The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party in Rivers State, Magnus Abe has said the forthcoming general election will be a watershed event in the political history of Nigeria. Abe made the comments at the official commissioning of the SDP constituency office in Obio/Akpor local government area of the state. He said there will be a political tsunami in Rivers State in the election which will “break known bounds and barriers”. Abe while addressing the gathering said, “To all of us that are here, I will deliver one important message. I have said severally that the 2023 elections will…
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The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi on Thursday reacted to the ruling of the federal High court sitting in Abakaliki, wherein the local government election that produced the 13 chairmen of LGA’S was voided. InfoStride News gathered that the governor had slated 1st September 2022 for the inauguration of the sacked chairmen. Umahi in a statement signed and made available to journalists in Abakaliki, by his Special Assistant on Strategy, Chooks Oko, said the court was curious to rule on the prayers that were not asked by the plaintiff. The statement reads in part: “The attention of the Executive…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and other presidential aspirants would hold a strategic meeting in Abuja ahead of the 2023 elections. This is coming barely three months after they went head-to-head at the presidential primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress that eventually produced Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the candidate of the party. This was disclosed in a statement issued Thursday by the media team of one of the presidential aspirants. Felix said the strategic meeting was to brainstorm on adopting winning campaign strategies that would carry every Nigerian along and address the challenges facing…
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has granted its National Working Committee (NWC) under the leadership of Ralph Nwosu one year tenure extension ahead of the 2023 general elections. The party’s National Legal Adviser, Peter Iyiola Oyewole while briefing the members of the NEC at the meeting held at the national secretariat of the party on Thursday in Abuja drew the attention of the NEC to the fact that the tenure of all the NWC had ended on 21st of August 2022. The move, according to the NEC, was to ensure that the national leadership…
The leadership of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State has warned its members against campaigning for candidates of other political parties. The Anambra State chairman of APGA, Sir Nobert Obi, who handed the warning in a press release circulated among members of the State Working Committee and all the Local government area and Ward chairmen said it amounted to anti-party to do so. InfoStride News learnt that the warning may have come as a result of the wide acceptance the presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi is gaining across political party in the State.…
Senator Sabo Muhammad Nakudu has won the All Progressives Congress APC Jigawa South West senatorial ticket in the party’s primary by-election. Senator Sabo Nakudu representing Jigawa Southwest was re-elected as the APC candidate after the death of Tijjani Ibrahim Gaya. InfoStride News reported that the APC, Jigawa’s central candidate for the 2023 general election, Tijjani Ibrahim Kiyawa died after a brief illness. Chairman primary election committee, Shehu Umar announced the result after compiling scores of the by-election conducted at the Aminu Kano Triangle in Dutse, Jigawa State capital. Senator Sabo Muhammad Nakudu had emerged the winner of the Jigawa South…
The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Abia, Alex Otti has unveiled Ikechukwu Emetu as running mate. Otti made the presentation in Umuahia, the capital, where he also inaugurated his campaign council. A former House of Representatives member, Nnanna Ngwu will serve as the Chairman. Otti explained that he got attracted to Emetu because of his antecedent as a philanthropist. The business mogul said 38-year-old engineer Emetu satisfied his desire for a young citizen as his deputy. The LP flagbearer recalled that he promised Abia youths a sense of belonging in the political space. Otti said Emetu is known in…
Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, Labour Party (LP) flag bearer for the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike are meeting in London. According to The Nation, other Governors at the meeting include Samuel Ortom of Benue; Seyi Makinde of Oyo and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State. Details of the meeting can not be ascertained as at press time, but observers believe it may not be unconnected with the 2023 general elections. InfoStride News recalls that Wike has been in a war of words with the camp of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku…
As the current crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) persist, the party’s 2023 Presidential candidate, former President, Atiku Abubakar has called on all his supporters to desist forthwith from making statements that are capable of compromising the ongoing reconciliation. In recent times, the former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike have engaged in bickering over the crisis rocking the PDP. Atiku in a statement from his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, Thursday cautioned that divisive statements can further divide the party. The former Vice President said such comments…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi state on Thursday voided the local government election that took place in the 13 LGAs of the state. InfoStride News reports authoritatively that the local government election was conducted on 30th July; 2022 by the Ebonyi State Independent National Electoral Commission EBSIEC. The Presiding Judge Fatun Riman in suit No. FHC/AI/CS/151/2022 ruled that the conduct of the Ebonyi local government election was undemocratic and unlawful and therefore declared it null and void. Speaking to journalists in Abakaliki, the counsel to the plaintiff, Mudi Erhenedi commended the Federal High Court for…
The Labour Party, LP, Imo State Chapter on Thursday rejected the constitution and inauguration of the OBI/DATTI campaign council by Prof. Pat Utomi during his recent visit to the state, describing it as a joke taken too far. The party, while declaring that nobody has been appointed to the Presidential Campaign Council in Imo State, said the exercise can best be described as null and void. Recall that one Dr. Fabian Ihekweme was allegedly appointed to Imo Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council by Professor Pat Utomi at the Banquet Hall of Immaculate Royal Hotel, Port Harcourt Road, Owerri. Reacting to…
The Pakistan government has decided to launch an international appeal to help cope with the disastrous flood situation in the country which was triggered by incessant rainfall since July and have claimed the lives of 830 people so far. This decision was taken during an urgent briefing on the flood emergency in Pakistan by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Tuesday, reports Dawn news. In addition to looking outward for assistance to mitigate the devastation caused by abnormal monsoon rainfall, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also appealed to the nation to extend help to the flood-stricken people as…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has responded to the petition filed by Governor Gboyega Oyetola before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. Governor Oyetola, who is the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) is challenging the result of the July 16 governorship election before the tribunal. Oyetola and APC claimed that there was over-voting in some local government areas in the state in the gubernatorial poll. The Caretaker Committee Chairman, Osun PDP, Dr Adekunle Akindele in his response asked the Election tribunal to dismiss Oyetola’s petition, describing it as frivolous, baseless and un-meritorious. He noted that Adeleke was duly declared the…
Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo has officially joined the Labour Party ahead of the 2023 general elections. Recall that the movie star had in on July 12, 2022, resigned his membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The actor’s desire to dump the ruling party followed the selection of Kashim Shettima as the running mate of the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. On his Instagram feed on Wednesday, Okonkwo shared pictures of himself with Labour Party executives in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. He wrote. ‘’It was an honour and a privilege to be welcomed into the Labour Party on…
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has knocked the All Progressives Congress-led government as the state ranked 36th in the recent West African Examination Council, WAEC, performance index. Osun is ranked 36th among all other 36 states, including FCT in the WAEC rank. The PDP Caretaker Committee Chairman, Dr. Adekunle Akindele on Wednesday, while reacting to the latest state-by-state performance record in the Senior School Certificate Examination for the 2022 calendar year, asked Governor Gboyega Oyetola-led government to apologise to the people of Osun State for the alleged destructive handling of the education system which culminated…
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu stopped Nigeria from becoming a one-party State. Keyamo said Tinubu’s forthrightness stopped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from turning Nigeria into a one-party State in 2003. The spokesman of the APC Presidential Campaign council, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday. He recalled that the PDP “wiped out” all the States in the South and Northern part of Nigeria, except Lagos State that was under Tinubu’s leadership in 2003. According to Keyamo, Tinubu’s insistence made Nigeria a multiparty democracy. He…
A former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has said the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, doesn’t have a monopoly over the electorate in the State. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been embroiled in crisis since the conclusion of its presidential primary election in May, when Wike lost out to Atiku Abubakar. It is believed both Wike and Atiku met in Abuja a few weeks ago to settle the crisis, but the dissension still lingers. In reaction to the development, Lamido in an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday, dismissed the crisis, adding that “we should forget about…
The National Chairman of the Party, Prof. Rufai Alkali, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. Alkali said the NNPP as an alternative platform will spring surprises nationwide in the 2023 general elections. According to him, the kind of leadership the NNPP would be bringing into Nigeria would be totally different from what the other political parties had offered and are offering. “We’re out to reduce the drift and sharp edges of anger and bitterness in the country. “NNPP is a party that is rooted in a national movement that will…
A former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri says the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the biggest beneficiary of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s race. Omokri who disclosed this via his Facebook page, Wednesday said the votes Obi will likely get are votes that would have naturally gone to PDP. He said the Obedient has been blinded by uncontrollable emotion, adding that “Tinubu is a master tactician. He knows Peter Obi cannot win. And he knows that very, very little of Peter’s votes, if any at all, will come…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State has threatened to sanction any of its members involved in anti-party activities. The PDP also said that it was closely monitoring the activities of its members and anyone found wanting will be “sanctioned inline with our rules of engagement”. It equally warned that the sanctions may include the possibility of being expelled. The warning came through the party’s State Publicity Secretary, John Akans, in Jos, the State Capital. Akans said, “It has come to the attention of the State working committee (SWC) of the…