Samuel Okoronkwo, Ebonyi Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, says Governor David Umahi is free to support a presidential candidate in the Ohanaeze Ndigbo general election. Okoronkwo stated his principal’s position on Friday in Abakaliki during a chat with newsmen at the election and inauguration of the state chapter. He said as a delegate to the January 10 election in Owerri, the Imo capital, “Umahi is free to support any candidate of his choice. “It is normal in democratic norms for a delegate to support a candidate and the Ohaneze Ndigbo election would not be an exception.” Okoronkwo added…
Author: Ifeanyi Nwagboso
President-elect Joe Biden on Friday described President Donald Trump as the most incompetent President in the history of the United States of America. However, the President-elect’s speech on Friday night strongly indicated he does not back moves to impeach Trump. He said the quickest way to get the outgoing President out of office is through the transition in two weeks. “He is the most incompetent President in the history of the United States,” Biden said while addressing the press at his hometown of Willington on Friday night. “The quickest way that will happen is us being sworn in on the…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State and its Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart on Friday exchanged words over arrest of suspected drug peddlers from the APC state secretariat in Yola. A report had indicated Friday afternoon that the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had arrested 11 people from around the Secretariat on suspicion of being involved in illicit drug dealings. The state Commander of the NDLEA, Mohammed Idris, had initially refrained from particularly confirming the incident, asking newsmen instead to hold on till the command parades fresh arrests from all parts of the state. An anonymous voice…
Sore loser Trump will be boycotting Joe Biden’s big day. Don’t expect to see United States President Donald Trump at the inauguration of his successor Joe Biden, because he won’t be anywhere near the venue of the ceremony. “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th,” Trump tweeted. Trump has only just issued a half-hearted concession speech after the U.S Congress ratified Biden’s November 3, 2020 election victory. The U.S President maintains that the election was rigged against him and continues to spew unsubstantiated, baseless allegations of voter fraud. On…
Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru Abubakar said, the All Progressives Congress is always ready to accept people from the opposition parties into its fold. TheInfoStride reports that the major opposition party, PDP, in the state had recently been in crisis over the leadership of the party as the faction of the former Governor, Sule Lamido and a two time Gubernatorial candidate, Aminu Ibrahim Ringim battle for supremacy. This started after the 2019 general election where the latter accused the Lamido’s camp for anti-party activities which led to their loss at the state elections. The development consequently led to…
Ceekay Igara has emerged the Chairman of the Abia State Chapter of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC). Igara is the current Chairman of Labour Party, (LP) in the State. Other elected as executive officers of the Abia IPAC are as follows, Deputy Chairman- Victor Umunnah – APM “Secretary- Tony C Ojih – AA “Deputy Secretary- Joseph Ulu – NRM “Treasurer – Godwin Atasie Mejuru – ADP “Organising Secretary – Uzodinma Nwoko – YPP “Financial Secretary – Daniel Esonu – ZLP “Publicity Secretary – Uma Ogbonnaya – Accord “Legal Adviser – Enwerem Chinyereze – PRP. The list of the newly elected executives…
The leader of INRI Evangelical spiritual church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has revealed how the alleged certificate forgery suit by the All Progressives Congress, APC, seeking to sack the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki would end. TheInfoStride reported earlier that Obaseki, the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will on January 9 know their fate in a suit seeking to remove the governor from office. The APC and a chieftain, Williams Edobor, want the governor kicked out for alleged certificate forgery. Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja, fixed Saturday for judgment after lawyers to the…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked the All Progressives Congress, APC, the President, Muhammadu Buhari and members of the National Assembly elected on the platform of the ruling party to learn from what is going on in the United States of America. The main opposition party made the call in a statement on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, insisting that Nigeria can only be repositioned when all Nigerians, including workers in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the judiciary, the legislature, security forces, and faith-based organisations, join hands. “It is instructive to state that this is…
United States President, Donald Trump, has said that he was “outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem” after a group of his supporters stormed the Capitol and forced a halt to a Congressional joint sitting. Trump said demonstrators “defiled the seat of democracy” and added “to those who broke the law, you will pay,” in a video posted on Twitter on Thursday. Trump did not acknowledge his role in riling up his supporters with baseless allegations of election fraud and encouraging them to march to the Capitol. He promised a smooth transition to president-elect Joe Biden, who defeated him in…
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will on January 9 know their fate in a suit seeking to remove Obaseki from office. The APC and a chieftain, Williams Edobor, want the governor kicked out for alleged certificate forgery. Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja, fixed Saturday for judgment after lawyers to the parties adopted their written addresses. The plaintiffs dragged Obaseki to court for allegedly forging the University of Ibadan (UI) degree certificate he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of the September…
Former Abia State Governor, Orji Kalu, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) grows stronger everyday. The Senate Chief Whip boasted that its growth will be felt nationwide in 2023. He spoke on Thursday at his country home in Igbere when he welcomed thousands of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faithful into the APC. Kalu received them on behalf of the State Chairman, Donatus Nwankpa, and the National Caretaker Committee Chairman, Governor Mai Buni. The lawmaker urged the decampees to work for the party’s victory in the next general elections. He described APC as a disciplined party that prioritizes the welfare of…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has again mocked the All Progressives Congress (APC). He noted that unlike the APC, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) does not make fake promises. Wike spoke when he led ex-Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, to inaugurate the Abonnema Ring Road in Akuku Toru Local Government Area on Thursday. He described allegations that his administration refused to empower local contracting firms to handle projects as sheer falsehood. “APC members have said I should mention those whom, locally, we have empowered. OK Isokariari Company is a Rivers Company, they did Phase One of Okochiri Road. They…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kano State, has confirmed the swapping of 13 accused screened drug-addicted aspiring Councillors in this month’s local government election. The state party’s Secretary, Alhaji Sarina, said a local government chairman contestant was, however, cleared after he was certified by a competent medical doctor to go for the contest. This is even as the party presented flags to its candidates ahead of the local government council election scheduled for January 16. The event took place at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kofar Mata, with multitude of APC supporters in attendance. Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, assisted by…
What looks like a factional crisis is brewing in the Ekiti State chapter of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), as some stakeholders have rejected the reelection of Mr. Ifeoluwa Iyaniwura, as the Chairman of the body. At the election conducted at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) in Ado Ekiti, on Thursday, Iyaniwura polled a total of eight votes to defeat his rival and State Chairman, Action Alliance (AA), Mr. Lanre Anifowose, who garnered six votes. The Chairman, IPAC Electoral Panel from Abuja, Mr. Obe Opunkun, declared Iyaniwura winner of the election that was supervised by INEC. However,…
The Ebonyi State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has raised the alarm over what it called a deliberate attempt to frustrate the commencement of its appeal before the Enugu Division of the Court of Appeal. TheInfoStride reports that the matter, with suit No HAB/161/2020, involves members of the party in Ebonyi State. In a complaint letter by the Acting Chairman of the PDP in the State, Elder Fred Udeogu, he said every effort by the party to complete its process of filing an appeal has met with brick wall owing to the alleged gimmick by the Head of…
Dr Olatunde Agbato, the President, Animal Care Services Konsult (NIG.) Limited, Ogere Remo situated in Ogun State, has been reported dead. He was aged 70. Dr Olatunde Agbato met his demise on Thursday afternoon after suffering a brief ailment in an undisclosed hospital. Dr Olatunde Agbato, who celebrated his 70th birthday on August 4, 2020, as gathered from a credible source, was reported to have been ill for over 4 weeks [a month] and was unable to be flown out of Nigeria due to the COVID-19 Lockdown. More so, it was gathered that the entire Ogere community where he hailed…
The Lagos State Chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to strive hard to provide satisfactory dividends of democracy to residents of the state in 2021. The state PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr Taofik Gani, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday, while assessing Sanwo-Olu’s performance in 2020. “As a constructive opposition party, the year 2020 was not satisfactory in terms of dividends of democracy to Lagos residents. “Most of the local council chairmen performed below average, Sanwo-Olu should look into that because the chairmen are putting too…
The governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ogun State, Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, has denied collecting money from chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2019 election. Isiaka, a three-time governorship candidate in Ogun State came third in the 2019 election, which was won by Governor Dapo Abiodun of the APC. In the build-up to the election, it was gathered that there were efforts made that Isiaka and Adekunle Akinlade of the Allied People’s Movement (APM) could join forces so as to give Ogun West a better chance of producing a governor for the first time…
US President, Donald Trump, has insisted that there will be an orderly transition of power on January 20, 2021. He said this in a statement after a joint session of the US Congress declared President-elect, Joe Biden of the Democratic Party as the country’s President. Trump, who refused to condemn the violent protests at the US Capitol building in Washington DC on Wednesday, said he didn’t agree with the election result but would step down peacefully. “Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless, there will be an orderly transition…
The United States Congress has confirmed Joe Biden as the country’s President. Lawmakers who officially confirmed Biden as the country’s 46th president and Kamala Harris as Vice President, were under heavily-armed guard after police regained control of the Capitol in Washington. Biden had defeated the US outgoing President, Donald Trump in the last presidential election. Despite the defeat, Trump had vowed never to concede defeat. He had claimed that Biden rigged the presidential election.