The Federal High Court, Lagos, will on March 1 deliver judgment in a suit on Lagos East Senatorial bye-election held on December 5, 2020. The counsels to all parties concluded their arguments on Friday. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Babatunde Gbadamosi, dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Senator Adetokunbo Abiru (the winner) and the All Progressive Congress (APC) to court. They want Abiru disqualified on the grounds of alleged double voter registration, violation of section 31 of the Electoral Act, among others. In the suit filed by Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), the PDP is seeking an order…
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The Presidency has explained why pigeons refused to fly during the Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said the pigeons could not fly because they have been kept in a cage for a very long time. As a mark of peace, the president usually released white pigeons from a cage during the Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony. But during the 2021 edition of the ceremony, the pigeons refused to fly after Buhari released them from their cage. This drew negative reactions from Nigerians who described the development as a bad…
Going by the pace with which Governor Kayode Fayemi kick starts the year with monumental projects, the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Ekiti state has told people of the state to expect more dividends of democracy in the new year. “The year will be one to be remembered for good by the people of the state as new ideas innovations and monumental projects are beginning to spring up in the state.” The APC, in a statement by the Director of Media and Publicity, Elder Sam Oluwalana, said with the commissioning on a multi million naira snail factory at Okemesi, which…
Party leaders and chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Thursday, gathered in continuation of their strive to unite aggrieved members of the party ahead of 2023 elections in the state. The party stalwarts made a collective vow to work assiduously with other stakeholders to dislodge the government of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from power in the state at Ibadanland Stakeholders, Leaders and Elders Forum, held at the Ibadan Civic Centre. The forum had in attendance notable political gladiators within the progressive fold in Ibadan and all the speakers were unanimous in their…
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has debunked rumours of mass defection of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members to the All Progressives Congress (APC), including himself, insisting that he will hand over power to a PDP governor in 2023. He told stakeholders not to panic over the rumour, stating that the two party chieftains did so because he refused to promise them automatic tickets for 2023. Speaking yesterday during the first PDP stakeholders’ meeting of the year in Umuahia, Ikpeazu asserted that PDP remained the party of choice in the state; hence all hands must be on deck to consolidate on…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned against acts of sabotage during its forthcoming membership registration and revalidation exercise. Governor Mai Mala Buni, Chairman, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee. [Dailypost] Gov. Mai Mala Buni, Chairman APC Caretaker and Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee said this on Wednesday while inaugurating the party’s National Committee for Membership and Revalidation Exercise at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. He said the inauguration of the committee marked another milestone in the history of the party. He expressed optimism that at the end of the committee’s assignment, the party’s membership figure would surge into…
Trump says serving as US president has been the greatest honour of his life. Outgoing United States President, Donald Trump, kept hints of a possible future run for second term alive in his final speech on Wednesday, January 20, 2020. The 74-year-old made a final address as president at Joint Base Andrews just moments before Joe Biden is set to be sworn in as America’s 46th president. Biden beat Trump at the November 2020 election, a result Trump never accepted, and never conceded to the former Vice President. In his Wednesday address, Trump was boastful of his administration’s achievements including…
South-West PDP youths, under the aegis of PDP Youths Congress (PDPYC), has asked Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to beg President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf Buhari or Senator Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi, to come to the PDP and lead the party at the national level. The group said this while warning the Governor against moves to bring back former Governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel to the PDP. The youth group said by bringing in Tinubu and Buhari’s sons it will be clearer that the PDP is now completely sold to the APC. The PDP youths said anyone begging…
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has congratulated United States President, Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as they assume office. Biden and Kamala, victors of the November 3 presidential election, took oath of office on Wednesday at the Capitol. Reacting, Atiku in a series of tweets, said he was confident Joe Biden’s tenure will mark America’s regeneration and her reaffirmation as the beacon of democracy to the world. ”As I congratulate President Biden and @KamalaHarris, I urge them and their administration to strengthen US-Nigeria ties, and help our beloved nation’s war on terror by providing every type of support…
Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde has appealed to former Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State to return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). TheInfoStride recalls that Daniel had, in 2019, declared that he was no longer a member of the PDP or any other political party. The former Governor said he had retired from partisan politics, blaming the unending crisis in the Ogun State chapter of the PDP for his decision. But, on Wednesday, Gov Makinde visited the Asoludero residence of Daniel in Sagamu, where they had a closed-door meeting with former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun and other…
The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has petitioned the National Judicial Council, NJC, and the Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Adanma Iyaye-Laminkara over what they described as likelihood of bias and abuse of judicial discretion by some persons in collaboration with a judge in the State. The Rivers APC also alleged that it had uncovered plots by those they called political marchants to secure experte orders to restrain the party from conducting the rescheduled membership registration and revalidation exercise. The forum of Caretaker Committee Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State said the plots are part…
United States President, Joe Biden started his first day in office by erasing some actions of former President Donald Trump. In his first executive orders, Biden reversed Trump’s policies on the coronavirus pandemic, immigration, and climate change. Biden canceled the ban which restricted travel to the U.S. from mostly Muslim nations. The countries are Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Chad, North Korea, Venezuela, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania. At the Oval Office’s Resolute Desk, Biden rolled out 15 orders and two other action items. Biden has made mask wearing in all federal buildings and during interstate travel…
Former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido said the days of the All Progressive Congress APC is numbered as President Muhammad Buhari will not support Bola Ahmad Tinubu’s candidature in the coming 2023 general. Lamido stated this at the inauguration of the Jigawa State People’s Democratic Party PDP reconciliation committee in Dutse. He claimed that in the near future, there would be no more APC because the whole of APC is made of two people Buhari and Tinubu. “True of the matter very soon there would be no APC in Nigeria because it’s made up of two persons Buhari…
Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th United States President. Biden took his oath of office on Wednesday at the Capitol in Washington D.C. Chief Justice, John Roberts Jr, administered the pledge at exactly 11:48am ET. Kamala Harris did the same before him after the national anthem rendition by Lady Gaga. Harris becomes the Vice President. She is America’s first female, first Black and Asian-American person to hold the office. As expected, former President Donald Trump was absent. Mike Pence, the former Vice President, fulfilled his promise to attend. Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George Bush Jr, Barack Obama…
The Executive Chairman, State Independent Electoral Commission, Yobe state, Dr Mamman Muhammed on Wednesday said sixteen political parties would participate in the state’s local government election, scheduled for 27th February 2021. Dr. Mamman said voters from hard to reach areas or where violence is still ongoing will be relocated to safer places for the conduct of the election. Dr Mamman Muhammed revealed this while addressing newsmen on preparations so far made for conducting the election in Damaturu. According to him, one million three hundred and sixty-five registered voters are expected to cast their votes under normal circumstances on February 27th,…
Mai Mala Buni, the National Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has disclosed that those who undermine the party’s registration and revalidation exercise will be punished. The Yobe Governor spoke on Wednesday when he inaugurated the Committee for Membership Registration/Revalidation Exercise in Abuja. The team is chaired by Niger State Governor, Sani Bello. Buni said the process was to reposition and strengthen the party, recalling that the last membership drive was in 2014. He pointed out that APC had, in the last seven years, received millions of politicians, including the ones who left other political parties but…
A factional executive of the Ebonyi State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Ogazi Linus Ogbonnaya yesterday confessed to being sponsored by governor, David Umahi to destabilize the party in the state. Ogazi who was a member of the Onyekachi Nwaebonyi faction said he was dumping the excos to join forces with Elder Fred Udeogu caretaker committee to reclaim the structure of the party from Nwaebonyi. He vowed to never again be a part of the people destroying the party in the state. He made this known while speaking to journalists in Abakaliki, in Ebonyi State. The former assistant secretary noted…
The Honourable Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio stated that his attention has been drawn to a piece of fake news which claimed that he paid $5 million bribe to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and others to secure the appointment of a Sole Administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). A statement made available to journalists by Anietie Ekong, Chief Press Secretary to the Honourable Minister of Niger Delta Affairs categorically states: “This is a piece of malicious concoction manufactured from the pit of hell by mischief -makers. It is a figment…
The on-going shake-up in the Nigerian Police System enabling transfers of Senior Police Officers (SPOs) to various formations and offices has also hit the State criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of the Lagos State Police Command. The State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, Lagos on Friday, 15th of January 2021, witnessed the redeployment of the Officer-In-Charge of the department, DCP Yetunde Longe, to Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of DFA of the Zone 2 Command (i.e. Lagos/Ogun). Astute DCP Yetunde Longe, at different times before her deployment as Officer in-Charge of Lagos SCID, in early 2018 had served as 2iC at…
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, has backed the quit notice issued to Fulani herdsmen by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State. Omokri said Akeredolu has the right and power to issue the quit notice order to protect his people. Akeredolu had issued an ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen to vacate Ondo forest reserves. The Governor had said all unregistered herders should vacate the state’s forest reserves. But the presidency had condemned the ultimatum issued by Akeredolu. President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu had also called for restraint. However, Omokri in a tweet via his Twitter handle…