Power Must Shift To Abia North, Says Sen. T.A Orji
The immediate-past Governor of Abia State and Senator representing Abia Central, Chief Theodore Orj, has declared his total support for power shift to Abia North come 2023. This has brought to an end the growing tension across the state over which zone will produce the next governor as some individuals, groups and various political blocs are making case for the...
House Of Representatives Make A U-turn, Rescind Votes On Rejected Gender Bills
The House of Representatives has reversed itself on three gender-related bills that failed to pass in the ongoing amendments to the 1999 Constitution. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, called for a rescission of the votes on the affected bills after the lawmakers held an executive (closed-door) session on Tuesday. While there are five gender bills, those to be revisited are Bill 36...
Court Sacks Ebonyi Governor, Deputy Over Defection To APC
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, sacked Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and his Deputy, Dr Eric Kelechi Igwe, following their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC. The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo, held that the total number of 393, 042 votes...
VIDEO: If You Don’t Trust Igbo With Presidency, IGP, COAS, Others Why Stop Them From Going? — Momodu
Senior journalist and the publisher Ovation Magazine, Chief Dele Momodu has said he will not subscribe to the notion that an Igbo man from South East Nigeria is not qualified to rule Nigeria as President, saying there is no sense in such. He decried how the Igbo are being discriminated against in Nigeria, saying it is the reason for the...
Internal Disagreements In PDP Edged Me Out Of Senate Race In 2019, It Can’t Happen In 2023 — Ohuabunwa
Political stakeholders from the Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State have agreed to resolve their differences to forestall a repeat of the 2019 misfortune of the party in the 2023 general elections. The stakeholders who spoke during the ongoing familiarisation cum reconciliation tour of the State Executive Council of PDP at the Council headquarters weekend admitted that there were...
My Mission At APC Secretariat With Buhari’s Blessings, Says Niger Governor As He Takes Over Party
A fresh crisis is brewing in the All Progressives Congress (APC), with Governor Sani Bello of Niger State taking charge of the ruling party pending the March 26 convention. In what took many by surprise, Bello stepped into the shoes of his Yobe counterpart, Governor Mai Mala Buni, who has been presiding over the affairs of the ruling party since...
Tinubu Most Qualified As Nigeria’s President 2023 — Northern Group
A group in the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory, has endorsed former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, for the presidency in 2023, saying he is the most qualified for the nation’s number one office. The group, known as Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu Support group, at its meeting in Kaduna State, said the former governor has all...
Isuikwuato/Umuneochi 2023: Amobi’s Crusade For Equity, Justice And Fairness
It is audible to the deaf and visible to the blind that the issues of equitable distribution of powers has become the focal point of discourse in the nation’s polity as the nation steams towards the 2023 general elections. In most states the clamour for power shift to one or two Senatorial zones has been intensified, in the nation at...
Niger Governor, Bello Storms APC Secretariat, Parks In Chairman’s Spot
Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State has just arrived at the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Although it is unconfirmed whether he takes over as Chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee or not, our correspondent observed that the Governor’s vehicle was parked at the space reserved only for the Chairman. Bello alongside other party chieftains are currently...
2023: We Are Yet To Decide On Zoning, Says Abia PDP
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Abia State, has flatly debunked insinuations in some quarters that it had zoned its governorship ticket ahead of the 2023 poll, explaining that the party is yet to take a position on that. In a communique jointly signed by the state Chairman of the party, Rt. Hon. Asiforo Okere; and Secretary, Mr. David...
