Category: Politics

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has debunked his reported ambition to contest the 2023 presidential election. His recent memo to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had sparked speculations about his intention to vie for the party’s presidential ticket in the 2023 general elections. Although Atiku was silent on his purported 2023 […]

Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the forthcoming Anambra State governorship poll scheduled for November 6, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has said the state is too sophisticated for a school certificate holder to aspire to govern. He spoke at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, the state capital, on Friday, during the […]

Wike’s group kicks as Secondus plans Oct national convention shift There were strong indications on Thursday that power blocs in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party had sidestepped some of the agreements reached at the party’s expanded National Executive Committee meeting held on Tuesday, August 10. It was gathered that though it was agreed at the […]

The Independent National Electoral Commision has replaced Mr Michael Umeoji with a former Central Bank governor, Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the November 6 governorship election. This was contained in a statement on Thursday by INEC National Commissioner and chairman (Information and Voter Education Committee), […]

The caretaker chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, has refuted media reports that the party has zoned the presidency to the southern part of the country ahead of the 2023 poll. He stated yesterday that there was no iota of truth in the speculation making the rounds […]

• Party accusses Salvador, Adediran, Oki of boycotting congress • We were deceived by consensus arrangement, say factions The ward congresses conducted by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on Saturday July 31 have left the party more divided in most states of the Southwest. Several factions in state chapters held parallel congresses against the […]

People Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Raymond Dokpesi, has debunked reports that he is interested in national chairmanship of the party. The opposition party is expected to elect a new chairman in October to replace Uche Secondus. The former chairman of Daar Communications stated yesterday that he would not risk a dent on his integrity, having […]

Nigeria’s leading opposition party, thePeoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday, raised the alarm over an alleged underhand rigging plan of the 2023 general election by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. It raised the alarm in a statement by its National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, entitled: “APC has begun the rigging of 2023 Polls, Secondus […]