Ahead of his inauguration on May 29, Abia State Governor-elect, Alex Otti, has been urged to be wary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, members in the state House of Assembly. The Obidient Ambassadors Forum warned Otti that the recent crisis rocking the Abia House of Assembly is a prelude to what will transpire in the future in the State House of Assembly. In a statement by its President, Chiezolam Nwankwo; Secretary Comrade Kingsley Uko, the group said Otti’s biggest challenge on assumption of office is who emerges as the Speaker of the State House of Assembly. According to the…
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Reno Omokri, a former media aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to plead with the British monarch, King Charles III for a royal prerogative of mercy for former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu. InfoStride News reported that a UK Court on Friday sentenced Ekweremadu to 9 years and eight months, while his wife Beatrice and Obinna Obetta got four years and ten years jail terms, respectively. Taking to his Twitter handle, Omokri urged President Buhari to seek for a royal pardon for Ekweremadu as a parting gift to Nigeria. He said if the president accede…
Suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa-Ari, who is currently under police investigation, has been granted bail. Additionally, two commissioners and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who were being interrogated in connection with the Adamawa Governorship Election catastrophe have also been released on administrative bail, although with conditions. Although the suspects are restricted in their movement, including depositing their travel passports and remaining within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is believed that granting bail to the suspects will not prejudice the ongoing investigation. According to sources, a senator reportedly stood as a surety for…
Today, May 5, 2023, marks the 13th anniversary of the passing of former Nigerian President, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. In commemoration of the event, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has paid glowing tributes to the late President, describing him as a devoted leader and a champion of democracy. In a tweet, Atiku Abubakar stated that the late President’s commitment to the people of Nigeria and his steadfast dedication to the sanctity of the ballot and transparent electoral process were remarkable. He further acknowledged President Yar’Adua’s humility and integrity, and his ability to recognise the shortcomings of the election that brought him…
Different groups that supported the President-elect, Bola Tinubu and the Vice President-elect, Kassim Shettima, in the Feb. 25 presidential elections have formed an alliance to defend the election victory. Sen. Ita Enang, Coordinator, All Progressives Congress (APC) Renaissance Team for Tinubu-Shettima Presidency, made this known Thursday evening at a meeting with other associated bodies. “We came together with the Amalgamated APC Support Groups and other organisations that worked and campaigned for the success of our party in the different parts of the country. “We decided to have a get-together; a brainstorming session to review how the election was, appreciate how…
On May 5, 2023, former president, Goodluck Jonathan, paid tribute to his predecessor, the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, who passed away 13 years ago, while in office as the President of Nigeria. In a social media post, Jonathan described Yar’Adua as an exemplary leader who lived above prejudice and was fair to all. He went on to commend Yar’Adua for his dedication to peace, justice, and accountability during his time in public office. twitter.com “We look back with appreciation to God for his time on earth and the impact of his leadership on our nation. “Today, we remember him for…
Former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, and medical doctor Obinna Obeta are set to be sentenced today, Friday, May 05, 2023, in a UK court after being convicted for organ trafficking in March. This marks the first verdict under the Modern Slavery Act, and the trio could face up to 10 years in prison for violating the Act. The trio were found guilty of organ trafficking by a United Kingdom court. The jury found that they conspired to bring the victim to London to exploit him for his kidney. Their conviction follows a six-week…
Ukrainian and Russian delegates have had to be separated after a scuffle during a meeting of Black Sea countries in the Turkish capital Ankara. Oleksandr Marikovski, a Ukrainian member of parliament, landed several blows to the head of a Russian official after his Ukrainian flag was ripped from his hands during a summit at the Turkish parliament building on Thursday. A video posted on Marikovski’s Facebook page shows him waving the flag behind Russian delegate Ola Timofeeva as she records a video on her phone. A man approaches, grabs the flag and is chased by Marikovski. During a brief altercation…
The Presidency has disclosed that most leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, would have been compulsorily retired from politics if the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar or his Labour Party, LP, counterpart, Peter Obi had won the last election. President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, disclosed this while noting that President-elect Bola Tinubu’s victory has established the dominance of the APC. He spoke while receiving the Arewa Young Lawyers’ Forum, AYLF, and was contained in a statement by Deputy Director of Information, State House, Patience Tilley-Gyado. According to Shehu: “In the hands of the…
Razaq Abubakre, an emeritus Professor and former federal Commissioner, says the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate Mr Peter Obi couldn’t have beaten President-elect Sen. Bola Tinubu at the last presidential election. Abubakre, also a former Vice Chancellor of Al-Hikmah University Ilorin, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday. The technocrat claimed that Obi’s lacklustre performance as former Governor of Anambra State worked against him. Abubakre said that Obi’s inability to build leaders, unlike Tinubu, who has inspired several leaders nationally and internationally, was part of his undoing. He further stated that the allegation against Obi…
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the March 18 gubernatorial election in Rivers, Tonye Cole has said that the level of impunity by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, cannot be allowed to stand. Cole’s statement followed the alleged refusal by the electoral commission to allow him access to collect the Certified True Copies, CTC, documents with which to file his petition at the election tribunal. He made the assertion on Thursday while fielding questions on Arise Television’s Morning Show program. Cole said INEC had ignored several court orders to release the documents to him. He…
The Bayelsa National and State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal will hold its inaugural sitting in Yenagoa on Thursday, on 31 petitions before it. InfoStride News learnt that out of the 31 one petitions received so far, a total of nine were from the outcome of the National Assembly elections and 22 were from State House of Assembly polls. The second election petition tribunal panel commenced on Monday at the High Court complex Sagbama, while the inaugural sitting of the first panel will commence next Monday. Chairman of the second panel, Justice Oluwatoyin Fadeyi, who spoke on behalf of…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that power was not given freely to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, who he said worked hard to get it. Wike stated this on Wednesday at a banquet in honour of Tinubu who was in Rivers State to commission some of the governor’s legacy projects. He recounted how Tinubu gifted him a white wine in the early hours of the day when he visited him at his Lagos residence in 2018 to persuade him to support one of the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the 2019 presidential election. He said: “I…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, has berated those who claim they love Nigeria and care about the development of the country, yet have disdain for the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. He described Tinubu as the epitome of the kind of leader Nigerians yearn for. Garba insisted that Nigerians are lucky to have the former Lagos State governor as their incoming president. In a tweet on Thursday, he wrote: “You cannot love Nigeria and genuinely care for the future development of the country[and] yet have issues with The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. “He is the best…
The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has explained why he withdrew his case challenging the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. After the governorship election in the state, Abe and his party approached the Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal to challenge the victory of Governor Nyesom Wike-backed PDP candidate, Siminalayi Fubara. But last week, Abe, who was accused of being used by Governor Wike to destroy the Rivers All Progressives Congress(APC), and his party, announced that they have withdrawn the matter from the tribunal. In a…
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu has described the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general elections in Nigeria as proof of the performance of the Buhari administration. Garba Shehu made this assertion on Thursday in his office in Abuja when he was appointed Grand Patron of the Arewa Young Lawyers’ Forum (AYLF). Shehu asserted that the triumph of President-elect Bola Tinubu, Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima and governorship candidates had established the APC as a “dominant national party.” He noted that an opposition victory in February and March would have…
The national leadership of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has announced the expulsion of two state chairmen. The party announced that it has expelled the chairmen of the party in both Ogun and Delta states. The party added that the chairman of the party in Ogun State, Olaposi Sunday Oginni, has been expelled. The party made this disclosure on Thursday. InfoStride News reports that the party expelled the chairman over what it described as anti-party activities. The expulsion of the chairman was announced by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Dr Agbo Major in a statement made available…
Donald Trump’s lawyer said the former president will seek to move his New York criminal case to federal court, a long-shot bid to avoid a trial in the state court where the indictment was brought. Donald Trump’s lawyer said Thursday the former president will seek to move his New York criminal case to federal court, a long-shot bid to avoid a trial in the state court where the indictment was brought. Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, said at a hearing on an unrelated issue in the case that Trump’s defense team plans to file a motion Thursday asking to transfer the…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, South-East zone has ratified the suspension of members of the party accused of anti-party activities. The affected members are from Enugu and Abia States. According to the party, the suspension was ratified during the South-East Executive Meeting of APC on Sunday April 16, 2023. The Zonal Executive headed by Dr. Ijeomah Arodiogbu, the national Vice Chairman Southeast, agreed that, in order to strengthen APC in the zone, “the party must enforce discipline amongst its members. “To this end, the South East Zonal Executive received the list of suspended party members as reported by Abia State…
The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi has clarified his earlier statement in which he claimed that the “President-elect is not an official position.” Amadi claimed that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu’s inauguration could be stopped before May 29, insisting that he has a serious case in tribunal that could go either way. His statement was contained in a post via his Twitter handle on Thursday. Recall that Amadi said Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State probably thought that the President-elect is an official position, noting that Tinubu’s visit cannot be official. The statement followed…