Politics

Fellow Nigerians, let me make a few clarifications before going into the nitty-gritty of this epistle. Today, I’m wearing two caps on this page. I’m a journalist as well as a politician. I have been both for decades, although I remain pre-eminently a journalist. Also, I have been a non-partisan politician for a long time until recently. Even then I have seen it fit to support candidates from the two mainstream political parties depending on the capacity and performance of the ruling government party. Since this is my column, it is expected that it will reflect my personal opinion and…

A former Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau has officially returned to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Shekarau returned to the PDP from the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, on Monday in Kano State. The former Senator was received by Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu and members of the National Working Committee, NWC. Shekarau left the NNPP two months after joining from the All Progressives Congress (APC). Shekarau, the lawmaker representing Kano Central, was a former Nigerian minister of education and two-term Governor of Kano. He was one of…

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…