Politics

Former Deputy President of the Senate Ike Ekwerwmadu says narrow political interests has affected the 2022 Electoral Act as amended. The senior lawmaker while giving his personal assessment of the just concluded primary elections by political parties into various political offices at a lecture in Abuja yesterday, said the direct mode of primary election is the only viable alternative in the nomination of candidates to consolidate Nigeria’s democracy. Ekwerwmadu lamented […]

The Governor of Enugu State Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, yesterday inspected Trans Ekulu Bridge, Enugu, with a view to beautifying the area as one of the gateways to Enugu City, and the connecting roads in other to proffer solution to the gridlock being experienced by road users in the axis caused by increase in population strength of the state. Ugwuanyi in maintaining his administration’s Urban Renewal drive, further inspected the New Market […]

The Minority Leader of the Senate Enyinnaya Abaribe will today quit as the ninth Senate’s minority leader. The Senator representing Abia South Senatorial District, who assumed minority leadership in 2019, was elected on the Peoples Democratic Party PDP platform but defected to the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA due to an unresolved crisis while seeking the 2023 governorship ticket. Abaribe, has since submitted his letter of resignation to the President […]

The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, has called for the removal of fuel subsidy, lamenting that the maintenance was hurting the economy and impeding investments in human capital development. Ahmed yesterday in Abuja at the launch of the Nigeria Development Update NDU 2022 report by the World Bank, explained that if subsidy was not in the budget, there would be no need to borrow money to finance it. The minister […]

Former governorship aspirant of All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA, in Enugu State, Donatus Obi- Ozoemena, has decamped to the African Democratic Congress ADC ahead of the 2023 general elections. The United State-based clergyman in pursuant of his 2023 ambition dumped APGA barely 9 days after he missed clinching the governorship ticket at the primary election which he had described as dishonest, stage-managed and sellout exercise. Obi-Ozoemena, who stated that his […]

Former Governor of Lagos State Bola Ahmed Tinubu has won the All Progressives Congress APC presidential primary at a special convention held in Eagle Square, Abuja, recording a land slide victory against Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and the President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan. The Governor of Kebbi State Atiku Bagudu, yesterday returned Tinubu as the elected candidate having scored the highest number of […]

The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has announced Bayo Lawal as his running mate ahead of the 2023 elections after dropping his Deputy, Rauf Olaniyan. Makinde made the announcement yesterdayduring a meeting with some Peoples Democratic Party PDP leaders from the Oke Ogun zone. Some of the PDP leaders who were at the meeting were former PDP Chairman in the state, Kunmi Mustapha, his successor, Dayo Ogungbenri and Hosea […]

Seven Presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress APC yesterday steppeddown for National leader Bola Tinubu, to get the party’s ticket for the 2023 General election, urging their teeming supporters who stormed the venue of the APC presidential primary to vote for him when it was time for the election. First of the presidential aspirants to announce his withdrawal from the primary was Godswill Akpabio, who recently resigned his appointment […]

Former Deputy President of the Senate Ike Ekweremadu has finally ended his ambition to become the Governor of Enugu State in 2023, ending days of speculations after he withdrew from the Peoples Democratic PartyPDP, primary election in the State. There have been reports of the federal lawmaker making moves to the All Progressives CongressAPC, in order to actualize his ambition but theexperienced lawmaker yesterday issued a personal statement where he […]