Governor David Umahi has disclosed that his family conspired against him to vote for Peter Obi of the Labour Party without his knowledge during the presidential election. He disclosed this on Monday during Channels Television’s interview. He said it was surprising that President Muhammadu Buhari and the president-elect lost their states to the opposition parties at the February 25 polls. According to him, the votes obtained by the LP during the election were not because of Peter Obi but rather as a-protest-votes due to Nigeria’s seeming hardship and challenges. “In all honesty, I didn’t give any chance to the Labour…
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Amidst conflicting judgements from courts, the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Monday, led a delegation of workers’ unions to reinstate the embattled national chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure. In doing so, NLC President, Joe Ajaero confirmed that the bright fortune of the party was attracting impostors who are bent on crippling the party by all means, a move he said will be resisted by the working class. Ajaero also threatened that Nigerian workers might be compelled to occupy the residential homes of suspected impostors, some of whom orchestrated the suspension of Abure as national chairman…
Former lawmaker, Shehu Sani has predicted what might happen next following the debacle in the rerun gubernatorial election in Adamawa State. Sani’s prediction is contained in a post via his verified Twitter handle on Monday. He alleged that the next plan is to obtain a court injunction as a backup plan. “The next trick is to rush to the Court and get an injunction that will back up their daylight fraud,” Sani tweeted. InfoStride News recalls that the Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Hudu Yunusa, illegally declared Aisha Dahiru winner after the gubernatorial supplementary election held on Sunday. However,…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit several Latin American countries from April 17 to 21, the Russian foreign ministry said on Sunday, Russian News Agency TASS reported. “From April 17 to 21, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit several Latin American countries, including Brazil, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba. The Russian foreign minister will have a rich program, which will include meetings with these countries’ leaders and talks with the foreign ministers,” it said. According to the ministry, the key goal of Lavrov’s tour is to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation between the countries in the political, trade-and-economic, educational, humanitarian,…
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has disclosed how the three main political opponents gave away victory to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Fashola said Tinubu’s three main opponents gave him victory by splitting from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after the 2019 presidential election. Recall that the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi; Atiku Abubakar of PDP; and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, were members of the former ruling party before they decamped. However, Fashola said their separation before the 2023 presidential election led to Tinubu’s victory. “Politics is a game of numbers…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has suspended its Resident Electoral Commissioner REC in Adamawa, Hudu Yunusa Ari. The action followed the REC’s controversial pronouncement on Sunday after the supplementary election. Although only Returning Officers have the responsibility of announcing results, Ari declared the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, Aisha Dahiru Binani, the winner. The development sparked outrage in the state and across the country, with Governor Ahmadu Fintiri accusing the REC of working for a gang. On Monday, the national headquarters of the electoral umpire ordered Ari to stay away from the commission’s office in Yola, the state…
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has said it was impossible for Aisha Binani of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to become the governor of Adamawa State. Lawal claimed that Binani was not qualified to be governor of Adamawa, adding that she does not have the character for the position and did not get the required votes during the first Governorship election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on March 18. Speaking on Arise TV on Monday, the former SGF said: “ God forbid, it is impossible for Binani to become governor of…
The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has granted an ex parte application by Labour Party’s gubernatorial candidate, Mr Gbadegbo Rhodes-Vivour, for substituted service on the state Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Rhodes-Vivour and Labour Party, through their counsel, Mr Olagbade Benson, had informed the tribunal that Sanwo-Olu evaded service of the petition on him by the court’s bailiff. They alleged that Sanwo-Olu refused to collect the document from the bailiff when the court official got to his office to serve him. In the petition number EPT/LAG/GOV/04/2023, they are praying the court to grant them leave to serve the petition and other…
The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for Karim-Lamido II constituency in Taraba, Anas Shuaibu, has been declared winner of the just concluded supplementary election in the state. His victory was announced at the council collation centre by the returning officer, Bawuro Adamu Manga. Manga, who is a lecturer at the Federal University of Wukari, said the total registered voters at the constituency was 77283. While a total valid votes cast was 27,333, the number of rejected votes was 203. The APGA candidate, according to him, scored a total of 7104 votes out of the 27,435 votes cast…
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Adamawa governorship election, Senator Aisha Binani Dahiru and the Party have filed a motion exparte before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking a judicial review of the administrative decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on April 16 in respect of her declaration as the winner of the polls held on March 18 and the supplementary poll of April 15. Recall that controversy trailed Binani’s declaration as the winner of the governorship election by the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Yususa, on Sunday. However, INEC waded in immediately,…
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal on Monday constituted a 28-member transition committee ahead of the inauguration of a new government. It is co-chaired by deputy governor, Mannir Muhammad Daniya and the Secretary to the State Government, Muhammad Mainasara Ahmad. All Progressives Congress, APC, leader in Sokoto and former governor, Senator Aliyu Wamakko defeated Daniya to retain his seat in the Red Chamber. The transition body is expected to collate and document the achievements of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) under the outgoing administration. The team will obtain and analyze reports from MDAs on all ongoing projects/programmes in relation to level…
Former Kogi State Deputy Governor, Yomi Awoniyi has faulted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primary election that produced Dino Melaye as governorship candidate. Awoniyi warned that Melaye’s emergence as PDP governorship candidate was dangerous. Stressing that the primary election lacked credibility, Awoniyi claimed that Melaye’s votes were a product of a tainted delegates’ list. A statement by Awoniyi said: “Without an iota of doubt, I make bold to say that Senator Melaye’s victory is a pyrrhic one. “This victory portends great danger to the unity of our party and the prospect of winning the November 11 governorship election. “The primary…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate for Zamfara Central senatorial zone, Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa has accepted his defeat by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Hon. Ikira Aliyu Bilbis. Marafa in a statewide broadcast on Monday commended the people of Zamfara Central senatorial zone for the opportunity afforded him to represent them between 2011 and 2019, wishing them well. He further thanked all stakeholders and his supporters for standing firm for him and for giving him the courage to participate in the election, pointing out that he has learnt a lot in the new political dimension of the state.…
China’s foreign minister on Friday said the country would not sell weapons to parties involved in the conflict in Ukraine and would regulate the export of items with dual civilian and military use. Qin Gang was responding to concerns from the US and others that China was considering providing military assistance to Russia, which Beijing has backed politically and rhetorically in the conflict while formally saying it remains neutral. Qin reiterated China’s willingness to help facilitate negotiations to find a peaceful resolution to the conflict and said all parties should remain objective and calm. Speaking at a news conference with…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been urged to take a cue from the All Progressives Congress, APC, following the conduct of its primary election in Kogi State. The National Democratic Front, NDF, made the remark while applauding the APC for adopting direct primary during its primary in Kogi State. Recall that a former Auditor General of local government in the state, Usman Ododo, clinched the APC governorship ticket during the party’s primary election on Friday. Ododo garnered 78,704 votes to defeat the six other contestants. Reacting, Suleiman said the primary election was peaceful and calm, adding that the outcome…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in the February 25 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has alleged that there is a “game plan of upturning the democratic wishes of the people of Adamawa State”. Atiku stated this on Sunday through a press release signed by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, on Sunday, following a declaration by Hudu Yunusa, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Adamawa of Aisha Dahiru, as the winner of the election in the State. Recall that the electoral body suspended the collation of results in the supplementary gubernatorial election held on Saturday in the State following non-adherence…
The Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri has expressed confidence he would be re-elected despite the controversy surrounding the gubernatorial election. Fintiri, who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stated this on Sunday while addressing journalists in Yola, the state capital. The governor’s assertion is coming amid the controversial announcement of Aisha Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as winner of the election. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Ari Hudu, unlawfully announced the APC candidate, who is popularly known as Binani, winner without the full results from the poling units where supplementary election held on Saturday. The…
The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has won the rerun election for Ezza North/Ishielu federal constituency in Ebonyi. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Sunday, declared Joseph Nwobashi the winner. The Returning Officer, Prof. Augustine Ibegbu of Alex Ekwueme University, announced Nwobashi won with 11,890 votes. He defeated Emmanuel Nwite of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who got 11,150 votes; Chinedu Oguta of Labour Party, LP, polled 8,076 votes. Nwobashi is former majority leader in Ebonyi State House of Assembly. APGA spokesperson in Ebonyi, Chibuike Nwanchor has congratulated him and urged party members remain united for more success.
Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa has blasted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Zamfara State for claiming that the All Progressives Congress, APC, engaged in vote buying during the just concluded National Assembly rerun election in the State. Senator Marafa stated this during an interview with newsmen at his Yandoto country home, in Tsafe Local Government Area. “Though I am not surprised by PDP’s claim because the party since inception has been noted for complaining even when there is no reason for complaint,” he said. According to Marafa, the party won the governorship election in the state, but instead of jubilating…
Kelly Ogbaloi, the Edo State Labour Party chairman, has described the Saturday rerun election in the state as a sham and called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to cancel the election and fix another date for the rerun. Ogbaloi who stated this while reacting to the rerun election at a press conference in Benin alleged that the exercise was marred by irregularities and violence by thugs suspected to be loyal to the PDP in the state. He further alleged that members of the Labour Party, including a candidate of the party, Derek Uhunmwagho, were mercilessly beaten up and…