Politics

The political sagacity of some of the presidential candidates, the disruptive moves by Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party (LP), the presence of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), among other factors are expected to change the voting pattern in the 2023 general election, BusinessDay findings have shown. Observers also listed among other factors the frustration and raging anger in the polity over the state of affairs in the country. There is the general disenchantment among Nigerians on the President Muhammadu Buhari’s style of leadership, which is believed has led to unprecedented rise in…

Since the return to civil rule in 1999, the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State is facing the first real challenge, following the emergence of Chijioke Edeoga as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP). The Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (PDP) dominance in Enugu State has gone unchallenged for over two decades. But the political equation appears to have changed ahead of next year’s general elections. The PDP now faces stiff competition from opposition parties, particularly the Labour Party (LP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC). The competition is whittling down the influence of the ruling party ahead…

The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday says contrary to speculations, its Presidential flagbearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is hale and hearty. This is even as the camp of the former Lagos State governor described the national leader of the APC as a Trojan horse, who works assiduously for 20 hours daily. The clarification is coming against the background of the allegation by Labour Party Candidate, Peter Obi, that Tinubu is not fit to rule the country. The former governor of Anambra State also subtly knocked the APC presidential candidate at Monday’s retreat organised by LP in…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asserted that its chapter in Katsina State has taken over President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign offices in the state. Addressing journalists in Katsina State, the national chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, who spoke through his senior special assistant, media and communication, Yusuf A. Dingyadi, said the party has already captured most of President Buhari’s strongholds in Katsina. He said the APC government in Katsina has failed, resulting in the rising insecurity, poverty, disunity and economic backwardness experienced across the state. Reiterating that PDP will soon take over some other places occupied by APC,…

Fresh facts on the emergence of the Atiku –Okowa presidential ticket and the role of the Wike-led camp in truncating the zoning of the presidential ticket to the South-East have emerged. Party sources told Vanguard that ahead of the 2023 presidential primaries there was a quiet plan to cede the presidency to the South-East with Peter Obi and Anyim Pius Anyim among the South-East contenders being positioned by party elders. Atiku, after his 2019 loss, it was gathered, was considering passing over the 2023 campaign and was believed to be positioning Obi for support. Joining Atiku in backing Obi as…

About two weeks before the commencement of political fireworks in the 2023 campaigns scheduled to begin on September 28, street marches and rallies being organised by the campaign team and support groups of presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, are already posing a challenge for his main rivals banking on votes from the South East geopolitical zone of the country. Turnout in the rallies are particularly problematic for Obi main political opponents, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), who may find…

Politics as a matter of interest may be unclear as an idea until it begins to shape outcomes in the affairs of power players as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, displayed on Thursday last week during its 97th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja. Coming just 20 days to the official kick-off of electioneering campaigns on September 28, 2022, the meeting, which had in attendance party leaders comprising serving and ex- state governors, National Assembly members, chairmen of state chapters and National Working Committee members, had to take a firm stand on personal and governance issues posed by what…