Politics

Nigerians in the U.S. are making plans to hold a debate for all the presidential candidates contesting the February 25, 2023, presidential election. The presidential debate, tagged ‘The Diaspora Listens’, is scheduled to hold on November 26 virtually, according to a statement on Sunday signed by Olayinka DanSalami, on behalf of the organising committee. The Organisation for the Advancement of Nigerians (OAN, Inc.) will organise the debate in collaboration with 15 other Nigerian partner organisations in the U.S. Mr DanSalami said the presidential candidates had been invited to attend the debate. “The United States hosts one of the largest numbers…

The governorship hopeful of Abia state and candidate of the Action Peoples Party, APP, for the 2023 gubernatorial election in the state, Mascot Uzor Kalu, has once again reaffirmed his commitment to the democratic process of things in Abia state and Nigeria at large. In a live radio interview in the commercial city of Aba, which was monitored by MUK TV, Mascot Kalu stated that he is a democrat and subscribes to the democratic processes of things. “By my nature and training, I am a democrat and I play the democratic brand of politics. So, I believe in the democratic…

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and the deputy governor of Abia State, Rt. Hon. Ude Oko Chukwu today met in Nkporo, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State. The meeting which was held behind closed doors at the residence of the deputy governor lasted for about an hour. The reason for the meeting was not made known to journalists. It was however believed that their meeting had to do with the 2023 general election. Kalu, who is the Senator representing Abia North senatorial district is currently embarking on a tour of wards across the five…

A former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State, Valentine Ozigbo has dumped the leading opposition platform. 52-year-old Ozigbo was the PDP standard bearer in the 2021 Anambra governorship election. The ex-President of Transcorp has announced that he would work for the emergence of Peter Obi as Nigeria’s President. The former Anambra governor is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). Ozigbo explained that his decision to resign from the PDP was based on the need for Nigeria to have a competent and visionary individual in charge of affairs. He observed Nigerians have been split…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, was in his home state, Adamawa, on Monday where he formally received new members into the party. At the reception for the new members in the state capital, Yola, Atiku made a brief but touching remark, assuring the thousands who thronged the Ribadu Square venue for the event that he is in politics and is seeking to lead the country to give service. “It’s been over 30 years that you have been supporting me in politics. I don’t take your support for granted. God bless you. I love you…

Except for a last minute change, a former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, will announce his defection from the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, following a mouth-watering ‘bounty’ allegedly offered him by the the PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar. Mr Shekarau, who represents Kano Central at the Senate, had officially defected from APC to NNPP in a letter read during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on June 29. Despite securing the automatic senatorial ticket of NNPP, Daily Nigerian gathered that Mr Shekarau sneaked into Lagos on June 24 for a meeting with…

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has mocked supporters of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) over their plans to hold a “two-million-man march” for him in the state. With the 2023 general elections barely six months away, Obi’s supporters have been holding marches to canvass support for the ex-Anambra State governor. Recently, there was a march for the LP presidential candidate in Nasarawa State as well as Cross River State. Taking to Twitter on Monday, El-Rufai of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), said he hopes the Obi supporters are able to gather 200 people in the…

Youths of Abia North senatorial district have reaffirmed their support for the re-election of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu in the 2023 general election. They made the declaration, today when they stormed the Camp Neya residence of Kalu, who is the Senator representing Abia North senatorial district, pledging to stand by him in sunshine or rain. The youths reaffirmed confidence in Kalu’s leadership, by unanimously endorsing him for the 2023 senatorial general election. Details later.

Ike Okorafor, APGA candidate for Arochukwu State Constituency has debunked the rumors making round in the state that the speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Honorable Chinedum Orji and the Senator representing Abia Central, His Excellency, Senator TA Orji are behind Professor Greg Ibe's governorship ambition. Okorafor in a statement he personally signed described the story as "malicious allegation as total falsehood and an asinine fabrication by some unscrupulous elements in PDP who are afraid of Professor Ibe’s candidacy". He said, "Professor Greg Ibe did not sign nor enter into any unholy agreement with the Ochendo’s dynasty.We…