Politics

Former member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has ruled out speculations that the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria’s Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso will be a running mate to his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi. Jibrin stated this on Sunday during an interview on Channels Television amid reports that the Kwankwaso is in talks with Obi over a planned merger. He explained that Kwankwaso, who according to him is one of the most popular politicians in the northern part of the country, would garner at least 70% of total votes, stressing that Obi can only poll 30%.…

Socio-political group, Yoruba Council Worldwide, also known as Igbimo Apapo Yoruba Lagbaye, alleged yesterday that Northern political class has concluded plans to scheme the All Progressives Congress, APC, standard bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, out of the presidential race President-General of the Council, Aare Omoluabi Oladotun Hassan, who disclosed this at a briefing in Abuja, said the Council was reliably informed of the plot to repeat the political treatment meted out on Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Chief MKO Abiola to pave way for the emergence of Atiku Abubakar of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as president in 2023. According to him, the…

There appear to be renewed plots in political circles around the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s camp to draft Osinbajo back into the 2023 presidential race. Although close aides of the Vice President described this as mere speculation, arguing that their principal won’t be leaving the All Progressives Congress, APC, sources insisted at the weekend that there were active suggestions going on regarding the possibility of an Osinbajo/Kwankwaso ticket on the platform of the NNDP. Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State, is the presidential candidate of NNPP, a new party that seems…

It’s no longer news that tested political heavyweights; Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu are the respective presidential candidates of Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party and All Progressives Congress. But the unprecedented scramble by Nigerians to register and get their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) is a new development . While some activists and civil society groups have floated various initiatives to ramp up the PVC registration and collection campaign, others including clerics have deployed some mobilisation drives many perceive as strange. Last week, the viral video of a Catholic priest who stopped parishioners without their PVCs from entering…

Nigeria is passing through interesting times with exciting political permutations ahead of the 2023 general elections. In Abia State, apart from the governorship election which will determine who succeeds Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, the Abia South Senatorial District election is one election stakeholders are waiting for with spirited zeal. Two political heavyweights in the state, Ikpeazu and Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe will square up for the coveted senatorial seat. Observers say the senatorial election, no doubt, will be a battle of two titans. The two contestants are believed to be battle ready. Obviously, when the election is won and lost, the two…

A FORMER Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has alleged that at least 22 Senators have perfected plans to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the coming weeks. Fani-Kayode, who stated this on his verified Twitter handle, yesterday, said the affected Senators were unhappy because they were denied the party’s ticket for the 2023 elections. He urged the APC leaders to act fast or risk a mass exodus from the party with just eight months to the next general elections. The ex-minister wrote: “22 APC Senators are threatening to decamp to PDP because they…

Hon. Chike Ezinwa, Ndokwa East PDP Youth Leader has congratulated Chief Sir Monday Onyeme for emerging as the  Delta state PDP deputy governoship candidate for 2023 general election. In a congratulatory message personally signed by him on Wednesday evening, he stated that Chief Onyeme's emergence is well deserved judging by his leadership acumen and managerial skills. "On behalf of  the youths of Ndokwa East PDP, I wish to congratulate Chief Sir Monday Onyeme on his emergence and successful screening as the running mate of the PDP Governorship Candidate, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori. "Truly, Chief Onyema has demonstrated effective leadership and…