Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Monday responded to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar’s claim that 90 percent of Northerners are not on social media. InfoStride News reports that Atiku had last week downplayed the possibility of Obi winning the 2023 presidential election. Atiku said it would take a miracle for Obi to win the 2023 presidential election because 90 percent of Northerners are not on social media. The former Vice President, who said this on Arise TV, stressed that Obi’s party has no structure at the grassroots level to ensure victory in 2023.…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decried the low collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in Rivers State. The INEC National Commissioner in charge of Delta, Cross River, and Rivers states, May Agbamuche, made the observation while briefing newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday. The INEC commissioner said out of 54,945 PVCs that have been received, only 10,373 have so far been collected. She, therefore, called on Rivers people to ensure they come forward to collect their PVC. She said “with regards to the distribution of new PVCs, a total of 54,945 have been received but only 10,373 have…
Liz Truss will be travelling the country wearing her earrings which cost circa GBP 4.50 from Claire Accessories, said Dorries, a reference to an affordable high street accessories store. Meanwhile Rishi visits Teeside in Prada shoes worth GBP 450 and sported GBP 3,500 bespoke suit as he prepared for crunch leadership vote, she said. It prompted angry responses from some Tory activists and ministers warning that they were all on the same team and that such personal attacks would be punished at the next general election expected around 2024. Probably worth remembering that on current trajectory we are out of…
The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described as provocative to see the state governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma and few members of the APC from the State and neighbouring Southeast States, allegedly partying with exotic wines and champagne, in denial of the realities of the mood of the State. The opposition party said it was saddened that while the effect of the cold blooded killing of the innocent youths of Otulu in Oru East Local Government Area continues to reverberate, Senator Hope Uzodinma went ahead with the South-East APC Banquet held at the Posh Banquet Hall,…
An Abuja-based lawyer, Osigwe Momoh has dragged the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to a Federal High Court in Abuja for fielding presidential and vice-president candidates of the party from the same religion. The lawyer in the suit, seeks an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from publishing the name of the APC presidential candidate in the forthcoming elections for violating the Nigerian constitution. The suit marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/1188/2022 claimed that the decision to pick the party’s presidential flagbearer and the running mate from the same religion violates the…
Immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said those who voted during the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential primary are regretting their decision. Amaechi said delegates who allowed money to influence their decision during the presidential primary are now regretting it. The former APC presidential aspirant spoke during the 60th birthday celebration of Apostle Eugene Ogu, General Overseer of Abundant Life Evangel Mission, over the weekend in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. He noted that throwing money around to get votes would not solve Nigeria’s problems. Amaechi also urged men of God to pray for the ordinary Nigerians to enable…
The Pro-Chancellor of Adeleke University, Dr Deji Adeleke, has threatened the Osun State Governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, against derailing the state. Deji Adeleke, who is the father of popular Nigerian singer, Davido, threatened to call a press conference against Adeleke if his administration derails from improving Osun State. He disclosed this at the 8th undergraduate and 4th postgraduate convocation of Adeleke University over the weekend. Ademola Adeleke, who is the Governor-elect’s elder brother, insisted that Ademola has no reason to fail because he is not answerable to any godfather. According to Adeleke: “I told the governor-elect (my brother) and his colleagues…
President Joe Biden continues to “improve significantly” despite a lingering sore throat from his coronavirus infection, according to an update Sunday from his doctor. “The president is responding to therapy as expected,” wrote Dr. Kevin O’Connor in his latest note. Biden has been taking Paxlovid, an antiviral drug that helps reduce the chance of severe illness. O’Connor wrote that Biden still has a sore throat, though other symptoms, including a cough, runny nose and body aches, “have diminished considerably.” Biden tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday morning. O’Connor said Saturday that the president likely became infected with a highly…
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, settled for a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket based on political strategy. Fayemi said the APC’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket was not aimed at undermining Christians but was based on political strategy. He spoke while hosting the new executives of the Ekiti State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, led by its Chairman, Emmanuel Aribasoye. APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu picked Kashim Shettima, a Northern Muslim, as his running mate, against the agitations by Nigerians. CAN had faulted the decision, stressing that APC was undermining Christians in the…
A former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, has claimed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, should be in jail. Dokubo said Obi should be in jail for investing the funds of the Anambra State government while he was a governor. He criticized the former Anambra State governor, alleging he invested the state funds in a family business. The former Niger Delta militant leader disclosed raised the allegations in his latest video. “In a normal country, Peter Obi is supposed to be in jail for investing state money in a family business and failed” Asari Dokubo.…
The Peoples Democratic Party (2023) Presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has lamented that Nigerians have never had it this horrible. Atiku, in a statement Sunday, said the next year’s election is a national rescue mission. The Waziri Adamawa said Nigerians owed the country a duty to vote in the 2023 election and vote out the failed APC. “As citizens of this great country, we owe Nigeria a duty to vote in the election and every ballot cast in that election should count as a referendum on the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC),” he stated. Atiku explained that his…
Ninety-three-year-old first Republic Aviation Minister, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi has said if for any reason the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, loses in next year’s presidential poll he (Amaechi) would conclude that God created Nigeria to suffer. The nonagenarian stated this, weekend, at his country home, in a chat with select journalists while declaring his support for Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba Ahmed. He warned that nothing untoward should happen to Obi ahead of the 2023 general elections, stating that Nigeria’s situation would worsen if anything happened to him (Obi). He said, “I don’t think…
Russian defence ministry officials on Sunday insisted that an airstrike on the port of Odesa — less than a day after Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement on resuming grain shipments from there — had hit only military targets. “In the seaport in the city of Odesa, on the territory of a shipyard, sea-based high-precision long-range missiles destroyed a docked Ukrainian warship and a warehouse with Harpoon anti-ship missiles supplied by the US to the Kyiv regime,” ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said at a daily briefing. The United States condemned the attack. “This attack casts serious doubt on the credibility…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has claimed the support for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi will wane before the February 2023 election. The party’s National Coordinator for electoral matters and INEC liaison, Mr Anayo Arinze stated this during a meeting of the stakeholders of the party in Awka, Anambra State capital. Arinze who formally unveiled the presidential candidate of the party, Mr Dumebi Kachikwu, said the party is confident of beating other parties in the election, including Peter Obi. He said: “We have resolved to deepen our presence in Anambra State. We have chosen…
The Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned against any attempt aimed at truncating the overwhelming victory of the party at the gubernatorial poll. This is at it declared that such treachery will be an exercise in futility. The Osun PDP made this known in a warning statement signed by Akindele Adekunle, Chairman, Caretaker Transition Committee and aimed at Dotun Babayemi frowned at the legal action he has instituted against the governor-elect. Dotun Babayemi emerged as the gubernatorial candidate of a faction of the Osun PDP at a parallel primary election held at the WOCDIF centre,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has challenged his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to grant at least one hour television interview before speaking against his comments on Arise TV. InfoStride News reports that Atiku, former vice-president, while appearing on Arise TV programme, berated Tinubu for selecting a fellow Muslim, former Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima as running mate. According to Atiku, the same faith ticket separated them when Tinubu lobbied to be his running mate in 2007. But Tinubu’s Campaign Organisation in a statement on Saturday, said the PDP presidential candidate lied…
Northern Governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have denied rumours that they are not happy with presidential candidate Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s choice of Kashim Shettima as his running mate for the coming 2023 presidential election. This comes amid rumours the APC Northern Governors are not in support of the choice of Shettima, former Governor of Borno State as Tinubu’s running mate. The governors said they support the choice of Shettima because he is also a former governor. Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, in his interview with BBC Hausa Service, said they are in support of his…
The House Jan. 6 committee has aired a previously unseen video outtake of President Donald Trump saying, I don’t want to say the election is over the day after insurrection at the US Capitol. The committee showed outtakes from a speech that Trump recorded on Jan. 7, 2021, in which he resisted the idea of saying that the election is over..
The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has witnessed massive defections of political power brokers to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). InfoStride News gathered that one of the decampees, Alhaji Rabiu Ilili Bakura, said they were together with former Governor Abdul Aziz Yari but his reconciliation with Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle forced them to leave the party. Some of the political heavyweights that dumped APC and embraced the opposition PDP are Salihu Maibuhu, Alhaji Rabiu Ilili Bakura, Alhaji Abubakar Baragaja and thousands of their supporters in the state. According to the decampees, they were not comfortable with…
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said he will reveal all that has transpired in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) very soon. Wike stated this in a terse tweet on Saturday evening. He wrote: “I will speak soon and Nigerians will know the truth of all that has transpired in the PDP in recent times.” Recall that on Friday, Atiku Abubakar the PDP presidential candidate for the 2023 election, spoke about why he didn’t choose Wike as his running mate. Reacting to the controversy surrounding the choice of his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa, Atiku said on Arise TV…