Some documents requested by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, at the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi to be presented as exhibits at the Presidential Election Tribunal are non-existent. INEC made the declaration during the Tribunal’s sitting in Abuja on Tuesday. Obi and the Labour Party (LP) are challenging the Feb. 25 election of President Bola Tinubu before the court in a petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023. Respondents in the petition are INEC, President Tinubu, Vice-President Kashim Shettima and their All Progressives Congress (APC). Giving evidence before the court, Mr Lawrence Bayode, Deputy Director, ICT at INEC, told the court…
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The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) on Wednesday opened and closed its case in its petition challenging the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. The party in the petition numbered CA/PEPC/04/2023 seeks the nullification of Tinubu’s election on the ground of the double nomination of the vice presidential candidate of the APC, Kashim Shettima. At the resumed hearing on Wednesday, after a futile attempt by President Tinubu and the APC to shut out the petition, the petitioner called its lone witness, Aisha Abubakar, who gave evidence in…
A human rights activist, Shehu Sani, has identified two achievements of the immediate past Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, that should be appreciated. In a tweet on his official handle, the former lawmaker hailed Baba, who was removed on Monday by President Bola Tinubu, for professionalism, civility and impartiality of the Nigeria Police during the last general elections. According to him, for the first time in the history of the country, the police were not accused of involvement in election rigging. Sani also lauded the former IGP for his “commitment to the payment of compensation to the…
A group under the aegis of Nigeria Youth Organisation (NYO) has lauded President Bola Tinubu’s choice of Service Chiefs appointments, describing it as unbiased, fair and balanced. Comrade Okorie Okorie, President of the organisation, gave the commendation in an interview with NAN in Abuja on Tuesday. He congratulated the Service Chiefs on their appointments, saying that Tinubu had demonstrated enviable leadership quality with the balanced appointment. “Tinubu is a very good man who understands the challenges of Nigeria. “His appointment clearly indicates that he is a leader and father to all, he wants to run a government of national unity,”…
The Oyo State House of Assembly has announced the appointment of its principal officers. The announcement was made on Tuesday during plenary. Infostride News recalls that the House was inaugurated last week. Edward Adebowale Ogundoyin was re-elected as Speaker, while Muhammed Abiodun Fadeyi was re-elected as Deputy Speaker last week. Announcing the names of the principal officers of the House, the Speaker named Sanjo Adedoyin (Ogbomoso South) as the Majority Leader of the House and Salami Ayinde Waliu (Irepo) as the Minority Leader. He announced Gbenga Oyekola (Atiba) as Chief Whip, Yusuf Adebisi (Ibadan South West I) as Deputy Chief…
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has appointed Barr. Victor Udeh as his Chief of Staff. According to a statement signed by Professor Chidiebere Onyia, Secretary to the State Government, Mbah also approved 23 other appointments, including his media aides. They include: Ken Chukwuegbo, Principal Secretary Kenneth Ugwu, Head of Service Tony Okenwa, State Accountant General Ms. Angela Nnamani, Executive Chairman, Enugu State Internal Revenue Service Prof. Linda Obiamaka Egbo, Special Adviser, Public Financial Management Arinze Chilo-Offiah, Special Adviser, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Dubem Onyia (Jr), Special Adviser, Donor Relations Mike Ogbuekwe, Special Adviser, Agriculture Barr. Osinachi Nnajieze, Special…
President Bola Tinubu has left Nigeria for France to attend the Global Financing Pact Summit convened by the French President, Emmanuel Macron in Paris. The new Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Egbetokun and Service Chiefs bid the president farewell at the point of his departure His trip to France was disclosed by his Media Aide, Dayo Olusegun via Twitter. Sharing a video of Tinubu’s departure, Olusegun wrote: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu heads to France ahead of the Global Financing Pact Summit convened by President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. New Acting IGP Egbetokun and the newly appointed Service Chiefs line…
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has been charged with failing to pay federal income tax and illegally possessing a weapon and has reached an agreement with the Justice Department, according to letter filed in US District Court in Delaware. As part of the agreement, made public on Tuesday, Hunter Biden will plead guilty to misdemeanour tax offenses and is expected to reach an agreement with prosecutors on the felony charge of illegally possessing a firearm as a drug user. It is somewhat unusual to resolve a federal criminal case at the same time the charges are filed in court, though…
The former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has been advised to apologise for allegedly working against President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC). The advice was given by a former Commissioner for Information and Strategy who served in Aregbesola’a first term as governor of Osun State, Sunday Akere, on Monday in Osogbo. The Osun APC chieftain was speaking in reaction to statements credited to Aregbesola on Sunday at a reception organised in his honour by the concerned Muslim scholars and clerics in the South-West of Nigeria in Oyo town, Oyo State. At the reception, Aregbesola had said he…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo said the seven members of the State Working Committee who resigned did so because they were afraid of an indictment. The former executive members of the chapter defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) after dumping the PDP on Sunday. They include Deputy Chairman Martin Ejiogu; Vice Chairman Chibuisi Obido; Secretary Ray Emeana; Collins Opurozor, Publicity Secretary; Youth Leader Greg Nwadike; Woman Leader; Maria Mbakwe, and Treasurer, Josiah Eze. Reacting, Financial Secretary Bede Ejimmadu said a report implicated them for alleged mismanagement of N1.4 billion earmarked for the 2023 presidential campaign. Ejimmadu, alongside…
The Enugu State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, on Tuesday, dismissed the petition filed by Uche Nnaji of the All Progressives Congress, APC, against Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during the March 18 elections. Nnaji filed the case against Mbah, Hon Barr Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party and Frank Nweke of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA. The APC candidate had petitioned the court alleging that the candidates of the three other political parties were not qualified to contest the March 18 election. However, in a ruling delivered by its chairman, Justice K. M.…
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and his party will on Thursday, June 22 close their case in their joint petition challenging the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. The petitioners, according to a pre-hearing report were supposed to close their case on Tuesday but their lead counsel, Chief Chris Uche (SAN) brought to the notice of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that they lost two days out of the days allotted to them and asked that the two days be returned. The petitioners, who told…
Some unknown gunmen attacked the convoy of Imo West Senator, Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha’s convoy was attacked at the Ihube community on the Okigwe-Enugu expressway on Friday, leaving one policeman dead. The former Imo State governor was en route to the burial ceremony of a former Imo State governor, Ihedioha Ohakim, when he was attacked. He disclosed this on Sunday at Amaimo in the Ikeduru Local Government Area of the state. Okorocha said it was after he had finished attending the funeral ceremony at Mbaise and the convoy had dropped him at his Spilbat mansion in Owerri and was heading back…
Mr Simon Lalong, the immediate past governor of Plateau, has called on Nigerians to pray for the state to overcome its current security challenges. Lalong made the call at a dinner organised in his honour by the 1990 set of the Faculty of Law, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. Chairman of the set, Sylvanus Tahir, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and his set put together the event, which was held on Sunday night in Abuja. The ex-governor, who decried the wanton killings and destruction of properties in the state, said there was a need for Nigerians to collectively pray…
Tinubu sacks all Service Chiefs, Advisers, Comptroller General of Customs, names replacementsPublished on June 19, 2023By Williams Anuku President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, advisers, Comptroller-General of Customs from service as well as their replacements with immediate effect. A statement by Willie Bassey Director, Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and obtained by Infostride News stated on Monday thus; It named the newly appointed Officers as S/N NAME APPOINTMENTS 1 Mallam Nuhu Ribadu National Security Adviser 2 Maj. Gen. C.G Musa Chief of…
President Bola Tinubu has pledged to give priority attention to the health and safety of Nigerians, noting that for any country to develop, the health of its people, particularly the workforce, is critical. The President spoke when he received the co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr Bill Gates, and the President of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. While saluting the courage and commitment of Bill Gates to working for humanity, he commended the partnership with the Aliko Dangote Foundation. The President said his administration would do all that…
The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara has pleaded with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike not to stay away from him even if he crosses over to the other side of the political divide. Fubara said this during a thanksgiving reception for Wike on Sunday at his private residence on Ada-George Road. “While we are seeing signs that it’s like you want to go over to the other side with everybody wishing that, please don’t be too far from me because I know that the sharks, the tigers are really around looking for what to hurt. “So, being around would continue…
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has said he will continue fighting for the rule of law in the country, asserting that he will neither strike a deal nor surrender even if the government puts him in jail. Addressing the nation via YouTube on Sunday evening, Khan said his fight is for the better future of his country and its people. “I will neither make a deal nor surrender even if they put me in jail. I will continue fighting for the rule of law and a better future for the people of my country, Khan said.
Seven members of the State Working Committee (SWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo have joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) just 24 hours after quitting the party. The freshly decamped PDP members, led by its deputy chairman, Martin Ejiogu, also declared that they would be supporting the November 11 reelection of Governor Hope Uzodimma. DAILY POST had earlier reported that the seven PDP officials resigned from their various positions and dumped the party on the claim that there was no indication that Senator Anyanwu, the party’s candidate, was serious about running for governor in November. The former…
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Monday struck out the vote buying allegation, levelled against Governor Dapo Abiodun and the All Progressives Congress (APC) by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Ladi Adebutu. Adebutu had dragged Governor Abiodun and the APC to the tribunal challenging their declaration as the winner of the 18, March 2023 governorship election in the state. But the governor’s lawyers, led by Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), in their defence to the petition, made weighty allegations backed up with police report, establishing that Adebutu and the PDP engaged in…