Former Acting Governor of Ekiti State, Prince Tunji Odeyemi has asked former governor Ayo Fayose to embrace peace initiatives to end the internal wranglings in the State’s Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Odeyemi at the weekend opined said the hardline posture of the former governor would not do the party any good He condemned attempts by certain forces to label former governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola as an errand boy to the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde. “There is nothing unusual in what governor Makinde did. Even President Muhammadu Buhari at one time or the other…
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has declared its readiness to take over power from the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2023. PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said the former ruling party was ready to take over power through the ballot box in 2023. Ologbondiyan made the declaration while appearing on Arise Television. He said the challenges of banditry, kidnapping and terrorism are a clear indication that Nigeria needs to be rescued. He said: “Our party is the hope of Nigerians as we speak today. The acts of terrorism, banditry and kidnapping have subsumed our nation. “It shows clearly that…
The Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has picked Hon. Mascot Uzor-Kalu as the flag bearer in the coming Aba North and Aba South federal constituency bye-election. Mascot Uzor Kalu was the Chief of Staff to ex-Governor, Theodore Orji and younger brother to the current Nigerian Senate majority Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. TheInfoStride recalls that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed March 27 for the Aba North/South bye-election in Abia State. Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education, disclosed this in a statement. The election will fill the vacancy caused by…
Sule Lamido, a former Jigawa State Governor, has declared that there is no All Progressives Congress, APC, in Nigeria. According to the former governor and presidential aspirant in the 2019 general election, the ruling party has disintegrated Lamido said that the country was more divided under the APC-led Federal Government. He stated this on Monday during the commissioning of Rumuji-Ibaa-Obele-Isiokpo road in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. “There is no APC in Nigeria. To us, it is the Nigerian President for the Nigerian people,” he declared. Lamido, who lost the 2019 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential primaries in…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has rubbished the ongoing membership registration and revalidation exercise of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Wike said this when he received former APC stalwart in Emuoha Local Government Area, Azundah Nkomadu into the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the commissioning of the 16.85km Rumuji-Ibaa-Obele-Isiokpo Road crossing Emuoha and Ikwerre LGAs of Rivers State. The Governor said APC lack the moral right to embark on membership drives across the country, especially in Rivers State where the impact of the party is not being felt. The Governor, therefore, called on Rivers’ people to shun the ongoing registration…
Chief Magnus Abe, a factional leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, has said that Igo Aguma, sacked Chairman of the state’s Caretaker Committee of the party, was an ally to the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi. According to Abe, Aguma was never in his camp as widely believed, adding that he (Aguma) was free to leave the party. The Supreme Court had last week affirmed the sacking of Aguma as the party’s chairman of the caretaker committee in the state. But speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Abe also said that the apex court’s…
Sule Lamido, former Governor of Jigawa State, on Monday, said Nigeria was more divided under the All Progressives Congress, APC. Lamido said Nigeria has witnessed more hate and disunity in the past five years of APC government. He spoke during the inauguration of Rumuji, Ibaa, Obelle Isokpo road in Emouha Local Government Area of Rivers State. The former governor insisted that the ruling party has “no vision and has been disintegrated.” He said: “In the last five years of APC in government, Nigeria has become more divided. “There is more hate and disunity between North and South, East and West,…
The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has expressed optimism that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government will resolve all the country’s challenges. PGF expressed confidence in a statement by its Chairman, Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State in Abuja, while congratulating Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on his 64th birthday, NAN reports. “We join all Nigerians to celebrate this special day with you and your family, we commend your leadership, vision, commitment and loyalty to our nation and to Buhari. “We are confident that we will be able to resolve our national challenges and move our country forward with your dedicated…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the chairmanship and councillorship positions in the March 6 Delta local government elections. The Chairman of the Delta Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC), Chief Mike Ogbodu, declared the election results in Asaba on Sunday. Ogbodu said that the PDP cleared all the 25 chairmanship and 500 councillorship positions in the 25 local government areas of the state. “The local government election in Delta State which was conducted on Saturday, March 6, 2021 has been won by the PDP. “According to results collated across the 25 local government areas, the PDP cleared all the…
A Peoples Democratic Party Chieftain, Fidelis Nwankwo has said Igbo’s have good reasons to ask the PDP, to concede the 2023 Presidential slot to the Southeast geopolitical zone. Nwankwo made the assertion while speaking with journalists in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. He said the south-east region had long ago supported other candidates from other political regions. “I want to be realistic about a South Easterner becoming the President of Nigeria. Forget about sentiments, it is all about doing things the right way. We have two major political parties, that a candidate can reasonably stay and aspire to become the President, namely…
The Minister of Transportation and Leader of the All Progressives Congress in the South-South, Rotimi Amaechi has revalidated his membership of the APC. Amaechi revalidated his membership of the party alongside his wife, Judith, at Ubima Community, Unit 14, Ward 8 in Ikwerre LGA of Rivers State. The Minister’s revalidation exercise comes days after the Supreme Court removed all the legal impediments that almost destroyed the APC in Rivers State. The party which was sharply fictionalised in Rivers State had two leaderships; the one led by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and another, by former Senator, Magnus Abe. While…
The Court of Appeal in Benin City on Monday set aside the judgement of the lower court that nullified the candidacy of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu’s running mate, Mallam Ganiyu Audu in September 19 governorship election. Recall that a petition was filed by Kadiri Oshoakhemhe against the APC Deputy governorship candidate and others. Kadiri Oshoakhemhe in the petition asked the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City to disqualified the APC Deputy governorship candidate for presenting false information to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in his form EC9 affidavit. Following the court’s decision, the APC governorship candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu,…
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Monday, said about 2.5 million persons have registered in the ongoing All Progressives Congress (APC) membership registration/revalidation exercise in the state. Ganduje’s claim was contained in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Abba Anwar. According to the statement, Ganduje made the disclosure while speaking at the sixth APC stakeholders meeting in Kano, the state capital. The governor said the first set of 100 registers made available to each polling unit were exhausted at the commencement of the exercise, adding that the second set of 200 per polling units has also been…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti has condemned the recent killing of two farmers in Isaba-Ekiti community in the state. The party in a statement by its Caretaker Public Relations Officer Ade Ajayi on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti, condemned the hacking to death of the two farmers in their farms by unidentified assailants. APC expressed displeasure at the development in spite of the state government’s efforts in combating insecurity in the state. “There is no gainsaying in the fact that the present administration of Gov. Kayode Fayemi is doing everything possible to ensure safety of the lives of residents in…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta says it has pulled out of the Saturday Local Government council elections in the state. All Progressives Congress (APC) Logo. The APC Publicity Secretary in the state, Mr Sylvester Imonina, said this in a statement in Asaba on Saturday. Imonina said the party boycotted the election because the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission (DSIEC), and other stakeholders “cheated the Delta people again.” “I told the people of Delta some days ago that there were evil machinations to deprive them of their right to choose who to lead them at the local government level.…
Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has denied reports that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had a zoning arrangement ahead of the 2023 presidential election. There have been growing calls for the APC to zone the 2023 presidential ticket to the Southern part of Nigeria. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State had said that the southern region of the country should be allowed to produce the next president of Nigeria in 2023. The governor joined his Kaduna counterpart, Governor Nasir El-Rufai and other prominent northern politicians who had made similar calls in recent days. But speaking to reporters in…
Dr. Sani Abdullah Shinkafi, leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Zamfara State has accused APC leaders in the State of offering 56 million naira to bandits to refuse the release of Jangebe abducted girls. He said that their aim was to sabotage the peace effort of Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle. Shinkafi, who was the 2019 governorship candidate of APGA in Zamfara State, made the allegation during a press briefing. “I, therefore, challenge politicians from both the ruling and opposition parties to subject their telephone numbers to security checks since I am confident that the story that will…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has decried incessant killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the state. The party, therefore, challenged the state Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to stop playing politics and take decisive steps to end the mindless killings. The PDP, which sympathised with families of the people killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Ikole Local Government area of Ekiti State yesterday, said “the killing by herders must stop now and that the Governor Fayemi must act with sincerity of purpose. In a statement on Sunday by the PDP State Publicity Secretary, Raphael Adeyanju, the party said…
A former governorship candidate and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Tonye Princewill, has applauded the Supreme Court Judgement on Friday which settled the lingering crisis rocking the leadership of the party in the State. TheInfoStride had reported that the apex Court after years of painstaking litigation between two factions of the APC led by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and Senator Magnus Abe respectively resolved that the party and her decisions are supreme. The Court in a judgement read by Amina Adamu Augie, JSC, upheld the ruling of the Appeal Court and declared Isaac…
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammad Adamu, has emerged the winner of Saturday’s Kafinhausa State Constituency by-election in Jigawa. Adamu polled 14,924 votes to beat other candidates in the election. NAN reports that the poll took place in the 120 polling units in the area. Prof. Ahmed Kutama, the Returning Officer, declared the result at the collation centre in Kafinhausa Local Government Area. He said the APC candidate defeated his closest rival, Garba Muhammad Tambale, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 8,612 votes. The electoral officer declared Adamu the winner, having secured the highest number…