The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is laying the foundation for the rigging of the 2023 election through the manual collation of results. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye in an interview with the Punch on Saturday said the collation of results of the 2023 general elections will be done manually despite the adoption of electronic transmission of results. Okoye was quoted to have said “Section 60(5) of the Act makes it mandatory that the…
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, Hon. Adesola Gold Adedayo has told the Social Democratic Party, SDP, governorship candidate, Engr Segun Oni that “his persistent blackmails against the Ekiti governor-elect, Biodun Oyebanji will not earn him victory at the election petition tribunal. Adedayo said it sounded spurious, hypocritical and demeaning for the Segun Oni’s legal team to be concocting lies and making incendiary comments against Oyebanji and the All Progressives Congress, claiming that they were allegedly planning to tinker with the election materials at INEC to pervert justice. The Osun-Ekiti born former Senior Legislative Assistant at…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a foundation member of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr. Osita Okechukwu has declared that the breach of the power rotation principle is crippling Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s last bid to preside over Nigeria. Atiku Abubakar is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the 2023 general elections. Okechukwu referred to the APC Northern Governors’ letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on June 4, 2022, as evidence that the rotation of the presidency between the North and South is intended to unite the country. He quoted the governors saying, “After careful deliberation, we…
The Electoral Tribunal for the Osun State governorship election has fixed the date for the hearing of an ex-parte application filed by Governor Gboyega Oyetola. This is coming after the Electoral Tribunal failed to serve the Governor-Elect, Ademola Adeleke court process on the petition challenging his victory. The election tribunal secretary, David Umar, while speaking with newsmen, said the Governor-elect could not make himself available to receive the service. The tribunal fixed Monday, August 22 for the hearing of the application. Umar said counsels to Oyetola had approached the tribunal with an ex-parte application for substituted service on Adeleke. According…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said some comments being circulated about his meeting with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, are fake. InfoStride News recalls that Tinubu on Wednesday visited Obasanjo at his penthouse residence within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Accompanied by Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief Bisi Akande, Chief Segun Osoba, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, Nuhu Ribadu, and others, Tinubu had private discussions with Obasanjo. While the duo of Tinubu and Obasanjo have kept sealed lips over what transpired at the meeting, different claims are being made…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial candidate for Benue South in the 2023 election, Comrade Daniel Onjeh, has congratulated Dr. Sam Ode on his emergence as the party’s 2023 deputy governorship candidate for Benue State. In a statement he personally signed on Saturday, Onjeh also congratulated all the party’s other personable contenders for the position of deputy governorship candidate in the state, saying it was time for the genuine stakeholders to forge unity and heal the wounds of the past towards ultimately ensuring the victory of the party in the 2023 polls. InfoStride News reports that there had been controversy…
Two weeks before the UK’s Conservative Party leadership election is set to draw to a close, finalist Rishi Sunak’s team are promoting a new campaign video cashing in on his “underdog” status with rival Liz Truss’ firm lead in the race to succeed Boris Johnson. The video, first used to introduce Sunak at a hustings event in Manchester on Friday night, shows the former Chancellor at a series of campaign events since the race began last month and addressing Tory members who are voting for a new party leader to take charge as British Prime Minister on September 5. “I’ll…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has denied being involved in Friday night’s attack on the convoy of the wife of the state governor, Kafayat Oyetola. Recall that the media had reported that the convoy of the governor’s wife was attacked at Owode-Ede town enroute Osogbo, the state capital. According to reports, the motorcade, which travelled without a siren was stuck in a hold-up, which according to police revelation, was caused by a broken down truck. In the ensuing confusion, gunshots were fired and security personnel attached to the Osun First Lady and others sustained injuries while five…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State has commended the National Working Committee of the party over its decision to appoint Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle as the North West Zonal Campaign Coordinator for the coming 2023 Presidential elections. This was contained in a press statement signed and issued to newsmen in Gusau, the State capital by the party’s publicist, Yusuf Idris Gusau. “This is no doubt in recognition of the Governor’s initiatives in bringing unity and overwhelming support into the party like he demonstrated without any rancour in both his state and elsewhere he participated in such discourse” the…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has threatened to fight to finish anyone working with former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus. Secondus is a strong ally of presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar. Wike issued the threat on Saturday at the flagging off ceremony of the construction of internal roads Omagwa, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. The governor maintained he will “finish” anyone who pitches his tent with “enemies of the state”. He said, “If anybody fights our system we will fight the person back. “Let me tell you what you don’t…
The US for the first time Friday said it will give Ukraine Scan Eagle surveillance drones, mine-resistant vehicles, anti-armor rounds and howitzer weapons to help Ukrainian forces regain territory and mount a counteroffensive against Russian invaders. A senior defense official told reporters that a new $775 million aid package will include 15 Scan Eagles, 40 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles known as MRAPs with mine-clearing rollers, and 2,000 anti-armor rounds that can help Ukraine troops move forward in the south and east, where Russian forces have placed mines. The official said the U.S. is looking to help shape and arm the Ukrainian…
Action Democratic Party (ADP) governorship candidate, Victor Fingesi, has castigated the Nyesom Wike-led Rivers State Government. Fingesi spoke on Friday after State ADP Chairman, Kendrick Christian presented him to the public, NAN reports. He said the major problem in Rivers was poverty, “which is the reason we are having increased rate of crime and insecurity”. The candidate stated that the government generate N57.3billion annually but more than 1.7 million youths are unemployed. Fingesi added that the state has over 188,590 out of school children due to poor leadership. In his remarks, Christians said the party was tired of bad governance…
President Muhammadu Buhari has been appointed as the Chairman of the Presidential Campaign Council as campaign kicks-off in September ahead of the 2023 elections. A party source toldthe media that the decision was reached following the meeting between the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the governors elected on the platform of the party on Wednesday, in Abuja. While the Governor of Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong holds on to his position as the Director-General of the Presidential Campaign, he would be reporting directly to Buhari who has been vested with power to make final decision on…
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu would win the 2023 election. Fani-Kayode said great things would happen to Nigerians under Tinubu’s leadership. He disclosed this after he met Tinubu, ahead of the 2023 presidential election. The former Minister met with Tinubu in company of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. In a series of tweets, Fani-Kayode said the meeting was fruitful and productive. He said APC would emerge victorious in 2023. According to Fani-Kayode: “It was an honor and privilege to spend quality time with our presidential…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday voided the exclusion of a House of Representatives candidate for Fufore/Song Federal Constituency of Adamawa State, Boya Aliu Wakili from the 2023 election. The exclusion carried out by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC against the politician was set aside on grounds of illegality, injustice and a breach of fundamental rights of the candidate. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgment, ordered INEC to immediately upload into its portal the name of the candidate having been found to have been unjustly excluded from the list of successful candidates published by the electoral body…
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, expressed outrage on Friday over a 34-year prison sentence handed down to a Saudi woman charged with aiding dissidents. Al-Shehab, 34, was arrested in Saudi Arabia in 2021 while on a holiday from the United Kingdom where she is a student. She was accused of spreading false information and aiding dissidents seeking to disrupt public order with her tweets, retweets and follows on Twitter. The UN human rights office, OHCHR, expressed outrage on Friday over a prison sentence spanning more than three decades handed down to a Saudi woman charged with following and retweeting…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Imo State on Friday said the regime of Gov Hope Uzodinma has approached its expiry date and must give way to a PDP led-administration. The opposition party alleged that the Imo State government through its sponsored protest is trying to hoodwink the people and divert attention from the woes and infamies of the wobbling regime. In a statement signed by the Director-General, Imo PDP New Media, Collins Opurozor and made available to the media in Owerri, the PDP said as long as God is still on the throne, Imo people will overcome Uzodinma. The…
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi and the governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo on Friday met in Awka. The meeting which was held behind closed doors at the Anambra State Governor’s Lodge in Amawbia, Awka South Local Government Area lasted for about two hours. The reason for the meeting was not made known to journalists, as both leaders declined press interviews at the end of the session. It was, however, believed that their meeting had to do with the presidential election of 2023. Just a week ago, Soludo had in an address accused Igbos…
Two officers and a woman leader from Onna local government area, (LGA) Governor Udom Emmanuel’s LGA have resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party and joined the Young Progressives Party in the state.. Usenobong Akpabio, Chairman of the defection and inter-party committee of YPP in the state who disclosed this in a statement on Friday said about 580 other officers from other local governments have also joined the party recently. The party witnessed the mass exodus following the defection and subsequent emergence of the Senator representing Akwa Ibom North East at the National Assembly, Bassey Akpan as the 2023 Governorship candidate…
Palpable anxiety has mounted over who will fly the flag of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 governorship election in Delta State, following the reservation of judgment in an appeal filed by the speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly and winner of the May 25 primary of the PDP, Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori. A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal on Friday announced that its judgment has been reserved in Oborevwori and PDP’s appeal against the judgment of Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, which ordered the removal of Oborevwori as PDP candidate in…