A Senior Special Assistant to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Abidemi Rufai, who was arrested in the United States for alleged $350,000 fraud, has been described as a symbol and replica of the government he serves in Ogun State. Abidemi Rufai, who was arrested recently for defrauding Washington’s Employment Security Department in last year’s unemployment fraud attack, was suspended by Abiodun after the report of his arrest went viral across the globe. The 42-year-old Ijebu-Ode indigene is the CEO of Ecobet and founder of Omo Mayodele Global Foundation. Following his arrest, the Abiodun government came under heavy criticisms as Nigerians on the…
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The Delta State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to make judicious use of the £4.2million recovered from former Governor James Ibori for the good of the citizens of the State. APC stated this on Tuesday in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Sylvester Imonina, in Asaba. According to Imonina, the people of Delta want to see positive changes in their lives. InfoStride News recalls that the Federal Government of Nigeria had returned the £4.2m looted by Ibori to the Delta government. The statement read in part, “The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr…
Gordon Sondland, the former U.S. ambassador who testified against President Donald Trump during his first impeachment, sued former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the federal government on Monday seeking $1.8 million in legal fees. Sondland, in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, accused Pompeo of not covering his legal expenses as promised after the ambassador told lawmakers about Trump’s interactions with Ukraine in 2019, ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Sondland, who had served as the American ambassador to the European Union, in the lawsuit said he was fired on Feb. 7, 2020, after appearing before…
Ahead of the July 24 local government election in Ogun State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has conducted primary elections to selectcouncillorship candidates. The PDP’s Publicity Secretary, Akinloye Bankole, told InfoStride News that the primary elections were conducted on Tuesday, across the 236 political wards in the state. Bankole said the exercise was in strict compliance with the guidelines and the timetable released by the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC). He said “The congress also elected three Ad-hoc delegates that would participate in the party primary elections that would elect chairmanship candidates across the 20 LG councils on Thursday…
Leaders of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oredo Ward 2, in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State have approved the relocation of its party secretariat, citing administrative convenience. This may not be unconnected with the current uncertainty surrounding the party in the state where various LGA executives have been engulfed in hullabaloo, protest for and against. This was made known in a 3-point communiqué issued by the party leaders in Ward 2, in the local government and read by one of the leaders, Mr. Victor Enoghama in Benin City, the state capital. They announced that a Committee will be set…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the commissioning of its Southeast Zonal Secretariat earlier slated for May 28 has been postponed to June 4 in Enugu. Senator John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, NAN reports. According to him, the development followed the tragic mishap that claimed the life of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other military officers. “Owing to the tragic mishap that claimed the lives of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru…
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.…
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…