Politics

Hon Francis Bartholomew Chima aka OmoBarca, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for House of Representatives in Ajeromi Ifelodun constituency of Lagos State has sued for peace and unity among party members. OmoBarca who has received his Certificate of Return has started making reconciliatory moves to ensure that PDP emerges victorious in the forthcoming 2023 election. To this end, he has appealed to a former House of Reps member in the constituency, Hon. Rita Orji and other Aspirants including Hon. Diriwari Oladipupo Wilson and Hon. Emilia Ezeude and all other aggrieved party chieftains to bury the hatchet and embrace peace for…

Governorship candidate of the Action Peoples Party (APP) for 2023 Abia state gubernatorial election on Friday met with the Abia born statesman , Chief Mark Ugorji The meeting which was part of Kalu’s ongoing consultation to stakeholders of Abia held on Friday The details of the meeting at the time of filling this report was still undisclosed

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, Chief Princewill Ukaegbu has dumped the party for the Action People's Party (APP). Impeccable sources within the party told our correspondent that Ukaegbu is expected to officially make the announcement in a matter of days. Ukaegbu, a former Chairman of Umuahia North Local Government Area is a grassroot politician and mobilizer. A party source told our correspondent that his defection is a big boost to the governoship candidate of the party, Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu. "Mascot is becoming very popular in the governoship race. It is a straight forward…

Concerned Umunneochi leaders of thought have endorsed the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu for the 2023 Abia North Senatorial District election. According to the leaders, Umunneochi would benefit immensely if Senator Orji Uzor Kalu is re-elected to the Senate in 2023. According to them, Kalu has done well, applauding the former Abia state governor for his “exceptional’’ performance since assuming office as the Senator representing Abia North senatorial district. The group praised Kalu in a statement signed by its Director General, ESV Olekanma and made available to newsmen on Friday morning in Abuja. The group appealed…

A chieftain of the Action Peoples Party (APP) in Abia state, Pastor Okey Umezie, has reacted to a statement credited to Chief Ikechi Emenike, a factional governorship candidate of APC in the state, on allegations that Senator Orji Uzor Kalu sponsored the formation of the Action Peoples Party (APP) and bankrolled his brother, Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu, to contest for the governorship position in the state on the platform of the party. Speaking to journalists in Abuja, Pastor Okey, a close business and political associate of Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu described Ikechi Emenike's allegations as baseless, insipid, and hollow. “My…

Some have called you foolish, dear Sam Omatseye. Others insist that you are plain stupid. There are those who hold you to be beneath contempt. Their howls of execration upon you are in reaction to your August 1, 2022 article entitled Obi-tuary. For me, however, you are a dear friend. Our friendship started in the 1980s at Newswatch magazine where both of us practiced journalism before you travelled to the United States for further studies. It continued upon your return and strengthened to the point that, sometimes, you get the producers of your TV Continental programme to connect me to…

Social media has gone agog over a viral video showing the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu attending a church in Nasarawa state on Wednesday. Nigerian youths have been debating on the internet that the motive was for him and his political party to gain Christians in support of a Muslim-Muslim ticket. Adamu was at the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) church in Awayi, Nasarawa state to grace the funeral ceremony of the late monarch, HRH Aren Eggon, Bala Angbazo. Angbazo died on July 13, 2022, at the age of 89 after 41 years on…

Ukpai Iro Ukpai, has been declared the winner of Abia State New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Governorship primary election held at Abia State secretariat of the party in Umuahia. Dr. Ukpai from Ohafia (Abia North zone) had over the period been rumoured to be the sole Aspirant for the executive position. Dr Ukpai polled 552 votes to return unopposed, through a voice vote by the 3 man delegates of the party representing the 184 wards of 17 local government of the state. The election was peaceful and rancor free in the presence of INEC officials, DSS and other security agencies,…

A former governorship aspirant of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi, Eze Emmanuel, and former House of Representatives member and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Linus Okorie, as well as three other chieftains of the party, have dumped the main opposition party for the Labour Party, in the State. The defectors which also included a former Commissioner for Education in the state, Prince Chibueze Agbo, has pitched their tent with the Labour Party, and pledged to work to actualize the presidential ambition of the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Announcing their defection to the Labour Party,…