The Court of Appeal in Makurdi has ordered the All Progressives Congress, APC, to conduct a fresh primary election in 11 out of the 23 local government areas of Benue State for the nomination of its gubernatorial candidate. The affected local governments are, Gboko, Gwer- East, Gwer-West, Guma, Katsina-Ala, Logo, Makurdi, Otukpo, Ukum, Tarka and Vandeikya. The court also asked that APC conduct the primaries within 14 days and that INEC recognize the winner after adding election results from the 12 local government areas. The development is coming barely 33 days before the 2023 general elections. The judgement followed an…
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has assured the people of Bayelsa State and Nigeria that he will engage in efforts that will end insecurity in the country if elected as President of Nigeria in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. He also promised that his government will focus on restructuring the country. The former vice president made the promises at the presidential campaign rally of PDP on Monday, at the Oxbow Lake Pavilion, in Yenagoa, the state capital. He reminded the people that from the beginning of democracy Bayelsa State has been a bastion for…
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday reached the Ukrainian capital and visited its outskirts before meeting President Volodymyr Zelensky, reports said. The Conservative MP said it was a “privilege” to visit the country at the invitation of Zelensky, the BBC reported. The unannounced visit came as fresh questions over Johnson’s personal finances emerged in the UK, including claims that BBC Chairman Richard Sharp helped Mr Johnson secure a loan while he was Prime Minister. Johnson, who made no mention of the allegations, he was received by the President and other Ukrainian ministers. “I welcome Boris Johnson, a true…
The Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, on Sunday, said the Jagaban Army formed for Bola Tinubu undermined Nigeria’s armed forces. The body urged President Muhammadu Buhari to summon a meeting of the National Security Council over the matter. The spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement, said there was desperation on part of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate. He said there are “undeniable allegations” about Jagaban Army “training and arming thugs with dangerous weapons in secret locations”. The branding was conceptualized to depict the “regard of political canvassers as foot soldiers”, according to APC Youth Leader, Dayo Israel. But the…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has said Atiku Abubakar lacks the character to lead Nigeria. A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Media and Publicity Director, said the former Vice President may be used against national interest. Onanuga reacted to the demand made on Sunday by the campaign organisation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate. The PDP had urged the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the APC flagbearer, Bola Tinubu. Responding, the APC described “the latest chapter in Atiku and PDP’s comedy” as a “rehash of…
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has advised Nigerian youths not to be misled again by political parties that have kept them in poverty. Obi gave the admonition on Sunday while speaking during the party’s presidential campaign rally at the Kano Pillars Stadium. The former Anambra State governor pledged to return Kano to its old glory and a bubbling commercial city. “We want to bring Kano back to what Kano used to be. That is what we want to do, and we can only do it by pulling you out of poverty. We are not in this business to…
The youth wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has declared Bola Tinubu “the best option for Nigeria”. The directorate assured that the country will advance if the presidential candidate wins the February 23 election. Tinubu-Shettima Campaign Council youth spokesperson, Aliyu Audu addressed a forum in Lagos on Sunday. Audu stressed that Tinubu was ahead of other contestants based on his “antecedents, competence and record of service”. “The greatness we seek will only happen because all of us as a collective choose to take part when it matters the most. “Asiwaju remains the best option for…
In 2015, the All Progressives Congress, APC, campaigned vigorously with the state of the nation under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, administration. InfoStride News reports that the change mantra worked like magic, as Nigerians lined up in support of the party and voted President Muhammadu Buhari into power. However, few weeks to the 2023 general elections, most of the reasons that led to the ouster of the PDP still linger in the country. Before the 2015 election, APC leaders travelled across the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) decrying the level of insecurity, poor power supply, fuel scarcity,…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday received more defectors in Kano State ahead of the February and March general elections in the country. The latest defection was another set of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) members from Minjibir and Ungogo local government areas of the State. Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje received scores of the supporters who defected to the APC in Minjibir and Ungogo areas. The defecting supporters removed their symbolic Kwankwasiyya red caps and threw them over to the campaign podium amid thunderous ovations from the crowd. They said that they embraced the APC as the only party that…
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Sunday berated top candidates in the forthcoming presidential election for not addressing issues being faced by the country in their campaign. In a statement by his Media Aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele noted that presidential candidates say they want to do everything but were yet to speak about how they will do it. He mentioned that the country is facing economic issues, insecurity, and education problems, but the candidates are not seriously addressing any of these in their campaigns. Ayodele expressed fears that Nigerians may not be free from…
The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Kashim Shettima said President Muhammadu Buhari wouldn’t have been the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria without the support of Bola Tinubu. Shettima stated this while addressing supporters at the APC presidential rally in Dutse, the capital of Jigawa on Saturday. He said 2023 is a payback time for the northern part of the country for what the APC presidential candidate did to the region in the past. Shettima explained that since 2007 Tinubu has been supporting northerners. According to him: “Tinubu in 2007 backed Atiku; he also supported…
The US government has insisted it doesn’t have a preferred candidate in Nigeria’s general election. The United States Consul General, Will Stevens, made this known during a town hall meeting which was organised by the Niger-Delta Open Observatory, NOGO, in Asaba, Delta State, on Saturday. Stevens also warned that those who instigate electoral violence will be denied visas by the US government. “The US does not have a preferred candidate, full stop! We are not interested in a particular party or candidate. “What we are interested in is free, fair, and credible elections that represent the people,” Stevens said. He…
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has proposed to continue the controversial conditional cash transfer, a review of manifestos of the candidates by InfoStride News has revealed. Atiku, whose party has been very vocal against the social intervention of the APC, is proposing to expand the Conditional Cash Transfer and other social interventions of this administration. It would be recalled that the current administration has been criticized for sharing money, particularly Trader Moni. Several opposition parties slammed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for visiting markets ahead of the 2019 election. The PDP described the policy as “vote buying”,…
Social commentator, Reno Omokri has said Nigeria does not need an ethnic champion like the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari. Omokri, in a post on his social media handles on Friday, said Buhari depended on “another regional overlord” like the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, to shore up his support in Southern Nigeria. Speaking on the presidential campaigns of APC’s Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar of PDP and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, he said, “Anytime Bola Tinubu holds a campaign rally in the Southwest, the stadium is always full to overflowing. But once he steps out of…
Benue State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Saturday, rounded off its 9-day Statewide campaigns ahead of the fast approaching 2023 general elections. The campaign train was in three local governments of the Benue Zone C, including Ohimini, Apa and Agatu yesterday where thousands of party supporters came out in droves to receive them. Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, who led other party chieftains to round-off the campaign, declared that the rousing reception that was given the campaign team in the 23 LGAs was an indication of the party’s acceptability and impending victory at the polls. Addressing the…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has dismissed reports that Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has withdrawn support for Bola Tinubu. Bello is a member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, PCC. The Kogi helmsman was among the presidential aspirants before Tinubu won the ticket in June 2022. A statement on Sunday by the APC said there are “imagined political permutations” on the Kogi governorship election scheduled for November. National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka labelled the speculations “maliciously false and a figment of the imagination of its author and sponsors.” Morka said Bello, who serves as the National Youth Coordinator…
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has condemned the suspension of some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members. The governor spoke on Saturday at a party campaign in Khana Local Government. Wike attacked the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu and the party leadership. He said the sanction of members and dissolution of Ekiti Exco “will not help you in any way”. “Suspending people will not help you in any way. The battle line has been fully drawn. “We will do everything legally possible to challenge any decision that we know is illegal. “Don’t think you can threaten people by saying you’re suspended…rubbish, rubbish.…
A chieftain and former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, has urged the party’s presidential flagbearer, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, to welcome Chimaroke Nnamani and Ikedi Ohakim into the party ahead of next month’s elections. Garba made this assertion via Twitter on Saturday in reaction to the suspension of Nnamani by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. PDP suspended Nnamani, among others, over anti-party activities, saying the decision was according to the provisions of the PDP Constitution (as amended in 2017). “We should welcome the everlasting gentlemen and real political gladiators, Chimaroke Nnamani and Ikedi Ohakim, into our…
The outburst of the Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, at his presidential campaign rally in Ilorin, Kwara State last Tuesday, has triggered vexed reaction from the state chapter of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. At the Metropolitan Square, Ilorin where the rally was held, the APC Presidential candidate, warned Nigerians against voting for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in next month’s election. Senator Tinubu warned that a vote for the PDP would be an error that will be hard to correct. He told the mammoth crowd at the…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has approved the venue for the campaign rally of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, in the State. Wike said he had approved the PDP Presidential Campaign Council to use the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium for Atiku’s campaign. The governor disclosed this at the campaign flag-off rally by the Rivers State PDP Campaign Council in Oyigbo Local Government Area of the State. Disclosing that the approval was at no cost to the PDP PCC, Wike said the stadium would be accessible 48 hours before the February 11, 2023, flag-off of…