Politics

The deputy governorship candidate of the African Democratic Party in Abia, Ifeoma Okoya-Thomas, says she has dumped the ADP for the Labour Party. Ms Okoya-Thomas disclosed this during an interactive session with journalists in Umuahia on Wednesday. “I have chosen, at this time, to declare for the Labour Party and the person of Otti because we have the same vision to change the narrative of Abia. I discovered we have a similar vision, which is to propagate the cause of Abia,” Ms Okoya-Thomas. “I had the vision, and I want to be part of the mission to liberate the state…

The Convener of Abia Infrastructure Mandate (AIM), Chief Odo Ijere has condemned the Abia State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ikechi Emenike, saying his ambition is dead on arrival. According to Ijere, "Emenike’s candidacy is imperiled, doomed and refuses to fly", and as such will be an exercise in futility. Ijere, in statement signed by him on Thursday morning, cautioned Abians to be weary of the Ohuhu born politician. He said: "Ikechi Emenike's two thousand worded CV cannot fetch him acceptability and electability. Emenike's candidacy is imperiled, doomed and refuses to fly. "This is one bad product…

The campaign organization of the Accord governorship candidate, Bishop Dr Emeka Nwankpa, has reacted to the 'resignation and defection' of Prince Okpere Udo, its deputy governorship candidate. In a press statement released to newsmen, the group described the erstwhile deputy governorship candidate as a sell-out, and dismissed the media report that there is trouble in the party which it described as 'one big united family'. The group went further to state that such a move by Okpere Udo, who had enjoyed the love and support of Bishop Emeka Nwankpa, was nothing short of betrayal and stab in the back occasioned…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, was conspicuously absent at the International Conference Centre (ICC) Abuja venue of the presentation of Certificates of Return to Members-elect of the House of Representatives, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday. Gbajabiamila was reelected to represent his Surulere 1 federal constituency of Lagos State for the 6th consecutive time during the just-concluded February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections. He polled 19,717 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Bosun Jeje of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 5,121 votes. Leadership, however, gathered that the Speaker may…

As contenders for the Senate presidency and other key positions in the 10th National Assembly intensify their bid to lobby senators-elect and party stakeholders, the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is making frantic efforts to douse tension. Leadership gathered that the leadership of the governing party has assured the lawmakers angling to become principal officers in the federal legislature of fairness as the party concludes arrangement to zone the positions. This is just as the governing party is seeking an audience with the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, over the zoning arrangement. Findings by this paper showed that lobbying…

The Obi-Datti campaign team, Abia State Chapter has urged Ndi Abia to troop out enmasse on Saturday, 11th March, 2023 to liberate the State and set it on the path of sustainable growth by voting its Governorship Candidate, Dr. Alex Otti and all Labour Party candidates. In a statement made available to our correspondent by the Abia State co-ordinator of Obi-Datti campaign, Umeh Kalu, SAN stated that no election in the history of Nigeria has ever attracted so much interest and concern to the Nigerian public, including Nigerians in the diaspora like the 2023 general elections. He noted that while…

A frontline aspirant at the APC Presidential Primary that produced Sen. Bola Tinubu as the party's flag bearer, Tein Jack-Rich, has congratulated the president-elect and his running mate, Sen. Kashim Shettima, over their victory at the polls. Jack-Rich, an oil mogul and philanthropist, in a congratulatory said Tinubu's victory was well deserved. ''I write on behalf of my wife, Dr. Mrs. Elizabeth Jack-Rich, Members of the Presidential Campaign Council from Rivers State, and the entire APC family in the state, to felicitate with you and the Vice President-Elect over your well-deserved victory in the just concluded presidential election in Nigeria,''…

The Accord Candidate for the Abia Governorship election contest, Amb. Bishop Dr. Emeka Michael Nwankpa has expressed optimism that his mission to rescue Abia has been made more sacrosanct with the outcome of the 25th February 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections where surprises came to show the determination of the people to press for a new era of leadership that will have a plan for the people at all times. Congratulating the 3 Senators elected from the 3 senatorial zones of Abia state, who he expressed readiness to work in synergy with to bring Abia closer to reaping dividends…

As the intrigues of the 2023 general election continue to unravel, it is very obvious that Abians have sent a succinct message that liberation from the shackles of impunity and maladministration is sacrosanct and they have beautifully pulled down the old order that was bent on keeping the blessed state on her knees by making a clear statement at the polls. Following their well-deserved victories at the senatorial level, the indefatigable clergy and foremost contender for Abia State seat of authority, Lion House, in the 11th March gubernatorial polls, Amb. Bishop Dr. Emeka Michael Nwankpa has sent hearty congratulations to…