A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has reserved judgment on a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State against State House of Assembly Candidates of the All Progressives Congress in the state. When the matter resumed for hearing on Friday, counsels representing the parties presented, argued and adopted their final written addresses. Presiding Judge, Justice Adamu Turaki-Mohammed after listening to the parties, reserved the judgment on a later date which he said will be communicated to the parties. The PDP is seeking the disqualification of all the State House of Assembly candidates of APC in…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Ogun State, has said it stands with the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, amid calls for his resignation. Ogun PDP members said they are refuting a claim by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State that the entire Southwest stakeholders had called for Ayu’s resignation. Makinde was said to have made the claim at the Southwest Stakeholders Interactive Session with the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar in Ibadan on Wednesday. In a statement made available to the media on Friday, the PDP Publicity Secretary in Ogun State, Akinloye Bankole, said “the leaders…
Kashim Shettima, the running mate to Bola Tinubu, has clarified his reference to Nigeria’s former Head of State, Sani Abacha. Tinubu and Shettima are on a joint ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 elections. The Borno Central Senator is under fire for suggesting that Nigeria needs the type of Abacha’s leadership. In a statement on Friday, Shettima noted that his views were distorted “to settle partisan scores”. The former Borno State governor said the video of his speech in Lagos is in the public for those curious. “I never attributed hospitality to Abacha in my speech”,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has called on the citizens of the state to sack the APC-led administration of Senator Hope Uzodinma for reversing the development of the state. PDP made the call in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Collins Opurozor and made available to the media on Friday in Owerri Imo State capital. The opposition party said the primary reason for political governance is the security of lives and property. The party said, ” This is what separates the political state from the state of nature where life is nasty, solitary, poor and short.…
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that the outcome of the 2023 general elections reflects the desire of the people. Atiku Abubakar made the appeal in a statement by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, in Abuja on Thursday on the occasion marking the International Day for Democracy. Abubakar urged INEC and other agencies of government playing roles in the electoral process to ensure that the outcome of the election was a true reflection of the desires of the people. The PDP presidential flagbearer said that the…
A prominent member and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has said the lingering crisis bedevilling the party might cause its defeat in the 2023 presidential election. George disclosed this while speaking with journalists during the week in Lagos. He said he supports the call for Iyorchia Ayu to quit his position as the party’s National Chairman. “We should not allow any sentiment – ethnicity or religion to divide us. Unfortunately, with what we are presently witnessing, our party may lose the next presidential election if we continue to disregard or fail to address the feeling and…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar have appointed the Sokoto State Governor and chairman of the party’s Governors Forum, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as Director General for the National Campaign Management Committee (NCMC) for the 2023 elections. The party also appointed former governor of Cross Rivers State, Liyel Imoke as Deputy Director General Operations, Professor Adewale Oladipu, as Deputy Director Administration, Chief Rymond Dokpesi as Deputy Director Technical and Systems, while Ekwesilieze Nwodo is appointed as Deputy Director Research and Strategy of the NCMC. PDP in a statement by its National Organising Secretary,…
Former US president Donald Trump has coined an India-US friendship slogan in Hindi as part of his efforts to woo the influential Indian-American community before the mid-term elections in November. Bharat and America sabse achhe dost Trump is seen rehearsing and saying in a video released by the Republican Hindu Coalition (RHC). The slogan in English means “India and the United States are best friends”. In the short 30-second video, Trump is seen seated with his supporter Chicago-based businessman Shalabh Kumar from the Republican Hindu Coalition. The new slogan is inspired by the phenomenal success of the 2016 slogan of…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s right-wing Fidesz party slammed the European Parliament (EP) for “being occupied with attacking Hungary even in the midst of the current crises”. “While the people of Europe are suffering from an energy crisis due to the failed Brussels sanctions, the most important thing for the leftist European Parliament, even in this crisis situation, is to attack Hungary,” Fidesz said in a statement on Thursday, reacting to a rule-of-law vote in EP against his government earlier in the day. The EP adopted a report by French MEP Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield on the “Existence of a clear risk…
Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister, on Thursday, claimed that the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu would defeat all other candidates in the forthcoming 2023 election. The staunch supporter of Tinubu said in a statement that the Labour Party candidate, Mr Peter Obi’s supporters would be disgraced at the poll. He said, “Peter the liar Obi and his garrulous, gullible and fascistic Obidients who believe that no one has the right to disagree with them, oppose their candidate or change their opinion on national issues, will know their fate as early as 12.00 noon on the day of…
The Jigawa State Deputy Governor and gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress APC in the state, Malam Umar Namadi has described the court judgement affirming his candidature as a victory for all members of the party. He made the remarks on his Facebook page while reacting to the judgment by the federal higher court sitting Dutse which dismissed a suit filed against him as the APC candidate. InfoStride News reports that the federal high court dismissed a suit filed by one of the party gubernatorial aspirants for the 2023 general election, Faruku Adamu challenging the gubernatorial primary election of…
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…
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…