Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Tuesday, rebuked the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for threatening legal actions against Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State over his defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Fani-Kayode described PDP’s threat as senseless and a case of double standards. President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide, Bashir Ahmad had over the weekend revealed the news of Matawalle’s defection from PDP to APC. But, the PDP had threatened to drag Matawalle to court in a bid to recover its mandate. Reacting, Fani-Kayode pointed out that legal action of such nature will also affect the PDP. The PDP chieftain…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State has directed officers at all levels to desist from attending factional or sectional meetings aimed at the zoning of the 2023 governorship or any other position in the state. The Abia PDP also frowned at the current political brickbats by politicians and groups over the 2023 governorship seat of Abia State. The party leadership posited that such tendencies are premature and capable of distracting the party from its resolve to build a solid, all-inclusive party structure capable of winning the 2023 general elections. This was contained in a communique signed by the…
Website for Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) Registration now activated. As promised by INEC to launch an easy online voter cards registration process, InfroStride News has confirmed that the PVC Registration website cvr.inecnigeria.org has been activated. In order to enroll yourself or for your family and friends, kindly visit cvr.inecnigeria.org. It takes only a few minutes. More so, the portal; cvr.inecnigeria.org enables you to update your voter registration information, Pre-Register as a new voter, Transfer your voter registration to another polling unit, Replace your damaged or lost PVC or/and discover Registration Centres near you. Voter cards registration processes now made easier.…
Amid celebrations over the centenary of the ruling Communist Party, Chinese President Xi Jinping has awarded loyal party members with medals and called for adherence to Marxism. Xi’s speech at a ceremony Tuesday follows a lavish celebration at Beijing’s Olympic stadium on Monday night emphasising China’s rise to economic and political prominence following reforms enacted more than 40 years ago. While unleashing private industry, the ruling party has maintained an iron grip on political power, along with preferential policies toward state-run companies. All party comrades should take their faith in Marxism and the socialism with Chinese characteristics as their life’s…
Two members of the House of Representatives, from Cross River State have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The two lawmakers are Lego Idagbo and Michael Etaba. It would be recalled that the Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade recently decamped from the PDP to the APC. The defections were announced on Tuesday by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila after reading letters from the two lawmakers. This defection is the latest in the gale of defection that continues to rock the PDP. The defections were protested by Toby Okechukwu, the deputy minority leader.
Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, has disclosed how he lured people of Anambra State to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ngige disclosed that he lured people of the state using all Federal Government alleviation programmes executed in the state. He spoke on Channels Television while lamenting over the APC primaries held in the state. Ngige also faulted the election that produced Senator Andy Uba as the APC candidate in the Anambra gubernatorial poll. “It’s not a case of you didn’t mobilise. All the aspirants contributed money when we were doing the registration. “All the aspirants were…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the people of Ogun State have been swindled by the present government of Governor Dapo Abiodun. PDP maintained that Ogun residents and indigenes were hoodwinked by the “deceit and callousness” of the present government, which it said always blamed everything on paucity of funds. The party was reacting to the inability of the Ogun State House of Assembly to execute their constituency projects in the last two years. InfoStride News earlier reported that the Assembly members said they have not been given a dime for constituency projects since two years now and that Gov…
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday challenged a Georgia election law that it said infringes on the rights of Black voters, as it kicked off a campaign against a wave of state actions that it said would reduce access to the ballot. The Georgia law, which also bans the distribution of water or food to people waiting on long lines at polling places, is one of hundreds of new measures passed by Republican-controlled state legislatures this year, fueled by former President Donald Trump’s false claims that his November election defeat was the result of fraud. “This lawsuit is the first…
The Independent National Electoral. Commission, INEC, has announced the resumption of the online Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, ahead of the 2023 general elections. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, in a statement on Monday, said the online registration, which has commenced nationwide, is being done through the commission’s registration portal https://cvr.inecnigeria.org. Okoye said that the schedule of appointments for online registrants and physical CVR, at INEC state and local government offices nationwide is expected to commence on July 19. According to him, no eligible Nigerian would be denied access to the registration process. Okoye,…
Former President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has called on young Nigerians across the country to take advantage of the ongoing continuous voters’ registration exercise embarked on by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a video posted on all his social media handles (@bukolasaraki), Saraki said with 30 million unregistered voters, young Nigerians had the power to choose their leaders at all levels. “In 2019, 84 million Nigerians registered to vote. 51 percent were below 35 years old. However, on election day, only 29 million voters came out. “With about 30 million unregistered young voters, clearly, the…
As the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) kicked off Monday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun has expressed optimism that the exercise would be hitch-free even as it advised citizens of voting age to avail themselves of the opportunity. Sunday Bisi, the Osun PDP Chairman in a chat with the media said the exercise was in order as it is aimed at allowing for more participation of Nigerians of voting age in the nation’s electoral process. While explaining that election remained the only tool with which capable and passionate leaders can be…
A House of Representative member representing Ikwo/ Ezza south federal constituency, Chinedu Ogah on Monday said that opposition parties cannot fight the All Progressive Congress, APC, in the forthcoming 2023 general election. Mr. Ogah made this known while addressing stakeholders and political leaders of Ezza south. The lawmaker claimed that his party was prepared to provide greater development for the people of the state. He called on the youths of Ebonyi state to refrain from attacking or fighting the leaders of APC in the state on social media. The lawmaker who had spent one year and six months in the…
Former US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) called his former Attorney General William Barr a ‘disappointment in every sense of the word’ following the latter describing Trump’s repeated unsubstantiated claims about the 2020 election as “bullshit” in an upcoming week. “Bill Barr was a disappointment in every sense of the word. Besides which, Barr, who was Attorney General (lawyer) shouldn’t be speaking about the President,” The Hill quoted a statement by Donald Trump on late Sunday. He added: “Instead of doing his job, he did the opposite and told people within the Justice Department not to investigate the…
Deji Adeyanju, an Abuja-based rights activist, has hinted that two more governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adeyanju alleged that the APC are currently in talks with the governors. In a tweet, the Convener of Concerned Nigerian said the talks are part of a move to get the governors into defecting to APC before the party’s state congresses. Adeyanju wrote: “Zamfara Governor has defected to APC like I said. APC is still talking to two PDP Governors to see if they can defect before their state congresses so…
One of the governorship aspirants in the just concluded primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 6 election in Anambra State, Senator Uche Ekwunife, has congratulated the winner, Valentine Ozigbo, on his emergence as the flag bearer of the party. InfoStride News reported that the former Chief Executive Officer of Transnational Corporation PLC, (Transcorp), Mr Valentine Ozigbo, was elected the governorship candidate of the party in the state. Ozigbo polled 62 votes out of the 218 votes cast in the primary held on Saturday in Awka. He defeated his closest rivals; Dr Obiora Okonkwo who polled 58…
A former Commissioner for Information in Bayelsa State, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, has called on the kinsmen of former President Goodluck Jonathan, to support the incumbent Governor of the state, Senator Douye Diri. Iworiso-Markson, who also hails from Ogbia Local Government with Jonathan, spoke at the weekend in Yenagoa, the state capital, during his birthday celebration. Describing Diri’s administration as “our prosperity government”, he told his kinsmen to embrace unity to enable Ogbia attract expected development from the government. He said Diri would prefer to work with a “united Ogbia” and not a “divided Ogbia” describing unity as the major principle…
The All Progressive Congress (APC) Chairman, Publicity Sub-Committee and Zamfara Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, on Monday said no fewer than 18 governors of the party are expected to receive Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on Tuesday. Dosara, who made this known during an interview with newsmen, said the Progressive governors will be led by the APC Chairman Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Gov. Mai Mala-Buni of Yobe State. “We are also expecting all our national assembly members as well as state legislators to declare their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC during the occasion.…
Iran speaker of Iran’s parliament said on Sunday that Tehran will never hand over images from inside of some Iranian nuclear sites to the UN nuclear watchdog as a monitoring agreement with the agency had expired, Iranian state media reported. “The agreement has expired … any of the information recorded will never be given to the International Atomic Energy Agency and the data and images will remain in the possession of Iran,” said Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf. The announcement could further complicate talks between Iran and six major powers on reviving a 2015 nuclear deal. Three years ago then US President…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has described the rally held in front of the house of Senator Kolawole Ogunwale, a PDP stalwart in Iragbiji by the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as hitting the panic button when it is not necessary. The Osun State Commissioner for Women, Children and Social Affairs, Barrister Olubukola Olaboopo had on Sunday morning led some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on a rally in Iragbiji town. The rally was held to counter the PDP rally held for defectors which held in the town on Saturday, 26th June,…
Former Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has congratulated the winner of the gubernatorial primary elections conducted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo. In a statement signed on his behalf by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki also appealed to leaders of the PDP across the state to rally round the candidate so as to ensure victory for the party in the forth coming election. Saraki noted that Ozigbo emerged from a keenly contested primary election and his emergence will definitely ruffle some feathers in some quarters. He urged the candidate…