Politics

Former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, is confident that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will crumble if he leaves the party. Although Kwankwaso says he is not happy with the main opposition party at the present, he affirmed that he has yet to defect from the party. He made the remarks during an interview on a Channels Television programme, Political Paradigm where he spoke about his political ambitions. “There is no question about it,” said the former governor in response to what the PDP’s fate would be if he leaves. “Where are the leaders? Who are the leaders? They…

Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma on Monday said his Yobe State counterpart Mai Mala Buni remains the the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress’ Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee. Buni’s position had come under scrutiny last week after Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State assumed the Chairmanship position. Bello took over after Buni had left the country for medical treatment. The Niger State Governor’s chairmanship is said to backed by the President, according to Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna, amid reports that Buni was planning on delaying the APC’s planned convention this month. However, speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today…

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has told his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki that they are not in the same class. Obaseki, while reacting to a scathing attack launched against his Deputy, Phillip Shaibu by Governor Wike, had slammed the Rivers Governor, describing him as a bully. Obaseki had complained that members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP who defected from the All Progressives Congress, APC in Edo were not happy and do not feel accepted into the new party. Obaseki, in a statement on Monday also noted that Nigeria needed strong democratic institutions and not strong men, adding…

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has forwarded the authentic list of statutory delegates from Abia State to the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the party's national convention slated for 26th March, 2022. The former governor of Abia State in a letter addressed to the National Chairman Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Governor Mai Mala Buni, and members of the planning committee said "the motive is necessary to totally avoid the infiltration and importation of fictitious names and designations by some overzealous party men." Kalu, in the acknowledged letter, sighted by our…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has finally informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his presidential ambition, Daily Trust learnt from credible sources. The sources said the VP told the president of his desire to take over from him at the expiration of his tenure in 2023 to consolidate the achievements they recorded since they took over from the opposition PDP in 2015. With the intent, which had not been made public, the vice president will struggle for the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) with the likes of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who had a few months ago visited the…

The crisis between Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki and his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike, deepened yesterday. Obaseki took exception to Wike’s attacks on him and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, saying that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not the personal property of the Rivers governor. The Edo governor said he will not accept political bullies and overlords, reminding Wike how he had dethroned bullies and high handed leaders. Obaseki emphasised that Edo cannot be bought. In an advertorial in The Nation today, the Edo governor accused Wike of unguarded and disruptive tendencies, urging party leaders to call him to…

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has described as unfortunate, allegations against him by the former director general of the Progressives Governors Forum.Dr. Salihu Lukman. The erstwhile PGF scribe had in a statement credited to him, alleged that Kalu and some party leaders were working with the Chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Mai Mala Buni to undermine the March 26 national convention of the party. The former governor of Abia State, however, in a statement personally signed by him in Abuja, on Saturday, said Lukman’s accusations against him was far from the truth.…