The Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has acknowledged the Federal High Court judgement which ruled that the primary election conducted by the party is null and avoided and ordered fresh primaries. This was contained in a press statement signed and issued to newsmen in Gusau, the state capital by the party secretary, Ahmad Farouq Rijiya “We in the PDP are known to be law-abiding and grassroots politicians who respect and believe in the supremacy of law and the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and that of our party as well as the guidelines enshrined…
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The Northwest youth leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the party will reclaim Sokoto State from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and retain states already governed by the ruling party in the northwest region. In a statement, he described the gubernatorial candidate of APC, who is also a former deputy governor of Sokoto, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu, as a formidable contender who would defeat PDP’s candidate in the upcoming poll. Mohd stated that the PDP would never taste power in the region. According to the APC youth wing leader, he said his party has over-delivered in terms of…
President Joe Biden praised South Africa as a vital voice on the global stage as he hosted President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday at the White House for talks that were expected to touch on the two nations’ differences on Russia’s war in Ukraine and more. In a brief appearance before the media at the start of their meeting, Biden made no direct mention that Ramaphosa is among African leaders who have maintained a neutral stance in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. South Africa abstained from a United Nations vote condemning Russia’s actions and calling for a mediated…
Russia’s setbacks and stretched resources in Ukraine show its forces are incapable of achieving President Vladimir Putin’s initial aims in invading the country as things stand now, the Pentagon’s intelligence chief said on Friday. We’re coming to a point right now where I think Putin is going to have to revise what his objectives are for this operation, Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, director of the Defence Intelligence Agency, told an intelligence and national security conference outside Washington. Because it’s pretty clear right now that he’s … not going to be able to do what he initially intended to do. Putin…
The Ekiti State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has pledged its unconditional support for the presidential aspiration of the former Vice President of Nigeria and the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku. The party also passed a vote of confidence on the PDP National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, for providing credible leadership and direction for the party. In a statement made available to journalists in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, the Ekiti State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Raphael Adeyanju, said, “The Ekiti State chapter of the PDP, after a critical review of the interactive session of our Presidential…
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has reserved judgment on a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State against State House of Assembly Candidates of the All Progressives Congress in the state. When the matter resumed for hearing on Friday, counsels representing the parties presented, argued and adopted their final written addresses. Presiding Judge, Justice Adamu Turaki-Mohammed after listening to the parties, reserved the judgment on a later date which he said will be communicated to the parties. The PDP is seeking the disqualification of all the State House of Assembly candidates of APC in…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Ogun State, has said it stands with the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, amid calls for his resignation. Ogun PDP members said they are refuting a claim by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State that the entire Southwest stakeholders had called for Ayu’s resignation. Makinde was said to have made the claim at the Southwest Stakeholders Interactive Session with the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar in Ibadan on Wednesday. In a statement made available to the media on Friday, the PDP Publicity Secretary in Ogun State, Akinloye Bankole, said “the leaders…
Kashim Shettima, the running mate to Bola Tinubu, has clarified his reference to Nigeria’s former Head of State, Sani Abacha. Tinubu and Shettima are on a joint ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 elections. The Borno Central Senator is under fire for suggesting that Nigeria needs the type of Abacha’s leadership. In a statement on Friday, Shettima noted that his views were distorted “to settle partisan scores”. The former Borno State governor said the video of his speech in Lagos is in the public for those curious. “I never attributed hospitality to Abacha in my speech”,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has called on the citizens of the state to sack the APC-led administration of Senator Hope Uzodinma for reversing the development of the state. PDP made the call in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Collins Opurozor and made available to the media on Friday in Owerri Imo State capital. The opposition party said the primary reason for political governance is the security of lives and property. The party said, ” This is what separates the political state from the state of nature where life is nasty, solitary, poor and short.…
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that the outcome of the 2023 general elections reflects the desire of the people. Atiku Abubakar made the appeal in a statement by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, in Abuja on Thursday on the occasion marking the International Day for Democracy. Abubakar urged INEC and other agencies of government playing roles in the electoral process to ensure that the outcome of the election was a true reflection of the desires of the people. The PDP presidential flagbearer said that the…
A prominent member and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has said the lingering crisis bedevilling the party might cause its defeat in the 2023 presidential election. George disclosed this while speaking with journalists during the week in Lagos. He said he supports the call for Iyorchia Ayu to quit his position as the party’s National Chairman. “We should not allow any sentiment – ethnicity or religion to divide us. Unfortunately, with what we are presently witnessing, our party may lose the next presidential election if we continue to disregard or fail to address the feeling and…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar have appointed the Sokoto State Governor and chairman of the party’s Governors Forum, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as Director General for the National Campaign Management Committee (NCMC) for the 2023 elections. The party also appointed former governor of Cross Rivers State, Liyel Imoke as Deputy Director General Operations, Professor Adewale Oladipu, as Deputy Director Administration, Chief Rymond Dokpesi as Deputy Director Technical and Systems, while Ekwesilieze Nwodo is appointed as Deputy Director Research and Strategy of the NCMC. PDP in a statement by its National Organising Secretary,…
Former US president Donald Trump has coined an India-US friendship slogan in Hindi as part of his efforts to woo the influential Indian-American community before the mid-term elections in November. Bharat and America sabse achhe dost Trump is seen rehearsing and saying in a video released by the Republican Hindu Coalition (RHC). The slogan in English means “India and the United States are best friends”. In the short 30-second video, Trump is seen seated with his supporter Chicago-based businessman Shalabh Kumar from the Republican Hindu Coalition. The new slogan is inspired by the phenomenal success of the 2016 slogan of…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s right-wing Fidesz party slammed the European Parliament (EP) for “being occupied with attacking Hungary even in the midst of the current crises”. “While the people of Europe are suffering from an energy crisis due to the failed Brussels sanctions, the most important thing for the leftist European Parliament, even in this crisis situation, is to attack Hungary,” Fidesz said in a statement on Thursday, reacting to a rule-of-law vote in EP against his government earlier in the day. The EP adopted a report by French MEP Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield on the “Existence of a clear risk…
Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister, on Thursday, claimed that the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu would defeat all other candidates in the forthcoming 2023 election. The staunch supporter of Tinubu said in a statement that the Labour Party candidate, Mr Peter Obi’s supporters would be disgraced at the poll. He said, “Peter the liar Obi and his garrulous, gullible and fascistic Obidients who believe that no one has the right to disagree with them, oppose their candidate or change their opinion on national issues, will know their fate as early as 12.00 noon on the day of…
The Jigawa State Deputy Governor and gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress APC in the state, Malam Umar Namadi has described the court judgement affirming his candidature as a victory for all members of the party. He made the remarks on his Facebook page while reacting to the judgment by the federal higher court sitting Dutse which dismissed a suit filed against him as the APC candidate. InfoStride News reports that the federal high court dismissed a suit filed by one of the party gubernatorial aspirants for the 2023 general election, Faruku Adamu challenging the gubernatorial primary election of…
No fewer than 1,868 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of next year’s general elections. This was contained in a statement issued by the state PDP spokesman, Malam Hassan Sanyinnawal, in Sokoto on Thursday. According to Sanyinnawal, the defectors, who are businessmen from 10 communities across the state, were received by the state PDP Chairman, Alhaji Bello Goronyo, in Sokoto on Wednesday. He quoted Goronyo, who was represented by the party’s zonal Chairman, Sokoto Central, Alhaji Muhammad Dangoggo, as assuring the new entrants of equal treatment with…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to publish the name of Godswill Akpabio as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Akwa Ibom North/West senatorial election. InfoStride News recalls that the electoral body had omitted the names of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and Godswill Akpabio, a former minister of Niger Delta affairs from its published lists, saying they did not participate in the primary elections. Despite efforts by the ruling party to cede the tickets to Lawan and Akpabio, INEC, on July 9, insisted that Bashir Machina…
With a few days to the commencement of campaign for the 2023 general elections, there seems to be no end in sight to the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Trouble started for the main opposition party after its primary election when the national chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, alongside the presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, visited Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State. During that visit, Ayu had hailed Tambuwal, describing him as “a hero of democracy.” Whatever he meant by that, the statement is the off-shoot of the major crisis in the party today. Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers…
Christians in the 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, rose from their meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, affirming their earlier stance on the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Their stiff opposition has continued despite persuasions by the hierarchy of the APC, as well as the presidential candidate, Awiwaju Bola Tinubu. With this development, InfoStride News reports that religion and ethnicity remain the possible determinant factor ahead of the presidential election. Nigeria has always been faced with the issues of ethnicity, religion, zoning and other sentiments during every election year and these factors always…