The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the major opposition political party in Oyo State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) have intensified efforts to claim two more House of Representatives seats. The two federal constituencies are Ibadan North East/Ibadan South East and Oluyole. There are fourteen (14) federal constituencies in Oyo state. PDP had earlier won four (4) federal constituencies, while the APC won eight (8) federal constituencies in the last general elections. Elections in two federal constituencies were declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The returning officer for Ibadan North East/Ibadan South East, Dr. Akanni Lawanson…
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Governor Douye Diri on Wednesday emerged winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary to contest the Bayelsa State governorship election on November 11, 2023. Diri, who was the sole aspirant for the primary, scored 305 “yes” votes from the delegates to emerge as the party candidate. The primary election conducted today had the party delegates from the eight local government areas of Bayelsa casting their votes to affirm the candidature of Diri. In his remark, Diri promised to lead the PDP to victory during the election. “In a democracy, people must be allowed to vote, and the votes…
Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th House of Representatives, a coalition has said rebellion would deny the administration of Bola Tinubu the opportunity to deliver its mandate to Nigerians. The coalition vowed to respect the decision of the majority party in the House of Representatives. The coalition, known as the “Joint Task – 10th Assembly,” with 283 members-elect from all the major political parties, is made up of returning and new members-elect from all political parties. A statement by its chairman and co-chairman, Usman Bello Kumo and Kingsley Chinda said members of the coalition are in agreement with the…
Alhaji Muktar Lugga, Zamfara State Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on Inspector General of Police (IGP) to transfer the petition before him against some party chieftains to Zamfara Command. Lugga made the appeal at a news conference in Gusau on Wednesday, saying that the current security situation on the road, especially in Zamfara, was not favourable for traveling outside the state. He said instead of inviting them to Force Headquarters Abuja, they should be redirected to Zamfara State Police Command to face the necessary interrogation. Moreover the allegations levelled against them happened in Zamfara state,…
Governor Hope Uzodinma has emerged as the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Imo State governorship election. The chairman of the Governorship Primary Election Committee, Rear Admiral William Kayoda (retd) declared Uzodinma as the party’s flagbearer for the November 11 exercise. The party’s primary election was held at the Ndubuisi Kanu Square in Owerri, the state capital, on Friday. Uzodimma polled 63,618 votes after the party adopted the direct primary mode of election. In his speech, Uzodinma promised to redouble his efforts in tackling insecurity and delivering good governance to the people of the state if re-elected.
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Imo State, Senator Samuel Anyanwu was on Friday advised to resign as national secretary of the party. The advice was handed down to him by PDP Young Democrats, a group championing the cause of the party. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, the group said Senator Anyanwu’s continued stay in office despite his ambition of contesting the Imo State governorship election is wrong and repugnant to justice and fair play. Alaibi Nnana Joseph, who read the statement signed by 134 members of the group, said Anyanwu’s resignation will save…
Congress (APC) on Thursday said that President-elect, Bola Tinubu, is resting in Europe ahead of his inauguration on May 29. Mr Felix Morka, APC National Publicity Secretary, stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. According to Morka, Tinubu will swing to action immediately after he returns from Europe. When asked about the whereabouts of Tinubu, Morka said, “He [Tinubu] is probably in Europe. He’s fine. After the elections and all of the energy expended, he just decided to take a moment of rest. “Once he returns and he’s inaugurated on May 29, there will be no dulling. He’ll be…
The Kogi State All Progressives Congress, (APC), members will today, Friday, file out to elect the party’s governorship flagbearer through a direct primary. Addressing the members of the party at a stakeholders’ meeting yesterday, the Chairman Congress Committee and Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Bello Matawalle said only up-to-date financial members whose names are on the register will be allowed to vote. Those to slug it out at the primary election are Barr. Salami Ozigi Deedat, Hon. Usman Ododo, Dr. Sanusi Ohiare, Sen. Smart Adeyemi and Prof. Stephen Ocheni. They are the major contenders. Recalled that the Kogi State Deputy…
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, begged voters in Adamawa and Kebbi States. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) fixed April 15 for supplementary elections in the states. The election will be conducted in five senatorial districts, 31 federal constituencies and 58 state assembly constituencies. In a statement by his spokesperson Paul Ibe, Atiku enjoined the electorate to support his party’s standard bearers. “I make a special appeal to voters to ensure that PDP enjoys overwhelming support,” the former Vice President noted. In his home state Adamawa, 36,935 voters in 69 polling units (PUs)…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has adopted a direct mode of primaries for the conduct of the forthcoming Kogi Governorship Primary Election slated for April 14. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the party informed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of its decision to adopt the direct primary mode in a letter dated April 6. The letter, which was signed by the party’s Acting National Chairman, Abubakar Kyari, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, followed an earlier one to the commission dated Jan. 25 The letter read in part: “We refer to our earlier…
The Kogi State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has denied media reports that it has suspended former lawmaker, Dino Melaye. The PDP in a statement signed by Farouk Yahaya, State Secretary of the Party noted that at no time did it contemplate suspension of the Governorship Aspirant. Yahaya, in the statement, warned trouble and mischief makers who are bent on causing a crisis in the PDP to desist, pointing out that the party remains focused going into the primary election. He urged members of the Party and the general public to discountenance the misleading information pointing out that it…
The Niger State Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has revealed that all arrangements are set for the conduct of supplementary elections for the State House of Assembly seats in 15 polling units of four local government areas. The supplementary elections will hold on Saturday, 15 April 2023. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Ahmed Yusha’u Garki, made this known at a stakeholder meeting at INEC Headquarters in Minna. The councils affected include Agaie, Agwara, Rafi and Rijau. He hinged the success recorded during the 2023 general polls in the state to the understanding between the various stakeholders across the political divides…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday nullified and set aside the Ward and Local Government congresses purportedly conducted on February 7 by the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kogi to nominate its candidate for the November governorship election. The court voided the two congresses because they were not conducted in compliance with the Electoral Act 2022 and the Constitution of the APC. Delivering judgment in a suit instituted by a group of aggrieved APC members led by Realwan Okpanachi, Justice James Omotosho barred the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from using the unlawful delegates list that emanated from…
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Rivers, Chukwuemeka Eze, has accused some supporters of President-elect Bola Tinubu of discrediting Rotimi Amaechi. Eze said in an attempt to impress Tinubu, “schemers” had embarked on a campaign against the former governor and immediate past Minister of Transportation. In a statement on Wednesday, he noted that insinuations that the Rivers APC has been fragmented into factions “is not wholly true”. Eze accused Tony Okocha, “self-styled Coordinator, South-South, of Bola Tinubu Vanguard” of promoting falsehood on social media. “Okocha has been parading himself as leader of the Rivers APC with the careless claim…
Finland’s President Sauli Niinist on Thursday warned that the country’s new status as a NATO member doesn’t solve every problem, and said Helsinki should not let down its guard on security issues. We still bear the main responsibility for our own security. Wherever we detect any gaps or vulnerabilities, they must be fixed, Niinist said, in a speech to lawmakers as they gathered for the first time since the April 2 elections. He added that Finland, which shares a 1,340 kilometer (832 mile) border with Russia, has been focused on regional security in the past year, after the Russian invasion…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Imo, Senator Samuel Anyanwu has advised the All Progressives Congress, APC, to pack its bags. Anyanwu, the national secretary of the PDP, said the people were ready to vote out the “inhuman” APC administration led by Governor Hope Uzodimma. A statement on Thursday by the Party’s Spokesperson, Ikenna Onuoha accused rivals of claiming he was “being sponsored” for the November 11, 2023 election. The aide said the news was baseless, misleading and “a brazen concoction garnished by individuals already afraid of the PDP and its candidate”. Recalling that Anyanwu ran for governor…
A former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba asserted that the APC-led federal government facilitated the release of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi from his detention cell in the United Kingdom recently. InfoStride News recalls that Peter Obi was last Friday, reportedly detained for hours at London’s Heathrow Airport, over alleged impersonation. The former Anambra State governor was later released after he was interrogated by UK immigration officials. Garba on Thursday claimed his release was facilitated by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission headed by Abike Dabiri. In a tweet, he wrote:…
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has restrained Emeka Beke and Iheanyichukwu Dike from parading themselves respectively as the state chairman and legal adviser of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state. Omiete Eferebo and nine others had asked the court to stop Beke and Dike from parading themselves as executive members of APC in the state. Justice D. G. Kio granted the ex-parte application by the plaintiffs. Confirming the development to newsmen, the factional spokesman of the APC State Working Committee, Eyinda Dike urged members of the public to desist from transacting with Beke and…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has told the presidential election petitions tribunal that President-elect Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress won the February 25 election and was validly returned as the winner without needing to get 25 per cent of the votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). INEC stated this in its reply by its lawyer, Abubakar Mahmoud, to the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, before the tribunal. Nigeria’s electoral umpire said the APC candidate met all the legal requirements to be so announced as the winner of…
The Anambra State Government has expressed worry over the high level of vote-buying going on in the supplementary election for the House of Representatives in Ogbaru Federal Constituency. Ifeanyi Okeoma, the state’s Commissioner for Works said the level of vote-buying was denying voters the opportunity of making their rightful choice in the election. Speaking with journalists at Okpoko, Okeoma said: “We are worried. For us (APGA), people should be able to vote their choices, without looking at any inducement. “We are hopeful that despite the high level of vote-buying, APGA will still win the election, because as you already know,…