Deji Adeyanju, Abuja-based human rights activist, has identified three top top presidential aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Adeyanju explained although Peter Obi is the most popular candidate in the country, the three main candidates in the PDP by delegates power are Atiku Abubakar, Nyesome Wike and Aminu Tambuwal. He further disclosed that the PDP Governors are torn between supporting Wike and Tambuwal, but there are indications that they might unite to oppose Atiku. ”The 3 main candidates in the PDP by delegates power are: Atiku, Wike, Tambuwal. One of these 3 will be the candidate. ”But Peter Obi…
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The Labour Party gubernatorial candidate in the Osun 2022 guber poll has raised an alarm that his life is in danger. The former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives made this known during a press conference in Osogbo on Friday. Yusuf, who was twice a gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2018 and 2022, revealed that his campaign team and office had been subjected to several attacks in the last few days. He added that the latest attack that made him to raise the alarm was the one which was carried out by suspected political thugs…
Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention slated for 28 and 29 May to elect its 2023 Presidential candidate, the party has said those eligible to vote are the 3 ad-hoc delegates elected at the Ward Congresses and a National Delegate per Local Government. PDP made this known in a statement by its National Organizing Secretary, Hon. Umar M. Nature on Saturday. The opposition party explained that by Section 84(8) of the Electoral Act, 2022, delegates to vote at the Indirect Primaries and National Convention of political parties to elect candidates for elections shall be those democratically elected…
Finance chiefs from the Group of Seven leading economies pledged to deliver $19.8 billion of budget aid to Ukraine this year as the country struggles to continue functioning amid destruction wrought by Russia’s invasion. “While also addressing Ukraine’s humanitarian and other material needs, we recognize, in particular, Ukraine’s urgent short-term financing needs,” G-7 finance ministers said Friday in a communique following two days of meetings near Bonn. The amount includes $9.5 billion of commitments made in the run-up to this week’s meeting, “to help Ukraine close its financing gap and continue ensuring the delivery of basic services to the Ukrainian…
Amidst opposition from his home turf, Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State is one of the presidential hopefuls under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Wike had promised during his governorship electioneering campaigns in various fora to create jobs, empower the youths, pay salary and pension to workers and pensioners, offer scholarships and bursary to students among others. But seven years down the line, the state workforce and pensioners have accused the Governor of refusal to deliver on his promises. Part of the contentious issues are irregular payment of salary, unpaid pensions and gratuities. Not only that,…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed optimism that the All Progressives Congress, APC, in South West would soon arrive at a consensus candidate for the forthcoming primary election. Osinbajo, who is also battling for the APC presidential ticket, spoke during an interactive section with the party’s delegates in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Friday. Former Lagos State Governor and national leader of the party, Bola Tinunu and the Vice President are the major aspirants contending for the sole APC ticket from the region. Asked how the region could curb the looming division being birthed by the presidential ambition of…
Ohanaeze Youth Council, (OYC) on Friday cautioned the All Progressive Congress, APC and People’s Democratic Party, PDP against denying the Southeast geopolitical zone presidential tickets, warning that there will be a total lockdown in Igbo land on 25th February 2023 which is the day of the Presidential and National Assembly elections if the zone is denied a ticket. It made this known in a communique sent to newsmen and signed by its National President, Igboayaka O Igboayaka and Comrade Ifeanyi Nweke National Ag. Secretary-General. The group said,”there will be no access road to distribute electoral materials in any polling unit…
No fewer than seven aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have indicated interest to represent Oyo Central senatorial district in the national assembly in the next general elections. Our correspondent gathered that the aspirants who have indicated interest have purchased the nomination and expression of interest forms and have been screened by the party. It was gathered that the aspirants are from the major towns that make up the senatorial district. InfoStride News learnt that Oyo central is made up of eleven local government areas spread across Ibadan (5) Oyo (4) and Ogbomoso (2). The local…
A California man who stormed the U.S. Capitol, opened the doors to other rioters and sat in the Senate chair of then-Vice President Mike Pence pleaded guilty to a federal charge Thursday. Christian Secor, 23, of Costa Mesa, entered the plea in a Washington court to obstructing an official proceeding. More than 100 police officers were injured on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump attacked the Capitol while Congress was holding a joint session to certify now-President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. Secor was a University of California, Los Angeles student at the time…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has warned political parties against holding rallies in the South-East. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the group’s spokesman, Emma Powerful. Powerful specifically warned Ikechi Emenike, who is contesting for Abia governorship under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). “We want to advise Chief Ikechi Emenike and his APC people not to hold any political rally in Umuahia tomorrow, Friday, May 20, 2022, while they kept quiet and did nothing when Fulani bandits kidnapped passengers including female students along Okigwe/ Uturu road. “We cannot allow Emenike and his…
Ahead of the election primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has assured party members in the state that APC under his leadership would be fair to all irrespective of misdemeanor of any party member in the past. Abiodun gave this assurance when he received the immediate past Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Jide Ojuko and his supporters who joined the mainstream of the party led by the governor, at the Presidential Lodge, Abeokuta. The governor posited that since the returnees retraced their steps, they would be reintegrated into the party.…
Less than two months to the gubernatorial election in Osun State, several members of Action Alliance (AA) and Labour Party (LP) from Ila and Ile-Ife have defected to the Accord Party. Receiving the defectors, Akin Ogunbiyi, the party’s gubernatorial candidate praised them for identifying with the only party without crisis. Ogunbiyi, who assured the decampees of full integration into their newly adopted political party, urged them to work for the party’s victory in the July 16th local government elections. Some of the Labour Party leaders, who crossed to Accord were Oyewole Oyekunle Muyiwa, Evangelist Isaac Adeola Oyewole – Chairman, Ila…
Zamfara State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed rumours circulating on some social media and other online platforms, which said the party suspended its chairman over anti-party activities. Reports had earlier emerged that the Zamfara PDP suspended its chairman over anti-party issues. Debunking the rumours when he interacted with journalists in Gusau on Thursday, the Deputy Chairman of the Party, Prof. Kabir Jabaka, said the message was the handwork of mischief-makers. Jabaka said officials of the PDP in the State never met to discuss any allegation against the party chairman, retired Col. Bala Mande, “and in case…
Australians vote on Saturday in a national election, with the conservative Liberal-National coalition seeking a fourth straight term and the Labor Party seeking a return to power after nine years in opposition. Opinion polls have shown Labor leading, but the gap has narrowed in the final weeks of campaigning. A strong showing by high-profile independent candidates campaigning on climate action, integrity and gender equality could lead to a hung parliament. The Parliament The House of Representatives has 151 seats, 76 of which are needed for a majority to form the government. In the last parliament, the conservative coalition had 76…
A former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, has described the ruling party as a brothel and a motorpark. Adamu Garba reiterated that he dumped the party over the cost of its nomination and expression of interest forms. Recall that Garba recently purchased a presidential expression of interest form of the Young Progressives Party, (YPP), which he said cost him only N7.4 million. Appearing on Channels Television on Wednesday, the YPP presidential hopeful further changed the name of the All Progressives Congress to Old Progressives Congress, saying it is a congregation of few money lovers. “…My friends…
Former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Usani has explained that due to continued constriction of the governorship space in the ruling APC in Cross River State, he had to leave to pursue his long-held ambition in the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP). In an interview with Journalists in Calabar, Usani who was one of the two governorship candidates of APC in 2019 said, “It is the constriction of the democratic space in the state that has occasioned this expediency.” Usani who has been a diehard member of the Action Congress Nigeria, which metamorphosed into APC, lamented that he had expended…
A member, representing Bagwai/Shanono Constituency, in the State House of Assembly, Ali Ibrahim Isah Shanono has deactivated his membership of the NNPP and rejoined the All Progressives Congress APC, after failing to obtain a ticket Shanono had in the wake of the mass defections from APC in Kano, also defected to NNPP hoping to have a chance to re-contest his House of Assembly seat but was denied a ticket by Kwankwaso. Angered by the development he deactivated his NNPP membership and rejoined APC in a letter sent to the House, notifying it of the development. Meanwhile, the Commissioner nominated for…
Following the cancellation of the 3-man adhoc delegate list and the national delegates lists by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over malpractices and substantial violation of extant laws, stakeholders of the PDP are calling for the arrests of party officials responsible for the malpractices. In a letter signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Mr. Aminu Idris said “the Commission’s Monitoring Report on the One-Man Ad Hoc National Delegates Congress in Imo State has also indicated substantial non-compliance as no original LGA Congress Result form was provided at any of the LGA Congress venues. The letter said, “the Commission…
U.S. President Joe Biden meets the leaders of Sweden and Finland on Thursday after the nations set aside their long-standing neutrality and moved to join the NATO alliance in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Hours before his first trip to Asia as president, Biden will sit down with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finnish President Sauli Niinist at the White House to discuss their NATO applications. “This is a historic event, a watershed moment in European security. Two nations with a long tradition of neutrality will be joining the world’s most powerful defensive alliance,” said White House national…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has registered 126,763 new voters in Adamawa State. The electoral body said the new entrants into the voters are those who never registered and have never voted in past elections but could now vote in the 2023 elections and subsequent ones. The INEC Resident Commissioner in Adamawa State, Kassim Gaidam, made the disclosure Thursday while addressing a stakeholders’ meeting at his office in the state capital, Yola. He recalled that the ongoing continuous voter registration (CVR) started last year, June 28, 2021. He explained that the 126,763 completed online and in-person registrations…