The Oyo State chapter of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) has collapsed its structure in all the 33 local government areas of the state. Our correspondent reports that the structure of the party was collapsed on Tuesday, ahead of the 2023 general elections. The party during a meeting attended by its stalwarts announced its migration to the All Progressives Congress (APC) after the structure of the ZLP was collapsed. The gathering includes members of ZLP, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Mega Party of Nigeria and other loyalists of a former Governor of the State, Senator Rasidi Ladoja. Some of the…
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The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Zangon Kataf local government area, has urged the Kaduna State Independent Elections Commission to ensure strict adherence to the relevant laws of the state and country in all processes and conduct of elections in the state. The party also assured of its participation in the forthcoming local government elections if its demands are met. A communique issued at the end of the stakeholders meeting of the party by Dr John M. Ayuba and Yusuf Kantiok, Chairman and Secretary of the Stakeholders said after observing many violations of the law by the “Overseer” of the State…
More aspirants are declaring their interest for the governorship seat of Anambra State on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). The chairman of the party in the state, Mr Norbert Obi said the rush to contest for the governorship election of the state on the platform of the party is because of the sterling performance of the governor of the state, Chief Willie Obiano, who is also from the party. “Our governor, Chief Willie Obiano is doing well in all areas, and I am not surprised that more people are coming to the party to contest the…
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state has appointed a new Chief Press Secretary, CPS, Mr. Olabode Richard Olatunde and retained his Chief of Staff, Chief Olugbenga Ale. This was contained in a statement issued in Akure and signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Research & Documentation, Kunle Adebayo. The statement reads “As a key move to hit the ground running in service of the people in his second tenure, the Governor of Ondo State Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN has approved the appointment of Chief Olugbenga Ale as his Chief of Staff while Mr. Olabode Richard is…
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South-East zone on Monday urged Sen, Smart Adeyemi to immediately apologize to the governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu over his unguided verbal attack. The Zonal Publicity Secretary, Augustine Elochukwu who made this known in a statement issued to pressmen after a zonal working committee meeting, disclosed that there was no iota of truth in the allegations Senator Adeyemi levelled against Gov Ikpeazu Recall Sen, Adeyemi last week said that Abia state people are governed by a drunkard. “Mr President, in some states of Nigeria today, where you have ‘highly intelligent’ people, ‘highly educated’ people,…
The governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Ogun State, Hon. Adekunle Akinlade, has faulted a claim by the Ogun State Government that Yewa residents relocating to Benin Republic as a result of herdsmen crisis are not Nigerians, but Hohoris and Eguns. In an attempt to say no indigene of Yewa North had become a refugee in Benin Republic, the Chairman of Ogun State Peace Keeping Committee on Farmers/Herders Conflict, Hon. Kayode Oladele had stated that the Hohoris and Eguns “are not actually the original indigenes of Yewa, they are the people from the other side of the…
Bauchi State Chapter of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has moved into the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Yusuf Musa-Gumli, State Chairman, led party officials to the state office of the APC in Bauchi on Monday. The politician said the entire party structure across 20 local government areas had collapsed into the APC. Yusuf Musa-Gumli disclosed that party members had obtained APC membership cards. He pledged the total loyalty of the defectors to the APC while calling for equity, justice and fairness. “We expect our new party to treat us with a sense of brotherhood and party…
An All Progressives Congress Chieftain, Chukwuemeka Eze, has said that those contemplating peace moves with Magnus Abe and Igo Aguma are enemies of the Minister of Transport, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. He has asked such persons to reconsider their decisions of intervening. Former Senator Abe and Igo Aguma have been at loggerheads with Rotimi Amaechi over the control of the soul of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Rivers State. In a statement made available to the media on Monday, Eze said he called for a rethink because such moves would not produce positive results as the former lawmaker is allegedly…
Following the verdict of the Federal High Court in Abuja which sacked the lawmaker representing Ibaji Constituency in the Kogi State House of Assembly, Atule Egbunu, the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) on Monday, officially presented the Certificate of Return to Hon. Daniel Enefola Ojata of the Peoples Democratic Party. The presentation of the certificate of return was done by the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof James Apam at the INEC headquarters in Lokoja. TheInfoStride recalls that Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, 29th January, 2021 ordered the removal of Mr Egbunu, an All Progressives Congress…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said it has discovered that the newly confirmed Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Abdulraheed Bawa, is the first trained investigator to have chaired the Commission. The party stated this in a statement issued on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan. PDP, while urging Bawa to avoid the pitfalls of his immediate predecessor, also advised the new Chairman to re-engineer and restore professionalism in the anti-graft agency. Ologbondiyan urged Bawa not to succumb to pressures that may arise from politicians while he discharges his duty. According to him,…
The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye, has expressed optimism that the party would take over the Enugu State Government House by 2023. The Chairman said the APC would take over Enugu Government by popular votes going by the number of people defecting en-mass on a daily basis to the party. Nwoye spoke at Obeagu, in Enugu South-Local Government Area of Enugu State, where a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Monday Ogbonna, defected to the APC. He declared that, “We are serious not just about the presidency of…
The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu has blamed the current security challenges facing Nigeria on the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP), an IMF policy under the military leadership of then Head of State, Ibrahim Babandiga. TheInfoStride reports that Nigeria has lately been hit with insecurity of a high magnitude, a situation that has now worsened with the endless abduction of school children in the Northern part of the country. He also did not spare power distribution companies, lamenting that rather than improve on electricity, they were busy siphoning billions of funds. While absolving his party, the All Progressives…
Following what it described as “unguarded utterances” about Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, the National Democratic Front, NDF, on Monday called on the lawmaker representing Kogi West, Smart Adeyemi, to quit from the National Assembly. Condemning Adeyemi’s outburst, NDF said the Senate is a hallowed place of lawmaking and must be protected from misfits such as Adeyemi. Recall that Adeyemi, in a scathing attack during plenary last week, described Ikpeazu and other leaders from Abia as drunkards. However, in a statement by its Secretary-General, Dr Bolaji Abdulkadir, the NDF described Adeyemi’s statements as a reprehensive and gross abuse of…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has slammed Governor Dapo Abiodun for distributing noodles, rice and other food items to those affected by the recent herdsmen attacks in Yewa axis of the State. TheInfoStride reports that many were said to have been killed and others injured, with houses destroyed during the attacks on communities in Yewa axis of Ogun. A committee set up by Governor Abiodun had visited the troubled areas to distribute palliatives to residents affected by the incident. But, the PDP in a statement made available to the media in Abeokuta on Monday, described the gesture…
Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the shooting on sight of killer herdsmen from the Fulani tribe. Fani-Kayode said Buhari should emulate ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo who ordered the shot at sight of Southwest mitia, Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC. In a series of tweets, the former minister said Buhari should give the order for the sake of Nigerians. He recounted how Obasanjo while in power gave such an order on OPC members despite wild condemnation. According to Fani-Kayode: “Can President Buhari not learn from this? If OBJ can order that OPC members from his own…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday postponed the sale of forms for Anambra governorship primary election. The opening date of Monday, March 1, was postponed to Wednesday, March 10. National Organising Secretary, Retired Col. Austin Akobundu, made the announcement on Sunday. The PDP also extended the tenure of three zonal caretaker committees by 30 days. The directive affects the South-West, North-Central and North-West committees. “The fresh extension takes effect from March 10, being the date of the expiration of the current tenure”, Akobondu noted. The screening of aspirants for North-East, South-East and South-South Zonal congresses is scheduled for March…
Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, may be planning a fresh move as he has visited Rivers State two times in one month. In the first visit, the former governor who is now a Senator was in Rivers State to commission a project. But this time, his visit to the South-South State is to commiserate with Governor Wike over the demise of his uncle. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, was joined by several political leaders over the weekend for the funeral of his late uncle, Chief Charles Aleruchi Ihunwo Wike. The late Chief Ihunwo Wike who passed on at the…
Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, on Sunday declared that both President Muhammadu Buhari and himself are working for the people of his state despite their political differences. The governor stated this while inspecting the ongoing construction at a housing project jointly being built by the Federal Government and Bauchi State government located at Dunga at the outskirt of Bauchi metropolis. According to Mohammed, despite the fact that they did not belong to the same party, President Buhari was his father. Hr expressed gratitude to the President for directing the Federal Ministry of Finance to give the state the sum…
As preparations for the conduct of local government election gather momentum in Oyo State, the Peoples Democratic Party screening committee has disqualified 41 chairmanship aspirants for the election. The 41 chairmanship aspirants, according to the committee, failed to fulfill some of the screening guidelines for the election. The disqualified aspirants spread across the five geopolitical zones of the state. From Ibadan Zone, 22 did not make it, while nine aspirants were not cleared from Oyo Zone. Only one aspirant from Ibarapa Zone was not cleared, while six and three aspirants were disqualified in Oke Ogun and Ogbomoso Zones respectively. The…
A chieftain of Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Oyo State, Oyedeke Hakeem Alao has raised an alarm that Oyo State is about to lose a world bank project worth N76bn. Alao, who contested the gubernatorial election in 2019claimed that contractors who are supposed to handle the project which is centred on environmental flood control have been selected by the World Bank. He, however, alleged that Governor, Seyi Makinde has insisted that the project must be handled by his preferred candidate or the state loses the USD200m project. Alao who claimed the Oyo State could lose the project due to Makinde’s…