The Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned that aspirants of the party from the state to various political positions are making arrangements for legal actions against the party. Leaders of the party in the ward, local government and state, including aspirants and stakeholders converged on the party’s secretariat in Awka on Sunday to warn that the action of the aspirants may affect the forthcoming national convention of the party. The party said the non-recognition of the party’s ward and local government chairmen, who emerged from the last congresses in the state may affect the chances…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on political parties and their followers to eschew violence and ensure peace as Osun State prepares for the July 16, 2022, gubernatorial election. This was made known during the INEC organised sensitisation workshop on campaign finance reporting for State chairmen and candidates for the Osun 2022 gubernatorial election in Osogbo, on Friday. Professor AbdulGaniy Olayinka Raji, the OSUN INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, in his address, discouraged vote buying and selling. He added that it was better for the political parties to engage in campaigns and dissemination of manifestoes. The Osun INEC boss,…
The Ogun State Chapter of Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has reiterated its support for good governance under the leadership of Gov. Dapo Abiodun, with a vote of confidence in him for quality administration in the State. Speaking at a press conference in Abeokuta, the State Chairman of IPAC, Samson Okusanya said the petition signed by one Ayodele Oludiran on behalf of a civil rights group seeking the disqualification of Gov. Abiodun was ill- conceived, and aimed at smearing the good work and the great achievements of the governor. He stated that it was imperative to state that the performance…
Ousted prime minister Imran Khan claimed on Saturday that a conspiracy to assassinate him was being hatched in Pakistan and abroad, warning that if anything happens to him, the people will come to know about the perpetrators through a video message he has recently recorded and placed in a safe place. Speaking at a big rally at Sialkot in Punjab province, Khan said he came to know about the conspiracy a few days ago and has named all those involved in it in the recorded video. A conspiracy is afoot to take my life. I got full knowledge of this…
Despite reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the resignation of some of his cabinet members, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has insisted that he has not resigned. Instead, Malami said he has withdrawn his ambition to contest the 2023 Kebbi State gubernatorial elections. The AGF stated this in a statement by his media aide, Dr Umar Gwandu. “Malami has the right to choose to voluntarily shelve his gubernatorial ambition. “It is a matter of personal conviction and individual right which didn’t violate any law. “Right thinking members of the society accord respect…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has revealed that the presidential aspirants would be screened on May 23. The Organising Secretary of the party, Suleiman Argungun, stated this during the inauguration of the screening committee on Saturday in Abuja. The screening was supposed to take place Sunday before it was later postponed. He said, “The screening for the presidential candidates we have so far 28 aspirants and as you are aware some aspirants have started withdrawing their aspiration and as such on the 23rd of May this month they will be screened.” Argungu revealed that 145 governorship, 351 Senatorial and 1197…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as reckless, irresponsible and unpardonable, a comment by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele, when asked whether he’s going to resign over his Presidential ambition that violates the CBN Act 2007 and the Public Service Rules, responded by saying Nigerians can have a heart attack, and that he is having a lot of fun. PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, Saturday said Emefiele is a card-carrying member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The party also insisted that the CBN keeps…
Governor of Bauchi State, Mohammed Bala has described the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC’s administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari as an aberration. Bala Mohammed alleged that the federal government led by Buhari is a regime of nepotism, discrimination, bad governance and corruption at its highest level. The Presidential aspirant made the assertions while speaking with journalists in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi State during his consultation visit to the stakeholders of PDP in the state. According to him: “We lost an election in 2015 because the democracy and voting are in the North and they have been debriefed in terms…
Expressing grief over the death of UAE President and Abu Dhabi ruler Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that he was a great statesman and visionary leader under whom relations between the two countries prospered. The heartfelt condolences of the people of India are with the people of UAE, Modi tweeted. Sheikh Khalifa, ailing for a long time, passed away on Friday, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs said. He was 73. He was the eldest son of UAE’s founder President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. He served as the President of the…
Politics in Ikorodu has taken another dimension as four Lagos House of Assembly members have stepped down for their rivals. The members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are seeking to remove the incumbent, Sanai Agunbiade. The Majority Leader of the Lagos Assembly is seeking re-election for a fifth term. InfoStride News recalls that Agunbiade a.k.a. S.O.B. drew public anger during the EndSARS protests in 2020. Angry people of Ikorodu then stormed his residence where they found COVID-19 palliatives, including food items. Reacting, the lawmaker said he delayed the distribution because he wanted to give them to constituents on…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has withdrawn from the 2023 governorship race under the All Progressives Congress. The Minister who had declared his intention to run for the office of the Kebbi State Governor told Vanguard that he had pulled out from the race to succeed Governor Atiku Bagudu. Malami confirmed the development on Saturday. He said, “I have not resigned as the Attorney General of the Federation but have only withdrawn from the Kebbi governorship race,” he said in a text message. InfoStride News reports that Buhari had on Wednesday ordered all…
The Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Forum of Vice-Chairmen nationwide, Azua Ashongo has said each and every Nigerian has had a “full dose of the bitter pill of the misrule and incurably bad leadership provided by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ashongo stated this while delivering a speech at the inaugural meeting of the forum held in Abuja on Friday, saying, the citizens are tired of APC’s misrule and are now looking up to PDP to rescue them in 2023. He charged his colleagues to go beyond the party membership to work assiduously in mobilising other general voters.…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that the Inauguration of the Chairmen and Secretaries of respective Screening Committees for the House of Representatives, Senate and Governorship Aspirants of the party will be held today by 12pm. The National Organizing Secretary of the party, Sulaiman Argungu in a statement issued Saturday said the inauguration would take place at Fraser Suites, Abuja. It said the APC Screening Exercise will commence thereafter. Argungu said the screening for the House of Representatives aspirants would take place on Saturday 14th May, 2022 at Zeus Paradise Hotel, Abuja by 2pm. He said the screening…
US President Joe Biden, in a call with leaders of Sweden and Finland discussed close defense cooperation between countries and underscored his support for NATO’s open-door policy. This comes as Finland and Sweden have started discussing the possibility of abandoning long-term neutrality and joining NATO amid the Russian military operation in Ukraine. “President Biden underscored his support for NATO’s Open Door policy and for the right of Finland and Sweden to decide their own future, foreign policy, and security arrangements,” said a White House press release after the call. Biden spoke with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finland President…
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has said that the South-East and North-East have the most legitimate claim to the presidency in 2023. Bala Mohammed, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, said this on Friday in Awka during his consultation with the party faithful in Anambra. He contended that the two geo-political zones had yet to produce the nation’s president in a democratic dispensation. He said: “The Igbo nation is critical in the Nigerian project. “Their entrepreneurial ingenuity and apprenticeship should be imbibed by other parts of the country as a model for addressing poverty and unemployment.’’ He, however,…
Three ward chairmen of the All Progressives Congress in the Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State on Friday, protested their alleged replacement on the delegate list of the state. They alleged that despite winning at the party congress held last year June and having been declared winners in the presence of stakeholders, including officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, their names have been allegedly expunged from the delegate list of the party in the state. The chairmen, Sulaimon Bude of Ward 9, Banjo Adesegun of Ward 10 and Bola Lamina of Ward 11 claimed not to have…
Presidential aspirant and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, says he is the only one in the race for the party’s presidential ticket. Tinubu said he’s not bothered by the number of those aspiring for the APC sole ticket, ahead of the party’s primaries. The APC leader, who stated this during a visit to the Niger State Governor, Alh Abubakar Sani Bello, in Minna, Niger State, said he is the only contestant among all that knows how to bring Nigeria out of its current predicaments. “If they ask you to follow…
The Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, Chris Nwabueze Ngige has withdrawn from the 2023 presidential race. This is coming less than three weeks after his declaration at Alor, his town in Anambra State. In a statement he issued, which was obtained by the media in Abuja on Friday, Ngige said his declaration, which was transmitted live was as a result of pressures from friends, supporters and allies, given that he has the qualifications to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. He disclosed that his supporters had purchased the nomination form for him, which he was, however, yet to fill…
Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari claimed on Thursday that a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) minister had threatened him with the imposition of martial law a night before the no-confidence motion against ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan was passed, media reports said. In his address to the National Assembly, Zardari said that the PTI minister had asked him to either accept early elections or martial law would be imposed in the country, Geo News reported. The Foreign Minister said that despite PTI’s repeated attempts to defeat the no-confidence motion against the former premier, their bids were foiled and the no-trust vote was…
The Igbo National Council (INC) on Friday, expressed shock over the recommendations of the zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, throwing the party’s 2023 presidential ticket open to all parts of the country. Recall that the PDP had on Wednesday thrown its presidential ticket open after months of speculations. Reacting to the development in a release signed by Comrade Chilos Godsent, the President, the INC said that the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC and the PDP National Leadership were not sensitive to the plight and long-time suffering of the South-East Zone in Nigeria. INC said, “We received with…