The camp of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has described the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as a scam. Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr Daniel Bwala, anchored his remark on the fact that Obi visited residents of Benue State who were displaced by flood while wearing LP’s insignia. The LP presidential candidate had suspended his 2023 presidential campaign when he visited Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, following the flood that affected the state. Obi also called on presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and the ruling All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar and…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jigawa State has been challenged by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (APC) to show its dossier of achievements to the people of the state in the last eight years of their administration. The PDP, Campaign Council Chairman, Alh. Isah Ahmed Duniya Bahutu, threw the challenge while addressing the party’s stakeholders from Kafin Hausa Local Government Area on Friday in Dutse. The party leader specifically challenged the APC standard flagbearer in the 2023 general election and the incumbent deputy governor, Umar Danmodi, to tell his people the dividends of democracy, instead of endless promises.…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has vowed to continue fighting corruption like President Muhammadu Buhari did if elected president. Tinubu pledged to continue Buhari’s civil service reforms to reduce corruption. He made the pledge while unveiling his campaign policy document in Abuja. Tinubu said his administration would ensure the reduction of waste in the civil services if he succeeds Buhari in 2023. “We will continue the work of the current administration in reforming the civil service to fight corruption, reduce bureaucracy, streamline agencies and decrease inefficiency and waste,” the document reads in part. Tinubu has been…
A clergyman and a social justice peace advocate, Revd Dr. Gideon Para-Mallam, has distanced himself from membership of any campaign team of any political party in the forthcoming 2023 elections. In a statement he issued to the media in Kaduna on Friday, the clergyman stated, “My attention has been drawn to a list in circulation which indicates that I (or my wife – Prof Para-Mallam) have been nominated to serve in the APC’s Presidential Campaign Council. Neither of us is aware of this nomination and our consent was not sought” He added, “I am non-partisan. I am also not a…
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Supreme Court of Nigeria will this Friday morning decide on who will fly the flag of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the next year gubernatorial election. Two chieftains of the party, David Edevbie and Oborevwori Sheriff Francis Orohwedor, currently the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, are locked in fierce legal battle that will be resolved by the Apex Court. A notice for judgment delivery just sighted by InfoStride News correspondent showed that Justice Amina Adamu Augie-led panel of Justices of the Court would make the final decision public this morning. Our correspondent…
The New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) has accused Abba Ganduje the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate for House of Representatives, Dawakin Tofa, Rimingado and Tofa federal constituency in Kano State of diverting State government-owned properties into his campaign. The State chairman of the party, Hon. Umar Haruna Doguwa, who made this known on Thursday, alleged that over 30 vehicles from the Kano Internal Revenue Service (KIRS) have been diverted into the campaign activities of Ganduje, son of the State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. According to the NNPP, it was gathered that the vehicles emblazoned with Abba Ganduje’s image, were to be…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissociated itself from a fresh primary election purportedly conducted by one of the party’s governorship aspirant in Ogun State, Jimi Lawal. This was contained in a disclaimer sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by the PDP National Chairman, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, on October 19. InfoStride News recalls that Lawal was on Monday suspended alongside four others by the Ogun State chapter of the PDP for “organising an illegal primary.” An Abeokuta Federal High Court had on September 27 nullified all the primary elections earlier held by…
A clear frontrunner to take over from Liz Truss as Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister remains uncertain on Friday due to deep divisions among the Tories, but the bookies’ odds have rocketed in favour of British Indian former chancellor Rishi Sunak. As the runner up of the leadership election which concluded last month, the former finance minister who had forecast much of the economic crisis unleashed by Truss’ mini-budget is seen as a safe pair of hands to take charge at 10 Downing Street. The 42-year-old is holding a solid 55 per cent lead with the Oddschecker betting…
Britain’s governing Conservative Party is electing a new leader for the second time this year. The winner will replace Liz Truss, who stepped down Thursday after 45 days in office, as party leader and will automatically become prime minister. Unlike the two-month contest held over the summer to replace Boris Johnson, party officials have designed a condensed election process that aims to have a new prime minister in place within a week. Here is how the contest will unfold: Friday, Oct 21 Nominations open for the contest, in which any of the 357 Conservative lawmakers can run. To get on…
The apex Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has said the Presidency is not the personal property of the Yorubas. Afenifere was responding to allegations of picking the Labour Party, LP, Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, ahead of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Sola Ebiseni, the Afenifere’s Secretary-General, said the body’s support for Obi was based on principle and the interest of the Nigerian State. Ebiseni made the clarification during an interview on Arise TV. The South-East has been agitating for a run at the presidency and the popularity of Peter Obi, especially amongst the youth demography might upset the…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has said that all the presidential aspirants who contested against the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu are all in his support. Adamu stated this Thursday during an interactive session with the media in Abuja. Recall that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President, Dr. Ahmed Lawan, former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Ameachi, Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, his Ebonyi State counterpart, Dave Umahi, among others, contested the APC presidential ticket against the former Lagos State governor. Some of the presidential aspirants that contested against Tinubu had kept their…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who was also the governorship aspirant of the party in Abia State, Sampson Orji, has declared his support for Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP. Orji revealed this in a statement he made available to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Thursday. He said that his preference for Obi against PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, was premised on Obi’s competence. He further stated that he would mobilize support for Obi’s candidature because of his antecedent and not because he is his a fellow Igbo man. “I’m a PDP…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential rally will hold on Saturday, in Benin, Edo State capital. Recall that PDP presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and party bigwigs have held a similar campaign in Kaduna State, after its flag-off in Akwa Ibom State. Though Atiku is currently in Europe on business, he is expected to return tomorrow, Friday according to party sources. Chairman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal in a statement Thursday, charged all party leaders and supporters to converge on Benin, Edo State this Saturday. The statement read in part “This…
Britain’s third female Prime Minister, Liz Truss, is out of office on Thursday after one of the shortest tenures at 10 Downing Street in London and without a cherished India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) under her belt as a Brexit prize. Truss, who until Wednesday insisted in Parliament that she was a “fighter and not a quitter”, resigned after just six weeks after her position became untenable after a series of policy U-turns, Cabinet upheavals and an open revolt against her ability to lead a deeply divided Conservative Party. Truss, who in her innings as foreign and trade minister batted…
A former Aviation Minister and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Committee, Femi Fani-Kayode, appears to have drawn a battle line with Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 elections. Fani-Kayode, in a post on Thursday, said the electioneering campaign activities will be fire for fire between him and Atiku. Sharing a picture of Atiku, Fani-Kayode asked the PDP presidential candidate to take care of his health. He said: “Tell your ‘fine boys’ who are with you over there to take care of you better. You look terrible. “We want you to…
The controversy surrounding the Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has again taken a different dimension. This was noticed on Wednesday as the Presidential candidate of the party, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, shunned the embattled governorship candidate of the party, Emmanuel Bwacha to appoint the Minister of Transportation, Muazu Jaji Sambo as the State coordinator of his presidential campaign. InfoStride News reports that this is in sharp contrast with what happens in other States where the gubernatorial candidates head the presidential campaign council of their various States in the absence of a governor. The decision, according to a…
The embattled Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kogi State, Mr. Kingsley Oggah says he remains the substantive Chairman of the Party. He admonished members of the party and the general public to disregard a purported letter suspending him which is currently trending in some online media. Oggah, who disclosed this to DAILY POST on Thursday, described the letter suspending him as fake, particularly that it was dated on the 6th of September when the person who signed it has since been removed. He urged the public to discountenance the purported letter, adding that it was intended to…
Amid the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governor Nyesom Wike has vowed to always fight for his beliefs. Wike said he’s not a born-again Christian, hence would always fight back his aggressors. He spoke during the birthday celebration of his Abia State counterpart, Okezie Ikpeazu. Wike describing Ikpeazu as a quiet man who observes the Bible verse that when “they slap you, turn the other cheek”, the governor said he would retaliate rather than turn the other cheek if anybody slapped him. According to Wike, he would blow off the head of anybody who slaps him. He said:…
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi rejected certain “unsubstantiated claims” about Tehran’s stance toward the conflict in Ukraine, saying Iran is ready to play a role in ending the crisis. Making the remarks in a phone call with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda, Raisi noted that Tehran is ready to use “all its capacities and potential” to help end the conflict in Ukraine, according to the Iranian presidency’s website, Xinhua news agency reported. He stressed that ever since the eruption of the conflict, Iran’s stance has been opposition to it. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry recently decided to downgrade ties with Iran and…
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has said that he would have worked for the success of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, if he were not a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Governor Ortom disclosed this on Wednesday when he hosted Obi at his private residence in Abuja. Recall that the Benue governor and other top members of the PDP, along Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and three other governors have been calling for the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. They are demanding that Ayu steps down for…