Nepal President Ramchandra Poudel on Friday urged the people to rise above petty interests and maintain communal harmony to ensure political stability in the Himalayan nation. In a message issued on the occasion of the 1st day of Baishakh, the President said that “there is a need to develop a culture where labour is honoured by ending pessimistic feelings and maintain good governance and political stability in the country.” His message comes amidst differences among the ruling coalition on several fronts. Poudel urged the people to be committed to building a strong and prosperous Nepal as the country celebrated the…
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As legal fireworks continue at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, the camp of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has insisted that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu has been disqualified. One of Atiku’s spokesmen, Daniel Bwala made the remark in response to a comment by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, on moves to disqualify Tinubu. Keyamo had said some people were searching the constitution daily on how to disqualify Tinubu. He stressed that the ignorance displayed by those trying to disqualify Tinubu was very interesting. Keyamo said those who were defeated during the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Mbaitoli/Ikeduru re-run House of Representatives election, Dr. Osmond Ukanacho, has rejected the declaration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Engr Akarachi Amadi, as the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Ukanacho, who made the remarks on Tuesday while addressing journalists in Owerri, said INEC was wrong to have taken such a hasty decision when it appeared obvious to everyone that the election did not hold in virtually all the 58 polling units the exercise was supposed to take place. According to Dr. Ukanacho, those who came…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday refused to entertain the ex-parte application brought before it by Senator Aisha Dahiru Ahmed, also known as Binani, the Adamawa governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2023 election result declaration tussle. The ex-parte application filed by her lawyer, Mohammed Sheriff, asked the court to determine whether the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, can take any further steps on the declared governorship election results made by its Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Mr Hudu Ari. However, when the ex-parte motion was about to be moved, Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo cut…
The Osun All Progressives Congress, APC has enjoined party leaders and members to exercise restraint in their quest to instil discipline in the party. The call for restraint was made by the Osun APC Secretary, Alao Olabisi Kamoru in a statement signed by the spokesperson, Kola Olabisi on Tuesday in Osogbo. Alao also urged members not to be in haste to discipline party members for anti-party activities. He said, “It was resolved at the last meeting of the stakeholders of the party at the state level that any issue bordering on the review of the activities and strengthening of the…
Ogun State Chapter of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has disclosed that the gubernatorial candidate of the party in the recent election, Ajadi Oguntoyinbo is from the state. The party made the confirmation in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer (PRO), of the party, Comrade Olowu Olayemi, on Monday. Ajadi contested the gubernatorial election held on Saturday, 18th March 2023 on the platform of NNPP. InfoStride News gathered that a group, Yewa Young FronLiners (YYF) had alleged that Ajadi is not from the state. The party has, however, said the group that sponsored the allegation is made of…
Ahead of the November 11, 2023 governorship elections, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has forwarded the names of the governorship candidates of the party for Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The names of the candidates of the party forwarded to the electoral umpire are Timipre Sylva, Ahmed Adodo and Hope Uzodinma respectively governorship candidates for Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo states. Ododo scored 78,704 to emerge as the candidate of the party. The candidature of Ododo was ratified by a Special Congress of the party, as stipulated in the guidelines for the primary…
Governor David Umahi has disclosed that his family conspired against him to vote for Peter Obi of the Labour Party without his knowledge during the presidential election. He disclosed this on Monday during Channels Television’s interview. He said it was surprising that President Muhammadu Buhari and the president-elect lost their states to the opposition parties at the February 25 polls. According to him, the votes obtained by the LP during the election were not because of Peter Obi but rather as a-protest-votes due to Nigeria’s seeming hardship and challenges. “In all honesty, I didn’t give any chance to the Labour…
Amidst conflicting judgements from courts, the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Monday, led a delegation of workers’ unions to reinstate the embattled national chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure. In doing so, NLC President, Joe Ajaero confirmed that the bright fortune of the party was attracting impostors who are bent on crippling the party by all means, a move he said will be resisted by the working class. Ajaero also threatened that Nigerian workers might be compelled to occupy the residential homes of suspected impostors, some of whom orchestrated the suspension of Abure as national chairman…
Former lawmaker, Shehu Sani has predicted what might happen next following the debacle in the rerun gubernatorial election in Adamawa State. Sani’s prediction is contained in a post via his verified Twitter handle on Monday. He alleged that the next plan is to obtain a court injunction as a backup plan. “The next trick is to rush to the Court and get an injunction that will back up their daylight fraud,” Sani tweeted. InfoStride News recalls that the Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Hudu Yunusa, illegally declared Aisha Dahiru winner after the gubernatorial supplementary election held on Sunday. However,…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit several Latin American countries from April 17 to 21, the Russian foreign ministry said on Sunday, Russian News Agency TASS reported. “From April 17 to 21, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit several Latin American countries, including Brazil, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba. The Russian foreign minister will have a rich program, which will include meetings with these countries’ leaders and talks with the foreign ministers,” it said. According to the ministry, the key goal of Lavrov’s tour is to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation between the countries in the political, trade-and-economic, educational, humanitarian,…
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has disclosed how the three main political opponents gave away victory to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Fashola said Tinubu’s three main opponents gave him victory by splitting from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after the 2019 presidential election. Recall that the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi; Atiku Abubakar of PDP; and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, were members of the former ruling party before they decamped. However, Fashola said their separation before the 2023 presidential election led to Tinubu’s victory. “Politics is a game of numbers…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has suspended its Resident Electoral Commissioner REC in Adamawa, Hudu Yunusa Ari. The action followed the REC’s controversial pronouncement on Sunday after the supplementary election. Although only Returning Officers have the responsibility of announcing results, Ari declared the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, Aisha Dahiru Binani, the winner. The development sparked outrage in the state and across the country, with Governor Ahmadu Fintiri accusing the REC of working for a gang. On Monday, the national headquarters of the electoral umpire ordered Ari to stay away from the commission’s office in Yola, the state…
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has said it was impossible for Aisha Binani of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to become the governor of Adamawa State. Lawal claimed that Binani was not qualified to be governor of Adamawa, adding that she does not have the character for the position and did not get the required votes during the first Governorship election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on March 18. Speaking on Arise TV on Monday, the former SGF said: “ God forbid, it is impossible for Binani to become governor of…
The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has granted an ex parte application by Labour Party’s gubernatorial candidate, Mr Gbadegbo Rhodes-Vivour, for substituted service on the state Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Rhodes-Vivour and Labour Party, through their counsel, Mr Olagbade Benson, had informed the tribunal that Sanwo-Olu evaded service of the petition on him by the court’s bailiff. They alleged that Sanwo-Olu refused to collect the document from the bailiff when the court official got to his office to serve him. In the petition number EPT/LAG/GOV/04/2023, they are praying the court to grant them leave to serve the petition and other…
The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for Karim-Lamido II constituency in Taraba, Anas Shuaibu, has been declared winner of the just concluded supplementary election in the state. His victory was announced at the council collation centre by the returning officer, Bawuro Adamu Manga. Manga, who is a lecturer at the Federal University of Wukari, said the total registered voters at the constituency was 77283. While a total valid votes cast was 27,333, the number of rejected votes was 203. The APGA candidate, according to him, scored a total of 7104 votes out of the 27,435 votes cast…
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Adamawa governorship election, Senator Aisha Binani Dahiru and the Party have filed a motion exparte before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking a judicial review of the administrative decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on April 16 in respect of her declaration as the winner of the polls held on March 18 and the supplementary poll of April 15. Recall that controversy trailed Binani’s declaration as the winner of the governorship election by the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Yususa, on Sunday. However, INEC waded in immediately,…
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal on Monday constituted a 28-member transition committee ahead of the inauguration of a new government. It is co-chaired by deputy governor, Mannir Muhammad Daniya and the Secretary to the State Government, Muhammad Mainasara Ahmad. All Progressives Congress, APC, leader in Sokoto and former governor, Senator Aliyu Wamakko defeated Daniya to retain his seat in the Red Chamber. The transition body is expected to collate and document the achievements of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) under the outgoing administration. The team will obtain and analyze reports from MDAs on all ongoing projects/programmes in relation to level…
Former Kogi State Deputy Governor, Yomi Awoniyi has faulted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primary election that produced Dino Melaye as governorship candidate. Awoniyi warned that Melaye’s emergence as PDP governorship candidate was dangerous. Stressing that the primary election lacked credibility, Awoniyi claimed that Melaye’s votes were a product of a tainted delegates’ list. A statement by Awoniyi said: “Without an iota of doubt, I make bold to say that Senator Melaye’s victory is a pyrrhic one. “This victory portends great danger to the unity of our party and the prospect of winning the November 11 governorship election. “The primary…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate for Zamfara Central senatorial zone, Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa has accepted his defeat by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Hon. Ikira Aliyu Bilbis. Marafa in a statewide broadcast on Monday commended the people of Zamfara Central senatorial zone for the opportunity afforded him to represent them between 2011 and 2019, wishing them well. He further thanked all stakeholders and his supporters for standing firm for him and for giving him the courage to participate in the election, pointing out that he has learnt a lot in the new political dimension of the state.…