Security operatives have been deployed in Awka, Anambra State capital, today over the conduct of the primary election of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). The heavy deployment is reportedly in response to the formation of another faction of the party, which, led by Jude Okeke, announced a separate date for the party’s primary. Meanwhile, journalists have been barred from entering the venue of the exercise, casting doubt about what the party plans to do, within the conduct of the process. The primary election started with accreditation at the Alex Ekwueme Square before delegates were moved to Dora Akunyili Women…
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The Supreme Court has voided laws enacted by the states’ Houses of Assembly which allow governors to sack elected chairmen of local governments and councillors and replace them with appointed administrators. It has become a tradition among governors to dissolve the Executive Councils of the states’ LGs and replace them with their appointees, who they call caretaker committees. In a unanimous judgement of five Justices of the Supreme Court described the practice as “executive recklessness”, which must not be allowed to persist. The judgment by the five-man panel, led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour was on the appeal in relation to…
US Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a sweeping bill to overhaul federal elections, heightening already inflamed tensions over voting rights. The Hill reported that Senators voted 50-50 in the evenly divided Senate on advancing the For the People Act, splitting along party lines and failing to get the 60 votes needed to gain the majority. The legislation included setting national voting standards, changed the composition of the Federal Election Commission, added new restrictions on congressional redistricting, overhauled campaign finance and included new ethics rules for the president and vice president. That contest was historic as it took place during the…
Deji Adeyanju, an Abuja-based activist, on Wednesday hinted on candidates the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders are considering to field as presidential candidate in 2023. Adeyanju, convener of Concerned Nigerians claimed that PDP stakeholders are considering either Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State or Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State. In a series of tweets, the former PDP member claimed that the party’s stakeholders are tired of fielding Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate. The activist claimed that PDP stakeholders are angry with Atiku for allegedly abandoning the party in the 2015 elections. According to Adeyanju: “PDP stakeholders want to…
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) will today, Wednesday, hold a primary election to elect its candidate for the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State. The election is expected to hold at the Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, the State capital. Four aspirants of the party who will be slugging it out in today’s primary election are: former Central Bank Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, a lawyer, Barr Damian Okolo and two lawmakers, Hon ThankGod Ibe and Hon Okwudili Nwankwo. Meanwhile, InfoStride News gathered that there are plans by the party to crown Prof. Soludo as its candidate, and that the…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will hand over to another apostle of his when he completes his assignment in 2023. President Buhari’s tenure is expected to come to an end in 2023 when he must have completed another four years in office. VP Yemi Osinbajo spoke at the Army Resource Centre, Abuja on Tuesday during the presentation of a book entitled ‘Buhari in Us’ written by Haruna Abdullahi. The VIce President, who said that Buhari was conspired against and removed during his military regime, insisted that the President has given his best to Nigeria…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday, said the confession by the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who gathered in Abuja for a youth conference that their party and President Muhammadu Buhari failed to deliver, vindicates its position that they will leave office in 2023 without any legacy. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday, which was signed by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the party. The party described the efforts by the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, to blame President Buhari and the APC’s failure “on a so-called face-off between the executive and the National Assembly…
The Federal High Court siting in Abuja on Tuesday, 22nd June, 2021 ruled on the leadership tussle for the authentic Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party in OGUN State and Hon. Sikirulai Ogundele was favoured by the ruling as the authentic State Chairman of the Party. The judgement delivered by Honourable Justice M. O. Olajuwon recognized and upheld the terms of settlement brokered by the Dr. Bukola Saraki led National Reconciliation and Strategy Committee of the Party and attested to on the 18th of March, 2021 by the leaders and representatives of both contending factions known as the Ladi…
The fundraising arm of the Republican Party raised less money in May than its Democratic counterpart but spent more, shelling out millions on efforts to win back Congress, as well as $175,900 at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Disclosures filed on Sunday with the Federal Election Commission showed the Republican National Committee raised $11.1 million last month, just below the $12.1 million raised by the Democratic National Committee. The RNC spent nearly $23 million during the month, more than twice what it raised, transferring $10 million to party committees that support candidates as the party prepares for next year’s…
Ahead of the forthcoming Local Government elections in Plateau, the Acting Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) Enoch Fanmak, on Tuesday said the party is fully ready for the polls. He also assured that the party would provide a level playing ground for all aspirants seeking its ticket to contest in the elections. InfoStride News recalls that the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC) has scheduled Local Government elections in the state for 9th October 2021. Fanmak disclosed this while speaking with journalists shortly after addressing members of the Party’s screening committees for the 17 Local Government Councils…
Alhaji Bello Dankande, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara, has died at the age of 56. Alhaji Lawal Liman, the state APC caretaker committee chairman disclosed this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau, the state capital, on Tuesday. Liman said the deceased died at a private hospital in Gusau after a brief illness on Tuesday. “On behalf of the entire APC family in the state, I extend our condolences to the APC leader in the state, Alhaji Abdul’aziz Yari and other party stakeholders over the loss. “I also pray to…
The Labour Party (LP) has disowned one Mr. Maurice Ekeng, who claimed to be Chairman of the party in Cross River State, and his purported exco who defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC). The party, in a press statement made available to the media on Tuesday, described the action of Ekeng and others as laughable and unfortunate for an old man who parades himself as an elder of the church. The statement signed by Comrade Dr. Ofem Lekam, State Publicity Secretary of the party said, “The attention of the leadership of Labour Party in Cross River State led by…
A bipartisan infrastructure plan costing a little over $1 trillion, only about a fourth of what President Joe Biden initially proposed, has been gaining support in the U.S. Senate, but disputes continued on Sunday over how it should be funded. Biden told reporters last week that he will have a response to the plan as soon as Monday after reviewing it. Twenty-one of the 100 U.S. senators – including 11 Republicans, nine Democrats and one independent who caucuses with Democrats – are working on the framework to rebuild roads, bridges and other traditional infrastructure that sources said would cost $1.2…
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in Lagos State, Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni has advised candidates seeking to contest the National Chairmanship of the party to surrender themselves to anti-graft agencies for scrutiny. Mumini, who is a close associate of President Muhamadu Buhari, urged candidates willing to be National Chairman of the party to surrender themselves to the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for profiling. He said that this was necessary in order for Nigerians and the party members to know their worth. Our correspondent…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has disclosed why President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC, administration failed to deliver their electoral promises in their first tenure. Lawan said Buhari and APC failed due to the face-off between the Executive and National Assembly. He explained that the face-off stalled Buhari and the APC from delivering most of their electoral promises to Nigerians. The Senate President disclosed this at the First Progressives Youth Conference 2021, on Monday night in Abuja. He said, “When we were voted in 2019 as leaders of the National Assembly, we were conscious of…
Senate President Ahmad Lawan, on Monday predicted that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would suffer challenges after President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure elapses in 2023. He made the prediction on Monday night while delivering a speech to close the First Progressives Youth Conference 2021 which was held at the International Conference Centre, in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The Senate President urged the party members to plan ahead of Buhari’s exit in a bid to sustain the goodwill and legacies of the present administration, stressing that only such a move would keep the party relevant beyond 2023. According to Ahmad…
The Jigawa State Independent Electoral Commission (JISIEC) has distributed non-sensitive materials to its local government offices for the upcoming election on Saturday. Commissioner in charge of Training and Recruitment of the commission, Alhaji Auwal Muhammad Harbo, disclosed this while monitoring the distribution of the election materials in Dutse, the state capital. Harbo explained that only non-sensitive election materials were distributed while the sensitive materials will be distributed to the local government offices 24 hours to the election. InfoStride News reported that the Jigawa State Independent Electoral Commission had fixed 26th June 2021 for the elections of Local Government chairmen and…
The European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom on Monday slapped fresh sanctions on Myanmar state-owned entities and individuals related to the February 1 coup and the subsequent violent repression of peaceful protesters. According to an EU press release, the 27-member European bloc imposed sanctions on 8 individuals, 3 economic entities and the War Veterans Organisation in relation to the military coup staged in Myanmar/Burma on February 1. The individuals targeted by sanctions include ministers and deputy ministers, as well as the attorney general, who are responsible for undermining democracy and the rule of law and for serious human rights…
The amendment empowers the governor to extend the tenure of the commission’s Board. The Lagos House of Assembly has amended the state’s Independent Electoral Commission (LASEIC) Law to enable the state governor extend the tenure of its Board by six months. The House amended the law through a voice vote, conducted by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, after it was read for the third time on the floor of the House on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the title of the bill was ‘A Bill for a law to amend the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission Law…
Cross River State has been hit by the scarcity of brooms. An investigation by InfoStride News around various markers found that brooms are now sold between N500 and N1000 respectively. A trip to Marian maker, Watt market, Mbukpa market and others in the state indicated a shortage of brooms as traders said they ”had no brooms in stock” The scarcity of brooms in the state may not be unconnected to the massive wave of defections to the APC which just hit the state. A sources from APC told our correspondent that the scarcity could be as a result of thousands…