The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday, mocked the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for allegedly rushing to Abuja in the face of the defeat of his party, in Osun State Governorship election. A statement by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba said Tinubu’s action cannot overturn the will of the people at the polls. According to the statement, the opposition party is already aware that APC leaders are rushing to Abuja in a “desperate move to manipulate the process and frustrate the smooth conclusion of the election, having realized that…
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President Xi Jinping has asked officials to step up efforts to uphold the principle that Islam in China must be Chinese in orientation and religions in the country should adapt to the socialist society being pursued by the ruling Communist Party of China. Xi Jinping visited the volatile Xinjiang region, where the Chinese security forces for the last several years have made efforts to control protests by Uygur Muslims over settlements from Han Chinese from outside the province. During his four-day tour of the region which started on July 12, Xi met with officials. He stressed fostering a strong…
President Muhammdu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State, on Saturday, said the process that led to the election of former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was purely democratic and a reflection of the will of party members. Buhari disclosed this in a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu. “When the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) signaled parties to elect their presidential candidates, we had 30 aspirants, mostly ministers in my cabinet and governors,” Buhari said during Sallah’s homage to the Emir of Katsina, Abdulmumini Kabir Usman. “I…
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) has called on the leaderships of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, to resign their positions and become partisan politicians. In a statement signed by the Cross River State chairman of CNPP, Paddy Allly, he said the two leaderships seem to have lost sight of their main responsibilities and delved into political partisanship. Few days ago, the organised Labour in Cross River State passed a vote of no confidence in Ambassador Ogar Osim, accusing him of autocratic leadership, hoarding information about political processes regarding Labour Party candidates for…
The candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke, has won his polling unit. He won with 218 votes. Senator Adeleke voted at Unit 009, Ward 02, Abogunde/Sagba, Ede North. His major contender, Governor Gboyega Oyetola polled 23 votes while Dr Akin Ogunbiyi of Accord Party has one vote.
Results are already trickling in from Polling Units in the ongoing governorship election in Osun State. INEC officials have concluded voting and sorting of results in some Polling Units while ballot counting has also commenced in the presence of the voters. InfoStride News gathered that the Osun State governorship election was keenly contested between the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Here are some of the results from Polling Units: Result: Unit 29, Ward 008, Olorunda LGA PDP – 91 APC – 39 ACCORD – 1 YPP – 1 ADP – 3 APM…
The White House says Russian officials have visited an airfield in central Iran at least twice in recent weeks to view weapons-capable drones it is looking to acquire for use in its ongoing war in Ukraine. The administration released the intelligence as President Joe Biden gets set to meet on Saturday with leaders of six Arab Gulf countries, plus Egypt, Jordan and Iraq for a regional summit. Biden is expected to lay out his major statement explaining his vision for the Middle East as he closes out of the final leg of a four-day trip meant to bolster U.S. positioning…
A lawyer in Kaduna State, Barrister Timothy Badmus, on Saturday, condenmed the protest organised by the Christian body on Friday in Abuja, against Muslim-muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Over 10, 000 Nigerians from across the 19 northern States, had on Friday, July 15, 2022, converged in Abuja, to protest the Muslim-Muslim ticket adopted by Tinubu. Reacting, Badmus noted that as a bonafide citizen of Nigeria, Ahmed Bola Tinubu has a right to choose whoever he wants as his preferred running mate. He said the protest was an infringement on his fundamental human…
Civil Society Organizations have condemned the alleged illegality and unfairness displayed by the leadership of the All Progressive Congress at the recently-conducted senatorial primary elections in Abia Central District where it was claimed the party leadership unlawfully and deliberately substituted the name of a winner, Sam Onuigbo, with that of another aspirant, who lost during the May 26th indirect gubernatorial primary election. The APC had claimed its actions were on the basis of harmonizing interests but the CSOs maintained that such action by the APC negated democratic principles. The Foundation for Natural Justice & Good Governance (FNGG), and the Nigeria…
Less than 24 hours before the Osun governorship election, there appears to be a block for the candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in the state. The party in a statement by National Secretary of the party, Tunde Alli, on Thursday, said the PRP was disappointed with the negative effects of the “obvious in-activity of the governorship candidate of the party, Busuyi Ayowole, both on party structures in the state and at the national level.” Meanwhile, the candidate of the party in his response accused the national secretariat of the PRP of corruption. He denied withdrawing from the gubernatorial…
As the Osun State governorship election kicks off, the National Legal Adviser of the Accord Party, Maxwell Mgbudem has said only a free and credible election would be acceptable. He called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security agencies and other stakeholders participating in the governorship election to resist pressure that could lead to the rigging of the election. In a statement he issued on Friday, and sent to Newsmen in Abuja, Mgbudem, who is also the Deputy National Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), emphasized the need for politicians and other key stakeholders, to uphold a free…
A Pakistani court on Friday declared Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s younger son Suleman Shehbaz and another person proclaimed offenders in a money laundering case. The Lahore Special Court (Central-I) declared Suleman and Tahir Naqvi proclaimed offenders after they failed to appear despite being summoned, the Dawn newspaper reported. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had booked Shehbaz and his sons Hamza and Suleman in November 2020 under the Prevention of Corruption Act and Anti Money Laundering Act. Arrest warrants were issued for Suleman and Naqvi on May 28. At the same hearing, the court had also issued arrest warrants for another…
Kingsley Moghalu, a former presidential candidate, has said the Muslim-Muslim ticket of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) is a “political calculation”, and not a declaration of religious war. Tweeting on Friday, Moghalu, who lost the ADC presidential ticket in the primaries, said he is not surprised by the uproar the issue has generated. “As I said recently to a question on @ARISEtv, the APC Muslim-Muslim ticket was intended more as a political calculation than a declaration of “religious war,” he said. The former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Deputy-Governor said the storm being sparked…
A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole, has dismissed the alleged plot to Islamize Nigeria following the party’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket. Oshiomhole assured Nigerians that the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu can’t Islamize Nigeria because his wife is a practicing Christian and a pastor. Speaking with TVC, the former Edo State governor described the Tinubu-Kashim Shettima combination as a “balanced ticket.” Oshiomhole suggested that the opposition was afraid of the Tinubu-Shettima ticket; hence such allegations. According to Oshiomhole: “It is a balanced ticket; balanced ticket in terms of competence, and their antecedents. The opposition party…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday dismissed a suit filed by some aggrieved members of Akwa Ibom Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the party over the alleged conduct of the state’s primary elections. Delivering judgment, Justice Obiora Egwuatu, held that the suit lacked merit. Justice Egwuatu said that the plaintiffs, having not participated in the elections, lacked the locus standi to institute the suit. He also agreed with the 2nd defendant (PDP) that the plaintiffs did not exhaust the party’s internal mechanism to resolve the issue before filing the matter. The judge consequently dismissed the suit for lacking…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kaduna State, Dr. Mustapha Aliyu, has warned the governorship aspirant of the ruling All Progressives Congress Party (APC), in the state, Senator Uba Sani over his choice to fly a Muslim-Muslim ticket. InfoStride News recalls that Uba Sani, a serving Senator, had on July 3, 2022, picked Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s deputy, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe as his running mate for the upcoming 2023 gubernatorial elections in the state. Reacting on Friday, Aliyu said for equity, justice, and fairness, Sani would have chosen a Christian as deputy. According to him, Balarabe is even more…
The European Union could ban the import and transit of some fuel oil from Russia around six months ahead of the planned deadline, an EU official and four traders told Reuters. The EU has been reducing imports of Russian oil products since March, after Moscow sent thousands of troops into Ukraine, and agreed a full ban from February 2023. However, the import and transit of Russian coal is being stopped sooner – from Aug. 10, and technically may include fuel oil. EU bans are based on so-called Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes used by customs. One of the codes being…
The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Busuyi Ayowole Adedeji has declared that he is still in the gubernatorial race. Adedeji asked the electorates to disregard the information coming from the party that he has been withdrawn from the Saturday, July 16, gubernatorial election. The National Executive Committee of the PRP through its National Secretary, Babatunde Alli had in an announcement on Thursday, July 14, announced its withdrawal from the guber race. Reacting through Ilesanmi Iyanu, Director, New Media and Strategy of his campaign organisation on Friday in Osogbo, the PRP Osun gubernatorial candidate, accused the Osun PRP…
An aide to ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Phrank Shaibu has said Governor Nyesom Wike will not leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said the PDP is Wike’s “last bus stop”. In an article, Shaibu reacted to the visit to the Rivers helmsman by All Progressives Congress (APC) governors. The Governors of Ekiti, Ondo and Lagos States, Kayode Fayemi, Rotimi Akeredolu and Babajide Sanwo-Olu met Wike in Port Harcourt. Shaibu said the trip was to “bring Wike to their fold or strike a deal with him, courtesy of one of their newest converts”. “However, what’s the sense in their move?…
Mr. Ogar Osim, Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) in Cross River, on Friday told the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the state that its mandate was to mobilise workers to support the party in the coming elections and not to select candidates for the party. Osim said this at a news conference in Calabar while reacting to a vote of no confidence passed on him by the NLC and affiliate unions in the state. The NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) had met earlier and produced a statement signed by both chairman Mr Ben Ukpepi and Mr Monday…