Politics

North-East Stakeholders Pick Senator Ningi As Consensus Candidate For PDP Chair Stakeholders and chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the North-East have picked Senator Abdul Ningi, a former deputy senate majority leader, as the zone’s consensus candidate for the national chairmanship position. The 61-year old Sociology alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University currently serves as the senator representing Bauchi Central senatorial district. It means that PDP’s elective October 30 National Convention has boiled down to a three-horse race. Ningi will be squaring off against former Senate President Iyorchia Ayu, the North-Central’s consensus candidate, and former Katsina State Governor Ibrahim…

After over two hours of fierce legal fireworks by lawyers, the Supreme Court on Thursday in Abuja affirmed former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo as the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, in the November 6, 2021, election in Anambra State. The apex court also returned Chief Victor Oye as the National Chairman of the party. In a judgment of a five-man panel of justices of the court, the appeal filed by one Jude Okeke was dismissed on the ground of being an abuse of court process. Justice Mary Peter…

A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Comrade Chijioke Paul Okeifufe has commended the current leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu. Okeifufe said Kalu's unassuming leadership has reunited the party and is also responsible for the recent massive defection into the APC from the opposition party in the south east geo-political zone. According to him, "Senator Orji Uzor Kalu is the noiseless oxygen to the party in the southeast region," He said, "The entering of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, the former governor of Abia state into the All Progressives Congress, on Wednesday 16th…

North-West Adopts Ex-Katsina Gov Shema As Consensus Candidate For PDP Chair Former Katsina State Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema has emerged as the North-West’s consensus Candidate for the National Chairman of the People’ Democratic Party (PDP). Shema’s candidacy was endorsed during the just-concluded North-West Expanded Caucus meeting of PDP chieftains on Wednesday. Shema’s emergence squares him off against former Senate President Iyorchia Ayu, who won the North Central Zone’s shadow selection on Tuesday to emerge as preferred candidate from the Middle Belt. Details later.

Ahead of Anambra State Governorship election, the Deputy Governor of the State, Dr. Nkem Okeke has officially defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress. President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday received APC Caretaker Committee Chairman and Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni, Anambra Deputy Governor Dr. Nkem Okeke and Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma. Dr. Okeke is now a member of the ruling Party after dumping his party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance. Dr. Okeke first served as Anambra State Commissioner for Economic Planning, and again as Anambra State Commissioner for Works and Transport in the administration of Governor Peter Obi.

The entire three Kano senators — Kabiru Gaya (APC-Kano South), Ibrahim Shekarau (APC-Kano Central) and Barau Jibrin (APC-Kano North) — have teamed up with some members of the House of Representatives to take control of the ruling party in the state in the forthcoming congress. The members, led by the chairman House Committee on Security, Sha’aban Sharada (APC-Kano Municipal), are Tijjani Jobe (APC-Dawakin Tofa/Tofa/Rimingado); Haruna Dederi (APC-Karaye/Rogo) and; Nasiru Auduwa (APC-Gabasawa/Gezawa). The three senators and four members met on Tuesday at the Asokoro residence of former governor of state, Ibrahim Shekarau. Insiders said the meeting borders on how the governor,…

Ahead of the October 31 national elective convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leaders and stakeholders of the party from the North Central, Tuesday night, unanimously adopted former Senate President, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, for the position of national chairman. Ayu had the backing of the Benue State governor, who is Deputy Chairman of the PDP zoning committee, Dr. Samuel Ortom. Ortom, after a few weeks of rooting for another former President of the Senate, David Mark, turned to Ayu following alleged opposition by some party bigwigs. Addressing newsmen at the event, Governor Ortom said: “This is stakeholders meeting of…

The Abia State Chapter of the largest Youth Political Party in Nigeria, Youth Democratic Party of Nigeria (YDPN) has said it will not condone the marginalisation meted on Youths by the present ruling political parties in Nigeria. The Abia State Party Chairman, Comr. Anthony Ekwubiri, while expressing his dissatisfaction to news men on the appointment of 27 Commissioner Nominees by the State Governor on Friday 8th October at Umuahia said " This appointment made by the Executive Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, shows that the state government does not have the interest of Abia Youths at heart,…

A former governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris has declared that he will contest for the office of the National Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during its national convention slated for October 30 – 31st. He made his intention known late Monday at an enlarged meeting of party members from Kogi State and North Central in Abuja, citing that PDP has been hit with a serious crisis that has made it lose many prominent members. To wrestle power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), he said, in the meeting, the PDP should be repositioned which…

Names of key contenders have come up in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with the endorsement of the report of the Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi-led Zoning Committee which zoned the position of the party’s next national chairman to the North by the National Executive Committee (NEC) last Thursday. The committee had recommended that the current elective National Working Committee (NWC) positions in the party should be swapped between the North and the South ahead of the party’s national convention scheduled for Oct. 30. Already, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State, it was gathered, will head the 20-member committee to…