National Assembly candidates of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State have vowed to resist further attempt by Justice Stephen Daylop-Pam of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt to continue hearing the suit seeking to disqualify them from the 2023 general elections. The candidates said they would rather go to jail than allow the judge continue to hear the suit. InfoStride News reports that one of the defendants in the suit and candidate of the APC for the Emohua/Ikwerre Federal constituency Ezemonye Ezekiel Amadi had asked the judge to recuse himself from the suit on the last adjourned date.…
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A former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State, Valentine Ozigbo has dumped the leading opposition platform. 52-year-old Ozigbo was the PDP standard bearer in the 2021 Anambra governorship election. The ex-President of Transcorp has announced that he would work for the emergence of Peter Obi as Nigeria’s President. The former Anambra governor is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). Ozigbo explained that his decision to resign from the PDP was based on the need for Nigeria to have a competent and visionary individual in charge of affairs. He observed Nigerians have been split…
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has expressed his opinion on the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Fani-Kayode said a demon and devil has entered into the PDP. He spoke against the backdrop of a remark by PDP chieftain, Bode George, that a devil may have infiltrated the ranks of the opposition party. George was reacting to the impasse between Governor Nyesom Wike and the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Urging them to “cool down,” the PDP chieftain said it appears “some kind of devil” has entered the party. Reacting, Fani-Kayode stressed that Wike and Southerners were cheated in…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party for the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, has accused the opposition of insinuating fake news and misinformation against him using social media. The statement might be in response to increasing complaints and allegations against the teeming supporters of Mr Obi, known as the ‘Obedient’. Recall that the presidential candidate of All Progressive Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu had claimed that supporters of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi were defaming him. Tinubu, in a statement signed by Director, Media and Communications, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, had urged Obi to call his supporters to order,…
The gubernatorial candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State, Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda on Thursday presented his running mate, Pam Bot-Mang to the Jos South traditional council, at the palace of Dagwom Rwey of Jos South, Da. Ngah Dangyang. He said Pam Bot-Mang was not picked as the running mate because he is Berom from Jos South but because of his track record of integrity, self-reliance and humility to add electoral value to the ticket. Yilwatda noted that his relationship with Bot-Mang started during his secondary school days about 40 years ago, when he served him as…
Senator Walid Jibrin, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, in Kaduna told the PDP family to be patient and focus on winning the 2023 elections as the party works toward reconciling the lingering crisis bedevilling the party. In a statement, he issued to newsmen in Kaduna, on Thursday, Senator Jibrin, explained that efforts are on top gear to reconcile, the River State Governor, Nyeson Wike, the party (PDP) and the Presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar. Senator Walid, while calling on members of the PDP and all Nigerians to remain calm…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has warned governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke to exercise caution in order not to talk himself into avoidable trouble. The APC said Adeleke had been speaking uncontrollably since he was declared the winner of the July 16, 2022, governorship election in Osun State by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). It would be recalled that Adeleke spoke boastfully in Ijebu-Jesa few days ago while formally welcoming into the PDP, the former State commissioner for Finance, under Rauf Aregbesola’s administration, Dr Wale Bolorunduro. On the occasion, Adeleke reportedly said that the APC and Oyetola’s…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George has made an appeal to the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to “cool down” amid the crisis in the party. Speaking during a Channels TV interview on Wednesday, George said it appeared “some kind of devil” has entered the party. Wike and Atiku have been at loggerheads since the PDP presidential primary in May. The governor lost out to the ex-vice president and was also snubbed as running mate, with Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta, preferred. Efforts by PDP stakeholders and elders…
Femi Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has defended the same faith ticket of the party, insisting it is the choice of the presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Admitting that no real Christian would be pleased with such selection, the former PDP stalwart said he had prayed about it and that there was nothing wrong with the choice. Fani-Kayode, who had before now spoken against the APC and Tinubu and even went ahead on many occasions to accuse the ruling party of plotting to islamize the country, said he was only against the APC because he was in…
The Labour Party, LP says it has concluded plans to embark on a five-million-man march for its presidential candidate in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on September 24. The LP Chairman, FCT chapter, Diugwu Chukwuemeka Peter, who disclosed this to the media in Abuja on Wednesday, said Obi’s supporters would shut down the capital territory. According to him, the Abuja chapter of the party on Wednesday decided to fix the march on September 24 to enable the 36 States complete theirs. He said, “We have fixed September 24 for the march in FCT. Our own in Abuja is going to…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC), has joined millions of Nigerians to felicitate with Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd.), former Military President of Nigeria, on his 81st birthday. Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, the ADC Global Campaign Director-General, in a statement issued in Kaduna on Thursday, stated that General Babangida is a passionate believer in the organic links between generations in Nigeria. According to the statement, “The ADC particularly wishes to congratulate General Babangida on attaining the Golden age and to thank God Almighty for sparing his life with his inspiring presence amongst us to keep the flames of our dedication to the interests…
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Ebonyi State chapter, on Monday, ordered immediate arrest of one Mrs. Ann Agom-Eze, a senatorial rival to Governor David Umahi over alleged anti-party and perjury against the party in the state. The state chairman of the party, Mr. Stanley Okoro Emegha, made this known while speaking to journalists in Abakaliki capital of Ebonyi State. He called on the Nigeria Police to arrest Mr. Agom-Eze anyplace, she is sighted for attempting to cause crisis and division in the party. Emegha noted further that it is impossible for Ann Agom-Eze to fly the Ebonyi South Senatorial…
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has bragged that there will not be up to 200 supporters of the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, for a proposed street march. El-Rufai stated this on Twitter, in reaction to a tweet from a certain @ZamarOmar who wrote “Kaduna Two Million March for Peter Obi”. The governor seemed to mock the Igbos labelling them as “imports” who can’t open their shops on Mondays. El-Rufai tweeted: “In Kaduna? Not Kaduna Twitter? – I hope you get Two Hundred persons on the streets, including those ‘imports’ that can’t open their shops on…
A prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State, Lasisi Ayinla Kolawole Jimoh, has said the ruling APC government in the state is too fragmented to win the 2023 re-election of its gubernatorial candidate. In a chat with InfoStride News in Ilorin on Wednesday, the elder statesman blamed the fragmentation of the party on the crisis which hit the party shortly after its victory in the 2019 gubernatorial election in the area with the incumbent Governor Abdulrahaman Abdulrazaq emerging winner. He described the development as worrisome and a big problem which could be mended with sincerity of…
Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, has assured Femi Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend, that his ‘Obidient movement’ will base its campaign on issues rather than personality attacks. Obi said that his campaign would be based on everyday issues affecting Nigerians and Nigeria, insisting that the recent controversy was not what the movement and his ambition stand for. He gave the assurance when he visited Kuti, according to a video clip online. This is coming less than a week after Kuti gave a reason his family would not support any of the top three presidential candidates: Asiwaju Tinubu,…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said he will show Rivers people who to vote in the 2023 general elections. Wike said as a governor, he knows all the candidates for the elections so well. He said he loves Rivers State a lot and as such will not allow the people make a mistake in electing their leaders in 2023. Wike was speaking at the commissioning of the remodelled Waterlines Building in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. He said “we will tell you those you will vote for, I know and I will tell you who is who. “Most of you…
Kola Ologbondiyan, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, former National Publicity Secretary, has dismissed concerns that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State may form an alliance detrimental to the party’s chances during next year’s presidential election. Ologbondiyan said this while speaking on Wike’s recent meetings with opposition political figures. He also said the governor was at liberty to associate with politicians from other camps as such was within his rights. Ologbondiyan spoke during an interview on Arise TV’s ‘The Morning Show’ on Wednesday. He said, “I know it and I believe that Governor Nyesom Wike is savvier politically to go and…
The embattled gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party in Plateau State, Chief Yohanna Margif has denied reports making the rounds that he has withdrawn from the 2023 governorship race. This was contained in a press statement signed by Margif, made available to journalists in Jos, the state capital. It reads: “My attention has been drawn to a purported and illegal letter flying in some social media platforms suggesting that I have withdrawn from the 2023 governorship race in Plateau State under the platform of Labour Party. “The illegal letter dated 5 August 2022 carrying Yohana Yilwan Margif was fabricated by…
The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has berated the State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi for his failure to pay the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), fees of students who sat for the recently released WASSCE results, thereby causing delay in the release of results of public schools in the State. Reacting to the non-payment of WAEC fees by the Governor yesterday in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, the State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Raphael Adeyanju wondered why a government that volunteered to sponsor students for WAEC, would not accord the payment of fees a priority. The…
A former presidential aspirant of the African Democratic Congress, Kingsley Moghalu has warned Nigerians who have made choices on who to vote during the 2023 presidential election to be tolerant of all candidates. Moghalu on Tuesday said every Nigerian has the right to vote for any candidate of their choice, hence should not be insulted on social media. This is coming after Reno Omokri, Deji Adeyanju, among others, accused Peter Obi’s fans, ’Obidients’ of bullying whoever opposes the presidential candidate on social media. Adeyanju opined that Obi is breeding terrorists all in the name of running for President. According to…