Category: Politics

Southeasr must convince other regions of its readiness to produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023, former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi, said yesterday. The governors in the 17 states in Southwest, Southsouth and Southeast have met twice in Asaba, Delta State and Ikeja, Lagos State to affirm their demand that the South should produce […]

Policemen have taken over the national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abuja to stave off presumed violent protests against the caretaker leadership of the party. As of 11:20am, the policemen in about five hilux vans were strategically positioned along the Blantyre Street of the secretariat which was recently rechristened “Buhari House” […]

The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, has said members of the Peoples Democratic Party caucus have yet to meet on the leadership crisis in the opposition party. He therefore, dismissed the call for immediate resignation of the National Chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus. Leader of the PDP Caucus, Kingsley Chinda; […]

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Uche Secondus has declared he will not resign. He said the minority calling for his resignation should come clean on his offence. The PDP National chairman broke his silence in a statement in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Ike Abonyi The statement reads: […]

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party caucus in the House of Representatives have asked the party’s National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, to resign from office. In a communique signed by its leader, Kingsley Chinda (PDP, Rivers) and Deputy Leader, Chukwuka Onyema (PDP, Enugu), made the call after a virtual meeting on Saturday. They blamed the […]

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has called on Nigerians suffering injustices in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and other political parties to join Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the umbrella is big enough to accommodate them. He made the declaration, yesterday, while hosting APC chieftain and 2019 House of Representative candidate for Makurdi/Guma Constituency, Hon […]

Mai Mala Buni. Photo: Twitter / Bunimedia Buni seeks new lease amid contentions over upcoming convention Party Gasps In Throes Of Narrow Interests, Ambush Politicking Chairmanship Aspirants Kick Against Consensus Option  Group Rejects Ex-govs As Party Chairman Following the conduct of its ward congresses and in the aftermath of the Supreme Court judgment, which voted […]

John Alechenu examines the recently concluded All Progressives Congress ward congresses and posits that although the judicial hurdle has been surmounted, the bigger task of regaining the confidence of aggrieved members has just started. The governing All Progressives Congress won the hearts of many Nigerians prior to the 2015 general elections. This translated into massive […]

As Umahi Emerges ‘Star Of The East’ The sequence of events, especially the movement of pivotal actors across political party divides, show that realignments are in the offing in the polity, especially for Southeast. It is too early in the day to determine who would be where in the build up to the 2023 general […]

Senators Eyinnaya Abaribe, Rochas Okorocha, Orji Kalu and others say they will work towards ensuring that youths clinch the presidential position and other key posts in the 2023 general elections. The Senators disclosed this at a one-day summit and award recognition programme of the Nigerian Diaspora Youth Ambassador (NDYA) on Thursday in Abuja.Abaribe, the Senate […]