Politics

The trio of former Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki, governors Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto) and Bala Mohammed (Bauchi) are intensifying their push for the adoption a consensus Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate from the North. They were in Markurdi where they met with Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom to market the consensus option. They later held similar talks with Governor Darius Ishaku the Taraba State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja. The governors, who have bought presidential nomination forms, hinted of a scheduled plan to meet with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar last night. Atiku declared last week to fight for the…

The leaders of Ukwa-la-Ngwa bloc have endorsed the immediate-past Vice-Chancellor of the Abia State University, ABSU, Professor Uchenna Eleazar Ikonne, as their consensus candidate for the 2023 governorship race. They made the endorsement Monday evening, when a high-powered delegation of Ukwa-la-Ngwa clan led by the pioneer Attorney General of the State, Chief Theo Nkire, met with Ikonne at the ex-VC’s Umuahia residence. Addressing newsmen later after hours of discussions indoors, Nkire said :” We came to persuade our son to run for the 2023 governorship position. ”He has been tried and tested and we found him worthy. His enviable records…

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says he has the capacity to win the 2023 presidential election for the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). Wike made the declaration during a consultative meeting with stakeholders of the Benue chapter of the PDP at the Government House in Makurdi on Sunday. The governor, who intimated the stakeholders about his intention to run for the presidency, solicited for Benue PDP votes in the coming national delegates convention of the party, even as he stressed on zoning. “To remove APC from power, I’m the person who can tell them enough is enough. We must take…

A House of Representatives aspirant for Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, Ibe Okwara Osonwa has said his passion for improving the plight of his people is the reason he is running to represent them in the National Assembly. Osonwa, a renowned Economist of international repute, stated this on Saturday in chat with journalists in Abuja. He said; "The best way to tackle some of the displeasure we feel as a people is to transform these feelings into actions that matter enough, most especially when the capacity and the passion to serve are not in doubt. Consequently, this need to get involved. “My…

A Group, OUK Movement Abia State, says it has concluded plans to purchase Nomination and Intent Form for the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu ahead of the 2023 Presidential Election. The Director General of OUK Movement Abia State, Engr. Agu Ndukwe Orji made the disclosure in a statement signed by him on Friday. The Director General said the Group’s clamour for Orji Uzor Kalu is to enable him replicate the outstanding feat he has achieved as the Senator representing Abia North senatorial district. The Group’s Director General noted that "they have mobilized funds to purchase the…