The chairman of the Senate Committee on INEC, Senator Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya, said despite the seeming split in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, over the naira redesign policy, the chances of the party winning the elections remains bright. “Yes, we are not happy with the policy, because we are not even contacted, it was between President Muhammadu Buhari and the CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele, but, I’m assuring you that things will be alright and in the end, APC will win [the] Presidency, states, even Senate and other seats,” he boasted. Gaya made the declaration while responding to allegations of…
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The ambition of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, suffered a setback on Monday after leaders of the party and members in the Southwest moved en masse to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The LP chieftains who were received into the APC by the National Chairman of SWAGA, Dayo Adeyeye, were led by the Southwest Chairman of the party, Banji Omotosho. While vowing to work for the victory of the presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the polls, Omotosho said they decided to decamp to APC after realizing that LP is not…
Twelve days to the forthcoming polls, the National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Beta Edu has assured that the ruling party would mobilise APC women with door-to-door packages to woo voters as part of a strategy to deliver the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Edu stated this on Sunday in Abuja at the APC Northern Female Stakeholders Strategy Session, with the theme, “Progressive Northern Women Playing a Pivotal Role Towards 2023 Election Victory”. She called on APC women to do everything legally possible to ensure they deliver the presidential candidate of the party and…
Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that no election will be held in 240 polling units across the country. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu revealed this on Monday at an ongoing meeting with leaders of the 18 political parties at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Yakubu said no new registrants chose the polling units and that no voters indicated an interest in transferring to them during the last continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise, mainly for security reasons. “This means that no elections will hold in these polling units,” Yakubu said. He revealed…
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State on Saturday received thousands of decampees from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led by the party’s candidate for the House of Assembly in Marte Constituency, Jidda Buji. Buji joined APC alongside leaders and members of his PDP campaign structure and support groups. The defection took place in Marte town of Northern Borno along the shores of Lake Chad. Explaining their decision, Buji cited Governor Zulum’s purposeful and committed leadership as the reason for decamping to APC. “We are happy to join the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. We came to…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii has vowed to end all communal clashes and killings of innocent citizens of the state if elected governor. Odii made this known while addressing stakeholders and teeming supporters at Ikwo Noyo community, Ikwo LGA of the state during a campaign rally that took place in the area. He expressed worries over the continued crisis and land disputes rocking communities, clans and kindreds, resulting in purported killings and destruction of valuable properties in the state. Odii further revealed his commitment to empowering youths and creating jobs as a way…
The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has assured the safety of Nigerians, before, during and after the 2023 general elections DCC Olusola Odumusu, Director of Public Relations, NSCDC National Headquarters, Abuja, in a statement on Sunday, noted that the corps would also protect members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, INEC officials and election materials to be deployed for the 2023 general election. According to him, Dr Audi gave the assurance when he played host to the Director General of the NYSC, Brig. Gen. Yushau Dogara Ahmed and…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has urged the Department of State Services, DSS and the Police to invite Femi Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, APC, and grill him over the allegation of coup plot he levelled against him ahead of the 2023 elections. The former Minister of Aviation claimed the former Vice President and top military generals had a secret meeting last week. In response, the Defence Headquarters denied planning to scuttle the general elections, reiterating the loyalty of the armed forces to the constitution and civilian authority. Director of Information,…
The Presidential Campaign Council of All Progressives Congress has again postponed its rally in Taraba State. The rally scheduled for Monday, February 13 was postponed after all arrangements for the arrival of the campaign train have been put in place. At the time of filing this report, the leadership of the party has not offered any explanation for the postponement of the rally. InfoStride News’ findings, however, revealed that an ongoing joint meeting in Abuja between the APC and the national hierarchy of the presidential campaign council in Abuja could be the reason for the postponement. A chieftain of the…
Activist Deji Adeyanju on Sunday said he would be president of Nigeria before the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. According to Adeyanju, Obi would lose the 2023 poll to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu or his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Atiku Abubakar. Adeyanju has repeatedly maintained that Obi would come a distant third in the election, saying he had no structure across the nation. In a post on his verified Facebook page on Sunday, Adeyanju wrote: “If Tinubu wins this election, Obi will be 77yrs old before it will be the…
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has privately asked senior ministers and officials to draw up plans for rebuilding the UK’s relations with the European Union after years of acrimony since Brexit. Driven in part by the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, senior civil servants have been drafting proposals for how Britain can work more closely with EU nations across a range of policy areas. The work focuses on defense, migration, and so-called economic statecraft which includes issues such as trade, energy and international standards. Sunak’s pivot toward the EU was described by ministers, diplomats and officials who asked not to…
One of the spokespersons for the Tinubu, Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, has claimed his presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has no ruling-party advantage in the forthcoming election. Keyamo also said the opposition should be prepared to accept defeat in good faith. His statement was contained in a post on his verified Twitter handle on Sunday. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment said the opposition had assumed the Naira redesign policy was targeted at Tinubu. He wrote, “Since the opposition assumes that the NAIRA redesign policy is targeted at @officialABAT by the ‘powers-that-be’, it’s safe to assume that…
Former Abia Senator, Adolphus Wabara has revealed that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has vowed to release Nnamdi Kanu if he assumes office as the next President. Nnamdi Kanu was captured in Kenya, east Africa and bundled into Nigeria over a year ago and the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), has been in detention since then. Wabara, who is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the PDP, at the party’s presidential campaign rally in Umuahia, the capital of Abia State on Saturday said Atiku promised to release the…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Commissioner of Agriculture, Kaduna State, Dr Manzo Daniel Maigari, has advised Nigerians not to attach religious or tribal sentiments to politics in order not to derail from its set objectives. He also advised that politics should be issue-based to tackle issues affecting the people of the country. The former commissioner during Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s first tenure, while speaking with newsmen, noted, “We have carried on as if partisan policies is just a religion. It is wrong and that is why some group of people or some sections in the country…
As part of its preparation for the forthcoming general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced voting procedure for the elections. The disclosure was contained in a post on the Commission’s verified Twitter handle on Sunday. The Commission said authentication with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, would be through finger-print or facials. INEC said voting starts at 8:30am, with voters presenting their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, for accreditation using BVAS. The statement further revealed that voters would be allowed to leave or stay 300 meters away to witness sorting and counting of votes.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has accused the Ataoja of Osogbo land, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji of issuing directives to non-indigenes to vote for all the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming general elections. The allegation was contained in a statement signed by Tajudeen Lawal, the Osun APC acting Chairman and obtained by the media on Saturday. In the statement, the Osun APC noted that the posture of the Ataoja towards the APC was undemocratic and absolutely an act of illegality. The party frowning at the alleged directive said a palace source had disclosed…
Former presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad has congratulated the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu after the Labour Party rally in Lagos. The rally was said to have witnessed a massive turnout of a mammoth crowd in the economic capital of Nigeria which some political observers believe is a stronghold of the LP candidate, Peter Obi. Obi and his supporters embarked on a road walk from the Lekki-Epe expressway to the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos. The rally was said to have caused a massive traffic gridlock along the Lekki-Epe expressway. But Bashir, a former House of…
The Lagos State Police Command on Saturday said a traditional ruler, one Baale in Eti-Osa community will be invited for questioning following a disturbing viral audio threatening residents who may not vote for the All Progressives Congress, APC in the forthcoming election. InfoStride News reports that an 11 minutes audio of a meeting held earlier in the week, by some persons in the company of the traditional ruler had gone viral on social media. In the audio, the traditional ruler and one other person were heard telling the residents and those doing business in the area to vote for the…
The camp of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has accused the Bola Tinubu campaign of misleading the public. Phrank Shaibu, Atiku’s special assistant on public communication said the All Progressives Congress, APC, flagbearer and his team were fabricating lies ahead of the February 25 contest. In a statement on Saturday, he said the APC was behind the reports that 11 commissioners in Sokoto State as well as the Deputy Governor, Manir Dan’Iya, had defected to their party. The aide mocked Tinubu’s campaign spokesperson Festus Keyamo, a Minister, and NiDCOM Chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa for posting…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has assured Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky of the EU’s continued support and she said that preparations are underway for a 10th round of sanctions against Russia. Ukraine and the EU are “one family,” she added on Thursday, and that the country can depend on Europe’s continued support in its fight against Russia. “You can count on us. We will continue to provide our full support,” she told Zelensky during a press conference after he addressed the EU leaders’ meeting. The Belgian capital was the third stop on the Ukrainian President’s whirlwind tour of…