REVEALED: How Hon Azuka Okwuosa Was Offered 2 Billion Naira To Quit Anambra Governorship Race
Controversy has already begun to rise as the 2021 gubernatorial elections in Anambra state draws closer. Aspirants, stakeholders, and significant party members are quickly orchestrating means to eliminate strong party oppositions early enough in the race. Hon Azuka Okwuosa recently took to his Twitter page to state that no amount of money would make him relent in his pursuit...
Imo Guber Election: Hope Uzodinma Takes Massive Lead, Wins 20 LGAs
The incumbent governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, is currently leading by a wide margin in the governorship election held on Saturday in the state. The All Progressives Congress (APC), candidate has left his closest challengers and candidates of the Labour Party and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) far behind. Uzodinma is currently leading in 20 local government areas out of 27...
2023: Atiku Abubakar Absent As PDP Presidential Aspirants Meet In Rivers
As the 2023 general elections draw nearer, the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, alongside other presidential aspirants under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party met behind closed doors in ...
House of Reps passes local government autonomy bill for second reading
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed for second reading, a bill seeking to give local government full financial and administrative autonomy. The bill also seeks to make local councils have a uniform tenure across the states. The legislation is titled ‘A Bill for an Act to Further Alter the Provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999...
Don’t Expect Deadline Extension For Submission Of Guber, Assembly Candidates INEC Warns Parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, told registered political parties in the country that it would not extend the July 15, 2022, deadline for nomination of Governorship and States Assembly candidates. INEC, in a statement ...
LG Administration Getting Worse In Nigeria, Obasanjo Cries Out
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, stated that local government administration was getting worse in Nigeria, adding that the survival rests on divine intervention. He lamented that most of the councils could not even afford a grader for roads and perform other functions highlighted by the 1976 Local Government Reform. He said: “I am of the view that the situation needs prayers....
Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Count Us Out Of Your Callous Decision – Middle Belt Youths Tackles APC
The Middle Belt Youth Forum has expressed anger over the decision by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC to embark on a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential election. The decision by the APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu t...
You’re Buhari’s Biggest Problem, Nabena Tells Lai Mohammed
The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Yekini Nabena, says Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, is the “biggest problem” of the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari. Nabena was reacting to a statement by the minister calling him an “impostor”. Mohammed had also said he would not dignify Nabena with a response over his comment on...
2023: North East Youth For Good Governance Want Senator Kalu As Nigeria’s President
As the 2023 General Election approaches with major political parties and prominent politicians already strategizing ways to victory at the polls, a sociopolitical group simply known as Northeast Youth For Good Governance have thrown their weights behind Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, urging the former Governor to vie for Nigeria's presidency on the platform of All Progressives Congress ( APC.) Coordinator...
ADC Faults FG’s Handling Of Protest Over Kanu’s Release
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has refrained from taking a position on the detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, but criticised the federal government over the handling of protests demanding his release. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the ADC was more concerned...
