that he will deliver Rivers votes for them. According to him, all the…
The Ebonyi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Congress (APC) and other parties to avoid technicalities as the panel commences sitting. The three-member panel headed by Justice A. L. Ogunmoye gave the charge during the inaugural session of the panel in Abuja on Friday. “It is common knowledge that the tribunal has 180 days from the filing of any petition to dispose of the same. “It is, therefore, incumbent on all the parties before this tribunal to cooperate with us in order to ensure that we deliver on our mandate…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has announced that it has appealed the ruling of the Ogun State governorship and House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal. The party said it was not satisfied with the tribunal’s verdict on its gubernatorial election petition. InfoStride News recalls that NNPP had earlier taken its petition to the gubernatorial election petition tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, the state capital. NNPP’s petition was based on the omission of the party’s name on the ballot papers used during the election held across the state on Saturday, 18th March 2023. The tribunal had, on April 15, 2023, dismissed…
House of Representatives member-elect, for Anaocha-Njikoka-Dunukofia Federal Constituency of Anambra State, Hon George Ozodinobi has organised an interdenominational prayer meeting for the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi. Ozodinobi a member of LP, who mobilised members of his constituency to Egwegwe Square in Nimo community on Friday for the prayers said he was very confident that Obi will recover the mandate given to him by Nigerians. He said: “This is an interdenominational prayer meeting consisting of all Christian clergies. You can see the level of turnout of my constituents. We all turned out here to pray for…
Russia’s southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine came under attack from Ukrainian artillery fire, mortar shells and drones Friday, authorities said, hours after two drones struck a Russian city in a region next to the annexed Crimea Peninsula. The Kremlin’s forces, meanwhile, struck a clinic in Dnipro, in central Ukraine, killing two people and wounding another 23, including two children, Ukrainian officials said. Also, a Russian S-300 missile hit a dam in the Karlivka district of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk province, placing nearby settlements under threat of severe flooding. The Belgorod town of Graivoron, about seven kilometres from the Ukrainian border, was…
A legal practitioner and social critic, Inibehe Effiong, has reacted to the Supreme Court judgement dismissing the disqualification of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima. Effiong claimed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, should have persuaded one of the aspirants who took part in the All Progressives Congress, APC, primary to challenge Shettima’s double nomination. He said that the PDP made a serious mistake in its decision to challenge Shettima’s double nomination by itself. InfoStride News reports that the Apex Court on Friday dismissed the suit filed by the PDP, seeking Tinubu and Shettima’s disqualification from the 2023…
The Supreme Court has given a judicial seal of approval for the inauguration of President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima. The Court on Friday dismissed the suit by the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, seeking their disqualification from the 2023 presidential election. The Apex Court held that the PDP’s suit praying disqualification of Tinubu and Shettima was grossly lacking in merit and dismissed it. Justice Adamu Jauro who delivered the lead judgment slammed a fine of N2 million on PDP for poke nosing into the internal affairs of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the conduct of its…
A political economist, Pat Utomi, has denied claims that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, sponsored the election of the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi. This is coming against the backdrop of a claim by an LP candidate in Oyo State, Tawfiq Akinwale, that Tinubu asked Utomi to step down for Peter Obi in the buildup to the 2023 general elections. However, Utomi described the allegation as misinformation against him. Tweeting, Utomi wrote: “Truly if any flow from BAT came to me, I would quickly withdraw money I spent at his urging in 2007 paid to an international PR agency…
A group, Free Nigeria Movement, FNM, has called for the end of the protest against the presidential election that produced the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC’s candidate, Bola Tinubu as winner. The group made the call in a statement by the Convener, Moses Paul, on Thursday, barely four days to the inauguration of the president-elect. Paul said the group was retreating from the protest to strategize on other means of getting justice, stressing that it can no longer guarantee the safety of members in the face of daunting threats and intimidation. He said, “Our focus is unshakably Nigerian. Our rules…
The Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections, Sen. Rabiu Musa-Kwankwaso has called on political leaders in the country to invest more in the people in order to build trust. Kwankwaso made the call at the inaugural lecture of the Niger Governor-elect, Alhaji Umaru Bago and his deputy, Alhaji Yakubu Garba in Minna on Thursday. “The people want political leaders who are interested in uplifting their living standards. “Therefore, there is the need to secure the lives of the people and invest on them in order to build trust, transparency and accountability. “In my…