Politics

A former Minister of State for Petroleum Timipre Sylva has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket for Bayelsa State. He was declared the winner of the exercise held on Friday and Saturday across 105 wards via the direct primary option in the oil-rich state. While declaring the results at the state’s APC Secretary in Yenagoa, the Chairman of the electoral committee for the governorship election in Bayelsa Maj. General Ahmed Jubrin said the former minister scored 52,061 votes to defeat five other contestants. His closest rival Joshua MacIver had 2,078 votes. In his acceptance speech, Sylva promised to…

The Labour Party (LP) Management Committee in Imo State has announced a fresh date for its governorship primary in the state. The Chairperson of the committee in the state, Ukachukwu Awuzie, disclosed this to reporters in Owerri, Monday evening, Vanguard newspaper reported. Mr Awuzie, a professor, said the governorship primary of the party in the state would be held on 15 April. The committee chairperson explained that the primary was initially scheduled for 13 April, but that the national leadership of the party has now directed that the exercise be moved to the new date. He said the ward delegates’…

By Prince Lekan Alade Talk of justice, talk of fairness. They make life go round. In fact, this world of ours is anchored around the duo. The twins are inseparable. They’re Siemens of sort. The duo can’t be profiled. It has no nationality or ethnicity. It goes beyond boundaries. And it’s without borders. Justice and fairness are the engine that oil and propel democracy. They are its bedrock and strength. They are the pillars that stand democracy on its feet. We can’t pretend ours to be different in this clime. We can’t risk being an island unto ourselves. We must,…

A stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, Comrade Chukwuemeka Ibem Eni Kalu has dumped the party. In a resignation letter addressed to the Ania ward chairman of the party dated 5th April, 2023, Kalu said: "This decision was reached due to the prolonged leadership tussles and numerous factions and personal interest which is obviously beyond the control of the party leadership which adversely affected it's performance in the just concluded election in Abia State."

The crisis rocking the Abia State chapter of the All Progressive Congress, APC, has deepened following the suspension of former Minister of State for Solid Minerals and Steel Development, Dr Uche Ogah; and other party bigwigs. The purportedly suspended chieftains have hit back on the APC governorship candidate, Chief Ikechi Emenike, and his camp, dismissing them as political spent force without relevance anymore. Ogah and others were suspended for allegedly working for other political parties during the just -concluded general elections in the state. APC in a letter signed by its Secretary, Chief Chidi Avajah, alleged that while Ogah donated…