Politics

Nigeria's northern region won't play second fiddle to any other region ahead of the 2023 presidential election, because the north has the numbers to produce a president, according to Director of Publicity and Advocacy of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed. Some members of Nigeria's northern political elite have recently been speaking against a gentleman's rotational presidency agreement, which sees Nigeria's presidency oscillating between north and south every eight years. Punch reports that Baba-Ahmed offered the remarks while delivering a keynote address at the maiden Maitama Sule Lecture Series organised by the students’ wing of the Coalition of…

Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency is one of the eight federal constituencies that maker up Abia State. The constituency has two local government areas with about eight clans. Since the advent of democracy in 1999, the constituency has had Senator Mao Ohuabunwa (Arochukwu), Hon. Uduma Kalu Igu (Ohafia), Rt. Hon. Arua Arunsi (Ohafia), Uko Nkole (Arochukwu) as representatives in the Green Chamber. While Ohuabunwa was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and served from 1999 to 2007, Igu served from 2007 to 2009 until he was replaced by Arua Arunsi on the platform of Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA),…

Group General Manager in charge of shipping at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Inuwa Waya, has announced his decision to voluntarily retire from the corporation in December this year. Although the retirement of the top management staff is yet to be officially confirmed by the NNPC, multiple sources at the NNPC Towers in Abuja told this newspaper on Friday that Mr Waya has already tendered his letter to proceed on voluntary retirement from the services of the Corporation. One of the sources who requested that his name should not be revealed, as he was not competent to speak on…

Less than two months to the Anambra State governorship election, billed to hold on November 6, 2021, the major political parties in the state are being weighed down by endless litigations. The three major political parties – the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) are intractably enmeshed in internal wrangling resulting from their primaries. This is opening up for some minor political parties to be eyeing the governorship seat in the state. The primaries conducted by the three major political parties in the state are being described as assault on…

Former Presidential aide, Reno Omokri has said that he will not follow his principal, Ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan to the All Progressives Congress, APC if he decided to join them Omokri made this comment in response to a question asked by Wazobia FM host and actor, Yaw. He wrote on Social media; “I am not Femi Fani-Kayode. I urge you, your radio station, and the general Nigerian public not to be emotionally agitated. Don’t be excitable. Be rational. Put things into proper perspective. Study my past. Am I or am I not a stable person? You and the public should be…

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Friday said the Southern Governors Forum will vehemently confront any political party that fields a northerner as a presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections. The governor who disclosed this while featuring as a guest on Channels Television programme ‘Politics Today’ monitored by THE WHISPERER, said the Southern governors from three major political parties of All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) are unanimous in their resolution on the zoning of the presidency and will follow it to the letter. The Southern governors in their meeting…

Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Imahi has described a former minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode as a liar for saying he was instrumental to his (Umahi’s) defection from the PDP to the ruling APC. Umahi denied Fani-Kayode’s claims on Friday when he appeared on Channels Television. Fani-Kayode, a staunch critic of President Muhammadu Buhari, and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had on Thursday announced his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) a party he had vowed he would never be found dead in. Fani-Kayode who was presented to President Buhari at the Aso Rock Villa…

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode Thursday finally joined the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, vowing to woo Oyo, Bauchi and Enugu States governors to the party. Mr Fani-Kayode was introduced to President Muhammadu Buhari by the Governor of Yobe State and Chairman of the APC national caretaker committee, Mai Mala Buni alongside Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara. Mr Fani-Kayode, who also spoke to the correspondents, said he believed that it was time for him to cross over to join hands with the President in moving Nigeria forward. He said: “The point is that I felt it was time to do…

A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Sani, who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th Senate, dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) before the 2019 general elections. He contested the 2019 senatorial election under the platform of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), but resigned his membership of the party few months ago. Sani's resignation letter dated July 9, 2021, and addressed to the PRP chairman in ward six, Tudun Wada area of Kaduna State. The letter said: “I wish to formally notify you of my decision to step aside from the Peoples Redemption Party. This…

The House of Representatives member representing Tai/Eleme/Oyigbo Federal Constituency of Rivers State, Promise Chisom Dike, has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). His defection was announced through a letter he addressed to the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, which was read during plenary on Thursday. The lawmaker claimed in his letter that he defected from the PDP as a result of the crisis and division in the party in Rivers State. While describing Gbajabiamila’s leadership as accommodating, Dike said he is “Finally home”, adding that the APC was the right party for him.…