The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) says it stands by its earlier assertion that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is behind the burning of offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The PDP reiterated its position that the APC has been promoting acts of violence including arson in other to build an emergency situation and frustrate the smooth conduct of the 2023 general elections. Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the PDP in a statement on Tuesday, said having realized that it has no place in the 2023 election, APC leaders are seeking to set Nigeria ablaze and truncate democracy.…
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A Georgia judge on Friday ordered Atlanta’s Fulton County to unseal more than 145,000 absentee ballots cast during the November 2020 election, allowing self-described election integrity activists to evaluate the legitimacy of the ballots. Henry County Superior Court Judge Brian Amero, who is overseeing the case, ruled that Fulton County must unseal the ballots so the petitioners could inspect and scan them, not merely look at copies, according to his order filed in the Fulton County Superior Court. The order paves the way for a second review of ballots in the United States by private groups who claim without evidence…
The Akwa Ibom State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has debunked the rumour that the governor of the State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel was hatching plans to defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The Publicity Secretary of PDP in the State, Borono Bassey in a statement issued to journalists in Uyo on Tuesday described the rumour as a product of ‘hallucinations’ from the opposition party in the State, APC. He added that the defection rumour was a mere wish of APC members to have the governor as their member to see if his presence in the party could…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ijesa North Federal Constituency of Osun State has dissociated itself from The Osun Progressives, a splinter group within the party, reaffirming their support for the Governor Adegboyega Oyetola-led administration in the state. This decision was contained in an address by a party chieftain, Jumoke Ogunkeyede, during a press conference organised at the party secretariat in Obokun Local Government Area. Ogunkeyede maintained that any attempt by a selfish clique to stand in opposition to the current administration was tantamount to an evil, egregious and unscrupulous act which should be discountenanced in its entirety. In his…
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has revealed three state governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, planning to decamp to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Primate Ayodele revealed that the Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Muhammed Matawalle, Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, and their Abia State counterpart, Okezie Ikpeazu are planning to defect from PDP to APC. In a statement on Tuesday, the clergyman noted that Matawalle has made up his mind already, while Ugwuanyi and Ikpeazu are still contemplating defecting from PDP to APC. He warned that if the PDP’s…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is not accountable to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It said this in reaction to an invitation by the anti-graft agency after a member of the party, Kasim Afegbua, petitioned the EFCC. Sen. Walid Jubrin, Chairman, PDP Board of Trustees (BoT), said this while speaking with newsmen at the end of the board’s meeting in Abuja. He said the party is only accountable to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). “INEC is the regulatory organ for all political parties and the PDP is inclusive. “The PDP account has been audited…
The Ethiopian Electoral Commission announced on Saturday that it was postponing parliamentary elections scheduled for June 5 due to growing logistical difficulties, without setting a new date. “The vote will not take place on June 5,” said Election Commission Chairwoman Birtukan Mideksa, saying she could not provide a new date until she had reviewed proposals from political parties. She said her commission was behind schedule on finalizing voter registration, training electoral staff, printing and distributing ballot papers. “It proved almost impossible to achieve all of this by the dates initially set,” she said. Birutkan said the new date would take…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said that his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will suffer if he leaves for another party. Wike made the assertion on Monday while briefing newsmen in Government House, Port Harcourt the state’s capital. InfoStride News reports that the governor’s claim is coming barely one week after his Cross River counterpart, Ben Ayade dumped the part for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The governor also claimed that he would win election in any party he joins, stressing that PDP in Rivers State lack political detractor. Governor Wike, who described himself as asset…
A chieftain of the Taraba State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Jacob Gbadede and the Taraba Central Concern Group (TCCG), have faulted Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku, for abandoning Tarabans to their fate while the state is on fire. Gbadede said that the governor, instead of wading in to halt further killings and destruction of property that characterized the ongoing fracas between herders and farmers, left for Kaduna State to “attend a wedding.” The APC chieftain believed that Ishaku is not doing “enough to protect the lives and property of the people of the state.” Expressing his dismay during…
The strike action embarked upon by the Judicial Staff of Nigeria (JUSUN) has caused the People Democratic Party (PDP) the opportunity of securing an injunction to stop All Progressive Congress (APC) from acquiring her secretariat. Speaking at the stakeholders meeting of the party, the Chairman of the newly constituted caretaker committee Barr. Efiok Cobham assured members that the property will soon return to PDP He urged supporters of the party not to worry as the leadership of the party is doing everything within its reach to ensure that it retrieves its Secretariat from the APC led administration in Cross River…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun has told the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2018 Osun Gubernatorial Election, Senator Ademola Adeleke that his penchant for telling lies will be his nemesis in the 2022 polls if his party presents him as their candidate. The party was reacting to Adeleke’s purported interview published in a national newspaper on Sunday. He was quoted to have said the PDP won outrightly in the 2018 governorship election but was compromised and that the inconclusive declaration was a misnomer and pre-planned to achieve undemocratic outcomes and the rerun was a charade. This…
Somalia’s prime minister has invited regional leaders to a fresh round of negotiations in the hope of resolving a protracted feud over elections that sparked violence in the capital. The troubled Horn of Africa country is experiencing its worst political crisis in years, with fighting erupting in Mogadishu last week after the president extended his mandate by two years without going to elections. Opposition fighters remain in the capital even after President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed backed away from the mandate extension at the weekend and agreed to hold a fresh vote. The president, better known by his nickname Farmajo, on…
Asari Dokubo has taking to writing to charge Nigerians to rise up and demand “No Referendum, No Election” come 2023, says One Nigeria is the biggest fraud ever and MUST end. Asari Dokubo’s message to Nigerians reads in full: “We the people must act now! Some will brand this write up “evil and a lie”, but facts and numbers don’t lie. Mathematics they say is a universal language. LET’S SET RECORDS STRAIGHT “Out of the total of 360 House of Reps members, the entire South has 169, while the North has 191. Here is the breakdown: South East Imo 10…
The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commision (OYSIEC) has presented certificates of return to all the newly-elected local government chairmen in the state. InfoStride News recalls that the local government election took place on Saturday. The election took place in 32 out of the 33 local government areas in the state. The election for the remaining local government area, Ido has been fixed for Wednesday, 26th May 2021. Chairman of OYSIEC, Barrister Isiaka Olagunju presented the certificates of return to all the elected council bosses on Monday. Olagunju, while presenting the certificates, advised the newly elected council bosses to fulfil all…
Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has declared that he has no preferred candidate in the forthcoming Local Government (LG) elections in Lagos State. Tinubu said this while denying claims that he has endorsed any candidate for the forthcoming LG election in Lagos. In a statement on Sunday, Tinubu dismissed the allegations of a plot to influence the APC’s primaries, saying the party Governance Advisory Council in Lagos met last Friday to talk about ways to ensure fairness for the poll. “Asiwaju Bola Tinubu would like it to be known, by way of this statement, that…
Ahead of the congress of the All Progressives Congress, APC, members of the party in Enugu West Senatorial Zone of Enugu State have urged party faithfuls to respect the zoning arrangement already put in place. The Party in the zone spoke during a meeting by the Caretaker chairmen and Secretaries in the area where they hailed the Party in the State for taking a bold step to zone the leadership positions ahead of the congress. They said they were delighted with the decision by the State Caretaker Committee headed by Dr. Ben Nwoyey to zone the chairmanship position in the…
Preliminary talks on Somali’s impending elections began Saturday as leaders of this Horn of African nation met in Mogadishu to discuss an election, that has faced postponement. Somali’s Prime Minister and leaders of the five semi-autonomous states, including mayor of Mogadishu have been discussing ways of easing tensions in the country. Issues to be tabled for deliberations include the composition of the electoral commission and that of security. It is still not clear what the duration of these preliminary discussions will be. But sources have told AFP that finalization of the organization of the elections, including date for the vote,…
Mr Emmanuel Ogidi, former National Vice Chairman (South South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called for speedy passage of the Electoral Act amendment bill to enhance the electoral process in the country. Agidi said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. The chieftain said that those who were anticipating to benefit from the shortcoming of the law may not want the amendment to take place, urging the National Assembly to act in the interest of the nation for the benefit of all. Ogidi stressed the need for early passage of…
The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) on Sunday declared candidates of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winners of the just concluded local government election in 32 local government areas of the state. InfoStride News reports that the election took place in 33 local government areas on Saturday. The Commission also rescheduled the election held in Ido local government area of the state. The election, which will now hold on May 26, 2021, was rescheduled over the omission of the Zenith Labour Party’s logo on the ballot papers. The OYSIEC, however, declared PDP, the winner of the election in all the…
Commercial activities on Sunday came to a halt around the venue of the PDP stakeholders meeting held in Calabar, Cross River State It took efforts of security operatives to control the crowd which turned out at the venue of the meeting, InfoStride News reports “Mobile policemen, police officers, civil defence operatives as well as the DSS had a hard time controlling the crowd, especially when former governor senator Liyel Imoke, Essien Ayi and prominent members of the party, within and outside the state arrived,” a source told the media. Also present at the meeting were national, state assembly members of…