Politics

2023: PDP Will Adopt Consensus Presidential Candidate - Ortom Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom yesterday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would adopt consensus option for the emergence of its presidential candidate for the 2023 election. He also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to return the amended Electoral Act sent to him for assent to the National Assembly, saying the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) does not have the capacity to monitor direct primary elections among 18 political parties. Addressing a media briefing in Abuja, Ortom said the PDP would adopt consensus option at all levels, including the presidential candidate…

Arochukwu/Ohafia 2023: Women group drums support for Nwanneka Ekweremadu-Okoro Ohafia Women Arise Initiative (OWAI), has expressed support for Barr. (Mrs) Nwanneka Ekweremadu-Okoro to become the next house of representatives member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia federal constituency in 2023. The group said "It is very important that women’s voices, who represent almost half of the population of Arochukwu/ Ohafia federal constituency are heard." The group stated this in a statement signed by Dr. Precious Kalu, National Coordinator of the group on Tuesday afternoon in Abuja. Kalu said Ekweremadu-Okoro was better positioned to change the narrative by bringing effective representation to the Constituency. "We…

Kano APC Crisis deepens As Ex-Deputy Governor, Hafiz Abubakar, Dumps Ganduje, Joins Shekarau's Faction A former deputy governor of Kano state, Hafiz Abubakar, has joined a faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, led by the senator representing Kano Central, Ibrahim Shekarau. Mr Abubakar, a professor, was a deputy governor to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje between 2015 and 2018. He resigned in the build-up to 2019 elections to contest for governorship on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Dissatisfied with the selection of Abba Kabir-Yusuf as the PDP candidate by the party leader, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Mr Abubakar dumped the…

OUK 2023: Northern Youths Kick Off Campaign, Flood Posters in Abuja, Kano, Umuahia, Enugu Few months after declaring support for a detrabilized Nigerian President who can unite the country and save the country from imminent disintegration,  Northern group, Arewa Youths for Orji Uzor Kalu, has made a bold statement by flooding posters of Orji Uzor Kalu for President.  The posters were sighted in Abuja , Kano , Umuahia, Aba, Enugu. Kalu who is the Chief Whip of the Senate and former Governor of Abia state has been called upon by several Northern and Southern leaders , Civil  society groups and…

Arewa Community Floods Posters of Senator Orji Kalu for President in South East  After calling for support  for the emergence of an Igbo person as president of Nigeria in the 2023 General Elections, the Association of Arewa Community in Igboland has flooded the South East with posters of eminent businessman and Chief Whip of the Senate ,  Senator Orji Uzor Kalu to run for President of Nigeria come 2023 The posters sponsored by the group were pasted  in Strategic places in Umuahia, Enugu , Awka, Owerri and Abakaliki Its National President, Alhaji Mohammed Umaru, who earlier made  appeal at a…

Former National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Senator Victor Umeh, says Anambra State is not Imo. Umeh stated this while reacting to the threat by Senator Andy Uba, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in last week’s election, to challenge APGA’s victory. Uba had alleged that APGA did not win the election, citing alleged irregularities. He had vowed to slug it out with Professor Chukwuma Soludo, winner of the election, while accusing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of conniving with APGA. But in his response, Umeh said APGA’s lawyers are ready to meet Uba in…

The Anambra State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has sacked its publicity secretary, Okelo Madukaife. The state chairman of the party, Basil Ejidike announced this at a press conference in Awka, the Anambra capital on Sunday. He said Madukaife who was suspended in June this year had continued to parade himself as the public secretary to the extent that he appeared on national television recently to congratulate the All Progressives Grand Alliance governor-elect, Prof Chukwuma Soludo. Ejidike said, “Okelo was suspended in June this year. We were surprised that he has continued to parade himself as the publicity secretary…

November 14, 2021 Press Statement Andy Uba thanks Party members, campaign team ...Resolves to head to Court ...As Preliminary examination show that APC and it's candidate has grounds to challenge the declaration of Soludo as governor-elect     Members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Anambra state chapter yesterday reviewed the outcome of the November 6, 2021 Anambra governorship election, and resolved that there were enough grounds to judicially interrogate the outcome. The Party's candidate in the election, Senator Andy Uba and the top echelon of the party in the state led by the state chairman, Chief Basil Ejidike after…

The All Progressives Congress faction loyal to Senator Magnus Abe in Rivers State has expressed its support for the rumoured 2023 presidential ambition of the party’s national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. This is as a former senator who represented Rivers West senatorial district in the National Assembly, Wilson Ake, alleged that the #EndSARS protest in 2020 was targeted at Tinubu. Ake spoke at the inauguration of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Support Group christened BATS Vanguard, Rivers State chapter at Freedom House, Senator Abe campaign Secretariat in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Saturday. Ake, who is also the chairman,…

In this interview with journalists, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, a former president of the Senate and the newly elected national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) spoke on the chances of the party ahead of the 2023 general elections, his plans for reconciliation and funding, the new zoning arrangement, among other issues. As the new national chairman of a former ruling party hoping to take over power in 2023, you have a lot of responsibilities; what are your priorities? Political parties’ priorities are always to win. I have reviewed the reasons why we lost power in 2015, so I will…