Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State Governor has mourned the demise of Late Oladipo Diya, describing him as a courageous and daring man. Abiodun commiserated with the government and people of Nigeria, the military, friends and associates of the then Chief of General Staff to Late General Danni Abacha. Abiodun said Lt. General Diya was a soldier-statesman, who would have clocked 79 on April 3. Diya, according to Abiodun, was a Military Governor in Ogun State, from January 1984 to August 1985 under the Buhari/Idiagbon military junta. In a statement by Kunle Somorin, the governor’s Coo Chief of Staff, Abiodun…
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Following the emergence of Bola Tinubu as president-elect, the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has accused the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo of lobbying for his next job. Atiku accused Keyamo of trying to suppress and abuse the rights of innocent Nigerians who oppose the alleged fraudulent victory of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Speaking through his spokesman, Frank Shaibu, Atiku described Keyamo as a jobless Minister who abandoned his duties as a minister and opted for Tinubu’s spokesman. A statement by Shaibu reads partly: “Keyamo is among those suppressing the…
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has denied endorsing Bola Tinubu’s victory. The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential flagbearer defeated Atiku and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP. In a statement on Saturday, Atiku said his attention was drawn to a fake press release attributed to him, “purportedly giving legitimacy to the widely rigged presidential election”. Atiku stressed that it did not emanate from him and should be treated with repudiation because it was contrived “by those who illegally appropriated the mandate of the people”.…
Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, has maintained that politics should transcend partisanship and be free from tribal and religious affiliations. Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State, made the statement in a post via his verified Twitter handle on Saturday. His statement followed the celebration of Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo’s one year in office, which he attended. Obi said he would continue to pray for Soludo. He wrote, “I was in Awka, Anambra State, today for the celebration of Gov. Chukwuma Charles Soludo’s one year in office. As a firm believer in building a better society, I…
The Abia State House of Assembly has described as false rumours reports that the lawmakers planned to impeach Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu. Mr Ifeanyi Uchendu, the Deputy Speaker, who dismissed the rumours while addressing newsmen in Aba on Saturday, said that the lawmakers had never contemplated such a plan. Uchendu urged members of the public to disregard the rumours, assuring that the Assembly would continue to support the governor till the end of his tenure, NAN reports. Also, Mr Solomon Akpulonu, the Majority Leader, said that the rumours emanated from mischief makers. Akpulonu said that the Assembly was pleased with the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, assured in Abuja on Saturday that it would conduct a credible supplementary governorship election in Adamawa State that would be the pride of the international community and of Nigerians. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC’s Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, gave the assurance when some women staged a protest at the Commission’s headquarters in the nation’s capital in respect of the Adamawa election. The protesters were led by Hajiya Lami Lau, the President of the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS). Okoye showed appreciation to the women for conducting themselves in a peaceful manner, noting…
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in last Saturday’s governorship election in Enugu State, Mr. Frank Nweke has rejected the declaration of Barr. Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the winner of the polls. Nweke, who came third in the election, behind Barr. Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party, said the exercise was fraught with irregularities. While describing the election as an assault on democracy, the APGA candidate said he would explore all legal means to ensure that a legitimate government is put in place in the state. He said the election witnessed…
Former governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shehu Shema has given the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Working Committee (NWC) 48 hours to rescind its decision to suspend him. Shema disclosed this on Friday in a letter he addressed to Dr lyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Shema also urged the NWC to reinstate the duly elected party executives in the state and allow them to complete their tenure if they want peace to reign in the Katsina PDP. Describing the decisions and actions of the NWC under the current leadership as lacking constitutional validity and…
The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr. Pius Anyim, on Friday, said he is disappointed in the action of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. InfoStride News recalls that Anyim, who is a member of the PDP Board of Trustees, BOT, and three other prominent stakeholders of the party, were suspended for alleged anti-party activity. Anyim, a former Senate President, made this known in a statement, signed and forwarded to the media on Friday, in which he described the suspension as a display of innate cowardice by the party’s NWC. The…
A coalition of registered political parties in Ogun State has rejected the outcome of Saturday’s governorship election held in the state. The coalition, comprising 11 out of the 13 parties that participated in the election, said it rejected the outcome of the governorship election because it was far from the wish of the people. The convener of the coalition and chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Olaposi Oginni, while addressing newsmen in Abeokuta on Friday, said the Ogun State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Niyi Ijalaye, must be removed and prosecuted. InfoStride News recalls that the Independent National Electoral…
The leadership of the Taraba State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it will soon commence moves to reconcile all the aggrieved members of the party within the state. The newly-elected state chairman of the party, Alhaji Abubakar Bawa stated this on Friday in an interview with journalists in Jalingo, shortly after he was given the nod to be presiding over the affairs of the party in the state. The development, according to him, is part of the Party’s effort to strengthen and reunite all the aggrieved members of the party across the state. He said “We are…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State said the party would study the judgement of the Appeal Court which was delivered in favour of Peoples Democratic Party’s Ademola Adeleke. The party also disclosed that it will proceed without delay to the next constitutional means of seeking justice at the highest court of the land. Recall that the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja in a judgement on Friday affirmed the electoral victory of Ademola Adeleke as Governor of Osun State. The Osun Gubernatorial Election Petition Tribunal had in January upturned Adeleke’s electoral victory and directed the Independent National Electoral Commission…
Bayo Onanuga, the Media Director of Nigeria’s President-Elect, Bola Tinubu has denied that his principal met with the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola, in London. There had been rumours that Ariwoola ‘disguised’ on a wheelchair to fly out of Nigeria to meet with Tinubu in the UK. In a statement released on Thursday, Onanuga claimed the story was “a pure concoction” from hatchet men. He also explained that Tinubu was still in France resting and has not been to the UK yet. “To show that the story was a mere salacious fiction, meant to draw traffic to the discredited…
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged that the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the state is responsible for the controversies surrounding the state gubernatorial election. He said the integrity of the REC is questionable. Fintiri, seeking re-election, disclosed this on Friday during an interview on Channels Television. He also alleged that the REC was in the house of the APC governorship candidate for three hours trying to manipulate the results. “The trouble started when the All Progressives Party, APC started using thuggery to snatch the results summary sheet from Furore LGA collation after…
The Oyo State chapter of the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) on Friday said the emergence of Governor Seyi Makinde at the recent gubernatorial election was not a decision of majority of the people of the state. InfoStride News recalls that Makinde was on Sunday declared the winner of the gubernatorial election held on Saturday. Makinde, who re-contested on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), scored a total of 563,756 votes to defeat Senator Teslim Folarin of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 256,685 votes, and Accord candidate, Adebayo Adelabu scored a total of 38,357 votes. SPN noted…
Senator Magnus Abe, Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in Rivers State, has claimed that 15 people were reported dead across the state following the conclusion of the recent governorship and State House of Assembly elections. Abe also claimed that a member of his party was also kidnapped right from the election grounds and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is not saying anything about the development. He spoke while fielding questions from journalists on Arise Television on Thursday. The Senator, who lost last Saturday’s gubernatorial election to Siminialayi Fubara, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), also believes the…
The Cross-Appeal instituted against the judgment of the Osun State Election Petition Tribunal by former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress APC has been dismissed. The cross-appeal which centred on the education qualification of governor Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke was thrown away on the grounds that it lacked merit. The Appeal Court held that the Court of Appeal judgment delivered in 2019 to the effect that Adeleke did not forge the certificate presented for the 2018 governorship election has settled the matter and cannot be resuscitated in the way and manners Oyetola did. Justice Lawal Shuaib in the lead…
The Peoples Democratic Party PDP, in Taraba State has appointed Abubakar Bawa, as the new chairman of the Party. Before his appointment, Bawa was the Special Adviser on political matters to the State Governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku. Bawa took over the party’s mantle of leaders on Friday from the Acting Chairman, Inuwa Bakari. Speaking shortly after his announcement as the party chairman, Bawa called on the party’s faithful to unite and give the much needed helping hand to the incoming governor, Agbu Kefas. The new chairman who vowed to operate an open door policy, reiterated his commitment to carrying all…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has cautioned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, against hunting the G-5 governors. Wike warned that Ayu and the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, can’t cage members of the G-5. Recall that the G-5 governors led by Wike had demanded Ayu’s resignation before the 2023 presidential election. The governors noted that the North couldn’t provide PDP’s presidential candidate and National Chairman. The group comprises Wike, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, and Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State. But,…
The Action Alliance, AA, in Enugu State has rejected the outcome of the governorship election in the State. It could be recalled that Barr. Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was declared winner of the election. He defeated Barr. Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party with a margin of about 3000 votes. The AA candidate during the election was Barr. Ogbe Daniel. In a statement made available to journalists on Friday, the State Chairman of AA, Mr. Ogbonna Festus Okafor said the party had rejected the outcome of the polls in its entirety. Okafor said that the party…