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…
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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…
Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Political Matters, Dr Alex Obiogbolu, has alleged that Anambra House of Assembly Labour Party candidates are being sponsored to fight the state government when they win. Obiogbolu, who spoke with journalists in Awka, said Anambra needs to vote for candidates of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, to avoid lawmakers who will distract the governor, when sworn in, from doing the wonderful job he has at hand. He, however, added that the governor is not looking for a rubber stamp assembly, as he is ready to work with people of all parties, but…
The national leadership of Accord has inaugurated a caretaker committee to steer the affairs of the political party in Oyo State ahead of the forthcoming governorship and state House of Assembly elections. The caretaker committee was inaugurated on Sunday in Ibadan, the state capital. The inauguration is coming a few days after the state executive council of the party was dissolved. InfoStride News recalls that the executive council was dissolved by the national leadership of the party following the suspension of the former state chairman of the party, Kolade Ojo alongside the secretary, a few hours after they declared their…
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has decried alleged intimidation and harassment of voters sympathetic to the party by the police. The party urged the security agencies in the state to ensure a level playing field for all citizens to exercise their franchise freely without let or hindrance. The PDP specifically complained about alleged intimidation of voters at polling units 031 and 032 Ode Ishowo Koro Sayodun axis of Alanamu Ward in Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state in the last Presidential and National Assembly elections. A statement in Ilorin on Sunday by the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has denied the allegation that it has refused to allow aggrieved political parties to inspect election materials as ordered by the Appeal Court. INEC National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, made the clarification, when he appeared as a guest on Arise TV on Sunday. Okoye advised lawyers of the aggrieved parties, to channel their request appropriately, so that, “the issues can be handled expeditiously.” He added that INEC, at the national level, does not conduct elections, but rather elections are conducted at the state and local government level. The INEC Commissioner…
Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) gubernatorial candidate in Kaduna State, has expressed concern over candidates using religion and tribe to woo the electorate in the March 18 governorship election in the state. He also blasted some religious bodies for endorsing some governorship candidates, describing the scenario as a bad omen to the future of democracy. He said that using religion or tribe in a complex state like Kaduna for electioneering was dangerous. Speaking to newsmen in Kaduna on Saturday, the gubernatorial candidate advised eligible voters to shun divisive politics and vote for a credible candidate that…
The candidate of Labour Party in Ibarapa East State Constituency in the forthcoming gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections in Oyo state, Hon Adesope Abiodun has dropped his ambition. Abiodun announced that he has stepped down for the Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin. He made this disclosure at the end of a meeting with the Speaker and the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ibarapa East Local Government area. Abiodun, who spoke at the meeting held at the weekend, promised to work for the victory of the Speaker in the election billed to…
Two chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bauchi State, Aminu Umar Gadiya and Saleh Hussaini Gamawa have been convicted by a Federal High Court, Bauchi and sentenced to two years imprisonment for offences that bordered on conspiracy and money laundering to the tune of N142, 460,000.00. Justice Hassan Dikko convicted Gamawa and Gadiya on March 2, while ruling on the 2-count charge brought against the defendants by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This was disclosed in a statement on Saturday by INEC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren. The defendants were first arraigned on June…
The Action Alliance (AA) has denied endorsing any gubernatorial candidate in Kaduna State. AA said that the announcement by Mohammed Lawal Kayahaya, was fraudulent and not from the party. The National Secretary of AA, Ambassador Suleiman Abdulrashid, the party’s National Secretary, while briefing newsmen in Kaduna on Saturday, explained that AA was not in alliance with any party, saying that it is preparing very well for the March 18 governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. According to him, “Mohammed Lawal Kayahaya is not the state gubernatorial candidate of AA, therefore, warned Ashiru and others to be wary…
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has declared that he is not going to run for the presidency again. Wike while addressing party supporters during the governorship election campaign rally, said power will shift to the North after eight years in the South. Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was declared the winner of the 2023 presidential election but his closest challengers have gone to court to seek redress. Wike said the reason he fought for power to return to the South was not to become President, insisting that it was not about him but a matter of principle.…
China’s Parliament on Friday unanimously endorsed an unprecedented third five-year term for President Xi Jinping. Xi, 69, was re-elected by the once-in-a-five-year Congress of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) as its leader in October last year, becoming the first Chinese leader after the party founder Mao Zedong to continue in power beyond the two five-year terms. China’s legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC) often described as the rubber stamp Parliament, for its mechanical and routine endorsement of the decisions of the CPC on Friday voted on the expected lines ratifying Xi’s third term. Xi is widely expected…
The former chairman of the Labour Party in Rivers State, Dienye Pepple has challenged the dissolution of the Rivers State executives of the party by the national chairman of the party, Julius Abure. Pepple, who briefed journalists in Port Harcourt on Friday, said the dissolution of the Rivers State executives by the national chairman was not in line with the party’s constitution. He claimed that the issue is being handled by the National Working Committee of the party and therefore, everything must remain status quo. Pepple insisted that he remains the chairman of the party in Rivers, pending the decision…
Ahead of the March 18 governorship election, Dr Alex Otti, the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in Abia State, has rubbished claims that his party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, had an agreement with Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to support the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Okey Ahiwe, in the state. Speaking on Arise Television’s The Morning Show on Friday, Otti said that there was no such agreement, adding that Obi is a man of honour. According to Otti, Obi would be in Abia to campaign for him ahead of the governorship election. He said: “I know for…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Vice Chairman, North-west, Salihu Lukman has called for an emergency national convention where a new national leadership of the party would be elected. Lukman in a statement issued Friday also called for the resignation of the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and National Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore. He stressed that with a National Chairman who is also a Muslim, it would be important that every necessary step is taken to inject a change of leadership in the party so that a new National Chairman who is a Christian can take over.…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has vowed to chase the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, the National Chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu and some other leaders of the party out of the PDP. Gov. Wike made the vow at the commissioning of a road project in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State on Thursday. Wike blamed the loss of the PDP in the just-concluded presidential election on those who he said refused to obey the Constitution of the PDP. He promised to chase them out of the party and start the process of…
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State on Thursday urged traditional leaders to be cautious of their conduct and utterances as Nigerians elect leaders at different levels. Lalong made the call during the coronation of the eighth Long Piapung of Piapung nation, Miskoom Lawrence Nashel, at the TRCM school, Pianpung, in Mikang Local Government Area ahead of the March 18 governorship election. He said, “While I admonish His Royal Highness and all other traditional rulers to be careful of their conduct and utterances during the political season. “I urge you to continue to support us by ensuring that those to take…
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has called on all residents of Rivers State to vote out the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the March 18 governorship poll, saying the state governor, Nyesom Wike cannot be trusted. In a statement issued on Friday by its President-General, Goodluck Ibem, the coalition alleged that the current administration aided the rigging of the just concluded presidential election. Reports of how Labour Party’s votes were manipulated and counted for the All Progressives Congress, APC, had trended online. COSEYL also alleged that Igbos residing in the state had been threatened to vote for…