The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has vowed to reclaim his alleged stolen mandate in court. Obi vowed to explore every legal option in ensuring he reclaims his mandate. The former Anambra State governor spoke during an LP stakeholders’ meeting in Awka. Recall that Obi came third during the last presidential election. He was defeated by the President-elect, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Despite coming third, the LP flagbearer insisted he won the election and had headed to court to contest the outcome of the poll.…
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has insisted that its 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar won the last election. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said results from polling units showed that Atiku won the presidential election, but the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced the President-elect, Bola Tinubu as the winner of the election. Ologunagba was reacting to the remark of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on the opposition losing the 2023 presidential election. Atiku and Labour Party’s Peter Obi lost the presidential election to Tinubu. Both candidates are before the presidential election tribunal contesting the outcome…
President Joe Biden has sought to ease a debt limit standoff by inviting the four Congressional leaders to the White House on May 9 signalling the growing fears of a default as the federal government might be unable to pay its bills as soon as June 1. Administration and congressional officials confirmed the individual calls to lawmakers and the meeting date, insisting on anonymity to discuss the plans. Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he spoke with Biden and expects to speak with him again, though he did not say whether he will attend the meeting. Biden plans to…
Less than 29 days to the end of his administration, the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi has pleaded with the people of the state to pardon him for the shortcomings of his government. The governor who stated this on Monday while addressing workers in the state to mark the 2023 Workers’ Day, admitted that he must have stepped on people’s toes while discharging his duty for the past eight years. The governor also begged the people of the state to support the incoming administration of the governor-elect, Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, saying the former Speaker would continue from where he stopped.…
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) deepened on Monday when the party’s National Vice Chairman, North-West, Dr. Salihu Lukman vowed to continue with the court case he instituted against the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. The party chieftain had given a seven-day ultimatum to Adamu to convene a meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) to give the financial account of the party. However, following Adamu’s failure to convene the NEC meeting as demanded, at the expiration of the seven days ultimatum, Lukman, last Thursday instituted a lawsuit against the APC National Chairman. However, the…
A group of aggrieved civil servants of Zamfara State have protested peacefully at the venue of the Workers’ Day celebration in Gusau, the state capital, demanding the immediate dissolution of the leadership of the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, for what they described as incompetency. According to the group, Labour leaders are playing politics with the welfare of the workers, pointing out that the civil servants have not been paid their salaries and allowances since February 2023 and the union leaders remain unconcerned. They lamented that even the N30,000 minimum wage they claimed that they have agreed…
The Bauchi State gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 18 governorship election, Air Marshal Abubakar Baba Saddique (retd), on Monday, vowed to retrieve what he termed the mandate freely given to him by the people of the state at the tribunal, even as he urged his party supporters not to lose hope over the outcome of the governorship election in the state. Saddique, Nigeria’s immediate past ambassador to the Niger Republic, made the vow while speaking with journalists at the Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport in Bauchi, shortly after landing from a trip outside…
The national leadership of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has declared that the party did not authorise anyone or group of people to withdraw its petition against Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. NNPP made this disclosure via a letter dated 27th April 2023. The letter, a copy of which was made available to the media on Sunday, was sent to the Secretary, Ogun State Governorship and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Abeokuta, through the national legal adviser of the party, Robert Hon. InfoStride…
The leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ebonyi State, the Ebonyi South senatorial candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Linus Okorie and Umuekuenyi Youth Forum at the weekend continued to trade accusations over the relocation of the election petition tribunal to Abuja. InfoStride News recalls that the election petition tribunal sitting in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State, was recently relocated to the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, by the Appeal Court President, Justice Monica Mensem. The relocation of the tribunal had caused an uproar between the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Ebonyi youths and opposition parties in…
Hon Tukura Kwayi, the National Youth Leader of the National Progressive Hub and a member of the defunct APC PCC, has written a letter to President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, urging him to prioritise merit and competence in choosing his appointees. In the letter, sent to Pulse, Kwayi, who also coordinates the All Progressive Congress, APC, youths mobilisation Central Taraba, emphasised the importance of a supportive National Assembly, suggesting Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio for the position of Senate President, and Hon. Mukhtar Aliyu Betara for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives. “We strongly recommend His Excellency, Senator…
President Joe Biden is set to host President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines for White House talks on Monday as concerns grow about the Chinese navy’s harassment of Philippine vessels. President Joe Biden is set to host President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines for White House talks on Monday as concerns grow about the Chinese navy’s harassment of Philippine vessels in the South China Sea. Marcos’ visit to Washington comes after the US and Philippines last week completed their largest war drills ever and as the two countries’ air forces on Monday will hold their first joint fighter…
Suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa Ari, has explained that he announced results of 69 polling units in the April 15 supplementary election due to security pressure. This statement was made in a letter to the Inspector General of Police, explaining his role in the controversial April 16 announcement of the governorship election results, which declared All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Aishatu Ahmed (Binani) as the winner against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate and incumbent governor of the state, Ahmadu Fintiri. In the letter, which was copied to the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC over the failure to investigate allegations of electoral violence. The group is also suing INEC over its blatant refusal to probe other electoral offences allegedly committed by some state governors and their deputies during the 2023 elections. Recall that after the completion of the general elections, there were pockets of violence in some states across the country Kolawole Oluwadare, Deputy Director at SERAP in a statement on Sunday said the group has filed a suit against INEC. Kolawole Oluwadare, Andrew Nwankwo and Blessing…
The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in the just concluded elections in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe has withdrawn his petition at the Election Petition Tribunal against the victory of Siminalayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Senator Abe disclosed this when he was addressing party leaders at his campaign office in Port Harcourt on Sunday. The former senator said his decision to withdraw the petition against PDP’s Fubara was in the interest of Rivers people. He said: “I know it has not been easy and at a time like this, to go with bare hands…
The acting Chairman of the Taraba State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Inuwa Bakari, has finally broken his silence on why he dragged Alhaji Abubakar Bawa to court. Bawa, who was the former Special Adviser to Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku on Political Matters, was recently announced as the party’s state chairman by the outgoing governor. Bakari, who could not fathom why he could not be made the substantive chairman of the party after being in an acting capacity, said he decided to approach the court to seek justice. Making his position known on Sunday in Jalingo, he…
Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima has disclosed that gender-based issues will get priority under the administration of President-elect Bola Tinubu. Shettima spoke at the reading of “Stepping on Toes, My Odyssey at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)” by ex-Managing Director Hadiza Usman. At the event held on Saturday in Abuja, the Borno Central described Hadiza as an iron lady for “showing courage to write such a book”. Citing a popular saying among the people of Ghana, Shettima said: “If you educate a woman, you have educated a nation”. “Rest assured that the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will be gender-friendly,”…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has advised the opposition to stop their endless griping over the 2023 presidential election which they lost woefully. In a statement he issued on Sunday, Lai Mohammed said President Muhammadu Buhari’s analysis of the reasons for the opposition’s loss in the 2023 elections was incontrovertible. He said the opposition lost the election because of their overconfidence and complacency. He said the President deserves nothing but accolades for delivering undoubtedly the best election in Nigeria’s history, adding that ”the tempestuous but predictable reaction to the President’s comments by the opposition has shown them…
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has reiterated his administration’s commitment to ensuring a peaceful and seamless handover to his successor, Yusuf Abba. This is contained in a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Muhammad Garba, on Saturday in Kano. Ganduje said that the main transition committee and the various sub-committees were working towards a smooth handing over of power in the state. He dismissed insinuations by the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) that the outgoing administration is undermining the transition programme. Ganduje pointed out that the main transition committee and the various sub-committees at…
Pakistan Army chief General Asim Munir said on Saturday that the armed forces were fully capable of defending the country, and its “efforts for peace should never be taken as a sign of weakness. Munir was addressing the passing out parade of cadets at Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) Kakul, in the Abbottabad district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Asserting that Pakistan wants peace in the region and with its neighbours, the Army chief warned that our efforts for peace should never be taken as a sign of weakness. We have the will, capability and capacity to protect our sovereignty and territorial…
The incoming administration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu has been advised on how to appoint the next Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political activist, said Tinubu’s incoming administration should appoint a renowned economist as the next CBN governor. Adeyanju said the next CBN governor should have experience of working with financial institutes such as the International Monetary Fund, IMF, and World Bank. In a tweet, Adeyanju urged Tinubu’s administration to stop appointing bankers as CBN governors. According to Adeyanju: “FG must stop appointing bankers as CBN Gov. They know nothing about the economy. “These…