The Presidency has disclosed that most leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, would have been compulsorily retired from politics if the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar or his Labour Party, LP, counterpart, Peter Obi had won the last election. President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, disclosed this while noting that President-elect Bola Tinubu’s victory has established the dominance of the APC. He spoke while receiving the Arewa Young Lawyers’ Forum, AYLF, and was contained in a statement by Deputy Director of Information, State House, Patience Tilley-Gyado. According to Shehu: “In the hands of the…
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Razaq Abubakre, an emeritus Professor and former federal Commissioner, says the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate Mr Peter Obi couldn’t have beaten President-elect Sen. Bola Tinubu at the last presidential election. Abubakre, also a former Vice Chancellor of Al-Hikmah University Ilorin, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday. The technocrat claimed that Obi’s lacklustre performance as former Governor of Anambra State worked against him. Abubakre said that Obi’s inability to build leaders, unlike Tinubu, who has inspired several leaders nationally and internationally, was part of his undoing. He further stated that the allegation against Obi…
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the March 18 gubernatorial election in Rivers, Tonye Cole has said that the level of impunity by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, cannot be allowed to stand. Cole’s statement followed the alleged refusal by the electoral commission to allow him access to collect the Certified True Copies, CTC, documents with which to file his petition at the election tribunal. He made the assertion on Thursday while fielding questions on Arise Television’s Morning Show program. Cole said INEC had ignored several court orders to release the documents to him. He…
The Bayelsa National and State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal will hold its inaugural sitting in Yenagoa on Thursday, on 31 petitions before it. InfoStride News learnt that out of the 31 one petitions received so far, a total of nine were from the outcome of the National Assembly elections and 22 were from State House of Assembly polls. The second election petition tribunal panel commenced on Monday at the High Court complex Sagbama, while the inaugural sitting of the first panel will commence next Monday. Chairman of the second panel, Justice Oluwatoyin Fadeyi, who spoke on behalf of…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that power was not given freely to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, who he said worked hard to get it. Wike stated this on Wednesday at a banquet in honour of Tinubu who was in Rivers State to commission some of the governor’s legacy projects. He recounted how Tinubu gifted him a white wine in the early hours of the day when he visited him at his Lagos residence in 2018 to persuade him to support one of the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the 2019 presidential election. He said: “I…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, has berated those who claim they love Nigeria and care about the development of the country, yet have disdain for the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. He described Tinubu as the epitome of the kind of leader Nigerians yearn for. Garba insisted that Nigerians are lucky to have the former Lagos State governor as their incoming president. In a tweet on Thursday, he wrote: “You cannot love Nigeria and genuinely care for the future development of the country[and] yet have issues with The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. “He is the best…
The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has explained why he withdrew his case challenging the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. After the governorship election in the state, Abe and his party approached the Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal to challenge the victory of Governor Nyesom Wike-backed PDP candidate, Siminalayi Fubara. But last week, Abe, who was accused of being used by Governor Wike to destroy the Rivers All Progressives Congress(APC), and his party, announced that they have withdrawn the matter from the tribunal. In a…
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu has described the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general elections in Nigeria as proof of the performance of the Buhari administration. Garba Shehu made this assertion on Thursday in his office in Abuja when he was appointed Grand Patron of the Arewa Young Lawyers’ Forum (AYLF). Shehu asserted that the triumph of President-elect Bola Tinubu, Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima and governorship candidates had established the APC as a “dominant national party.” He noted that an opposition victory in February and March would have…
The national leadership of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has announced the expulsion of two state chairmen. The party announced that it has expelled the chairmen of the party in both Ogun and Delta states. The party added that the chairman of the party in Ogun State, Olaposi Sunday Oginni, has been expelled. The party made this disclosure on Thursday. InfoStride News reports that the party expelled the chairman over what it described as anti-party activities. The expulsion of the chairman was announced by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Dr Agbo Major in a statement made available…
Donald Trump’s lawyer said the former president will seek to move his New York criminal case to federal court, a long-shot bid to avoid a trial in the state court where the indictment was brought. Donald Trump’s lawyer said Thursday the former president will seek to move his New York criminal case to federal court, a long-shot bid to avoid a trial in the state court where the indictment was brought. Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, said at a hearing on an unrelated issue in the case that Trump’s defense team plans to file a motion Thursday asking to transfer the…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, South-East zone has ratified the suspension of members of the party accused of anti-party activities. The affected members are from Enugu and Abia States. According to the party, the suspension was ratified during the South-East Executive Meeting of APC on Sunday April 16, 2023. The Zonal Executive headed by Dr. Ijeomah Arodiogbu, the national Vice Chairman Southeast, agreed that, in order to strengthen APC in the zone, “the party must enforce discipline amongst its members. “To this end, the South East Zonal Executive received the list of suspended party members as reported by Abia State…
The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi has clarified his earlier statement in which he claimed that the “President-elect is not an official position.” Amadi claimed that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu’s inauguration could be stopped before May 29, insisting that he has a serious case in tribunal that could go either way. His statement was contained in a post via his Twitter handle on Thursday. Recall that Amadi said Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State probably thought that the President-elect is an official position, noting that Tinubu’s visit cannot be official. The statement followed…
Ahead of the adoption of the addresses by the affected parties in the Osun State gubernatorial contest at the Supreme Court in Abuja, the Osun All Progressives Congress, APC has revealed that it has reliable information on plans to create tension and heat the polity in Osun. The Osun APC in a statement by its acting Chairman, Tajudeen Lawal on Thursday also alleged that the PDP in Osun had perfected an arrangement to hire political hoodlums to besiege the Supreme Court. The statement said, “The Osun APC reliably gathered that the state chapter of the PDP had perfected an arrangement…
The Election Petitions Tribunal in Ondo State has warned petitioners and lawyers that the panel members will not be involved in any secret dealings throughout its sitting. The three-man panel said all processes will be done in the full glare of the public. The panel led by Justice Rose Soji disclosed this on Thursday during its inaugural sitting, saying the tribunal will be handling petitions trailing the outcome of the February 25 National Assembly and March 18 State House of Assembly elections in the state. No fewer than 14 petitions were received by the tribunal for the National and State…
Great Britain’s royal family turns the page on a new chapter Saturday with the coronation of King Charles III a spectacle that echoes medieval times but featuring modern flourishes. The pomp, pageantry and symbolism dates back more than 1,000 years, but the crowning of this king will feature new twists on the tradition and changes from the coronation of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, 70 years ago. Plans for the ceremony at Westminster Abbey call for a more toned-down affair than the last one, even though royals from other nations, heads of state and most of Charles’ family will be…
A former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari and chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Buba Galadima on Wednesday knocked the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, over his recent outburst against opposition parties. InfoStride News recalls that the minister had on Sunday told the opposition parties to stop complaining about the 2023 presidential election and accept defeat, insisting that the claim that the presidential election was rigged was “fraudulent.” In a statement by his Special Assistant, Media, Segun Adeyemi, Mr Lai stated that both Peter Obi of the Labour Party and his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart, Atiku…
The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu says he is happy for emerging victorious in the recently concluded presidential election despite the gruesome campaign. Tinubu who spoke on Wednesday while commissioning the Rumuokwuta/Rumuola flyover in Port Harcourt said he fought hard during the campaign. He, however, said despite the hurdles and campaigns against him by the opposition party, he won the election. The president-elect said, “it is an honour and privilege to be in your midst today. I am a very happy man. “Happy because I went through a gruesome campaign, fought hard, supported by many of you, and I won”. InfoStride…
The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has officially unveiled Senator Dino Melaye as its governorship candidate for the November 11th gubernatorial election in Kogi State. Senator Melaye was unveiled on Wednesday by key party stakeholders in the State. Speaking during the unveiling ceremony, the PDP governorship flagbearer appreciated the PDP family in Kogi State and begged for forgiveness from anyone he offended. He said peace will be established in PDP, assuring that the party will do things differently when they get to power. “Dino Melaye will not be a Christian or a Muslim Governor but a governor with the fear of…
The camp of the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu’s visit to Rivers State. Atiku’s aide, Daniel Bwala, said Tinubu has acknowledged PDP as a result-oriented party by commissioning projects in Rivers State. He described Tinubu’s commissioning of projects as his first official assignment as President-elect. Tweeting, Bwala wrote: “By Asiwaju agreeing to commission the projects in Rivers, he has tacitly acknowledged the capacity of the PDP as a result-oriented party. It is his first official assignment as a president-select. PDP, power to the people.” Earlier, Tinubu had commended Wike…
A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Buba Galadima, has responded to a recent claim by President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesperson, Femi Adesina, that his principal would leave Nigeria better than he met it in 2015 in terms of security and the economy. Adesina had, in a statement on Sunday, claimed Buhari would not be leaving Nigeria the way he met it. Reacting, Galadima prayed for God to visit Adesina with what the common people suffer daily in Nigeria. Galadima said on Arise Television’s Morning Show program on Wednesday, “We wish that he (Buhari) could have kept the country (as…