The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed joy over its victory in Saturday’s Aba North/South Federal Constituency bye-election in Abia State. TheInfoStride had reported that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Chimaobi Ebisike defeated Mascot Uzor Kalu the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and younger brother of Sen Orji Uzor Kalu. The Independent National Electoral Commission’s Returning Officer for the constituency, Professor Fidelis Okpata said Ebesike polled 10,322 votes while Kalu polled 3,674 votes. Reacting, a statement issued by PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, stated that the victory had far-reaching implications. According to him, the victory…
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Deji Adeyanju, popular Abuja-based activist, has said the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello’s ambition is to become a minister. Adeyanju, who is the convener of Concerned Nigerians, said Bello was not contesting for president but looking for a ministerial role in 2023. In a series of tweets, the activist pointed out that Bello was only tricking people into believing he’s contesting for the presidency. According to Adeyanju: “Yahaya Bello is contesting for Ministerial position in 2023 and not president. I only feel sorry for those that have fallen for his tricks. “Nigerians will refuse to hold their elected or selected…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Sunday won the Sokoto State local government council poll, clearing all the 23 chairmanship and 244 councillorship seats. Chairman, Sokoto State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC), Aliyu Suleiman, who made the announcement in Sokoto on Sunday, said the election was conducted hitch free and 10 political parties participated in the election. “The candidates that won have the highest number of valid votes and satisfied the requirements of law. ”They are hereby declared winners and are hereby returned elected according to the law,” he said. NAN reports that ten political parties including Accord Party (AP), African…
The Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Chinedum Orji has reacted to the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the just-concluded Aba North and Aba South federal constituency bye-election. TheInfoStride reports that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for the Aba North/South Federal Constituency bye-election, Chimobi Iheanyichukwu Ebisike, won the election. INEC reported that he polled 10,322 votes to defeat his challenger from the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mascot Uzor Kalu who scored 3674 votes. However, the Abia Speaker, Chinedum Orji, in a statement on Sunday, described the PDP victory as an endorsement of Governor…
The National Reconciliation and Strategy Committee (NRSC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has recommended the exemption of nomination fees for aspirants who are 35 years and below. This was confirmed in a letter dated March 25, 2021, signed by the committees’ chairman, former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and addressed to Prince Uche Secondus, the PDP national chairman. The committee also advised the National Working Committee (NWC) to immediately recommend to its National Executive Committee, the amendment of the party’s constitution to include that “only persons not less than 18 years old and not more than 35 years…
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, Deputy President of the Senate, has cautioned the All Progressives Congress (APC) against repeating past mistakes of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Omo-Agege said Nigerians have come of age in terms of political maturity and that politicians and parties must deliver on their promises “or face removal, just as it happened in 2015”. The DSP spoke at the APC South-South Town Hall Meeting for Constitution Review in Asaba, Delta State. The lawmaker explained that the move to review the APC constitution was to make it a people-oriented platform with equal opportunities for all members. Omo-Agege told the…
Doyin Okupe, a former aide to President Goodluck Jonathan has revealed some of the edges he has over Bola Tinubu in a possible 2023 race. Mr. Okupe, who already declared interest to run under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said he has an edge over Tinubu. Although Tinubu is yet to declare an interest in the race, he has been travelling around the northern region and granting favours to its people, fuelling speculations that he is canvassing for support ahead of 2023. Meanwhile, a number of proxies and groups have continued to declare support for the APC leader, urging him…
Okechukwu Isiguzoro, Secretary-General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has lauded the peaceful conduct of political actors in the just concluded Aba North and Aba South federal constituency bye-election. Isiguzoro charged losers of the bye-election to accept defeat in good faith and attributed the peaceful outcome of the exercise to the clear manifestation of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s developmental strides in Aba, the commercial nerve centre of Abia State. TheInfoStride reports that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for the Aba North/South Federal Constituency bye-election, Chimobi Iheanyichukwu Ebisike, won the Saturday polls, as announced by the Independent National Electoral…
Former President, Donald Trump has condemned the policy of his successor, Joe Biden on the controversial wall at the Mexican border. In an interview aired on Fox News Saturday night, Trump described Biden’s reversal of the “Remain in Mexico” policy as a “very bad decision”. Also known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), the programme initiated in 2019 turned back certain individuals from Mexico pursuant to Section 235(b)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Trump told Judge Jeanine Pirro via telephone that a lot of people wanted him to visit the border and that he would be there in…
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Elders’ Council meeting witnessed low turnout of key members in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Saturday. The meeting was convened by the Amb. George Obiozor, a faction of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. But TheInfoStride recalls that the Engr. Chidi Ibeh-led Ohanaeze Ndigbo had on Friday, described the Elders’ Council meeting at Owerri, Imo State as a desperate plan by a few people to mortgage the collective interests of the Southeast ahead of 2023. He had also alleged that the meeting was to launch a strategy against the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Their statement had read: “It has…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for the Aba North/South Federal Constituency bye-election, Chimobi Iheanyichukwu Ebisike, has been declared winner of the Saturday polls. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s Returning Officer, the PDP candidate polled a total of 10322 votes to defeat his closest challenger and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mascot Uzor Kalu who scored 3674 votes. I’m the Returning Officer for the 2021 Aba North/Aba South Federal Constituency bye-elections held on the 27th day of March, 2021. The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Action Alliance, AA, MRM and APM were the other political…
Houses of Assembly Speakers in the North-West and their predecessors have declared support for former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. At a meeting held in Kano, they said the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader deserved the party’s presidential ticket. They noted that Nigeria deserved a leader who is detribalised and has shown over time that he has the capacity to lead the country. The Speakers gave their endorsement at a meeting with Lagos Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, who led a team from the southwest, Eromosele Ebhomele, his spokesman disclosed. Yau Abdullahi Yanshana, a…
No fewer than 2500 members and sympathisers of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have decamped to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State. The decamped APC members largely drawn from Ilesa West Local Government Area of the State were welcomed into the party by the Osun PDP Chairman, Sunday Bisi, members of the State Working Committee, stakeholders and other members of the party. While asking the decampees to work with all the existing protocols for the success of the party, he encouraged them to believe in themselves and never to regard each other as new in the…
The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, has declared that the All Progressives Congress, APC, would take over the six states of the South-South in 2023. Omo-Agege made the declaration while speaking with journalists on Saturday in Asaba, Delta State. The Deputy Senate President noted that the South South was fast becoming a formidable base for the APC. “The South-South region is growing to become a formidable base of our great party. “By the end of the 2023 general elections, it is our aspiration to have in our column, control of all the six states in the region. “This is possible…
The agitation for self-determination was again brought to the fore on Thursday, as some Yoruba groups on the platform of Assembly of all Yoruba Groups Worldwide, has set aside June 12 as a day of referendum for Yorubas on the move. This formed part of the resolutions reached the meeting held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital by the group with the theme: “The Paramountcy of Yoruba Unity in Tackling The Insecurity Menace in Yorubaland.” According to a communique read by Otunba Deji Osibogun after the meeting, it was resolved that Yoruba self-determination is non-negotiable. Noting various threat to security…
Unknown gunmen have abducted the collation officer for the All Progressive Congress, APC, for Aba North council, Engr. Mike Ozoemena, at the ongoing by-election for Aba North/ Aba South federal constituency. TheInfoStride gathered that Ozoemena, who is also the campaign Officer of the APC candidate, Mascot Uzor Kalu, was kidnapped at the Industrial ward 2 areas. APC Publicity Secretary, Abia State, Comrade Ben Godson, who confirmed the incident, said that Ozoemena’s whereabouts are still unknown. In his words; “Engr. Mike Ozoemena, Director of Publicity, Mascot Uzor-Kalu Campaign and APC Collation Officer in Aba North, has been whisked away by some…
The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has expressed dismay over comments suggesting he stage-managed an assassination attempt on his life. Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen reportedly attacked Ortom’s convoy last Saturday while on a visit to his farm. Dismissing the comments as wild insinuations, the governor, who spoke to the media after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, wondered what benefits he stood to gain from claiming what did not happen. The distraught governor, who stated that he was at the Villa to commend the President for his statement condemning the attack, hoped that…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state yesterday continued to trade words over the latters membership registration and validation exercise, describing it as abysmally poor and a failure. In a statement made available to journalists, spokesperson for the PDP in Edo, Chris Nehikhare said on Monday, the APC had announced a very long and exhaustive list of members into what they described as ‘Contact/Strategy Committee’, which it said was a failure. He added that the APC leaders as far as Abuja is concerned, are political hustlers and boasters. He alleged that…
The Governor Dapo Abiodun-led government in Ogun State has refused to mourn two deceased Ogun erstwhile political office holders – a former Commissioner and a former Majority Leader of the Ogun State House of Assembly. TheInfoStride recalls that the former Majority Leader, Yinka Mafe, died on February 4, 2020, the same day he celebrated his 46th birthday. Mafe’s death attracted condolences from many people across all walks of life, but not from Abiodun or the Ogun State Government. The deceased lawyer, who was of the same Remo extraction as Gov Abiodun, left behind his children, a wife and father. But,…
Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, has said Professor Peter Ogban of the University of Calabar was jailed for rigging the 2019 elections in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. A High Court in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, had on Thursday, sentenced Ogban to three years in prison for announcing false election results in favour of Akpabio during the Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District election in 2019. Ogban was the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer for the 2019 Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial election. However, Akpabio denied claims that Ogban manipulated the election in…