Politics

By Monday Onyekachi Ubani Towards the general election of 2019, All Progressive Congress in Abia State stood a better chance to have taken over the reins of administration from the inept administrators in the State but for the disunity and seed of discord sowed by certain characters who claimed to be APC members at that time who worked at cross purposes with the leaders of the party. These characters never ceased in their treachery even after their anti party activities led to the loss of the party in the general election except for one senatorial and two house of representatives'…

A group of elders and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia state led by Senator Chris Adighije have said the party’s state congress, scheduled for Saturday 16th October, will not hold. The elders asked the national leadership under Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state to call back the state congress committee sent to Abia state. Addressing a press conference Friday in Abuja, the Abia APC elders and leaders, which include Senator Nkechi Nwogu, APC caucus leader of Abia state Chief Sam Nkire, Ume Kalu (SAN), Barr. KC Ugboajah, Hon. Elton Onwu and Barr. Chijioke Ikpo, among…

Former enator Samuel Anyanwu has emerged as the consensus candidate of the South-East zone for the position of national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Chief Ali Odefa, the national vice chairman of the South-East PDP, announced this in a statement on Friday. Recall that the Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi-led zoning committee had recommended the swapping of National Working Committee offices between the North and South ahead of the October 31 national convention of the party. Consequently, the committee had zoned the position of national chairman to the North, while it zoned the position of national secretary to the Southeastern…

A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kawu Baraje, has revealed how the northern leaders of the party arrived at Iyorchia Ayu as their consensus candidate ahead of the national convention. Mr Ayu, a former Senate President and minister, was announced as the region’s candidate after a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja on Thursday. The governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri, who doubles as the chair of the PDP National Convention Organising Committee, announced after the meeting that Mr Ayu emerged from the three aspirants presented by the three geopolitical zones. The main opposition party will hold its…

Iyorchia Ayu Emerges Consensus Chairmanship Candidate Of PDP Former Senate President Iyorchia Ayu has emerged the consensus chairmanship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). His choice came after a marathon meeting of the Northern Caucus of the PDP held at Bauchi State Governors’ Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the PDP had zoned the position of National Chairman to the North apart from endorsing the decision of Zoning Committee which said the current National Working Committee (NWC) positions be swapped between the North and the South. Details later…

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.