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National Coordinator of the ‘Obidient Movement’ (NCOM), Yunusa Tanko, has affirmed the possibility of the Labour Party’s 2023 candidate, Peter Obi, becoming Nigeria’s president in 2027. Tanko also noted that electoral malpractice in the 2023 election denied Obi victory, adding that a “new Nigeria” is possible if the people elect the right leaders. He made […]
Continue ReadingIn a keenly contested race, Nigerian-British Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke Badenoch, simply called Kemi Badenoch, has emerged as the new leader of the UK Conservative Party. Badenoch, 44, and Member of British Parliament for North West Essex, secured victory over Robert Jenrick with 53,806 votes to his 41,388, following a months-long campaign. In her victory speech, […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, replied the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Umar Ganduje, and told him that any attempt to capture the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State would be to invite whirlwind and its attendant consequences. The APC chairman had boasted that the party would “capture” the Southwest by […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Bauchi State and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDPGF), Bala Mohammed, announced that the PDP governors have settled the factional crisis affecting the party’s National Working Committee. He said this on Tuesday when journalists approached him at the Private Wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The Chairman of […]
Continue ReadingAhmed Yayari Mohammed, the factional acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said he has assumed his position as the leader of the party. Considering the intractable crisis and defection in the party, Yayari was appointed as the acting Chairman by the faction opposed to the leadership style of Illiya Damagum. In a statement […]
Continue ReadingThe drama in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is showing no signs of abating, as the integrity faction of the party, on Friday announced the appointment of Yayari Ahmed Mohammed as acting National Chairman. In the early hours of Friday, the National Working Committee (NWC), led by acting National Chairman Umar Damagum, suspended National Legal […]
Continue ReadingThe imbroglio in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) shows no signs of resolution, as a faction of the National Working Committee (NWC) has suspended the acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, and National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, for alleged disloyalty to the party. Before this, a faction of the NWC aligned with Damagum announced the suspension of […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, who was represented by Datti Baba-Ahmed, has stated that the embattled former national chairman of the party, Mr. Julius Abure, was not removed by any governor but was removed by the party’s constitution, Obi gave the clarification at the inaugural meeting of […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) has summoned the former Governor of Rivers State and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, over alleged anti-party activities. The PDP Deputy National Publicity Secretary (PDP DNPS), Ibrahim Abdullahi, made this known on Monday during an appearance on Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise Daily. He stated that Wike […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senator representing Imo East Senatorial District, and a member of the Labour Party (LP), Ezenwo Onyewuchi, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Senate President, Godswill Akpabio read his defection letter during plenary on Tuesday, July 23. Imo state governor and chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Hope Uzodinma, was in the […]
Continue ReadingLabour Party’s (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, appeared to have endorsed the party’s embattled national chairman, Julius Abure following his visit to the LP’s national headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, May 21. Obi had earlier shunned the party’s controversial national convention, which was held in his home state, amid the leadership crisis that […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement by the Chairman, Gov. Usman Ododo on Sunday morning, the 2024 Governorship Primary Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has declared the Saturday’s primary as inconclusive. The statement said that a rerun election would take place in all 13 wards of Okitipupa Local Government with total validated registered […]
Continue ReadingPresidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, attended the PDP’s national caucus meeting in Abuja on Wednesday evening, April 17. The meeting comes prior to the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, scheduled to take place […]
Continue ReadingEmbattled National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has been re-elected for a second term by a unanimous affirmation of delegates. The Chairman of the National Convention and Deputy Governor of Abia State, Ikechukwu Emetu declared him the winner during the party’s national convention that held in Nnewi, Anambra state on Wednesday, March […]
Continue ReadingBassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal opposition candidate and political newcomer, very popular among the country’s disaffected youth, is set to be declared the next president after his main rival called him on Monday, March 25, to concede defeat. Provisional results showed Faye with about 53.7% and Amadou Ba – from the current ruling coalition – with […]
Continue ReadingImmediate past president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olumide Akpata, has on Friday, won the Edo State Labour Party (LP) governorship primary election. The Returning Officer for the election and Deputy Governor of Abia State, Ikechukwu Emetu, declared Akpata as the winner after collating the results. Emetu said the lawyer polled 316 votes […]
Continue ReadingNew crisis has hit a faction of the Labour Party (LP) being led by Julius Abure after its National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara, at a news briefing in Abuja on Monday, demanded the accountability of about N3.5 billion in party finances. According to her, the finances were proceeds from the sales of forms and other fundraising […]
Continue ReadingThe National Working Committee (NWC) of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has denied the Coalition of Concerned Political Parties membership. The NNPP disclosed this in a statement by its acting national chairman, Mr. Abba Ali, in Abuja. “The attention of the leadership of the party has been drawn to newspaper reports of the formation […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has advocated a system of government he called ‘Afro Democracy’, for African countries, insisting that Western liberal democracy was forced on the continent and has never worked as a system of government in Africa. Obasanjo stated this while delivering his keynote address at an high-level consultation on ‘Rethinking Western […]
Continue ReadingEkiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has disclosed its plans to expel former Governor of the State, Ayodele Fayose from the party. The party stated that its resolutions and decisions, seeking Fayose’s expulsion, have been forwarded to the National Working Committee (NWC). Chief Olalekan Amerijoye, the Publicity Secretary of the Caretaker Transition […]
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