There is disquiet in the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, over the somewhat strange romance between the Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike and the party’s hierarchy, especially the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. The development is causing upset among the APC members ahead of the inauguration of Tinubu as President and his formation of cabinet within six months. Against his own political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, the Governor is believed to have worked for the national ruling party during the 2023 presidential election. And this has intensified the rumours that it is just a matter of…
Author: Ifeanyi N.
The Lamidi Apapa faction of the Labour Party has distanced itself from the calls for an interim government and the agitations that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, should not be sworn in on May 29, pending the determination of the petitions before the presidential election tribunal. The Labour Party faction said the swearing in of Tinubu “may not have any impact on the ongoing legal tussle on the presidential election involving our party, APC and INEC.” In a statement made available to the media on Wednesday, the faction’s spokesman, Abayomi Arabambi, posited that the Electoral Act and the Constitution of Nigeria…
The Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Taraba State, Inuwa Bakari, has finally broken his silence on why he challenged the appointment of the former Special Adviser to Governor Darius Ishaku, as the party’s state chairman. Abubakar Bawa, who was the immediate past Special Assistant on Political Matters to Governor Ishaku, was recently appointed the party’s state chairman. Airing his grievances on Thursday, through his counsel, C.C Mbalaso, Bakari said, “We challenged the appointment because, by the virtue of the PDP Constitution, the National Working Committee lacks the power to appoint a substantive Chairman”. “The National Working…
Following the zoning arrangement for National Assembly leadership positions released on Monday by the National Working Committee, NWC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, seven aspirants for the Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives have come together under the G7 platform to reject the declaration. The members of the G7 group are Deputy Speaker of the House, Hon Ahmed Idris Wase; Hon. Yusuf Gagdi, Hon. Mukhtar Aliyu Betara, Hon. Sada Soli. Hon. Aminu Sani Jaji. Hon. Mariam Onuoha and House of Representatives Majority Leader, Hon. Al Hassan Doguwa. The G7 lawmakers, during a meeting with the APC NWC members…
Orakwe said that many youths had yet to register or complete their voter registration in Imo while some had turned 18 years old since the suspension of the CVR in July 2022. The Catch Them Young Community Initiative (CATYCOI) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) ahead of Imo gubernatorial election. The Executive Director of CATYCOI, Mr Nonso Orakwe, told newsmen on Thursday in Awka that the CVR was necessary to avoid disenfranchisement of some youths. “We are concerned about the participation of youths in the Nov. 11 off-cycle governorship election…
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has congratulated the Executive Governor of Osun State Senator Ademola Adeleke on his victory at the Supreme Court. The coalition in a statement by its President General, Goodluck Ibem said, the judgement was a victory for democracy and an affirmation that people of Osun State voted massively for him. According to COSEYL, the distraction occasioned by the All Progressives Congress in the state has ended, urging tye governor to get back to work properly. The statement reads partly, “Now that the distractions of court cases promoted by people who clearly lost the…
As the race for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly gathers more steam, Dominic Alancha, a public affairs analyst and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, not to meddle in how the lawmakers choose their leaders. He cautioned that leaving the National Working Committee (NWC) to zone the leadership of the National Assembly may in the long run truncate the independence of the legislative arm of government. Alancha, while reacting to the development on Wednesday, also faulted what the NWC referred to as consensus, stressing that what transpired was far…
Following the controversy trailing the choice of Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abass from Kaduna as Speaker and Benjamin Kalu from Abia State as Deputy Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives , a joint task group, a forum of members-elect from the 18 political parties have been formed. The group was formed to calm nerves and reach out to aggrieved contestants for reconciliation in the interest of the 10th House of Representatives and the nation. Speaking with journalists on Wednesday after a meeting with the joint task group, Hon. Abass expressed delight that he was adopted by the ruling All Progressives…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has described the death of the South-West Zonal Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olasoji Adagunodo as a huge loss to Osun State. Governor Adeleke also described Adagunodo’s passing as a sore loss to the Peoples Democratic Party. DAILY POST had reported that Adagunodo died on Tuesday after a brief illness in the United States of America. It was gathered from sources that the late Adagunodo had travelled to the US shortly after the general elections for a routine medical checkup but he did not come back. According to the source, “He died…
The Jigawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged all APC senators and House of Representatives members to accept the adoption of consensus in producing the 10th leadership of the National Assembly in good faith. The state party chairman, Aminu Sani Gumel, made the call while briefing newsmen in Dutse, the state capital. According to him: “The choice of Senator Akpabio as Senate President and Senator Barau Jibrin as Deputy Senate President, the nomination of Tajuddern Abbas as Speaker and Ben Kalu as Deputy Speaker was done for national unity and progress.” Gumel explained that the Jigawa…
Fresh off a White House meeting with no serious breakthrough on the debt limit standoff, President Joe Biden is launching a new phase of his pressure campaign against House Republicans as he makes his case that lawmakers should lift the nation’s borrowing authority without any strings attached. Biden will travel to Valhalla, New York, on Wednesday to argue that a measure passed by House GOP lawmakers that would lift the debt limit for about a year while curbing some federal spending would impose cuts for veterans care, educators and other domestic priorities. The area is represented by first-term Republican Rep.…
The Action Peoples Party has applied to withdraw the suit against President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal. The Counsel to APP, Obed Agu, is also asking the court to strike out and dismiss the suit challenging Tinubu’s victory at the 25th February presidential election. Counsel to Tinubu, Wole Olanipekun, SAN, did not oppose the withdrawal. The Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Haruna Tsammani, subsequently dismissed the petition. Recall that the tribunal commenced sitting in Abuja on Monday.
After weeks of intrigues, the National Working Committee, NWC, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, finally announced that it has zoned the position of the Senate President to the South-South and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to the North-West for the forthcoming 10th National Assembly. The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka confirmed the arrangement in a press briefing at the end of the party’s NEC meeting held at its national secretariat in Abuja. The Party also said it zoned the position of Deputy Senate President to the North-West and Deputy Speaker to the South-East.…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State has stated that the party received the judgment affirming Ademola Adeleke as the governor of the state with equanimity. The party said it was aware that in a contest, a winner must emerge. It made this known in a statement by its acting Chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, signed by its Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi on Tuesday. According to the statement, “Lawal acknowledged that the Supreme Court decisions are final and cannot be challenged in any other court of the land.” He also submitted that, “as a democratic political body that…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Imo State, Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu on Tuesday, described the Supreme Court judgement on Osun State as victory for democracy, noting that in like manner, PDP will recover all its lost mandates from the court. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Ikenna Onuoha and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Owerri, Anyanwu said the unpopular APC administration thinks that the only way to retain power is to manipulate the election processes. He added that the innovations in the 2022 electoral Act such as the introduction of BVAS for…
Governor Biodun Oyebanji says Ekiti is committed to a united and formidable 10th National Assembly as well the decision of the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on zoning of Senate President position to the South-South. The Governor made the declaration in Abuja while hosting Senator Godswill Akpabio alongside some Senators-elect. The meeting also had in attendance elected senators from Ekiti, Opeyemi Bamidele, Yemi Adaramodu and Cyril Fasuyi. Speaking with newsmen after the meeting, Governor Oyebanji said the decision of the National Working Committee of the APC on leadership of the 10th National Assembly remains sacrosanct. Governor…
A pan-Igbo sociopolitical group, the South East Revival Group (SERG), has frowned at the incoming executive’s interference in the choice of the elective leadership of the 10th National Assembly. In its reaction to the nomination of individuals as preferred lawmakers for various elective legislative offices in the incoming National Assembly, SERG, in a statement signed by its President and National Coordinator, Chief Willy Ezugwu, noted: “The list released by the APC shows clearly that the party has learnt no lesson from its politics of exclusion since 2015.” InfoStride News recalls that APC NWC announced Akpabio and Abass for Senate president…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has congratulated Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State over his victory at the Supreme Court. PDP said Adeleke’s victory is a confirmation of its popularity and commitment to Nigeria. The Supreme Court earlier on Tuesday affirmed the election of Ademola Adeleke as the governor of the state. Justice Emmanuel Akomaye Agim, who delivered the judgement, ruled that the former governor, Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who challenged the victory of Adeleke, based all his allegations against the election on unfounded hearsay. Reacting, PDP tweeted: “Breaking News! The Supreme Court of Nigeria has…
The national leadership of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has explained the rationale behind the expulsion of the former chairman of the party in Ogun State, Olaposi Sunday Oginni. The party explained that the former chairman’s expulsion was based on the report of the Disciplinary Committee. The party made these declarations in a letter addressed to Oginni. The letter was made available to the media on Tuesday. The expulsion letter was signed by the national secretary of the party, Dipo Olayoku. InfoStride News learnt that the party had earlier suspended the chairman along with his Delta State counterpart. The…
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan, who was arrested by paramilitary Rangers on Tuesday, is facing 121 cases across the country, including for committing treason and blasphemy and inciting violence and terrorism. Khan, who travelled from Lahore to the federal capital Islamabad, was undergoing a biometric process at the court when the Rangers broke open the glass window and arrested him after beating lawyers and Khan’s security staff, according to senior party leader Shireen Mazari.