The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has called on Governor Ademola Adeleke to stop treating with levity, security issues affecting the state. The Party also noted that it was worried over the insecurity in Osun, particularly before, during and after the general elections across the country. The party in a statement by its acting chairman, Tajudeen Lawal on Monday, also recalled that no fewer than 30 members of the opposition APC members were allegedly killed by thugs, reportedly sponsored by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). While insisting that Governor Adeleke is not getting it right in securing the…
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Members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State have staged a protest at the state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The protesters blocked all sections of the Port Harcourt-Aba express road leading to the INEC office. PDP members in the state are demanding the Certified True Copy of the results that declared the winner of the election on March 18. They also demand that INEC does not allow just one political party to inspect electoral material, but that inspection should be done jointly. One of the leaders of the protest, Edison…
Finland’s main conservative party claimed victory in a parliamentary election in an extremely tight three-way race in which right-wing populists took second place. Finland’s main conservative party claimed victory in a parliamentary election Sunday in an extremely tight three-way race in which right-wing populists took second place, leaving Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Social Democratic Party in third, dashing her hopes for reelection. The center-right National Coalition Party (NCP) claimed victory Sunday evening with all of the votes counted, coming out on top at 20.8%. They were followed by right-wing populist party The Finns with 20.1%, while the Social Democrats garnered…
The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the March 18, 2023 election in Rivers State, Patrick Tonye-Cole, has been reportedly attacked by members of the Peoples Democratic Party at the state head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Tonye-Cole was said to have been attacked alongside the state Chairman of APC, Emeka Beke and some party members, who accompanied them to INEC head office on Aba road, GRA junction, Port Harcourt. Reports claimed protesters blocked the APC guber candidate and the APC state Chairman when they arrived at the INEC state office, stopping them from gaining access…
Despite a cautious reminder to the Kano State Governor-elect Abba Kabir Yusuf against issuing orders, he has issued a Public Debt Suspension advisory to both domestic and international lenders. He asked them not to entertain any requests for loans without his consent. Yusuf had issued a similar advisory on illegal building construction on public places. However, the advisory was quickly countered by the Umar Ganduje government, reminding him that they were still in charge and that he should wait until May 29. But in the second advisory contained in a statement signed by the Governor-elect’s chief press secretary Sanusi Bature…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River has charged all those elected at the just-concluded general elections to work together to move the state forward, irrespective of party affiliations. APC chairman in the state, Mr Alphonsus Eba, gave the charge on Monday in Calabar when he spoke with NAN. Congratulating those who won their elections, Eba charged that with campaigns and elections over, it was time for governance and collective efforts. “For all those who have received their Certificates of Return across party lines, I say congratulations; campaigns are over; it is time for governance. “Everyone must join hands…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ayodele Fayose, has suggested what the party’s National Working Committee would have done if its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar won the 2023 election. Fayose said PDP’s NWC would have been “more than heinous politically” if Atiku had won the 2023 presidential election. In a series of tweets, the former governor of Ekiti State wondered if Nigerians should be grateful that Atiku lost the election. Fayose lamented that the opposition party should be in a sober mood and not fight perceived enemies within the party. He wrote: “Imagine what they would have done…
Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State, Alphonsus Eba, has said that irrespective of all the utterances made by a one-time governor of the state, Mr Donald Duke, during the electioneering campaigns, they will forgive and accommodate him. Eba also said that they would also welcome and accommodate the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party, Ogar Osim, who has reached out to APC, congratulating the eventual gubernatorial winner, Prince Bassey Otu, as well as the PDP, Senator Sandy Onor, who is now addressing APC as brothers. He told journalists at APC Secretariat in Calabar…
The National Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Prof. Rufai Alkali, has resigned from the position. Alkali confirmed this in a letter addressed to the National Secretary of the party. According to him, his decision to step down was to give room for a fresh hand to take over. “I am convinced this change must start from me. “This is precisely why I have decided, with all sense of responsibility, to step aside from the office of the National Chairman of our party to give room for fresh hands to take over to build upon and improve on…
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has said Abba Yusuf, the state governor-elect wants to start on a wrong footing. Yusuf, popularly known as Abba Gida-Gida, of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, had reportedly been in an exchange of words with Ganduje on government’s lands and buildings. Ganduje had warned Abba Gida-Gida that he was still in charge of the state and should wait until he was sworn in as governor. While addressing newsmen after a prayer organised for the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at Government House, Kano, the incumbent governor noted that the incoming governor has shown…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ward 5 Ekuku-Agbor in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, has suspended the former Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Chiedu Ebie Esq, and two special assistants to Governor Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa over alleged anti-party activities before, during and after the Presidential and National Assembly, as well as the gubernatorial and State Houses of Assembly elections in the State. The two special assistants are Mr. Elina MacDonald and Mr. Stanley Ehikwe. The suspension is contained in a letter signed by the PDP Chairman in Ika South, Comrade Amachi Igunbor. Hon. Sunny Tababuzigwu, the…
Bauchi State Deputy Governor-elect, Mohammed Auwal Jatau, has promised to be loyal and supportive to his principal, Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed. Jatau, a House of Representatives member, said this in a statement issued to journalists in Bauchi after receiving his certificate of return, stating that it was a great honour to be selected as the running mate to Governor Mohammed in the March 18 governorship election in the state. While expressing his profound gratitude to the governor for finding him worthy to be his deputy for the next four years of the administration, Jatau promised to reciprocate the gesture by…
President Joe Biden has all but announced he’s running for reelection, but key questions about the 2024 campaign are unresolved: Who will manage it? Where will it be based? President Joe Biden has all but announced he’s running for reelection, but key questions about the 2024 campaign are unresolved: Who will manage it? Where will it be based? When will he finally make it official? Advisers have long said he planned to wait until after March, when the year’s first fundraising period wraps up. That was an effort to help manage expectations because many donors who gave generously to Democratic…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chairman in Kaduna State, Mr Felix Hassan Hyet, on Sunday, said the certificate of return issued to Governor-elect candidate, Senator Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is only temporary, as the rightful winner of the election, Isah Ashiru would soon retrieve his mandate through a competent court of jurisdiction InfoStride News recalls that APC governorship candidate in Kaduna, Sani was announced winner of the March 18 governorship election. He was issued a certificate of return last Monday by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Commissioner in charge of Kaduna. Hyet insisted Ashiru would…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has accused the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state of being financially illiterate and gullible. This was in reaction to the comment from the Osun APC Acting Chairman, Tajudeen Lawal over the delay in the payment of the March salary of civil servants in the state. Adekunle Akindele, the Osun PDP caretaker chairman while defending the government’s action described the state governor, Ademola Adeleke as a leader who has kept every promise he made to the people of the state. According to him, “His job approval rating is beyond 80…
Embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Iyorchia Ayu appears to have now lost the battle between him and the G-5 governors led by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. InfoStride News reports that in a quick succession, two chairmen of the main opposition party have been disgraced out of office. Before Ayu was Uche Secondus who was brought into office through Wike’s support. But things soon fell apart for the two politicians, leading to Secondus’s suspension by his ward and his eventual removal from office. He was, precisely on September 2, 2021, suspended by his Ward 5…
Raji Ahmed and Kingsley Olawale, two members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have blasted some Nigerians for criticising the voting procedure that helped Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the APC candidate to win the 2023 presidential election. The pair, who are associates of the former Lagos Governor and President-elect, Tinubu and made this known in a statement made available to journalists on Saturday. Their reaction is coming following the pro-Tinubu group/APC supporters solidarity March which held in Abuja on Tuesday, March 28. Tinubu, who is a former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the APC, won the 2023 presidential…
“He will be accompanied by Secret Service Agents who are required to protect him as a former President making the surrender complicated. I don’t think they’re going to allow this to become a circus” When former US President Donald surrenders to authorities in New York on April 4 he will not be handcuffed, according to his lawyer Joe Tacopina. “The (former) resident will not be put in handcuffs,” he told ABC News on Friday. He will be accompanied by Secret Service Agents who are required to protect him as a former President making the surrender complicated. “I don’t think they’re…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been berated for allegedly issuing Certificate of Return to a wrong candidate in Ogun State. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State said INEC was wrong to have presented the Certificate of Return in Ikenne State Constituency to somebody who has withdrawn from the race before the March 18 election. According to the PDP, the people of Ikenne displayed uncommon courage in the face of destructive and disruptive tendencies of thugs by massively voting for the party and its candidate, Sulaimon Badmus Adeniye. However, the PDP expressed surprises that INEC presented Adeniye’s…
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the just-concluded election in Rivers State, Patrick Tonye-Cole has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission of delaying to release documents that are needed for their case at the tribunal. Tonye-Cole, during a protest at the state head office of INEC on Friday in Port Harcourt, expressed concern that the electoral umpire has allegedly refused to release the documents used for the last elections for them to pursue their case at the tribunal. According to Tonye-Cole, the demand became necessary following the time frame stipulated for legal actions as regards the election.…