Politics

Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, a former governor of Abia State, has on Monday withdrawn from the 2023 Presidential race and has declared his support from Senate President Ahmad Lawan. The Senator representing Abia North senatorial district said he would no longer contest for the office of the president as he thanked those who bought the N100million nomination and expression of interest forms for him. The lawmaker said his decision was based on the fact that no political party has zoned the presidency to the South-East, hence Lawan, a North-Easterner deserved his support. In a post on his verified Facebook page…

As the controversy over the conduct of the three-man delegate congress in Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is yet to be resolved, PDP stakeholder and former Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Dr Eme Okoro, has warned that the party might not field candidates for the 2023 elections. According to the elder statesman, Abia PDP might suffer similar fate as Rivers and Zamfara States in the 2019 elections if the controversy was not quickly resolved. He accused the state leadership of the party of unilaterally compiling the three-man delegate list without conducting any election. The former…

A member of the House of Representatives from Kano State, Abdulkadir Jobe, has resigned from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Jobe, who represents Dawakin-Tofa/Rimin Gado/Tofa Federal Constituency, said he resigned due to an internal crisis at the Kano State chapter of the party. He, however, did not say if he would be joining another political party. But he was pictured with a former governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso’s, of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), following a visit on Friday at the latter’s residence in Abuja. Mr Jobe, in a letter of resignation sent to his ward chairperson, at Joben…

Five serving ministers in the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari have obtained N100 million expression of interest and nomination forms and are jostling for position of their principal in 2023. They are Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi, Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajuba, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu and Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige.   Ogbonnaya Onu During his declaration on Friday, Onu assured Nigerians that he would deploy his experience as a former governor and minister to address the gap in science and technology in…

Abia State, at the return of democracy in Nigeria in 1999, was divided into three Senatorial Districts namely; Abia North, comprising Arochukwu, Ohafia, Bende, Isuikwuato and Umunneochi local government areas, Abia Central, comprising Umuahia North and South, Ikwuano, Osisioma, Isiala Ngwa North and South LGAs and Abia South, comprising of Obingwa, Ugwunagbo, Ukwa East and Ukwa West respectively to ensure even distribution of democratic dividend across the 17 local government areas of the state. The likes of Senators Ike Nwachukwu, Uche Chukwumerije from Abia North, Bob Nwanunu, Chris Adighije, Nkechi Nwaogu (First Abia Female Senator and National Assembly member) from…

All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has stepped in to resolve the local political squabbles between Abdulmunin Jibrin and key stakeholders in his constituency. Abdulmumin Jibrin had announced his decision to leave the APC for an undisclosed party on Saturday. Jibrin did not give any reason for his decision to quit the APC, sources say this was related to the decision not to give him the party’s ticket to return to the house of representatives. There had been a crisis of confidence between Jibrin and Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, for some time over local political issues. Jibrin…

The Director-General of the Tinubu Support Group, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has dumped the All Progressives Congress. He announced this via his Twitter handle on Saturday. The former federal lawmaker said he would announce his new party soon. “I have done my best for APC. Its time to move on. I will announce my new political party within the next 24 hours Insha Allah. I will make a formal statement in due course,” he tweeted. The former House appropriation committee chairman has been leading support groups for Mr Tinubu across northern Nigeria. It was not immediately clear why he decided to leave…

Crisis appears to be looming in the Abia State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as some party members are accusing Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of a plot to secretly enter into an agreement with the All Progressives Congress, APC, to destabilize the PDP in the state. The reason for the alleged secret pact with the opposition in the state was due to the stiff resistance by PDP members for the governor to impose his preferred candidate as his successor in the 2023 governorship election after his alleged efforts to manipulate the delegate lists for the governorship primary was said…