The grief is still suffocating, the anger still visceral, President Joe Biden said Tuesday, in this suburban Los Angeles community where a gunman stormed a dance hall and killed 11 in January. He announced fresh federal measures to curb gun violence but emotionally declared there must be more. Do something. Do something big, he implored. I’m determined to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, Biden told the families of some of the victims who were in the audience for his remarks, along with the 26-year-old who wrestled the semiautomatic pistol away from the gunman. Biden’s rhetoric has grown ever stronger…
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With three days to the governorship election, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has hinted at candidates Nigerians should vote for on Saturday. Atiku urged Nigerians to vote for candidates of the PDP during Saturday’s governorship and state House of Assembly elections across the country. The former Vice President said Saturday’s election would expose the presidential poll as a sham. He spoke in a video addressing Nigerians which was circulated by his spokesman, Paul Ibe, on Wednesday. “As the March 18 governorship and House of Assembly elections beckon, I urge you as patriotic citizens to come out…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State has claimed Governor Seyi Makinde will win most of the local government areas in the state. The gubernatorial election has been slated to hold on Saturday, 18th March 2023. The PDP has, however, claimed that Makinde who is the candidate of the party will win in at least 29 local governments out of the 33 local government areas in the state. The Publicity Secretary of PDP in the state, Akeem Olatunji made this disclosure in a statement made available to the media on Wednesday. Olatunji in the statement enjoined the candidate of…
The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has been urged to accept that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu used him to emerge victorious in the just-concluded presidential election. Reno Omokri, an ally of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, made the remark while noting that Obi was delusional to think he won the 2015 presidential election. In a tweet, Omokri wrote on Wednesday: “What kind of delusion is making Peter Obi, who couldn’t win 25% of the votes outside SE and SS and NC states with a sizeable Igbo population and Lagos, claim he won #NigerianElections2023? My…
Muhammad Gumel, the African Democratic Congress governorship candidate in Jigawa State has been expelled over alleged anti-party activities. The acting state chairman of the party, Kabiru Hussaini while briefing newsmen in Dutse, enjoined members of the ADC to support Mustapha Lamido, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, saying only the PDP could salvage the state from the total collapse it has found itself. Hussaini explained, “We are directing all our party’s supporters to support the PDP gubernatorial candidate because it’s only the PDP that can salvage the state from total collapse.” Muhammad Gumel, the ADC governorship candidate is…
As Nigerians file out on Saturday, certain factors might play a major role in deciding the governorship candidates they would vote for during the polls. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had rescheduled the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections from March 11 to March 18, 2023, due to the controversy surrounding the configuration of BVAS used during the presidential election. The National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, disclosed that the commission needed time for the reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS used for the Presidential election held on February 25, 2023. InfoStride…
The Plateau State National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal has received six petitions over the outcome of the recently conducted general elections of February 25, 2023. InfoStride News reports that of the number of petitions, five are for House of Representatives while one is for Plateau North Senatorial zone. All the six petitioners presented their prayers through ex parte applications. The candidate of the ruling APC, Ibrahim Baba Hassan’s petition is against the victory of Musa Agah Avia of the PDP for the Jos North/Bassa House of Representatives seat. His counsel Ishaq Magaji (SAN) had through an ex parte application sought…
Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has again raised the importance of zoning principle in choosing leaders that would occupy positions in the 10th National Assembly, stressing that it was the only way of achieving equity and balance among the geo-political regions. He directed his advice to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a party he dumped the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join before the general elections, even as the party prepares for the gubernatorial elections slated for Saturday March 18. Umahi, who is believed to be eyeing a leadership position in the Senate, got elected into the upper…
A socio-political group, the South West Forum for National Development, SFND, has called for the support of all senators-elect for the aspiration of former Abia State governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu to become the next Senate President of the 10th National Assembly. The group, in a statement jointly signed by its National President, Otunba Oladokun Charles Aridunu-Omo and National Secretary, Hon. Soji Ikotun in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital and made available to DAILY POST correspondent in Abuja on Tuesday, stated that Kalu is the most qualified among other contenders. It noted that Kalu, who is the incumbent Senate Chief…
The Oyo State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over alleged plans by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to unleash violence in some parts of the state. APC made this disclosure on Tuesday. InfoStride News reports that the gubernatorial election has been fixed to hold in all the 33 local government areas in the state this Saturday. The APC has however alleged that the ruling PDP is planning to engage some hoodlums. The party noted that the ruling PDP is planning to engage the hoodlums in a bid to cause crisis in the state. The…
Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan Tuesday asked his supporters to stand up for their rights and continue the struggle even if he is killed or arrested, hours after clashes erupted between the police and his party workers who gathered outside his residence here to foil his arrest in the Toshakhana case. Khan’s video message was released by his party on social media as police arrived at his Zaman Park residence to arrest him. Police fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse Khan’s supporters, who reportedly hurled stones at policemen, resulting in injuries. In the video message, Khan…
Eight House of Assembly candidates of the Labour Party (LP) in Adamawa State formally stepped down for their counterparts in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The development, announced on Tuesday, came about 10 days after the LP governorship candidate in the state, Umar Mustapha, stepped down his ambition for his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Aishatu Binani, and less than a week after six governorship candidates of other parties endorsed Ahmadu Fintiri of PDP. Addressing newsmen at a conference in Yola on Tuesday regarding their decision, the leader of the LP House of Assembly candidates, Mr Dinge Elon said their…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Assembly candidate for Abeokuta South State Constituency 1 in Ogun State, Solomon Enilolobo, has shelved his ambition and declared support for the second term bid of the state governor, Dapo Abiodun. Enilolobo, who announced his stepping down from the House of Assembly race scheduled for Saturday, when led his supporters to the Iperu-Remo residence of the governor, to decamp to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), said PDP in Ogun is not only lawless, but total disregard and respect for the Rule of Law. According to him, “PDP is a sinking ship, its…
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State, has alleged that the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has perfected plans to hack into Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, portals to manipulate the process of next Saturday’s gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections to its advantage. A statement in Ilorin on Tuesday by the spokesman of the party in the state, Aro Tajudeen Folaranmi, urged the electoral umpire to be vigilant in the use of its various electronic platforms for the exercise. “Of particular concern is the information at our disposal that the opposition party has perfected plans to…
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State has issued a statement decrying the alleged endorsement of Prof Sandy Onor, the governorship candidate of major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, by Mr Peter Obi, candidate of Labour Party during the 25 February 2023 presidential election. The alleged endorsement has angered the APC on one hand as well as Labour Party supporters in the state, who claimed Obi, who they massively voted for to win in the state, has ignored their governorship candidate, Ogar Osim. In a trending video, Obi was heard saying that Prof Onor, a Senator…
The legal team of Labour Party (LP) candidate for the governorship election in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (GRV), said he remains the party’s authentic flagbearer. Olagbade Benson, the Lead Counsel, told reporters on Monday that three court cases instituted against his client’s candidacy recently had been struck out. Benson, in company of other lawyers Uchechukwu Ani and Kemi Afesojaye, dismissed the claim of former LP candidate and Chairman in Lagos, Ifagbemi Awamaridi, that he had a case against Rhodes-Vivour. The legal practitioner declared that the affidavit being brandished by Awamaridi as the true position of the court is fake. He…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Biodun Ajiboye, has claimed that the Indigenous of Biafra, IPOB, helped the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi to win the February 25 election in the state. He said that the IPOB is one major reason the Labour Party must not be allowed to lead Lagos State, since, according to him, the leader of the party, Peter Obi, never spoke against the secessionist movement. He also accused the former Anambra State governor of riding on the back of religious and tribal factors to defeat the APC in…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has reacted to the ethnic strife brewing in some states, especially Lagos, following the outcome of the presidential and National Assembly elections and the upcoming governorship and state assembly polls. There have been anger and disagreement in Lagos since Obi defeated the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate and former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in the state. Peter Obi’s Labour Party and his Obidient movement are also working towards unseating the incumbent Governor of the State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in the March 18 governorship election and for this reason,…
The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi State, Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii, has, a few days to the March 18, 2023 governorship and House of Assembly elections, paid a condolence visit to one of the party chieftains, Ozoemena Nkwuda, who was shot dead by unknown gunmen. Nkwuda, a father of three, was killed by unknown gunmen during the February 25th, 2023 general election in the State. Infostride News reports that the deceased was a cousin to the Director-General of the Campaign Council of the PDP, Ebonyi State, Chief Austin Igwe Edeze. The 42-year-old Nkwuda was murdered by…
The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has again accused the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State of equipping political thugs to scuttle the March 18 governorship election. Chairman of the CUPP in the state, Festus Okafar made the allegation in a statement he made available to journalists on Monday. Okafor said the recent press briefing by the South-East Council of Traditional Rulers was a vindication of the CUPP’s allegations against the PDP. The South East Council of Traditional Rulers had on Thursday expressed concern over the plot by some desperate politicians to unleash mayhem during the forthcoming…