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…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
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…
The crisis rocking the Enugu State Chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)has shown no sign of abating as aggrieved members on Monday besieged the national secretariat of the party over alleged N1.3 billion alleged fraud involving the chairman of the party, Ugochukwu Agballah and the governorship candidate, Uche Nnaji. The protesters alleged that the duo have misappropriated the sum of N283 million meant for the expression of interest and nomination forms to ensure that the party fields candidates for the governorship, and all the National Assembly and State Assembly seats in Enugu State. In a swift reaction, Enugu…
The Vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed has said Northern Nigeria is paying an extremely high price for voting based on religion and ethnicity. The former lawmaker disclosed this during ‘The Peoples Townhall’ organised by Channels Television and its partners on Sunday. The presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi also made an appearance at the event. Baba-Ahmed said he and Obi would collectively work towards solving all problems, including insecurity and corruption. He said, “The day you will hear the sentence “President Peter Obi”, Nigeria has already united. Once Nigerians are united, we will…
Popular Nigerian activist and social critic, Aisha Yesufu has said she would keep on pressing the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi to do the right things. Yesufu disclosed this in a post via her verified Twitter handle. The social critic was reacting to a recent statement by Obi while appearing on Berekete Family Love FM, saying he (Obi) always moves around with Yesufu to hear bad comments. “I want to hear the bad comments also. I want to hear the bad news. That’s why I move about with Aisha Yesufu,” Obi said. However, Yesufu maintained it…
With less than two months to the presidential election, Nigerians have been cautioned against voting for people along religious lines, saying God has no business with Nigerian thieving politicians. Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political activist, gave the admonition while noting that God has no plans with Nigeria’s thieving politicians. Adeyanju was condemning an Islamic preacher, Abdulmutallab Mohammed Auwal, for urging Muslims to consider the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its Muslim/Muslim ticket as a call to Jihad. At a special prayer session organised by Muslim clerics in Kano for the success of Bola Tinubu’s candidacy, Auwal said the Tinubu/Shettima’s Muslim/Muslim ticket…
The US is in discussions with Japan, the Netherlands and South Korea to restrict semiconductor exports to China, and it needs all parties to agree on a deal, US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said in an interview. Stressing the importance of South Korean and Dutch cooperation alongside Japan, he was speaking by phone days ahead of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s summit with President Joe Biden on Friday. The two allies will endorse a joint statement covering a wide range of security issues, but work is continuing on a chip industry restriction deal, he said. “You’ve got to work through…