The Court of Appeal has dismissed the verdict of the Federal High Court Katsina which nullified the primary election that produced Muritala Shehu as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for Malumfashi/Kafur Federal Constituency, Katsina State. Murtala filed the appeal against the decision of the Federal High Court Katsina, which on November 23, 2022, nullified the primary election in which he emerged as winner against Nasiru Sa’ad Ahmed. In a unanimous decision delivered on the 27th of January, 2023, the Court of Appeal set aside in its entirety the judgment of the Federal High Court, affirming the PDP primary election…
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Senator Chimaroke Nnamani explained why he gave his support to Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmaker said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has breached its constitution by destabilizing the principle of power rotation. Nnamani stated this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. According to him, the PDP’s constitution prescribed that important political offices be rotated between the South and the North to give fairness, equity and justice. Nnamani noted that the outcome of last year’s presidential primaries infuriated southern PDP faithful, including the G5 Governors who insist on respecting the rotation principle…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said he doesn’t get angry when he faces betrayal. Tinubu made this remark at a town hall meeting in Edo State, according to a statement released by his media aide, Tunde Rahman, on Sunday. The former Lagos State Governor also criticised the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and urged the people of Edo State to take their State back from the PDP. Tinubu said: “We must rescue Edo State. I am ready to work with you. Take lanterns, go from house to…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has announced the zone to produce its governorship candidate in Abia ahead of a fresh primary. The former flagbearer, Prof. Eleazar Uche Ikonne died on January 25 after months of battle with a protracted illness. The PDP already scheduled February 4 as the date for the election to pick a new standard bearer for the March 11 polls. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had directed the party to conduct a fresh primary within 14 days of Ikonne’s death. A statement by Elder Abraham Amah, Abia PDP Vice Chairman, announced that members of the State…
Famous Nigerian music artiste, Peter Okoye of the P-Square group, has said it’s condemnable to humiliate the office of the president. The singer also said although President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, didn’t perform well, it does not justify humiliating him. The statement was contained in a post via his verified Twitter handle on Tuesday. Recall that Buhari was recently reported to have been attacked by some residents in Kano State when he went on an official state visit. However, Okoye has condemned the act, saying it was not justifiable. He wrote, “We all agree that President…
In less than one month to the 2023 presidential election, there are still indications that all may not be well between the presidency and the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. Despite being members of the APC, President Muhammadu Buhari, his Vice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo and other members of his cabinet appear to be showing lackadaisical attitudes towards the presidential ambition of the former Lagos State Governor. Since he started his campaign a few months ago, the presidency has not shown a serious level of commitment towards ensuring the victory of Tinubu and the APC. While…
The All Progressives Congress in Katsina State has called on the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali-Baba to ensure that action is taken against the state governorship candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party, Yakubu Lado for allegedly threatening the life of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Kankara Local Government Area, Katsina State. The call is contained in a statement issued on Saturday by Alhaji Sani Ahmed Daura, the State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress. In the statement, Sani alleged that the PDP Governorship candidate, Lado Danmarke was recorded in a phone conversation reigning insults and threat on the…
The Anambra State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), to says it is ready to receive the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the state. The party said it has made adequate security arrangement to ensure a hitch free rally on Tuesday in Awka, Anambra State capital. The chairman of the party in the state, Mr Basil Ejidike stated this in a joint press briefing with members of the Presidential Campaign Council in Anambra, led by widow of former Senate Presidential, late Senator Chuba Okadigbo, Senator Margery. Ejidike said: “All arrangements have been made, and of course…
The Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has commended Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for extending the deadline for changing old naira notes to new ones. The CBN governor had earlier on Sunday announced the deadline extension to enable Nigerians to swap their old notes for new notes. InfoStride News reports that the CBN had insisted that it would not extend the deadline for the swapping of old notes for new notes which was supposed to end on January 31, but later bowed to pressure following difficulties experienced by Nigerians…
The aspiration of Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to become the president of Nigeria on the platform of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, at the forthcoming general elections suffered a setback on Sunday when the North East zonal secretary of the party, Dr Babayo Liman, resigned from the party and decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, along with his supporters. Briefing newsmen on the reasons behind his exit from his former political party, Liman said the party has “no single structure on ground that would warrant it winning an election at the national level.” He also avowed that the…
A former minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili has said it is only Nigerians who are fed up with bad governance that will vote for the Labour Party, LP. Ezekwesili’s statement was contained in a post via her verified Twitter handle on Saturday. Ahead of the presidential election, Ezekwesili, a former World Bank vice president is supporting Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party, LP. She urged registered voters to do everything possible to get their Permanent Voter cards, maintaining it is the greatest weapon in their possession. She wrote, “And when that day comes, all citizens who are tired…
Ahead of her India visit for foreign office consultations Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, has told lawmakers that the US needs to help India find alternatives to Russian military equipment and that is part of the “job we have to do.” Nuland is travelling to India as part of a four-nation trip including Nepal, Sri Lanka and Qatar from January 28 to February 3. I think they (India) find themselves after 60 years of entanglement having to find alternatives, and that’s part of the job we have to do, is help them with alternatives, Nuland told…
Osun State governorship election Tribunal appears to have taken a swipe at the dancing skills of Governor Ademola Adeleke. The Chairman of the Election Petition Tribunal, Terste Kume, on Friday, during his judgement mocked Governor Adeleke for dancing to Kiss Daniel’s “Buga” song the day he was declared winner of the election last year. Delivering judgement, two out of the tribunal’s three-member panel held that the petitioner was able to prove that there was indeed overvoting in some of the polling units. Consequently, the majority judgment of the tribunal ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to withdraw the certificate…
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has expressed satisfaction with the passionate show of love and rejection of the Osun guber election petition tribunal judgment. Adeleke’s reaction is coming after massive protests demonstrating support for him and the Peoples Democratic Party rocked major towns across the state. Since the Friday, January 27, 2023, judgement by Justice Tertsea Kume-led tribunal in favour of former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress (APC) on July 16, 2022, Osun gubernatorial election, massive protests have rocked the state. On Saturday, streets in major towns were blocked as protesters trooped out in large numbers…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has assured Zamfara indigenes that he will focus on the agricultural and mining sectors to develop the state economically if elected in the forthcoming election. According to him, the general development of the sectors will create more job opportunities that can reduce the rate of crime bedevilling the state. Tinubu disclosed this during his campaign rally at the trade fair complex in Gusau, the state capital, saying that despite the sabortage, APC will runaway with victory in all elections. He further stated that he was not in…
Former Vice President Mike Pence has said that he takes full responsibility after classified documents were found at his Indiana home. In his first public comments since the discovery, Pence on Friday said he hadn’t been aware that the documents were in his residence but his lack of knowledge wasn’t an excuse. Let me be clear about something: Those classified documents should not have been in my personal residence, Pence said at Florida International University, where he was talking about the economy and promoting his new book, So Help Me God.” Mistakes were made. The discovery made public by Pence’s…
Mr. Michael Folorunso Lana, the gubernatorial candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Oyo State, has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against usage of Park Management System (PMS) to transport sensitive and non-sensitive materials during the 2023 general elections. Lana, a former Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General in the State, gave this warning on Saturday. InfoStride News recalls that governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State introduced PMS shortly after he proscribed the State chapter of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). Lana has, however, cautioned INEC against usage of the PMS to transport both sensitive and non-sensitive…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has insisted that the Osun Election Petitions Tribunal has been under tremendous pressure. Sanwo-Olu said this while congratulating the immediate past Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, on his victory at the Osun State Election Petitions Tribunal on Friday. Recall that the Tribunal had sacked Governor Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and declared Oyetola, who is the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the July 16, 2022 election in Osun, as the winner. The Tribunal, in a 2-1 majority ruling by its Chairman, Justice Tertse Kume, insisted that Oyetola scored the…
The Osun chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the indiscriminate act of brigandage exhibited by political hoodlums suspected to be loyal to Governor Ademola Adeleke and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after the governorship election petition tribunal upturned Adeleke’s victory. The party in a statement signed by its acting Chairman in the State, Tajudeen Lawal also described the destruction of the campaign billboards and posters of the opposition candidates as wicked, primitive and callous. The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal had on Friday, January 27, 2023, sacked Governor Adeleke in favour of former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola…
The question of if and how Russia competes at the Olympics hangs over the 2024 Paris Summer Games. Just as it has now for five straight Olympics during Thomas Bach’s leadership of the IOC, whose support this week for some Russians to compete in Paris was publicly challenged Friday by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Russia and its athletes have been at risk of being banned though ultimately competed at each Olympics since the steroid-tainted 2014 Sochi Winter Games that was Bach’s first as president of the International Olympic Committee. This time it is Russia waging war on Ukraine. Previously it…