Nine gubernatorial aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from Kwara North Senatorial District, have resolved to pick a candidate for the 2023 general elections in the state without any rancour through consensus arrangement. InfoStride News reports that the party had earlier zoned the governorship ticket to the senatorial district for the general elections. The resolution was contained in a communique issued at the end of a meeting held in Abuja with the national leader of the party, Dr Bukola Saraki on April 12, 2022, at his Maitama residence, in the Federal Capital Territory. Part of the communique made available…
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said his decision to run for the Presidency is not to negotiate the Vice Presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Wike disclosed this while addressing PDP delegates and leaders in Calabar, Cross River State capital, on Wednesday. The PDP presidential aspirant said he was in the state to meet party members and signify his seriousness to be Nigeria’s next president. Wike also dismissed claims of picking the Senatorial forms like other aspirants of the party have done secretly. He said: “I am here to introduce myself to you. We have started…
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has asked Nigerians to ignore one Olugbenga Olaoye, Co-Convener, ‘Osinbajo Think Thank’ over his comments during an interview. Olugbenga while reacting to the presidential ambition of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu in an interview with Arise TV said Nigerians do not want another sick president who would be embarking on foreign medical trips. He said Nigeria needs a capable person like the Vice President who formally declared on Monday to run for the top political office in the 2023 elections. He said, “We cannot afford another sick President who…
To mark the exit of Senators Abdullahi Adamu, Abubakar Kyari and Hassan Muhammad Nasiha from the Senate, the upper legislative chamber on Wednesday held a special session for them. Senator Abdullahi Adamu was the former governor of Nasarawa State and a three-time Senator representing Nasarawa West Senatorial who emerged the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Senator Abubakar Kyari also emerged Deputy National Chairman of APC (North), while Senator Hassan Muhammad Nasiha was appointed the Deputy Governor of Zamfara State. They all resigned their Senatorial seats for the new assignments. The session which commenced at 11.45 started…
Russia’s defence ministry said on Wednesday that 1,026 soldiers of Ukraine’s 36th Marine Brigade, including 162 officers, had surrendered in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. Mariupol, which has been encircled by Russian troops for weeks, has seen the fiercest fighting and the most comprehensive destruction since Russia invaded on Feb. 24. The main Sea of Azov port is the biggest target in the eastern Donbas region that Moscow now calls the focus of its campaign, and if captured would be the first major city to fall since the war began. Its capture would help secure a land passage…
Osun West Youths and Women Forum (OWYWF) has stated that there is a need for stakeholders within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to give a female the opportunity to represent Osun West Senatorial District in the 2023 General Elections. Making the statement on Tuesday during a chat with journalists in Osogbo, the convener of the group, Lekan Ojasope revealed that with the current political situation in Osun West Senatorial District, there is need for a woman to represent the senatorial zone. Ojasope, who held that they were optimistic that a woman would bring resounding development to the people of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has revealed that a 62-year-old man, Kola Adewusi, a GCE holder is the running mate for the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke. Adeleke, a 61-year-old man, was facing issues about his result until 2021 when he reportedly bagged a degree in criminal justice at a College in the United States of America. Adeleke, a former Senator, who represented Osun west Senatorial District at the National Assembly between 2017 and 2018 – had according to his profile on the National Assembly website, claimed he had bagged a Diploma in…
Ahead of party primaries, two prominent aspirants for senatorial and governorship tickets in the All Progressives Congress, APC, Cross River State have raised the alarm over the processes of selecting the party’s flagbearers. They said that if a level-playing ground was not allowed for all the contestants, the party would face troubles. Speaking separately, former special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla and Senator John Owan-Enoh, who represented Cross River Central Senatorial District in the Senate, said every attempt to cause internal fight in the party should be avoided. Obono-Obla said, “Not giving a level-playing ground…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released the final list of candidates and the parties that would partake in the 2022 Osun gubernatorial poll. The list which was released on Tuesday contained the names of the candidates, deputies and their other details. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Festus Okoye Esq in the release said the list is in compliance with the Electoral Act 2022, the commission. He notified any party that observes that the name of its candidate is missing from the list to “notify the commission in writing, signed by its…
Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif may take some time to appoint a new Cabinet as he knows the fragile nature of the ruling alliance and wants to take along all his allies, according to a media report on Wednesday. Sources in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) told Dawn newspaper that the leadership of both parties had decided to accommodate all allied parties in the federal Cabinet and give them the ministries of their choice. They said the ruling coalition comprised eight political parties and four independents, and since Sharif had become the prime…
Peter Obi, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has warned Nigerians of greater consequences ahead of the 2023 election. Peter Obi warned Nigerians to avoid repeating the same mistake they made during the 2015 and 2019 general elections by voting for an incompetent leader in 2023. The former Governor of Anambra State said this while speaking in Lagos during a consultation visit to PDP stakeholders. He warned that Nigeria is going through a very difficult time that must not continue otherwise everyone will pay for it. Obi said: “We all have a responsibility to…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State has said that there is no way it will accept the purported result announced by the Katsina State Independent Electoral Commission (KTSIEC) for the April 11 local government election, describing it as a charade. The PDP acting chairman in the state, Sani Lawal Uli, made this known while addressing the press at the party’s secretariat on Tuesday. Uli alleged that the local government election held on April 11 in the state was marred by irregularities, noting that “the exercise cannot be said to have met even the most bastardized standard of an…
A group of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 presidential aspirants seeking a consensus candidate has said contrary to speculations, the consensus move is not a northern agenda, but a collective effort to rescue Nigeria. The aspirants include former President of the Senate, Sen. Bukola Saraki, Gov. Mohammed Bala of Bauchi State, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and a businessman, Muhammad Hayatu-Deen Speaking on behalf of the aspirants after they met with Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi in Abuja, on Tuesday, they assured that all PDP aspirants from North and South will meet to decide on it. Saraki explained that…
The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, on Tuesday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately resign from his position. NEF said Buhari has failed to address the issues of killings, kidnappings, and general insecurity in the country. Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, the Director, Publicity and Advocacy of NEF, made the call in a statement he issued. Baba-Ahmed said the Nigerian constitution allows the President to step down if he can’t solve the challenges confronting the country. He said: “The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari does not appear to have answers to the challenges of security to which we are exposed. We cannot continue…
Germany is debating whether to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Group of Seven summit it’s hosting in June, given India’s reluctance to condemn Russia for invading Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter. Germany is set to include Senegal, South Africa and Indonesia as guests at the meeting in Bavaria, but India remains under consideration, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing confidential matters. One of the people said India had been on a list drawn up before the war in Ukraine started, and a final decision hadn’t been taken. India was among the more…
The Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo would be meeting members of the House of Representatives elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC on Wednesday. The APC caucus has been invited to the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa for the breaking of the Ramadan fast (Iftar) on Wednesday. The development was disclosed in a letter by the VP read by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Ahmed Wase on Tuesday. The invitation from Osinbajo came less than 48 hours after he hosted APC governors to Iftar on Sunday night to seek their support for his presidential ambition. InfoStride…
The Bishop of Umuahia East Diocese, Methodist Church Nigeria, Rt. Rev. Godfrey Agupusi has berated those he referred to as ‘Yahoo, Yahoo’ politicians, who create the impression that Igbos cannot produce a credible presidential candidate for the 2023 general election. Warning that it is a joke taken too far, Bishop Agupusi while addressing church members at a diocesan synod in choosing candidates for the elections all the parties should engage in free, fair, just and credible actions. “The next general election in Nigeria would take place in 2023. The Political atmosphere is getting charged and all kinds of manipulations, permutations…
The immediate past Governor of Katsina State, Barrister Ibrahim Shehu Shema has described the local government election held in the State on Monday, April 11, 2022, as a monumental fraud. The former Governor expressed his dissatisfaction with the conduct of the exercise while addressing journalists in his home town, Dutsin-ma on Monday. He accused the Governor Aminu Masari-led administration of concealing the EC result sheets from the polling units across the State in order to falsify the local government election results. He also alleged that in some polling units, the returning officers were card-carrying members of the APC, citing Mashi…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, won the 31 chairmanship and 328 councillorship seats in the Katsina local government election held on Monday, April 11, 2022. The Secretary to the Katsina State Independent Electoral Commission, Lawal Alhassan Faskari, disclosed the results in the early hours of Tuesday at a press briefing. However, he noted that the result for Dutsinma Local Government was cancelled, while that of Daura and Funtua were being awaited. In his words: “The Commission has so far received complete results from 31 Local Governments, 328 Wards, awaiting that of Funtua and Daura, while elections in Dutsinma Local Government…
The delegation of the European Union (EU) to Ukraine said on Monday it has resumed its work in Kiev. “The EU is back in town,” the diplomatic mission tweeted. The EU evacuated its delegation from Kiev to the Polish city of Rzeszow shortly after the conflict between Russia and Ukraine started on February 24, Xinhua news agency reported. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell visited Ukraine last week, promising a speedier process for the country to join the EU.