Politics

A two term member of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Lady Elizabeth  Ironbar is dead. Mrs. Ironbar died in the late hours of Tuesday after a protracted illness family sources say. Ironbar who has represented Akpabuyo constituency since June 2015 is known for her Cross River State Disability Commission bill and is the second member of the ninth Assembly to die. The first was Mr. Godwin Akwaji (Obudu, PDP) who passed away in June 2020. This means the eighth and ninth Assembly which she was a member of have lost two members during the lifespan of the Assemblies.…

Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has said some bigwigs and a former governor will defect to Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) from the ruling party this week. In an interview on Arise TV on Tuesday, Saraki said some members of the APC, were currently concluding plans to join the PDP ahead of the 2023 general election. The former Kwara governor also said there are some governors that will definitely leave and will not be surprised if they defect from APC. “We have the potentials to turn the country around and that is why I believe with the right leadership, things can change…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt on Tuesday ordered the suspension of the National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which was slated for Saturday, 30th October 2021. The convention was suspended pending the determination of a suit brought by Prince Uche Secondus, the embattled National Chairman of the Party. Secondus had asked the court to issue an order stopping the PDP from conducting its planned national convention on October 30 and 31. According to Secondus, the convention should not hold until the court makes a final decision on the matter before it. More details later…

2023 Presidency: MURIC Insists On Yoruba Muslim, Lists Candidates The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has insisted on a presidential candidate from the Yoruba Muslim, ahead of the 2023 politicking. MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, on Monday in a statement argued that no Yoruba Muslim has ever occupied Aso Rock either as a president or vice president since independent in 1960 whereas three Yoruba Christians have occupied the position. He also listed some Muslims who are Yoruba that can favourably lead the country to include; Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, Dr. Muiz Banire, Lagos Deputy Governor, Dr. Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat, Babatunde Fashola, Rauf…

Anambra 2021: How Deputy governor, other defections could affect APGA’s chances Deputy Governor, Okeke is seen as a perfect gentleman. He had represented the governor at very high state functions even outside the state, unlike his counterparts, who hardly undertake responsibilities outside superintending the state’s boundary committee. The political atmosphere in Anambra State since the start of the process leading to the November 6 governorship election has been laced with uncertainties. From the rigorous primaries that produced the governorship candidates to the crowded governorship aspirants, the suits in the various courts and the current security threats over the election proper,…

Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege Is Next Delta Governor, APC Declares The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State has declared that the party would produce the next Governor of the state which is the person of the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, describing Chief Fred Latimore, the Executive Assistant to Governor Okowa on Communication as a man deserving of mental evaluation and should not be taken seriously. In a statement signed on Monday by Mr Pius Ituru of the Directorate of Media and Publicity, APC Delta State, the party noted that the statement credited to Chief Fred Latimore…

PDP Convention: Peter Obi, Metuh, other Anambra stakeholders clash over NWC post Leading members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State are now at loggerheads over the National Working Committee (NWC) post zoned to the state with former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi’s group being accused of imposing a candidate on the state chapter for national auditor. Opposed to Obi’s camp is the group led by former national publicity secretary, Olisa Metuh, which has vowed not to succumb to the whims and caprices of the PDP presidential running mate in the 2019 election. Obi has the support of…

Valentine Ozigbo, who is the flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has secured another victory as the Supreme Court of Nigeria declares him the authentic candidate of the party for the November 6 election. The apex court, in a judgement delivered at the Supreme Court Complex in Abuja on Thursday, October 21, 2021 threw out all the challenges to Ozigbo's candidacy and awarded a damage of N5 million against "meddlesome interloper" Senator Ugochukwu Uba. The panel of justices, led by His Lordship, Justice Inyang Okoro affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeal Awka Division delivered on September 3,…