President Muhammadu Buhari has pleaded with aggrieved lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Senate to ensure the party’s majority control is not threatened. He spoke when he received some aggrieved Senators in Abuja, yesterday. The 22 senators were reported to have concluded plans to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour … [Read more…]
THE Organized labour, Tuesday said it would work for the Presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi in the 2023 elections. The two labour centers, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), declared their support to campaign and do everything within their power to ensure that the … [Read more…]
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has reacted to the certificates saga of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, saying if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) record keeping is efficient and its server functional, it should be a non-ssue. He stated this after a thank you visit to President Muhammadu … [Read more…]
Tinubu, yesterday, said he was still searching for a running mate. The former Lagos State governor, who spoke at the public presentation of the book: “Mr Speaker” in honour of Femi Gbajabiamila, on the occasion of his 60th birthday, however, did not say to what extent he had gone in the search. Director of Media … [Read more…]
The Borno Chairman of New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Mohammed Mustafa, said the party had registered over two million members and supporters in the state. Mr Mustafa said in Maiduguri on Sunday that the party was very popular in Borno and now set to shock other political parties in all categories of 2023 general elections … [Read more…]
Weeks after Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Lagos State governor emerged as presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), intrigues and infightings within the party has stalled efforts to select his substantive running mate. Tinubu had chosen a placeholder, Kabiru Masari, in order to beat the deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). … [Read more…]
The supremacy battle between the camps of the presidential candidates of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, and the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Musa Kwankwaso, is threatening the proposed alliance of the two opposition parties. Indications emerged at the weekend that despite the prospects, Obi and Kwankwaso are at a crossroads over who would … [Read more…]
In the South East and in many other parts of Nigeria, the presidential aspiration of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi is arguably becoming a religion and residents of the region are not making pretences about it. The Obi gospel is spreading like wildfire and is propelled with Pentecostal zeal. … [Read more…]
The All Progressives Congress may not have candidates for the Yobe North and Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial Districts in the 2023 elections because of controversies over primaries, Saturday PUNCH learnt on Friday. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, were contesting for Yobe North and Akwa … [Read more…]
Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu Rising from a largely successful party primary elections, the Enugu State Honorable Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Hon. Ugwunta, David Okelue Ph.D., has congratulated the Executive Governor of Enugu State, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on his emergence as the PDP candidate for Enugu North Senatorial zone, describing Ugwuanyi’s leadership style as … [Read more…]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday, commenced the screening of nominees for deputy governorship positions for the 2023 general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the screening took place at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja. The Deputy Governorship Candidates Screening Committee chaired by a former National Chairman of the PDP, … [Read more…]
Women group storm APC secretariat, demand VP slot The agitation over the choice of vice presidential candidate to Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), took a new twist, yesterday, as a group of women stormed the national party secretariat and demanded that the slot be allocated to a female. Led by the Deputy … [Read more…]