The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, electoral committee for the gubernatorial primary in Bayelsa State, Gov. Ademola Adeleke, has called for the unity of purpose in the party after the conduct of the exercise. Adeleke led other committee members to the Dr Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre, Yenagoa, where the exercise will hold on Wednesday. He expressed optimism that the party stands undefeated in the state if united after the primary election that will produce the flag bearer, adding that the task of retaining power in the state will depend on their unity. He said, “Our task today is…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
Nine candidates that contested in the just concluded House of Assembly elections on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, have challenged their arch-rival the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in court. The NNPP candidates have filed their petitions before the Kano Governorship, National and state House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting at Miller road court complex. The petitioners have also prayed the tribunal to grant their request for a motion ex parte. The applicants have asked the court for a motion ex parte allowing them to inspect the materials used by…
US President Joe Biden has once agains teased a run for a second term but stopped short of announcing it. “I plan on running,” Biden told an NBC news interview Monday, adding, “but we’re not prepared to announce it yet.” Biden has said before that he intends to seek a second term but he would announce it only after consulting his family. First Lady Jill Biden told CNN in February, “I’m all for it, of course.” Though an official announcement has not been made yet, there are every indication that the US President will run for a second term, defying…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, prayed the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja to dismiss the petition filed by the Labour Party (LP) and its Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, against the emergence of Sen. Bola Tinubu as president-elect in the February 25 election. The APC, the 4th respondent, urged the PEPC to reject the petition in its notice of preliminary objection marked: CA/PEPC/03/2023 and filed at PEPC’s Secretariat on Monday night by Thomas Ojo, a member of the party’s legal team led by Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, in Abuja. The party asked the tribunal to dismiss the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State and its Governorship Candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), have submitted a petition before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Lagos State. PDP and Jandor are calling for the disqualification of the Labour Party (LP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates in the election for non-compliance with the Electoral Act, 2022. In the petition marked EPT/LAG/GOV/01/2023 and dated April 7, the petitioners challenged the outcome of the March 18 gubernatorial election on the grounds of substantial non-compliance with the Electoral Act and the guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). While INEC is the…
All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain, Osita Izunaso has stated that the sentiments of Igbos regarding “marginalisation” were justified. He spoke on Monday in Abuja while making a case for the zoning of the 10th Senate Presidency to the South-East, NAN reports. Izunaso believes he is the most qualified, adding that agitation in his region will subside if an Igbo leads the next Senate. The politician said the development would ensure inclusiveness and lessen the demand for Biafra, especially among youths “misled by separatists”. The Imo West Senator-Elect noted that the South-East remains the “most disadvantaged geopolitical zone since 1960”. “The…
Cletus Obun, a member of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, said installing a Muslim leadership in the 10th National Assembly would confirm the Islamization agenda of the ruling party. He stated that the party must be sensitive to give the national leadership to a Christian from the South. Obun disclosed this on Tuesday during an Arise Television interview monitored by the media. According to him, since the President-elect and Vice President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kasim Shettima, are Muslims, it would be wise and morally justifiable for a Christian to lead the National Assembly. Members of the National…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said Dino Melaye, a spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, cannot be Governor of Kogi State. Wike warned that the PDP would fail if Melaye emerged as its governorship candidate. Addressing selected journalists in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, Wike stressed that the former Kogi West Senator lacked the capacity to govern a state. According to Wike: “If you give Dino the governorship ticket, you know he will fail; there is no way he can win. Why will Kogi people say they would vote for a candidate like…
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi, on Tuesday said no power can deprive the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, of his mandate. Umahi, who made the assertion in Abakaliki, dedicated the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state and across the country to God. According to him, those seeking to upturn the victories at the tribunal are simply wasting their time and resources. “APC, as a party, merited all it got at the polls,” the governor added. He advised those thinking they would rob Tinubu of his mandate to have a re-think because he cannot be stopped. “When people say…
INEC, the 1st respondent, stated this in its reply filed on Monday night at the PEPC’s Secretariat by its lawyer, Abubakar Mahmoud, SAN, in Abuja. The commission prayed the court to either “dismiss or strike out the petition for being grossly incompetent, abusive, vague, nebulous, generic, general, non-specific, ambiguous, equivocal, hypothetical and academic.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Obi, the 1st petitioner, and LP, the 2nd petitioner, had sued INEC, Sen. Bola Tinubu, Sen. Kashim Shettima and All Progressives Congress (APC) as 1st to 4th respondents respectively. ADVERTISEMENT The petitioners are seeking the nullification of the…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran better known as Jandor believes he could still be declared the winner of the March 18 governorship election in Lagos. Jandor who came third in the election with a total of 62,449 votes believes the law could work in his favour having approached the Lagos governorship election petition tribunal to challenge the victory of the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. In the election, Sanwo-Olu, the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) scored a total of 762,134 votes to emerge victorious, while Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour of the Labour…
The Federal Government has challenged the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to clarify his position on a leaked audio of the conversation he allegedly had with a prominent Nigerian cleric. The audio clip as released by an online newspaper was an alleged conversation between Obi and the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo. Addressing the media on Monday in London, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said Obi should clarify what he meant by saying the leaked conversation was “a fake doctored audio call.” “I need to draw the attention of…
Abia Governor-Elect, Dr Alex Otti, has announced a list of distinguished professionals and technocrats as members of his Transition Council. The list, as contained in a statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Tuesday, is preparatory to his formal assumption of office on May 29, 2023. According to the statement, the Council will be chaired by Victor Onyenkpa, Partner and COO, KPMG, and co-chaired by Ifueko Okauru, former Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Arunma Oteh, former Director-General of Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission, former Treasurer and Vice President of the World…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has told the All Progressives Congress, APC, not to compromise the Ogun State Election Petition Tribunal. The PDP made this warning after filing its petition to challenge the victory of the APC in the March 18 governorship election. InfoStride News recalls that the candidate of the PDP, Ladi Adebutu, submitted his petition on Friday, asking the tribunal to declare him the winner of the election. But Ogun APC in a statement by its publicity secretary, Tunde Oladunjoye, said the ruling party took cognisance of Adebutu’s claims when he went to file the petition, advising him…
Elder statesman Edwin Clark has called for the prosecution of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, over his treason comment against the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. Clark accused Mohammed of spreading fake news against Obi. The Leader of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, SMBLF, said Mohammed’s recent visit to the United States where he accused Obi of treason “is an effort in futility.” In a statement titled, “Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information should be prosecuted for spreading fake news against the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi,” Clark wondered why Mohammed…
A forum of former chairmen of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari over the smooth conduct of the 2023 general elections. They also congratulated President-elect, Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima on their victory at the polls. This was contained in a communique issued by the group after its meeting on Monday. In the communique signed by Prophet Jones Ode Erue, Chairman and Rt. Hon. Nelson Alapa, Secretary, the chairmen also took a stand on the upcoming the off-season governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo…
All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Plateau, Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, said nobody could pressurise him against challenging outcome of March 18 Governorship Election at the tribunal. Yilwatda said this in a statement signed by Generation Next Campaign Council spokesperson, Shittu Bamayi and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Jos. The governorship candidate advised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stay away from him until the election petition tribunal completed its sittings in the state. “A newspaper report and rumours have it that talks are on to stop the party from going to the…
The Commissioner of Police in Plateau , Mr Batholemew Onyeka, said that the state House of Assembly would remain sealed till security threats within and around the assembly complex were tackled. Onyeka stated this on Tuesday in Jos while addressing newsmen on why it was sealed by security personnel since April 5. The commissioner said that the command has intelligence report on impending attack on the complex that may lead to breakdown of law and order. He said that the command, through social media, got the information that Abok Ayuba, the former speaker impeached on Oct. 28, 2021, got judgment…
Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State have called on the national leadership of the party to consider adopting a former Governor-elect, David Lyon, as its governorship candidate in the forthcoming election in the state. The Stakeholders’ Forum in a statement signed on Monday and sent to the media by its Coordinator, Gift Ebiki, advised the National Working Committee, NWC, of the APC to be careful of the conduct of its April 14th governorship primaries in Bayelsa. Ebiki said the majority of APC members and most people in Bayelsa desired Lyon to fly the flag of the…
Adamu Garba, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on the leadership of the Senate to consider Distinguished Senator Barau Jibrin from the North West region of the country for the office of Senate President. His comment is coming on the heels of the declaration of intention by the Senator representing Kano North senatorial district, Jibrin to join the Senate Presidency race. According to Garba, Jibrin should be elected as the Senate President for the 10th Assembly because of his competence and role in Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s victory during the Presidential election. He explained that Jibrin’s…