The Governor of Kebbi and Chairman of the Palliative Committee on Subsidy reduction, Dr. Nasir Idris, informed Nigerians that measures were being taken to mitigate the consequences of the subsidy reduction. Idris provided the reassurance during the committee’s meeting on Saturday in Abuja. His spokesperson, Ahmed Idris, said this in a statement. “The group discussed potential strategies to mitigate the effects of subsidy reduction, and Nigerians would soon begin to profit from this. All Nigerians must just be patient, supportive, and cooperative in order for the committee to accomplish the goals and objectives that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu put forth…
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In the state governorship election petition tribunal, former governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle has brought the 19th witness to support his complaint against governor Dauda Lawal-Dare. However, the case has been postponed until July 19, 2023. Dare of the Peoples Democratic Party was declared the election’s victor by the tribunal after Matawalle, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, filed a complaint. The previous governor requested that the tribunal declare him the winner, asserting that he received the majority of the valid votes cast, and claimed that the March 18, 2023 election was marred by irregularities. Additionally, he requested that the…
Ademola Adeleke, the governor of Osun, has urged bank CEOs to reopen closed branches in the state’s municipalities. The Governor gave the banks reassurance that a new Sheriff had arrived. Infostride News recalls that several bank branches in the state closed their doors due to insecurity after the July 16, 2022 gubernatorial election. Urban Alert, a civil society organization, has also expressed concern in 2022 about the closure of many bank branches in the state. Former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola’s lack of political will to address the issue was the cause of the development, according to Urban Alert. The group asserted…
Alhassan Sule Mamudo, the state’s secretary of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, received condolences from Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni on the loss of his wife. Buni, speaking through his media assistant Mamman Mohammed on Saturday, termed the death as a significant loss for the family and the union but comforted the grieving by saying that this was Almighty Allah’s decision. He prayed for the departed person’s soul to find eternal peace in Aljannatur Firdaus. “May Allah (SWT) forgive her mistakes and give her and her family the strength to endure the tremendous loss, amin,” The governor prayed.
Putin’s comments add to the bizarre turn of events that have followed the Wagner private military company’s failed uprising last month, which posed the greatest threat to Putin’s 23-year rule amid the war in Ukraine. When it comes to private military companies, the law is silent. Putin said this of the Wagner squad late Thursday to a Russian publication. Putin gave his account of a June 29 event in the Kremlin where 35 Wagner commanders, including the group’s chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, were present to Kommersant. Only five days had passed since Prigozhin and his forces had mounted a spectacular but…
Judgment on the appeal filed by the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, to have President Bola Ahmed Tinubu disqualified from the presidential election held on February 25 due to his unlawful candidacy was reserved by the Presidential Election appeal Court on Friday. After the parties adopted their closing briefs, in which they formally asked the court to do one of several things, the hearing was postponed indefinitely. Tinubu’s Vice Presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, is being challenged by APM in court for allegedly allowing himself to be nominated twice for various seats. After one Kabiru Masari, the initial Vice Presidential candidate to…
Uchenna Onyeizu, the Labour Party’s candidate in the Abia South Senate race on February 25, has filed his appeal at the Court of Appeal in Owerri, asking to be proclaimed the winner of the poll. Onyeizu, the LP candidate, claimed that he won the election and defeated Senator Abaribe of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in a case filed on July 13 at the Owerri Division of the Appellate Court. Panel 1 of the National Assembly election petitions tribunal in Umuahia had previously dismissed his petition on technicalities rather than considering the merits of his argument, which he found…
Sen. Rochas Okorocha was cleared of all corruption accusations brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by Justice Yusuf Halilu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). After being accused of fraud and corruption while serving as governor of Imo State from 2011 to 2019, Okorocha has now been acquitted of all charges three times. On Friday, Justice Halilu dismissed the anti-graft agency’s claims against the ex-governor as an abuse of judicial proceedings and exonerated him from the charge. The court found that it was improper for the EFCC to file duplicate charges…
On Friday, union leader Mrs. Funmi Sessi compared the Federal Government’s plan to pay N8,000 to 12 million households for six months to a drop in the ocean. As players in the sector reacted to the government’s plan, Sessi, Chairman of the Lagos Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), made this statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). In an appeal to the National Assembly, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu expressed his desire to ensure the well-being of the country’s impoverished and vulnerable citizens through the Federal Government’s National Safety Net Programme. Tinubu stated that 12…
From President Bola Tinubu’s N819 billion palliative to soften the blow of the fuel subsidy cut, the House of Representatives would receive N70 billion. Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, reading from a letter from the President dated July 12, said that the money would be used to improve the working conditions for new members of Congress. Rep. Julius Ihonvere, the Majority Leader of the House, reportedly introduced a N819 billion supplemental appropriations bill for a second reading. According to the Majority Leader, this was to help Nigerians cope with the loss of their fuel subsidies. In the meantime, Rep. Benjamin Kalu, the…
The Ekiti State House of Assembly is set to resume the screening of the remaining seven commissioner-nominees on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. According to the statement made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, the Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Babatunde Oke, representing Ikere Constituency I, stated that the screening of the 21 commissioner-nominees forwarded to the House by Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji for screening and possible confirmation will be continued on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in line with Section 192(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). It would be recalled…
The Labour Party (LP) has called for INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu to be removed, but INEC has stated the LP has no legal standing to do so. In a news conference on Thursday, the LP demanded that the world community take “punitive action” against INEC chairman Yakubu and other key officials for their roles in the shady handling of the 2023 polls. The party claimed that the reports from election observer groups proved its case. But INEC’s Chief Press Secretary, Rotimi Oyekanmi, told NAN that the “reasons adduced by the LP in making the latest and familiar demand are not…
Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo State, disavowed Thursday the controversial ‘Security Vote’ he had been accused of operating. He has instead advocated for state governors to be granted additional authority to address security concerns at the sub-national level in concert with the federal structure of the United States. The governor spoke candidly after meeting with President Bola Tinubu in private at the Presidential Villa in Abuja to request a meeting with the president to discuss the persistent security threats facing the Southeast and Ohaneze Ndigbo. Remember that instability in the South East has occurred because the sit-at-home policy is still…
In response to the growing insecurity in the country, particularly in the North Central zone and the ongoing interruption of commercial and social activities in the South-East, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, has spoken out. Obi pointed out that kidnapping, arson, and fatalities in the North Central states of Benue and Plateau had recently taken a new turn for the worst. Even though IPOB has publicly denied issuing a “Sit-at-Home” directive, the former governor of Anambra State has criticized the ongoing disruption of business and social activities in the South-East region as a result of it. On Thursday,…
President Bola Tinubu has offered board places to state governors, including those elected on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP), but the LP and its presidential candidate in 2023, Peter Obi, have reacted negatively. Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Chairman Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq stated on Tuesday night in Abuja that Tinubu has requested nominations of qualified individuals to fill the vacancies left by the dissolution of the boards and parastatals of Federal Government agencies earlier this month. Over 153 organizations, parastatals, institutions, and government-owned businesses have had their boards of directors disbanded by Tinubu.…
Daniel Bwala, a powerful member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has claimed that LP President Bola Tinubu is planning a coup. According to Bwala, one of the important people on the Peter Obi presidential team will be appointed to a cabinet position by Tinubu. On Thursday, the ex-lawmaker posted on his verified Twitter account that the individual has agreed to work in Tinubu’s ministry. He penned, “PBAT is reported to desire to cause a big upset in the Labour Party camp by putting one of the top players of the Obi presidential team into his government as a minister.…
On Thursday, the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Oyo State ruled in favor of Governor Seyi Makinde’s victory in the March 18 election, rejecting a petition submitted by the Allied Peoples’ Movement. Makinde’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agenda helped him win reelection for a second term as governor. APM reportedly disputed Makinde’s victory before the tribunal, according to information acquired by Infostride News. It should be noted that INEC and PDP are also named as respondents. Attorney Henry Bello representing APM has requested the tribunal to dismiss the case against Makinde. According to Bello, the petition’s intended recipient, Mr. Adeniran…
The Ogun State branch of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) is asking the Court of Appeal in Ibadan to return the money it paid to the party’s main counsel, Chijioke Emeka (SAN), because he did not show up to the hearing. On Thursday in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, South West Secretary of NNPP Babatunde Oke made the announcement to press. Oke, speaking on behalf of the party, voiced their displeasure with Emeka’s actions, noting that they dishonor the office of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). According to information obtained by Infostride News, Emeka has been retained as…
On Thursday, the Labor Party (LP) charged Enugu State REC Chukwuemeka Chukwu with defying a legitimate ruling from the governorship election tribunal. During Thursday’s Tribunal hearing, LP’s main counsel Valerie Azinge, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, made the complaint on the company’s behalf. Party and candidate Barr Chijioke Edeoga are contesting Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate Barr Peter Mbah’s election in court. The Governorship Election BVAS Machines were ordered to be made available to the LP by the Tribunal. However, according to Azinge’s testimony before the Tribunal, the REC disobeyed the court order and made it impossible for the…
Obiageli Ezekwesili, a former minister of education, praised the European Union Election Observation Mission and said it did not compromise election credibility. In his analysis of the election report for 2023, Ezekwesili claimed that it “surprisingly restored a measure of confidence in election monitoring around the world by not mincing words at all.” The former Minister said on Tuesday via her verified Twitter account that, in contrast to its report on Nigeria, Observer Mission Reports were starting to become formulaic and appeared to compromise electoral credibility. The study, she continued, “diverged from the global trend and restored confidence in Election…