The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has anointed former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio as the Senate President of the 10th Assembly, while Hon. Tajudeen Abbas from Kaduna State has also been named as the Speaker of the House. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka disclosed this while briefing journalists at the end of the NEC meeting held on Monday at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja. He said: “The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) met today, Monday, May 8, 2023 to consider…
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The Action Alliance (AA) said it withdrew its petition challenging Tinubu’s victory at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja for the sake of the country’s unity. The party claimed it would not want to be the reason Nigeria is thrown into another horrific experience similar to the aftermath of the June 12, 1993 presidential election won by the late Chief MKO Abiola of Southwest extraction. AA chairman Adekunle Rufai Omo-Aje in a statement made available to newsmen in Kaduna on Monday, avowed that, as active democrats in the democratic experiment, the party’s members refused to be used by proponents…
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday called for officials to map out specific steps to hasten security and economic cooperation with Japan following his weekend summit in Seoul with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Kishida during Sunday’s meeting expressed sympathy toward Koreans forced into industrial slavery during Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula as the leaders vowed to overcome historical grievances and strengthen cooperation in the face of the North Korean nuclear threat and other challenges. The summit, which was the second meeting between the leaders in less than two months, drew a mixed reaction in…
All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain Bayo Onanuga has accused the Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of blackmailing the judiciary over President-elect Bola Tinubu. In a statement Monday morning, Onanuga said God has plans for Nigeria and “chose a man who has the best leadership pedigree and espouses the best vision” to pilot affairs from May 29. The former Media Director of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) said, having witnessed elections since 1979, “2023 election was the best, most free and fair, most transparent”. Onanuga noted that those pillorying the exercise and the Independent National Electoral…
The Supreme Court on Monday fixed Tuesday, May 9, to deliver its judgment in the disputed July 16 governorship election in Osun State. The apex court fixed the 24-hour period for the judgment delivery after taking arguments from parties involved in the matter. At the centre of the disputed election is the incumbent Governor Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke, who stood for the poll on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Adegboyega Oyetola who was the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate. However, while Oyetola is the appellant in the Supreme Court matter, having lost at the Court of…
The Supreme Court is set to hear the case of Governor Ademola Adeleke and Adegboyega Oyetola over the duly elected governor and winner of the Osun gubernatorial election of July 16, 2022, today. InfoStride News recalls that Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Challenging the victory at a tribunal led by Justice Tertse Kume-led, which sat in Osogbo, Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was pronounced duly elected governor against the declaration of INEC. But the Appeal Court, in a judgment by Justice Mohammed Shaibu on…
A dramatic twist played out on Sunday in Abuja as the South-East Senate caucus cautioned the President-elect, Bola Tinubu and the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, over the zoning of the position of Senate President. They described the purported zoning of the 10th Senate Presidency to the South-South. Their stand was contained in a communique issued after several hours of meeting held at the Maitama residence of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, YPP, representing Anambra South Senatorial District. They rejected the zoning of the Senate President to the South South, saying that since the South East was denied presidency…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is yet to receive official communication from the House of Representatives on its resolution regarding the nation’s voter register. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, told newsmen on Friday in Abuja, while reacting to a media publication of the House of Representatives calling for the removal of fictitious names from the register. Oyekanmi said that the House of Representatives had called on INEC to remove fictitious names from the register. The House made the resolution at its plenary on Thursday, following the unanimous adoption of a motion of urgent…
Senator Bola Tinubu, the President-elect, has congratulated Prince Charles on his coronation as King of England, saying he looks forward to further engagements with the British Government. He said this in his congratulatory letter as the President-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to the crowned King on Saturday in Abuja. He noted that the splendour of British monarchy and its rich tradition came to the fore again and the world literally came to a standstill as Charles was crowned the new British King, with the appellation of King Charles III. “By way of this letter, therefore, I convey to…
Hajiya Turai Yar’Adua, the wife of late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, has dished out some tips to the incoming First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on how to manage her husband when he’s eventually sworn in as the president. The former First Lady, who spoke in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service in Kaduna on Saturday, May 6, 2023, advised Oluremi to never stop advising the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as others would only tell him things that soothe his ears. Turai said this in response to questions on what her advice to the awaiting First Lady would be given…
The Igbo Elders Consultative Forum has urged the judiciary to give accelerated hearing on ligations over the 2023 presidential election and give its verdict before May 29, the swearing-in day. The Chairman of the Forum, Chief Simon Okeke, made the call at a news conference on Saturday in Abuja. Okeke who is also the Chairman, Igbo Patriotic Forum (IPF), said there was need for the Supreme Court to give its verdict before the swearing-in of anybody as the next president of Nigeria. He also urged the Judiciary to consider the corporate existence of Nigeria in handling the litigations on the…
The Military High Command has said that the May 29 handover ceremony will certainly hold because it has not seen any reason the President-elect, Bola Tinubu should not be sworn in on Monday, May 29, 2023. The command said its officers are on standby to forestall any unwanted happening in the country before, during and after the inauguration ceremony. Director, Defence Media Operation, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami gave this assurance while fielding questions from journalists on Thursday, May 4, 2023. Danmadami said the military will support the police to make sure nothing unwanted happens, adding that any threat to the security…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (IReV) has failed to upload complete results from the 2023 presidential elections, 69 days after the polls were held. As of the time of filing this report, only 167,443 polling units out of the 176,846 where elections were held have been uploaded on the portal. This means that results from 9,403 polling units are yet to be uploaded, raising concerns that they may have been lost and may never be recovered. While all the states have successfully uploaded polling units from at least one local government area, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have failed to…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has dispelled the rumours of him jostling to become Chief of Staff in President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. El-Rufai stated this in Gombe on Saturday while addressing newsmen. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that El-Rufai was in the state to inaugurate the construction of 550 housing units and Gombe Geographic Information Systems (GOGIS) Service Centre. He described the reports on the different portfolios being assigned to him and published on national dailies as “mere speculations”. The governor said he was more interested in contributing to the development of Nigeria than jostling for…
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has laughed off suggestions that the May 29, 2023, inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, can be legally stopped. The Minister also described as ridiculous a report that some foreign lawyers have been flown into Nigeria to lead the legal team of the Labour Party and Peter Obi at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) which will commence sitting on Monday, May 8, 2023. This comes following a claim by a Labour Party governorship aspirant in Imo State, Sam Amadi, who said the May 29 inauguration of the president-elect…
The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has extolled the late President, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, for displaying patriotism and excellence in public service. The former Lagos State governor said this in his tribute to the late president on the occasion of his death anniversary. Yar’Adua died on May 5, 2010, about three years into his tenure as the 13th Nigerian president and the President-elect said Nigerians will never forget the deceased who he described as his “good friend and brother” in the struggle for democracy and good governance in the country. Tinubu will be sworn in as Nigeria’s 16th president on May…
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has dissociated itself from the endorsement of Senator Godswill Akpabio for Senate Presidency by Coalition of Northern groups. Alhaji Musa Saidu, a member of the ACF said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Saidu, also the leader of the Arewa Community in Southern Nigeria, said that endorsing Akpabio for the Senate Presidency would spell doom for Northern Nigeria. “We hereby dissociate ourselves from the endorsement of Sen. Godswill Akpabio for the Senate Presidency by a coalition of Northern groups. “The Coalition is not speaking for the North, it is just speaking for itself.…
King Charles III was officially crowned the King of the United Kingdom as the Imperial State Crown was placed on his head amid spectacular pomp and pageantry at Westminster Abbey here on a rainy Saturday, reminiscent of the Coronation of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, 70 years ago. The solemn religious ceremony that dates back almost a thousand years began with Charles taking an oath of service before the Archbishop of Canterbury opened the service, which included a reading by Britain’s first Hindu Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Part of the sacred ceremony involved Charles and his wife Camilla being…
Veteran actor and spokesperson for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo has said the party’s candidate, Peter Obi will emerge the next president of Nigeria if the presidential tribunal lives up to its “true bidding.” He stated this while featuring as a guest on News Central’s programme, Politics HQ, recently. He said, “If the court of justice will live up to its true bidding of being a court of justice, I will tell you by the grace of God, Peter Obi will be the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.” Okonkwo said section 134 2b of…
The Labour Party, Kaduna State chapter, has suspended three of its card-carrying members that took part in what it called “the so-called NEC meeting” that took place in Bauchi, Bauchi State on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Among those suspended are Bashir Idris Aliyu, Alhaji Ibrahim Sidi Bamali and Engr Michael Ayuba Auta and the decision of their suspension would be forwarded to the National Working Committee of the Labour Party and other relevant bodies for further actions. Addressing newsmen in Kaduna on Saturday, Idris Yusuf, the party state Public Relations Officer explained that the party dissociated itself from the illegal…