Dino Melaye, a former Kogi West Senator, has described the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike-led G-5 group, as irrelevant in the just-concluded presidential election. Melaye said the Wike-led group can’t claim glory for the loss of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Recall that Wike, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, Samuel Ortom of Benue, Seyi Makinde of Oyo and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Oyo State, all withdrew their support from PDP at a national level following the outcome of the Presidential primary in May 2022. Wike, who had vowed to support whoever emerged from the primary election, did…
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The campaign team of the governorship candidate of the Labor Party in Rivers State has revealed that the former state chairman of the party, Deniye Pepple has always been working as a mole for the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Siminialayi Fubara. Obidinma Obidinma, the Director Media and Publicity Directorate Campaign Council for the LP governorship candidate in the state, Beatrice Itubo, said Pepple’s endorsement did not come as a surprise to them. Obidinma, in a statement said since the emergence of Fubara as the PDP candidate in the state, Pepple, who is his brother…
The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has given reasons why its presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, did not congratulate the president-elect, Bola Tinubu. NNPP said Kwankwaso didn’t congratulate Tinubu because the presidential election was flawed. A statement by NNPP’s National Publicity Secretary, Agbo Major, said reports circulating that Kwankwaso congratulated Tinubu was a figment of the fertile imagination of anti-democrats, political hirelings and fifth columnists. Major said the party rejected the outcome of the election because it did not reflect the wish and mandate of Nigerians who trooped out to vote. According to Major: “The New Nigeria Peoples Party presidential candidate,…
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday launched a new framework through his newly created ministry the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology as part of a vision to cement the UK’s place as a science and technology superpower by 2030. The British Indian leader said the new Science and Technology Framework is designed to challenge every part of government to better put the UK at the forefront of global science and technology this decade through 10 key actions, creating a coordinated cross-government approach. Downing Street said that the framework will work alongside a raft of new measures backed by…
Mr Jonathan Asake, the Kaduna State gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party in Saturday’s election, says he will not step down or form any alliance with any political party. Speaking during a press conference in Kaduna, Asake called on all supporters of the party to disregard any form of rumours making the rounds, continue supporting the Labour Party and vote it into power in the state. He re-affirmed his party’s commitment to winning the gubernatorial election, assuring that all the necessary machinery has been put in place to protect the party’s mandate by insisting that every vote counts, is protected…
The Labour Party has dissolved the party’s State Executive Council in Rivers State. The National Chairman of LP, Julius Abure said the decision followed alleged anti-party activities and corruption in the management of party funds in the state. Abure disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, saying the dissolution is with immediate effect. He said he has lost confidence in the ability of the “compromised State Executive Council” led by Deinye Pepple to lead the campaign for the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections come March 11. According to him, they were at the helm of affairs in Rivers…
With barely four days to the governorship election across the country, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State on Tuesday boasted that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state will retain power in the state. “By afternoon on Sunday, APC will be declared winner of the governorship election,” he boasted. Lalong stated this while speaking with journalists at the NUJ Secretariat in Jos, the state capital, after inspecting the remodelled NUJ Council Secretariat. He said: “My candidate (Nentawe Yilwatda) will emerge victorious in the governorship election come Saturday. “Even the presidential polls, I had said everywhere I go, that…
The Independent National Electoral Commission and the Police in Kebbi State have dismissed alleged plans to connive with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to rig the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state. NAN recalls that the PDP gubernatorial candidate in the state, Gen. Aminu Bande, made the allegation at a news conference in Birnin Kebbi. NAN reports that the candidate had alleged that the INEC, in collaboration with the police, was conniving with the ruling party to conduct the forthcoming elections without using Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). He also insinuated that ballot papers would be…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended Dr. Nura Ali, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Sokoto State, with immediate effect. InfoStride News reports that the suspension is coming just days before the governorship and House of Assembly elections. Ali’s suspension was announced in a letter by INEC’s Secretary, Rose Orlaran-Anthony, on Monday. Ali was instructed to stay away from the Commission’s office in Sokoto until further notice. The letter reads: “This is to inform you of the Commission’s decision for you [Dr Nura Ali], Resident Electoral Commissioner, Sokoto State, to stay away from the Commission’s office in Sokoto…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday reaffirmed its judgment compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to put up the names of candidates submitted to it by the national chairman of the Action Alliance (AA), Dr Adekunle Rufai Omoaje. On November 4, 2023, Justice Z. B. Abubakar in a ruling ordered INEC to recognize the candidates submitted to it for the presidency, National Assembly, governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections by Omoaje. The court on Monday directed INEC to recognize the candidates and paste their names at its headquarters and all its state offices. It also…
The Labour Party, LP, has denied it will align with any political party ahead of this weekend’s governorship and State Assembly elections. The National Chairman of LP, Julius Abure, noted this in a statement on Tuesday. Abure said the party didn’t instruct any state chapter to liaise with or support candidates of other parties. He called on supporters to vote for LP candidates in the forthcoming polls. “This call becomes necessary given reports from some political opportunists from other political platforms, claiming that they have reached an agreement with Obidients and LP supporters to cast their ballots for them in…
Eight political parties have withdrawn from the forthcoming governorship election in Kaduna State and are now supporting the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Isa Ashiru. The move is aimed at ensuring that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC is defeated in the governorship election in the state and the main opposition party, PDP takes over the affairs of the state. Amb. Sanin Yaya, the chairman of the Rescue and Rebuild Gubernatorial Candidates Forum, speaking on behalf of all the candidates while addressing newsmen in Kaduna on Monday, said: “Today, we wish to announce our support and loyalty…
Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said the party will not allow the Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, hand over the state to Igbos. Fani-Kayode noted that Yorubas and Igbos were subjected to torture in the Southeast during the presidential election. In a series of tweets, the politician said some Igbos were killed in the Southeast for voting for the President-elect. According to Fani-Kayode: “How can such a well brought up & distinguished young man be one of those that joined the mob to burn…
A Pakistani court here on Monday rejected former prime minister Imran Khan’s plea seeking the suspension of the non-bailable warrant issued against him in the Toshakhana case. Additional Session judge Zafar Iqbal, who had earlier in the day reserved the verdict, announced it later in the day after a brief hearing of the case. During today’s hearing, Khan’s lawyers Ali Bukhari, Qaiser Imam, and Gohar Ali Khan appeared before the Islamabad district and sessions court, where Bukhari contended that his client had always followed court orders.
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has denied reports that he held a meeting with the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress (APC), at the Imo State Government House, Owerri, on how to stop the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi from pursuing the process to reclaim his mandate through a court process. Tinubu was declared the winner of the Feb. 25 Presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The former Lagos State governor polled 8,794,726 votes to beat Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who got 6.96 million votes and Obi,…
The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has been urged to keep his agreement with Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State before the 2023 presidential election. Obi is believed to have reached an agreement with Ikpeazu that the latter would support him during the presidential election. The agreement is believed to have led to Ikpeazu’s government granting Obi’s followers the necessary support during the presidential election. However, Chetachi Ikpe, the Coordinator of Peter Obi Grassroots Movement, asked Obi to honour the agreement because Ikpeazu sacrificed his senatorial ambition for Obi. A statement by Ikpe reads: “While assuring our principal…
Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said his party protested at the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abuja because all the provisions of the current Electoral law were completely contravened. InfoStride News had earlier reported that Atiku led a protest at the national headquarters of the INEC in Abuja. The Chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, other party leaders and supporters were also present during the protest at INEC headquarters. Speaking to newsmen outside of the gate of INEC headquarter in Abuja, Atiku also vowed that the protest would…
There are indications that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will approach the Court of Appeal seeking to set aside its earlier ruling concerning the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS. A senior official of the commission, who did not want his name mentioned, informed Daily Trust about the development over the weekend in Abuja. Recall that the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, had sought and obtained an order from the Court of Appeal to inspect election materials used by the INEC. However, with the gubernatorial election slated…
All serving National Assembly members in Anambra State lost their re-election bids. Except Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of the YPP, others were swept away by the Peter Obi’s Labour Party tsunami. Two senators and all the 11 House of Representatives members in the state, failed to return. This was blamed on the popularity of Mr Peter Obi, which affected most of the candidates of other political parties. A clear analysis showed that: Senators Uche Ekwunife and Stella Oduah, both of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who are representing Anambra Central and North respectively, lost their seats to the candidates of Labour…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Lagos State Chapter on Monday says it is not officially talking with the Labour Party (LP) for any potential alliance ahead of the March 11 governorship and House of Assembly elections. Mr Hakeem Amode, the Lagos PDP’s Publicity Secretary, stated this in a statement in Lagos. Amode, who is also the Chairman, Media and Publicity, JandorFunke 2023 Campaign Council, was reacting to speculations from different quarters that opposition parties in Lagos were planning to form an alliance ahead of Saturday’s polls. He said that it was authoritative to debunk claims by the LP Candidate, Gbadebo…