Politics

If zoning presidential ticket to North will make PDP win 2023 election, I will back it - Gov Wike Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says if zoning the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket to the North will cause the party to win the 2023 general election, he will support the decision. The governor has meanwhile ruled out the possibility of him supporting any All Progressives Congress presidential candidate even if the person is of Rivers State or Southern Nigerian extraction. Governor Wike shared this view during an interview with BBC Pigin at the Government House, Port Harcourt.…

Resentment is growing in the All Progressives Congress (APC) over alleged plot by some party chieftains to further extend the tenure of the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the party. Consequently, some interest groups are said to be warming up for a showdown should the Buni-led committee renege on its mandate to conduct a national convention in June, about three months away. The committee was set up in June 2020, following the dissolution of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), led by a former Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, with a six-month mandate to…

Ahead of the party primaries for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, stakeholders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are drumming support for one of the contestants, Mr Godwin Ezeemo. During a meeting of the stakeholders in Awka at the weekend, they urged the PDP delegates to ensure emergence of Ezeemo as the gubernatorial candidate of the party. The reason, they said was because Ezeemo, had invested in all sectors in the state, including agriculture and publishing. They said the aspirant was the only one with a capacity to dislodge the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) from the…

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has said he made Rotimi Amaechi, his predecessor, the governor of the state. Recently, Amaechi and Wike, who fell up in the buildup to the 2015 general elections, renewed their hostility. In an interview he granted last week, Amaechi had said he would not descend to the level of Wike, whom he described as his former employee. “I don’t think I want to address the issue of the governor, I have made my point and I have moved on,” Amaechi had said. “He was my staff, I can’t bring myself low. I was a…

Abaribe, Ekweremmadu, Omo-Agege, Gershom Bassey, Sandy Onor, and other senators who might become governors in 2023 Intrigues, permutations, alignments, and realignments are the order of the day in Nigeria's unpredictable political environment - Already, some serving Nigerian senators are gearing up to be governors in their various home states in 2023. Unlike in some other climes, a state governor is more accorded respect and wields more power than a senator in Nigeria. This is the reason why every election cycle, serving senators abandon their legislative duties to contest for their political party's governorship ticket. As the 2023 general elections approach,…

… Let’s all be committed to moving Abia State forward – Ihejirika Former Chief of Army Staff (CoS) and Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Lt. Gen. Azubuike Onyeabor Ihejirika Rtd has urged everyone to be committed to moving Abia State forward during a private visit to the former governor of Abia State and senator representing Abia North, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu at his country home in Igbere, Abia State. The private visit which took place in the evening of Wednesday 17th March 2021, had the Abia North APC zonal chairman, Chief Chris Ajah present, few relatives, and aides…

Frontline All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain,  Hon. Edozie Madu has declared his intention to run for the November Governorship Poll in Anambra State. Madu who once presided over the affairs of Independent Democrats nationwide made the declaration yesterday in his hometown,  Owerre-Ezukala , Anambra State. According to an official statement from his social media handle , the  grassroot politician said, "Today, I officially declared to run for the office of the Governor of Anambra State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress APC. I met with ward Executives and members of APC in Owerre-Ezukala wards 1 & 2 where…

Massive Defection Set to Hit APC and APGA in Ohafia The All Progressive Congress (APC) and the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) are set to loose hundreds of her members to the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Ohafia. This follows a meeting held by the Deputy Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Uchendu with the intending defectors at Terykel Hotel in Ebem Ohafia yesterday. According to these members of APC and APGA in Ohafia, the unprecedented achievements of the Deputy Speaker and the need to support him achieve even had promoted their decision to join the…