Politics

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday in Turkey refused to grant audience to a former Minister of Police Affairs, Adamu Waziri, who was sent to speak with him by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, those familiar with the matter have told Premium Times. Sources told Premium Times that Atiku deployed Mr Waziri to meet Mr Wike, who is on holiday in the Eastern European country, after the governor rebuffed several attempts by the candidate to arrange a meeting between them. The former vice president has been unable to see Mr Wike since he…

The crisis rocking the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State, seemed to have deepened as more chieftains of the party are planning to dump the party. THE WHISPERER reliably gathered that some chieftains of the party have allegedly concluded plans to dump the party over what they described as "poor leadership by some leaders of the party in the state". Considering the trending political disaffection, realignments and defections, a party source told THE WHISPERER that a serving national assembly member and other chieftains of the party are concluding plans to dump the PDP in a matter of days. "Most…

In what appears to be a direct reaction to being sidelined by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, in the race for his running mate, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State is said to be in the centre of a proposed alliance in the build-up to the 2023 general election. New Telegraph gathered from multiple sources that the governor and his bloc within the PDP are tinkering with a Peter Obi and Musa Kwankwaso ticket on the platform of Labour Party. Both Obi and Kwankwaso are Labour Party and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential…

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Jimoh Adewunmi Babafemi says the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu is the heartbeat of the party. Babafemi stated this in an interview with newsmen at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos on Friday morning, noting that the former Abia state governor would deliver the five South East states and other parts of Nigeria for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. "Bola Ahmed Tinubu is definitely going to win the presidential election with a landslide. He is going to win across the six…

Battle for the presidential ticket of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has been won and lost, with former Lagos State governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, emerging as the presidential candidate of the party. Tinubu won the party’s presidential primary in a landslide to clinch the party’s ticket ahead of the 2023 general election. The presidential primary of the governing party was an open contest that was keenly contested, after the bid by the party to produce its presidential flag-bearer through a consensus failed woefully. Political analysts are of the opinion that Tinubu must work hard to defeat the candidate of the…

Deputy Senate President and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State, Ovie Omo-Agege, has picked immediate past Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Friday Osanebi as his running mate for the 2023 general elections. Omo-Agege, in a statement, said Osanebi emerged from a painstaking internal vetting process in which many notable and highly qualified Deltans were also considered. The statement read in parts: “It is my pleasure to announce to our people that The Rt. Honourable Friday Ossai Osanebi is my nominated running mate and the Deputy Governorship candidate of APC for…

Rattled by the growing influence of Nigerian youths declaring support for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted a special national taskforce to mobilise youths and ensure party’s victory at the 2023 presidential poll. APC National Youth Leader, Dayo Isreal, who inaugurated the committee at the party’s national secretariat on Wednesday, dismissed Obi’s influence posing any threat to the ruling party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He announced former Kwara State Commissioner for Information and former President of the Pan African Youth Council, Ben Duntoye, and the APC Deputy…

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has said he will support Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2023 elections if God directs him. Ortom told Arise Tv that he is fasting and praying for divine guidance before deciding to support Atiku Abubakar. He further stated that Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State stood for the party and made sure that things worked. Ortom said some of the party chieftain’s believed he was the party’s best choice for the vice-presidential candidate and he expects Atiku to reach out to Wike so that together they…