The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC in Jigawa State on Friday issued a certificate of return to the Governor-elect Malam Umar Namadi, his Deputy, and members of the state House of Assembly. InfoStride News reported that the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC declared Malam Umar Namadi, the winner of the 18th March, gubernatorial election in Jigawa. Malam Umar Namadi defeated three other contenders of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP and the New Nigeria Peoples Party NNPP. The event took place at the INEC headquarters in Dutse, the state capital and witnessed mass gatherings from the party’s stakeholders and well-wishers. INEC…
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A coalition of INEC-accredited domestic election observers on Friday in Yola called on the Commission to remain resolute in conducting a free, fair, credible and transparent supplementary governorship election in Adamawa. INEC had fixed April 18 to conduct the supplementary election having declared the main one conducted on March 18 inconclusive. Final results tallied by INEC after the March 18 exercise showed that Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PP) scored the highest votes. The electoral umpire declared, however, that cancelled votes were more than the margin of victory between Mr Fintiri and the runner-up, Aisha Dahiru of…
A coalition of groups within the Peoples Democratic Party in Nasarawa State have expressed displeasure over the processes and outcome of the March 18 governorship election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, During a protest in the state, one of the groups under the aegis of the Coalition of Aggrieved Support Groups for Mbugadu berated INEC for not reviewing the polls and the processes that led to the announcement of governor-elect, Abdullahi Sule. The protest which entered day-7 in Karu yesterday saw women and youths dressed in black attire, join the group to demand a…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogun State on Thursday presented Certificate of Return to Governor Dapo Abiodun, winner of the March governorship election. Abiodun received the certificate at the media centre within the INEC headquarters in Abeokuta. Also, the Deputy Governor, Noimot Salako-Oyedele, and 25 House of Assembly members-elect received their Certificates of Return from INEC. The certificate presentation was supervised by Prof. Kunle Ajayi, the National Commissioner in charge of Ogun, Osun and Ondo States. Speaking, Ajayi commended Ogun people on the peaceful way they conducted themselves during the elections.
The Labour Party, LP has said it is not part of any insurrection or interim government plan. This is according to the opposition party’s spokesman, Yunusa Tanko, during an interview on Channels Television, Thursday. The party Chieftain clarified that the party is not involved in the purported plot to foist an interim government on Nigerians. Earlier, InfoStride News had reported that the Department of State Security, DSS confirmed a plot to scuttle Nigeria’s democratic process. However, in reaction to DSS’s revelation, Tanko said the LP would continue to stand by the provisions of the Nigerian constitution to protect Nigerians. “We…
The Supreme Court on Thursday in Abuja nullified the purported participation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25 Senatorial election in Gombe South Senatorial District of Gombe State. The Apex Court kicked out APC and its purported candidate, Joshua Lidani out of the Senatorial contest on the ground that the party failed to conduct a primary election known to law for the purpose of candidate nomination. Delivering judgment in an appeal brought before it by the APC, the Supreme Court held that the party murdered internal democracy in the ways and manners its primary election for Gombe…
Enugu State Governor-elect, Barr. Peter Mbah, on Thursday, received his certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Mbah was presented with the certificate alongside the Deputy Governor-elect, Barr. Ifeanyi Ossai and members-elect of the Enugu State House of Assembly. In his remarks after receiving the certificate, Mbah reechoed his hand of fellowship to other contestants in the election. He said, “a while ago, I received the Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This certificate is not just an ordinary paper. It is a legal document which contains an unwritten pact between our administration…
Zhevago’s lawyers said in a joint statement that beyond the respect of the human rights, this decision carries the mark of good sense. A French court of appeal ruled Thursday not to extradite to Ukraine the Ukrainian billionaire businessman Kostyantin Zhevago, who was temporarily detained in France in December. Ukraine’s National Bureau of Investigation had said Zhevago, who owns a majority stake in mining group Ferrexpo, was wanted on suspicion of embezzlement and money laundering related to the bankruptcy of Ukrainian bank Finance and Credit. Zhevago was detained in Courchevel, a ski resort in the French Alps. At the time,…
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Thursday, said it has reversed the referral of the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom to the National Disciplinary Committee. The party had referred Ortom to the disciplinary committee over alleged anti-party activities. A statement issued by Hon. Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary of the main opposition party, said the NWC also reverses the suspension of five others [arty members including, Ayodele Fayose (Ekiti State), H.E Ibrahim Shema (Katsina State), Sen. Pius Anyim (Ebonyi State), Prof. Dennis Ityavyar (Benue State) , Dr. Aslam Aliyu (Zamfara State) According to him, the…
The Benue State Working Committee of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has suspended the Igyorov Ward Exco of the party in Gboko Local Government Area of the state with immediate effect. Igyorov Ward Exco was responsible for the suspension of the embattled party’s National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu. Recall that Kashi Philip, the Ward Chairman, and Mr. Vangeryina Dooyum, Ward Secretary had explained that Ayu was suspended by the Executive for alleged anti-party activities. The exco stated that the decision to suspend the National Chairman was reached after the leadership reviewed his conduct at the end of the just concluded general…
Labour Party (LP) in Nasarawa State has suspended 11 executive members for engaging in anti-party activities at the just-concluded governorship and House of Assembly elections. This was contained in a statement issued in Lafia on Thursday and signed by Mr Alex Emmanuel, Party Chairman and Mr Ashime Benjamin, Assistant State Secretary. It stated that the suspension was pronounced in conjunction with the national body of the party to stave recurrence. The suspended executive members were state and local government party officials who were allegedly involved in anti-party activities at the March 18 elections. “With reference to a complaint made to…
Pensioners under the aegis of Concerned Abia State Pensioners have staged a city-wide jubilation in Umuahia, the state capital, to celebrate the defeat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the governorship election. They described the failure of PDP during the governorship and National Assembly elections in the state as God’s special way of rewarding the umbrella party for allegedly subjecting pensioners in Abia to sorrow. The retirees, dressed in all-white apparel during their celebration march in the streets of Umuahia, said the victory of Dr Alex Otti on March 18 was an answered prayer from God. Carrying placards inscribed…
Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State and the All Progressives Congress, APC, have written to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, demanding a review of the results of the 2023 governorship polls conducted in the state. According to an acknowledged copy of the letter signed by U. O Sule, SAN, the party and its governorship candidate alleged that the declaration of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate as the winner of the election is a complete negation of the Electoral Act and other extant rules guiding the conduct of the election in Nigeria. The APC said a winner should…
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has declared that the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is the only candidate whose campaign was not based on ethnoreligious sentiments. Mumuni, a former gubernatorial candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) in Lagos State, made these disclosures via a statement made available to the media on Thursday through his media aide, Rasheed Abubakar. The chieftain, while congratulating the president-elect on the occasion of his 71st birthday, which took place yesterday, remarked that Tinubu founded formidable political platforms and mentored many great leaders who are on…
A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain Umar Sani, has advised that the opposition party suspends Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State, over anti-party activities during the just concluded general elections. Sani, a former special adviser on media to former Vice President Namadi Sambo, disclosed this on Thursday in an Arise Television interview monitored by the media. According to him, Wike should be treated like the former Governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Pius Anyim and others suspended by the party last week. He explained that Wike, the pioneer of G5 Governors,…
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the just concluded presidential election, Peter Obi has hailed the party for reducing the price of its governorship nomination form. The LP said the nomination forms for the off-cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo states is now N15 million instead of N25 million. Obi said he had advised that the price which was similar to what is obtainable in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and All Progressives Congress, APC, be reduced. He also thanked the leadership of the party for heeding his plea to refund N25 million to the family…
The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Working Committee and the enlarged State Executive Committee on Tuesday decided to go to court to challenge the result of the Abia Governorship election which declared the Labour Party candidate, Alex Otti as winner, especially in six Local Government Areas where the BVAS machines were not used. This was disclosed in a statement by Hon. Elder Abraham Amah, the Abia PDP Vice Chairman/Acting State Publicity Secretary, today. InfoStride News reports that this is coming less than a week after Okezie Ikpeazu, Governor of Abia State, had congratulated Otti for winning…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu, presided over by Ndukwe Anyanwu, Tuesday, reserved judgement in a suit seeking to disqualify all candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from participating in the recently held 2023 elections. The suit, brought by Comrade Chika Emmanuel Idoko of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) sought for the PDP’s disqualification on the grounds that the party contravened Section 77 of the Electoral Act. Although the Federal High Court, sitting in Enugu, had on February 17, 2023, delivered judgement, saying that the petitioner had no locus standi to pursue the action, Idoko, through his lawyers…
There are strong indications that the Kwara State government may soon conduct local government elections in the 16 local councils of the state. This followed the submission of seven nominees for the board of the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission, KWSIEC, by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to the State House of Assembly. According to the re-elected governor, “Having now cleared all legal logjams on its way, the process for the conduct of the local government election has begun. “This begins with the immediate constitution of the KWSIEC board once the nominees have been confirmed by the parliament,” governor Abdulrazaq asserted in…
A group under the aegis of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Patriotic Support Group has asked the Chairman of the party in Bauchi State, Mr Babayo Misau to resign his appointment. The group also urged the national leadership of the party to adopt practical steps that would prevent members who defected from returning to its fold. The Chairman of the group, Almustapha Zubairu made the call at a news conference on Wednesday in Bauchi. He said that the chairman of the party should honorably resign for allegedly abandoning his responsibility at the time of peak need. “We call on him…