Politics

A group made up of traditional rulers, dons, Abia professionals, prominent members of the political class and top businessmen have said Abia North Senatorial District has a lot to benefit if the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu is re-elected in 2023. In a statement issued on Monday, made available to newsmen, the stakeholders urged Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) to step down for the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu for the interest of the zone. The leader of the group, Dr. Kalu Ncheghe, maintained that the advantage…

Senator representing Enugu East, Chimaroke Nnamani, has asked youths across the country to vote for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying he has friendly policies for the youths. Nnamani, a Senator under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the former Lagos Governor has shown that he has what it takes to come up with youth friendly policies. The Senator in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Thursday said Tinubu on assumption of office in 1999 embarked on series of sustainable policies towards addressing the high unemployment rate, sense…

Despite Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu’s alliance with Gov. Nyesom Wike who is still having a face-off with the presidential candidate of the Peooles Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; Abia State Coordinators of Atiku-Okowa presidential campaign, have vowed to deliver the entire state to the former Vice President in the 2023 poll. The Coordinators who made the vow after their enlarged meeting Thursday in Umuahia, also promised to work for all PDP candidates in the forthcoming general elections. They said that “Abia remains a stronghold of the PDP since 1999″, declaring that ” it will be difficult for any opposition to…

The governorship candidate of Action Peoples Party, APP in Abia State, Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu has said the state needs a young, vibrant and prepared leader like him to take over the mantle of leadership at this time. In an interview with ABN TV's Political Perspective, Mascot Kalu, a former Chief of Staff in the state said he has looked around and is not happy with some things happening in the state which he said he loves so much. According to him, there are not many young viable voices in their 30s, 40s, and early 50s, an age he said…

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Jimoh Babafemi says presidential aspirants and their supporters that contested and lost the party's ticket to Bola Ahmed Tinubu have gone cold except those that campaigned for Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. Babafemi in chat with journalists on Saturday in Lagos expressed displeasure over the attitudes of some party chieftains who are still not happy with Tinubu's emergence at the presidential primary. He commended Senate President Ahmad Lawan and his supporters which included the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, Governor Hope Uzodinma, Senator Sani Musa, Senator Jubril Barau,…