A former presidential spokesperson, Doyin Okupe, has warned the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party against presenting a northern candidate for the 2023 presidential election to avoid another major defeat. The PDP chieftain stated this in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Saturday. Okupe argued that the zoning arrangement in the PDP ended with […]
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Chairman of Southern Governors Forum and Ondo State Governor, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said any political party that fields a northern candidate for presidency in 2023 risks losing the support of southerners. He made this known on Friday in an interview on Channels Television monitored by The Cable. While speaking on the resolutions of the […]
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Charges zoning committee to submit report next week Former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara (left); House of Representatives Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu; another former senate president, Bukola Saraki and Senator Dino Melaye during the inauguration of members of the 2021 National Convention Organising Committee in Abuja…yesterday Credit: NAN The Peoples Democratic Party on Friday in Abuja […]
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Southern Governors Irked by the insistence of the Nigerian Southern Governors Forum that the next president of the country must come from the southern part of the country, some northern leaders have declared that nothing could stop any Nigerian from contesting the 2023 presidential election. The southern governors had at their meeting in Enugu last […]
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The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that contrary to widespread speculations in certain quarters, former President Goodluck Jonathan has not joined it. Clearing the airs on Wednesday, APC’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, said that the ex-leader had not dumped the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Nabena, who hails from the same […]
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As the clamour for a Nigerian President of South East extraction in 2023 gathers momentum, some young Igbo entrepreneurs have begun to shop for possible candidates from the five South East states. Umunna Lekki Association (ULA), comprising young entrepreneurs from Igboland residing in Lekki, Ikoyi, Banana Island, Victoria Garden City (VGC) and Victoria Island axes […]
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Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leaders in Ondo South Senatorial District have resolved to sink their differences, put the past behind them in the interest of the party and unite for the coming general elections. Their resolutions were contained in a statement on Sunday by the Senatorial Secretary, Mrs Funmilola […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Governors’ Forum will meet in Abuja, today, to take a common position on the appointment of the chairman of its convention planning committee. The 92nd meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the PDP, held last week, had asked for nominations from party organs and caucuses, with regards the […]
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There were strong indications on Tuesday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders may on Thursday take a firm decision on the fate of the party’s embattled National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus Governors elected on the platform of the PDP will be meeting on Wednesday in Abuja to deliberate and take a position on the […]
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Chairman of Osun State APC Local Council Congress, Gbenga Elegbeleye (left); Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, his wife, Kafayat and Secretary of the committee, Hajia Halima Shehu during the council congress at Boripe Local Council Headquarters, Iragbiji… yesterday Committee Says ‘No Parallel Congress’ In Osun Factions Hold Separate Congresses In Lagos Enugu APC Splits Into […]
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