Politics

With about twenty months to the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, the topic of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu's successor  is already trending in the state. Some of the major contenders are already making moves to achieve their ambition. Notable among them are: 1. Dr. Alex Otti Otti, 55 is a Former Group Managing Director (GMD) of Diamond Bank. The trained Economist and Politician hails from Arochukwu  Local Government Area in the Northern Senatorial District. He came into political limelight in 2015 when he contested unsuccessfully to become the Governor of Abia State under the APGA platform. Otti made another failed attempt…

Says: Don't lose focus because of national insecurity crises, self-determination and restructuring agitations. He says the uproars these outcries collectively produce serve APC's multi-disciplinary misrule and diversionary smokescreen to jump and dump on Nigerians in 2023 worse successors to the Buhari administration. Evang. Comrade Tony Akeni, a veteran journalist of more than 35 years standing and author of the anthology _Psalms of Democracy_, is the Global Coordinator of Nigeria Cannot Continue Like This (NCC-LIT, pronounced NCC-LIGHT). NCC-LIT is a rapidly growing national and global political movement on an avowed mission, according to the group's coordinator, to network Nigerians all over…

Five ward chairmen of the All Progressives Congress, APC and other prominent members of the party in Makurdi Local Government area today defected with their supporters to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The ward chairmen include Pever Jacob of Bar, Ibrahim Hassan of Central South Mission, Audu Jacob of Modern Market, Tor Joseph of Walomayo and Orshio Clifford of Mbalagh where the APC Governorship Candidate in the 2019 elections, Emmanuel Jime comes from. The defection ceremony which took place at the LGEA Primary School, Wurukum, Makurdi was attended by top government officials and PDP stalwarts across the state. Receiving the…

By Vincent Kalu When the Federal Military Government, led by General Ibrahim Babangida, announced the creation of Abia State on August 27, 1991, the people of Aba, Bende, Isuikwuato, and Afikpo zones rejoiced, because it signaled a further advancement of governance closer to the people. It meant that residents of the region would no longer have to travel between Owerri and far-flung areas like Ohafia, Arochukwu, Ukwa etc, to interact with the state government. It was a relished scenario. The creation of the state, on the other hand, created a new dimension of relationship, which is proclivity for conflict, rancor,…

A sociopolitical organization with membership drawn from all the senatorial zones of the state has thrown their weight behind the agitation that power should return to Abia North come 2023. In this interview granted to journalists in Umuahia, the National Coordinator of the group, Dr. Emeka Wachuku, who hails from Isiala Ngwa North advised those heating up the polity to shun personal interest and allow peace reign. Excerpts: What’s the Equity Legacy Group all about? Equity Legacy Group is interested in ensuring that equity prevails in Nigeria. The group anchors itself on equity for women, youths and equity for balancing…

The People's Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF) Wednesday touched base at Calabar, Cross River to rub minds on some issues bordering on the party's unity in the South-South state. Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State led his Delta and Enugu states counterparts, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa and Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi during the visit to their host, Prof. Ben Ayade. After about two hours meeting inside Government House, Calabar, Gov. Tambuwal, who is also the Chairman of the PDP-GF told journalists that the meeting "was a fruitful, peaceful and productive engagement with the stakeholders of Cross River." "We're here on the…

"Between Atiku, Tambuwal and Saraki, they already have the potential delegates committed to them. They also have the resources and the key contacts that are supporting them and ready to go on mobilisation efforts. The battle for the 2023 presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will be a three-horse race between former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, Daily Independent has gathered. In October 2018, the trio were the top contenders in the presidential primary of the PDP held in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, to determine…

As Nigeria continues to simmer in the boiling water of crisis that has been allowed to fester by the clueless disposition, propaganda and unseriouness of Buhari-Led Government. The National Coordinator of PDP Coalition, Chief Dr Emeka Kalu, has called on Buhari to quite playing King-Kong and seek professional advice and support from experts before it is too late. Chief Kalu who is on state visit to Guiné-Bissau, made the statement after an all-important meeting with president of the West African Country, General Umaru Sissoko Embalo. According to him: "Nigeria is on the brink of collapse if nothing is done fast…

Mike Nwachukwu Hails Alex Mbata For Embarking On Road Project Frontline politician in Imo State, Chief Mike Nwachukwu, has hailed Prince (Dr) Alex Mbata, for single handely constructing a 2km dual carriage way with street lights and drainage which will be commissioned by Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma. Nwachukwu in a statement signed by him, said; “On behalf of myself and the entire Nwachukwu Family of Umuokpaa Egbelu Obube of Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State, I Mike Nwachukwu, Mpi Dike Egbelu Obube celebrates with our kinsman and brother, Prince Alex Mbata (ABM)  as our “working” Executive…