Politics

Ahead of the national con­vention of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) scheduled for October 30, two former Senate Presidents, Da­vid Mark, and Bukola Saraki, have declined interest in contesting for the national chairmanship posi­tion of the party, Daily Independent has gathered. While Mark is hoping to suc­ceed Senator Walid Jibrin as the chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT), Saraki is said to have his eyes firmly set on becom­ing the presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2023 general elec­tions. The zoning committee of the party, headed by the governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, had last week zoned…

Two lawmakers in the Anambra State House of Assembly have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers, Mr. Douglas Egbuna, (Onitsha North l Constituency), and Mr. Onyebuchi Offor (Ekwusigo Constituency), announced their defection at plenary in Awka, on Wednesday, NAN reports. Offor, who was also the Minority Leader of the House, disclosed that he consulted widely with his family and mentor on his decision to move from the PDP to the APC. He said, “It’s time I join the party at the centre so that my constituents can feel and experience the…

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, on Wednesday expressed his willingness to contest the 2023 presidential election only if Nigerians canvassed his candidature. The two-time governor of Abia State, however, said his ambition for now is to return to the Senate in 2023. The All Progressives Congress chieftain, who is representing Abia North Senatorial District at the red chamber, stated this during an interaction session with journalists after receiving traditional title of Kibiya (Arrow) of Argungu Emirate from the Emir, Alhaji Mohammed Mera. He said, “I don’t have Presidential ambition ahead of 2023 because my plan…

The Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Dr Nkem Okeke has joined the All Progressive Congress (APC), THE WHISPERER has learnt. Okeke joined the party exactly one month to the November 6 Anambra state governorship election. According to AIF, a delegation of APC leaders led by Senator Andy Uba, who is the party’s governorship candidate stormed the Ngozika Estate home of the deputy governor this evening, October 6 to recieved him into APC. Others who went with Uba include his running mate, Barr Emeka Okafor, his campaign DG, Chief Paul Chukwuma among others. An insider said the delegation promised to pay…

A top politician in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Honourable Tanko Bitrus Kura, is dead. Hon. Kura from Jikowyi, Abuja was once a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairmanship flagbearer in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). He is said to have passed on on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was former PDP FCT Capacity Secretary, and ex-officio at national level. His family is yet to speak on his death though.

The Abia State chapter of Youth Democratic Party of Nigeria (YDPN), has on Tuesday declared that there would be no more recycling of old leaders who has made politics their career in the State and beyond. The State Chairman of the party, Comr. Anthony Ekwubiri while speaking to journalists on Tuesday said, "Enough is Enough in Abia State, Abia State have all the potential to be among the best state in Nigeria, but Abia State has been rendered useless and miserable by the people we elect as leaders." He further said that YDPN is out to change the narratives as…

A group, under the aegis of Abia Group 17, has shortlisted some persons in Abia State as potential candidates to succeed Governor Okezie Ikpeazu in 2023. The group which comprises of young Abia professionals expressed its readiness to support the best candidate in 2023. The list was revealed on Tuesday in a statement by Coordinators of the group, Comrade Eruba Chris, Onu Okpo and Dr. Francis Amarachi Orji, noting that each of them has the capacity to take Abia State to greater height. “Having watched closely all manners of names that are being propped up as Governor Okezie Ikpeazu's successor…

Some governors in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have begun moves to lobby for a former president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki and an ex-governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to emerge as the next national chairman of the party. The latest change of tactics came after the zoning committee, headed by the governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, zoned the position to the North. The position of the presidency still remains dicey as the party leaders might throw the race open to all zones. Ugwuanyi had announced last Thursday that the National Working Committee (NWC) positions currently being held…

President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State were at the weekend being mentioned in the new permutations for the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP following the planned rezoning of party offices in the opposition party. The new permutations followed the decision of the Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led zoning committee to rotate the office of National Chairman of the PDP to the North. Despite Governor Ugwuanyi’s claim that his committee’s mandate did not cover the zoning of the 2023 presidential ticket, multiple sources in the party told Saturday Vanguard that his assertion was just a…