Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu on Tuesday picked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket to contest for Abia South Senatorial District seat in the 2023 general election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Ikpeazu, the lone aspirant, emerged unopposed as the party’s candidate at the Enyimba International Stadium, Aba. Chief Ndidi Okereke, the Returning Officer, while announcing the result, said 198 delegates were accredited for the exercise. Okereke said Ikpeazu polled a total of 198 votes and emerged unopposed as the winner of the primary election. Speaking after the exercise, Ikpeazu thanked the party leadership, and lauded the conduct…
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The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Tuesday, revealed the winners of the Ekiti and Osun States gubernatorial election. The governorship election in Osun and Ekiti States is scheduled to hold in June and July 2022 respectively. However, Primate Ayodele revealed that only a coalition can unseat the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Ekiti State. Ayodele said he doesn’t see any other party winning the election in June apart from the APC. In a statement signed by his Media Aide, Osho Oluwatosin, the clergy noted that those that have come out to contest against the ruling…
A former lawmaker representing Kogi West, Senator Dino Melaye, has lost the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket to a serving House Representatives member, Hon. T.J Yusuf. InfoStride News recalls that there was a deadlock in the Kogi West PDP Senatorial primary election where Dino Melaye scored 88 and TJ Yusuf polled 88 votes, which led to a rerun election on Tuesday. In the rerun election conducted on Tuesday, Hon. T. J. Yusuf defeated Sen. Dino Melaye by 163 to 99 votes to pick the PDP ticket Yusuf, while speaking after he was declared the winner, extended the olive branch to…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened Monday to launch a new military operation in Syria to secure Turkey’s southern border. Speaking following a Cabinet meeting, Erdogan said the aim of the operation would be resume Turkish efforts to create a 30-kilometer (20 mile) safe zone along its border with Syria. We will soon take new steps regarding the incomplete portions of the project we started on the 30-km deep safe zone we established along our southern border, Erdogan said. Erdogan did not provide further details but said the operation would begin after Turkey’s military, intelligence and security forces complete…
The Accord Party in Osun State has condemned Monday’s attack on journalists who were covering the campaign train of the Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola and other innocent residents of the state in Gbongan town. The attack InfoStride News reported was carried out on the campaign train of the Osun governor which was in Ayedaade local government as part of the All Progressives Congress (APC) electioneering campaign for the July 16 gubernatorial election in the state. Also attacked by the hoodlums was the vehicle of the Osun Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Correspondent Chapel. In a statement by the Accord…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has dissolved the State Executive Council. The dissolution takes effect from today, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. According to a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, the Chief of Staff to the Governor and Senior Special Assistants have also been relieved of their offices. The Governor commended the members of Rivers State Executive Council for “their service and contribution to the development of the State” and “wished them the best in all their future endeavours.” He also directed the former cabinet members to hand over to the most senior officers in their respective offices.
Enugu State Governor, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi was, on Tuesday, elected as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, flagbearer for Enugu North Senatorial District. The Governor emerged during a primary election held at the Nsukka Township stadium. The exercise was conducted by the PDP National Election Committee led by Mr. Attahiru Ochie and monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. At the end of the election, which had 316 delegates, Governor Ugwuanyi polled 299 votes. Mr. Godwin Eze came a distant second with 16 votes, while another aspirant, Mr. Celestine Okanya got zero vote, same as Godsmack Ugwu. The incumbent…
Justice Benson Anya of Abia State High Court has been dragged before the Chief Judge of Abia State for allegedly being an obstacle to a ‘fair and just democratic process’ in the All Progressive Congress, Abia State chapter. Some members of the APC, under the aegis of Concerned Abia State APC Stakeholders on Monday, in a petition signed by Mr Cosmos Ifegwu and Surv. Festus Egbulefu petitioned the state Chief Judge. The petitioners are alleging that Justice Anya had made himself a willing tool in the hands of a faction of Abia APC that is bent on obstructing due and…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday alleged that Imran Khan wants to unleash a “civil war” in the country, a day after the ousted premier asked his supporters to march peacefully to Islamabad on May 25 to press for the dissolution of the National Assembly and fresh elections. Khan, 69, the cricketer-turned politician, was removed from power through a no-confidence vote in parliament by the Opposition parties last month. Imran Niazi wants to initiate a civil war in the country. But he is mistaken. The nation will never forgive him [for the sin] and will hold him by the collar,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary elections in Taraba State has produced five candidates while one seat was declared inconclusive. The primaries for Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency ended peacefully at the Jolly Nyame Stadium Jalingo, as Mohammed Ismaila beat his close rival former legislator, Ibrahim Imam. For Karim Lamido/Ardo Kola/Lau, Audu Lauya emerged the winner, beating an incumbent member of the House of Representatives, Charles Maijankai. Jafaar Chiroma won for Bali/Gassol while Rev. Joseph Nagombe emerged the winner for Gembu/Kurmi/Gashaka. Pius Sabo, a serving member of the House of Assembly won for Wukari/Ibi Federal Constituency. However, the elections for Takum/Donga/Ussa Constituency…
Campaign billboards of Senator Ademola Adeleke are being set ablaze in Ejigbo town, Ejigbo Local Government Area of Osun State. Sources told the newsmen that a mob was observed destroying and tearing down the billboards in parts of the town. Senator Ademola Adeleke is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate for the Osun 2022 election. At the time of filing this report, the cause of the incident had not been ascertained but it is thought that it may be connected to the recently concluded Osun PDP primaries for the Osun State House of Assembly and House of Representatives election.…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State has elected all the eight House of Representatives candidates who will fly its flag at the general elections due next year. The list of the successful candidates, obtained by the media Monday morning, indicates that Hon Zakariya Dauda Nyampa is the PDP candidate for Michika Madagali Federal Constituency, while Hon Mohammed Inuwa Bassi is the elected flagbearer for Ganye Jada Toungo, the constituency currently represented by Hon Abdurazak Namdas, who is right now a governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC). For Yola North/Yola South/Girei, Hon Mohammed Abba Girei picked the…
The candidates that would fly the flag of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the state House of Assembly and the Federal House of Representatives during the 2023 elections in Akwa Ibom State have emerged. This was revealed at the end of the party’s primary elections held across the state on Sunday. In the House of Representatives, Mr Ime Okon, a former member of the House of Assembly polled all the 62 votes to represent Ibiono/Itu Federal Constituency. The immediate past Commissioner for Special Duties, Okpolupm Etteh would fly the flag for Eket, Esit Eket, Onna and Ibeno Federal Constituency.…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been shadowed by career-threatening scandal for months but so far he has escaped unscathed. This week he faces one more threat to his political future: a comprehensive report into lockdown-breaching parties in government offices that is expected to be published within days. Senior civil servant Sue Gray is due to release her findings on partygate, the scandal over more than a dozen gatherings in Johnson’s No. 10 Downing St. residence and nearby buildings that took place when coronavirus restrictions barred people in Britain from mixing with others. Claims that Johnson and his staff enjoyed…
A House of Representatives aspirant in Lagos, Mr Babatunde Aleshinloye-Williams, has said there were no primary elections held by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state on Sunday. InfoStride News reports that the PDP conducted its House of Assembly and House of Representatives primary elections on Sunday, May 22. But Aleshinloye-Williams, who is contesting for Somolu Federal Constituency described the primaries conducted at the Somolu Secretariat of the PDP in Lagos as illegal, saying it was “a fraudulent sham that cannot stand, and should be disregarded.” According to the aspirant, “the Lagos State PDP has not only canceled yesterday’s…
Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has assured the people of the state that he would reconcile aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after the party’s primary elections. Governor Udom Emmanuel said this on Sunday while speaking with newsmen at his country home, Onna, after the State House of Assembly and House of Representatives primaries. He said though delegates to the primaries were limited to recently elected ad-hoc delegates, candidates chosen were capable of ensuring a clean sweep for the party in next year’s general elections. According to the governor, the party remains united and strong, in spite…
The Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that recent visit of the Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo to the State ahead of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential primary was not justified. This was disclosed to the media on Sunday by the State PDP deputy chairman, Prof. Kabiru Jabaka. “Since all these killings in the State, the Vice President has not paid any condolence visit to commiserate with the people of the State and the relations of those affected by banditry activities in the State, but because of his presidential ambition, he rushed to the State.…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has expressed shock at the reaction of the Osun Command of the Nigeria Police towards its pre-campaign rally which was held in Osogbo on Friday, May 13, 2022. This is as the party also condemned the Police for raising issues over the pre-campaign rally, as it formally notified the Command of its intention to hold a peaceful procession by its supporters who had come out en-masse to show their unwavering love for their candidate. The PDP, which expressed dismay by the police correspondence to that effect, in a petition signed by Adekunle…
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says President Joe Biden supports Japan’s bid to join a reformed UN Security Council. If approved by the UN, Japan would join Britain, China, France, Russia, and the US as permanent members of the international body’s security council. Biden also gave his blessing for next year’s Group of Seven summit to be held in Kishida’s hometown of Hiroshima. The comments came at a news conference after Biden and Kishida held face-to-face talks Monday in Tokyo. Japan’s desire to win a seat on the council is hardly a given, and comes amidst calls for reform of…
The Emir of Katsina, Abdulmuminin Usman, has thrown his weight behind the 2023 Presidential ambition of Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. Usman said Osinbajo has the experience to effectively occupy the President’s office. The monarch said Osinbajo, being a pastor, would effectively commune with God on how to pilot the affairs of Nigeria if elected President. He spoke in his palace in Katsina on Saturday when Osinbajo paid him a courtesy visit. The traditional ruler also advised the Vice President on how to go about his campaign. He said: “Take it from me, we are behind you; we will try as…