The Labour Party, LP, presidential flag bearer in the just concluded February 25 election, Peter Obi, has arrived in Anambra State to campaign for his party’s candidates for the State House of Assembly election. Obi, who disclosed this in a post via his verified Twitter handle on Thursday, said he was in the State to thank Obidients and seek support for LP candidates. The former Anambra State governor called on the people to put an authoritative seal on the broad mandate that the party received during the presidential election. He wrote, “I arrived in Anambra State this morning. This is…
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The Allied Peoples Movement, APM, has affirmed Innocent Ekwu as its candidate in Rivers State for Saturday’s governorship election. The National Chairman, APM, Muhammad Musa, in a statement, sent to the media, on Thursday urged members of the public to discountenance claims by one Prince Atuma, that he was the authentic governorship candidate of the party. Musa said he was not aware of any meeting or congress where Atuma was elected as the governorship candidate of the party in Rivers. “I am not aware of any such meeting or congress where Prince Atuma was elected unopposed nor affirmed as our…
The Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, has upgraded its “fallacious and shameless pastime to the national level.” It accused the party of smearing the image of the APC guber candidate in the state, Sen Emmanuel Bwacha, saying the PDP is “in a dire and miserable situation.” The party’s spokesperson, Aaron Artimas, said this on Thursday while reacting to recent publications in some national dailies, where the PDP claimed that Bwacha’s name is not on the ballot papers and hence should not be voted for. The…
The North Central All Progressives Congress, APC, Forum has called on the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to pick the Director-General of his Presidential Campaign Council, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). The Forum said Governor Lalong, who is also the Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, has done a lot for the APC, the emergence of Tinubu in the presidential election, the Northern region and the nation at large. Speaking on behalf of the forum in Jos, the Plateau State capital, the Chairman of the Forum, Saleh Mandung Zazzaga, made the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it did not remove the names of Igbo and South South people from the list of ad hoc staff for Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that rumours making the rounds on social media has it that the electoral umpire in Lagos removed all Igbo and South-South staff from sensitive election duties for March 18 elections. Reacting, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lagos State, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, in a statement on Wednesday evening by Mrs Adenike Tadese, Head of…
As the people of Taraba State troop out on Saturday to vote their next governor, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday, said the All Progressives Congress, APC, has no valid candidate for the election. PDP made the declaration in line with the Supreme Court judgment of February 1, 2023 in suit No SC/CV/1564/2022. The Supreme Court had ruled that any political party that failed to comply with the provisions of the electoral act over selection of a candidate, shall not be included in the election. In line with the judgment, PDP said the APC can’t field any valid candidate…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State has reacted to claims that it is working in cahoots with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to rig Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections. In a statement made available to DAILY POST on Thursday by the Director of Publicity & Communications, Rivers PDP, Ogbonna Nwuke, he described the allegation as baseless. He said, “The banter of half-wits who are busy quarrelling with even the air they breathe while they quarrel with their tools.” He also alleged that some parties planned to bomb INEC offices in the State ahead of the…
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has debunked claims that he was being pushed to run for the position by some godfathers. The LP governorship candidate was responding to the claim by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship candidate Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor, who on Tuesday said that his LP counterpart is being backed by godfathers such as Chief Bode George. Appearing on Arise Television on Thursday morning, Rhodes-Vivour said, “In the Labour Party, there’s no godfather. I have no godfather. “I had no godfather in PDP. I only had…
Weeks after the presidential election, many Nigerians have kept hopes alive, believing that their preferred candidate can still be declared winner, this time, not by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, but by the court- the last hope of the common man. According to the laws of the land, INEC has done its job by conducting, concluding and declaring the winner of the presidential election. The electoral umpire is also bound by the law to review some of its decisions as demanded by some political parties during the collation of results. The election was said to have witnessed cases of…
The grief is still suffocating, the anger still visceral, President Joe Biden said Tuesday, in this suburban Los Angeles community where a gunman stormed a dance hall and killed 11 in January. He announced fresh federal measures to curb gun violence but emotionally declared there must be more. Do something. Do something big, he implored. I’m determined to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, Biden told the families of some of the victims who were in the audience for his remarks, along with the 26-year-old who wrestled the semiautomatic pistol away from the gunman. Biden’s rhetoric has grown ever stronger…
With three days to the governorship election, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has hinted at candidates Nigerians should vote for on Saturday. Atiku urged Nigerians to vote for candidates of the PDP during Saturday’s governorship and state House of Assembly elections across the country. The former Vice President said Saturday’s election would expose the presidential poll as a sham. He spoke in a video addressing Nigerians which was circulated by his spokesman, Paul Ibe, on Wednesday. “As the March 18 governorship and House of Assembly elections beckon, I urge you as patriotic citizens to come out…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State has claimed Governor Seyi Makinde will win most of the local government areas in the state. The gubernatorial election has been slated to hold on Saturday, 18th March 2023. The PDP has, however, claimed that Makinde who is the candidate of the party will win in at least 29 local governments out of the 33 local government areas in the state. The Publicity Secretary of PDP in the state, Akeem Olatunji made this disclosure in a statement made available to the media on Wednesday. Olatunji in the statement enjoined the candidate of…
The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has been urged to accept that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu used him to emerge victorious in the just-concluded presidential election. Reno Omokri, an ally of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, made the remark while noting that Obi was delusional to think he won the 2015 presidential election. In a tweet, Omokri wrote on Wednesday: “What kind of delusion is making Peter Obi, who couldn’t win 25% of the votes outside SE and SS and NC states with a sizeable Igbo population and Lagos, claim he won #NigerianElections2023? My…
Muhammad Gumel, the African Democratic Congress governorship candidate in Jigawa State has been expelled over alleged anti-party activities. The acting state chairman of the party, Kabiru Hussaini while briefing newsmen in Dutse, enjoined members of the ADC to support Mustapha Lamido, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, saying only the PDP could salvage the state from the total collapse it has found itself. Hussaini explained, “We are directing all our party’s supporters to support the PDP gubernatorial candidate because it’s only the PDP that can salvage the state from total collapse.” Muhammad Gumel, the ADC governorship candidate is…
As Nigerians file out on Saturday, certain factors might play a major role in deciding the governorship candidates they would vote for during the polls. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had rescheduled the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections from March 11 to March 18, 2023, due to the controversy surrounding the configuration of BVAS used during the presidential election. The National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, disclosed that the commission needed time for the reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS used for the Presidential election held on February 25, 2023. InfoStride…
The Plateau State National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal has received six petitions over the outcome of the recently conducted general elections of February 25, 2023. InfoStride News reports that of the number of petitions, five are for House of Representatives while one is for Plateau North Senatorial zone. All the six petitioners presented their prayers through ex parte applications. The candidate of the ruling APC, Ibrahim Baba Hassan’s petition is against the victory of Musa Agah Avia of the PDP for the Jos North/Bassa House of Representatives seat. His counsel Ishaq Magaji (SAN) had through an ex parte application sought…
Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has again raised the importance of zoning principle in choosing leaders that would occupy positions in the 10th National Assembly, stressing that it was the only way of achieving equity and balance among the geo-political regions. He directed his advice to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a party he dumped the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join before the general elections, even as the party prepares for the gubernatorial elections slated for Saturday March 18. Umahi, who is believed to be eyeing a leadership position in the Senate, got elected into the upper…
A socio-political group, the South West Forum for National Development, SFND, has called for the support of all senators-elect for the aspiration of former Abia State governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu to become the next Senate President of the 10th National Assembly. The group, in a statement jointly signed by its National President, Otunba Oladokun Charles Aridunu-Omo and National Secretary, Hon. Soji Ikotun in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital and made available to DAILY POST correspondent in Abuja on Tuesday, stated that Kalu is the most qualified among other contenders. It noted that Kalu, who is the incumbent Senate Chief…
The Oyo State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over alleged plans by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to unleash violence in some parts of the state. APC made this disclosure on Tuesday. InfoStride News reports that the gubernatorial election has been fixed to hold in all the 33 local government areas in the state this Saturday. The APC has however alleged that the ruling PDP is planning to engage some hoodlums. The party noted that the ruling PDP is planning to engage the hoodlums in a bid to cause crisis in the state. The…
Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan Tuesday asked his supporters to stand up for their rights and continue the struggle even if he is killed or arrested, hours after clashes erupted between the police and his party workers who gathered outside his residence here to foil his arrest in the Toshakhana case. Khan’s video message was released by his party on social media as police arrived at his Zaman Park residence to arrest him. Police fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse Khan’s supporters, who reportedly hurled stones at policemen, resulting in injuries. In the video message, Khan…