The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, is unfit to rule the country because of ill-health, the Igbo Elders Consultative Forum, has said. The organisation said that only people who were not well informed, or have lost sanity, would vote for Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State. The chairman of IECF and former … [Read more…]
Daberechukwu Egbo & Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu A former Enugu state deputy governor and PDP governorship aspirant in the 2022 PDP governorship ticket race, Rev Ifeanyichukwu Ralph Nwoye, has thrown his full weight and support behind Dr Peter Mbah, the Enugu State PDP guber flagbearer. Nwoye who is currently the General Superintendent of Christ Ascension Church … [Read more…]
Barely 10 days to the lifting of the ban on political campaigns by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) appears to be in a dilemma on how to wriggle out of its internal crisis to facilitate the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting and ratification of the campaign council list … [Read more…]
Nigeria is in a mess and near collapse, Peter Obi, Labour Party’s presidential candidate said, while admitting Nigeria’s problems “cannot be solved overnight.” “If we have a leader that is competent, have the capacity, and commitment to deal with it, no one will solve it overnight,” Mr Obi told CNN in an interview on Friday … [Read more…]
EVER since former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi left the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the Labour Party, LP, his popularity has caused a paradigm shift among politicians, particularly those who were unable to achieve their ambitions in their previous political parties such as the PDP and the All Progressives Congress, APC. In … [Read more…]
Former deputy national chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has warned that PDP may lose the 2023 elections if its National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, fails to resign. He said this during a press conference in Lagos, yesterday, insisting that heavens won’t fall if Ayu resigns from office, and that the vote of confidence … [Read more…]
The All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the African Action Congress (AAC) and New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) have drawn their daggers over the recent poll which favoured Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) to win the 2023 presidential election. The survey conducted by the ANAP Foundation placed Obi ahead … [Read more…]
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has insisted on the resignation of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyorchia Ayu. Makinde, who belongs to the camp of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers, made this call at the South-West PDP stakeholders meeting with the presidential candidate of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. … [Read more…]
GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday, kept leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, guessing over his next move following a vote of confidence passed on the Senator Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee. Wike and those sympathetic to his cause had demanded Ayu’s resignation as a precondition for peace. But indications emerged, yesterday, that … [Read more…]
By Onochie Jon-Igwesi Labour Party was almost nowhere to be seen in the build up to the 2023 political scene before May 27, 2022, when Mr Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State and 2019 PDP Vice Presidential candidate, formally announced his decision to join their fold after exiting the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. … [Read more…]
The crisis rocking the peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not over yet as the scheduled date for the proposed reconciliation meeting between the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and the National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, remains uncertain. At the weekend, Ayu confirmed that the National Working Committee (NWC) would meet with Wike and other aggrieved members … [Read more…]
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said the vote of confidence the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) passed on Senator Iyorchia Ayu, PDP Chairman, cannot save him. Last week, the party’s NEC passed a confidence vote on Ayu. But speaking at the Isaac Boro Park in Port Harcourt, during … [Read more…]