A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State, has restrained the State government led by Chief David Umahi from appointing new caretaker committees to run the affairs of the 13 Local Government Areas of the State. InfoStride News reports that one Mr. Otu Collins Eleri, Nelson Eze and three (3) others dragged the Independent National electoral commission, INEC, the Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission, EBSIEC, and the Ebonyi State government to the Court, challenging the outcome of the local government areas election conducted on 30th July, 2022. The trial judge, Justice Fatun Riman, had in the suit.…
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EU member states are preparing to suspend a 2007 visa facilitation agreement with Russia over the Ukraine war, a British daily reported on Sunday. EU foreign ministers are set to give the suspension political backing at a two-day informal meeting in Prague on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Financial Times said, citing three officials involved in the talks. The move widens the partial suspension imposed in February for Russian government officials and business leaders to now include civilian Russian applicants for EU visas, the Financial Times was quoted as saying by dpa news agency. Suspensions make the EU visa process more…
An Iranian foreign ministry spokesman has said that Iran is serious about achieving an agreement in Vienna because reviving the 2015 nuclear deal is in the interests of all parties. The parties to the nuclear talks have managed to resolve most of the issues pertaining to the restoration of the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Nasser Kanaani was quoted as saying by the official news agency IRNA. He said what had happened so far in the negotiations reflected a positive and onward trend, and there were few sensitive and important issues…
The gubernatorial candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP in Ebonyi State, Apostle Chris Adol-Awam, on Friday, decried high taxation and insecurity in the state. Adol-Awam, who is the General Overseer of the Eternal Light Christian World Ministry, made this known while speaking to newsmen in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State. He lamented the alleged rise in debt profile of Ebonyi State and vowed to offset all internal and external debt and will boast the state Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, through mining and other sources, if elected governor of Ebonyi State, come 2023. The cleric, however, stated that he…
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has dumped his deputy, Baba Tela, ahead of the 2023 general elections and picked the former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Mohammed Auwal Jatau, as his running mate. InfoStride News gathered that Hon. Mohammed Auwal Jatau is the current member representing the Zaki Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. Hon. Auwal Jatau, the Bauchi PDP Gubernatorial flag bearer in 2015, was defeated by Mohammed Abdullahi of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who served only one term in office. The House of Representatives member who announced his nomination as Governor…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ogun State, Hon. Ladi Adebutu, has ‘prophesied’ that former Governor Gbenga Daniel would return to the opposition party soon. Adebutu also described Daniel’s successor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, as a leader who he said was bred politically by the PDP. InfoStride News reports that Daniel governed Ogun from 2003 to 2011 under the platform of the PDP. The Remo politician is currently the senatorial candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun East, even after he claimed to have withdrawn from partisan politics in 2019. But, Adebutu has expressed confidence that…
Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has warned presidential candidates against further dividing the country in their campaigns ahead of the 2023 election. He stated this in a press release on Sunday in Abuja. The former presidential aspirant said the candidates are inflaming the passion of tribal and religious anger among the people rather than addressing the important issues in the country. He added that their supporters are also not helping matters by driving campaigns with intimidation, threats, misinformation, and blackmail. Olawepo-Hashim lamented that what is at variance today is far from what was obtainable…
Business mogul Valentine Ozigbo has said Peter Obi and Labour Party (LP) have gained acceptance in all states in Nigeria. Ozigbo made the comment in a statement on Sunday on the 31st anniversary of the creation of Anambra. He encouraged people of the state to play their part in the new wave of political awakening sweeping through the country. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in 2021 expressed hope that the 2023 election would spark a revolution in Anambra’s political landscape. Noting that the state has made “unsteady progress”, Ozigbo urged citizens to prioritise the character and competence of…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar is expected to receive the Senator representing Kano Central, Ibrahim Shekarau, back to the PDP today [today]. Recall that Shekarau who joined the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) earlier this year, had a few days ago, dumped the party over an alleged rift with the party’s presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso. The former Kano Governor who was elected as a Senator on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, left the ruling party earlier, after a face-off with the seating governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. The PDP chairman in Kano State Shehu Wada…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to support only candidates of the party in 2023. Tinubu stated this while speaking in Abuja as he received APC national working committee (NWC) members at the Tinubu/Shettima campaign office on Saturday. He described Buhari as a bold leader for taking the stand. “I like the statement of Mr. President a few days ago. Firm, concise, straight to the point and bold as a leader of our party. “We should commend the President for that statement. “For his commitment and loyalty to…
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday accused Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party of trying to sabotage a deal with the IMF ahead of the Washington-based lender’s crucial board meeting, asserting that self-centred politics will cause huge injustice to the country. The IMF executive board will convene on Monday to decide whether to disburse USD 1.18 billion loan tranche to Pakistan, as the country scrambles to avoid an economic collapse, amid high inflation and dwindling foreign exchange reserves. “I have never seen such self-centred politics; it will be a huge injustice with Pakistan and a big conspiracy against the country,…
A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has disclosed the only way the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, can win the 2023 election. Oshiomhole said Tinubu could only win the presidential election if party members are united. He disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting in Benin, the Edo State capital, over the weekend. Oshiomhole urged aggrieved APC members to lay aside their differences and work for the party’s progress. He said party members should take a cue from how he reacted after he was removed as APC National Chairman and work for the party’s progress. He…
Hon Chima Oriaku, a former State House of Assembly aspirant during the recently-concluded primary election of the All Progressives Congress in Abia State, has resigned membership of the party. Mr Oriaku, who sought the ticket of the party to represent Osisioma Ngwa State Constituency in Abia House of Assembly, in a letter made available to newsmen on Saturday, cited unlawful replacement of his name with co-contestants despite winning the primary election convincingly as the rationale behind his resignation as a member of the APC. The letter was addressed to the chairman of Amaitolu Umuojima, Ward 2, in Osisioma Ngwa Local…
The Head of Legal Department, Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Kano office, Suleiman Alkali, has called on journalists to do all they could to ensure that the forthcoming general election is free and fair, devoid of any rancour. Speaking, weekend, during a one-day sensitization workshop organized by the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, in Kano, he said the media has a critical role to make or mar the forthcoming elections. He said the position of the Nigerian media has proven overtime as very sensitive one to the survival or otherwise of the nation. “The case of Rwanda is not different…
The spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has reacted to the recent meetings between presidential candidates and governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, abroad. Baba-Ahmed wondered why Nigerian politicians travel abroad for critical meetings. Recall that the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar met with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State in London. Also, Wike met with the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in company of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, among others. Wike also met with APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu in London. Reacting, Baba-Ahmed, in a series…
A former House of Representatives member, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has claimed that the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, now controls the northern votes of President Muhammadu Buhari. Jibrin stated this during an interview with Channels Television on Friday. Recently, there have been speculations that Kwankwaso might ask his supporters to vote for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the 2023 election. Reacting to the speculation, Jibrin, who is the spokesperson of the Kwankwaso presidential campaign, said the former governor is not considering merging with the APC. “We…
Ahead of the 2023 elections, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of planning to seal its national secretariat in Abuja through the officials of the Federal Capital Development Control (FCDA). The party, which said it would not be intimidated, revealed that it had already dispatched a special letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Inter-Party Advisory Commission (IPAC), and the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mohammed Bello, to take steps towards addressing such witch-hunting. Its National Director of Communications and Programs, Barr. Ifenla Oligbinde alleged that some agents of other political parties, especially the…
A former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan has replied Ibrahim Masari, the former placeholder to Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, over his recent statement. Masari had told BBC Hausa Service on Wednesday that Wike and some governors of the opposition party would work for Tinubu‘s emergence as president in 2023. However, Ologbondiyan has now dismissed Masari’s statement, saying that there was no truth in his claim. According to him, the PDP governors have seen the failure of the APC and won’t vote for the ruling party next year. “The…
Non-indigenes in Enugu State, under the umbrella of Brethren of Interfaith and Inter-Community Development Initiative, have assured Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of their resolve to support his bid to represent Enugu North Senatorial District in the National Assembly in 2023, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The non-indigenes also endorsed the governorship candidate of the PDP in Enugu State, Barr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, as their preferred guber candidate for the 2023 general election. The group, popularly known as “Brethren of the Rock”, comprising indigenes from TIV, Hausa, Yoruba, Igala communities and other four states of the South East…
The European Union will call an emergency meeting of energy ministers to discuss bloc-wide solutions to the spike in power prices. The Czech Republic, which holds the European Union’s rotating presidency, will summon the gathering to debate “concrete” measures to tackle the energy crisis following an agreement with European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said Friday. The Czech leader didn’t elaborate on potential new steps, but earlier this week said he’ll discuss possible price caps with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday. The Czechs and some other bloc members are calling for a common policy…