Running mate: Ohanaeze, Afenifere, Southern, Middle Belt leaders call Okowa traitor

The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum has described the governor of Delta State, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, as a traitor for accepting his nomination as Vice Presidential Candidate to Atiku Abubakar in the forthcoming 2023 general election. The group said Okowa was among the governors who agreed that power should be rotated to the […]

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2023 Presidency: VP politics and echoes of exclusive primaries

APC Dodges, As PDP Begs For Unity The politics of running mate selection in the major political parties has given an inkling of how the 2023 Presidential contest would be fought. Governing All Progressives Congress (APC) and its rival main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have shown in more ways than one that they represent […]

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Full list: APC submits senatorial candidates’ names to INEC

The All Progressives Congress on Friday submitted the list of all its senatorial candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. However, there were controversies around some names of candidates who contested the presidential elections like the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, and a former Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Godswill Akpabio, […]

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NNPP, Labour Party plan Peter Obi, Kwankwaso joint presidential ticket

Peter Obi. Photo/Facebook/ The New Nigeria’s People Party (NNPP) on Saturday said there is an ongoing discussion with Labour Party (LP) for a merger in the 2023 general elections. A merger could present the presidential candidates of both political parties – NNPP’s Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, a former Kano State governor and Labour Party’s Peter Obi, […]

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Why I chose Okowa – Atiku

Okowa: Atiku has answers to Nigeria’s challenges, Wike won’t be disappointed Atiku had the final say, Ayu clarifies Secondus congratulates Atiku, Okowa Okowa betrayed ‘Asaba Accord’ of Southern governors, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Afegbua react Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar’s decision to pick Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate, […]

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Wike’s camp kicks, warns PDP as Atiku picks Okowa running mate

Supporters of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his appointees on Thursday expressed anger over the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to pick the Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate. Wike’s loyalists, who reacted shortly after Atiku unveiled Ifeanyichukwu Arthur Okowa as his running mate, […]

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Atiku has answers to Nigeria’s problems – Okowa

Peoples Democratic Party’s Vice-Presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections and Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that his principal, Atiku Abubakar, has solutions to the numerous challenges confronting the country. He said this on Thursday in his acceptance speech after his nomination at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. A statement by his […]

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