Category: Politics

L-R: Aggrieved PDP Governors Seyi Makinde, Okezie Ikpeazu, Nyesom Wike, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and Samuel Ortom of Oyo, Abia, River, Enugu and Benue States respectively The deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, South-South, Chief Dan Obih and the G5 governors will lead the commencement of the party’s governorship campaign in Rivers State scheduled for […]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa, met with former President Goodluck Jonathan, Thursday night. Okowa, who is also the governor of Delta State, announced this on Friday in a tweet via his verified Twitter account. While sharing photos from the event, Okowa stated that the […]

Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has vowed not to abandon the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for persons he described as scavengers. Wike, who said he would not blame the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, for leaving the party following the humiliation he suffered, insisted he would not leave the party. The Governor […]

Supporters of Mr Peter Obi, Presidential candidate of Labour Party for the 2023 Presidential election hold a rally in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, October 1, 2022. (Photo by Adekunle Ajayi / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been directed by a Federal High Court in Calabar to recognise […]

Photo/twitter/officialabat Tinubu: I am seeking to be president of Nigeria not on religious grounds Defends choice of Shettima as running mate Nigerians should be allowed to choose who rules them, says Kumuyi Like Osun, we will defeat Tinubu in Lagos, PDP boasts Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, met with […]

Obi: I know Nigeria’s problem  The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said he knows the root of the problem in the country. He stated this in Rivers State on Thursday, as he was invited by the state governor, Nyesom Wike, to inaugurate the Nkpolu-Oroworokwo Flyover, the ninth flyover of Wike’s administration. […]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has vowed to uphold press freedom if he wins the 2023 presidential election. He made the promise on Wednesday when he engaged members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors in Lagos State. Giving accolades to the Nigerian media, the former Vice President said: […]

President Muhammadu Buhari (right); National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu (left) and APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu at the flag-off of Tinubu-Shettima presidential campaign in Jos, Plateau State…yesterday. Party’s candidate calls for more ‘builders’ to make Nigeria better Insists Buhari built solid foundation President Muhammadu Buhari and National Chairman of the All Progressives […]

One hundred days to the conduct of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has tasked political parties and their candidates to conduct their campaigns peacefully, eschewing divisiveness, rancour and violence. Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the charge in a statement he personally signed yesterday in Abuja. Yakubu, who […]

The apex socio-cultural organisation in Igbo land, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has lashed out at Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, over his comment on a former Governor of the state and presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi. This was as the Igbo group said it had dragged Soludo to […]