Politics

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, former and incumbent governors are already positioning themselves to emerge the president of the 10th Senate. No fewer than 28 serving and former governors in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are in the senatorial race for their constituencies. While the North has 18 serving and former governors competing for the seat, the south has 11 serving and former governors. The former and serving governors contesting in the 2023 Senatorial election are: Adams Oshiomhole (Edo), Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Kabiru Gaya (Kano), Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi), Chimaroke Nnamani (Enugu),…

A massive crowd of Ndigbo in Lagos State APC on Tuesday stormed Ikeja for a town hall meeting in support of Sen. Bola Tinubu, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate and Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the crowd,comprising APC members of Igbo extraction only, converged at the Blue Roof of the Lagos Television (LTV) for the meeting. NAN reports that the group was made up of Ndigbo from the 20 Local Government Areas and the 37 Local.Council Development Areas of the state. NAN also reports that it was a carnival of sorts as members of…

By Odo Ijere I have told all who care to listen that power must revert back to the South by head or by tail on the 29th of May, 2023. The constitution has guaranteed that conclusion through either APC or Labour Party who consciously ceded their presidential candidates to the South. These two mainstream political platforms were sensitive enough to pander to the feelings of the citizenry who are looking forward and waiting patiently for a paradigm shift of political power to the south to heave a sigh of relief after 8 tyranical years of power domiciliation in the North.…

With the massive pre-campaign rallies organised by the youths across the major cities in the country, which were not largely influenced by monetary inducements, the supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, have elevated a political party without formidable structures to a mass movement, Ejiofor Alike writes Political pundits were anxious to know the direction of a former Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, when he announced in late May that he had dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and had also withdrawn from the race for the party’s presidential ticket. Director General of the…

The ‘Obidient’ group advocating for the election of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, in Aba, Abia state has adopted Governor Okezie Ikpeazu as their candidate for the Abia South senatorial position in the 2023 election. The ‘’one Million March for ObiDatti”, which brought activities in Aba, to a stand still, began from the Osisioma Ngwa flyover from where the crowd marched through Aba-Owerri Road, Asa Road, Factory Road, Azikiwe Road and down to the Ogbor-Hill axis of the city. The group who stated this during the one million march held for Obi, Saturday, in Aba,…

Nigerians, irrespective of age groups, ethnic divide, religious affiliations and occupation, trooped out, and defied the morning showers in Benin City to rally behind the ambition of Peter Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Labour Party (LP) presidential and vice-presidential candidates, respectively, for the 2023 general elections. Tagged the “Obidient movement”, the residents, including senior citizens, marched from the different routes across Edo State to converge at the Oba Ovonramwen square popularly called ring road to commemorate Nigeria’s 62nd Independence day celebration. Amid the presence of various security agencies, the demonstrators, who hindered movements within the Benin metropolis, said they decided…