Despite the calls for National Chairman Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu’s removal by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, the party said it’s united and moving on to rescue and rebuild Nigeria. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, who stated this during an interactive session with journalists, Thursday in Abuja berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) inability to unite Nigeria. Ologunagba, who described the PDP as the hope said their focus is how to win 2023, rescue and rebuild the country. He said “we are in closer conversation with some leaders in APC to move to PDP. Because PDP…
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A former aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Segun Showunmi, has expressed optimism that the court would perfect his candidacy as the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State. Showunmi said this in a statement made available to Newsmen on Thursday. The Egba chief said this while sensitizing Ogun people on what should be their focus when the 2023 electioneering campaigns finally commence soon. According to him, the month of September 2022, is significant in that proper campaigns will officially commence soon, enjoining the electorate to pay attention to the message. “It is not enough…
A public commentator, Ahmed Bakare has warned that Zamfara State residents must not rejoice over the posting of a new commissioner of police to the state. This was disclosed to the media in Gusau, the State capital while fielding questions from Newsmen, saying the commentator condemned outrightly the activities of the security operatives. “We have no confidence in the state’s security issues because everything has remained the same for over a decade now, so which excuse will the security operatives give us for their security lapses” “Have you not heard that some few days ago, the State police command arrested…
President Joe Biden has warned Americans that his predecessor Donald Trump and his die-hard followers are trying to “undermine” democracy and asked them to confront the “extremists” who fan the flames of political violence in pursuit of power. Delivering his sharpest rebuke yet of Republicans in a prime-time speech from the iconic Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the US Declaration of Independence was signed nearly 250 years ago, Biden warned that the supporters of Trump’s “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) agenda are a threat to American democracy. “As I stand here tonight, equality and democracy are under assault,” Biden, a…
The crisis within the ranks of the Peoples Democratic Party has taken a different twist as Governor Nyesom Wike took a direct swipe at the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu. Gov. Wike was speaking at the commissioning of internal roads in Omerelu community in Ikwerre local government area of Rivers State accused Ayu of arrogance on Thursday. The governor was responding to comments credited to Ayu, allegedly describing some aggrieved members of the party as “Children”. Wike regretted that instead of finding ways to unite the aggrieved members of the party, Ayu is busy ” dividing”…
Popular rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, has blamed the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Yesufu said Atiku’s inability to manage the PDP was responsible for the crisis rocking the party. She said Atiku, who can’t manage the PDP, cannot be trusted to unify Nigeria. Yesufu said Atiku’s constitution of a 17-member committee to pick his running mate after the party’s presidential primary was responsible for the disunity in the party. Atiku had fallen out with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State over the decision to pick Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State…
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has received eight PDP Chieftains into the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in the state. Mamman Mohammed, Director General, Press and Media Affairs to Governor Buni disclosed this in a statement made available to the media in Damaturu. According to the statement, the defectors said they have no reason to be in opposition when Mai Mala Buni’s administration is performing creditably well to improve the lives of the people. The new entrants include Baba Goni PDP, financial secretary Nguru Local Gov’t; Baba Sule; Lawan Gana Dusha; Babagana Nera youth leader and Amina Sule Na Allah…
Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has demanded an apology from some members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who attacked him when he dumped the party two years ago. InfoStride News recalls that the governor who aspired for the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in June, dumped the PDP for APC on November 17, 2020. Speaking on Arise TV on Friday, Umahi alleged that some of his former party members who were angered by his defection to APC are now crying. He demanded apologies from them. He said, “I didn’t move from PDP to…
The Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Hon. Leye Odunjo, has resigned from his position. The former House of Assembly member also announced his withdrawal from the opposition party in a letter he wrote to the PDP National Chairman, Sen Iyorchia Ayu, on Thursday. In the letter, sent through the Ogun State Chairman of the PDP, Sikirulai Ogundele, he said: “I humbly write to inform Your Excellency of my decision to resign as the state Deputy Chairman of Ogun State and as a member of the party.” Odunjo did not state any particular reason for his…
The Rivers State Governor has threatened to help the Peoples Democratic Party lose the 2023 presidential election. The governor issued the threat at the commissioning of the internal road in Omerelu community in Ikwerre local government area of Rivers on Thursday. The governor who was responding to recent comments by the National Chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu said the chairman is exhibiting arrogance. He said “Doctor Ayu said we are children. Yes, the children brought you from the gutter to make you chairman. “Now we have seen that you don’t want the party to win election, we will help…
The Supreme Court on Thursday in Abuja cleared the air on the misconception of its judgment on the leadership crisis of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA. The Apex Court said that the judgment delivered on October 14, 2021, was between one Chief Jude Okeke and APGA with three other respondents. A statement by the Court’s Director of Press and Information, Dr Akande Festus, said that one Chief Edozie Njoku, who sought to be joined in the appeal, was not joined and therefore not a party to the final judgment that resolved the leadership crisis. The statement warned that any…
Labour Party (LP) chieftain, Doyin Okupe, has described the purported agreement between Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar as wishful thinking. He noted that the speculation about a deal involving the LP and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates was false. In a statement on Wednesday, Okupe said the massive support for Obi by Nigerians home and abroad shows he is far ahead of his opponents. The former presidential aide wonders why the former Anambra governor will negotiate “with other less popular candidates or their parties”. Okupe advised the public to ignore the “cheap, self-serving and distracting propaganda, which we believe is…
The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has pointed out how his administration would unite Nigeria if elected in 2023. Obi said his administration would attempt to reunite Nigeria using the provisions of the law. Speaking during a town hall meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday, Obi said a review of the Nigerian constitution would be part of the overall restructuring Nigerians desire. He said: “We will seek to reunite Nigeria through strict adherence to Constitutional provisions on equitable representation in Federal establishments and regenerate a sense of belonging to all citizens through inclusivity and adequate representation of…
Segun Oni, the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, during the June 18, 2022, Ekiti State election, has dragged the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ekiti State, Dr Adeniran Tela, to the Tribunal for allegedly defying the Tribunal’s earlier order. The Election Petitions Tribunal had ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to give Segun Oni complete access to election materials used in the conduct of the just concluded election. However, following the violation of the order given by the Election Petitions Tribunal, Oni said he filed the suit against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for allegedly denying…
Former All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirants who were scheduled to meet in Abuja on Wednesday, failed to turn up. InfoStride News had reported that the aspirants were scheduled to meet by 2:00 p.m. at Transcorp Hilton on Wednesday to brainstorm and come up with viable strategies to support the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. One of the former aspirants, Dr Nicolas Felix, who stated this in a statement on Monday, said the move was to ensure that the party wins the February 2023 presidential election. “We will also brainstorm on adopting winning campaign strategies to support…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, the running mate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has berated the Labour Party flagbearer, Mr Peter Obi over his outing to churches. Okowa, who spoke with reporters in Kano State on Wednesday, said he does not believe in dragging the church into partisan politics, stressing that politics is not the calling of the church. He lamented that out of desperation, some presidential candidates are currently reaching out to anything even at the detriment of their faith just to win the February 2022 election. “Now you begin to look at…
A governorship aspirant in the Action Alliance, AA in Rivers State, Aleruchi Williams, has instituted a legal action against the party, its governorship candidate, Dawari George and the Independent National Electoral Commission before a Federal High Court sitting in Port over alleged unlawful selection. Williams, who came second during the Action Alliance governorship primaries, is asking the court to direct INEC not to recognize but disqualify Dawari George from contesting the election. He also prayed the court to recognize him as the governorship candidate of the party. When the matter came up in court on Wednesday, counsel to the plaintiff,…
The New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate, Alh. Rabiu Kwankwaso, was booed in Kogi State on Wednesday as he attempted to woo loyalists of the Prince Abubakar Audu. Kwakwaso was pelted with sachet water and stones while on a visit in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. The NNPP presidential candidate, who had visited Ogbonicha, the country home of late Prince Abubakar Audu, returned to Lokoja to a hostile reception by a faction of the NNPP, who felt the presidential candidate gave prominence to late Prince Audu’s loyalists who recently defected to the NNPP in the state. Some of the…
The newly-elected council chairmen from the 13 local government areas of Ebonyi State, on Tuesday, secured an ex-parte order from the state high court to paveway for the governor, David Umahi to swear them in on 1st September, 2022. InfoStride News gathered that the 13-newly elected council chairmen allegedly imported Ebubeagu security operatives who cordoned the state high court at the time of seeking for the ex-parte order to prevent hoodlums from invading the court to disrupt court processes. Recall that, the Federal High Court in a judgement delivered by justice Fatun Riman had voided the local government election conducted…
Popular Nigerian actor, Dele Odule, on Tuesday joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State. InfoStride News reports that Odule joined the PDP at an event held in Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State. The thespian was received into the opposition party by the Chairman of the PDP in Ogun, Sikirulahi Ogundele; the governorship candidate, Hon. Ladi Adebutu; his running mate, Hon. Adekunle Akinlade and others. The Oru indigene was handed the party’s flag by Ogundele, Adebutu and other PDP chieftains at the occasion. Speaking, Odule said he would support the PDP and Adebutu in the 2023 governorship election.