Category: Politics

Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa (left) being presented by PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu (middle) as running mate to presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar (right) at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja; Photo: Philip Ojisua I remain PDP’s national chairman, Ayu insists PDP stakeholders disagree on calls for Ayu’s resignation 11 governors absent from the Osun […]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has given reasons for picking Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate for the 2023 presidential election. He gave the reasons in his remarks at the unveiling of Okowa as his running mate at the PDP National Headquarters, Wadata Plaza, Wuse Abuja, on […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sent an open letter to presidential candidates ahead of the February 2023 presidential election, urging them to urgently publish details of their assets and liabilities and to publicly commit to rejecting vote-buying and electoral bribery before and during the elections. It said, “While there is no constitutional requirement […]

Residents queue for PVC registration and collection in Lagos. Photo: Gregg Ebuka Onyejose Condemnations Trail Alleged Disruption Of Exercise By Hoodlums In Lagos Nigerians Now More Politically Aware, Say Stakeholders INEC Deploys More Registration Equipment To South East, Lagos, Kano As political parties conclude their presidential primaries ahead of the 2023 general election, efforts by […]

The Presidency on Monday said that no single person should claim the glory of President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in 2014. Its statement came on the heels of the report credited to the former governor of Lagos State, national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC and one of the party’s presidential aspirants, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed […]

Abeokuta speech not meant to despise Buhari, says APC leader Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said that when he opposed the plan to foist a Muslim-Muslim presidency on Nigeria in 2014, he acted in the national interest with the belief that Nigeria is bigger than anybody’s ambition, including that of Bola Tinubu. Saraki was […]

‘Darling of north’ Okorocha vows he’ll defeat Atiku in Adamawa Apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to plead with the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership to choose an Igbo man to fly the party’s presidential ticket in the 2023 general elections, insisting Igbo remains the only vaccine that can heal […]

Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have begun the search for a consensus presidential candidate. A source privy to the first meeting of the governors told our correspondent that the meeting ended in a deadlock. “No agreement yet. Meeting has been postponed to later this week,” the source said on Wednesday. […]

Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, met with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike in Abuja, it has been learnt. Atiku had defeated Wike at the party’s presidential primary in Abuja on Saturday night. The Monday meeting, it was gathered, was to reconcile the two party chieftains and give the PDP a robust […]