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…
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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…
Public commentator Reno Omokri has described the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi as a regional candidate. Reno Omokri made the claims while speaking on Channels Television Politics Today on Wednesday. He accused the “Obidient Movement” of complying to the sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Tuesday. Omokri said, “I know they had a sit-at-home on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. “Now Obidients and Peter Obi who normally have things every day in the South East obeyed that IPOB sit-at-home and this is not the first time. “Previously, IPOB used to have it on Mondays,…
Traditional Rulers from Enugu North Senatorial District of Enugu State have presented ‘Ofo’ to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Enugu North Senatorial District in the 2023 general election, as a symbol of their solidarity and endorsement of his senatorial bid. Presenting the ‘Ofo’ (traditional symbol of authority) to Gov. Ugwuanyi when all members of the Executive of Enugu North Zonal Council of Traditional Rulers visited the governor at the Government House, Enugu, the Grand Patron of Enugu State Council of Traditional Rulers, HRH Igwe Simeon Osisi Itodo, told the governor that…
Hand on heart, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy watched his country’s flag rise Wednesday above the recaptured city of Izium, making a rare foray outside the capital that highlights Moscow’s embarrassing retreat from a Ukrainian counteroffensive. Russian forces left the war-scarred city last week as Kyiv’s soldiers pressed a stunning advance that has reclaimed large swaths of territory in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region. As Zelenskyy looked on and sang the national anthem, the Ukrainian flag was raised in front of the burned-out city hall. After almost six months under Russian occupation, Izium was left largely devastated, with apartment buildings blackened by…
The United States is considering options for a sanctions package against China to deter it from invading Taiwan, with the European Union coming under diplomatic pressure from Taipei to do the same, according to sources. The sources said the deliberations in Washington and Taipei’s separate lobbying of EU envoys were both at an early stage – a response to fears of a Chinese invasion that have grown as military tensions escalate in the Taiwan Strait. The idea is to restrict some trade and investment with China in sensitive technologies like computer chips and telecoms. Reuters was unable to learn details…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming 2023 election, Abubakar Atiku has claimed that the resignation of the party’s national chairman, Senator Iyorcha Ayu is achievable. Atiku made this disclosure during an interactive session with some leaders of PDP from the southwest zone in Ibadan on Wednesday. Present at the interactive session were Governors Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Atiku’s running mate, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, Senator Ademola Adeleke, Soji Adagunodo, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu and his counterparts from Ondo, Olusegun Mimiko and Osun, Olagunsoye Oyinlola. Others are; Eyitayo…
The absence of Mr Wilfred Okoi, Counsel to Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike in a legal action challenging the validity of Atiku Abubakar’s candidacy as the Peoples Democratic Party PDP flag bearer in the 2023 general election on Wednesday stalled hearing of the suit. Okoi was at the Federal High Court early in the day and was said to have suddenly developed sickness and had to hurriedly leave the courtroom. A PDP chieftain, Newgent Ekamon, who instituted the suit alongside Wike informed Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed that the joint lawyer had to leave when his health challenges deteriorated. Ekamon pleaded…
A chieftain of Labour Party, LP, Senator Victor Umeh, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) should be held responsible for the country’s woes, saying Nigerians cannot go back to them and expect a turn around of the economy. Senator Umeh disclosed this while fielding questions on the Channels TV Sunrise Program discussing ”the Labour Party and preparations for the 2023 general elections”. He said Nigerians should not expect a different result while doing the same thing over and over again. ”There are two parties, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressive Congress (APC),…
The Supreme Court has affirmed Chukwuma Odii Ifeanyi as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for Ebonyi State in the 2023 general election. The Apex Court set aside a Judgment of the Court of Appeal delivered in favour of Senator Joseph Obinna Ogba on account of illegality. In a judgment delivered by Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba and endorsed by other four Justices, the Supreme Court held that the Court of Appeal ought not to have listened to Ogba because he did not obtain leave of court before filing his appeal in Court of Appeal. Justice Garba held…
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Atiku Abubakar and the camp of the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike will today at the Federal High Court in Abuja begin legal fireworks on the legality or otherwise of the primary election that produced Atiku. The suit was filed by a chieftain of the party, Chief Michael Newgent Ekamon, asking the court to invalidate the victory of Atiku and declare Wike the valid presidential candidate of the PDP. A hearing notice just sighted by the media indicated that the matter has been slated for definite hearing by Justice Ahmed…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in the forthcoming general elections, Atiku Abubakar has promised to lead Nigeria out of darkness by stimulating growth that will create jobs and wage war against hunger if elected into power. The former vice President made the pledge at the Private sector economic forum on the 2023 presidential election, which was hosted in Commerce House, Victoria Island Lagos on Tuesday, by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In an address presented by the President of the Chamber, Dr Michael Olawale Cole, he warmly welcomed the participants and enumerated the status of LCCI…
Osun State Independent Electoral Commission Chairman, Olusegun Oladitan, has charged the Commission’s newly-recruited Electoral Officers on the need for good service delivery in the conduct of the forthcoming local government elections in the state. Oladitan gave the charge in Osogbo at a 5-day pre- election training for the Officers where he asserted that being an Electoral officer comes with responsibilities which are critical and central to the conduct of free, fair and credible elections. He added that the training and electoral orientation of the officers will ensure that the conduct of election conforms with international best practices. Speaking further, Oladitan…
An Ogun State governorship hopeful, Segun Showunmi, has said the 2023 general election is an unusual one, saying the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) must get back victory after years of defeat. Showunmi spoke on Tuesday at a stakeholders’ meeting held in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital with leaders of the PDP. In his words, the Egba chief urged members of the PDP to be steadfast and remain committed to the success of the party, maintaining that the PDP in Ogun State is united and better positioned to win the 2023 polls. According to him, the leaders of the party have…
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi headed to Doha, the capital of Qatar, for a two-day visit, the first-of-its-kind in four years, according to a statement by the Egyptian presidency office. “The visit, that is made after a four-year rift between the two countries, comes upon an invitation by the Qatari emir,” the statement said on Tuesday. “The two leaders will discuss the most important aspects of bilateral relations between the two countries. They will also hold consultations and coordination on various regional and international issues of common interest, which require concerted efforts to safeguard Arab national security,” the statement added. Qatari…
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday denied talking about granting an extension to Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, saying he had just proposed to defer the appointment of the new army chief till elections. On Monday, Khan had told a TV channel in an interview that the tenure of the army chief should be extended until his successor is appointed by the new government after elections. “I never talked about the extension of the army chief’s tenure. I just proposed to defer the appointment of the army chief till elections,” Khan told reporters at his Banigala residence…
Amidst calls for his resignation, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyorchia Ayu is to embark on a medical trip to Europe on Wednesday. InfoStride News report that a crisis emerged following, PDP presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar’s choice of Delta state Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as the running mate and the insistence of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike’s group on the removal of the party’s national chairman, Senator Ayu. They argued that a northerner is the presidential candidate, National Chairman and also the Chairman PDP Governors Forum is from the zone. Ayu in a…
The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has faulted the claims by the state governor, Nyesom Wike, that the former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi did not attract any project as minister. The APC also dismissed allegations that the former governor did not show any love or interest for the welfare of the late elder statesman, Alabo Graham Douglas when he was alive. Briefing newsmen at the APC secretariat in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, the acting state Publicity Secretary of the party, Darlington Nwauju, described the claims of Governor Wike as “false and plot to blackmail the leader of the…