Residents of Ido-Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State are awaiting the results of the House of Assembly supplementary election conducted in three polling units in Ido Ekiti. The results of the three units were cancelled during the last House of Assembly election held on the 18th of March due to violence The three major political parties slugging for the Ido Osi Constituency I are APC, PDP and SDP. In an interview, the candidate of SDP in the election, Muyiwa Fadahunsi said that he was not satisfied with the process, alleging that some of his loyalists were intimidated and disenfranchised.…
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Timipre Sylva, the immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has clinched the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship ticket in Bayelsa State. InfoStride News recalls that the Presidency confirmed Sylva’s resignation to join the Bayelsa State governorship race. On Friday, APC in Bayelsa State commenced primary across 105 wards to choose the party’s flagbearer in the November 11 election. Declaring the results, at the state’s party Secretariat in Yenagoa, the Chairman of the APC electoral committee, for the gubernatorial primary in the state, Maj. Gen. A.T. Jubrin said Sylva polled 52,061 votes to defeat his closest rival, Joshua MacIver,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to declare its candidate for the Isu state constituency, Modestus Osakwe, the winner of the rerun election without any further delay. PDP decried the spate of violence witnessed at the four polling units where rerun elections were supposed to hold today. In a statement signed by its state Publicity Secretary, Collins Opurozor and made available to DAILY POST in Owerri, PDP accused Imo APC of coercion, carting away of election materials and abduction of INEC officials in Isu LGA today. As a result…
A Moscow court on Thursday again fined Wikipedia for a Russian-language article it refused to remove about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the latest in a series of government moves to silence objective reporting or criticism of the war and restrict the Russian public’s access to information. The court fined Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that runs the free, publicly-edited online encyclopedia, 2 million rubles ($24,464) for not removing a Wikipedia article titled Russian occupation of the Zaporizhzhia region,” a reference to one of four Ukrainian provinces that Russia annexed last September. Most countries have condemned the annexation, as well as that…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Cairo Ojuogbo, on Saturday, claimed the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege worked against the emergence of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Ojuogbo said Omo-Agege never believed Tinubu would win the presidential election, hence did not work for his emergence. Speaking on Arise Television, the APC chieftain claimed that the deputy senate president worked for the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi during the last election. He also dismissed claims that the Omo-Agege’s faction of the party expelled him from APC in Delta State. According to Ojuogbo: “Omo-Agege did anti-party, he never believed…
A former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has alleged that forensic analysis of the presidential election results held on February 25, 2023, showed that there were over voting in more than 10,000 polling units. Omokri in a statement issued on Saturday titled, ‘An Action Call To Save Democracy in Nigeria’, said this represents almost eight per cent of all the polling units where he said over voting occurred. The social activist said that the world is watching the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) and hopes it would abide by the provision of the law as enshrined in Nigeria’s Electoral Act of…
The Governorship, National and State Assemblies election tribunal in Kwara state has so far received eleven election petitions from contestants who participated in the just concluded 2023 general elections in the state. Eight petitions were filed by contestants for the State House of Assembly elections. Three petitions were initially filed arising from the House of Representatives election but now reduced to two after the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Muhammed Ibrahim Ajia, for Ilorin West/Asa Federal constituency withdrew his petition. The only Senatorial petitioner, Kayode Ayelabegan of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, for Kwara Central, is also reported to have…
With the 2023 general elections over, attention has now shifted to Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa States for the off-season governorship elections. In Kogi State, over ten members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, lined up to succeed incumbent Governor Yayaha Bello who is completing his second tenure in office. However, on Thursday, Governor Bello endorsed the state Auditor General, Usman Ododo as his preferred candidate. InfoStride News reported that the Chairman of the election committee, Governor Mohammed Bello-Matawale confirmed that a “gentlemanly agreement” was reached. Consequently, Deputy Governor Edward Onoja, ex-Finance Commissioner David Adebanji-Jimoh, Ashiru Idris, Okala Yakubu, Abdulkareem Asuku…
Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa on Thursday accused the Nigerian government of scuttling the election of Peter Obi at the February 25 presidential poll. Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, rejected the result and is now in court to challenge the victory of President-elect Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC. In a letter to the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, seen by the media, Ekpa berated Information Minister Lai Mohammed for “lying” about the elections. He said the official has been “junketing…telling lies and calling for a ban on all fund-raising activities of the indigenous people of…
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the major opposition political party in Oyo State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) have intensified efforts to claim two more House of Representatives seats. The two federal constituencies are Ibadan North East/Ibadan South East and Oluyole. There are fourteen (14) federal constituencies in Oyo state. PDP had earlier won four (4) federal constituencies, while the APC won eight (8) federal constituencies in the last general elections. Elections in two federal constituencies were declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The returning officer for Ibadan North East/Ibadan South East, Dr. Akanni Lawanson…
Governor Douye Diri on Wednesday emerged winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary to contest the Bayelsa State governorship election on November 11, 2023. Diri, who was the sole aspirant for the primary, scored 305 “yes” votes from the delegates to emerge as the party candidate. The primary election conducted today had the party delegates from the eight local government areas of Bayelsa casting their votes to affirm the candidature of Diri. In his remark, Diri promised to lead the PDP to victory during the election. “In a democracy, people must be allowed to vote, and the votes…
Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th House of Representatives, a coalition has said rebellion would deny the administration of Bola Tinubu the opportunity to deliver its mandate to Nigerians. The coalition vowed to respect the decision of the majority party in the House of Representatives. The coalition, known as the “Joint Task – 10th Assembly,” with 283 members-elect from all the major political parties, is made up of returning and new members-elect from all political parties. A statement by its chairman and co-chairman, Usman Bello Kumo and Kingsley Chinda said members of the coalition are in agreement with the…
Alhaji Muktar Lugga, Zamfara State Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on Inspector General of Police (IGP) to transfer the petition before him against some party chieftains to Zamfara Command. Lugga made the appeal at a news conference in Gusau on Wednesday, saying that the current security situation on the road, especially in Zamfara, was not favourable for traveling outside the state. He said instead of inviting them to Force Headquarters Abuja, they should be redirected to Zamfara State Police Command to face the necessary interrogation. Moreover the allegations levelled against them happened in Zamfara state,…
Governor Hope Uzodinma has emerged as the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Imo State governorship election. The chairman of the Governorship Primary Election Committee, Rear Admiral William Kayoda (retd) declared Uzodinma as the party’s flagbearer for the November 11 exercise. The party’s primary election was held at the Ndubuisi Kanu Square in Owerri, the state capital, on Friday. Uzodimma polled 63,618 votes after the party adopted the direct primary mode of election. In his speech, Uzodinma promised to redouble his efforts in tackling insecurity and delivering good governance to the people of the state if re-elected.
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Imo State, Senator Samuel Anyanwu was on Friday advised to resign as national secretary of the party. The advice was handed down to him by PDP Young Democrats, a group championing the cause of the party. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, the group said Senator Anyanwu’s continued stay in office despite his ambition of contesting the Imo State governorship election is wrong and repugnant to justice and fair play. Alaibi Nnana Joseph, who read the statement signed by 134 members of the group, said Anyanwu’s resignation will save…
Congress (APC) on Thursday said that President-elect, Bola Tinubu, is resting in Europe ahead of his inauguration on May 29. Mr Felix Morka, APC National Publicity Secretary, stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. According to Morka, Tinubu will swing to action immediately after he returns from Europe. When asked about the whereabouts of Tinubu, Morka said, “He [Tinubu] is probably in Europe. He’s fine. After the elections and all of the energy expended, he just decided to take a moment of rest. “Once he returns and he’s inaugurated on May 29, there will be no dulling. He’ll be…
The Kogi State All Progressives Congress, (APC), members will today, Friday, file out to elect the party’s governorship flagbearer through a direct primary. Addressing the members of the party at a stakeholders’ meeting yesterday, the Chairman Congress Committee and Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Bello Matawalle said only up-to-date financial members whose names are on the register will be allowed to vote. Those to slug it out at the primary election are Barr. Salami Ozigi Deedat, Hon. Usman Ododo, Dr. Sanusi Ohiare, Sen. Smart Adeyemi and Prof. Stephen Ocheni. They are the major contenders. Recalled that the Kogi State Deputy…
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, begged voters in Adamawa and Kebbi States. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) fixed April 15 for supplementary elections in the states. The election will be conducted in five senatorial districts, 31 federal constituencies and 58 state assembly constituencies. In a statement by his spokesperson Paul Ibe, Atiku enjoined the electorate to support his party’s standard bearers. “I make a special appeal to voters to ensure that PDP enjoys overwhelming support,” the former Vice President noted. In his home state Adamawa, 36,935 voters in 69 polling units (PUs)…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has adopted a direct mode of primaries for the conduct of the forthcoming Kogi Governorship Primary Election slated for April 14. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the party informed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of its decision to adopt the direct primary mode in a letter dated April 6. The letter, which was signed by the party’s Acting National Chairman, Abubakar Kyari, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, followed an earlier one to the commission dated Jan. 25 The letter read in part: “We refer to our earlier…
The Kogi State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has denied media reports that it has suspended former lawmaker, Dino Melaye. The PDP in a statement signed by Farouk Yahaya, State Secretary of the Party noted that at no time did it contemplate suspension of the Governorship Aspirant. Yahaya, in the statement, warned trouble and mischief makers who are bent on causing a crisis in the PDP to desist, pointing out that the party remains focused going into the primary election. He urged members of the Party and the general public to discountenance the misleading information pointing out that it…