Politics

Ahead of the 2023 gubernatorial election in Abia State, Paul Nwogu, chieftain of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has passed a vote of no confidence on the gubernatorial candidate of the party in Abia State, Prof. Greg Ibe, insisting that he lacked capacity to win the state for APGA. Nwogu maintained that Ibe did not have the requisite competence to mobilise and unite the party, pointing that being a Pro-Chancellor of a Private University shouldn’t be a yardstick to measure his competence to lead the state. The APGA chieftain stated this in an interview with journalists on Friday at the…

Dati Baba-Ahmed, running mate of Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has given the reason why he accepted to team up with the former Governor of Anambra State. Speaking when he was formally unveiled in Abuja on Friday, Baba-Ahmed said he accepted to be Obi’s running mate because he believes in his capacity to make Nigeria live up to its billing. He added he also trusts that Obi would not mismanage the nation’s wealth, adding that the Labour Party’s outing as Anambra governor lends credence to that. The Director General of the Peter Obi…

An organised conspiracy to tarnish the image of Senator representing Anambra Central, Senator Uche Ekwunife by a top Anambra Senatorial candidate using the media has been uncovered as disclosed by the Ekwunife Media Organization. The group said the plot sponsored by a former leader of state's ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and current Senatorial aspirant under the Labour Party convened a meeting with members of the press where the plans were perfected to launch massive campaign of calumny against the person of Senator Uche Ekwunife. Ekwunife, who is seeking re-election to represent Anambra Central on the platform of the…

The Labour Party (LP) will on Friday unveil Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed as running mate to its presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Baba-Ahmed, who is in his 40s, is the Proprietor of Baze University, Abuja and Baba-Ahmed University Kano. The unveiling of the vice-presidential candidate was initially slated for Thursday at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. But National Chairman of the party, Barrister Julius Abure, said the ceremony was postponed because Obi, who travelled to Maiduguri and was expected back in Abuja Thursday afternoon, had his flight cancelled. Abure announced that the unveiling of Obi’s running mate is rescheduled for…

An aide to the former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, who spoke to SaharaReporters on condition of anonymity has debunked a viral claim that the ex-governor has left the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to join Labour Party. Since Thursday morning, there have been a series of tweeps claiming that Ambode has defected to the Labour Party to contest for the Lagos governorship seat in the forthcoming 2023 election. A Twitter user, identified as Gidi said via his verified Twitter handle, "Former Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode has Reportedly Picked a Labour Party Gubernatorial Ticket for the 2023 Lagos…

The Chairman, Dialogue Group, Mahdi Shehu has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo is promoting the flagbearer of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, in the North ahead of the 2023 elections because of his disdain for the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Shehu made this known during an interview with Arise TV monitored by THE WHISPERER, where he disclosed that Obasanjo has been visiting prominent personalities in the North to sell Peter Obi. Speaking further about Obasanjo’s dislike for the APC national leader, Shehu added that the disdain came due to the extra courage, gut, audacity Tinubu had to…

The Director-General of Peter Obi Campaign Organization has said that the substantive Vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party will be announced within Wednesday (today) and Friday. Featuring on Channels Television on Tuesday, Okupe, who is currently Obi’s running mate (place-holder), said that Senator Datti Baba Ahmed and others are being considered for the position. He said the presidential candidate himself will announce his running mate, adding that Obi and the LP were looking out for a young vibrant politician from the north with a measure of intellect, sound background, pedigree and education. “Senator Datti is being considered. Others are…