A public commentator, Alhaji Ahmed Bakare, has urged Nigerians to vote wisely in the 2023 general elections. He said that the electorates should be very careful, saying that the time has come to push out the old brigades in Nigeria’s political system. He, however, blamed the Federal Government for its inability to address the teething security challenges bedevilling the entire country. Bakare, while speaking with DAILY POST in Gusau, the state capital, said the federal government has no reason for its inability to end banditry and insurgency. “We unitedly voted Buhari into power in 2015 as a former military man…
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The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has criticized his counterparts from the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar. Tinubu said Atiku and Obi are not competent and are not qualified to become Nigeria’s president. He disclosed this during his interview with BBC Africa. The APC presidential candidate said none of those contending for the Presidency has the track record to occupy the highest political office in the country. This was as he boasted of being the only qualified candidate to become Nigeria’s president. Tinubu also expressed optimism that the 2023 elections…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has lamented over the poor turnout in the collection of Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVC) in Kogi State ahead of the 2023 general election. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kogi State, Dr Hale Gabriel Longpet disclosed this during an interview with InfoStride News in his office on Tuesday. He said voters in Kogi State are expected to be 1.9 million which include those who registered between 2019 to June 2022. Dr Longpet said as of 2nd of December 2022, out of 154,984 voters cards which were produced for voters who registered in 2019, only…
Former lawmaker Senator Shehu Sani has reacted to an alleged threat by a member of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa to members of his constituency. Sani expressed his concern on Tuesday in a post via his Twitter handle. Doguwa was caught on video issuing a threat to his constituents to either vote for the All Progressives Congress, APC, on election day or be dealt with. According to the report, Doguwa, who spoke mainly in Hausa and also used abusive language to threaten prospective voters, said: “To God who made me, on election day, you must vote for APC, or…
Nigerians of voting age resident in the United Kingdom and various parts of the world have dragged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking enforcement of their fundamental rights to vote in the 2023 general elections. In the suit marked FHC/ ABJ/ CS/2119/2022, they are praying the court to stop Buhari and INEC from further proceeding with the 2023 electioneering process until INEC’S voter register and bio-data base are updated to accommodate them as registered voters. The plaintiffs in the suit are Barrister Chikwe Nkemnacho and Kenneth Azubuike Nkemnacho,…
The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma on Tuesday received the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi in Owerri, the state capital. The former Anambra governor is in Imo for the flag-off of the Labour Party’s presidential campaign. The part which made the disclosure in a tweet on its verified Twitter handle claimed that Obi would be the next president of the country. The tweet reads, “Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma welcomes the People’s President @PeterObi, to the Eastern Heartland for @NgLabour 2023 Presidential Campaign Flag-off. “Even APC know the next President of Nigeria. A New Nigeria is Possible!…
North Korea on Tuesday fired a barrage of artillery rounds into waters near rival South Korea for the second consecutive day in a tit-for-tat response for the South’s live-fire drills in an inland border region. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected North Korea firing around 90 artillery rounds from a front-line area along its eastern coast around 10 a.m. It said the shells, which were likely from multiple rocket launchers, landed in the northern side of a maritime buffer zone the Koreas established in 2018 to reduce border tensions. The firings came shortly after the North Korean…
Pakistan’s Election Commission on Tuesday initiated the process to remove Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan from his post following his disqualification in the Toshakhana case. A notice has been issued to the former prime minister and the case has been fixed for hearing on December 13, the Dawn newspaper reported, quoting a top ECP official. Khan,70, is in the crosshairs for buying gifts, including an expensive Graff wristwatch he had received as the premier at a discounted price from the state depository called Toshakhana and selling them for profit. He was later disqualified by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has addressed the controversies concerning his age, school and work history. Tinubu provided these answers while speaking at Chatham House in London, UK on Monday. The former governor of Lagos State noted that he was born on March 29, 1952. He bragged that those who disputed claims that he’s from the Tinubu family should request for a DNA test. On his academic and work records, Tinubu claimed he has received his original certificate from Chicago State University. He also said Mobil Oil has attested to his outstanding record.…
The All Progressives Grand Alliance has expressed concern over attempts by alleged political traducers to deliberately destabilize the party. The party said it is poised to go into the coming elections and secure victory in the majority of elective political offices in Abia State, including the senate, house of representatives, state assembly and local government areas councils. Ozonkpu Victor Ike Oye, the national chairman of APGA was speaking during the recent meeting of the National Working Committee of the party held at the national secretariat in Abuja, wherein, he evaluated the outcome of various primaries done throughout the country and…
The Association of Igbo Town Unions, ASETU, on Sunday, disclosed that it was yet to make a statement on the candidate it would support during the 2023 presidential election. This was contained in a communique issued after the group’s meeting in Enugu, signed by the National President, Chief Emeka Diwe. ASETU said it was deliberately delaying making a categorical statement on its preferred presidential candidate, “to allow Nigerians all over the world to make informed choices devoid of tribal or any other cheap considerations.” While expressing satisfaction at the level of political consciousness Nigerians are showing towards the 2023 Presidential…
Senior Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa, has said the persistent fuel crisis engulfing the country should serve as a wake-up call for Nigerians to usher the All Progressives Congress-led administration out in the 2023 general elections. The cleric, while delivering a sermon in Akure, the Ondo State capital, said considering the dire straits Nigeria has been plunged into, those in the right frame of their minds should be able to discern what choices to make regarding power in 2023. Giwa criticised the electorate, saying they failed to allow God to choose who should lead…
A few days after endorsing the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has returned to the main opposition party. The former lawmaker was received into the party on Monday during the presidential campaign rally in Lagos State. InfoStride News reports that the development is coming barely 48 hours after Dogara and some aggrieved northern APC leaders declared support for the presidential candidate of the former vice president
For a change, Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Monday sided with the White House in condemning former US president Donald Trump for his call to terminate parts of the US Constitution after the release of “Twitter Files”. Trump made the statement on his Trust Social app in response to the “Twitter Files” that showed the Joe Biden team was in touch with the company in suppressing Hunter Biden’s laptop story in 2020. Trump said “a Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution. Our great…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday disclosed how he would raise 10 billion dollars to empower Nigerian youths if elected president in 2023. Atiku vowed to sell the four oil refineries in Nigeria and use the proceeds to empower Nigerian youths. He disclosed this at the flag-off of PDP’s presidential and governorship campaign rally in Lagos State. Atiku also said the PDP governorship candidate in Lagos State would end the dominance of a particular family. He said: “If I’m elected, I will empower youths with 10 billion dollars to invest in youths and employment, and…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday in Sokoto State, instructed the Nigerian armed forces to remain apolitical ahead of the 2023 general elections. Buhari also urged them to continue to operate within the framework of the constitution to ensure the successful conduct of next year’s general elections. Declaring open this year’s Chief of Army Staff’s Annual Conference, Buhari called on the Army to continue to improve their human rights duties during operations in line with global best practices. This was disclosed in a statement by Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina. On human rights, President Buhari described improved duties by security agencies on…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has threatened that members of the G5 governors within the Peoples Democratic Party will strike back at the PDP presidential candidate council if any member of the council insults the governors. The governor made the threat at the flag off of a new road project in Eleme Local government area of Rivers State on Monday. Wike who noted that his group is not averse to peace in the PDP said they will no longer tolerate any insult from any member of the PDP presidential campaign group. Wike said ” what I want to tell the…
Ahead of the forthcoming 2023 presidential election, the Labour Party, LP, candidate, Peter Obi, has finally released his long-awaited 62-page campaign manifesto. The manifesto titled, “Our Pact with Nigerians: Creating a New Nigeria“, unveiled Obi’s proposed plans to lead Nigeria if elected as president. InfoStride News learnt this on Saturday from Labour Party Secretariat in Abuja. Page 18 of the document itemized his economic plan founded on a shift from consumption to production by running a production-centred economy that is driven by an agrarian revolution and export-oriented industrialization.
With less than 90 days to the forthcoming presidential election in 2023, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, says he is confident Nigerians will vote for him. Tinubu made the expression while speaking at the Chatham House, United Kingdom (UK), in a lecture titled: ‘Nigeria’s 2023 elections: In conversation with Bola Ahmed Tinubu.’ He also pledged to build more schools, employ and train teachers nationwide if elected into office. “I have confidence that the Nigerian people will go to the polls in a few short months and give me their mandate. “I’m ready to lead and…
The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has called for the suspension of the former National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomole and the Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi for alleged “anti-party activities”. The party accused the party stalwarts of being involved in anti-party activities when they visited Rivers State on the invitation of Governor Nyesom Wike to commission some projects. The duo had at separate times when they commissioned the projects said they will not be campaigning for the APC governorship candidate in Rivers State. On the 16th of November, 2022 Oshiomole while commissioning the Rumuepirikorm-Ada George Fly-over…