Category: Politics

Erstwhile presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, yesterday, resigned his membership of the party two days before its presidential primary. He said his resignation was because of the difficulty he faced in carrying out his ‘Rescue Nigeria’ mission through the main opposition party. In a letter dated May 24, 2022 and addressed to the national chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, Obi said he had already informed the chairman of the PDP chapter in his Agulu Ward…

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Former banker turned politician, Dr. Victor Alewo Adoji (DVAA), won the Kogi East Senatorial District’s ticket as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the 2023 general election. During the primary election on Monday, Adoji polled 117 to defeat Engr. Aminu Suleiman, Elder Ubolo Okpanachi and Isaac Alfa, a former Chief of Air Staff and senator, and who scored 54, 43 and 20 respectively. The PDP chieftain who contested the senatorial election during the last 2019 general elections is a grassroots politician who has contributed immensely to the growth and…

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Former aide of Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has said his former principal won’t join the 2023 presidential race secretly. Omokri said this while reacting to the purchase of the N100 million Nomination and Expression of Interest forms of the APC for his former principal by some groups. The former president had, however, said the forms were bought without his consent. Omokri posted, “Jonathan has nothing to do with the reported purchase of some forms. He has an official spokesman and his own staff. He is a man of honour…

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The five-member Anambra State Ward congress panel of the Peoples Democratic Party, led by Jibrin Ahmed, was on Sunday, held hostage by the party’s aspirants and stakeholders over its inability to present the original result sheets. The scenario almost resulted into a free-for-all at the party’s Secretariat at Udoka Estate, when the Panel members, claimed they left the original result sheets in their hotel room. The panel members, had directed the aspirants, who were contesting the national assembly elections, and others to converge on the party’s office for briefing before…

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee executives have approved N100 million as cost of Presidential nomination forms. According to the schedule of fees for expression of interest and nomination forms released by the NWC, governorship is N50 million, Senate N20 million, House of Representatives N10 million, while state House of Assembly aspirants would purchase theirs at N2 million. The N100 million for Presidential nomination form is over 100 per cent increase from the amount it sold the form for the same office in 2018 at N45 million; and…

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Loyalists to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on the one hand and those backing the All Progressives Congress national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on the other, on Monday, engaged in war of words on social media, television and radio following Osinbajo’s formal declaration of his presidential ambition. After months of speculations, Osinbajo released a pre-recorded video on social media on Monday where he informed Nigerians of his desire to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. The declaration was a sequel to a meeting with the APC governors at the Presidential Villa late on Sunday…

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Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, the immediate past First Lady of Anambra State, has declared her intention to join the contest for the forthcoming Anambra North Senatorial District election. Obiano also apologised to Governor Charles Soludo, Ndigbo and friends of Ndigbo over the incident between her and Mrs Bianca Ojukwu in Awka at the inauguration programme of Soludo on March 17, 2022. The former First Lady, according to a statement on Wednesday, disclosed this in Awka, adding that she would serve to empower the poor and needy, especially women and children. She…

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20 Cross River State lawmakers we’re yesterday sacked by Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In his ruling, Justice Taiwo held that there was no justification for the defection of the lawmakers. The defected lawmakers include two House of Representatives members and 18 members of state House of Assembly. Justice Taiwo specifically said the lawmakers needed to vacate their seats, since they had abandoned the party, which brought them to power. The judgment…

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