Politics

PDP Wins Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency By-Election The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Musa Aga Avia, winner of the Jos North/Bassa by-election. Announcing the results at the collation centre, in Jos, Dr Yinka Oyerinde, from the Department of Computer Science, University of Jos, said the candidate of the PDP scored 40,343 votes to defeat his closest rival, Adamu Muhammad Alkali, of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), who polled 37,757. Dr Oyerinde said the candidate of the APC, Joseph Abbey Aku, scored 26,111votes to come third in the election. The agent…

Abia state gubernatorial aspirant, Mr. Etigwe Uwa SAN has said that he will continue to address the challenges which militate against the advancement of women in Abia state and Nigeria at large. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria stated this in Umuahia, while hosting the women leaders of the All Progressives Congress in Abia state. The legal icon extolled the virtues of Nigerian women in politics who he described as consistent and reliable. He decried obstacles hindering them such as glass ceilings and discrimination. He expressed the view that women are very important pillars of the family and society recalling that…

A group within the All Progressives Congress, the Orji Uzor Kalu (OUK) Southern Solution Team, has launched an advocacy to canvass support for Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu to contest the 2023 presidential election. The Director General of Southern Solution headed by Hon. Louis Ndukwe, stated this while addressing the crowd during the unveiling ceremony in Bayelsa State, the leader of the OUK Movement under the aegis of Southern Solution Team,which covers four states: Delta, Bayelsa, Anambra and Edo. He was flanked by the group’s Director of Media and Publicity, Hon. Leo Nkeaka; and the OUK Coordinator in the Bayelsa,…

Members of Abia North Peace Foundation have solicited the support of the North in actualizing the presidential ambition of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu in the 2023 Presidential election. The stakeholders led by the Deputy Director General, Hon. Gabriel Idika Ukairo said for fairness and justice, the South-East zone ought to produce the next president of Nigeria. He stated, “we are from Abia North senatorial district- the constituency of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and Chief Whip of the Senate. For fairness and justice to the South-East geo-political zone of the country, since the current democratic dispensation in Nigeria from 1999 to…

…debunk alleged N500bn fund to sponsor presidential ambition Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Thursday, blasted anti-Emefiele groups over blackmail on alleged moves to join presidential race ahead of 2023 general elections and also call for his resignation. This was contained in a statement signed by Executive Director and South South Coordinator, African Leadership Strategy and Transparency Development Initiative, Nelson Ossaieze; South West Coordinator and Coordinator, Centre for Joint Action Against Underdevelopment and Poverty in Africa, Olumide Kingsley Egbeola; Focal Person and South East Coordinator, Advocacy for Good Governance; North West Coordinator, Network for Advancement of Democracy in Africa; North East Coordinator,…

The decision, Tuesday, by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone its presidential ticket to the Southern part of the country, might have put the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a quandary for contemplating to leave its own ticket open and by implication, put the north at advantage. But the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, on Wednesday, reinforced the PDP position, when he declared that the zoning of the presidency to the South by the ruling party posed no threat to the main opposition party ahead of the 2023 general election. His reaction may however underscore a concern…

President Buhari Endorses Ex-Nasarawa Governor Abdullahi Adamu As APC National Chairman Ahead of the March 26 National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed Abdullahi Adamu, a former governor of Nasarawa State as the chairman of the ruling party. Credible sources, including governors and former governors told Daily Trust that the president endorsed Senator Abdullahi Adamu, who chaired the reconciliation committee of the party, during his meeting with APC governors at the State House on Tuesday. With this arrangement, Sen. Adamu will take over from Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni who has been piloting…