Eight House of Assembly candidates of the Labour Party (LP) in Adamawa State formally stepped down for their counterparts in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The development, announced on Tuesday, came about 10 days after the LP governorship candidate in the state, Umar Mustapha, stepped down his ambition for his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Aishatu Binani, and less than a week after six governorship candidates of other parties endorsed Ahmadu Fintiri of PDP. Addressing newsmen at a conference in Yola on Tuesday regarding their decision, the leader of the LP House of Assembly candidates, Mr Dinge Elon said their…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Assembly candidate for Abeokuta South State Constituency 1 in Ogun State, Solomon Enilolobo, has shelved his ambition and declared support for the second term bid of the state governor, Dapo Abiodun. Enilolobo, who announced his stepping down from the House of Assembly race scheduled for Saturday, when led his supporters to the Iperu-Remo residence of the governor, to decamp to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), said PDP in Ogun is not only lawless, but total disregard and respect for the Rule of Law. According to him, “PDP is a sinking ship, its…
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State, has alleged that the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has perfected plans to hack into Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, portals to manipulate the process of next Saturday’s gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections to its advantage. A statement in Ilorin on Tuesday by the spokesman of the party in the state, Aro Tajudeen Folaranmi, urged the electoral umpire to be vigilant in the use of its various electronic platforms for the exercise. “Of particular concern is the information at our disposal that the opposition party has perfected plans to…
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State has issued a statement decrying the alleged endorsement of Prof Sandy Onor, the governorship candidate of major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, by Mr Peter Obi, candidate of Labour Party during the 25 February 2023 presidential election. The alleged endorsement has angered the APC on one hand as well as Labour Party supporters in the state, who claimed Obi, who they massively voted for to win in the state, has ignored their governorship candidate, Ogar Osim. In a trending video, Obi was heard saying that Prof Onor, a Senator…
The legal team of Labour Party (LP) candidate for the governorship election in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (GRV), said he remains the party’s authentic flagbearer. Olagbade Benson, the Lead Counsel, told reporters on Monday that three court cases instituted against his client’s candidacy recently had been struck out. Benson, in company of other lawyers Uchechukwu Ani and Kemi Afesojaye, dismissed the claim of former LP candidate and Chairman in Lagos, Ifagbemi Awamaridi, that he had a case against Rhodes-Vivour. The legal practitioner declared that the affidavit being brandished by Awamaridi as the true position of the court is fake. He…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Biodun Ajiboye, has claimed that the Indigenous of Biafra, IPOB, helped the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi to win the February 25 election in the state. He said that the IPOB is one major reason the Labour Party must not be allowed to lead Lagos State, since, according to him, the leader of the party, Peter Obi, never spoke against the secessionist movement. He also accused the former Anambra State governor of riding on the back of religious and tribal factors to defeat the APC in…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has reacted to the ethnic strife brewing in some states, especially Lagos, following the outcome of the presidential and National Assembly elections and the upcoming governorship and state assembly polls. There have been anger and disagreement in Lagos since Obi defeated the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate and former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in the state. Peter Obi’s Labour Party and his Obidient movement are also working towards unseating the incumbent Governor of the State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in the March 18 governorship election and for this reason,…
The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi State, Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii, has, a few days to the March 18, 2023 governorship and House of Assembly elections, paid a condolence visit to one of the party chieftains, Ozoemena Nkwuda, who was shot dead by unknown gunmen. Nkwuda, a father of three, was killed by unknown gunmen during the February 25th, 2023 general election in the State. Infostride News reports that the deceased was a cousin to the Director-General of the Campaign Council of the PDP, Ebonyi State, Chief Austin Igwe Edeze. The 42-year-old Nkwuda was murdered by…
The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has again accused the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State of equipping political thugs to scuttle the March 18 governorship election. Chairman of the CUPP in the state, Festus Okafar made the allegation in a statement he made available to journalists on Monday. Okafor said the recent press briefing by the South-East Council of Traditional Rulers was a vindication of the CUPP’s allegations against the PDP. The South East Council of Traditional Rulers had on Thursday expressed concern over the plot by some desperate politicians to unleash mayhem during the forthcoming…
The US has begun an aggressive new push to inflict pain on Russia’s economy and specifically its oligarchs with the intent of thwarting the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. From the Treasury Department to the Justice Department, U.S. officials will focus on efforts to legally liquidate the property of Russian oligarchs, expand financial penalties on those who facilitate the evasion of sanctions, and close loopholes in the law that allow oligarchs to use shell companies to move through the U.S. financial system. Andrew Adams, who heads the KleptoCapture task force, designed to enforce the economic restrictions within the U.S. imposed on…
Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, has insisted the 2023 presidential election remains the worst election in the country’s history. Obi made the statement on Monday when he appeared on Arise Television’s Morning Show. The former Anambra State Governor, who has already contested the outcome of the election by filing suit at the presidential election petition tribunal, said it is probably the worst election considering the flagrant abuse of the 2022 electoral law. “If you look at the last election, it is probably the worst election, considering in this particular republic, the 2022 electoral law which was meant…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Monday, commenced sitting in an appeal filed by Mr Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against a judgment of the tribunal which invalidated his election as Governor of Osun State. The three-member panel of justices began sitting in the appeal at about 10am. While Adeleke is the appellant, Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are 1st and 2nd respondents in the appeal marked: CA/AK/EPT/GOV/01/2023. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the PDP are also joined as 3rd respondent and 4th respondent respectively. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, on Sunday disclosed that over 170,000 polling unit results of the Feb. 25 presidential and National Assembly elections have been uploaded on its Result Viewing Portal (IReV). Okoye also revealed that the reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Registration Systems (BVAS) would be completed by Tuesday, March 14, in preparation for the March 18 governorship and state Assembly elections. He stated this while featuring on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. According to him, no political party will be given permission to look into the brain…
A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani has noted that Northern politicians are now being nice and humble to the people. According to Sani, this could be as a result of lessons learnt from the February 25 presidential election. Nigerians trooped out en-masse to decide their next leader during the presidential election and even though there are reports of massive rigging and electoral fraud across the country, the turnout showed that the people, especially the youth, are now prepared to make decisions about who leads them. Sani, a former representative of Kaduna central Senatorial District in the Bukola Saraki-led 8th Assembly,…
Following the conclusion of the presidential election, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said the emergence of the Labour Party, LP, flag bearer, Peter Obi ensured the emergence of a Southern President-elect. Wike disclosed this while naming Obi as the hero of the presidential election. He spoke at a town hall meeting with Igbo traders in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Saturday. Wike said the states where Obi recorded victories would have been won by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The governor said such a situation would have made the North retain power. According to Wike: “In this…
The Bauchi State Governorship, National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal, has granted leave to PDP candidate, Garba Dahiru to access sensitive materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during the NASS election on February 25 2023. Justice Wilfred Kpochi, who led the three-man panel, gave the order following an ex-parte application filed by Dahiru and his party. INEC announced APC’s Shehu Umar as the winner of the Bauchi South Senatorial District election on February 26th. Alex Hassan, lead Counsel to the applicant, had prayed the court to compel INEC to allow his client to obtain documents…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed Ladi Adebutu as the authentic governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State. INEC declared Adebutu the rightful candidate, having won all the cases against his candidature at the Supreme Court. Earlier, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Dapo Abiodun on New Media, Emmanuel Ojo, had claimed the PDP had no governorship candidate in Ogun State. Ojo, on different social media platforms, said: ”Ogun PDP does not have a governorship candidate according to INEC list. Don’t waste your vote when it is time. Vote for APC.” But, the INEC…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it has taken steps to resolve problems encountered during the 25th February presidential and National Assembly elections. Resident Electoral Commissioner, Professor Muhammad Lawan Bashar, stated this in an interview with newsmen over the commission’s readiness for the coming 18th March elections. He said the commission in Jigawa State had received over 20 petitions from different political parties and individuals across the state. “We have so far received over twenty petitions from political parties and candidates as well as applications for the issuance of certified true copies of our ballots papers and results sheets.”…
The otherwise serene Adamawa State Muslim Council is currently rocked with a row relating to endorsements of politicians in the ongoing political transition. Trouble started when a majority number of the leadership announced the endorsement of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 governorship election. In a move which confirmed that the endorsement did not go down well with some officials of the Council, the Secretary of the Council in Michika Local Government Area, Alhaji Abdulrahman Maina Yaji, has resigned. Yaji left his office in the Council, expressing sadness that it had been politicized…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun has threatened to occupy police stations across the state unless the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali, does not stop the ongoing arrest of its leaders ahead of the Saturday, March 18, 2023, state House of Assembly election. The party, which maintained that it is the ruling party in the state and its members are law-abiding citizens, ruled out restoring to self-help but added that if the harassment continued, it would mobilise and storm all police posts in peaceful protests so that all their members in the state would be arrested This…