Tonye Cole – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Sun, 18 May 2025 03:44:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Tonye Cole – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Presidential System Unsuitable for Nigeria – Tonye Cole https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-system-unsuitable-for-nigeria-tonye-cole/ https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-system-unsuitable-for-nigeria-tonye-cole/#respond Fri, 16 May 2025 11:00:54 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=410909 Former Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections, Tonye Cole, has called for a critical reassessment of Nigeria’s presidential system of government, arguing that it is unsuitable for the country’s socio-political realities. Cole made the remarks during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, where he asserted [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/presidential-system-unsuitable-for-nigeria-tonye-cole/feed/ 0 Threats to Life: Port Harcourt based politician, Rex David, faces threat over Political Affiliation https://www.theinfostride.com/threats-to-life-port-harcourt-based-politician-rex-david-faces-threat-over-political-affiliation/ https://www.theinfostride.com/threats-to-life-port-harcourt-based-politician-rex-david-faces-threat-over-political-affiliation/#respond Sun, 18 Feb 2024 12:25:21 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=370818 In a concerning turn of events, Hon. Rex David Mgbang, a prominent figure residing in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has reportedly received numerous anonymous calls and messages threatening his life. The threats appear to be linked to his involvement with the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate, Arch. Tonye Cole in the recently concluded elections [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/threats-to-life-port-harcourt-based-politician-rex-david-faces-threat-over-political-affiliation/feed/ 0 Elections: Impunity by INEC cannot stand – Tonye Cole https://www.theinfostride.com/elections-impunity-by-inec-cannot-stand-tonye-cole/ https://www.theinfostride.com/elections-impunity-by-inec-cannot-stand-tonye-cole/#respond Fri, 05 May 2023 08:12:44 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=346487 The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the March 18 gubernatorial election in Rivers, Tonye Cole has said that the level of impunity by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, cannot be allowed to stand. Cole’s statement followed the alleged refusal by the electoral commission to allow him access to collect the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/elections-impunity-by-inec-cannot-stand-tonye-cole/feed/ 0 Tonye-Cole, others attacked as APC, PDP supporters clash in INEC office https://www.theinfostride.com/tonye-cole-others-attacked-as-apc-pdp-supporters-clash-in-inec-office/ https://www.theinfostride.com/tonye-cole-others-attacked-as-apc-pdp-supporters-clash-in-inec-office/#respond Sun, 02 Apr 2023 20:30:48 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=344592 The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the March 18, 2023 election in Rivers State, Patrick Tonye-Cole, has been reportedly attacked by members of the Peoples Democratic Party at the state head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Tonye-Cole was said to have been attacked alongside the state Chairman of APC, Emeka [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/tonye-cole-others-attacked-as-apc-pdp-supporters-clash-in-inec-office/feed/ 0 Rivers, the Epicenter of Electoral War and the Inefficacy of Wike’s Fanciful Adventure to Foist a Protege – Eze https://www.theinfostride.com/rivers-the-epicenter-of-electoral-war-and-the-inefficacy-of-wikes-fanciful-adventure-to-foist-a-protege-eze/ https://www.theinfostride.com/rivers-the-epicenter-of-electoral-war-and-the-inefficacy-of-wikes-fanciful-adventure-to-foist-a-protege-eze/#respond Wed, 08 Mar 2023 09:29:12 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=342977 Elections in Nigeria are usually loaded with a lavish display of artful stratagem, social artifice and deceitful cunning tactfully contrived by opposing interests to outwit opponents. Politicians deploy every means within human reach to suppress, intimidate and cage opponents to broaden their path to a smooth ride to power. This bad politics is prevalent in [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/rivers-the-epicenter-of-electoral-war-and-the-inefficacy-of-wikes-fanciful-adventure-to-foist-a-protege-eze/feed/ 0 Governorship Election 2023: Remain Calm, United and Support Tonye Cole, Eze Appeals to Rivers People https://www.theinfostride.com/governorship-election-2023-remain-calm-united-and-support-tonye-cole-eze-appeals-to-rivers-people/ https://www.theinfostride.com/governorship-election-2023-remain-calm-united-and-support-tonye-cole-eze-appeals-to-rivers-people/#respond Tue, 07 Mar 2023 08:57:35 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=342903 Concerned about the gross manipulation that greeted results of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly election in Rivers State, erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP) and Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has called on Rivers people across political divides to remain calm and prepare [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/governorship-election-2023-remain-calm-united-and-support-tonye-cole-eze-appeals-to-rivers-people/feed/ 0 True Definition of Politics of Dilemma in Rivers State  https://www.theinfostride.com/true-definition-of-politics-of-dilemma-in-rivers-state/ https://www.theinfostride.com/true-definition-of-politics-of-dilemma-in-rivers-state/#respond Tue, 21 Feb 2023 10:49:49 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=341783 A dilemma is when you leave Amaechi and APC to join Wike and PDP only to realise that Wike has sacrificed his party candidates to save his political future by subscribing to Tinubu and APC. It is a dilemma when the Governorship candidate of the PDP, Sim Fubara is left in the dark and only [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/true-definition-of-politics-of-dilemma-in-rivers-state/feed/ 0 Rivers: Appeal Court reserves judgment on appeal filed by APC guber candidate, Cole https://www.theinfostride.com/rivers-appeal-court-reserves-judgment-on-appeal-filed-by-apc-guber-candidate-cole/ https://www.theinfostride.com/rivers-appeal-court-reserves-judgment-on-appeal-filed-by-apc-guber-candidate-cole/#respond Mon, 09 Jan 2023 20:30:15 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=339496 The Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt has reserved judgment in an appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, and its governorship candidate, Tonye Cole against the Peoples Democratic Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission over judgment of a Federal High that sacked Tonye Cole as governorship candidate of the APC. [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/rivers-appeal-court-reserves-judgment-on-appeal-filed-by-apc-guber-candidate-cole/feed/ 0 When Life Got Tough, My Wife Got Tougher – Tonye Cole https://www.theinfostride.com/when-life-got-tough-my-wife-got-tougher-tonye-cole/ https://www.theinfostride.com/when-life-got-tough-my-wife-got-tougher-tonye-cole/#respond Thu, 15 Sep 2022 17:38:35 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=332504 Popular Oil tycoon, Tonye Cole has come out to narrate how his wife helped set up his company, Sahara Group. He recently had his say via his social media page, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, he and his wife made a tough decision to put everything he had into setting up the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/when-life-got-tough-my-wife-got-tougher-tonye-cole/feed/ 0 Kalabari Governorship: A Clarion Call by George Tolofari https://www.theinfostride.com/kalabari-governorship-a-clarion-call-by-george-tolofari/ https://www.theinfostride.com/kalabari-governorship-a-clarion-call-by-george-tolofari/#respond Wed, 29 Jun 2022 22:33:11 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=327596 Rivers, one of the 36 states in Nigeria, was created on 27th May, 1967, out of the old Eastern regional structure. It is located in the Niger Delta region of Southern Nigeria and made up of both wet land and dry land and endowed with natural resources. The state is home to many ethnic groups [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/kalabari-governorship-a-clarion-call-by-george-tolofari/feed/ 0 Eze carps Magnus Abe for Describing Tonye Cole as a Stranger https://www.theinfostride.com/eze-carps-magnus-abe-for-describing-tonye-cole-as-a-stranger/ https://www.theinfostride.com/eze-carps-magnus-abe-for-describing-tonye-cole-as-a-stranger/#respond Sun, 26 Jun 2022 14:06:19 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=327361 A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New  People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwumeka Eze and member of APC Legacy Projects Media Committee, says the circumventive and comic political analogy of the former Rivers South-East representative at the Red Chambers, Sen. Magnus Abe, on his gloomy [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/eze-carps-magnus-abe-for-describing-tonye-cole-as-a-stranger/feed/ 0 Comments on Tonye Cole: Eze Replies Abe, Describes him as Unfit Busybody Scheming for Relevance in the Political Space https://www.theinfostride.com/comments-on-tonye-cole-eze-replies-abe-describes-him-as-unfit-busybody-scheming-for-relevance-in-the-political-space/ https://www.theinfostride.com/comments-on-tonye-cole-eze-replies-abe-describes-him-as-unfit-busybody-scheming-for-relevance-in-the-political-space/#respond Mon, 09 May 2022 21:45:30 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=324535 A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has disputed claims by former Rivers South-East Senator, Magnus Abe, that the preferred guber candidate of the party for the 2023 governorship election, Pst. Tonye Cole is alien to the [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/comments-on-tonye-cole-eze-replies-abe-describes-him-as-unfit-busybody-scheming-for-relevance-in-the-political-space/feed/ 0 Elections 2023: Eze Counsels against Any New Plot to Plunge Rivers APC to another Round of Crisis https://www.theinfostride.com/elections-2023-eze-counsels-against-any-new-plot-to-plunge-rivers-apc-to-another-round-of-crisis/ https://www.theinfostride.com/elections-2023-eze-counsels-against-any-new-plot-to-plunge-rivers-apc-to-another-round-of-crisis/#respond Mon, 02 May 2022 21:56:25 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=324135 Eze advises Tonye Cole on Strategies to Salvage Rivers People from the Hands of a Misguided and Vision-less Ruler and pleads with Dakuku and Others to Sheath their Swords and Form a United Force to Save Rivers State from the Calamitous PDP Administration. Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/elections-2023-eze-counsels-against-any-new-plot-to-plunge-rivers-apc-to-another-round-of-crisis/feed/ 0 Tonye Cole Emergence as Consensus Candidate: It is my responsibility to live up to the rules of the game – Princewill https://www.theinfostride.com/tonye-cole-emergence-as-consensus-candidate-it-is-my-responsibility-to-live-up-to-the-rules-of-the-game-princewill/ https://www.theinfostride.com/tonye-cole-emergence-as-consensus-candidate-it-is-my-responsibility-to-live-up-to-the-rules-of-the-game-princewill/#respond Mon, 02 May 2022 06:50:26 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=324071 A frontline Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill has thrown his weight behind the emergence of Architect and businessman Tonye Cole as the consensus candidate of the party. He said this has come without mix feeling as according to him, “I was looking forward to leading the APC [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/tonye-cole-emergence-as-consensus-candidate-it-is-my-responsibility-to-live-up-to-the-rules-of-the-game-princewill/feed/ 0 Tonye Cole Ignited The Wole Soyinka Plane Seat Saga – Olaolu Soyinka https://www.theinfostride.com/tonye-cole-ignited-the-wole-soyinka-plane-seat-saga-olaolu-soyinka/ Thu, 27 Jun 2019 19:41:31 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=235212 Professor Wole Soyinka’s son, Olaolu Soyinka has had his say on the plane seat drama that involved his dad. The drama was all about how Tonye Cole shared that Wole Soyinka was asked to stand up from a seat in a plane by a young man. Tonye Cole said, “@professorwolesoyinka#celebrategreatness#relationshipsmatter met one of the greatest [...]

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]]> Court Ruling: The candidature of Rivers APC Guber Candidate, Arch Tonye remains Inviolate – Mallam Lanre https://www.theinfostride.com/court-ruling-the-candidature-of-rivers-apc-guber-candidate-arch-tonye-remains-inviolate-mallam-lanre/ Thu, 01 Nov 2018 20:36:38 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=219980 In view of conflicting interpretations that have greeted the recent verdict of the Supreme Court on the contentions among our members in Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), it has become necessary to clarify that the Supreme Court’s verdict has nothing to do with the primaries conducted for the governorship and legislative [...]

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]]> 2019 Elections: Tonye will defeat Wike in 2019 – Tatua https://www.theinfostride.com/2019-elections-tonye-will-defeat-wike-in-2019-tatua/ Sat, 20 Oct 2018 18:36:12 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=219036 A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mrs. Ibifuro Tatua on Friday spoke on the entrepreneurial acumen of the party’s gubernatorial candidate in Rivers State, Mr. Tonye Cole, saying he is the perfect antidote to Governor Nyesom Wike. She also gave insight into the blue print of the Rivers State APC governorship flag bearer, [...]

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]]> Rivers State Has Been Too Divided – Tonye Cole https://www.theinfostride.com/rivers-state-has-been-too-divided-tonye-cole/ Tue, 16 Oct 2018 20:45:57 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=218779 Mr Tonye Cole, Rivers Governorship candidate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has assured the people of his readiness to deepen unity in Rivers Chapter of the party. Cole gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Port Harcourt. He said that there was [...]

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]]> Chief Eze hails Cole’s Candidacy during Rivers APC Governorship Primary https://www.theinfostride.com/chief-eze-hails-coles-candidacy-during-rivers-apc-governorship-primary/ Wed, 03 Oct 2018 19:57:13 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=217704 …Charges NWC to Take Action against Abe …Commends Abe’s DG Worgu Boms for exposing the illegality of Abe’s Parallel Primaries The emergence of billionaire business mogul, Archt. Tonye Cole, as the governorship flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in next elections in Rivers state has been described as beginning of the process of liberation [...]

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]]> Cole Vs Wike: Independence Day Message – Prince Tonye Princewill https://www.theinfostride.com/cole-vs-wike-independence-day-message-prince-tonye-princewill/ Mon, 01 Oct 2018 22:11:38 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=217615 As the news slowly begins to filter out, the magnitude of the decision reached at the Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries to field Tonye Cole as the candidate for 2019 is quietly becoming obvious. Leading up to today, he had 4 people to contend with. Magnus Abe, Dumo Lulu-Briggs, Dawari George (all of [...]

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]]> 2019 Rivers Guber Race: With Tonye Cole we are convinced of Total Victory – PPA Chairmen https://www.theinfostride.com/2019-rivers-guber-race-with-tonye-cole-we-are-convinced-of-total-victory-ppa-chairmen/ Mon, 01 Oct 2018 22:01:50 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=217582 The Chairmen of the PRINCEWILL’S POLITICAL ASSOCIATES (PPA) in the twenty three Local Government Areas of Rivers State has commend their mentor, Prince Tonye .T.J.T Princewill and other Riverine Ijaw leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for their steadfastness, commitment and loyalty to the party and leader of the party in the State, RT. [...]

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]]> Ex-NASS Members of Rivers APC congratulates Amaechi as they endorse Tonye Cole https://www.theinfostride.com/ex-nass-members-of-rivers-apc-congratulates-amaechi-as-they-endorse-tonye-cole/ Sun, 30 Sep 2018 08:55:43 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=217447 Former National Assembly (NASS) Members Caucus of All Progressives Congress (APC) from Rivers State has congratulated Rt. Honourable Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation and the Leader of the APC in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria, on his appointment as the Director-General/Secretary of the Buhari-Osibanjo Campaign Organisation. “This double barrel appointment” according to [...]

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]]> Elections 2019: Wike’s Statement that APC has no business presenting a Governorship Candidate is Laughable – Eze https://www.theinfostride.com/elections-2019-wikes-statement-that-apc-has-no-business-presenting-a-governorship-candidate-is-laughable-eze/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 08:29:55 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=215404 …Commends the APC-led FG for its revolutionary impacts in Rivers State …Lambasts Wike for denying the FG land for the construction of Industrial Park …Describes the acceptance by Tonye Cole to rescue Rivers State as divine and timely A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has described [...]

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]]> Rivers Guber Race 2019: APC Chieftain, Eze hails Party’s Consensus on Tonye Cole https://www.theinfostride.com/rivers-guber-race-2019-apc-chieftain-eze-hails-partys-consensus-on-tonye-cole/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 20:44:38 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=215018 …Pleads With Wike to Leave Tinubu and Amaechi Out of His Dirty Politics. …Pleads with the Riverine, Ijaws, Kalabaris to unite and utilize the opportunity that the candidature of Cole offers The resolve by most of the leaders and stakeholders of the Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to adopt Arch. Tonye [...]

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]]> The Choice of Tonye Cole for Rivers Governorship Race – Matters Arising https://www.theinfostride.com/the-choice-of-tonye-cole-for-rivers-governorship-race-matters-arising/ Sun, 02 Sep 2018 05:02:02 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=214850 Being one of the few privileged to be in the room when the decision was taken, one would have expected me to speak a little sooner. After all, I have been known to shoot from the hip, speak my mind plus my thoughts on the decision were pretty clear, right from the moment it was [...]

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]]> Amaechi has not appointed a Governorship Candidate for Rivers APC https://www.theinfostride.com/amaechi-has-not-appointed-a-governorship-candidate-for-rivers-apc/ Sun, 02 Sep 2018 04:57:34 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=214847 The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) said its attention has been drawn to a strange and erroneous impression being promoted in the media based on ignorance and/or mischief that the leader of APC in Rivers State and Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has ‘appointed’ Arc. Tonye Dele Cole as [...]

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]]> War Against Cancer: Sahara Group Donates N120m To Acquire Mobile Cancer Centres https://www.theinfostride.com/war-against-cancer-sahara-group-donates-n120m-to-acquire-mobile-cancer-centres/ Wed, 22 Jun 2016 09:01:26 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=132811 A leading energy conglomerate in Nigeria, Sahara Group, has donated N120 million towards the cause of acquiring Mobile Cancer Centres (MCC) to combat cancer in Nigeria. This donation was announced in Lagos State today, June 22. The MCC is a clinic on wheels with state-of-the-art facilities for screening, follow-up and treatment including surgeries for pre-cancer and [...]

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