Zhevago’s lawyers said in a joint statement that beyond the respect of the human rights, this decision carries the mark of good sense. A French court of appeal ruled Thursday not to extradite to Ukraine the Ukrainian billionaire businessman Kostyantin Zhevago, who was temporarily detained in France in December. Ukraine’s National Bureau of Investigation had said Zhevago, who owns a majority stake in mining group Ferrexpo, was wanted on suspicion of embezzlement and money laundering related to the bankruptcy of Ukrainian bank Finance and Credit. Zhevago was detained in Courchevel, a ski resort in the French Alps. At the time,…
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The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Thursday, said it has reversed the referral of the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom to the National Disciplinary Committee. The party had referred Ortom to the disciplinary committee over alleged anti-party activities. A statement issued by Hon. Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary of the main opposition party, said the NWC also reverses the suspension of five others [arty members including, Ayodele Fayose (Ekiti State), H.E Ibrahim Shema (Katsina State), Sen. Pius Anyim (Ebonyi State), Prof. Dennis Ityavyar (Benue State) , Dr. Aslam Aliyu (Zamfara State) According to him, the…
The Benue State Working Committee of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has suspended the Igyorov Ward Exco of the party in Gboko Local Government Area of the state with immediate effect. Igyorov Ward Exco was responsible for the suspension of the embattled party’s National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu. Recall that Kashi Philip, the Ward Chairman, and Mr. Vangeryina Dooyum, Ward Secretary had explained that Ayu was suspended by the Executive for alleged anti-party activities. The exco stated that the decision to suspend the National Chairman was reached after the leadership reviewed his conduct at the end of the just concluded general…
Labour Party (LP) in Nasarawa State has suspended 11 executive members for engaging in anti-party activities at the just-concluded governorship and House of Assembly elections. This was contained in a statement issued in Lafia on Thursday and signed by Mr Alex Emmanuel, Party Chairman and Mr Ashime Benjamin, Assistant State Secretary. It stated that the suspension was pronounced in conjunction with the national body of the party to stave recurrence. The suspended executive members were state and local government party officials who were allegedly involved in anti-party activities at the March 18 elections. “With reference to a complaint made to…
Pensioners under the aegis of Concerned Abia State Pensioners have staged a city-wide jubilation in Umuahia, the state capital, to celebrate the defeat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the governorship election. They described the failure of PDP during the governorship and National Assembly elections in the state as God’s special way of rewarding the umbrella party for allegedly subjecting pensioners in Abia to sorrow. The retirees, dressed in all-white apparel during their celebration march in the streets of Umuahia, said the victory of Dr Alex Otti on March 18 was an answered prayer from God. Carrying placards inscribed…
Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State and the All Progressives Congress, APC, have written to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, demanding a review of the results of the 2023 governorship polls conducted in the state. According to an acknowledged copy of the letter signed by U. O Sule, SAN, the party and its governorship candidate alleged that the declaration of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate as the winner of the election is a complete negation of the Electoral Act and other extant rules guiding the conduct of the election in Nigeria. The APC said a winner should…
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has declared that the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is the only candidate whose campaign was not based on ethnoreligious sentiments. Mumuni, a former gubernatorial candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) in Lagos State, made these disclosures via a statement made available to the media on Thursday through his media aide, Rasheed Abubakar. The chieftain, while congratulating the president-elect on the occasion of his 71st birthday, which took place yesterday, remarked that Tinubu founded formidable political platforms and mentored many great leaders who are on…
A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain Umar Sani, has advised that the opposition party suspends Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State, over anti-party activities during the just concluded general elections. Sani, a former special adviser on media to former Vice President Namadi Sambo, disclosed this on Thursday in an Arise Television interview monitored by the media. According to him, Wike should be treated like the former Governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Pius Anyim and others suspended by the party last week. He explained that Wike, the pioneer of G5 Governors,…
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the just concluded presidential election, Peter Obi has hailed the party for reducing the price of its governorship nomination form. The LP said the nomination forms for the off-cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo states is now N15 million instead of N25 million. Obi said he had advised that the price which was similar to what is obtainable in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and All Progressives Congress, APC, be reduced. He also thanked the leadership of the party for heeding his plea to refund N25 million to the family…
The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Working Committee and the enlarged State Executive Committee on Tuesday decided to go to court to challenge the result of the Abia Governorship election which declared the Labour Party candidate, Alex Otti as winner, especially in six Local Government Areas where the BVAS machines were not used. This was disclosed in a statement by Hon. Elder Abraham Amah, the Abia PDP Vice Chairman/Acting State Publicity Secretary, today. InfoStride News reports that this is coming less than a week after Okezie Ikpeazu, Governor of Abia State, had congratulated Otti for winning…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu, presided over by Ndukwe Anyanwu, Tuesday, reserved judgement in a suit seeking to disqualify all candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from participating in the recently held 2023 elections. The suit, brought by Comrade Chika Emmanuel Idoko of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) sought for the PDP’s disqualification on the grounds that the party contravened Section 77 of the Electoral Act. Although the Federal High Court, sitting in Enugu, had on February 17, 2023, delivered judgement, saying that the petitioner had no locus standi to pursue the action, Idoko, through his lawyers…
There are strong indications that the Kwara State government may soon conduct local government elections in the 16 local councils of the state. This followed the submission of seven nominees for the board of the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission, KWSIEC, by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to the State House of Assembly. According to the re-elected governor, “Having now cleared all legal logjams on its way, the process for the conduct of the local government election has begun. “This begins with the immediate constitution of the KWSIEC board once the nominees have been confirmed by the parliament,” governor Abdulrazaq asserted in…
A group under the aegis of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Patriotic Support Group has asked the Chairman of the party in Bauchi State, Mr Babayo Misau to resign his appointment. The group also urged the national leadership of the party to adopt practical steps that would prevent members who defected from returning to its fold. The Chairman of the group, Almustapha Zubairu made the call at a news conference on Wednesday in Bauchi. He said that the chairman of the party should honorably resign for allegedly abandoning his responsibility at the time of peak need. “We call on him…
The All Progressives Congress in Delta State says the race to recover its stolen mandate from political marauders is earnestly being pursued with all manner of vigour, due diligence and resolute determination. The Party said its governorship candidate in the election, Ovie Omo-Agege is equally suited for the task of rescuing Delta State from desperate and despicable political jobbers. It congratulated the House of Assembly members-elect who won on the platform of the Party as they received their certificates of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Asaba. The APC called for calm and total support from all…
The Enugu Election Tribunal says it has received 14 petitions so far from aggrieved parties and candidates in the Feb. 25 National Assembly elections. The Tribunal Secretary, Mr Yusuf Folmi, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Enugu. Folmi noted that the petitions were expected to be filed within the stipulated time frame given for the submission of petitions by any aggrieved candidate and parties. “The Tribunal has only received 14 petitions and it is expecting more,” he said. He said that the parties that had filed petitions so far were the Peoples…
Senator Shehu Sani has said the outcome of the presidential election would not have favoured the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, even if the party’s Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, had resigned. The social commentator stated this in a tweet while reacting to the current leadership crisis rocking the main opposition party. At least five governors elected under the PDP had, prior to the general elections, demanded Ayu’s resignation as the only condition to work for the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Ayu’s refusal to resign led to the formation of the G-5 governors who worked for candidates of other parties during the…
Senator Dino Melaye, who represented the Kogi West Senatorial District, during the 8th National Assembly, has indicated an interest in the forthcoming governorship election in Kogi State. The former lawmaker made this known in a campaign poster captioned “no more stealing and killings”, tweeted on his official Twitter handle on Wednesday. InfoStride News reports that the move came barely a month after Atiku Abubakar was defeated in the presidential election. Melaye was one of the spokespersons for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Campaign Council, PCC, during Atiku’s campaign. Atiku of the PDP was, however, defeated by the current president-elect, Bola…
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has suggested why the embattled National Chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, was suspended. George claimed that Ayu was suspended because they wanted to embarrass him out of office. A few days ago, the PDP Executive Committee in Igyorov Ward, Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State, suspended Ayu. Following his suspension at the ward level, Ayu stepped down, and Umar Damagum was named as his replacement. The embattled PDP Chairman had been embroiled in a bitter feud with five PDP governors called the G-5. Reacting, the…
A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Alhaji Usman Baba Musa, has urged losers in the just concluded presidential and gubernatorial elections to accept the outcome and take it in good faith. He also advised elected politicians to make the best use of the opportunities God has given to them to improve the lives of Nigerians. While speaking to newsmen in Kaduna immediately after his morning Ramadan prayers, Musa told politicians to always listen to the instructions from God before taking any step. According to him, “In any political contest, there must…
The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has nominated two persons to the Presidential Transition Council (PTC). InfoStride News reported that President Muhammadu Buhari reserved two slots for the President-elect in the transition council. On Tuesday, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, who is also the PTC Chairman, Boss Mustapha, stated that Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, Governor of Kebbi State, and a former Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State, Chief Olawale Edun, had been nominated as members of the council. Mustapha said that he and 15 members and 13 subcommittees would ensure a smooth handover to Tinubu. He disclosed that…