Congress on Friday gave final passage to legislation changing the arcane law that governs the certification of a presidential contest, the strongest effort yet to avoid a repeat of Donald Trump’s violence-inflaming push to reverse his loss in the 2020 election. The House passed an overhaul of the Electoral Count Act as part of its massive, end-of-the-year spending bill, after the Senate approved identical wording Thursday. The legislation now goes to President Joe Biden for his signature. Biden hailed the provisions’ inclusion in the spending bill in a statement Friday, calling it critical bipartisan action that will help ensure that…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) Candidate for Delta South Senatorial District for the 2023 general elections, Joel-Onowakpo Thomas has condoled the families of those who lost their lives in the unfortunate boat mishap on their way back from a campaign in Ugborodo and Okerenkoko, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State. Joel-Onowakpo, in a condolence message signed by himself and made available to newsmen in Warri, Delta State, expressed deep sympathy with those directly affected and the APC family, urging them to take solace in the Lord. While describing the incident as tragic and unfortunate, he said that the…
Delta State Governor and Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, Ifeanyi Okowa has urged the people of Warri South Local Government Area of the State to vote out the government of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Governor Okowa spoke at a PDP rally held at the Warri township stadium. He noted that the APC had accused his administration of wasting the State’s resources on appointments, explaining that he appointed so many people to provide food on the table of Nigerians. Governor Okowa who insisted that it is time for the APC government to leave pointed out…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has told Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s, LP, presidential candidate, that whoever emerges the next president must work towards uniting the nation. President Jonathan made the statement on Friday when Obi paid him a courtesy visit at his home in Bayelsa State. Obi was in the State to seek support from the residents in the 2023 presidential election. The former president also said Nigerians must believe in the unity of the nation in order to move it forward. Taking to his verified Twitter handle, he wrote, “Today I received in audience members of the Presidential Campaign…
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed confidence in the All Progressives Congress, APC capturing all the elective positions in Zamfara State in the coming 2023 general elections. This position followed the president’s speech during the closing ceremony of the 2022 Musabaka Qur’anic Recitation Competition hosted in the state. President Buhari who was represented by the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami, was conducted around by the state’s Tinubu/Shattima Presidential Campaign Council Coordinator, Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa. Buhari commended the arrangements put in place by the Coordinator, saying that the efforts jointly put in place by Governor Bello…
The Action Alliance, AA, House of Representatives candidate for Ebonyi/Ohaukwu Federal constituency, Mr. Chinedu Adum has defected to the Labour Party, LP, in Ebonyi State. Adum defected alongside the State women leader of the party, Ijere Ngozika and over one hundred loyalists. Speaking with newsmen shortly after their defection that took place at the Nkwagu-Ugbala ground Arena located along Old Abakaliki-Enugu express road, they said their former party, AA, has no future and plans for the people of Ebonyi State. The decampees revealed their preparedness to collapse the entire structure of Action Alliance, AA, into the Labour Party, ahead of…
In obedience to the Appeal Court ruling setting aside the sacking of all the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has relisted the candidates of the party. In an update on Thursday, Ladi Adebutu appeared on the INEC list as the PDP governorship candidate in Ogun State, while Adekunle Akinlade was listed as the deputy governorship candidate in the 2023 election. INEC had earlier removed Adebutu and 39 other candidates of the PDP from its list of candidates in Ogun State, citing a court order. InfoStride News recalls that an…
The Rivers State campaign office of Atiku Abubakar the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been sealed off. The Rivers State PDP presidential campaign council said the action was based on the orders of the Rivers State government. The office which is located in GRA Port Harcourt was sealed off in the early hours of Friday. Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike had a few weeks ago signed Executive Order 22 which prohibits the citing of campaign offices by political parties in residential areas without government approval. But the media team of the PDP PCC, Rivers State, said…
The Court of Appeal, Sokoto Division, on Thursday, December 22, 2022, upheld the November 2022 judgement of the Federal High Court in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, which affirmed the victory of Hon. Abdulmalik Zubairu Bungudu as the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, conducted for the Bungudu/Maru Federal Constituency seat in the state. The judgement was delivered by a three-man panel of judges; the lead Judge, Justice M L Shu’aibu, dismissed the appeal filed by Abdul Rahman Muhammad Tumbido for lack of merit. Recall that the appellant Hon. Abdul Rahman Muhammad Tumbido has approached the Appeal court,…
The convener of Concerned Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ogenyi Okpoku has claimed Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP)presidential candidate is patronizing failures, saying members of his campaign are failures. Ogenyi made the claim while featuring as a panelist on the Channels Television Politics Today programme on Thursday evening. He alleged that Obi is in communion with some governors who have failed their various states. “The first point of call of Mr Peter Obi is failure. He is patronizing failures. If you check the people that surround his campaign, they’re failures; people that are not able to take…
The Senate passed a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill Thursday that finances federal agencies through September and provides another significant round of military and economic aid to Ukraine one day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s dramatic address to a joint meeting of Congress. The bill, which runs for 4,155 pages, includes about $772.5 billion for domestic programs and $858 billion for defense and would finance federal agencies through the fiscal year at the end of September. The bill passed by a vote of 68-29 and now goes to the House for a final vote before it can be sent to…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi has urged his supporters to collect the money offered to them by opposition political parties and still vote for him. The Labour Party candidate made the call on Thursday at the Labour Party presidential rally in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. According to Obi, the money belongs to Nigeria but was “stolen” by those in government. He said: “Let me tell you, that money they are giving you is your money, collect it, eat it and vote for me. The money that I will give to you is that you will be…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said he will make his preferred presidential candidate known in January 2023. Wike stated this while speaking during the commissioning of the Rumukurishi flyover in Port Harcourt on Thursday. The governor also said he would campaign for his adopted candidate across Nigeria. He said, “From January next year, I’ll campaign to my people who they’ll vote for. “So, all of you who’ve been in suspense, who’ve been saying all kinds of things, abusing me, wait. January is here.” He added, “I’ll move from state to state [for campaigns], and why they should vote…
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a suit filed by an aspirant, Madam Patience Key to challenge the emergence of Mr Kola Abiola as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP. Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a judgment, held that the suit was statute-barred, hence, the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain it. Justice Mohammed, who said the suit was a pre-election matter, said it ought to have been instituted within 14 days from the date of the occurrence of the cause of action in compliance with Section 285(9) of the 1999 Constitution. The judge agreed with the…
Prof. Emeka Ezeonu, a former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) official has declared that the 2023 elections cannot be rigged. The one-time Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo spoke on Wednesday at a Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) event in Awka, Anambra. Ezeonu urged Nigerians to get their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) and perform their civic responsibility next year. The ex-REC believes the Electoral Law as amended makes it impossible for rigging. “BVAS approval has tightened the loopholes in card readers, making the electorate more confident that their votes would count,” he said. Ezeoonu however urged journalists to always be…
The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang has adjudged the Party the most credible platform for the state ahead of the 2023 elections. He said the plot orchestrated by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to take the PDP out of the ballot in 2023 has failed; urging citizens to shun the APC and vote for PDP in the coming polls. Mutfwang disclosed this on Thursday while appreciating Plateau people for coming out en mass to receive the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar during the recent presidential campaign…
The Federal Government has slammed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for saying he would reopen all Nigerian borders if elected as President of Nigeria in 2023. Atiku had, during his campaign stop in Katsina on Tuesday, said that he would reopen all borders if elected President. But during the 15th edition of the ‘PMB Administration Scorecard Series (2015-2023)’ on Thursday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said the former Vice President had informed Nigerians that he would reverse all the efforts made by Buhari to achieve self-sufficiency in the production of many staples, especially rice. According to Mohammed,…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has said the presidency is a life-long ambition. To this end, Atiku vowed to keep pushing until he succeeds in becoming Nigeria’s president. Speaking with Financial Times, the PDP presidential candidate said he would keep pursuing his ambition as long as he is alive and healthy. “It is a life-long ambition and as long as I’m alive and strong and healthy, I will continue pursuing it,” Atiku said. The former Vice President is one of the top candidates vying for the 2023 presidential election. It’s widely believed that the Waziri of…
Governor, Nyesom Wike has said a lot of politicians in Rivers state will be retired after the 2023 elections. The Governor was speaking during the commissioning of the Rumukurishi flyover in Port Harcourt on Thursday. He noted that the 2023 election will determine those who influence voters in the state. Wike also noted that the Peoples Democratic Party is ready to go if it loses the election but added that other parties should also be ready to go if they are defeated. He said ” 2023 will confirm to us those that have an influence on voters. Those that their…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the US Congress that he proposed a 10-point peace formula during his meeting with President Joe Biden, which he hoped would result in joint security guarantees for decades ahead. Zelenskyy, 44, met President Biden in the Oval Office and jointly addressed a press conference at the White House on Wednesday. He was given the rare distinction of addressing a joint session of the US Congress on a day packed with back-to-back meetings. We need peace. Ukraine has already offered proposals, which I just discussed with President Biden, our peace formula, ten points which should and…