The Kaduna State chapter of New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP) has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court. It is seeking the disqualification of Senator Uba Sani, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over alleged electoral irregularities in the primary election held on May 27, 2022. When the case came up for mention before Justice Hadiza R. Shagari of the Federal High Court, Kaduna, on Friday, all the parties asked for extension of time to enable them prepare and respond to the motion on notice. The NNPP legal team was led by Mr. Wole Agunbiade…
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The Osun State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Prince Gboyega Famodun has alleged that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is planning to plunge the State into a large-scale mayhem which may shake the State in particular and the nation in general. The APC said the opposition PDP had acquired guns to cause mayhem in the State. In a swift reaction, however, the PDP denied the allegations, adding that the party was the one known for violence. The Caretaker committee chairman of the PDP in Osun State, Adekunle Akindele said the APC had been attacking the party. He…
Two members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State have petitioned the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, accusing the Yemi Sanusi-led executive of financial impropriety. But, the Ogun APC, in a veiled reference, said the group loyal to former Governor Ibikunle Amosun, was behind the petition, dated September 7, 2022 and copied to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Chief Segun Osoba as well as other leaders of the party in the Gateway State. The APC members, Idowu Olaonipekun Quadri from Owode Ward 1, Yewa South Local Government and Ayinde Suuru Bababunmi from Ifohintedo Ward in Ipokia Local…
With campaigns set to commence in a few days, confusion still pervades the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi State. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had announced that campaigns would start by the end of this month, September. Ebonyi was a core PDP State until Governor David Umahi defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. And since his defection, the party has been enmeshed in crisis, leading to parallel primary elections. InfoStride News reports that even a recent judgement of the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, has not changed the scenario, with both Senator Obinna Ogba and Mr. Ifeanyi…
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has commented on the crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), insisting that the presidential flagbearer of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is not against Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. PDP has been witnessing a crisis since the emergence of Atiku as its 2023 presidential candidate. The party erupted into crisis when Atiku picked Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as his running mate for next year’s election. Wike has been aggrieved with PDP’s leadership over Atiku’s choice of a running mate. Atiku ignored Wike, who came second during the PDP’s presidential primaries,…
The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Nigeria Police and other security agencies to bring to book perpetrators of the destruction that was carried out on the campaign office of its Osun Central Senatorial candidate. This is as the party warned that such ugly occurrence, if left unchecked, was capable of throwing the State into an unimaginable crisis. Osun PDP, in a statement on Saturday, which was signed by Oladele Bamiji, its Director of Media, also described the attack on the campaign office of its candidate in Osun Central, Olubiyi Fadeyi, as highly…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has pledged to ensure votes cast by Nigerians in the forthcoming general elections are protected, saying that the days of wanton manipulation of election results are over. The INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, made the pledge on Friday while delivering a keynote address at the launch of Yiaga Africa Election Result Analysis Dashboard, ERAD, Report on Electronic Transmission of Results in the 2022 Ekiti and Osun Governorship Election in Abuja. Mahmood said that INEC has worked tirelessly to enhance transparency and increase the confidence of Nigerians in the election result management process. “I can…
A US judge has dismissed former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, his rival during the 2016 presidential election. On Thursday night, the judge said the suit was not an effort to seek “redress for any legal harm”, but was instead an attempt to use the court to air political grievances, reports Xinhua news agency. Judge Donald Middlebrooks, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, said Trump “is seeking to flaunt a two-hundred-page political manifesto outlining his grievances against those that have opposed him”. “And this Court is not the appropriate forum,” Middlebrooks wrote in…
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday criticised the economic policies of the previous Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government and said that former Prime Minister Imran Khan is out to “undermine Pakistan,” Express Tribune reported. Referring to two news stories published in the British weekly ‘The Economist’, Sharif said the international publication had “validated” what the government had been saying regarding PTI’s handling of the economy. The Prime Minister said the magazine had said that the former premier “blew up” the IMF deal and Imran was “exploiting the disaster to score political points”. Senior leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)…
Following the fallout from the PDP Presidential Primaries which is threatening to polarize the party at the national level, a group in Bauchi State under the aegis of South East Coalition for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the calm and peaceful resolution to the issues rocking the party. The group made this known in a communique shortly after its emergency meeting held in Bauchi, copies of which were made available to newsmen in the state capital, In the statement signed by its Chairman, Emeka Aneke Ekwueme, the group called on all the members of the party and all…
The former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has congratulated the party’s Presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and the National Executive Committee (NEC) for stabilizing the party. Secondus said the decision taken at the 97th NEC meeting has further strengthened the party’s unity ahead of the 2023 election. The former PDP National Chairman in a statement, Friday noted that the outcome of the NEC meeting showed the party is set and ready for victory. He also commended the immediate Past Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) Senator Walid Jibrin for resigning voluntarily…
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has suggested a solution to the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Keyamo said the All Progressives Congress, APC, is willing to donate its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to help unify the PDP. PDP has been witnessing a crisis since the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate. The party erupted into crisis when Atiku opted for Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as his running mate. Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has been aggrieved with PDP’s leadership over Atiku’s choice of a running mate. Atiku ignored…
The embattled gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Plateau State, Yohanna Margif has declared that he remains the only candidate of the party recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) come 2023. He said he remains the authentic flagbearer of the LP in the State, having been presented with the Certificate of return after the primary election conducted a few months ago. He vowed not to relinquish the governorship ticket to anyone. InfoStride News recalls that a parallel governorship primary of the Labour Party was allegedly held recently and produced another candidate in the person of Dr…
The Adamawa State High Court has granted relief for sacked state chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Ibrahim Bilal, by stopping his deputy, Samaila Tadawus from taking over the chair. The court on Thursday restrained Tadawus from parading himself as the state Chairman of APC until the determination of a suit instituted by Bilal. Justice Musa Usman who issued the order, said, “The defendants by themselves, servants, agents, privies or any other person acting under their instruction are hereby restrained from recognising Tadawus as Chairman of the APC pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. “The…
Adolphus Wabara has become acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT). The ex-Senate President assumed the position at the 97th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Thursday. Wabara urged party members to always control their emotions and ensure disagreements were addressed internally. The new BoT chair, who replaces Wahid Jibril, noted that the PDP has an inbuilt mechanism to solve problems. “We have done it several times. When people expect us to implode, that is when we become very glorious. “I want to advise us that we should always debrief ourselves in-house…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has addressed the conflict in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 polls. The leading opposition platform is seemingly fractured over the outcome of the May presidential convention in Abuja. Atiku emerged as the flagbearer ahead of his main challenger, Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike. Wike has been blowing hot, attacking the Atiku camp and allies including PDP chair Iyorchia Ayu and Uche Secondus. At the 97th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Thursday, the ex-VP expressed commitment to ensuring resolution of the internal crisis. The Wazirin Adamwa noted that “family disagreements” are normal…
Gubernatorial candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Kwara State, Yakubu Gobir has declared that the party has no plan to merge with any leading political party in the State within a few months to the 2023 general elections. He made the declaration while speaking with party members at Balogun Fulani Ward II in the Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State on Thursday. At the event tagged “thank you visit” to the 16 local government areas in the State, Gobir said rather than merge, the party welcomes other parties in the State wishing to join YPP. He…
Donald Trump has strongly indicated that he might run for the 2024 US presidential election, claiming that “everyone” wants him to contest the polls once again, a decision he said will make a “couple of people unhappy.” The 76-year-old Republican leader who has still not conceded defeat in the 2020 US presidential election to his Democratic Party rival Joe Biden, asserted that “we didn’t lose.” In an interview to NDTV news channel at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, the former president said, “Everyone wants me to run, I’m leading in the polls…I’ll make a decision in…
A Pakistani court on Thursday decided to indict former prime minister Imran Khan in contempt of court case against him for making controversial remarks against a female judge, calling his response “unsatisfactory”. During a rally here earlier this month, 69-year-old Khan had threatened to file cases against top police officials, election commission and political opponents over the treatment meted out to his aide Shahbaz Gill, who was arrested on charges of sedition. He had also taken exception to Additional District and Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry, who had approved Gill’s two-day physical remand at the request of the police, and said…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has threatened to drag the Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Hon. Abraham Ngobere, to court for refusing to honour a court of appeal order that sacked a member for defecting from the party to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the state. Also included in the case is the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for not abiding by the order of the court which sacked Hon. Daniel Charles with immediate effect. InfoStride News had earlier reported that the Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on July 14, sacked the…