Politics

Ahead of March 2023 gubernatorial election in Abia State, a chieftain of the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Mr Ndubisi Etugo Ogah, has approached the Federal High Court, Umuahia, asking the court to stop the PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from fielding Prof Uche Ikonne as the party’s governorship candidate for the election. According to Ogah, his action was to ensure that the agreement on power rotation in the state known as the Abia Charter of Equity was respected by all concerned. In a suit number FHC/UM/CS/63/2022 filed by counsel to Ogah, PC…

A former Deputy Governor of Sokoto State, Mukhtar Shagari, has said that he turned down the offer to be a running mate to Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, for the 2023 general election. According to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain, Obi cannot win the presidential election. Shagari said this when he appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, insisting that the Labour Party candidate stands no chance in the forthcoming polls. “The Labour party contacted me and requested if I would like to be the Vice Presidential candidate to Peter Obi,” the PDP…

The Presidential Campaign Organisation of Labour Party Candidate, Peter Obi, will be unveiled on Wednesday. This is coming days after Obi had launched an official website to promote his political campaign and solicit funds ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Recall that LP had come under scrutiny over delay in releasing its structured campaign council. An invitation card seen by The Nation tagged “Pre-Campaign World Press Conference”, is expected to take place at Chelsea Hotel in Central Area of Abuja by 12:00 noon. The party is expected to present its list of council nominees. Meanwhile the Director General of the…

The Abia State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the governoship candidate of the party in Abia State, Chief Ikechi Emenike did not attack the Chief Whip of the Senate Senator Orji Uzor Kalu as reported by an online blog, dumafricanews. The State Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Okey Ezeala in a statement on Tuesday afternoon accused some desperate politicians of being behind the story. The statement said: "While mutual disagreement is a common political tendency of every democracy, it has become imperative at this moment to officially state for the records: "That neither the State Chairman…

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has flagged off its presidential campaign in Akwa Ibom State. The event is taking place at the Nest of Champions Stadium in Uyo, the state capital, barely four months before the February 25 presidential election. Dignitaries in the South-South State include the party’s presidential candidate and former Vice President, Akitu Abubakar, his running mate and Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa and Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel. Others include Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed and his Adamawa counterpart, Ahmadu Fintiri, former lawmaker representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye among other…

Since 1999, some groups have been seeking the secession of the South-east region from Nigeria to become the independent Republic of Biafra. Although the South-east is not the only region with separatist agitators, these groups have been most vocal and consistent in their quest. The agitators said they are driven by feelings of marginalisation of the region in the power-sharing formulae of Nigeria and the distribution of resources by successive governments. Also, alleged lopsided appointments by President Muhammadu Buhari to the disfavour of the South-east have been linked to the resurgence of the pro-Biafran agitation in the region lately. No…

Some prominent Ohafia leaders have endorsed Labour Party’s candidate, Ibe Okwara Osonwa, for the Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency House of Representatives seat in 2023. The leaders also promised to mobilise and support the campaign of the candidate ahead of the 2023 election. The leaders made the declaration on Saturday evening at its inaugural meeting which drew participation from leading professionals, business people and politicians from the clan. Chief Awa Kalu (SAN), a legal luminary, in his address, said the decision to endorse Ibe Okwara Osonwa followed careful observation and proper fact finding carried out on his person as well as careful…

A chieftan of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr. Bashir Lamido has urged the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige to openly declare his support for the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying Ngige should emulate the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu who is supporting Tinubu with sincerity and courage. Lamido made the call on Saturday morning in a chat with newsmen in Yola, urging Ngige to stop playing hide and seek game. Ngige, on Friday appeared to hesitate in endorsing his party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections. Speaking on…

Several weeks ago, my 80-year-old paternal uncle, who is a community leader, called me to ask whom between Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu he should vote and canvass support for. That was a strange request considering that in 2019 he resisted my entreaty to him to not vote or campaign for Buhari because of the danger that a Buhari second term would pose for Nigeria. He apparently sensed that I was hesitant to make any recommendations because the last time I did he balked. He was a true believer in Buhari even when overwhelming evidence had shown that Buhari wasn’t…

Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, on Friday appeared to hesitate in endorsing his party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Mr Ngige, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, said he will make his choice at the ballot. “I’m not active in politics for now because I am facing national assignment,” he said when asked his preferred candidate between the APC’s Tinubu and the Labour Party’s Peter Obi. “Both of them are my friends. My choice will be in the ballot box. It is a secret ballot. I shouldn’t tell Nigerians what I…