Politics

The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, has said he will not resign his position because he sees no reason for him to do so. Mr Ayu stated this in an interview with BBC Hausa Service on Wednesday. He has been under pressure from a group of governors and former governors of the party, led by Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike, to step down and allow a southerner take his position. The governors had been complaining against the imbalance in the leadership of the party in which Mr Ayu, the presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and the heads of…

The Labour party says it is not a social media party, vowing to win the 2023 elections. The National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Comrade Arabambi Abayomi, who stated this in Lagos, said there are more than 22 million registered voters who have indicated interest in the party. He said Nigerians are yearning for change as the ruling All progressives Congress, APC, has failed to meet the expectations of the people. “We are not a social media political party. The people that are conducting our rallies across the states are human beings. We are the new phenomenon, the uncommon political…

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…