Politics

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…

Onochie Osheokwu, the Senior Special Assistant on Youth Development to Ifeanyi Okowa, the governor of Delta State and vice presidential aspirant of the People Democratic Party (PDP), has tendered his resignation letter to the governor in order to fully support the presidential candidate of the Labour Party(LP), Mr Peter Obi, in the forthcoming general election. The resignation was contained in a letter signed by Mr Onochie and forwarded to the governor through the Secretary to the State Government. According to him, the motive behind the resignation, which takes immediate effect, is to join the teeming supporters of Peter Obi under…

Women on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in their numbers staged a rally in support of the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in Imo state. The women’s wing of the APC presidential campaign, South-East zone gathered at the Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu Square in Owerri, the Imo State capital to drum up support for their party’s candidate. Chioma Uzodimma, South-East Women’s Coordinator for the APC Presidential Campaign and wife to Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, described the rally as a preamble. She urged the women to get their permanent voter cards and on “that…

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),…