A former Commissioner of Information in Edo state, Prince Kassim Afegbua has revealed that the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus may dump the party for the All Progressives Congress, APC, soon. Afegbua said this while demanding the immediate sack of the PDP Chairman, adding that two Governors from the North East and South East have concluded plans to also join the APC. The opposition party chieftain said while reacting to the recent defections of Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District, Peter Nwaoboshi and Zamfara state governor, Bello Matawalle from the PDP to APC. In…
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10 governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State, have reiterated their rejection of the result of Saturday’s primary election, which produced Sen. Andy Uba as winner. The aspirants, who briefed journalists in Awka after a closed doors meeting, said no election held in the state on Saturday, while also describing the election result published by the Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun as Facebook result. The aspirants include; Dr Chidozie Nwankwo, Dr Hygers Igwebuike, Pastor Godwin Okonkwo, Chief Ben Etiaba, Mr Johnbosco Onunkwo, Dr Paul Orajiaka, Azuka Okwuosa, George Moughalu and Col Geoff Onyejegbu. One of…
Several people who were traveling last October on a campaign bus for Democratic President Joe Biden that was surrounded by supporters of Republican former President Donald Trump on a Texas highway filed a pair of federal lawsuits on Thursday over the incident. One lawsuit, which named more than a half-dozen members of the “Trump Train” as defendants, accused the Trump supporters of violating the Ku Klux Klan Act, an 1871 law named after the violent white supremacist organization and intended to prohibit groups from engaging in voter intimidation. The second lawsuit claims the public safety director in San Marcos, Chase…
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State have congratulated the winner of the party’s Saturday primary election in the state, Mr Valentine Ozigbo. Ozigbo, in the election conducted by the Deputy Governor of Edo State, Mr Philip Shaibu, scored 62 votes to beat his closest rivals; Dr Obiora Okonkwo and Senator Uche Ekwunife, who scored 58 and 44 votes respectively. Former governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, in his congratulatory message to Ozigbo said: “I congratulate Valentine Ozigbo, and I thank the National Chairman who, together with his leadership, has remained neutral. I congratulate the PDP…
Reactions have continued to trail the defection of Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle of Zamfara State from the People Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Digital and New Media, Bashir Ahmed, had earlier disclosed that the governor had returned to the ruling party. The presidential aide, who made the disclosure via a post on his verified Facebook page on Sunday morning, wrote ‘’So Zamfara is back home! Welcome, Matawalle’’. However, there is no official statement to confirm that the governor has officially joined the party as at press time…
The ongoing youth empowerment said to be organized by the government of Imo State has been described as a hoax. The said youth empowerment is expected to empower about 15,000 Imo youths with 250,00 naira each. The Imo State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), through its Director-General of New Media, Collins Opuruzor disclosed that over N4billion was released to the State as part of post-COVID-19 stimulus grant from the federal government. The opposition party accused the Governor of peddling falsehood and trying to leverage on the federal government money to score cheap political points. According to Opuruzor, “the money…
Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). InfoStride News learnt that Matawalle defected to the All Progressive Congress. Personal Assistant to Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Digital and New Media, Bashir Ahmed disclosed this on his verified Facebook page on Sunday morning. The presidential aide wrote ‘’So Zamfara is back home! Welcome, Matawalle’’. However, the Governor is yet to confirm his defection officially.
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers said on Thursday they had reached an agreement on a framework for a policing reform bill, after weeks of talks. “There is still more work to be done on the final bill, and nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to,” Republican Senator Tim Scott, Democratic Senator Cory Booker and Democratic Representative Karen Bass said in a joint statement. “Over the next few weeks we look forward to continuing our work toward getting a finalized proposal across the finish line.” They provided no additional details on their points of agreement. White House spokesperson…
Edo State Deputy Governor and Secretary, Anambra PDP Governorship Primary Election Committee, Philip Shaibu has revealed that less than 200 delegates would vote to elect a candidate for the party. Shaibu who stood in for Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, chairman of the committee, said the party had a delay in the process but would start voting soon. He addressed journalists at the Prof. Dora Akunyili Women’s Development Centre shortly after a closed-door meeting with governorship aspirants. He said: “We just concluded the first round of accreditation and the second and most important is the one we just started now.…
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Anambra State has elected Senator Ugochukwu Uba as the flag bearer of the party in the November 6 poll. The returning officer in the election, Obidi Ebede said Uba got 275 votes to defeat his closest rival, Godwin Ezeemo with 114, while Senator Uche Ekwunife scored 56 votes to come third. He said there were 665 accredited PDP delegates.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Chukwudi Umeaba and loyal to Chief Chris Uba is currently holding a separate primary election to elect a candidate to fly the party’s flag in the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. A faction of PDP is currently accrediting delegates at the Prof Dora Akunyili Women’s Development Centre. The Uba-led faction is holding its primary at the Paul University playground in Awka, with a huge mobilisation of party members. InfoStride News gathered that the event at Prof Dora Akunyili Women’s Development Centre is a faction of the party formerly led by Mr…
There was low turnout of voters across polling units in Jigawa State as the 2020 local government elections held on Saturday, 26 June, 2021. InfoStride News observed that the election officers and sensitive materials arrived early and the election started at 8:00AM at some poling units especially across the main headquarters of the 27 local governments while in some villages and hard to reach areas, the election didn’t commence at 8:00AM. The electoral officers were seen sitting idle in most of the Jigawa LG Polling Units as a result of low turnout of voters who preferred to engage in other…
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohsen Baharvand has dismissed an official Canadian report on the Ukrainian airplane crash near Tehran in January 2020 as “heavily politicised”. “Legally, the Canadian authorities do not have any authority to issue unilateral and arbitrary reports or comments regarding the reports on air accidents within the jurisdiction of another country,” Xinhua news agency quoted Baharvand as saying on Friday. On Thursday, the Ottawa government published a report conducted by a Canadian forensic team about the Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 that crashed on January 8, 2020 after it was hit by two missiles launched by Iran’s Islamic Revolution…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo has blamed the administration of late Abiola Ajimobi, a former governor of the state, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) for making hoodlums powerful. The party declared that the violent groups threatening peace and stability in the state gained prominence under the last administration. The PDP Publicity Secretary in the state, Akeem Olatunji, in a statement said the attempt by APC chieftains to celebrate “the legacies” of the late Ajimobi was misplaced and unfounded. “We have it on good authority that the security challenges emanate from activities of rival violence-prone groups which the…
The forthcoming local government elections in Ogun and Lagos States has clashed with the Ward Congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC), InfoStride News reports. Recall that the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) and the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) had earlier announced July 24 as the day to conduct elections into the councils. However, the national body of the APC on Friday also declared that the party’s ward congresses would come up on the same day. Yobe State Governor and Chairman Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the APC, Mai Mala Buni, led other members of…
Most Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, aspirants in today’s primary election will not have the opportunity to vote for themselves. The final list of automatic delegates for today’s governorship primary election in Anambra State shows that aspirants running for the ticket of the party who have not held positions in the party, public office or even contested election in the party do not qualify as automatic delegates. The list showed that a total of 229 delegates will participate in the election, while 21 persons with disabilities who were earlier added to the list were dropped. A press statement by the National…
The Delta State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that Senator Peter Nwaoboshi’s defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All progressives Congress is a welcome development. Recall that Sen. Nwaoboshi representing the Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly defected to the APC on Friday, He was welcomed into the party by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House. Reacting, APC in a statement issued by its State Caretaker Committee Chairman, Prophet Jones Erue, on Saturday said that his committee and members of the State Working Committee (SWC) heartily welcome the distinguished Sen.…
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday split along party lines over whether to advance the nomination of gun control advocate David Chipman, President Joe Biden’s choice to lead the Justice Department’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). In the lead-up to the tie vote, Republicans vocally opposed Chipman’s nomination, citing his history of advocating stronger gun regulations. “Mr. Chipman wants to ban assault weapons,” Ranking Republican Charles Grassley said on Thursday. “This nomination is like a Republican putting the NRA in charge of ATF,” he said, referring to the pro-gun rights National Rifle Association. The U.S. Senate…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, approved the review of the timeline for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Congresses. President Buhari received the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) at State House, Abuja. He endorsed the Progress Report, the schedule of outstanding activities with regards to Congresses, the National Convention and the forthcoming Anambra Governorship election. The President approved Ward Congresses to be held on 24th July, 2021, Local Government Congresses on 14th August, 2021 and State Congresses on 18th September, 2021. CECPC National Chairman and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni led the delegation to the Presidential Villa. Buni was…
Ahead of the forthcoming Local Government elections in Plateau State, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said, there is a grand plan by the electoral umpire, Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC) to exclude the party from the polls. The PDP said it will resist any plans by the electoral body to subvert justice. InfoStride News recalls that the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC) has scheduled Local Government elections in the state for 9th October 2021. This was disclosed by the Party’s State Caretaker Committee Secretary, Patrick Ogbu, while briefing journalists at the State Secretariat, in Jos, the…