Category: Politics
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Resolve Crisis In Abia APC, Others Before National Convention, Nkire Urges National Caretaker Committee
A Chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC and member of the Board of Trustees of the party, Chief Sam Nkire has asked the hierarchy to resolve the on-going crisis in Abia State chapters before the February 26, 2022 National Convention. In a statement he personally signed in Abuja on Tuesday, Nkire appealed to the…
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2023 Presidency: PDP Confronted With Two Difficult Options About Zoning
Former Aviation Minister and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Osita Chidoka, says the main opposition party is in a dilemma over the zoning of presidency to any region. Chidoka, who spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said he would personally want the PDP to field a southerner from…
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2023 Presidency: APC State Legislators Back Yahaya Bello
Members of the State Houses of Assembly across the country under the platform of the All Progressives Congress have endorsed Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, for President in 2023. The endorsement was contained in a communiqué issued after the extraordinary meeting of the forum of APC State Legislators of the Federation held in Abuja,…
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Edo Assembly Members-Elect Seek PDP Chairman, Ayu’s Intervention Over Face Off With Gov. Obaseki
The 14 Edo House of Assembly members-elect, excluded from inauguration by Governor Godwin Obaseki two years and eight months ago, have written to the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, to cause the governor and his deputy, Mr. Philip Shaibu, to come to their aid. Their 10 other colleagues…
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Segun Oni Dumps PDP
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Segun Oni has announced his exit from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Oni, who is aspiring to govern the state for a second time, is apparently displeased with the outcome of the recent PDP governorship primary which left him in second place behind the flag bearer of the…
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2023 Presidency: Yahaya Bello Best Option For Nigeria — Prof Nwaokobia
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a group, Got Your Back Nigeria,” has thrown its weight behind Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, saying he has what it takes to move Nigeria forward if elected President of Nigeria. National Coordinator of the group, Prof. Chris Mustapha Nwaokobia Jnr stated this in a statement titled, “2023:…
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Ebonyi House Of Assembly Not Rubber Stamp — Umahi
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi says the state House of Assembly is always critical of his policies, hence cannot be described as a rubber stamp. Umahi said this on Thursday in Abakaliki while signing the 2022 appropriation bill into law. He said that the house is knowledgeable in the art of lawmaking, contrary to…
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JUST IN: APC unites, inaugurates 34 states chairmen except Kano, Sokoto
Ahead of its 26 February, 2022 National Convention, the caretaker committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated state executives of the party for 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory. Kano and Sokoto states, however, have their party chairmen not inaugurated in an event that took place in Abuja on Thursday. The…
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Youth Presidency gets more endorsement as Ambode says power belongs to them, warns that they are coming
Former Governor of Lagos State, Akinwumi Ambode has hinted of Youth coming to take over in the Election ahead saying that the future belongs to them, warning that they are coming. The former Governor who is believed to have lost opportunity to continue the trajectory of bringing out a new Lagos through his second…
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Atiku tired, too old to lead Nigeria — Gov. Bala Mohammed
Bauchi State, Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said he told former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, to allow him contest the presidency because he is old and fatigued with Nigeria. He said this in his speech while receiving the report of a Contact and Consultation Committee which he established for his presidential ambition which held on…