The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed the re-run election for Magama/Rijau Federal Constituency, Niger for February 6, 2021. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye, in a statement in Abuja, said the decision was taken at the commission’s meeting on Thursday. Okoye said that the Commission met and deliberated on a number of issues including the Court of Appeal judgement on Magama/Rijau Federal Constituency election. He recalled that the Commission conducted a by-election in Magama/Rijau Federal Constituency on March 14 and returned Kasimu Danjuma of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as duly elected.…
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As the crisis in the main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Jigawa State continues to take another dimension the court has issued a fresh order. This is following the conduct of the local Government Congress of the party by the Sule Lamido-led faction. A Jigawa State High court sitting in Dutse presided by Justice Musa Ubale issued the court order restricting the conduct of the PDP Local Government and State Congress. This was contained in a court order with suit No. JDU/41/2020 as obtained by TheInfoStride. It arose from a suit filed by Bar. Ibrahim Aliyu, counsel to…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused an unnamed governor in one of the Northwestern states of being behind the increased wave of banditry in the region. APC in a statement issued Thursday evening in Abuja by its Acting National Publicity, Mr Yekini Nabena, “challenged security agencies to investigate an intelligence report linking a Northwest governor to the heightened cases of banditry, abductions and other violent crimes in the zone”. Nabena who did not name the governor because of the “security nature of the issue”, said the increased spate of banditry in the North-west was politically-motivated and not unconnected…
The ex-governors said more funds and powers must be devolved to the states, if the expected development must happen in Nigeria. The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti and other eminent personalities have advocated for more funds and powers to states in Nigeria. They stated this on Wednesday at the Third Annual Abiola Ajimobi Roundtable and 71st posthumous birthday of the late former Oyo State governor, held in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event was organised by the newly-established Sen. Abiola Ajimobi Foundation (SAAF), in…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again lost a member in the House of Representatives, Sam Onuigbo to the All Progressives Congress (PDP). This is the fourth member of the PDP to dump the party for the ruling APC within the week. It would be recalled that Datti Yako on Tuesday moved from PDP to the APC, while Danjuma Shittu from Taraba State dumped the All Progressives Congress Alliance for the APC. On Wednesday, Tajudeen Adefisoye moved from the Social Democratic Party to the APC. Onuigbo who represents Ikwuano/Umuahia federal constituency of Abia State in a letter read on…
The Ambassador Aminu Wali, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP faction in Kano has sacked former Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso from the party, for alleged gross violation of the constitutional orders of the party. The Ambassador Aminu Wali led PDP faction also elects new leaders of the Party under Muhammin Bako Lamido as State Chairman while Garba Abdullahi Gezawa emerged Secretary of the party. The Wali led PDP faction met in a Congress with 8,717 delegates to elect 39 new executive members in Kano and finally agreed to expel Kwankwaso for anti-party activities Speaking to newsmen, the elected Chairman of the Ambassador…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, caucus in the House of Representatives on Thursday, called for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari. Kingsley Chinda, leader of the caucus, made the call at a press conference in Abuja. Chinda made the call in response to the abduction of students of the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara area of Katsina State by Boko Haram. He made the call in the company of members of the PDP caucus. According to Chinda: “The president should be impeached over the growing insecurity in the country.” Recall that Boko Haram had abducted about 600 students from…
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Tuesday, said he dethroned the former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi because he was not best man for the throne, saying he was appointed to spite former President Goodluck Jonathan. Ganduje revealed that Sanusi was appointed the Emir in 2014 to spite former President Goodluck Jonathan, who sacked him as the Central Bank Governor for alleging that $49 billion was missing from the public coffers. Ganduje disclosed this at the presentation of a book in honour of the former president titled, ‘Dear President Goodluck Jonathan (An Open Letter),” written by a former…
Being with you at this special event today, I am visited by two competing emotions. I continue to feel a profound sense of loss at the premature, unfortunate departure of this great son of Oyo and Nigeria, Abiola Ajimobi. Yet, I also feel such pride and honor in having known this fine man and in knowing that our land can produce such excellent people. Part of me is looking around the room, still expecting somehow to see my brother, longtime friend, and faithful political ally Abiola come through the door and bring even more light to this gathering with his…
Mr Hamisu Ibrahim-Chidari, the new Speaker of Kano State House of Assembly has denied speculations that some lawmakers were planning to defect from All Progressives Congress (APC) to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ibrahim-Chidari said this while briefing newsmen shortly after he was sworn in as the new Speaker on Tuesday, following the resignation of Mr Abdulazeez Garba-Gafasa. Garba-Garfasa, alongside two other Principal Officers on Monday, resigned their positions. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there were speculations that Garba-Garfasa and other 13 lawmakers were planning to defect to PDP. “There is no iota of truth in the speculations…
A Bill for an Act to alter the 1999 Constitution, to put an age limit on aspirants seeking political offices in the country, has been stepped down at the House of Representatives. The bill which sought to peg the maximum age for politicians vying for offices, was sponsored by Rep. Bede Eke (PDP-Imo) at plenary on Wednesday. The bill which was slated for second reading was met with stiff opposition by lawmakers who were opposed to age limit in the political sphere. Leading the debate on the bill, Eke said that though the house had passed the Not-too-Young-to-run bill, the…
Sani Yerima, former Governor of Zamfara State, has declared his intention to contest for president in 2023. Yerima made his intention known at a press conference in Abuja, where he stated that the time was right after he buried his ambition severally in the past. He also dismissed claims of zoning in the All Progressives Congress, APC. He said: “You may recall that in 2006, I declared my interest to contest for presidency after having served Zamfara State for a period of eight years. “However, I decided to withdraw for the current President at that time and since then I…
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the South-South have passed a vote of confidence on President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The decision was taken at a meeting held in Abuja on Tuesday night, where the decision was reached. The meeting also resolved to work together in harmony in the interest of party faithful. A communique issued at the end of the meeting commended Buhari for his tremendous work despite the difficult situation. The communique signed by the Secretary of the Party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Sen. James Akpanudoedehe harped on the “need for the South South to meet periodically…
The Caretaker, Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed a former National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, as the chairman of its South-South reconciliation committee. The decision was announced in a communique signed by Lucky Imasuen, the Secretary of the committee and made public on Wednesday, following a meeting of party leaders from the geo-political zone in Abuja on Tuesday. Other members of the committee include Chief Sunny Jackson, Senator Clever Ikisikpo, Dr. Mrs. Maryam Ali, Dr. Sam Jaja and Chief Emmanuel Nsan. APC leaders at the meeting also reiterated the resolution…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to his cattle ranch while ignoring parents of students kidnapped from Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State. PDP said Buhari places more premium on the welfare of his cattle than the protection of Nigerians. The party described as insensitive the action of Buhari to visit his cattle ranch while ignoring Kankara where the students were abducted. Boko Haram had last week abducted some students of Government Science Secondary School in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. The students were abducted while Buhari was on a private…
A former People’s Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant in Anambra State, Kodilichukwu Okelekwe, has dumped his party for the All Progressives Congress, APC. Okelekwe told newsmen in Nibo, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra that one of his reasons for dumping the PDP was because the interest of Igbo could be better served in the APC. According to him, Igbo gave the PDP hundred per cent support when the party was in power for sixteen years, no meaningful project was attracted to the South East. “The party promised to build 2nd Niger Bridge under Public-Private Partnership, PPP, but under…
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Adamawa State has inaugurated a new caretaker management committee. The committee comprises 57 members who are to serve in an interim capacity for the next six months. The new committee consists of 36 at the state level and 21 as chairmen of the party at the 21 local government areas of the state. The new EXCO is headed by Alhaji Ibrahim Bilal as state chairman, Wafarniyi Theman as Secretary and Mohammed Abdullahi as Public Relations Officer (PRO). The three held the same offices in the previous EXCO. The new committee is mandated to conduct…
Former senators, political leaders and loyalists of former Lagos State Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, stormed Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to launch a campaign movement, tagged: “The South West Agenda (SWAGA ‘23),” for him ahead of the 2023 presidency contest. The loyalists of Tinubu, who said that they launched the campaign movement in a bid to support his candidature, said that the former governor towered over others who may be interested in the bid. It would be recalled that the loyalists had on Monday visited the palaces of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji and Alaafin of…
Former U.S. First Lady and Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, on Monday renewed her call for the abolition of the country’s Electoral College. She made the call in a tweet shortly after voting as an elector alongside her husband and former President Bill Clinton in New York. “I believe we should abolish the Electoral College and select our president by the winner of the popular vote, same as every other office. “But while it still exists, I was proud to cast my vote in New York for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris,” the tweet reads. The news Agency of the…
Rep. Aliyu Yako (PDP, Kano) and Rep Danjuma Shiddi (APGA, Taraba), have defected to the APC. Announcing their defection on Tuesday in Abuja, Rep Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, said the duo attributed their defection to divisions in their former parties. Gbajabiamila said that Yako confirmed that he was leaving the PDP because of leadership crisis and division in the party in Kano and in his local government. He added that Shiddi in his own case said his defection was due to uncertainty propelled by division in the party, adding that such division would not allow him…