Over 30,000 politicians primarily from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Sandamu and Maiadua Local Government Area of Katsina State on Wednesday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The defectors were received by both the Director-General, Atiku Lado Campaign Council, Mustapha Inuwa and one of the party’s factional chairmen, Lawal Magaji into PDP during their campaign tour to the area on Wednesday. While addressing the crowd of supporters that turned out for the rally, Dr Mustapha the erstwhile Secretary to Katsina State Government, presented the key figures among the defectors to the…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
Ahead of next month’s election, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organization said the candidate of the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is unfit to hold office as President of Nigeria. The former Vice President’s campaign organization also added that Tinubu is unhealthy and not as energetic as the PDP’s candidate. In a statement by one of its spokespersons, Kola Ologbondiya, Wednesday, the campaign described as ludicrous the failed attempt of Tinubu to allegedly impugn the impeccable character and integrity of Atiku. The statement read in…
The Niger State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress has threatened to punish any civil servant that deliberately refused to collect his/her Permanent Voters Card, PVC, ahead of the general elections in the state. The state NLC chairman, Comrade Idris Lakpene, who gave the warning in Minna, said those who refused to comply would be stopped from collecting their salaries or faced suspension. The chairman decried the situation where citizens of this country would fail to take their Civic responsibility serious Lakpene stated, “We are considering a plan to stop workers in the state who have no PVCs from collecting…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has expressed confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship candidate in the State, Engr Titus Uba will do well when elected governor of the State on March 11th this year. Governor Ortom stated this Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 in his remarks during the unveiling of the blueprint of the PDP Governorship candidate christened, “Soil as Our Oil” at the party’s State Secretariat in Makurdi. He pointed out that the unveiled blueprint was encompassing in its contents, stressing that it captures all areas of human needs for socio-economic development, including those his government was not…
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State took a turn for the worse on Wednesday as major stakeholders of the party boycotted the party’s presidential campaign rally in the State. InfoStride News reports that the Presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu was in Enugu where he addressed a rally at the Michael Okpara Square. However, leaders of the party in the State, including foreign affairs minister, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani, former Enugu Governor, Barr. Sullivan Chime, former Speaker, Enugu State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Eugene Odoh, former Secretary…
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has reiterated that Kano will repeat the 1993 Presidential Election situation whereby the state rejected its own son, the late Bashir Tofa, and voted for MKO Abiola overwhelmingly. “That showed the political maturity and dexterity of Kano citizens. We voted for Chief MKO Abiola of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, and rejected Bashir Othman Tofa of the National Republican Convention, NRC, because we all believed in national integration and competence,” he argued. He made the statement during a campaign tour with candidates of the All Progressives Party, APC, vying for different positions in…
The alleged refusal of the people of Taraba State to put aside their differences and come together to catapult the state to enviable heights has been identified as the major reason for its underdevelopment. The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Josiah Wukari Wasa, who made the observation on Wednesday during an interface with newsmen in Jalingo, also identified the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as a major organ that has brought setbacks to the state. Wondering why the state has been lagging behind despite the monthly Federal allocation, he said, “the disunity among the people of the…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday in Abuja fixed Friday, January 13 to deliver final judgment in the dispute over the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Jigawa State. A five-member panel of justices of the court led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun fixed the date for judgment after taking arguments from parties in the appeal filed by Farouk Adamu Aliyu, former Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives, and the cross-appeal by Umar Namadi, current Deputy Governor of the state. Aliyu is by the appeal marked, SC/1453/2022, challenging the November 4, 2022 judgment by the Court of Appeal,…
China renewed its threats Wednesday to attack Taiwan and warned that foreign politicians who interact with the self-governing island are playing with fire. A spokesperson for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said the country was recommitted in the new year to safeguarding sovereignty and territorial integrity and smashing plots for Taiwan independence on the self-governing democracy that separated from mainland China in 1949. The malicious support for Taiwan independence among anti-China elements in a few foreign countries are a deliberate provocation, Ma Xiaoguang said at a biweekly news conference. China views Taiwan as a Chinese territory that must be brought under…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to launch investigation into the activities of Barr. Ugochukwu Agballah, the Enugu State chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The PDP made the call through the spokesman of the party’s campaign organisation, Barr. Nana Ogbodo at a press briefing on Tuesday. InfoStride News reports that Agballah is in the news following a protest by some members of the APC at the party’s national secretariat. They accused the chairman of embezzling over one billion naira. However, Agballah had in a swift reaction, blamed the protest on…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu has unveiled his plans for the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, if elected president. Tinubu vowed to prevent the incessant ASUU strikes by ensuring stability in the country’s university system. Speaking at the APC presidential campaign rally in Damaturu, Yobe State, Tinubu pledged to provide loans for university students. The APC flag bearer said he would provide agro-credit facilities and make the Northeast region an export zone. He said: “I will extend the credit facilities to university students as loans. I will make our education system, especially the…
Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi has taken a swipe at his political opponents, saying that Nigeria’s presidency is neither a retirement home nor a place where people wait for turns. Obi was obviously referring to the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, both of who are in their 70s. Tinubu had once insisted that it was his turn to be president of Nigeria. Obi who was in Anambra for a town hall meeting with students, a private meeting with traditional rulers and a rally…
Ahead of next month’s presidential election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organization said the British Government internal poll shows its candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar is leading. Disclosing this in a statement on Tuesday, Director, Strategic Communications of the Atiku Campaign Organization, Dele Momodu added that the former Vice President was invited to discuss future potential collaboration between countries. The statement read in part “5 weeks to election and the UK government invites front leading candidate to discuss areas of future potential collaboration between both countries. “An internal source is quoted saying an internal poll by the…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State will on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, inaugurate a 143- member campaign council to midwife the 2023 general elections for the party’s candidates across board in the state with a view to ensuring victory for the party’s candidates. The state secretary of the party, Hon. Garba Arogundade,in a statement issued and made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday, disclosed that the 143 members of the campaign council will be inaugurated at the conference Hall of the Governor’s Office, Ado-Ekiti at 10:00 am prompt. The secretary particularly, urged the council members to ensure…
A governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Zamfara State, Ibrahim Shehu has been expelled for alleged anti-party activities. According to the expulsion letter signed by Hon. Aliyu Hassan, the party’s secretary in Mayana Ward, Shehu was expelled due to anti-party activities contrary to Article 58(1) (a,b,c) of the party’s 2017 amended constitution. The letter stated that the Mayana Ward Working Committee of the party took the decision effective from January 2023. InfoSride News recalls that Ibrahim Shehu was twice responsible for the nullification of the party’s governorship primary election. All efforts by the media to get a…
The Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt has reserved judgment in an appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, and its governorship candidate, Tonye Cole against the Peoples Democratic Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission over judgment of a Federal High that sacked Tonye Cole as governorship candidate of the APC. A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt presided over by Justice Emmanuel Obile had in his judgment on a suit filed by the PDP ruled that Tonye Cole be disqualified as governorship candidate of APC for allegedly having dual citizenship and that the APC violated…
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has vowed to retire his counterparts from the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, if elected president. Speaking in Asaba, Delta State, on Monday, Obi said he would retire Tinubu and Atiku and pay them compensation if elected president. He stressed that the age differences of his counterparts would lead to their retirement if elected president. Obi said it is the turn of the youths to rule Nigeria and retire old politicians who have been at the helm of the country’s affairs. According to…
As the crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lingers on, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has slammed the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Wike cautioned that those issuing such threats in Abuja should rethink else they will have problems. The governor made the remark while noting that the state cannot continue to be a dumping ground. The governor disclosed this at the flag-off of construction work on the Elele Internal Roads in Ikwerre Local Government Area on Monday. The governor said Rivers State stands very strong in the scheme of national affairs, which is why it is given…
The Federal Government has reacted to a viral comment credited to an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that the 2023 general elections face a serious threat of cancellation due to insecurity. Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, stated the position of the Federal Government during the PMB Administration Scorecard Series (2015-2023). The Scorecard Series was launched last October to massively showcase the achievements of the Buhari Administration. “The position of the Federal Government remains that the 2023 elections will be held as planned. Nothing has happened to change that position,” Lai Mohammed said. “We are…
A retired Pakistani general convicted of sharing “classified information” with foreign spies has been pardoned by the new military leadership and released from prison. However, he still plans to continue challenging the guilty verdict, awarded to him by an army tribunal until he is honourably acquitted, Dawn news quoted his lawyer as saying. Lt Gen retired Javed Iqbal was released from Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail on December 29, 2022, after the new military leadership reviewed his case soon after taking charge and, according to his lawyer Omer Farouk Adam, “realised the injustice done to him” by the previous command. Gen Iqbal…