Politics

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun Adegboruwa, has warned Nigerians against electing former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, as the president of Nigeria in 2023. He made this known in a statement made available to The PUNCH on Wednesday. The lawyer accused Atiku of being desperate, saying that “PDP cannot be …

Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Wednesday, urged Nigerians in the southern divide not to judge Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima based on religion. He said competence should be yardstick for voting them into office during forthcoming 2023 presidential election. He urged Nigerians to vote …

The All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagso State has said the nomination of Funke Akindele as deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, underscores the unseriousness of the party. Spokesman of the party, Mr. Seye Oladejo said this in a statement after Funke Akindele confirmed her entry into politics. He stated …

Peter Obi The factional National Chairman of the Labour Party, Calistus Okafor, has said that Peter Obi is not yet the presidential candidate of the party. Okafor stated this during a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja, where he accused Obi of “spending millions” on senior advocates to intimidate him …

Ifeanyi Okowa, Iyorchia Ayu, Atiku Abubakar The loyalists of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, are reportedly seeking the immediate resignation of the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, as a condition to end the party’s infighting and support the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar at the forthcoming 2023 general …

L-R: Atiku Abubakar and Nyesom Wike The immediate past National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kola Ologbondiyan, admitted on Friday that Atiku Abubakar’s choice of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as his vice-presidential running mate in 2023 has plunged the PDP into “turbulence”. Ologbondiyan, however, stated that the party’s leadership …

Soludo wearing local fabric at inauguration Charles Soludo, governor of Anambra State, has banned all markets and parks executives from collecting revenue in the state for the government. The governor’s chief press secretary, Christian Aburime in a statement on Thursday, said his principal gave the directive at a one-day town …

APC flag All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders from the North-West geopolitical zone have demanded the position of vice president ahead of the July 15 deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the substitution of candidates by political parties. The leaders said they have decided to engage the …

Ortom Fresh crisis is currently brewing in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), over the decision of its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to name Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta State governor as his running mate in the forthcoming 2023 election. Atiku, who emerged candidate at the party’s primary election in May, …

Fayose Ayodele Fayose, former Ekiti State governor and chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has dumped the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, insisting that power must return to the South in 2023. Fayose in a twitter post on Wednesday, noted that since President Muhammadu Buhari, a northerner, will be …